Peg
@ethnobot.bsky.social
Hardscrabbler. Native Vermonter. Writer. Bereaved mother. Food producer. Wood-splitter. Weed-eater. 60+ triathlons long ago. Kindness, community.
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NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
“Watch what you say to someone with nothing
It's almost like having it all”
It's almost like having it all”
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“Watch what you say to someone with nothing
It's almost like having it all”
It's almost like having it all”
Nostalgia: "disgraced financier's clubby world all but gone"
How about: "Heinous child trafficker's emails steeped in the heyday of all-male clubs ripe for child-rape clientele"
How about: "Heinous child trafficker's emails steeped in the heyday of all-male clubs ripe for child-rape clientele"
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Nostalgia: "disgraced financier's clubby world all but gone"
How about: "Heinous child trafficker's emails steeped in the heyday of all-male clubs ripe for child-rape clientele"
How about: "Heinous child trafficker's emails steeped in the heyday of all-male clubs ripe for child-rape clientele"
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Leaves caught in anti-drone nets over the streets of Kherson. There’s no Rilke for this kind of autumn www.instagram.com/reel/DRAtAPu...
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Leaves caught in anti-drone nets over the streets of Kherson. There’s no Rilke for this kind of autumn www.instagram.com/reel/DRAtAPu...
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The clubby rich pedophile world they're so sad to see gone isn't even "lost" or "gone," it's alive and well in the White House.
Part of how it got there was by the NYTimes running interference for Trump while sitting on the story of a pedophile telling one of its reporters he could ruin Trump.
Part of how it got there was by the NYTimes running interference for Trump while sitting on the story of a pedophile telling one of its reporters he could ruin Trump.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The clubby rich pedophile world they're so sad to see gone isn't even "lost" or "gone," it's alive and well in the White House.
Part of how it got there was by the NYTimes running interference for Trump while sitting on the story of a pedophile telling one of its reporters he could ruin Trump.
Part of how it got there was by the NYTimes running interference for Trump while sitting on the story of a pedophile telling one of its reporters he could ruin Trump.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
But now let’s shoot for Medicare for all
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
But now let’s shoot for Medicare for all
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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One thing people of color and Jewish people have in common … those who hate us. And we won’t answer hate with hate, but we won’t tolerate those who try to dress it’s filth up and cal it clean and sweet-smelling!
1. Tucker Carlson is mainstreaming white supremacy, hosting Nick Fuentes — a white nationalist who praises Hitler — for a fawning 2-hour interview
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
One thing people of color and Jewish people have in common … those who hate us. And we won’t answer hate with hate, but we won’t tolerate those who try to dress it’s filth up and cal it clean and sweet-smelling!
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“We kept @schumer.senate.gov informed throughout”
Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave
Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“We kept @schumer.senate.gov informed throughout”
Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave
Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave
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Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
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MARIA: “What will you do when the ACA subsidies expire (and health insurance premiums skyrocket)?”
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
MARIA: “What will you do when the ACA subsidies expire (and health insurance premiums skyrocket)?”
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
Hey New Hampshire!
With both senators, we’re still #1!
With both senators, we’re still #1!
For your page.. The Tennessee Holler...
...facts in front of your face..
...facts in front of your face..
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hey New Hampshire!
With both senators, we’re still #1!
With both senators, we’re still #1!
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She was overwhelmed with a premonition. Deja vu but from the future, looking back to this moment looking forward.
PS. - William Kely McClung,
Black Fire
PS. - William Kely McClung,
Black Fire
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
She was overwhelmed with a premonition. Deja vu but from the future, looking back to this moment looking forward.
PS. - William Kely McClung,
Black Fire
PS. - William Kely McClung,
Black Fire
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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"And rather than explain to these very real constituents that Republicans have sidelined us completely and created an authoritarian regime, I nodded and said, OK, you probably know more about it than I do."
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"And rather than explain to these very real constituents that Republicans have sidelined us completely and created an authoritarian regime, I nodded and said, OK, you probably know more about it than I do."
Shaheen & Hassan. My senators. What a legacy of shame.
It’s as though Aunt Bea had hijacked a national political party.
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Shaheen & Hassan. My senators. What a legacy of shame.
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It’s as though Aunt Bea had hijacked a national political party.
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It’s as though Aunt Bea had hijacked a national political party.