Oakandfen
@oakandfen.bsky.social
Caring for other species is caring for our own.
Former director of watershed group and domestic violence shelter.
Community radio host
Lover of human created music and music of the natural world.
Former director of watershed group and domestic violence shelter.
Community radio host
Lover of human created music and music of the natural world.
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The move could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, particularly amid efforts to undermine regulations on food processors – via @thenewlede.bsky.social
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Trump Admin Decision to Axe Advisory Groups May Spell Trouble for Food Safety
The move comes after hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses more than doubled last year in the US.
truthout.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The move could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, particularly amid efforts to undermine regulations on food processors – via @thenewlede.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/tru...
truthout.org/articles/tru...
As human induced climate chaos continues to ratchet up, might it be advisable for evacuations prior to tornado outbreaks similar to hurricane evacuations?
As of right now catastrophic damage is happening in Salem, Ms.—it might be leveled.
And this is only the beginning of Saturday’s outbreak…😬
As of right now catastrophic damage is happening in Salem, Ms.—it might be leveled.
And this is only the beginning of Saturday’s outbreak…😬
March 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As human induced climate chaos continues to ratchet up, might it be advisable for evacuations prior to tornado outbreaks similar to hurricane evacuations?
As of right now catastrophic damage is happening in Salem, Ms.—it might be leveled.
And this is only the beginning of Saturday’s outbreak…😬
As of right now catastrophic damage is happening in Salem, Ms.—it might be leveled.
And this is only the beginning of Saturday’s outbreak…😬
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I just flew into Milwaukee, and can confirm the smoke and dust. Here's a view of the MKE skyline just now:
March 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I just flew into Milwaukee, and can confirm the smoke and dust. Here's a view of the MKE skyline just now:
Good day for escape into music! More specifically, my vinyls .
Now playing: Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life❤️🎼🎶
Now playing: Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life❤️🎼🎶
March 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Good day for escape into music! More specifically, my vinyls .
Now playing: Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life❤️🎼🎶
Now playing: Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life❤️🎼🎶
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Today is the day, Mississippi & Alabama friends.
NOAA: "A tornado outbreak is expected across the central Gulf Coast States and Deep South into the Tennessee Valley. Numerous significant tornadoes, some of which should be long-track and potentially violent, are expected this afternoon and evening."
NOAA: "A tornado outbreak is expected across the central Gulf Coast States and Deep South into the Tennessee Valley. Numerous significant tornadoes, some of which should be long-track and potentially violent, are expected this afternoon and evening."
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today is the day, Mississippi & Alabama friends.
NOAA: "A tornado outbreak is expected across the central Gulf Coast States and Deep South into the Tennessee Valley. Numerous significant tornadoes, some of which should be long-track and potentially violent, are expected this afternoon and evening."
NOAA: "A tornado outbreak is expected across the central Gulf Coast States and Deep South into the Tennessee Valley. Numerous significant tornadoes, some of which should be long-track and potentially violent, are expected this afternoon and evening."
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A dangerous severe weather threat for Alabama this afternoon and tonight. Here is a detailed look at the situation on the morning briefing: www.youtube.com/live/xPJY8X6...
James Spann's Morning Briefing - Satutday 3.15.25
YouTube video by James Spann
www.youtube.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A dangerous severe weather threat for Alabama this afternoon and tonight. Here is a detailed look at the situation on the morning briefing: www.youtube.com/live/xPJY8X6...
Universities in the south are telling students, who are in safer locations, to return to campus Sunday or Monday due to severe weather.
Human induced climate chaos unfolding in real time.
This outbreak could be catastrophic for a huge swath of the u.s.
Human induced climate chaos unfolding in real time.
This outbreak could be catastrophic for a huge swath of the u.s.
March 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Universities in the south are telling students, who are in safer locations, to return to campus Sunday or Monday due to severe weather.
Human induced climate chaos unfolding in real time.
This outbreak could be catastrophic for a huge swath of the u.s.
Human induced climate chaos unfolding in real time.
This outbreak could be catastrophic for a huge swath of the u.s.
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Alabama, like other states, depends on NOAA warnings for early preparedness for events like this. Early preparedness saves lives. But Trump & Musk are killing off NOAA. www.al.com/weather/2025...
Alabama’s rare severe weather event ‘is all but certain’: Prepare now for powerful, widespread storms
"We’re absolutely going to see some kind of impactful weather, it’s just a matter of how widespread," NWS warns.
www.al.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Alabama, like other states, depends on NOAA warnings for early preparedness for events like this. Early preparedness saves lives. But Trump & Musk are killing off NOAA. www.al.com/weather/2025...
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A quick update on the total climf&%kery that's taking place.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
March 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A quick update on the total climf&%kery that's taking place.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
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Epitomizes what’s wrong with ecomodernism and what most environmental environmental NGOs have become.
Should be an Onion article, and not real life.
Should be an Onion article, and not real life.
Thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being cut down to build a four lane highway to transport people to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
Yes, this is a real story.
(🎥 BBC)
1/2
Yes, this is a real story.
(🎥 BBC)
1/2
March 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Epitomizes what’s wrong with ecomodernism and what most environmental environmental NGOs have become.
Should be an Onion article, and not real life.
Should be an Onion article, and not real life.
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Trump administration to roll back many EPA regulations, revisit contested water rule wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/03/12/r...
Trump administration to roll back many EPA regulations, revisit contested water rule • Wisconsin Examiner
The Trump administration moves follow a campaign promise to encourage energy production and scrap regulations enacted to slow climate change.
wisconsinexaminer.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Trump administration to roll back many EPA regulations, revisit contested water rule wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/03/12/r...
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U.S.-made beer, bourbon, motorcycles and more on tariff list in Trump trade war with EU wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/03/12/r...
U.S.-made beer, bourbon, motorcycles and more on tariff list in Trump trade war with EU • Wisconsin Examiner
The EU said countertariffs will take effect April 1 if the Trump administration does not cool the escalating trade war.
wisconsinexaminer.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
U.S.-made beer, bourbon, motorcycles and more on tariff list in Trump trade war with EU wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/03/12/r...
Grateful for James Taylor’s music, born on this day ❤️
Hard to pick a favorite but his cover of John Anderson’s Seminole Wind is beautiful, poignant …
R.i.p. the Everglades as humans, rapacious, destructive ways continue…
youtu.be/g7aIgtJi3oU?...
Hard to pick a favorite but his cover of John Anderson’s Seminole Wind is beautiful, poignant …
R.i.p. the Everglades as humans, rapacious, destructive ways continue…
youtu.be/g7aIgtJi3oU?...
Seminole Wind
YouTube video by James Taylor - Topic
youtu.be
March 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Grateful for James Taylor’s music, born on this day ❤️
Hard to pick a favorite but his cover of John Anderson’s Seminole Wind is beautiful, poignant …
R.i.p. the Everglades as humans, rapacious, destructive ways continue…
youtu.be/g7aIgtJi3oU?...
Hard to pick a favorite but his cover of John Anderson’s Seminole Wind is beautiful, poignant …
R.i.p. the Everglades as humans, rapacious, destructive ways continue…
youtu.be/g7aIgtJi3oU?...
This heartbreaking story underscores the importance of keeping wildlife wild:
dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/rel...
dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/rel...
DNR Releases New Glarus Snowy Owl Necropsy Results | Wisconsin DNR
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the necropsy results for a snowy owl recently found deceased in New Glarus.
dnr.wisconsin.gov
March 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This heartbreaking story underscores the importance of keeping wildlife wild:
dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/rel...
dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/rel...
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A diseased population is easier to control and further hurts the economy, benefitting China and Russia.
HHS announces closing regional offices in NY, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and Dallas … 10 down to four www.hhs.gov/about/news/o...
www.hhs.gov
March 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A diseased population is easier to control and further hurts the economy, benefitting China and Russia.
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Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
Feeling, with each passing day, that we (in the u.s.) are living in Mordor.Washington D.C./Congress = Mount Doom.
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Donald Trump: Sauron or Gollum? By Thanos Kalamidas
The world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is filled with complex characters that symbolize various human traits, from the embodiment of pure evil to the personificatio…
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March 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Feeling, with each passing day, that we (in the u.s.) are living in Mordor.Washington D.C./Congress = Mount Doom.
realovi.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/d...
realovi.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/d...
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"It was the Biden administration, it was the Democratic establishment, that has created the conditions that we are now seeing taken advantage of," Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat says of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest and the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent.
March 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"It was the Biden administration, it was the Democratic establishment, that has created the conditions that we are now seeing taken advantage of," Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat says of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest and the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent.
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100 years of February sea surface temperature anomalies through 2025. Note the long-term warming and patterns of climate variability, like from this year's La Niña (cooling in the equatorial central Pacific).
Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext...
Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext...
March 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
100 years of February sea surface temperature anomalies through 2025. Note the long-term warming and patterns of climate variability, like from this year's La Niña (cooling in the equatorial central Pacific).
Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext...
Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext...
One of the most powerful songs I’ve heard about DT and us.
Poignant, powerful, spot on:
youtu.be/y7XYGLjP-58?...
Poignant, powerful, spot on:
youtu.be/y7XYGLjP-58?...
Broken Truth - Tim Grimm
YouTube video by Tim Grimm
youtu.be
March 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
One of the most powerful songs I’ve heard about DT and us.
Poignant, powerful, spot on:
youtu.be/y7XYGLjP-58?...
Poignant, powerful, spot on:
youtu.be/y7XYGLjP-58?...
While centrist Dems keep asking me for money via email, Bernie is on the ground fighting, mobilizing thousands.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gsG...
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LIVE from Warren, MI: Fighting Oligarchy in America
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
While centrist Dems keep asking me for money via email, Bernie is on the ground fighting, mobilizing thousands.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gsG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gsG...
Thousands of people showing up for Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin and Michigan.
He’s not running for anything.
He has no celebrities…no Bruce Springsteen, no Beyoncé just local leaders and his powerful messages that he has imparted for decades.
Massive enthusiasm.
Wake up centrist
Dems!
He’s not running for anything.
He has no celebrities…no Bruce Springsteen, no Beyoncé just local leaders and his powerful messages that he has imparted for decades.
Massive enthusiasm.
Wake up centrist
Dems!
March 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thousands of people showing up for Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin and Michigan.
He’s not running for anything.
He has no celebrities…no Bruce Springsteen, no Beyoncé just local leaders and his powerful messages that he has imparted for decades.
Massive enthusiasm.
Wake up centrist
Dems!
He’s not running for anything.
He has no celebrities…no Bruce Springsteen, no Beyoncé just local leaders and his powerful messages that he has imparted for decades.
Massive enthusiasm.
Wake up centrist
Dems!