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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile Trump & his fossil fuel funders gut the Clean Air Act & closed all EPA Environmental Justice offices across US, as more & more studies have been showing that autism may be associated with increased air pollution exposure during pregnancy (esp 3rd trimester) & early childhood.

Air pollution linked with increased risk of autism in children | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution has been linked with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children, particularly if exposure occurs during the third trimester of preg...

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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile Trump & his fossil fuel funders gut the Clean Air Act & closed all EPA Environmental Justice offices across US, as more & more studies have been showing that autism may be associated with increased air pollution exposure during pregnancy (esp 3rd trimester) & early childhood.

Air pollution linked with increased risk of autism in children | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution has been linked with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children, particularly if exposure occurs during the third trimester of preg...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4h

More on this here: www.tom-cox.com/autumn-diary/

This week I filed my claim for compensation from the company Anthropic AI, who have illegally used pirated online copies of two of my books to train artificial intelligence. A past version of myself would maybe find it quite exciting if I told him he would be involved in a worldwide battle against robots. But probably less so when he found out the robots are invisible, tedious twats.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 3h

McMahon is also facing a lawsuit for ignoring a pedophile ring as head of World Wrestling Entertainment. She had past lawsuits from former wrestlers & families for injuries & deaths from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. She is an exploiter of young people, a protector of rapists & profiteers.

Ring boy scandal - Wikipedia

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"Never in modern times has the federal government undermined bedrock constitutional protections on this scale or usurped states’ police power by directing federal agents to carry out an illegal mission against the people for the government’s own benefit," asserts the lawsuit.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 9h

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is facing charges that she ignored years' long sexual abuse of teens by her employees at World Wrestling Entertainment. This is a sick, corrupt, abusive administration that is doing our children irreparable harm.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_bo...

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 13h

Because Mississippians live in the world and deserve paywall-free information about it.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 18h

From Mississippi to the nation, our reporters publish the stories that matter.
Keep local voices strong: buff.ly/YiCfyqA

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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 1d

"Solar ... is now so cheap that large markets for solar can emerge in a country in the space of a single year."

Another historic milestone for the energy transition, which is doing things seemingly daily that I was told quite often until quite recently were impossible www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 12h

MY DEAR FRIEND WAWA GATHERU IS ON THE DAILY SHOW TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE AND RACIAL JUSTICE with @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social and my heart is HAPPY.

I am so freaking proud of her. Wawa's an award winning founder of Black Girl Environmentalist. 😍 #blacksky

www.cc.com/fan-hub/the-...

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 2d

None of these apps are any good. I'm training a crow friend to scream out my thoughts as she flies through the city

Photo of my friend, the crow, sitting on my roof waiting for her bribe/breakfast

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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 13h

They want to destroy the souls and conscience and hope and possibilities of young people and children. Every major AI company (OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Anrthropic, Grok, etc) are Pentagon contractors. They want the children & youth to be 100% controlled by devices. They're almost there in many cases

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Julie Wash @jakwash.bsky.social · 20h

Crazy to poison our aquifers and drinking wells with extraction of fossil fuels which burn into planet-destroying emissions.

Lose-lose.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 20h

If you want to see all the other 200+ studies documenting how fracking-related activities have depleted or contaminated water sources, you can find them in the open-source fracking science compendium of which I’m an co-editor and co-author:

concernedhealthny.org/compendium/

Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure, Ninth Edition, October 19, 2023

The Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure (the Compendium) is a fully referenced compilation…

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Jon Green @modestholdings.com · 15h

Do not sleep on the energy of Illinois' Lieutenant Governor, and Senate candidate, the Honorable Juliana Stratton.

Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social · 1d

This moment requires courage. It's on all of us to stand up, speak out, and push back against Donald Trump's authoritarian agenda.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

More are united around a simple message: RFK Jr should not be HHS Sec. His decisions undermine our public health capacity and put lives and health at risk.

As 6 former Surgeon Generals argue:

"He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

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wapo.st/3VTALll

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, it's an even bigger deal that the President is in fact authorizing these murders.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 1d

this is one of the most beautiful things i have ever heard. a better world is possible and it's right at our fingertips

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 1d

Taking a quick break from banging the drum for impeachment to thank our followers. There are now 8,000 of you and we are so grateful for your patriotism and your activism.

PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all who celebrate!

a happy mid autumn festival poster with a rabbit holding a red lantern

Alt: a happy mid autumn festival poster with a rabbit holding a red lantern

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Black and proud @wrong1rightday.bsky.social · 2d

The reporting is extraordinary and because they are Black Chicagoans they are able to report about the impact on our communities because they are part of the community.

They are up holding the traditions of the Chicago Defender and Ida B Wells.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

We’re so thankful to everyone who is spreading the word about our work at The TRiiBE.

This moment demands more revolutionary voices in journalism. Support independent, Black-owned journalism today.

Make a monetary contribution: buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhk...

The TRiiBE is independent, Black-owned media.

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