Bellamy Dryden
@bellamydryden.bsky.social
Sci-Fi & Environmental writer.
Here for the wonder & delight.
Here for the wonder & delight.
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Finally getting some traction over at the other place for this 2020 tweet.
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In order for America to actually heal its divisions, we need to reckon with its two original sins: the genocide of Native Americans by the initial government structures during and after the Revolution, and the deliberate sabotage of Reconstruction by the racist remnants of the South.
Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
In order for America to actually heal its divisions, we need to reckon with its two original sins: the genocide of Native Americans by the initial government structures during and after the Revolution, and the deliberate sabotage of Reconstruction by the racist remnants of the South.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol - who commutes to Seattle from CA using a company-provided private jet - made $96 million for just 4 months of work.
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
December 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol - who commutes to Seattle from CA using a company-provided private jet - made $96 million for just 4 months of work.
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
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The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
Trump moves to dismantle a ‘global mothership’ of climate research : Here & Now Anytime
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Co...
www.npr.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
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Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential
Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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"Today, the Trump meme coin has lost 88% of its value...
"First Lady Melania Trump’s meme coin suffered even steeper losses. Today it’s worth just 11 cents, which means anyone who bought at the top and held on has lost 99% of their investment..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/b...
"First Lady Melania Trump’s meme coin suffered even steeper losses. Today it’s worth just 11 cents, which means anyone who bought at the top and held on has lost 99% of their investment..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/b...
These Trump bets boomed. Now they’re huge busts | CNN Business
Donald Trump’s return to the White House set off a gold rush on Wall Street and in the crypto world.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Today, the Trump meme coin has lost 88% of its value...
"First Lady Melania Trump’s meme coin suffered even steeper losses. Today it’s worth just 11 cents, which means anyone who bought at the top and held on has lost 99% of their investment..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/b...
"First Lady Melania Trump’s meme coin suffered even steeper losses. Today it’s worth just 11 cents, which means anyone who bought at the top and held on has lost 99% of their investment..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/b...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
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If fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction then what is unleashing measles across vulnerable populations in the United States
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction then what is unleashing measles across vulnerable populations in the United States
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Think about how backwards that is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
#MedicareForAll
#MedicareForAll
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Think about how backwards that is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
#MedicareForAll
#MedicareForAll
I just want to write a crap Christmas song that's a massive hit and then spend the rest of my life trying to write a better one.
a cartoon of reindeer pulling santa 's sleigh with a starry sky in the background
Alt: cartoon of reindeer pulling santa 's super sleigh with a starry sky in the background
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I just want to write a crap Christmas song that's a massive hit and then spend the rest of my life trying to write a better one.
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There is always something to be done, and that something makes a difference.
That is what optimism is: choosing to believe that you can continue to make a difference, and doing so, as much as you can.
That is what optimism is: choosing to believe that you can continue to make a difference, and doing so, as much as you can.
December 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There is always something to be done, and that something makes a difference.
That is what optimism is: choosing to believe that you can continue to make a difference, and doing so, as much as you can.
That is what optimism is: choosing to believe that you can continue to make a difference, and doing so, as much as you can.
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
Maybe parody was more subtle back then?
December 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Maybe parody was more subtle back then?
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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The Society's auction of #Tolkien books, film statues and other books, art and collectibles finishes today at 8pm UK-time (9pm Europe, 3pm Eastern, 12 noon Pacific). Please take a look and support the Society - there are bargains to be had! charityauction.bid/tolkiensociety #booksky
December 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Society's auction of #Tolkien books, film statues and other books, art and collectibles finishes today at 8pm UK-time (9pm Europe, 3pm Eastern, 12 noon Pacific). Please take a look and support the Society - there are bargains to be had! charityauction.bid/tolkiensociety #booksky
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Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, begins today – and there are lots of ways to join in the fun!
Here’s our pick of the best children’s books about Hanukkah 🕎
https://bit.ly/4oUnmpc
Here’s our pick of the best children’s books about Hanukkah 🕎
https://bit.ly/4oUnmpc
December 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, begins today – and there are lots of ways to join in the fun!
Here’s our pick of the best children’s books about Hanukkah 🕎
https://bit.ly/4oUnmpc
Here’s our pick of the best children’s books about Hanukkah 🕎
https://bit.ly/4oUnmpc
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#BlackSky 🌱 🍽
Check out free PDF from Black vegan experts on how to transition to a plant-based diet. And it has tips for surviving holidays.
From Tracye McQuirter, MPH, 30-yr vegan, public health nutritionist, author of Ageless Vegan, By Any Greens Necessary
#BlackSky
byanygreensnecessary.com/starterguide
From Tracye McQuirter, MPH, 30-yr vegan, public health nutritionist, author of Ageless Vegan, By Any Greens Necessary
#BlackSky
byanygreensnecessary.com/starterguide
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#BlackSky 🌱 🍽
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 331:
Not everyone will love you. Live with it. All writers do. All you can do is your best, most honest work, and send it out into the world in the hope that it connects with someone. What they see in it after that is often more about them than it is about you...
Not everyone will love you. Live with it. All writers do. All you can do is your best, most honest work, and send it out into the world in the hope that it connects with someone. What they see in it after that is often more about them than it is about you...
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 331:
Not everyone will love you. Live with it. All writers do. All you can do is your best, most honest work, and send it out into the world in the hope that it connects with someone. What they see in it after that is often more about them than it is about you...
Not everyone will love you. Live with it. All writers do. All you can do is your best, most honest work, and send it out into the world in the hope that it connects with someone. What they see in it after that is often more about them than it is about you...
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Alternative to plastic
Strong plastic made from waste biomass degrades into sugar
Made from inexpensive materials, this plastic withstands high temperatures and blocks food-damaging gases just like conventional plastics used for food drink packaging
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/07/stro...
Strong plastic made from waste biomass degrades into sugar
Made from inexpensive materials, this plastic withstands high temperatures and blocks food-damaging gases just like conventional plastics used for food drink packaging
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/07/stro...
Strong plastic made from waste biomass degrades into sugar
Made from inexpensive materials, this plastic withstands high temperatures and blocks food-damaging gases just like conventional plastics used for food and drink packaging.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Alternative to plastic
Strong plastic made from waste biomass degrades into sugar
Made from inexpensive materials, this plastic withstands high temperatures and blocks food-damaging gases just like conventional plastics used for food drink packaging
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/07/stro...
Strong plastic made from waste biomass degrades into sugar
Made from inexpensive materials, this plastic withstands high temperatures and blocks food-damaging gases just like conventional plastics used for food drink packaging
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/07/stro...
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM