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Lori Lou Freshwater
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Writer and journalist who apparently may or may not be notable. Writing on DoD environmental contamination and suing the United States government. I have no hobbies.

Signal: LoriLou.33
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The singular reason we are going to call it a constitutional crisis until the coup his complete is that Americans have become so fear-ridden they cannot conceive of losing a life’s worth of material gains.
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Austrian artist Janine Heschl creates 'textile wildlife art,' using machine embroidery to focus on wildlife protection #womensart
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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A trio of dolphins swim over the Cam and under the full moon 🔮🐬🐬🐬🌝 #dolphin #miamidolphins #fullmoon #moonlight #dolphinsofcoralcity #coralcityafterdark #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #coralcity
February 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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#birdbot
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, Boston Parks and Recreation is honoring Black Bostonians whose legacies live on in our parks. Today, we’re celebrating Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman who would go on to become the first published African American, and an internationally celebrated poet.
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Ten years ago in New Hampshire with @sanders.senate.gov
February 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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In the #TwinCities #Minneapolis and #StPaul, protesters sing outside hotels that house ICE & Border Patrol:

"It's okay to change your mind. Show us your courage. Leave this behind. It's okay to change your mind. And you can join us, you can join us anytime."
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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#birdbot
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"Arlo" has worked under a UFW contract for 35 yrs in Solidad CA. "I'm pruning grapevines. My union contract make sure I get gloves, shears & safety glasses to protect my eyes. Many without a Union contract don't get these protections unless they buy them themselves." #WeFeedYou
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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The grasslands of western India are, in the popular imagination, the remains of woodlands lost under British rule — areas to be reforested, not conserved.

But an analysis of medieval songs and stories reveals the grasslands predate British colonization.
India Sees Its Grasslands as 'Wastelands.' Ancient Poems Show Otherwise
The sprawling grasslands of western India are, in the popular imagination, the remains of woodlands that were leveled under British rule — areas to be reforested, rather than conserved. But a recent analysis of stories, songs, and poems from centuries past reveals that western grasslands predate British colonization.
e360.yale.edu
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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silently eyeing the vast blue eye of the sea
February 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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St. Mary Visitor Center, Glacier National Park

#NPS #NationalParkService #GlacierNationalPark
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Emerald Lucille Lovebird 🦜 wishes all peace 🕊️ #TheDailyLovebird
February 2, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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’Twould be too tedious to repeat
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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A glimpse into how Chicago's black-owned "Call and Response Books" cultivates community and advocates for dignity.
sojo.net/magazine/jan...
Feeling Powerless? Visit a Black-Owned Bookstore
But please do keep your shoes on.
sojo.net
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
 
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
 
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Happy #WorldWetlandsDay! Wetlands are scattered throughout estuaries and help maintain clean water by absorbing pollution, protecting communities from floods, and serving as crucial habitats!

Join us at this year's #RAESummit to learn more about how wetlands are shaping our #CoastalFuture!
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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I was one of the veterans on this Zoom. I am going to do my part to grow the project.
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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NYC's New Era is not only, or even mainly, about Mamdani; it's about the orgs that made him.

Everyone now knows about NYC-DSA, but few currently know about this cutting-edge org on the Left.

CaaavVoice.org is showing NYC how to build a working-class, multi-racial, multi-generational, POC-led base.
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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We will be awash in sloppy nostalgic representations of the American Revolution this year. That’s why sharp careful analyses of the distance between those representations and evidence-based history is so important.

Also I really appreciate @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social !
Dive into “Fact versus Fabrication: Popular Depictions of Francis Marion and the Historical Record” to explore how art, storytelling, and national memory reshaped the Swamp Fox into an American hero, sometimes at the expense of accuracy.
Read it here 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/02/f...
Fact versus Fabrication: Popular Depictions of Francis Marion and the Historical Record
By Scott Kaufman More than a century ago, Sydney G. Fisher charged fellow historians with mythologizing the American Revolution. The colonists debated for years over whether to seek freedom from Gr…
ageofrevolutions.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I would like to volunteer to be a paralegal on Trevor’s discovery team.
President Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke at last night's Grammy Awards, saying that Noah's crack claiming he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island was "false and defamatory."
Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over joke about Epstein's island
President Donald Trump called the joke, which Noah made at last night's Grammy Awards, "false and defamatory," again insisting he has never visited Jeffrey Epstein's island.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Sounds like a good reason to nationalize them
"For SpaceX, contracts from NASA and other government entities, including foreign ones, are an important source of revenue. Meanwhile, the Pentagon just announced it will integrate Grok with its internal networks."
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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I'll play. This is who runs this account.
February 2, 2026 at 1:17 PM