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@missomissou.bsky.social
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Communicating science on behalf of the world’s wildest places. https://elucidatescicomm.wixsite.com/elucidate-science-co
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emmaelie.bsky.social
Good night🌙
posted almost a year ago, sunrise on lake, pale blue sky with soft clouds
December 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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meidastouch.com
Gift article:
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
wapo.st
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
missomissou.bsky.social
What Menopause Does to the Body www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w... not sure who needs to read this, but probably something humanity should just know. And understand as part of it all.
What Menopause Does to the Body
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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steveve.bsky.social
Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
missomissou.bsky.social
In today’s news…
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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zebrafish007.bsky.social
Exciting new #Zebrafish research from the #WeinsteinLab, led by Jong Park!
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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northernvoodoo.bsky.social
heavy with moisture
rising from the earth's caress
fleeting appearance

#MarcSheridan
#MarcSheridanPhotography
#photo
#photography
#haiku
#dailyhaiku
#nature
#flowerphotos
#floralphotographer
#kewgardens
#igpoty
#digitalcameramag
#mushroomsofinstagram
#mushroomlove
#mushrooms
#fantasticfungi
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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adeville.bsky.social
Once upon a Beer Cart Lane

#canterbury
#art
#travel
#design
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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khrisnin.bsky.social
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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walshfreedom.bsky.social
Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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patrlynch1.bsky.social
The life cycle of #dragonflies. From my forthcoming book "PONDS: An illustrated Guide," Yale University Press, 2026. a.co/d/1dl1IFn
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #scicomm #diagrams #infographics #Graphics #VisualJournalism #DataVisualization #Infographics #VisualStorytelling #VisualCommunication #ponds #lakes #freshwater
A complex page spread diagram showing the life cycle of typical dragonfly species, from mating and egg-laying, through the aquatic nymph stages through to adulthood.
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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landguyminor.bsky.social
Twist and shout. Fall color on the Dwarf bald cypress in Tates hell state Forest in Florida.
#stunday #cypress #fall #waterlilies #trees #naturephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Reminder: November 4th is extremely important, don’t forget to vote!
October 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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abraham.bsky.social
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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chuck4242.bsky.social
A Great Egret spotted during sunrise.

#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A Great Egret stands in some shallow water near shore. The light is orange from the sun's golden hour light.
October 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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leahmillis.bsky.social
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
50501movement.bsky.social 50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Oct 15
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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thesciencemom.bsky.social
Today I found the cutest little mushrooms EVER! They only grow on spruce cones and are like something straight out of a fairy tale.

Strobilurus occidentalis, aka spruce cone mushroom or spruce conesprout.
6 tiny pale mushrooms are visible growing out of a Sitka spruce cone, which is laying in green moss
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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premthakker.bsky.social
I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
October 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM