@willow-branches.bsky.social
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Extreme lover of nature and defense of it
Former bunny wrangler 🐇
Extreme lover of nature and defense of it
Former bunny wrangler 🐇
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Tell us your name is in the Epstein files without telling us your name is in the Epstein files.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Tell us your name is in the Epstein files without telling us your name is in the Epstein files.
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Proud that our research on widespread herbicide damage to trees is being covered by @yalee360.bsky.social
And our findings have been backed by @illinoisdnr.bsky.social's 2024 study, which found herbicides at 97% of forest, prairie & wetland sites tested across Illinois e360.yale.edu/features/her...
And our findings have been backed by @illinoisdnr.bsky.social's 2024 study, which found herbicides at 97% of forest, prairie & wetland sites tested across Illinois e360.yale.edu/features/her...
How Herbicide Drift from Farms Is Harming Trees in Midwest
Researchers are starting to pay closer attention to the widespread damage wrought by agricultural herbicides. Drifting sprays may not kill trees, shrubs, and other nontarget plants outright, but exper...
e360.yale.edu
May 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Proud that our research on widespread herbicide damage to trees is being covered by @yalee360.bsky.social
And our findings have been backed by @illinoisdnr.bsky.social's 2024 study, which found herbicides at 97% of forest, prairie & wetland sites tested across Illinois e360.yale.edu/features/her...
And our findings have been backed by @illinoisdnr.bsky.social's 2024 study, which found herbicides at 97% of forest, prairie & wetland sites tested across Illinois e360.yale.edu/features/her...
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We often think, “I’m just one person—what difference could I make?”
This story shows that, when we use our voice, the answer is: a lot.
So if one person can catalyze so much harm, imagine the good each of us can choose to support and advocate for.
Read more by @fieseler.bsky.social here:
This story shows that, when we use our voice, the answer is: a lot.
So if one person can catalyze so much harm, imagine the good each of us can choose to support and advocate for.
Read more by @fieseler.bsky.social here:
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We often think, “I’m just one person—what difference could I make?”
This story shows that, when we use our voice, the answer is: a lot.
So if one person can catalyze so much harm, imagine the good each of us can choose to support and advocate for.
Read more by @fieseler.bsky.social here:
This story shows that, when we use our voice, the answer is: a lot.
So if one person can catalyze so much harm, imagine the good each of us can choose to support and advocate for.
Read more by @fieseler.bsky.social here:
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Big Oil's influence has infiltrated all levels of the federal government—here are the climate deniers of the 119th Congress. See the full list: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/climate-deniers-of-the-119th-congress-and-the-second-trump-administration/
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Big Oil's influence has infiltrated all levels of the federal government—here are the climate deniers of the 119th Congress. See the full list: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/climate-deniers-of-the-119th-congress-and-the-second-trump-administration/
W.T.F.
Gross. 100 children?!?
Gross. 100 children?!?
“Pellman’s decision in the confidential case … was a rare rebuke to a little-known trend in the largely unregulated U.S. surrogacy industry: Chinese elites and billionaires who are going outside of China, where domestic surrogacy is illegal, to quietly have large numbers of U.S.-born babies”.
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
W.T.F.
Gross. 100 children?!?
Gross. 100 children?!?
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Very proud of @naemas.bsky.social and my story yesterday on how thousands of the estimated 16,000 known plastic chemicals get into our food.
“The problem is, none of the plastics that we have right now are safe... That’s what the data tell us.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The problem is, none of the plastics that we have right now are safe... That’s what the data tell us.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Very proud of @naemas.bsky.social and my story yesterday on how thousands of the estimated 16,000 known plastic chemicals get into our food.
“The problem is, none of the plastics that we have right now are safe... That’s what the data tell us.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The problem is, none of the plastics that we have right now are safe... That’s what the data tell us.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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“The three hundred largest yachts in the world emit as much carbon dioxide as the ten million inhabitants of Burundi.”
Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet Hardcover – 14 January 2026
by Chuck Collins
Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet Hardcover – 14 January 2026
by Chuck Collins
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“The three hundred largest yachts in the world emit as much carbon dioxide as the ten million inhabitants of Burundi.”
Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet Hardcover – 14 January 2026
by Chuck Collins
Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet Hardcover – 14 January 2026
by Chuck Collins
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In Atlanta, primary care doctors are quietly taking on climate misinformation, using years of patient trust to broach a topic many still see as polarizing.
Climate misinformation, like vaccine misinformation, has been spreading rampantly across social media channels. (Published March)
Climate misinformation, like vaccine misinformation, has been spreading rampantly across social media channels. (Published March)
The Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With Patients
Leveraging trust built over time, doctors hope to depolarize the issue and break through misinformation.
www.thexylom.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
In Atlanta, primary care doctors are quietly taking on climate misinformation, using years of patient trust to broach a topic many still see as polarizing.
Climate misinformation, like vaccine misinformation, has been spreading rampantly across social media channels. (Published March)
Climate misinformation, like vaccine misinformation, has been spreading rampantly across social media channels. (Published March)
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A nature photographer stumbled upon thousands of 210-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Italy's central Alps, near where some Olympic skiing and snowboarding events will be held in February. n.pr/48Xfbm3
Italy makes a surprising discovery ahead of the Winter Olympics: dinosaur tracks
A nature photographer stumbled upon thousands of 210-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Italy's central Alps, near where some Olympic skiing and snowboarding events will be held in February.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A nature photographer stumbled upon thousands of 210-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Italy's central Alps, near where some Olympic skiing and snowboarding events will be held in February. n.pr/48Xfbm3
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It can’t be easy to be this bad.
The UN passed a resolution to protect humanitarian workers and UN personnel worldwide by a 153–1 vote. The United States was the only country to vote against it.
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It can’t be easy to be this bad.
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
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Receive up to a $5,000 grant for a climate or environmental reporting project in rural communities. Open to both newsrooms and freelancers. Apply by Dec. 3 https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Receive up to a $5,000 grant for a climate or environmental reporting project in rural communities. Open to both newsrooms and freelancers. Apply by Dec. 3 https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
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Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court – Retraction Watch retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court
Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup “does not pose a health risk to humans” has been retracted eight years after documents released in a court…
retractionwatch.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court – Retraction Watch retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
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NEW PATREON POST! "Spaying and neutering rabbits is about a lot more than babies."
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Spaying and neutering rabbits is about a lot more than babies. | Merrymac Farm Sanctuary
Get more from Merrymac Farm Sanctuary on Patreon
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December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
NEW PATREON POST! "Spaying and neutering rabbits is about a lot more than babies."
www.patreon.com/posts/spayin...
www.patreon.com/posts/spayin...
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You don't need to be an expert to help protect local nature. Starting December 15, join our first-ever ID-a-thon and contribute directly to biodiversity science and conservation!
Learn more: tr.ee/id-a-thon
Learn more: tr.ee/id-a-thon
, where you can use the [Identify Page](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify) and see larger images.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phegfiemtoi5wrtyazfyefri/bafkreibdewlfj6qkcslymoqgnvb5o4nkncpdbuft4nc4amayuutq7i65sq@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You don't need to be an expert to help protect local nature. Starting December 15, join our first-ever ID-a-thon and contribute directly to biodiversity science and conservation!
Learn more: tr.ee/id-a-thon
Learn more: tr.ee/id-a-thon
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Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
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Tuvalu, a tiny island country of 11,000 people, represents a test case for how governments will respond as climate change drives displacement econ.st/4946g3m
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Tuvalu, a tiny island country of 11,000 people, represents a test case for how governments will respond as climate change drives displacement econ.st/4946g3m
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
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December 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Just for the record
We really should start to take global warming seriously otherwise we are toast...
Or do you think the physics of a water planet know mercy?
#Climate #Earth
We really should start to take global warming seriously otherwise we are toast...
Or do you think the physics of a water planet know mercy?
#Climate #Earth
A principal short on why we will likely reach 2 °C of warming around 2030
Sadly, we are not able to accept the new reality and are still in denial.
medium.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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In nature, everything is connected. To harm one thing is to harm the whole.
December 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In nature, everything is connected. To harm one thing is to harm the whole.
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The world's oldest known bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025-26 breeding season:
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross returns to nest at Midway Atoll
The world's oldest known bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025-26 breeding season. 'Wisdom', a female Laysan Albatross, has reoccupied her regular nest site and is now preparing for another chance at parenthood. Wisdom was at least five years old when ringed in 1956, putting her age at approximately 75 years old.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The world's oldest known bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025-26 breeding season:
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Nigel, an African grey parrot lost in California, returned after four years speaking Spanish, showcasing parrots’ remarkable talent for language learning.
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nigel, an African grey parrot lost in California, returned after four years speaking Spanish, showcasing parrots’ remarkable talent for language learning.