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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2h

“London hits 'historic' clean air milestone 184 years early…a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality.”

Quite a leadership achievement for @london.gov.uk’s government! While nations talk, (some) cities act. And get results.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 2h

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

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 2h

Trump is effectively bullying the UK to pay more for its drugs

www.ft.com/content/dd11...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

Ninety-three farm bankruptcies in Q2 — nearly double the number from the end of 2024.

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/04/f...

Farm bankruptcies are soaring amid low crop prices, while Trump considers bailout of up to $14 billion | Fortune

In the second quarter, there were 93 bankruptcy filings, up from 88 in the first quarter and nearly double the 47 at the end of 2024.

fortune.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

FACT: Netflix’s market cap has gone UP $10 Billion since right wing, snowflake, bigots targeted them with a cancel culture boycott over a transgender character in a cartoon.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 3h

Love this.👇

"There’s a huge opportunity to promote art and health."

Creative hobbies could slow brain ageing at the molecular level www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com

Creative hobbies could slow brain ageing at the molecular level

To keep the mind young, dance the tango.

www.nature.com

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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 2h

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · 3h

Apple caves in to Pam Bondi and removes an ICE-tracking app, just like it once caved to the Kremlin and removed Alexei Navalny’s smart voting app. Also: Trump scratches his Bagram itch, and Europe’s Gaza test.

Subscribe to Coda Currents: buff.ly/AuDxfze

Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 2h

WOW!

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 Horrifying. Does misinformation do real harm? Yep.

Who believes FALSE claim Tylenol causes (true / probably true) autism?

- 41% of parents
- 57% of Republicans

Thx MAHA / MAGA. Dark Age 2.0

www.kff.org/public-opini... via @kff.org

Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 4h

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Effective immediately??

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · Sep 8

Happy Monday All!

Here is a helpful resource for when someone claims “There is no threat to LGBTQ+ rights” or that you are “overreacting”:
The ACLU is tracking hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the U.S. right now.

This is real.
This is happening. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

🔗 tinyurl.com/3w4yw9np

Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2024

In the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with our national network of ...

tinyurl.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 1d

“Plenary authority suggests an executive that cannot be checked, which is not the system of laws that the founding fathers drew up. An unchecked executive might be able to get a lot done, but there's a reason America fought a war of independence.”

www.distractify.com/p/plenary-au...

Stephen Miller Said the President Has "Plenary Authority," but What Does That Mean?

During an interview on CNN, Stephen Miller said that the president had plenary authority, which naturally led some to wonder what that means.

www.distractify.com

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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 1d

Will airport shutdowns pressure Congress to end the shutdown?

What’s more important, healthcare or airport transit?

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Staffing challenges create delays at airports for second day as shutdown drags on

Travelers in Chicago and Nashville were experiencing delays Tuesday night.

www.nbcnews.com

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Ima Cygnenoir @ima-cygnenoir52.bsky.social · 1d

So very very VERY this

Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 1d

Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0??
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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 1d

100%

Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 1d

“President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if federal courts bar him from sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

White House confident courts will greenlight their Portland plan. Trump is telegraphing Plan B.

Even as the White House insists the president is on firm legal ground in sending troops to Oregon, the president has floated invoking the Insurrection Act.

www.politico.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Sen. Ruben Gallego says the impacts of the shutdown pale in comparison to the calamity that would ensue if the Obamacare subsidies expire: “If we don’t get ACA tax credit extensions, over 100,000 Arizonans are going to double their premiums on their health insurance. That’s painful and permanent.”

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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like he’s talking about Putin invading Greenland….opps, no, that’s Trump. Shameful.

Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 2d

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Shannon Lee (she/her) @shannonchristen.bsky.social · 10d

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Amy Kroczkowsky 🇺🇦 @i-just-live-here.bsky.social · 3d

www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/s...

How this week’s Supreme Court case on conversion therapy could impact the regulation of medicine

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a Colorado law banning mental health practitioners from performing conversion therapy

www.statnews.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

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Mountain Mama @wvmosaicmama.bsky.social · 3d

As suspected. This has shut down the Munich airport several times stranding thousands of passengers.

business-news-today.com/munich-airpo...

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