rferruggia.bsky.social
@rferruggia.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Trump is trying to get rid of the Endangered Species Act. Here is how you can comment: Here is how you comment on the proposed rule: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
April 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Ho hum, just another day in #Florida ...oh, and a guy found a gator in his living room and said, "Oh, crap." www.clickorlando.com/news/florida...
‘Oh crap:’ Florida man finds alligator in home
A wild scene was caught on camera inside a South Florida home when a man found an alligator in his living room.
www.clickorlando.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?

Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.

Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵

Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This small country is incredible. Their goal is about Gross National Happiness. They're building a new city, Mindfulness City, to serve the needs of people and the natural world, as they have always done. They are evidence of the best of humanity in my opinion.
youtu.be/7g_t1lzn-1A?...
Bhutan building Mindfulness City to create jobs, lure young Bhutanese home from abroad
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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February 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Record number of young manatees died in #Florida in 2024. www.floridatoday.com/story/news/l....
Record number of young manatees died in Florida in 2024
A record 154 young manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, state statistics show.
www.floridatoday.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
For all pet owners:
This is a link to the complete articles of holistic veterinarian Dave McCluggage. There is an enormous amount of helpful information in these articles for both traditional and holistic treatments.
wellvetcomandchaparralanimalhealthcenter.godaddysites.com/complete-art...
Welcome to WellVet.com & Chaparral Animal Health Center
Holistic Medicine Is: Viewing the whole animal - emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, and environmental.
wellvetcomandchaparralanimalhealthcenter.godaddysites.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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This is a huge problem in #Florida, where President Convicted Felon lives. health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-...
January 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is an article I wrote on LinkedIn related to discrimination against LBGTQ folks.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/man-ro...
The Man
By Robin Ferruggia When I was a kid we lived in a three story apartment house that my family owned in a close-knit Sicilian-German neighborhood in Brooklyn. There was a bar and a dance hall on the fir...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin testing the nation’s milk supply for the bird flu virus known as H5N1, nearly a year after the virus began circulating through dairy cattle.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/h...
Agriculture Department to Require Testing of U.S. Milk Supply for Bird Flu Virus (Gift Article)
The new rules call for testing unpasteurized milk from dairies across the country and for farm owners to provide details that would help officials identify and track cases more easily.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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The colors of nature
December 6, 2024 at 2:41 AM
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Early days, but another exciting application of vaccine technology.

And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.

Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine
Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer
medicine.washu.edu
December 6, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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#JWST reveals unseen details of the "Mystic Mountain Monster"

Credit: Hubble, NASA, ESA, Judy Schmidt, PhotoshopTM
🔭🐡🧪
December 1, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Today on The Sunday Story from Up First, host @ayesharascoe.bsky.social is joined by Montana Public Radio's Nick Mott to talk about his reporting on the Endangered Species Act, in a new podcast called The Wide Open, and how we navigate our complicated relationship with nature.
The Wide Open : Up First from NPR
Since its inception in 1973, the Endangered Species Act has been credited with helping to bring numerous species back from the brink of extinction. But as the country has continued to grow and develop it has also forced us to grapple with balancing the needs of endangered wildlife with the needs of humans. Today on The Sunday Story from Up First, host Ayesha Rascoe is joined by Montana Public Radio's Nick Mott to talk about his reporting on the Endangered Species Act, in a new podcast called The Wide Open, and how we navigate our complicated relationship with nature.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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Red squirrel heard you were decking the halls and is here to help

#mammals 🌿
December 1, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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What are the ethics regarding sentience in cephalopods (e.g., octopuses), decapods (e.g., lobsters), insects and even AI? Read my review of The Edge of Sentience, by philosopher Jonathan Birch, in Leonardo. leonardo.info/review/2024/...
The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI
Reviewed by Gregory F. Tague Where is the margin between homeostasis and suffering in humans, mammals, fish, invertebrates, and even AI? Demarcating where feelings of pain or pleasure begin and end is...
leonardo.info
December 1, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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Aurora over Monument Valley, Arizona 🇺🇸
November 29, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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Column: Be thankful you don't live in this one #Florida city that's trying to punish its own citizens for speaking out for clean water. My latest also features shout-outs to Sgt. Schultz, "The Shining" and Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy. floridaphoenix.com/2024/11/28/b...
Be thankful you don’t live in this Florida city, which is trying to punish its own citizens • Florida Phoenix
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! Contrary to what you were told in the second grade, the first Thanksgiving took place in St. Augustine 56 years before the Pilgrims arrived. The attendees were Spanish settl...
floridaphoenix.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM