Debra Abercrombie
@debra-abercrombie.bsky.social
Biologist (Marine)| Conservation enthusiast| Thalassophile | Mom to four fur babies | Lover of sharks and rays, and all things wild
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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Feeding the country lies isn’t leadership—it’s cowardice.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
Wait a damn minute! Shouting lies from the podium doesn’t make them facts. It just makes you loud and wrong.
Watch as @katiephang.bsky.social exposes the lies. Then share these posts and spread these facts…online and offline.
Together, we can shut down Don’s dangerous disinformation machine.
Watch as @katiephang.bsky.social exposes the lies. Then share these posts and spread these facts…online and offline.
Together, we can shut down Don’s dangerous disinformation machine.
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Feeding the country lies isn’t leadership—it’s cowardice.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
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“After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough. Ocean with #DavidAttenborough (out May 8) spotlights the devastating impact of bottom trawling
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sir David Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's told'
Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.
www.bbc.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough. Ocean with #DavidAttenborough (out May 8) spotlights the devastating impact of bottom trawling
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.”
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wapo.st/4jdXL8m
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.”
wapo.st/4jdXL8m
wapo.st/4jdXL8m
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“Back then, the overwhelming public sentiment was: never again. Today, it seems: never what?”—Siddhartha Mukherjee
Exceptional essay
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
Exceptional essay
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear (Gift Article)
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Back then, the overwhelming public sentiment was: never again. Today, it seems: never what?”—Siddhartha Mukherjee
Exceptional essay
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
Exceptional essay
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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If Vladimir Putin had a plan to foul our air and water, wreck public health and drive America over the cliff of irreversible lethal climate change, it would look exactly like Lee Zeldin’s plan. This is a plan for self-inflicted environmental disaster.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s environmental rule-shredding will put lives at risk, ex-EPA heads say
Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If Vladimir Putin had a plan to foul our air and water, wreck public health and drive America over the cliff of irreversible lethal climate change, it would look exactly like Lee Zeldin’s plan. This is a plan for self-inflicted environmental disaster.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
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It’s borderline criminal.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s borderline criminal.
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Thank you for sharing! Here's a link to the full AMA Update playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
AMA Update | American Medical Association - YouTube
AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students, and patients. From private practice and healt...
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February 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Thank you for sharing! Here's a link to the full AMA Update playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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International day of women & girls in science
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
February 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
International day of women & girls in science
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
While studying local languages & providing medical assistance in Yemen in 1901/2, Marie Hein (1853-1943) collected numerous biological specimens
- including a shark & a stingray which turned out to be undescribed ("new") species
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It’s doing that. One example of many: wapo.st/3WSo7nI
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
wapo.st
February 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It’s doing that. One example of many: wapo.st/3WSo7nI
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Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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