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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Sep 1

Brazilian environment agency Ibama has notified 12 meatpacking plants, including two operated by #JBS , of an inspection into their alleged involvement in a scheme to buy cattle from illegally cleared land in the Amazon rainforest.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Brazil probes JBS and other beefpackers for buying cattle from deforested land

Brazilian environment agency Ibama has notified 12 meatpacking plants, including two operated by JBS SA , of an inspection into their alleged involvement in a scheme to buy cattle from illegally cleared land in the Amazon rainforest, according to a document seen by Reuters on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 10d

Will Bunch writes about the people shot at an ICE facility in Dallas, with the emphasis on the *people* they are or were, not the mistakes they may have made that gave ICE an excuse to kidnap them.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10d

This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting

The names of the dead and wounded

Jose Andres Bordones-Molina

Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez

Norlan Guzman-Fuentes

Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...

What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting

The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.

www.inquirer.com

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10d

Sometimes teen boys go looking for extremist content online. Often, it finds them. Julie Jargon and Ben Fritz explore the case of two men who fell down rabbit holes.

How Two Young Men Got Pulled Into Internet Darkness, and How They Got Out

Teens and men in their 20s look for belonging in corrosive online spaces but often end up feeling more isolated. “The beliefs themselves instilled loneliness,” one says.

on.wsj.com

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 10d

Fantastic video of short pledges to move our money out of pension giant TIAA. Powerful testimony by clients, including professors and nonprofit workers. Live, in front of TIAA HQ, on Friday 9/26/25 as part of Climate Week. #StopLandGrabs #ClimateJustice #TIAADivest
www.youtube.com/live/5KGL6FD...

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 11d

Here are the facts about right wing violence as opposed to left wing violence. Hint: left wing doesn’t even come close.

Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 12d

The ADL reports right-wing extremists committed ~75% of extremist murders in the U.S. over the past decade, including 90% in 2019 alone. They remain the deadliest extremist threat.
extremismterms.adl.org/resources/re...

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 11d

Excellent, powerful forum with Indigenous and Black leadership in defense of forests, regenerative instead of extractive agriculture, & fossil free finance: building grassroots power as we go! Yesterday: learned so much. #TIAADivest
@aausa.bsky.social @tiaadivest.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social

Photo of panelists from "Endowing a Just Food System: Shifting Philanthropic Investments from Extractive to Regenerative Models" panel

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 11d

This is important -- More funds for HBCUs, already!

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 11d

New Report Finds Low Share of R&D Funds Goes to HBCUs https://bit.ly/4gEjgio

A Black woman with curly hair wearing safety glasses and a white lab coat conducts a science experiment in a lab.

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 11d

So true. Kudos to Sheinbaum for going to Juarez and celebrating immigrant workers!

Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 11d

"The United States would not be what it is if it were not for the Mexican women and men who work on the other side of the border."

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum shared the successes of her first year yesterday in Juárez, taking the time to celebrate Mexican migrants in the U.S.

My story:

Mexico's Sheinbaum celebrates migrants as she shares successes of first year in office

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum made an important visit to Juárez to share her first-year report, taking the time to celebrate Mexican migrants in U.S.

www.elpasotimes.com

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TIAA-Divest! @tiaadivest.bsky.social · 14d

See you there!

ActionAid USA @aausa.bsky.social · 14d

Then hit the streets with us for the #DumpTIAA campaign launch street action🪧:

🕐 Fri Sept 26 · 1:00–2:30 ET
📍 Outside TIAA HQ, 730 3rd Ave, NYC

Your retirement shouldn’t bankroll land grabs or fossil fuels. Join us at lunch, then in the streets. ✊💪

#climatejustice 2/2

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ActionAid USA @aausa.bsky.social · 14d

This past weekend, 20,000 of us took to the streets of NYC for the #MakeBillionairesPay march ahead of #UNGA and #ClimateWeek, demanding democracy, climate justice, economic justice & migrant justice.

Thanks to everyone who joined us💪

📣 Stay tuned for more!

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vashok.bsky.social @vashok.bsky.social · 13d

Make a pledge to move your money!!!

TIAA-Divest! @tiaadivest.bsky.social · 14d

Attending Climate Week NYC? Join us Sept 26 for the Dump TIAA launch, right outside TIAA HQ. Take the pledge to move your savings if TIAA keeps funding fossil fuels, land grabs, and the climate crisis!

Take the pledge: docs.google.com/forms/d/1FEw...

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TIAA-Divest! @tiaadivest.bsky.social · 13d

AARP Foundation Joins Lawsuit Against TIAA for Mismanagement of Retirement Funds

WASHINGTON─AARP Foundation attorneys have joined a class action lawsuit as co-counsel on behalf of thousands of older adults enrolled in retirement plans offered by the Teachers Insurance and...

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No Masters Zone @nomasterszone.bsky.social · 19d

After 49 years and 2 months Leonard Peltier is still not free, but at least not in prison.
A beautiful interview by @democracynow.org just after Peltier's 81st birthday.

“Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, 5 Decades in Prison & Coming Home

Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sat down with longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier for his first extended television and radio broadcast interview since his release to h...

www.democracynow.org

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ActionAid USA @aausa.bsky.social · 14d

Then hit the streets with us for the #DumpTIAA campaign launch street action🪧:

🕐 Fri Sept 26 · 1:00–2:30 ET
📍 Outside TIAA HQ, 730 3rd Ave, NYC

Your retirement shouldn’t bankroll land grabs or fossil fuels. Join us at lunch, then in the streets. ✊💪

#climatejustice 2/2

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ActionAid USA @aausa.bsky.social · 14d

📣 📣 📣

20,000 marched in NYC for #MakeBillionairesPay ahead of #climateweek 💪 Thank you 👏

Join our ActionAid-moderated panel on TIAA, land & fossil fuels:
🗓️ Friday, September 26
⏲️11:45 – 12:30 ET
📍NYC

Register 👉 events.humanitix.com/nycw-finance...

#climatejustice 🧵1/2

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 14d

Don't miss this free forum on Friday 9/26 from 10-6:30 PM: Grassroots Campaigns in Defense of Land, Forests, & Food Sovereignty. From 1-2:30 PM we'll go picket TIAA HQ, 730 Third Avenue. Join us! TIAA funds Big Ag, fossil fuels, & land grabs furthering deforestation in Brazil. #TIAADivest

Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 21d

📢 Happening Sept 26 at #NYClimateWeek!

🌱 Grassroots Campaigns in Defense of Land, Forests & Food Sovereignty

🗓 Sept 26 | 10AM–6:30PM
📍 The People’s Forum, NYC

Join panels, workshops & actions led by frontline groups reshaping food, land & forests.

🔗 Register: events.humanitix.com/nycw-finance...

peoplesforum.org

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 16d

New documentary by @thegeckoproject shows that soy expansion is driving deforestation in Bolivia. Cargill is one of the largest soy traders in Bolivia, and it's financed by #BNPParibas #BankofAmerica #JPMorganChase

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 14d

What do we do when our air is under attack? Stand up fight back! Defund fossil fuels!

Stand.earth @stand.earth · 14d

Are we winning yet? 😔

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill

A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.

www.wired.com

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 14d

Big oil & gas have the granddaddy of all tax giveaways: they write off development costs for up to 80% of each new well they drill in the first year... as if fossil fuels are a good idea any more! 😒
But @rbreich.bsky.social says it more interestingly so have at it:

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29d

Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle.

Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...

The Secret Behind High Gas Prices

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 14d

Yup. I went EV for climate reasons, but it helps that it saves money and is a great experience in other ways too.
A friend who just bought a used EV asked me, prior to her purchase, how much money I saved in gas. "Last month, $78," I said. See @shreyassudhakar.com post below :)

Shreyas Sudhakar @shreyassudhakar.com · 14d

1/ 🔌 💡 Just finished my first EV road trip—and I’ll never own a gas car again.
450 miles.
$42.42 in electricity.
<40 min total charging.
A gas car would’ve cost $70. 🧪

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TIAA-Divest! @tiaadivest.bsky.social · 16d

Attending Climate Week 2025 in NYC? Join us at the Dump TIAA campaign launch. For 5 years we tried to negotiate — no more. If TIAA is still funding fossil fuels and agribusiness by 2026, we’ll move our savings to a provider we can trust.

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IMBloom @imbloom.bsky.social · 14d

Fantastic grassroots climate justice forum this Friday 9/26 at The People's Forum all day. Free and open; come, learn, take action! #TIAADivest

TIAA-Divest! @tiaadivest.bsky.social · 16d

Join us and our allies for a full-day forum on the economic, social, and environmental impacts of financial corporations and agribusiness—and what we can do about it.

🔗: events.humanitix.com/nycw-finance...

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Jeff Seidman (he/him) @jeffsseidman.bsky.social · Sep 4

1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).

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Kristine @extrasuperkk.bsky.social · 22d

Reading is what is saving my sanity right now. There’s not great stuff going on, and while yeah, I’m doing my activism, I’m also reading. Some recs on #books: @billmckibben.bsky.social ‘s Here Comes the Sun. Super interesting, compelling, optimistic, and a call to action. 1/x

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 21d

When the oil & gas industry says EPA has gone too far... 🤦‍♂️

EPA proposal puts US gas exporters in a bind share.google/YGFYX5ndcFgd...
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EPA proposal puts US gas exporters in a bind

The bid to halt greenhouse gas reporting could cause problems for petroleum companies — especially those hoping to sell gas to the EU.

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