Simona Perry
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The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The ethic of care does not ask, “How can I optimise this interaction?” It asks, “How can I be fully present with this person, this pain, this moment?” Not because it will change the world. But because it is the world. It is the only world we ever touch.
This is beautiful and such an essential witness…. Thank you @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social 💚
Mongabay founder @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social has written 70+ obituaries this year for people who spent their lives defending the natural world.
These portraits show ordinary people standing between ecosystems and erosion, proving protection happens through imperfect, sustained effort.
These portraits show ordinary people standing between ecosystems and erosion, proving protection happens through imperfect, sustained effort.
Environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025
I write short obituaries for people who spent their lives protecting parts of the natural world. I work on them in the margins of other responsibilities, yet they have become a constant. In 2025, I…
news.mongabay.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is beautiful and such an essential witness…. Thank you @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social 💚
From an international conference in Bethlehem on November 14, 2025, “Kairos Palestine II: A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide,”- “We are the sons and daughters of the first Church…those who cultivated this land, built its cities and villages and drank from its waters.”
"Kairos": an alternative Christmas sermon: Not a Ceasefire Day 76
When peace seems impossible, Christians from the Holy Land bring us words of comfort – perhaps the most honest, authentic, and hopeful message of its time.
israelpalestinenews.org
December 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
From an international conference in Bethlehem on November 14, 2025, “Kairos Palestine II: A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide,”- “We are the sons and daughters of the first Church…those who cultivated this land, built its cities and villages and drank from its waters.”
If true, this is terrifying because it would mean that the US government is now kidnapping and internationally trafficking US citizens. This is not “deportation” it is human trafficking -even in the case of immigrants! If money changes hands for these human transfers isn’t this a form of slavery?
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
If true, this is terrifying because it would mean that the US government is now kidnapping and internationally trafficking US citizens. This is not “deportation” it is human trafficking -even in the case of immigrants! If money changes hands for these human transfers isn’t this a form of slavery?
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PBS FRONTLINE's "Surviving CECOT" is incredible, disturbing, moving, and they didn't self censor.
Surviving CECOT | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
The story of three Venezuelan men branded as gang members and deported to CECOT.
www.pbs.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
PBS FRONTLINE's "Surviving CECOT" is incredible, disturbing, moving, and they didn't self censor.
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
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i don't know what else anyone could call this except apartheid — it is, anyway, a complete landscape of surveillance and militarized partition
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
i don't know what else anyone could call this except apartheid — it is, anyway, a complete landscape of surveillance and militarized partition
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A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
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The members of Philadelphia's Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peered through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters. (via @whyy.org)
Philadelphia seniors track air and water pollution to ‘leave a better world’
Members of the Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peer through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The members of Philadelphia's Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peered through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters. (via @whyy.org)
“I would insist that a role must be reserved for wonder, and for awe. Because to feel amazed by wild creatures — astonished by what you witnessed, certain never to forget it — is not naïve or sentimental.”
The mystery of wildlife and a world beyond our understanding - High Country News
Science is essential to managing wildlife populations, but there are limits to what we know.
www.hcn.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“I would insist that a role must be reserved for wonder, and for awe. Because to feel amazed by wild creatures — astonished by what you witnessed, certain never to forget it — is not naïve or sentimental.”
You can almost always trace militarism, colonialism, all sorts of oppression and subjugation back to extraction and control of Nature. For the past several decades “terrorism” has become justification. We need a global agreement to limit extraction, live within Nature’s limits, protect indigeneity 🌎
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You can almost always trace militarism, colonialism, all sorts of oppression and subjugation back to extraction and control of Nature. For the past several decades “terrorism” has become justification. We need a global agreement to limit extraction, live within Nature’s limits, protect indigeneity 🌎
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🔥 The climate emergency is here and now. Are governments acting with real urgency? Our 12-minute video explains the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🔥 The climate emergency is here and now. Are governments acting with real urgency? Our 12-minute video explains the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
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We don't thank her enough for protecting her children and loving us the way she has. Instead we have leaders willing to harm her now, cut into her, remove her authority and love for us even. That we have reached this point is going to determine any future for all of life here. 🪶
For Native Americans in the Northeast, an enduring spiritual connection to the land. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
For Native Americans, an enduring spiritual connection to the land
For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and governance; it was among the most prosperous parts of North America. A connecti...
www.wgbh.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We don't thank her enough for protecting her children and loving us the way she has. Instead we have leaders willing to harm her now, cut into her, remove her authority and love for us even. That we have reached this point is going to determine any future for all of life here. 🪶
“Advent is about active expectation: staring at all that’s broken around us and reflecting on how we are called to join God in interrupting the darkness.“
Don’t Ignore the Darkness of Advent
The days before Christmas invite us to reflect on how we are called to join God in interrupting the darkness all around us.
sojo.net
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Advent is about active expectation: staring at all that’s broken around us and reflecting on how we are called to join God in interrupting the darkness.“
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Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
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The Peace Light from Bethlehem has arrived in Ukraine, a powerful symbol delivered to Kyiv and now headed by night trains to every regional center.
Ukrainian scouts brought the flame from Vienna after its journey from Bethlehem.
Ukrainian scouts brought the flame from Vienna after its journey from Bethlehem.
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Peace Light from Bethlehem has arrived in Ukraine, a powerful symbol delivered to Kyiv and now headed by night trains to every regional center.
Ukrainian scouts brought the flame from Vienna after its journey from Bethlehem.
Ukrainian scouts brought the flame from Vienna after its journey from Bethlehem.
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Given that the Supreme Court’s prior answer was that “a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves,” could not be an American citizen and thus not have standing to sue in federal court, not feeling sanguine about this. At all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court to decide on legality of Trump birthright citizenship order
Justices to take up case amid legal fight over order to heavily restrict right to birthright citizenship in US
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Given that the Supreme Court’s prior answer was that “a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves,” could not be an American citizen and thus not have standing to sue in federal court, not feeling sanguine about this. At all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No bueno 🚨‼️
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S.C.I.S. officials that they couldn’t proceed due to their countries of origin.
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S.C.I.S. officials that they couldn’t proceed due to their countries of origin.
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
No bueno 🚨‼️
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S.C.I.S. officials that they couldn’t proceed due to their countries of origin.
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S.C.I.S. officials that they couldn’t proceed due to their countries of origin.
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Rest in power, Chairman Fred!
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Rest in power, Chairman Fred!
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Not about Biden policies. It's about this being a conscious decision to ignore science and make the global climate crisis worse. It is as insane as their policy to oppose or make it harder to get vaccines.
Breaking News: President Trump threw the weight of the federal government behind vehicles that burn gasoline rather than electric cars, gutting one of the country’s most significant efforts to address climate change.
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Not about Biden policies. It's about this being a conscious decision to ignore science and make the global climate crisis worse. It is as insane as their policy to oppose or make it harder to get vaccines.
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the U.S. government illegally killed him. His relatives say Alejandro Carranza was on a routine fishing trip, and his wife told reporters he left home to fish and had no ties to drug trafficking.
Colombian killed in U.S. strike was on a fishing trip, wife claims: "Why did they just take his life like that?"
Alejandro Carranza's family is questioning U.S. claims that he was carrying narcotics aboard a small vessel targeted last month.
www.cbsnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
the U.S. government illegally killed him. His relatives say Alejandro Carranza was on a routine fishing trip, and his wife told reporters he left home to fish and had no ties to drug trafficking.
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Whatcom immigrants are feeling scared as the federal government introduces a slew of measures following the shooting in Washington, D.C.
Federal backlash to DC shooting sparks fear among Whatcom immigrants | Cascadia Daily News
Trump administration has introduced a slew of measures restricting immigration
www.cascadiadaily.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Whatcom immigrants are feeling scared as the federal government introduces a slew of measures following the shooting in Washington, D.C.