AngstAZ
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Interested in critical thinking, truth, facts, empathy and respect for all people, health, protecting our natural world, being kind on social media.
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
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One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
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New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
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Bingo. That's what grinds my gears about making this into an "oh no data centers" problem.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
I'm willing to bet every ag heavy state has stories like this, and it never gets the national coverage it should.
Our Dirty Water: Nebraska’s nitrate problem is growing worse. It’s likely harming our kids. - Flatwater Free Press
Nebraska's nitrate level has doubled in the past four decades. Despite this, state and local governments have taken little action to regulate the farming practices that lead to nitrate seeping into ou...
flatwaterfreepress.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Bingo. That's what grinds my gears about making this into an "oh no data centers" problem.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Trump's EPA is moving to strip protections from wetlands all across the country. This rule will have disastrous consequences for many American communities by polluting their drinking water and skyrocketing water treatment costs for taxpayers.
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump's EPA is moving to strip protections from wetlands all across the country. This rule will have disastrous consequences for many American communities by polluting their drinking water and skyrocketing water treatment costs for taxpayers.
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Just another reminder of how Bannon's "populism" is a sham and he's really out here to do the bidding of elites
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show
Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Just another reminder of how Bannon's "populism" is a sham and he's really out here to do the bidding of elites
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Anyone remember how Rod Rosenstein was forced out of DOJ? Because Epstein and Reid Weingarten had some conversations about it.
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Yep...order rod to fire him...rod would refuse...gets rid of him too...twofer....
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From: Jeffrey E.
Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:04 AM
To: Weingarten, Reid
Subject: Re:
how would he do it. rosenstein?
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Weingarten, Reid > wrote:
Would put us in a different place...may even rouse you into action
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From: Jeffrey E.
Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 10:43 AM
To: Weingarten, Reid
Subject: Re:
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November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Anyone remember how Rod Rosenstein was forced out of DOJ? Because Epstein and Reid Weingarten had some conversations about it.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
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A US House member's salary is $174,000/yr
House Speaker earns $223,500, the majority and minority leaders each earn $193,400.
The House has been in session for only 20 days this year.
House Speaker earns $223,500, the majority and minority leaders each earn $193,400.
The House has been in session for only 20 days this year.
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A US House member's salary is $174,000/yr
House Speaker earns $223,500, the majority and minority leaders each earn $193,400.
The House has been in session for only 20 days this year.
House Speaker earns $223,500, the majority and minority leaders each earn $193,400.
The House has been in session for only 20 days this year.
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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One thing that's important to keep top of mind is that they did this on purpose. The economy was humming, unemployment was at a near-all-time low, and the people running this country went NOPE, CAN'T HAVE THAT.
(Bloomberg) - US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates ..
@bloomberg.com #Challenger
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com #Challenger
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One thing that's important to keep top of mind is that they did this on purpose. The economy was humming, unemployment was at a near-all-time low, and the people running this country went NOPE, CAN'T HAVE THAT.
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Sick.
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sick.
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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Hurricane Melissa is the THIRD Category 5 storm of 2025, tying the record set by the legendary 2005 season.
And get this, 80% of this season's hurricanes have reached Category 4 or 5 strength. That's the highest percentage in Atlantic history.
And get this, 80% of this season's hurricanes have reached Category 4 or 5 strength. That's the highest percentage in Atlantic history.
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hurricane Melissa is the THIRD Category 5 storm of 2025, tying the record set by the legendary 2005 season.
And get this, 80% of this season's hurricanes have reached Category 4 or 5 strength. That's the highest percentage in Atlantic history.
And get this, 80% of this season's hurricanes have reached Category 4 or 5 strength. That's the highest percentage in Atlantic history.
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Nevermind DC... this is as much rainfall as *Kingston, Jamaica* receives in a normal year.
That's right -- some parts of Jamaica will receive a year's worth of rainfall this week, and then get hit with 120mph+ sustained winds for hours on end as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall.
That's right -- some parts of Jamaica will receive a year's worth of rainfall this week, and then get hit with 120mph+ sustained winds for hours on end as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall.
Projected maximum rainfall in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa? 40 inches+
That's the average amount of rain DC sees in an entire YEAR.
That's the average amount of rain DC sees in an entire YEAR.
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Nevermind DC... this is as much rainfall as *Kingston, Jamaica* receives in a normal year.
That's right -- some parts of Jamaica will receive a year's worth of rainfall this week, and then get hit with 120mph+ sustained winds for hours on end as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall.
That's right -- some parts of Jamaica will receive a year's worth of rainfall this week, and then get hit with 120mph+ sustained winds for hours on end as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall.
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The Trump regime is a Russian asset.
Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
www.ft.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Trump regime is a Russian asset.
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CNN: Inside the scam swindling Americans - and how crypto ATM companies profit
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/10/us/crypto-atm-scams-companies-profit-invs-vis/
#crypto #scam
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/10/us/crypto-atm-scams-companies-profit-invs-vis/
#crypto #scam
Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit
Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
CNN: Inside the scam swindling Americans - and how crypto ATM companies profit
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/10/us/crypto-atm-scams-companies-profit-invs-vis/
#crypto #scam
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/10/us/crypto-atm-scams-companies-profit-invs-vis/
#crypto #scam
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🚨 The evidence is overwhelming: The Trump Administration is doing everything it can to stealthily attack Social Security and hope no one will notices.
However, a lot of us ARE watching, and we must hold them accountable. Read more from @prospect.org and share: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
However, a lot of us ARE watching, and we must hold them accountable. Read more from @prospect.org and share: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
More Sneak Attacks on Social Security
Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.
prospect.org
October 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨 The evidence is overwhelming: The Trump Administration is doing everything it can to stealthily attack Social Security and hope no one will notices.
However, a lot of us ARE watching, and we must hold them accountable. Read more from @prospect.org and share: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
However, a lot of us ARE watching, and we must hold them accountable. Read more from @prospect.org and share: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...