Rebekah Creshkoff
@rosy-finch.bsky.social
Writer/editor, actor/singer, naturalist, taiji player, public speaker on the harms of plastics
So close, and yet so far! The NY State Senate has passed the best plastics reduction law in the nation, and we have the votes in the Assembly, to pass it, too. Now @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social needs to bring Assembly bill 1749 (Glick) to the floor for a vote by Tuesday, June 17. Please share!
Big corporations want lawmakers to protect their profits over your health. Whose side is your Assemblymember on: the chemical industry or children and families? Tell your Assemblymember to pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act! 📲Call now: bit.ly/people-over-...
June 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
So close, and yet so far! The NY State Senate has passed the best plastics reduction law in the nation, and we have the votes in the Assembly, to pass it, too. Now @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social needs to bring Assembly bill 1749 (Glick) to the floor for a vote by Tuesday, June 17. Please share!
Reposted by Rebekah Creshkoff
Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
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February 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Anne Applebaum is smart, articulate, and knows authoritarianism when she sees it.
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Journalist describes Trump's movements as a 'regime change' towards authoritarianism
The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy.
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February 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Anne Applebaum is smart, articulate, and knows authoritarianism when she sees it.
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/g...
Products from fossil fuels to factory foods contribute to rising rates of chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and Parkinson’s. Obesity started increasing ca. 1985. Now 75% of us are overweight/obese. Something happened in the environment. It’s not like everybody lost their willpower at once.
February 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Products from fossil fuels to factory foods contribute to rising rates of chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and Parkinson’s. Obesity started increasing ca. 1985. Now 75% of us are overweight/obese. Something happened in the environment. It’s not like everybody lost their willpower at once.
Caligula showed the Senate no mercy or respect. He allowed some who had achieved the highest offices to run alongside his chariot in their togas for several miles or to stand, dressed in a linen cloth, at the head or the foot of his couch as he dined. Sound familiar? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Opinion | Fail, Caesar! (Gift Article)
We can’t let Trump be a cruel emperor.
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February 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Caligula showed the Senate no mercy or respect. He allowed some who had achieved the highest offices to run alongside his chariot in their togas for several miles or to stand, dressed in a linen cloth, at the head or the foot of his couch as he dined. Sound familiar? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Reposted by Rebekah Creshkoff
Come find out how entrenched #plasticpollution is in our daily lives. Science author, journalist Matt Simon will share his investigation of the invisible & catastrophic effects of #microplastics. For a free online presentation, rsvp bit.ly/bpvg2025.
@beyondplastics.bsky.social
Graphic by Mandy Wald
@beyondplastics.bsky.social
Graphic by Mandy Wald
February 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Come find out how entrenched #plasticpollution is in our daily lives. Science author, journalist Matt Simon will share his investigation of the invisible & catastrophic effects of #microplastics. For a free online presentation, rsvp bit.ly/bpvg2025.
@beyondplastics.bsky.social
Graphic by Mandy Wald
@beyondplastics.bsky.social
Graphic by Mandy Wald
Interesting perspective on our current #division and the role played by lack of #housing. Locations with #jobs have no #affordablehousing and vice-versa — and people who feel stuck become disillusioned and bitter. www.npr.org/2025/02/17/n...
In his book 'Stuck,' Yoni Appelbaum tells of how many Americans have lost mobility
Americans have lost their mobility, the thing that once made the country distinctive, open and prosperous, writes Yoni Appelbaum in his new book, Stuck. He spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep.
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February 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Interesting perspective on our current #division and the role played by lack of #housing. Locations with #jobs have no #affordablehousing and vice-versa — and people who feel stuck become disillusioned and bitter. www.npr.org/2025/02/17/n...
Even more horrifying than we already knew.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie (Gift Article)
The world’s poorer nations have never stopped being receptacles for the West’s rubbish.
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February 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Even more horrifying than we already knew.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...