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A beautiful orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca) on rose coloured rock. Northwest Territorie, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Relatable Corvid
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
wrd.cm
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Kashoggi called Friday for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call that President Trump had with Mohammed bin Salman, joining lawmakers raising questions about whether Trump personally benefitted from his embrace of the Saudi crown prince.
Kashoggi’s widow and Democrats demand release of a call transcript with Trump and Saudi crown prince
It is unlikely that the Trump administration would voluntarily release the 2019 call transcript.
trib.al
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Never forget who sold us out:

Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Trump’s closing argument for Cuomo:

He was born privileged and entitled like me. We also both had multiple sexual harassment allegations against us and are accused by many of screwing up the pandemic.

I can’t really think of any other reason to vote for him but do it anyway.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Yellow lichen growing on pink granite today 🌿
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Microbes in groundwater are consuming enough methane to rival all wetland emissions combined.
But we're drilling deeper and pumping harder than this ancient filter can handle.

183 million years ago, runaway methane killed 80% of marine life. Now we have a choice.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/pazZ5qj
The Invisible Army Fighting Climate Change Beneath Your Feet
How groundwater microbes are silently consuming enough methane to rival global wetland emissions, and what happens if we overwhelm them We talk a lot about...
climateages.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Still looking for your perfect 2026 calendar? Look no further!
go.theauroraguy.com/2026-aurora-...

Check out my 2026 "Awesome Auroras" calendar and grab one today! This has been my best-selling calendar so far, and for good reason! It's a great resource and work of art.
October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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October 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Republicans hate whales, seals, sea lions but love offshore oil and gas companies and corporate fishing fleets.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...
abcnews.go.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The Trump administration has deleted all previous National #Climate Assessments from government websites and fired the scientists working on the next report. Now they say they're going to rewrite the previous ones.
This is scientific sabotage and a rewriting of history.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/c...
Energy chief suggests Trump administration is altering previously published climate reports | CNN
Wright said the Trump administration is updating the National Climate Assessments that have been previously published, which the administration recently removed from government websites.
www.cnn.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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They’re not arresting criminals. They’re arresting resistance. And if that doesn’t shake you, read this twice.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com
This Is Not a Drill: When the FBI Hunts Lawmakers for Political Resistance...You’re in a Coup
The coup isn’t coming. It’s underway. And unless we treat it like a five-alarm fire, we lose everything.
open.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Excellent mother Lynx and her baby.
August 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The Trump regime has removed sections 9 and 10 of the constitution from its website, which include Habeas Corpus, congressional appropriations, and other states rifhts constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
constitution.congress.gov
August 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Democrats have a great candidate to flip a Long Island House seat — in MY district!

Chris Gallant is a Black Hawk pilot, Army veteran, national guardsman, former air traffic controller & union leader, and volunteer firefighter. He’s also a gay millennial, political newcomer and Long Island native.
Black Hawk pilot launches challenge to battleground House Republican Nick LaLota
Democratic newcomer Chris Gallant is seeking to unseat the two-term incumbent representing Long Island.
www.politico.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Check out our interview with the legendary Dr Brenda Harold! While volunteering with @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, Brenda created #Identiplant, the online course helping 1000s of plant-lovers build up their #WildFlowerID skills:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/08/inte...
identiplant.bsbi.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Today is the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. 60 years after its passage, the fight for equitable access to the ballot box continues to rage on, as we’re seeing play out in Texas.

The fight isn't over, but we can honor it by showing up, speaking out, and pushing for progress.
August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM