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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Jul 12

There is a community of the spirit
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · May 27

Virginians Are Restoring a Forest Economy Built on Herbs and Tradition

www.nytimes.com

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · May 6

For those being told they need to remove “climate change” from government funded documents, all in favor of replacing it with the phrase “ white boy summer”.

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · May 6

The bravery of journalists to reveal what would have come up in federal court if those indicted had not been kidnapped and sent to CECOT.

Trump Ally Bukele Reportedly Set to Arrest Journalists Who Revealed His Secret Pact With Gangs | Common Dreams

One critic said the Salvadoran president "wants to silence" the acclaimed digital news site El Faro "because they're shattering the myths of the Bukele administration."

www.commondreams.org

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 24

www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.

www.wired.com

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 24

Undaunted by DOGE, these determined young people are fundraising to drive across the country and continue their service. Despite their entire program being shut down, they declare “we can't rely on previous systems to help our communities, we must take it upon ourselves and support one another.”

Donate to Help Blue 2 Complete Their Year of Service, organized by Anna Gibbons

You can help a hard-working team of young volunteers complete their year of se… Anna Gibbons needs your support for Help Blue 2 Complete Their Year of Service

www.gofundme.com

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 22

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...

Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science (Gift Article)

When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.

www.nytimes.com

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 16

I wont slave for beggars pay
likewise gold and jewels
but i would slave to find a way
to sink your ship of fools

Ship of Fools (Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 7/8/78)

YouTube video by Grateful Dead - Topic

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 8

Rey Skywalker blasts three TIE fighters at once. They are labeled "climate crisis", food crisis", and "ecological crisis". Underneath Rey, firing on the TIE fighters is written "Biodiverse Agroforestry with Native Crops"

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 7

“You just gotta put your money where your mouth is and you gotta live by your conscience, and you gotta know that your livelihood cannot overpower your conscience.”
Principal Jaime Cook

Try that in a small town

ICE disappeared a mother and 3 children. Neighbors of Trump's Border Czar said hell no.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 6

www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/pier...

The Low Road | Marge Piercy

www.historyisaweapon.com

Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

"water storage" OR "water distribution" OR "water management" OR "rural water" OR "agricultural water" OR "water conservation" OR "water efficiency" OR "water quality" OR "clean water" OR "safe drinking water" OR "field drainage" OR "tile drainage"

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

"groundwater pollution" OR "pollution remediation" OR "pollution abatement" OR "sediment remediation" OR "contaminants of environmental concern" OR "CEC" OR "PFAS" OR "PFOA" OR "PCB" OR "nonpoint source pollution"

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE:
"water collection" OR "water treatment" OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

"low-income housing" OR "subsidized housing" OR "transitional housing" OR "housing affordability" OR "housing efficiency" OR "prefabricated housing"

POLLUTION REMEDIATION:
"runoff" OR "membrane filtration" OR "microplastics" OR "water pollution" OR "air pollution" OR "soil pollution" OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

"biofuel" OR "biogas" OR "biomethane" OR "ethanol" OR "diesel" OR "aviation fuel" OR "pyrolysis" OR "energy conversion"

CLEAN TRANSPORTATION:
electric vehicle, hydrogen vehicle, fuel cell, low-emission vehicle

AFFORDABLE HOUSING:
"affordable housing" OR "affordable home" OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

ENVIRONMENT/HOUSING:
Clean-Energy: "clean energy" OR "clean power" OR "clean fuel" OR "alternative energy" OR "hyd... OR "geothermal" OR "solar energy" OR "solar power" OR "photovoltaic" OR "agrivoltaic" OR "wi... OR "wind power" OR "nuclear energy" OR "nuclear power" OR "bioenergy" OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

"GHG monitoring" OR "GHG modeling" OR "carb... "emissions mitigation" OR "greenhouse gas emission" OR "methane emissions" OR "environmen... "green infrastructure" OR "sustainable construction" OR "carbon pricing" OR "carbon markets" C... energy"...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

"climate risk"... adaptation" OR "climate resilience" OR "climate smart agriculture" OR "climate smart forestry" Or "climatesmart" OR "climate science" OR "climate variability" OR "global warming" OR "global-war... "carbon sequestration" OR "GHG emission" OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

"non-conforming" OR trans OR vulnerable OR... gender OR gendered OR "gender OR "gendered

CLIMATE:
climate OR "climate change" OR "climate-change" OR "changing climate" OR "climate consulting"... modeling" OR "climate models" OR "climate model" OR "climate accountability" OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

(diversity AND inclusion) OR (diversity AND equitable) OR (diverse AND (diverse AND accessibility) OR (diverse AND DEI) OR (diverse AND DEIA) OR (diverse AND inclusion... AND equitable) OR inclusion OR accessibility OR accessible OR black OR indigenous OR asexual OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

underserved OR underrepresente... justice40 OR "justice 40" OR lesbian OR gay OR bisexual OR pansexual OR transgender OR "non-bina... "two-spirit" OR queer OR QT OR (diversity AND equity) OR (diversity AND accessibility) OR (diversit... OR (diversity AND DEIA) OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Apr 5

Here is the censorship search prompt being used at the Agricultural Research Service, the in-house research arm of the USDA:

DEI:
search terms: equity OR DEI OR DEIA OR equitable OR inclusive OR BIPOC OR "people of color" OR disadvantaged OR "social justice" OR "environmental justice" OR...

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Mar 25

What if there was always a journalist in the room for discussions on war? The big reveal is that the whole administration is likely using signal. Americas involvement in Yemen has never been approved by congress. I’d like to see deportations to El Salvador with no due process be as big a scandal.

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Abel Kloster @abel-kloster.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Oregon rest stop bathrooms, long festooned with indicators of the public mind, have begun to center around a theme.

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