Judith D. Schwartz
@judithdschwartz.bsky.social
Vermont-based author focusing on nature-inspired solutions to global crises. Website: www.judithdschwartz.com
I too was at the Embracing Nature's Complexities conference in Munich and remember well that moment. I think it was a Silver Fir we lost that day. @racheldonald.bsky.social www.planetcritical.com/tangled-up/?...
Tangled Up
I had never before thought of the term “mass grave” in reference to more-than-humans but it was the first description that came to mind, and the most apt I have come to since. I was swimming across th...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I too was at the Embracing Nature's Complexities conference in Munich and remember well that moment. I think it was a Silver Fir we lost that day. @racheldonald.bsky.social www.planetcritical.com/tangled-up/?...
Many of us have been calling Welch's office to encourage him to stand firm. @welch.senate.gov, do you hear us?
@welch.senate.gov can you reassure your constituents that you stand firm against this rumored deal? Extension of the ACA subsidies is essential for many Vermonters' wellbeing. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to back plan | CNN Politics
The emerging deal would include a stopgap measure to extend government funding until January and be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Many of us have been calling Welch's office to encourage him to stand firm. @welch.senate.gov, do you hear us?
Reposted by Judith D. Schwartz
"And that detail—a surge of voters whose registrations vanished when they showed up—aligned uncomfortably with years of federal warnings about vulnerabilities in voter registration databases."
My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...
My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
Anomalies in St. Lucie County’s 2024 voter registrations mirror what intelligence officials warned would happen if hackers ever altered the rolls again—including a pattern too precise to be random.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"And that detail—a surge of voters whose registrations vanished when they showed up—aligned uncomfortably with years of federal warnings about vulnerabilities in voter registration databases."
My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...
My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...
Let's learn to get along with lions and bears! @tonyeprile.bsky.social @wgbh.org @bio4climate.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @mongabay.com @erikhoffner.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/forum-networ...
The Goldilocks Strategy: Getting Our Relationship with Bears and Lions Just Right
Learn first hand from researchers working with dangerous predators and communities that live alongside them how they are using a combination of new technology and indigenous wisdom to coexist.
www.wgbh.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Let's learn to get along with lions and bears! @tonyeprile.bsky.social @wgbh.org @bio4climate.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @mongabay.com @erikhoffner.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/forum-networ...
If you believe fair, secure elections are essential for a functioning democracy, read this. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social Malware Can Erase Every Tenth Voter open.substack.com/pub/smartele...
Malware Can Erase Every Tenth Voter
We've been telling you since 2020 and before.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you believe fair, secure elections are essential for a functioning democracy, read this. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social Malware Can Erase Every Tenth Voter open.substack.com/pub/smartele...
I volunteer for @smartelections.bsky.social and can tell you that here you can make a difference.
We are nonpartisan and work with people across the political spectrum. But that work depends on mutual respect, even when there is disagreement.
Luckily we work with both progressives & conservatives who have developed friendships and respect for each other.
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#nonpartisan
Luckily we work with both progressives & conservatives who have developed friendships and respect for each other.
forms.gle/Yi3DbsimaWzt...
#nonpartisan
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I volunteer for @smartelections.bsky.social and can tell you that here you can make a difference.
Thanks, Rachel, for this glimpse of another way…
Planet: Critical has left Substack!
Find out why visiting Samoa and Crete made me discover something "achingly human" which encouraged me to get away from the noise.
www.planetcritical.com/into-the-woo...
Find out why visiting Samoa and Crete made me discover something "achingly human" which encouraged me to get away from the noise.
www.planetcritical.com/into-the-woo...
Into The Woods
Dear community,
Welcome to the new and improved Planet: Critical. I'll go over housekeeping, including how to sign in etc, at the end of today's newsletter. First, let me explain more deeply why the ...
www.planetcritical.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thanks, Rachel, for this glimpse of another way…
This is alarming--poll watchers are important to ensure electoral integrity and transparency. What is the recourse?
#SMARTelections Poll Watcher Escorted Out of Polling Place by #Police. Not Allowed to View Number of #Ballots Scanned That Poll Watchers Are Legally Allowed to View
The question at this point is "What are they hiding?"
Let's flood the zone with poll watchers.
sign up SMARTelections.us
#CountTheVote
The question at this point is "What are they hiding?"
Let's flood the zone with poll watchers.
sign up SMARTelections.us
#CountTheVote
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is alarming--poll watchers are important to ensure electoral integrity and transparency. What is the recourse?
Big solar in #VT: We think we're slaying the dragon, but we're really just feeding the beast. @sanders.senate.gov @balint.house.gov @grousehollow.bsky.social @tonyeprile.bsky.social @bethsawin.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social My column: www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/colu...
Commentary | Schwartz: The true costs of big solar in Vermont
"Alas, we’ve misread the repercussions of surrendering our landscape to solar. We think we’re slaying the dragon, but we’re really just feeding the beast."
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November 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Big solar in #VT: We think we're slaying the dragon, but we're really just feeding the beast. @sanders.senate.gov @balint.house.gov @grousehollow.bsky.social @tonyeprile.bsky.social @bethsawin.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social My column: www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/colu...
Let's bring our #ClimateChange focus to climate sensitivity, for this determines what we actually experience. Fortunately, there's a lot we can do to *lower* climate sensitivity. Here's a strong case for the science-literate r3genesis.substack.com/p/200-how-re...
#200 : How Restoring Nature Lowers Climate Sensitivity
How climate sensitivity drifts with land, clouds, oceans, and ice
r3genesis.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Let's bring our #ClimateChange focus to climate sensitivity, for this determines what we actually experience. Fortunately, there's a lot we can do to *lower* climate sensitivity. Here's a strong case for the science-literate r3genesis.substack.com/p/200-how-re...
Securing elections won't happen on its own. Join #CountTheVote and be part of the solution!
#Voting machines left unattended in an unlocked room. Photos taken yesterday after #EarlyVoting as part of our #CountTheVote #election verification program.
If you value what you're learning from us, please support our work with a tax-deductible donation at SMARTelections.us. Thx for all you do!
If you value what you're learning from us, please support our work with a tax-deductible donation at SMARTelections.us. Thx for all you do!
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Securing elections won't happen on its own. Join #CountTheVote and be part of the solution!
And the Earthworm does a happy wiggle. open.substack.com/pub/soilcent...
Dear Needs Evidence,
The latest from our advice column "Ask an Earthworm"
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October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And the Earthworm does a happy wiggle. open.substack.com/pub/soilcent...
This is yeoman's work, folks. Let's get on it! youtu.be/qayqkHy_WAg?... @smartelections.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
Stop Looking at the Trainwreck Behind - Look Toward the Next Elections
YouTube video by SMART Elections
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October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is yeoman's work, folks. Let's get on it! youtu.be/qayqkHy_WAg?... @smartelections.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
I've seen more and more women take up ranching--got a chapter on it in "The Reindeer Chronicles". Love it! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘This is the hardest I’ve ever lived’: meet the US cowgirls making it as ranchers
More women are entering the US ranching and agriculture field. Their struggles – and aspirations – defy the traditional Marlboro cowboy stereotype
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I've seen more and more women take up ranching--got a chapter on it in "The Reindeer Chronicles". Love it! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thrilled you could join us up here!
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thrilled you could join us up here!
My Route to Native Plants A glimpse of my summer as it wanes open.substack.com/pub/judithds...
My Route to Native Plants
The Story of My Summer via @VermontAlmanac
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October 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My Route to Native Plants A glimpse of my summer as it wanes open.substack.com/pub/judithds...
Proud of how my community is stepping up. @vtdigger.bsky.social Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees vtdigger.org/2025/10/10/d...
Dr. Pablo Bose and Dr. Thomas Huddleston: Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees - VTDigger
The lesson is clear: refugee integration is not only about jobs or English — it is about the community resilience that makes them possible.
vtdigger.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Proud of how my community is stepping up. @vtdigger.bsky.social Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees vtdigger.org/2025/10/10/d...
Reposted by Judith D. Schwartz
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
If you want to ensure integrity in the mid-term, be an "election protector"--TONIGHT! @smartelections.bsky.social smartelections.substack.com/p/only-you-c...
Only You Can Protect the Midterms
Make sure to attend election verification training 9/29 5pm PT/ 8pm ET
smartelections.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If you want to ensure integrity in the mid-term, be an "election protector"--TONIGHT! @smartelections.bsky.social smartelections.substack.com/p/only-you-c...
Reposted by Judith D. Schwartz
Over 150 people are signed up to take our election verification training for the #midterms Mon 9/29 5pm PT/8pm ET. We'll be teaching this to thousands, possibly tens of thousands of ppl. Get the training.
Substack w/ more info here
smartelections.substack.com/p/only-you-can-protect-the-midterms
Substack w/ more info here
smartelections.substack.com/p/only-you-can-protect-the-midterms
Only You Can Protect the Midterms
Make sure to attend election verification training 9/29 5pm PT/ 8pm ET
smartelections.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Over 150 people are signed up to take our election verification training for the #midterms Mon 9/29 5pm PT/8pm ET. We'll be teaching this to thousands, possibly tens of thousands of ppl. Get the training.
Substack w/ more info here
smartelections.substack.com/p/only-you-can-protect-the-midterms
Substack w/ more info here
smartelections.substack.com/p/only-you-can-protect-the-midterms
Someone explain to me how cutting 40-plus acres of intact forest--with stands of healthy white ash--will help Vermont deal with climate change. Quoted and with a link to my @mongabay.com column. vtdigger.org/2025/09/21/v...
Vermont Public Utility Commission green lights Shaftsbury solar project - VTDigger
“Vermont will bear the burdens of this facility but might not directly reap the environmental benefits that it provides,” wrote a commissioner in a concurring opinion.
vtdigger.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Someone explain to me how cutting 40-plus acres of intact forest--with stands of healthy white ash--will help Vermont deal with climate change. Quoted and with a link to my @mongabay.com column. vtdigger.org/2025/09/21/v...
Study highlights that "management decisions..,can have more impact on vegetation cover than predicted climate change impacts. @willemferwerda.bsky.social @mongabay.com @erikhoffner.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/putt...
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/putt...
Putting the right plants in the right place boosts restoration (commentary)
The sun is already sharp against the terraced slopes, the scent of thyme and rosemary rising from the rocky ground. Dry wind whistles through esparto grass, and somewhere in the distance is the soft c...
news.mongabay.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Study highlights that "management decisions..,can have more impact on vegetation cover than predicted climate change impacts. @willemferwerda.bsky.social @mongabay.com @erikhoffner.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/putt...
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/putt...
Reposted by Judith D. Schwartz
NEW: (Gift) Follow the Money: Miami Herald, NYT seek to unseal Jeffrey Epstein estate records www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
Miami Herald, New York Times seek to unseal records on Jeffrey Epstein’s estate
The Miami Herald has joined an effort by The New York Times asking a judge to unseal financial records from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
www.miamiherald.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: (Gift) Follow the Money: Miami Herald, NYT seek to unseal Jeffrey Epstein estate records www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
What happens when CO2 is considered the sole cause of #ClimateChange: attribution gaps that mask key forcings. Highly recommend this series on how hydro dams concentrate heat. r3genesis.substack.com/p/190-arctic...
#190: Arctic Vapor Plumes and Earth's Energy Imbalance
A systems investigation into the hidden connection between hydroelectric infrastructure and polar ice loss, based on comprehensive analysis of 54,796 MW of Arctic capacity
r3genesis.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What happens when CO2 is considered the sole cause of #ClimateChange: attribution gaps that mask key forcings. Highly recommend this series on how hydro dams concentrate heat. r3genesis.substack.com/p/190-arctic...
Lovely video on how water co-creates climate...and how the route to resilience is healing our relationship with water. waterbear.com/watch/how-wa...
WaterBear: How Water Makes Climate
How Water makes Climate is an original 12-minute animation, portraying the crucial connection between water cycles and the climate.
waterbear.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Lovely video on how water co-creates climate...and how the route to resilience is healing our relationship with water. waterbear.com/watch/how-wa...