VenusMorningstar
@chironmoon22.bsky.social
Collective liberation, neurodivergence, spirituality, loving kindness, and universal peace
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This got to me. Haunting and beautifully written. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voic...
news.mongabay.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This got to me. Haunting and beautifully written. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960
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Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
July 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
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One happy 🐢 turtle!
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her...
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April 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One happy 🐢 turtle!
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www.npr.org/2025/04/24/n...
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Former Indiana Dunes park employee Eric Anderson was among the 1,000 probationary park service staff members terminated as President Donald Trump’s administration freezes funding and slashes personnel across federal agencies.
Midwest communities worry that firing of parks and forest employees will harm ecosystems, economies and education
Staff cuts at Indiana Dunes, Pullman Monument and Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie raise alarms about park operations and restoration efforts.
www.chicagotribune.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Former Indiana Dunes park employee Eric Anderson was among the 1,000 probationary park service staff members terminated as President Donald Trump’s administration freezes funding and slashes personnel across federal agencies.
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“I don’t know how to explain to you why the least among us is more important than the greatest. I don’t know how to explain that We, the People is more important than I, the Person.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/we-will-be...
We Will Be Remembered, In Spite of Ourselves
“I don't know how to explain to you why you should care about other people.” – Lauren Morrill, January 2017
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March 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“I don’t know how to explain to you why the least among us is more important than the greatest. I don’t know how to explain that We, the People is more important than I, the Person.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/we-will-be...
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Terrific piece by @wdownard.bsky.social for @indianacapitalchronicle.com on effects proposed federal cuts would have on Indiana
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
Where do federal funding cuts leave Indiana? • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Federal funding cuts coming from Washington could threaten Indiana's finances, especially for Medicaid and education.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Terrific piece by @wdownard.bsky.social for @indianacapitalchronicle.com on effects proposed federal cuts would have on Indiana
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
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“Though there is no way to know how often coverage gets cut off mid-treatment, ProPublica has found scores of lawsuits over the past decade in which judges have sharply criticized insurance companies for citing a patient’s improvement to deny mental health coverage.”
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2024 at 2:30 PM
“Though there is no way to know how often coverage gets cut off mid-treatment, ProPublica has found scores of lawsuits over the past decade in which judges have sharply criticized insurance companies for citing a patient’s improvement to deny mental health coverage.”
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This one hits too hard.
December 15, 2024 at 9:51 PM
This one hits too hard.
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Godspeed, Chase.
December 4, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Godspeed, Chase.
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Every time I read about banning books, I think of this:
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Every time I read about banning books, I think of this:
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
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Damn yea I don’t hav words for this
This story knocked the wind out of me and i hope esquire paid this man.
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Damn yea I don’t hav words for this