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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 6h

It really misses me off that a university can organize a vigil for a horrible person like Charlie Kirk on a dime. But they can't process student's GI Bill before a government shut down.

Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 2d

If even the most committed of dog moms can learn to care for a cat, maybe Americans can remember we aren't enemies.

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so disgusted that the National Guard is gassing and harassing Vietnam Veterans in Portland. I hope the tables turn and the uniforms are stripped right off the backs of these traitors. No respect for the pathetic guards hiding their faces like Isis. Shame on Trump and them!

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 5d

Israel doesn't stand for Jewish values! Jewish people are NOT zionists. We reject genocide, dictatorship, and Netanyahu! www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/he...

Over 1,000 Rabbis and Jewish Peace Activists in Brooklyn Demand Gaza Ceasefire

Here in New York, more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish peace activists led a protest Thursday demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel. They gathered at Brookly...

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Elizabeth Hilborn @elizabee.bsky.social · 6d

Today, the Lancet published an updated, evidence-based model diet designed to maximize human health and minimize environmental damage in a developing world.

The Guardian piece is linked here: tinyurl.com/mrs9tfcx the referenced study (restricted access) is linked in the first comment.
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‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 7d

Watching the ships getting through is making me giddy! Please everyone- More flotillas! Hundreds of boats!!! globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

Flotilla Tracker - Global Movement to Gaza

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 7d

Israeli warmongering. www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb...
So much for Yom Kippur

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 7d

Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often seems overwhelming. @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and the @ipbes.net Transformative Change Assessment co-chairs highlight the roles we can each have in achieving #transformativechange.

🧪 #biodiversity #sustainability

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Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible

Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often appears overwhelming. This Perspective highlights the key messages from the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment and how everyone can be ...

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 7d

Total government shut down. Just like Netanyahu, Trump and his red-tie minions take the opportunity to show off their " Trump 2028" hats? AMERICA, why isn't everyone in the street protesting? This is beyond psychotic.

Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 9d

Netanyahu was filmed inciting violence and a coffin against Yitzak Rabin. He will murder other Israelis to get what he wants. He's horrible. He thinks he can push around Americans.

Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 9d

The Ashkenazi population was far more numerous than Jewish people in the Middle East. They look down on us, we think they are ultra-religious, conservative nutjobs. Oil and water. Militarily, they don't listen to Americans. They waste our $ and insult us at the same time. Bring Ben to Justice.

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 9d

It's so absurd. If Jewish people need a state, it should have been in Europe. My family left Lithuania in 1890 with the Russian incursions. My DNA is less than 0.1% middle eastern except for a little Greek. Many American Jewish people can't stand Israel. They looked down on their "own" Ashkenazis.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11d

A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in a study in Nature Plants that tree size increased by 3% each decade. #plantscience 🧪

Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants

A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 11d

This can be very useful. phys.org/news/2025-09...

What noise does a fish make? New underwater tool lets ecologists ID fish from their sounds

Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video ...

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

The mother/ sister in law's last comment was she didn't expect them to live this long.

Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

Our friend Nour is alone in Gaza City with 4 kids- her orphaned nieces/ nephews. Sister in law took the money, her oldest daughter, went to Jordan- leaving Nour with 4 kids her 3 yr old. Instead of sending money from the sale of Nour's dead brother's car, she went on vacation.
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Donate to Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza, organized by Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane

Hi, my name is Enas Culhane. I am a USF Master's student stud… Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane needs your support for Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

If he knew anything about the history of sugar, he would realize it's still like drinking human blood.

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Tom Warren @realtack.bsky.social · 20d

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 27

Planetary Justice: Stories and Studies of Action, Resistance and Solidarity

Diverse scholars & activists on climate justice, exploring politics and practices of solidarity & flourishing in face of climate change, biodiversity loss & extinction.

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

Everyone with any military experience knows that you cannot win against terrorists by killing children. And EVERYONE knows nation state's conventional war strategies always fail against networks.

Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

So maybe Israel's rabid dog, right wing mass murderer should bite his tongue. Not only is a military failure and a mass murderer of children- but last I checked our tax dollars pay for his unhinged insults. Come and tell me what you think we can stomach to our faces.

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

I don't know about you, but I feel very insulted that Netanyahu decided to talk to the people who gave him everything he has like we are a bunch of little bitches. Guess what, we caught and killed our 9-11 terrorists. And it wasn't the 2 hasty wars that did it. Nope. years of special operations.

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

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BATTLE HYMN OF THE TRUMPUBLIC - God Made a Dictator | Don Caron

YouTube video by Parody Project

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 12d

It is true that Hamas are terrorists hiding behind women and kids. It is also true that Netanyahu is a mass murderer who has ruined any hope for the survival and legitimacy of a Jewish state.

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