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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 3h

Time for Harvard to stop fending for itself and start building a coalition of universities to stand up to the govt’s continued extortion efforts. Great Op-Ed in the Crimson www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 4h

PA must vote yes to retain our judges! It’s on the back of the Vote by mail ballot ! See info at phila2ndward.org!

A poster to encourage retaining judges in PA. The background is a dark teal. The is an orange pigeon with pink legs at the bottom filling more than half the page. There are speech bubbles all around the pigeons head and body. From the left. Two black bubble with turquoise hand-written type it says “hi birds” + “Phillies.” At the top from left to right: black bubble with turquoise writing “ yo pa” yellow bubble with black type “ vote yes to retain all judges” black bubble with pink writing “ a loser rich guy wants you to vote no” black bubble with turquoise “ no excuses” black bubble with orange type “vote Nov 4” black bubble with yellow type “questions? Phila2ndward.org. Below the pigeons tail it says We have power, use it or lose it!” There are various stars and comets and shapes in different colors all around the page. Art is copyrighted by Martha Rich 2025.

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Karen Feridun @karenferidun.bsky.social · 3d

"Public health advocates are only now beginning to understand that data centers are a source of chemical pollution, especially from PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals"...

#datacentersfastfacts

insideclimatenews.org/news/0210202...

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 1d

We’re educating voters every day about the importance of voting YES.

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ksrnow @ksrnow.bsky.social · 1d

Do the right thing Pennsy. Vote "YES" JUDICIAL RETENTION!

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pghlifelonglearner.bsky.social @pghlifelonglearner.bsky.social · 23h

VOTE YES TO RETAIN JUDGES. Please.

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 15h

PA! Heads up!

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 20h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 1d

It's not all positive (this IS 2025), but there's a tremendous amount of good news and useful information in @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest post.

Something extraordinary just happened

But of course there's a but. Or two.

billmckibben.substack.com

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Amano Jack @amano-jack.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case someone missed this detail:
Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck

Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs

A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 2d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!

Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.

Please click below, sign, & share.

#DefendHigherEd

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

actionnetwork.org

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 3d

You are not alone! Know that there are millions of us hand in hand who will work for peace and a healing planet.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 4d

Rabies explains this administration…

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

He’s foaming at the mouth to go full Gestapo.

Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 4d

Cool event!

blacklandprairie.bsky.social @blacklandprairie.bsky.social · 5d

Join us on Saturday, October 11th for the City of Frisco's Monarch Park Fall Planting Event to help create a thriving native plant pollinator garden! We’ll be installing 400+ native plants and removing weeds to support local habitat. #Blackland Prairie Chapter #CityofFrisco
txmn.org/bptmn/monarc...

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 5d

Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 5d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 5d

Listen Up: Democrats are fighting the $1 trillion Medicaid cuts in the MAGA One Big Beautiful Bill Act that leave 3 in 10 young adults vulnerable to losing health care access - to partially offset the cost of trillions of dollars in tax cuts. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...

#TrumpsHealthcareShutdown

Medicaid Cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Leave 3 in 10 Young Adults Vulnerable to Losing Health Care Access

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will likely make it more difficult to apply for and maintain Medicaid, which could make it harder for young adults to successf…

www.urban.org

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 7d

Impeach the president.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 7d

One reason I donate to #Wikipedia.

More, though, is that without doubt, it's going to hit by a tsunami of suppression very soon, as it's anathema to all that the Trumpist regime and its techbro billionaire fanboys stand for.

Without global support, it will be destroyed.

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Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 7d

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t forget to support Wikipedia along with free press journalists and comedians.

Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 7d

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

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