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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, #Connecticut residents, you can find your #vaccination record since 2020 here: ctwizpublicportal.dph.ct.gov

CT WiZ Public Portal

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 1d

The shsssssssh-shsssssssh of boots walking through fallen leaves in the Connecticut woods

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11d

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 2d

I haven’t noticed the decrease but yes people are afraid

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 2d

It's never been legal to export Galapagos iguanas from Ecuador. But pet dealers still sell them "legally" in Europe. Time to crack down on the wildlife pet trade. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 4d

The IUCN will consider the wildlife pet trade at its meeting next week in Abu Dhabi. Time to act on a wildlife pet trade that's gone off the rails. 🌿

Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 4d

Stop buying wildlife pets—turtles, parrots, lizards, ferrets, even tropical fish—until the global pet industry gets serious about protecting and rebuilding species and habitats. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...

The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster

And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 4d

Stop buying wildlife pets—turtles, parrots, lizards, ferrets, even tropical fish—until the global pet industry gets serious about protecting and rebuilding species and habitats. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...

The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster

And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 10d

The S. American nation of Suriname just pledged to preserve 90% of its forests in perpetuity. Congratulations to the Suriname people, to President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, & to Russ Mittermeier of Re:Wild who has worked for years to make this happen. www.rewild.org/press/surina...

Suriname pledges to permanently protect 90% of its forests, far exceeding the 30x30 global goal for climate and biodiversity protection

During NYC Climate Week, Suriname vowed to protect 90% of its forest cover in perpetuity, a historic pledge ahead of COP30 talks.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 11d

This is from back before the Jimmy Kimmel fracas, but it's just getting worse. richardconniff.substack.com/p/republican...

Republicans Move to Shut Down Dissent

It's not just Trump. The entire party is now out to kill free speech.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 11d

A kind word for rich folk on horseback and their packs of baying, slobbering hounds.
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Sound the Horn & Let the Hounds Hunt

Foxes may be off the menu, but some hunting is still bloody good fun.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 14d

It wasn't a secret, but Trump admits he's using the power of the presidency to fatten his own bank account.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 17d

Border czar Tom Homan accepts bag stuffed w $50,000 cash, promises government contracts, gets recorded by FBI. Trump #DOJ says, "yeah, no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 18d

The first known U.S. dolphin-human fishing partnership has turned up in Florida. Plus: A tale of drunken monkeys. (Photo: Jefferee Woo) richardconniff.substack.com/p/when-dolph...

When Dolphins Partner with a Fisherman

On Florida's Gulf Coast, two very different mammals develop a mutual thing.

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 23d

Air pollution from oil & gas kills >91,000 Americans yearly, particularly poorer communities.

@richardconniff.bsky.social’s story highlights new research by @ucl.ac.uk Geography’s Prof. Eloise Marais & @kohrathefog.bsky.social.

#AirPollution #EnvironmentalJustice #UCLGeography @uclnews.bsky.social

Oil and Gas Air Pollution is a Killer

But we don't care because we think other people pay the price.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 21d

Also worth contemplating their handiwork, from an 1863 photo of escaped slave Peter Gordon. This photo is now deemed "corrosive ideology" by the Trump regime and banned from display in our National Parks.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 21d

Haunting image of three southern slaveholders, c. 1850. The banal face of evil. Original daguerreotype in the Metropolitan Museum, colorized and restored by Frank Hellsten

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 22d

These Canada geese have an almost mathematical idea of acceptable social distance

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 22d

One rIght-wing activist calls c. 500 companies to blackball employees posting disapproval of Charlie Kirk. Keep it in mind next time you see someone posting sexist, racist, homophobic, or otherwise neo-Nazi beliefs. www.wsj.com/business/cha...

Workers Are Getting Fired Over Posts Mocking Charlie Kirk’s Death

Campaigns to alert employers to contentious posts are posing new challenges for bosses; ‘This is very different’ from past political controversies at work.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · Sep 6

Authors will do almost anything to promote their books. But I'd draw the line at deliberately getting bitten by a black mamba. richardconniff.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · Sep 6

Authors will do almost anything to promote their books. But I'd draw the line at deliberately getting bitten by a black mamba. richardconniff.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s not just wiping out rainbow crosswalks & BLM murals in St. Petersburg. The mini-fascists in Florida government also destroyed a memorial to the 102 dead and injured in the Pulse nightclub shooting. www.tampabay.com/news/st-pete...

St. Petersburg protesters rally around rainbow crosswalk

Pride and Black history art installations have been removed as part of a state effort.

www.tampabay.com

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · Aug 30

So why aren't they reporting on Trump's frequent consultations with funeral home salespeople?

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · Aug 30

The New York Times ran a whole piece speculating that Joe Biden had Parkinson’s and suggesting his neurologists were lying to the public. archive.ph/0u9ht

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · Aug 30

With regret, a new addition to the Wall of the Dead for lost species seekers. Donovan Kirkwood fell off a cliff in the Western Cape while searching for a critically endangered flowering plant. 🌿 strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/t...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · Aug 30

Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-science killing your children? That could be just be a photo op for him. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-chronicl...

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