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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 23h

The Earth used to be covered in giant mushroom-like organisms.

Long before trees, Earth was home to towering organisms called Prototaxites, which lived during the Late Silurian through the Devonian periods, roughly 420 million to 350 million years ago. Fossil evi...

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 1d

This man and the animals he performs for bring cheers to my day, every day. @Plumesmusic
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Was not expecting this 😭😭

YouTube video by Plumes

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 1d

IDIOTS

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large…

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 1d

We take them for granted because we've seen them since our earliest days; elephants, giraffes, gorillas, lions, kangaroos, you name it. Take a moment now and dwell on their beauty, their uniqueness, and their rights to have long and healthy lives. How do we not believe in that? EcoGrief #014

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 1d

Officials move to ban controversial meat product: 'The largest slaughter of wild land animals in the world'
Belgium is the second-largest importer of kangaroo meat, with the broader European Union taking the top spot.

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Officials move to ban controversial meat product: 'The largest slaughter of wild land animals in the world'

Belgium is the second-largest importer of kangaroo meat, with the broader European Union taking the top spot.

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 1d

Enrollment coming soon.... listen up.
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Medicare meltdown is just the beginning...

YouTube video by Dr. Ed Weir, PhD, Former Social Security Manager

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws" [via @theguardian.com]

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"

Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 1d

A historic partnership for people and nature. ✨

The World Bank and BirdLife International are scaling up conservation efforts across the African-Eurasian Flyway 🤝, supporting over 2 billion migratory birds and numerous communities. 🌍

Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...

World Bank and BirdLife launch historic conservation push

The latest Global Flyway Initiative aims to save critical bird habitats and link three continents across the African-Eurasian Flyway…

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 1d

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The Uses of Dystopia: Writing about Climate Change and Human Gene Editing

by YA author of a gene-splicing Little Mermaid retelling, Susan Fletcher

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks,

Good news, we've got newly described species of #shark. I'm hoping Etmopterus westraliensis has the same #bioluminescence as the other #lanternsharks; there's always room for more glow-in-the-dark sharks.

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Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus

Etmopterus westraliensis is described as a new species based on six specimens collected from Western Australia, eastern Indian Ocean. The new species is assigned to the Etmopterus lucifer group due t...

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 2d

Signed!

Jenny @dolphin2.bsky.social · 2d

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#AnimalCruelty #AnimalAbuse #SeaeorldSucks #BoycottSeaworld #SeaworldLies #DontBuyATicket #CaptivityKills #CaptivityIsCruel #ThanksButNoTanks

Urge SeaWorld to Send Dolphins and Whales to Seaside Sanctuaries!

Urge SeaWorld to establish a firm and rapid plan to end its use of animals, stop breeding all dolphins and whales, and relocate them to seaside sanctuaries.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

If you want to stay healthy and you care about humanity, here's what to eat [via @theguardian.com]

If you want to stay healthy and you care about humanity, here's what to eat

Scientists say this diet could prevent 40,000 early deaths per day, and cut food-related emissions by half.

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 2d

The 2025 Harvest Moon is expected to be at its fullest at 11:47 P.M. E.T. on Monday, Oct. 6

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2025 Harvest Moon: When You Can See October’s Full Supermoon | Weather.com

For all you skywatchers out there, you won’t want to miss this celestial spectacle. The 2025 Harvest Moon is not just any full moon, it’s also a supermoon. Here’s when you can see it.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 3d

Salt marshes are powerful protectors—buffering coastlines from storms, supporting fisheries like lobster and scallops, and locking away carbon. But what happens in these vital ecosystems during the winter months?

👉 Find out: go.whoi.edu/JuliaGuimond

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 3d

The Papal Prayer for Our Planet

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‘The Papal Prayer for Our Planet’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

  The Papal Prayer for Our Planet ---October 1, 2025 Let solar panels gleam in leas. _Let turbines whir and

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 3d

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U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports

PEN America has released its annual report on the book banning crisis in K–12 public schools, naming the top five most banned titles and authors. PEN found censorship increasingly routine; Florida, Te...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 5d

Everything Falling Apart, Reports Institute For Somehow Managing To Hold It All Together https://theonion.com/everything-falling-apart-reports-institute-for-somehow-1819569822/

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RileyTChiweeieT14381 @rileytchiweenie2.bsky.social · 5d

Be it a dog, cat, cow, pig, goat….ALL animals are sentient beings who have family, friends and want to live.

Live #vegan for them: Challenge22.com

#CuteAnimalsOfBluesky

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

"The title novella of the aforementioned collection, 'The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature,' strongly suggests that inducing discomfort in the reader—mental, emotional, and at times even edging toward the physical—is where Slatsky flourishes." www.thebulwark.com/p/walking-aw...

Walking Away From Omelas

Christopher Slatsky follows Ursula K. Le Guin in asking difficult questions.

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 5d

She will be so missed.
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed.” Rest in power, Dr. Jane Goodall

YouTube video by Lucky Tran

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 5d

Yet CenterPoint Energy gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 was $1.642B, a 1.79% decline year-over-year.
Their gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2025 was $6.976B, a 1.97% increase.
CenterPoint Energy annual gross profit for 2024 was $6.925B, a 5.95% increase from 2023.

News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 5d

And plenty of people still haven't recovered from Beryl, either. journal.letterly.io/blog/article...

News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 5d

And plenty of people still haven't recovered from Beryl, either. journal.letterly.io/blog/article...

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 5d

I lost power for 3 days. Second time since the Derecho less than 3 months earlier when I lost power for 3 days. 2 refrigerators worth of food, etc. But now myself and the millions of other Houstonians get to pay for it. Texas - the energy center of the universe. Right.
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Here's how much more you can expect to pay after CenterPoint price hike

If you're a CenterPoint customer, your bill is about to go up.

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 6d

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was a British primatologist & anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, she was best known for more than 6 decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.
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Jane Goodall On Voting To Save The Planet, And Why Male Politicians Are Like Chimpanzees

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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News about Earth @earthnetworknews.bsky.social · 6d

Also from HCR
"Left's climate agenda" - seriously sick

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