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“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza “A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin “I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is what we’re fighting for. Whose side are you on?

Jeremy Sell @jeremysell.bsky.social · Feb 28

A small creek cascading over mossy rocks. Olympic National Park, Washington, 19 Apr 2015. #NationalParks

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

momentummag.com

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 9h

Our student is in their 3rd year studying forestry & mycology in undergrad, & I’m learning some great stuff along the way, too. One of this year’s MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellows runs a non-profit that published this terrific primer on fungi facts last month - highly recommended!

Top 10 Mycorrhizal Cool Facts

List of ten amazing ecosystem services mycorrhizal fungi provide

www.spun.earth

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 9h

#OtD 8 Oct 1916 mostly migrant workers at Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company in NJ walked out on strike against low wages and dangerous conditions. Police killed 4 strikers and injured dozens, crushing the strike after 10 days stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1085...

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 9h

“Put me in coach!” Very nice *maquillage* from the young’un.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 10h

This names the problem exactly. ↘️

If people lack info on the real world to inform their thinking, we need ways — publicly chartered or sponsored ones, if need be — to get such info to people. It needs to be as unobtrusive _and_ as inescapable as background music.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 11h

This is an armchair theory, but:

It seems like Trump’s Portland gambit is only possible because Americans are sufficiently insulated from depictions of the real world by a universe of derivative media AND the news orgs we’d expect to cover this faithfully are off the clock anyway.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

This is obviously hateful, but for people indifferent to the hate, just a big waste of money. You have the Secretary of Transportation cheering the destruction of functional public infrastructure.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 1d

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 20h

Choose your fighter.

DC Sandwich Guy throwing sandwich at officers

Chicago priest being assaulted by troops

Guy carrying American flag surrounded by gas.

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 21h

I once heard German Green politician and peace activist Petra Kelly talk about this, shortly before her death. She described a first nations protest in Canada, where hundreds of police and activists had a standoff that seemed destined for violence until scores of children with pillows “attacked” …

damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 1d

i’ve wondered whether the traditional tactic of peaceful resistance to shock the conscience of observers who see nonviolence met with force is still possible in a media environment where only novelty can get the attention of the people you need to be shocked, and portland seems to have an answer

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 18h

This is how it's done: put the truth right there in the headline and sub headline.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 18h

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

Supreme Court Weighs Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

www.scientificamerican.com

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 19h

Old habits die hard: as a developer, he was notorious for stiffing contractors and suppliers who'd done work on his projects.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

COHEN: “Federal workers earned that pay, and the law makes it clear they’re entitled to it.”

US Rep. Steve Cohen rips into Trump for threatening to withhold back pay from federal employees who are working through the #republicanshutdown

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 1d

Start spreading the word that you must 🔄 FLIP OVER YOUR BALLOT 🔄 for those all-important Judicial Retention votes -- they're on the back!

WESA @wesa.fm · 2d

The Allegheny County Elections Division will begin to send mail-in ballots this week to voters who have requested them. Voters who have already requested a mail-in ballot can expect to start receiving them later this week.

Allegheny County voters to begin receiving mail-in ballots

Elections division officials said Monday that all candidate challenges over ballot access have been resolved, clearing the way for ballots to be sent out.

www.wesa.fm

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

I have it on very good authority that 16 pigs will finish off a body that weighs 200 lbs. in about 8 minutes.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 2d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a powerful quick summary - just a list of questions the AG refused to answer - of what an embarrassing shitshow today's hearing was for the DoJ.

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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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.

What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy

Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors

climatecommunication.yale.edu

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

Shitbirds of a feather sweat together

Famous photo of Rudy Giuliani sweating through his hair dye

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Jubilation T. Cornpone here will be among the first to look for the closest lifeboat as water keeps pouring into the MAGAtanic engine room. He's (in)famously smarter than he'd have us all believe with his "aw shucks, I'm just a simple country lawyer" schtick.

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Jubilation T. Cornpone here is (in)famously smarter than he'd have us all believe with his "aw shucks, I'm just a simple country lawyer" schtick. He'll be among the first to look for the closest lifeboat as water keeps pouring into the MAGAtanic engine room.

kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

The phrase "dripping with contempt" could have been coined just to describe the AG's responses to Congressional oversight questioning.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 1d

Empty barrels, famously, make the loudest noise.