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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · 2h

thought he said, "they don't even have sewers any more" and was perplexed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · 1d

that's it, @neorsd. we're getting a dog. 🐾

MLive @mlive.com · 1d

City may use canine to sniff out human waste in storm drains and Flint River outfalls

The city may be putting a specially trained canine to work sniffing out human waste in stormwater drains and outfalls to prevent it from entering local streams, creeks, and the Flint River.

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MLive @mlive.com · 1d

City may use canine to sniff out human waste in storm drains and Flint River outfalls

The city may be putting a specially trained canine to work sniffing out human waste in stormwater drains and outfalls to prevent it from entering local streams, creeks, and the Flint River.

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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Mean Girls Day to all who celebrate.

A scene from the movie "Mean Girls," where the female narrator says to the audience. "On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was."

The next scene has female narrator saying out loud, "It's October 3rd."

jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · 5d

The Black River, once nicknamed the “river of fish tumors,” is one step closer to delisting.

✅8/9 BUIs removed

www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...

Once nicknamed the ‘river of fish tumors,’ a Northeast Ohio river has nearly reached its environmental comeback

After decades of cleanup and restoration, the Black River — once so polluted residents were warned not to touch the water — is nearing removal from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s list of i...

www.cleveland.com

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John R. @tribe.bsky.social · 6d

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Wisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 15d

Teachers, explore 10,000 years of history beneath the #GreatLakes with your students at the next Students Ask Scientists webinar on October 7!

UW-Milwaukee professor Ashley Lemke will talk about what's buried beneath the waves of our biggest lakes. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us...

Join us for “Students Ask Scientists” on October 7 | Wisconsin Sea Grant

Ashley Lemke will discuss 10,000 years of underwater archeology in the Great Lakes.

www.seagrant.wisc.edu

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Kyle @kylerossi.bsky.social · 18d

TEN DAYS AGO to now. Unreal.

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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · Sep 7

I agree!

jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · Aug 31

this is supposedly the house Taylor and Travis looked at when they were in town earlier this summer.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · Aug 28

From superheroes to sewer heroes.
From dream team to stream team.
We're about to turn the page on a whole new era.

LAKE ERIE LEAGUE ISSUE #1 DROPS AT #CLEANWATERFEST SEPTEMBER 20.

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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · Aug 27

come to the @neorsd.org Clean Water Fest on 9/20 and yes, you can get a sweetie treatise with your WWTP tour! #bestdayever

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today @everocean.bsky.social & our students took a tour of the kananaskis wastewater treatment plant ( #ewpipe) and because it was so hot, we stopped for ice cream. Do YOU get ice cream in your university course? Come study environmental science @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social! 🧪

University students wearing hard hats while getting a tour of a wastewater treatment plant

University students holding up ice creams

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today @everocean.bsky.social & our students took a tour of the kananaskis wastewater treatment plant ( #ewpipe) and because it was so hot, we stopped for ice cream. Do YOU get ice cream in your university course? Come study environmental science @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social! 🧪

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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · Aug 27

getting a bottle of gin may be easier.

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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · Aug 27

was being nice and made me lunch but cooked every single item in my apartment. college kids are not wealthy and that was a week's worth of frozen veg and fish sticks.

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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · Aug 26

oh so gross.

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jenn elting (she/her) @thingstoshea.bsky.social · Aug 26

morning! ☀️

a woman is laying on a bed with her arms outstretched and a heart shaped blanket

ALT: a woman is laying on a bed with her arms outstretched and a heart shaped blanket

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 24

“Many Swedish cities, including #Stockholm, prioritize snow clearance very differently. They now clear walkways & bike paths first, especially those near bus stops & primary schools. Next, they clear local roads, & then, finally, highways.”
usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/w...