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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 2h

I know my friends in Boize can answer this

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ACOG @acog.org · 1d

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As ob-gyns, you play a vital role in helping patients who may be experiencing abuse. ACOG’s resources can help you learn more about screening patients and connecting them with help: https://bit.ly/4q40MMS #DVAM2025

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

the United States is not the entire world and everyone else can indeed make a big climate difference without us

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

"Solar energy is anticipated to be the world’s main source of energy by 2050" hell yeah

Solar: main source of EU electricity in June with 22%

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 5d

Justice

YouTube video by The Cruddy Crankerz - Topic

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 7d

Love @51st.news
They picked up where @washingtonpost.com dropped off. Thing is, they’re covering DC better,imo

The 51st @51st.news · 7d

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The 51st @51st.news · 7d

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 7d

Renewable energy marches on:

California's New Energy Experiment Is Working And It Changes Everything - BGR

As many groups aim to improve renewable energy, this project aims to revolutionize it further, combining green energy with agricultural infrastructure.

www.bgr.com

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NPR @npr.org · 9d

A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up.

A year after Helene, a group of raft guides embarks on a river clean-up mission

n.pr

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 9d

Strongly suggesting interviewing @vanessabertelli.bsky.social the tireless Executive Director of @electrifydc.bsky.social

She’s a great interview and tremendous resource on eliminating fossil fuels in our homes

Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 10d

Wow!

Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 10d

Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

‘A cottage of one’s own’: Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published

A chance discovery at a country house revealed the three funny – sometimes surreal – interlinked tales, written almost a decade before Woolf’s first book was published

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.bsky.social · 11d

If anyone wants to check out some local heat pumps, ask questions from real heat pump owners and also learn more about Prefabricated Energy Retrofits, sign up to join our Overbrook Heatpump Tour next weekend www.eventbrite.com/e/tour-of-he... @electrify613.bsky.social

Tour of Heat Pumps in Overbrook

Join us on a tour of Overbrook homes to speak to residents about their heat pumps and get your questions answered!

www.eventbrite.com

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 13d

I hope the difference between corporate media and civic-minded non-profit media is crystal clear. Even in these highly uncertain times, public media are still fighting for journalism and access to good information

Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 14d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 13d

This is really awesome--

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 13d

Could geothermal technology cool steamy subway platforms as temperatures rise? The MTA is trying to find out.

MTA Searches Underground for Ways to Cool Sweltering Stations

The transit agency may use geothermal technology to combat high temperatures as the number of yearly heat waves is projected to more than triple by the 2050s.

www.thecity.nyc

Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 14d

Don’t apologize yikes

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14d

Heat pumps remain the cheapest way to heat in Germany for 2025. Despite overall increases, heat pumps rise only ~5% and still beat gas, oil, pellets, and district heat on annual costs. Fossil systems are a long-term cost trap.

@co2online.bsky.social

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ACOG @acog.org · 16d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 17d

EVs are currently replacing 1.3 million barrels of oil per day and set to replace 5 million
barrels of oil per day by 2030.

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you

Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 18d

Already shared the link a couple of times but here it is again.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJbX...

Farm Aid 40 Live Stream Official Webcast

YouTube video by Farm Aid

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 20d

Neuroscience shows that speed reading is bullshit

Despite the claims of speed reading apps, it turns out that you actually have to read the book if you want to learn from it.

bigthink.com

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Jeannie in DC @rivergirl202.bsky.social · 24d

Sunday’s #Sunset over National Airport viewed from #DC! @capitalweather.bsky.social @ianlivingston.bsky.social

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · 26d

Lol

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WIRED @wired.com · 29d

A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade. www.wired.com/story/us-tax...

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill

A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.

www.wired.com

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · Sep 7

lol

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · Sep 7

I hope this business thrives

DC’s first phone-free bar opens on H Street - WTOP News

D.C.’s newest bar has a restriction that might make a lot of us feel naked: no cellphones.

wtop.com

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Sep 6

Interesting piece on how Canada could be poised to open its market to Chinese EVs, in part because right-wing premiers are demanding the tariffs against them be removed so China won’t tariff Canadian canola exports.

Also surprising how aggressive it is against Trump.

Canada may get cheap Chinese EVs because of what's in your cooking oil

Canada's right wing is demanding an end to tariffs on cheap Chinese EVs, and may get it. And it's all because of whats in your cooking oil.

electrek.co

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Robert Shalett @rshalett.bsky.social · Sep 5

How to Wrest the News Agenda Back from Trump

Accepting the pace of social media need not mean embracing its transience

dicktofel.substack.com