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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1h

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Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem. More bioremediation, but not in the US.

Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem

In Mexico, traditionally women did not inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2h

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o.... There is hope for environmental regeneration, but unfortunately not in the US.

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

Make them run and run and run.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller's family brought him into the world, and they need to deal with him.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

Oh. I assumed that prosecutor was fired because Trump is a pedophile, and she was prosecuting pedophiles.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

I thought the Republican Party was all in favor of small government and letting private businesses do their thing. But now they are sticking their noses into all the smallest details of private businesses.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

Both my kids graduated from the University of Chicago. Chicago is my favorite city!

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

What about Trump's name being all over the Epstein files?

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

I am WAY more worried about what the Trump Administration is doing with all of our data, than I am about anything the Chinese government might be doing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

The Happy Birthday version sung in China never mentions a name at all. It is just "Happy Birthday to you," over and over. Such a dismal song in general, in whatever language it is sung in.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 1d

That would be the horrific religion that the majority of Americans adhere to, which would explain why we are such a hellhole.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

I doubt that anyone willing to work in the Trump Administration is mentally sound.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Worry about Chinese spyware in batteries is silly. The Trump Administration is pretty obviously the biggest national security risk to the United States. China isn't invading our cities and kidnapping people. China isn't spreading vaccine-preventable diseases in the US. share.google/6Sl860aGMGvt...

Fact Sheet – The U.S.-China Electric Vehicle Race

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging--I'm 67, and strongly object to the idea that all American Jews are or were Zionist. I've never been a Zionist. I aspire to NEVER visit Israel. I've always been absolutely disgusted by Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Either you are against fascism, or you are a fascist. Same thing with racism.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

I will also never forgive him for his "women's issues are side issues" stances.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

I would be thrilled if Stephen Miller's family would take responsibility for the monster they have unleashed on the world, and deal with him.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller dumped by own family as humiliating public putdown resurfaces: 'I grieve' www.rawstory.com/stephen-mill.... Stephen Miller's family brought him into the world, they need to deal with him. Just disowning him is not adequate.

Stephen Miller dumped by own family as humiliating public putdown resurfaces: 'I grieve'

Stephen Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, has publicly disowned him in a resurfaced emotional Facebook post in which she condemned his role as the architect of the Trump administration's hardline immigra...

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Right. Tell that to Ann Frank.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

‘The world needs to know what happened to my baby’: inside devastating new police-body-cam film The Perfect Neighbor www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc.... The RAPE-UBLICAN Party is working hard to legalize violence by white Christofascists, against everyone who is not a white Christofascist.

‘The world needs to know what happened to my baby’: inside devastating new police-body-cam film The Perfect Neighbor

Composed almost entirely of footage filmed by police, The Perfect Neighbor is a harrowing documentary about a black woman shot by her white neighbour in Florida. The director reveals how she made it

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Calling a baby a Velcro baby, is a sign that the speaker would be a horrible parent, and should definitely not breed.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump wage cut is a catastrophe for American workers. With the H2A visa having no cap, the Trump wage cuts opens the gates to potentially unlimited American job losses in agriculture.

Read our full statement:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

A photo of workers bent over working in the field with the text overlay: BREAKING: Farm Workers Condemn $2.46 Billion in Trump Wage Cuts

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody but you cares about your creme brulee. Nobody but you could possibly imagine that anyone else cares about your creme brulee. Maybe you are in the wrong job?

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 3d

We were already extremely dumb, the difference now is that the RAPE-UBLICAN Dunning/Kruger Party controls all three branches of the Federal Government.