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Susan Gemmill
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Swimmer, pluviophile, lover of history & dogs. Writer/author. Middle child 🙄 USAF brat. Democrat. I stand with Ukraine. #cleanenergy #environment #EPA
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Researchers in recent years have been alarmed by the ever-growing level of Tfa in the air, water, human blood and elsewhere in the environment. It can take thousands of years for the compound to fully break down in the environment.
joeberkowitz.bsky.social Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 18h
chat is it Woke to not want your food to be made of poison www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk Tom Perkins Mon 10 Nov 2025 08.00 EST
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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30 years after the execution of the Ogoni 9, the fight for justice continues.
Join the global premiere of Shell Shocked Land 🎥
🗓️ Nov 10 | 12:00 pm UTC
💻 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regist… #ShellShockedLandn#Ogoni9i#LegacyOfResistancece
Photo: George Osoni
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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#COP30
#ClimateActionNow
Dear World Leaders
Over the last year, thousands of people have added your voice and name to deliver this message to world leaders: It's time to keep your promises.
www.climaterealityproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Music & Activism have always gone hand in hand. From Bway-Rodgers/Hammerstein's commentarys on racism,& bigotry, In The Heights-immigrants, Rent-LGBTQ. Woodstock, The Outlaws, Mitchell, Grunge, list goes on. Congrats to Rock & Roll HOF inductees. Keep Showing ur True Colors
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November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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#ClimateAction
#COP30
#UNWomen
UN Women urges strong Gender Action Plan at COP30 to keep equality at heart of climate action
At COP30 in Belém, UN Women is advocating for a robust Gender Action Plan (GAP) to ensure gender equality remains central to climate action. The agency warns that without a well-funded and accountable...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Streaming begins Sunday, the 16th. May the story of our founding fuel our collective imagination and motivate our individual determination. 💙💪

#TheAmericanRevolution
‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns Tackles the War for Independence in Patriotic, Pragmatic and Familiar Form
PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S. history.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Ours is a great story...especially when @kenlburns.bsky.social and Sarah Botstein tell it. 💙
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542

Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224

King (ME) 202 224-5344

Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324

Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451

Masto (NV) 202 224-3542

Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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These are the Senators most likely to cave. Contact them ASAP. Please share. These are their Twitter handles.
@SenatorSlotkin MI
@SenGaryPeters MI
@ChrisCoons DEL
@SenMarkKelly AZ
@SenCortezMasto NEV
@SenJackyRosen NEV
@SenAngusKing ME
@SenatorHassan N.H.
@SenOssoff GA
@SenatorShaheen N.H.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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@katharinehayhoe.com
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is one of an increasing number of people who know how and are communicating how to do it
To add to her excellent TED Talk:
Clean energy is increased national security by energy security.
Billions of dollars or pounds kept in the domestic economy rather than oil dictatorships
The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it | Katharine Hayhoe
YouTube video by TED
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October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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How to spell Agregious...🤬
chriso-wiki.bsky.social ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 2d
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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A Saturday #AMomentofJoy for you, Young Commuter Edition.
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Who is with me and will NOT Give Away Our Shot to Save America’s Livability, Civil Rights, Housing Security, Food Security, Voting Rights, Immigrant Rights, OUR Children’s Rights, Public Education, Women’s Rights & Democracy? America’s Children Need US! youtu.be/Fb4GlOabb1M?... go.bsky.app/6AXWsxz
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Lots of important stuff but this specific bit is INCREDIBLY important and something I hope those all us who do some form of public communications and rely on the intensely difficult work of reporting hear

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I have ranted about this before (see below), but I talk to far too many (educated! politically engaged!) people who tell me their top source of news is an influencer. And look, I don't have a problem with the existence of "newsfluencers"--if they are better at getting people to engage with the news, then great. What I do have a problem with is that people don't seem to get that those folks can't exist without real reporters doing the actual work of information gathering and analysis. Like every other reporter I know, I can point to numerous occasions where an aspiring (and sometimes even successful) influencer has lifted my work, repackaged it and put it out as their own. In the very best case, they might cite the outlet the story came from. But what tends to happen in this scenario is that various members of the public will say some version of "that influencer is so much better than the 'mainstream' media," and increasingly opt to give their time, money and attention to the influencer. Nine times out of ten the information that person is sharing is not from a "legacy" outlet but from an independent one like ours, OR it's coming from one of the reporters at a legacy outlet that's still doing a really good job. In either case, like the tech bros before them, the influencers are lifting the benefits of the content without any of the responsibilities. They do not take on the legal, financial, or physical security risks required to get and share that information, they do not invest the months of reporting time or work with a fact-checker to make sure it's all accurate, nor do they have the years of experience on the beat to be able to connect the dots for people. And when they cut journalists out of the equation, it's not just for that moment in time--they're contributing to cutting those jobs forever.
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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"The fundamental problem is money and control." Amen.
claudiner66.bsky.social Wake Up America @claudiner66.bsky.social · 2d
Monopoly Money

Conservative Media’s Big Advantage: Money, Money, Money

There are a number of reasons why the right has a huge advantage in the information ecosystem, but what matters most is the endless river of cold, hard cash.
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
Conservative Media’s Big Advantage: Money, Money, Money
There are a number of reasons why the right has a huge advantage in the information ecosystem, but what matters most is the endless river of cold, hard cash.
newrepublic.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Filling the void in US global leadership in #climate is a great thing.

#COP30
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Why is your electric bill surging? Prices have jumped 40% since 2020, outpacing inflation. Blame soaring natural gas costs and a new power-guzzler: AI. The boom in data centers, plus EVs, has utilities scrambling to fund a trillion-dollar grid upgrade, and they're sending you the bill.
Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame
NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live? Fill out this form to share your story with NPR.
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Thank you, @pamkeithdc.bsky.social

Pass it on! 💙💪
pamkeithdc.bsky.social Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3d
Hey Peeps!!

Mitch McConnell is retiring & Col. Pamela Stephens, a former Air Force JAG & Dem leader of the Kentucky House is running to replace him.

And did I mention Pamela is a Black Woman?!!!

I am all in to help this dynamic Sister & tried and true advocate for the people win. Let’s GOOO
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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This!
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rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d
Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM