Rebecca Petruck (she/her)
@rpetruck.bsky.social
Children's author, including MG novels Boy Bites Bug and Steering Toward Normal. Developmental editor. Current master's of social work student at University of Louisville. Resident of western NC.
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“the combination of wind and solar provided 15.1% more electricity than coal during the first nine months of this year… Capacity additions by solar, wind, and battery storage continue to dramatically outpace gas, coal and nuclear.” #CleanIsCheaper
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Solar output beats wind power for third straight month in US
The latest "Electric Power Monthly" report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that solar grew by 29.9% in September 2025 compared
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December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“the combination of wind and solar provided 15.1% more electricity than coal during the first nine months of this year… Capacity additions by solar, wind, and battery storage continue to dramatically outpace gas, coal and nuclear.” #CleanIsCheaper
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It's not shocking that an organization formed by an asshole and staffed by assholes to try and make more assholes has an asshole problem.
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's not shocking that an organization formed by an asshole and staffed by assholes to try and make more assholes has an asshole problem.
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The boat strikes are illegal. Dope couriers are not military combatants. So killing them with air strikes instead of arresting them is murder. It’s that simple.
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The boat strikes are illegal. Dope couriers are not military combatants. So killing them with air strikes instead of arresting them is murder. It’s that simple.
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Criminal Netanyahu continues to starve and kill the people of Gaza. He has no apparent desire to stop. He, Trump and Putin are three of the leaders of the new axis of evil.
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Criminal Netanyahu continues to starve and kill the people of Gaza. He has no apparent desire to stop. He, Trump and Putin are three of the leaders of the new axis of evil.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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Takeaways from today's cabinet meeting in summary
He is terrified that the Epstein Files are coming out
He is going to do land strikes in Venezuela
He is going to eliminate HIPAA
cont.
He is terrified that the Epstein Files are coming out
He is going to do land strikes in Venezuela
He is going to eliminate HIPAA
cont.
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Takeaways from today's cabinet meeting in summary
He is terrified that the Epstein Files are coming out
He is going to do land strikes in Venezuela
He is going to eliminate HIPAA
cont.
He is terrified that the Epstein Files are coming out
He is going to do land strikes in Venezuela
He is going to eliminate HIPAA
cont.
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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We didn’t hit it twice
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We didn’t hit it twice
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
We did hit it twice and that’s legal
The Admiral did it
We didn’t see them
I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
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Somehow this is the worst part.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Somehow this is the worst part.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
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BREAKING: The FBI has paid nearly $1 million in overtime to redact the Epstein files, per Snopes.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: The FBI has paid nearly $1 million in overtime to redact the Epstein files, per Snopes.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
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Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
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‘ICE was here’: Dedham church sparks outrage over nativity scene with political message
A Dedham church is causing controversy over another political statement in their Nativity scene this holiday season.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
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Frankly, I don't care what "critics" speaking in defense of hate groups say.
Frankly, I don't care what "critics" speaking in defense of hate groups say.
'Thought I Was Going to Die': Black Musician Attacked While Recording White Nationalist Group Marching In Boston Receives $2.7M Judgment, Critics Say It's Tactic to 'Bankrupt the Group'
The white nationalist group Patriot Front and its leader, Thomas Rousseau, have been hit where it hurts most in a civil rights violation ruling. On Jan.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Frankly, I don't care what "critics" speaking in defense of hate groups say.
Frankly, I don't care what "critics" speaking in defense of hate groups say.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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San Francisco is suing ultraprocessed food companies.
The city attorney is filing the first government lawsuit in the US against manufacturers of ultraprocessed food.
He argues that cities are burdened with the cost of treating diseases that ultraprocessed food brings on.
The city attorney is filing the first government lawsuit in the US against manufacturers of ultraprocessed food.
He argues that cities are burdened with the cost of treating diseases that ultraprocessed food brings on.
San Francisco Will Sue Ultraprocessed Food Companies
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
San Francisco is suing ultraprocessed food companies.
The city attorney is filing the first government lawsuit in the US against manufacturers of ultraprocessed food.
He argues that cities are burdened with the cost of treating diseases that ultraprocessed food brings on.
The city attorney is filing the first government lawsuit in the US against manufacturers of ultraprocessed food.
He argues that cities are burdened with the cost of treating diseases that ultraprocessed food brings on.
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A good reminder : “Sound investments in education yield big returns. Education can transform individual lives, lifting people out of poverty… Education also has societal benefits, improving public health and boosting economic growth.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/o...
Opinion | America Has Sidelined Education. You Can Help.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A good reminder : “Sound investments in education yield big returns. Education can transform individual lives, lifting people out of poverty… Education also has societal benefits, improving public health and boosting economic growth.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/o...
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In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She seems nice
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When Trump calls Somalis “garbage,” I respond: how many Somalis are in the Epstein files?
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
When Trump calls Somalis “garbage,” I respond: how many Somalis are in the Epstein files?
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Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com