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there comes a time when poems don't rhyme and free verse has its day i really like th poems i write when they come out that way _____________ retired faculty member UT Austin mathematician, secular humanist, former speleologist & river runner Boulder, CO

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 8h

The Chart Climate Denialists Can’t Ignore
Every now and then you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to cut through the noise and change minds. This, Mark Gongloff writes, is one of them.

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 4d

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Climate Brief: Climate scientists and conservationists-"Where their #Hope comes from"

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Climate Brief: Climate scientists and conservationists-"Where their Hope comes from"

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS Seeds of hope: How nature inspires scientists to confront climate change The Washington Post’s climate team asked 11 scientists and conservationists where their hope comes from. What aspects of nature give them the strength to...

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 5d

This bird spotted in Texas (b) is the first recorded wild hybrid of a male blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) (a) and a female green jay (Cyanocorax yncas). It “joins a growing list of increasingly unexpected outcomes” from shifting habitats caused by global warming

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 6d

Kirigami-inspired parachute deploying to slow down the delivery of a water bottle from a drone. Frédérick Gosselin

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · Sep 8

🎥 get ready for winter!
Home heating energy savings tips

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PL RP and like. Thank you! 🩷💚💙

#ClimateAction #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateSolutions #Climatesolution #EndFossilFuels #SaveOurPlanet #SaveTheEarth #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 8d

i am about 15 miles to W of there :-)

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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 8d

Boulder right now

a dirt road heading to the right, trees on each side with the Boulder flatirons in the background. lots of blueish clouds with a few pink colors. Colorado

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 8d

Louder for the people at the back.

Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 8d

The notion that we must accept one form of religious extremism in order to guard against another is a false choice. The defence of an open, liberal society should be based on principled secularism and universal human rights, not a cynical, self-defeating bargain.

One extremism won’t save you from another

In the face of concerns about rising Christian Nationalism in the UK, the retort from some quarters has been to suggest that it is at least a better option than Islamic fundamentalism. This implies a ...

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 8d

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Governor Hochul Directs State Agencies to Accelerate Renewable Energy Development and Construction | Governor Kathy Hochul

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Governor Hochul Directs State Agencies to Accelerate Renewable Energy Development and Construction

As part of New York’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, Governor Hochul announced a coordinated set of actions to accelerate the deployment and construction of reliable and clean energy across New York State that will help stabilize energy prices.

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 8d

By saying that people like me are an “epidemic,” the result of something “artificially induced,” he’s strongly implying that we are broken, that we are somehow wrong.
Stat First Opinion | 25 September 2025 | David Rivera
Rivera, the president and founder of Mentoring Autistic Minds is autistic

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 9d

Mitochondria are responsible for producing ATP, the molecule that powers most cellular processes. (Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library)

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Hindu Wisdom @hinduwisdom.bsky.social · 10d

My greatest skill has been to want but little.

Henry David Thoreau

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 10d

from todays the economist 9/28

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 10d

Donald Trump is raising the stakes for holding power

Winning is becoming about prosecution, not just public policy

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FSC G. Z17 @fortinstcommando.bsky.social · 11d

👍 #NoKings10-18 #🚫Coverup #WhoisJohnDoe174 #Nakba48 #SlavaUkraini #trumpEpsteinFiles #homanFile #BLM #LandBack #FreePalestine #EndCitizensUnited #Medicare4All #CanklesMcEpstein #Fuckgop #FuckIce #BoycottDisney #BoycottWalmart #BoycottHomeDepot #BoyCottDelta #BoycottTarget #BoycottCBS #FuckOrangeTurd

Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 11d

This…. 👇🏼
#bluesky

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Jen , the MT liberal bird lady @liberal-jen.bsky.social · 10d

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 13d

Energy savings
$19 trillion
Fuel costs that could be slashed by mid-century by speeding up electrification and adding renewables, according to BloombergNEF

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 14d

States and medical societies are basing their recommendations on science. The recommendations out of CDC are magic, smoke, and mirrors.
—Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota
Undark | 23 September 2025 | KFF Health News
States and medical societies are distancing themselves from the CDC

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 14d

thnx for sharing this Christine :-)

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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 14d

This is Jimmy's monologue from last night.

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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 14d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

Opinion | ‘They Cheated Like Dogs, but We Got Them Back’

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phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 15d

“Most people will not betray their tribe for a stranger in a lab coat.”
Ella Al-Shamahi’s painful journey from creationist to evolutionary biologist taught her why “simply shouting ‘trust the science’ will never truly change people’s minds”. (The Washington Post | 6 min read)

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 15d

“The academic community must recognize that the systems shaping how we access knowledge require the same scrutiny given to the tools shaping how we produce it.”

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 16d

the mighty Larch

phlexicon @phlexicon.bsky.social · 24d

I have followed Yuval Harari ever since he wrote Sapiens
I watch all of his interviews that I come across
He is a frequent guest of Ari Melber on MSNBC and Sam Harris
Thanks for the reminder

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