Mark
@crosetti.bsky.social
Environmental junkie/politics follower/wildlife enthusiast/mental health professional
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I am going to do my first live video on Thinking About..., and it’s a thrill and an honor to be joined by the great Dr. Amy Acton, who is running for governor of my home state of Ohio.
Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
@amyactonoh.bsky.social
snyder.substack.com/p/live-video...
Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
@amyactonoh.bsky.social
snyder.substack.com/p/live-video...
Live Video with Dr. Amy Acton
20 Nov 9:30am Eastern Time
snyder.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I am going to do my first live video on Thinking About..., and it’s a thrill and an honor to be joined by the great Dr. Amy Acton, who is running for governor of my home state of Ohio.
Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
@amyactonoh.bsky.social
snyder.substack.com/p/live-video...
Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
@amyactonoh.bsky.social
snyder.substack.com/p/live-video...
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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This was a long day. It was a good one for democracy in court but long and hard. If you want to support Democracy Docket and its critical work, sign-up now (free or paid). hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This was a long day. It was a good one for democracy in court but long and hard. If you want to support Democracy Docket and its critical work, sign-up now (free or paid). hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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It can't be all doom and gloom.
There have to be rays of sunshine sprinkling down on these trying times.
Don't stop fighting
Just take breaks
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
There have to be rays of sunshine sprinkling down on these trying times.
Don't stop fighting
Just take breaks
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
March 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It can't be all doom and gloom.
There have to be rays of sunshine sprinkling down on these trying times.
Don't stop fighting
Just take breaks
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
There have to be rays of sunshine sprinkling down on these trying times.
Don't stop fighting
Just take breaks
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
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BREAKING: A federal judge blocked Arkansas from enforcing a set of laws designed to suppress ballot initiatives — including ID checks, reading-level rules and a so-called “cool off” period for canvassers.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
Federal Court Shuts Down Arkansas Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge blocked Arkansas from enforcing a set of laws designed to suppress ballot initiatives — including ID checks, reading-level rules and a so-called “cool off” period for canvassers.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
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We can win the midterms while building a Democratic Party that fights as hard as we do: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We can win the midterms while building a Democratic Party that fights as hard as we do: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
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“On day one,they will want delivery. You're going to be held to a different clock and a different standard to others.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social questioned @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on how he’s going to deliver on his ambitious agenda:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social questioned @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on how he’s going to deliver on his ambitious agenda:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“On day one,they will want delivery. You're going to be held to a different clock and a different standard to others.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social questioned @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on how he’s going to deliver on his ambitious agenda:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social questioned @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on how he’s going to deliver on his ambitious agenda:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
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In Idaho's Clarkia fossil beds, ~15-million-yr-old leaves are sandwiched between rock. When exposed, the leaves momentarily retain their original colors—red, copper, sometimes even a chlorophyllic hue—before oxidizing and fading.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In Idaho's Clarkia fossil beds, ~15-million-yr-old leaves are sandwiched between rock. When exposed, the leaves momentarily retain their original colors—red, copper, sometimes even a chlorophyllic hue—before oxidizing and fading.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
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“At a moment when too many legacy institutions have shown they can be bought and sold by the Trump admin, this particular constellation of leaders deserve all the flowers. The ideas they individually and collectively nourish and advance will surely shape the next chapter of American democracy.”
Celebrating the ‘secret sauce’ of fighting authoritarianism
Ms. magazine paid tribute to bold leaders operating at the intersection of media, the law, and storytelling.
contrarian.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“At a moment when too many legacy institutions have shown they can be bought and sold by the Trump admin, this particular constellation of leaders deserve all the flowers. The ideas they individually and collectively nourish and advance will surely shape the next chapter of American democracy.”
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New in PN: CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
Take this grift and shove it.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New in PN: CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
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“it is bonkers, frankly, when you see [what is happening in Charlotte] yourself.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“it is bonkers, frankly, when you see [what is happening in Charlotte] yourself.”
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our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjsd...
Hundreds in North Carolina attend training event on how to deal with ICE
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjsd...
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Learn how researchers traced chemical evidence of early life in ancient rocks and found signs of photosynthesis nearly a billion years earlier than expected. www.discovermagazine.com/unexpected-e...
Unexpected Evidence of Life Found in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Using AI
Learn how researchers traced chemical evidence of early life in ancient rocks and found signs of photosynthesis nearly a billion years earlier than expected.
www.discovermagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Learn how researchers traced chemical evidence of early life in ancient rocks and found signs of photosynthesis nearly a billion years earlier than expected. www.discovermagazine.com/unexpected-e...
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He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
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Breaking news: A federal judge in the James Comey case questions whether the indictment of the former FBI director was properly approved by a grand jury.
Comey attorney argues indictment is an abuse of power by Trump
A federal judge heard arguments on whether to dismiss the indictment of former FBI director James Comey on the grounds of vindictive prosecution.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Breaking news: A federal judge in the James Comey case questions whether the indictment of the former FBI director was properly approved by a grand jury.
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It shouldn’t take nineteen clips to prove the point, but here they are anyway.
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It shouldn’t take nineteen clips to prove the point, but here they are anyway.
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So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
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Huge cuts to staff at WHO will leave world ‘less healthy and less safe’, experts warn
Huge cuts to staff at WHO will leave world ‘less healthy and less safe’, experts warn
The health organisation is to lose almost a quarter of its workforce in 2026, reducing its ability to help countries facing disease outbreaks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Huge cuts to staff at WHO will leave world ‘less healthy and less safe’, experts warn
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Must-read piece about what is so fundamentally rotten about American "journalism" today..
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Must-read piece about what is so fundamentally rotten about American "journalism" today..
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Russ Vought is openly admitting this nomination is a front so he can stay on at the CFPB while he tries to shut it down.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
Trump picks new CFPB director amid efforts to close agency
The nomination of Stuart Levenbach was a "technical" maneuver intended to extend White House budget director Russ Vought's oversight of the agency.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Russ Vought is openly admitting this nomination is a front so he can stay on at the CFPB while he tries to shut it down.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.
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The Post is keeping an updating map and list of the Trump administration’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific (Gift link)
wapo.st/4oNn8RJ
wapo.st/4oNn8RJ
Mapping U.S. strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific
An ongoing record of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since Sept. 2.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Post is keeping an updating map and list of the Trump administration’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific (Gift link)
wapo.st/4oNn8RJ
wapo.st/4oNn8RJ
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The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants
It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
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The Trump administration announced it intended to restore changes to the ESA, a move quickly criticized as ensuring a death sentence to countless species.
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
Trump Administration Proposes Changes To Endangered Species Act Regulations
In a move long expected, the Trump administration said Wednesday it intended to restore regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act that President Donald Trump made during his first term, a move ...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Trump administration announced it intended to restore changes to the ESA, a move quickly criticized as ensuring a death sentence to countless species.
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
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I did a deep dive on the State Dept’s designations of four “Antifa” groups.
State doesn’t even allege that they have targeted Americans or the U.S.
3 of them don’t appear to be Antifa.
The 1 that is Antifa was designated in part for fighting neo-Nazi groups, which haven’t been designated.
State doesn’t even allege that they have targeted Americans or the U.S.
3 of them don’t appear to be Antifa.
The 1 that is Antifa was designated in part for fighting neo-Nazi groups, which haven’t been designated.
The State Dept's designations of Antifa undermine claims that the mvmnt poses a significant terrorist threat to Americans, counterextremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social writes
The 4 designated groups haven’t targeted Americans. 3 don’t appear to be Antifa.
www.justsecurity.org/125072/fto-s...
The 4 designated groups haven’t targeted Americans. 3 don’t appear to be Antifa.
www.justsecurity.org/125072/fto-s...
State Dept's FTO Designations Undermine Claims of "Antifa" Threat
Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration's claimed designation of "Antifa Groups"
www.justsecurity.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I did a deep dive on the State Dept’s designations of four “Antifa” groups.
State doesn’t even allege that they have targeted Americans or the U.S.
3 of them don’t appear to be Antifa.
The 1 that is Antifa was designated in part for fighting neo-Nazi groups, which haven’t been designated.
State doesn’t even allege that they have targeted Americans or the U.S.
3 of them don’t appear to be Antifa.
The 1 that is Antifa was designated in part for fighting neo-Nazi groups, which haven’t been designated.
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An FBI agent-in-training filed a lawsuit after he was handed a letter signed by the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, saying that he was being “summarily dismissed” because of “political signage.” The only thing that could be, he quickly realized, was a rainbow pride flag that had hung near his desk.
F.B.I. Trainee Sues After Being Abruptly Fired Over Display of Gay Pride Flag
He described his dismissal as the latest move by senior F.B.I. officials to play politics, damaging morale and hindering the bureau’s ability to carry out its public safety mission.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
An FBI agent-in-training filed a lawsuit after he was handed a letter signed by the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, saying that he was being “summarily dismissed” because of “political signage.” The only thing that could be, he quickly realized, was a rainbow pride flag that had hung near his desk.