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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 8h

Northern Cheyenne Plants & Their Uses with Kathy Widdicombe.

Register:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/kat...

Elise R. Donohue Lecture Series | Northern Cheyenne Plants & Their Uses with Kathy Widdicombe

Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 8h

Oregon grape root fruits make delicious jelly. BUT! You have to wait until it frosts, which make the berries much sweeter.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 8h

It's always a good time to reduce the amount of money you send to corporate America and spend $$ locally but THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IN PARTICULAR calls for a wholesale change of practice in shopping (and make it eco).

Some ideas:
brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/climate-co...

Climate-Conscious Gift Guide from Bright Green Futures

Thoughtful Giving That Embodies a Better World Today

brightgreenfutures.substack.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

FBI agents assigned to Musk concluded he was systematically avoiding conduct standards imposed on those holding high-level clearances. FBI management concluded it could do nothing about this because of Musk's ties to Trump and the GOP.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 8h

www.helpguide.org/relationship...

Gaslighting: What is It and How to Stop It

In this excerpt from The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide, author and psychoanalyst Dr. Robin Stern shares tips on dealing with gaslighting.

www.helpguide.org

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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 8h

There’s a growing movement within ranching to practice understanding how cows experience the world, and practice low-stress handing. But is that realistic?

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What’s it like to be a cow? - High Country News

A cattle rancher reflects on her occupation and the growing movement to understand how other animals see the world.

www.hcn.org

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 8h

Factual and moral, powerful imagery and language that rivets attention can fight idiotic propaganda.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8h

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 7d

let the gourd times roll

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 7d

“The McCarthy Era ended when Americans from across the political spectrum finally came together and stood up for the principles in the Constitution against the forces of repression ... It is our turn to stand together in defense of our constitutional rights."

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 2d

My latest column for @skyandtelescope.bsky.social, about a recent trip to a dark-sky site. It was stellar. 🌟

skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-bl...

Get Thee to a Dark Sky Site!

The experience of truly dark skies is one that no one should miss.

skyandtelescope.org

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 2d

Gulliver’s Travels meets skeleton culture. Genius!

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d

Bookshop is super convenient and I use it A LOT... but I've also started going in-person to my local bookstores and finding DELIGHTFUL things... not just books, but definitely books too.

You might be surprised how much your local indie bookstore is functioning as a community center.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 1d

This is so cool! Wish I'd had one when I was teaching Chordate Zoology.

Blue Appaloosa @blueappaloosa.bsky.social · 1d

Fish cranial kinesis model is now listed in my Etsy shop! Hopefully useful for showing the mechanism that opens and closes a teleost fish's mouth.

(Ships from US) blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com

#SciArt #SciComm #BSNM #ArtShop #Fish

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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 1d

In BC's highlands above Osoyoos, the Okanagan Nation Alliance is rebuilding lost wetlands by mimicking beaver dams. These "beaver dam analogues" slow streams, restore habitat, and may one day invite beavers to return back home. #Okanagan #Wetlands

Across syilx territories, people are imitating beavers — and hoping for their return

Often seen as a ‘nuisance’ species to be trapped and removed, stunx — beaver in nsyilxcən — may be a key to restoring wetlands and watersheds amidst deforestation and climate change

indiginews.com

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 1d

Professor @mcfaulmike.bsky.social, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, offers key takeaways from his new book, Autocrats versus Democrats: China, Russia, America and the New Global Disorder, available starting Oct. 28.

Five Lessons on How the World’s Great Powers Compete, and Why

Professor Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, offers key takeaways from his new book, Autocrats versus Democrats: China, Russia, America and the New Global Disorder

fsi.stanford.edu

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

When you hear about Big Tech companies lobbying the federal government to stifle AI regulation in the states, this is one reason why.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

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Borealman @borealman63.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, looking at this picture, I think those might be turkey vultures and not eagles.

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 1d

October 18th - on my calendar

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. soy market problem is going to cause massive problems with corn in coming years, as soy is rotated in the same fields with corn to keep corn rootworm populations low.

If farms switch to corn only, we’ll see pest resurgences and increased pesticide use.

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 1d

Hard frost overnight on October 5, 2025.

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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 2d

Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 2d

Finding the really good work is not usually found on social media or in the news.

There are really good people and companies working towards change. Find them.
#sustainability #plants #change

aarmbrecht.substack.com/p/awe-and-co...

Awe and Courage

A Sustainable Herbs Initiative Learning Journey

aarmbrecht.substack.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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