@cpflory.bsky.social
Survival mode with science, nature, art, cats and rational thinkers who still believe in caring about other people and the planet; she/her
Reposted
One person who has benefited from AquaBounty coming to Pioneer, Ohio is the town’s mayor.
His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M.
(Published Feb.)
His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M.
(Published Feb.)
The One That Got Away: This Small Town Is Left in Limbo After Betting Big on GMO Salmon
AquaBounty GMO salmon was going to be the future of fish — and the future for one Ohio village that offered incentives to make a new facility happen. But years after breaking ground, there are no fanc...
www.propublica.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One person who has benefited from AquaBounty coming to Pioneer, Ohio is the town’s mayor.
His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M.
(Published Feb.)
His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M.
(Published Feb.)
Wishing you all a happy holiday
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Wishing you all a happy holiday
Or at least a breather during these trying times
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wishing you all a happy holiday
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Reposted
This is what it took to shame Kristi Noem into letting an Irish green card holder who bouncing $80 in 2 checks 10 years ago free after 5 months in detention:
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
ICE Releases Grandma With Green Card After 5 Months in Time for Christmas
Donna Hughes Brown's case was highlighted during a hearing with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
www.star-telegram.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is what it took to shame Kristi Noem into letting an Irish green card holder who bouncing $80 in 2 checks 10 years ago free after 5 months in detention:
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
Reposted
Get your friends and family to act on climate during the holidays! Our Climate Action Button offers dozens of easy climate change actions that you can take RIGHT NOW.
🌎Clicking the button won't solve the climate crisis. But it'll help! 👇
🌎Clicking the button won't solve the climate crisis. But it'll help! 👇
The Climate Action Button
Clicking the button won't solve the climate crisis. But it'll help.
climatebutton.ucs.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Get your friends and family to act on climate during the holidays! Our Climate Action Button offers dozens of easy climate change actions that you can take RIGHT NOW.
🌎Clicking the button won't solve the climate crisis. But it'll help! 👇
🌎Clicking the button won't solve the climate crisis. But it'll help! 👇
Reposted
Happy Holidays, Colorado. 💙
So wherever you are, and whatever you celebrate — Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or simply time with loved ones as we head into the New Year — I want to say thank you.
Thank you for showing up for your neighbors.
So wherever you are, and whatever you celebrate — Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or simply time with loved ones as we head into the New Year — I want to say thank you.
Thank you for showing up for your neighbors.
December 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy Holidays, Colorado. 💙
So wherever you are, and whatever you celebrate — Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or simply time with loved ones as we head into the New Year — I want to say thank you.
Thank you for showing up for your neighbors.
So wherever you are, and whatever you celebrate — Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or simply time with loved ones as we head into the New Year — I want to say thank you.
Thank you for showing up for your neighbors.
Reposted
For all of us who care about science, evidence-based policymaking, our changing climate, and democracy, this has been a sobering year. But thanks to your support, UCS has been monitoring and responding to these attacks with the arsenal of tools at our disposal.
Announcing the Union of Concerned Scientists' 2025 Annual Report
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For all of us who care about science, evidence-based policymaking, our changing climate, and democracy, this has been a sobering year. But thanks to your support, UCS has been monitoring and responding to these attacks with the arsenal of tools at our disposal.
Reposted
The Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, said, “When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, said, “When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”
Reposted
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
Reposted
Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
With apologies for writing about such a serious topic as we enter the Christmas holidays, these developments seemed too important to ignore.
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Reposted
One Agency Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-age...
One Agency Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change.
Throughout 2025, the Trump administration has, time after time, simply refused to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
One Agency Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-age...
Reposted
This is terrible.
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is terrible.
Reposted
Excellent piece. Definitely worth reading more than once.
"She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself. Were he alive today, Mr. Murrow would not believe what his network has become."
Bari Weiss Jumps Into a Drained Pool
That she drained herself.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Excellent piece. Definitely worth reading more than once.
Reposted
Golf Carts w/missing wheels: Rebutting Sen. Lankford's CNN Appearance, Part 2
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
Golf Carts w/missing wheels: Rebutting Sen. Lankford's CNN Appearance, Part 2
This is a long one so the email version might get cut off...
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Golf Carts w/missing wheels: Rebutting Sen. Lankford's CNN Appearance, Part 2
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
The Evil Elf on the Shelf
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
The Evil Elf on the Shelf
Trump's WH Deputy Chief of Staff is scary for a number of reasons.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Evil Elf on the Shelf
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Reposted
It’s still up on my Substack. Muellershewrote.com
Of course they are — good luck putting the cat back in the bag, Bari. All you’re doing is guaranteeing more people will see it. #CBSNewsmax
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It’s still up on my Substack. Muellershewrote.com
Reposted
When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
Reposted
The Streisand effect strikes again.
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The Streisand effect strikes again.
Rebutting Sen. Lankford's Disingenuous CNN Appearance: Part 1 of 2
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
Rebutting Sen. Lankford's Disingenuous CNN Appearance: Part 1 of 2
His claims range from technically accurate (but totally irrelevant) to flat-out wrong.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Rebutting Sen. Lankford's Disingenuous CNN Appearance: Part 1 of 2
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
Reposted
Mike Johnson closed the House down early to avoid a vote on extending ACA tax credits. Nice try, Mike—all that does is give us more time to rally up support.
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Mike Johnson closed the House down early to avoid a vote on extending ACA tax credits. Nice try, Mike—all that does is give us more time to rally up support.
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Reposted
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
December 21, 2025
Reposted
Reposted
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Reposted
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.