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President Trump twice blames Ukraine for starting the war with Russia

In 2014, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea

In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine

President Trump saying Ukraine invaded Russia, is more like parroting what Putin says. Why is Trump on Putin's side?
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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In my view the United States is unlikely to be a functional democracy by the end of next year. This has major implications for Canada.
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Canada needs to extend this analysis. In the meantime, pay attention to WF smoke warnings and advisories.
"Cumulative excess deaths from smoke PM2.5 could reach 1.9 million between 2026-2055. We find evidence for mortality impacts of smoke PM2.5 that last up to three years after exposure."
If the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050, according to new research.
Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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POW! All new houses built in Tokyo after April 2025 must include solar power panels. Let's speed that up. Who's next?

RT if you think more houses should get a solar powered upgrade.

We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables
September 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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"Stop giving power to people who don't believe in science or worse than that, pretend they don't believe in climate change for their own self-interest." Harrison Ford

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #biodiversity #dumptrump
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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There. It. Is:
"Renewables might now be cheaper than fossil fuel in the vast majority of cases, but this makes them less attractive to capital, not more. Fossil fuels are uncompetitive and highly profitable. Renewables are highly competitive and not very profitable."
Fossil fuel extractors bend the world to their will – help fund the journalism that exposes them
Across the globe, oil, gas and coal companies use an ever-widening set of tactics to crush competition and opposition. With the world’s most powerful man helping them at every turn, it’s critical we r...
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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3/20/23, CBS News: "'Advocate for yourself': Long haul COVID sufferer Alex Singer still dealing with serious side-effects"

"Everyday, I'm still trying to figure out my body and what is happening to me"

'Singer had..extreme fatigue, abnormal heart rate..'

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
'Advocate for yourself': Long haul COVID sufferer Alex Singer still dealing with serious side-effects
"She was afraid she wouldn't wake up."
www.cbsnews.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Cautionary tale on benefit-sharing mechanisms under the biodiversity convention. Tribal elder who introduced the world to a herb significant for rejuvenating properties died in poverty while companies worldwide sold it without sharing returns with the community www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-bio...
Remembering Kuttimathan Kani, the forest elder who gave a wonder herb to the world but died in poverty
Kuttimathan Kani, a tribal elder from Kerala, passed away in poverty despite his pivotal role in discovering arogyapacha, a plant that inspired the world's first biodiversity benefit-sharing model. Hi...
www.downtoearth.org.in
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed a new bid to stay in the U.S. The Salvadoran man who was illegally deported in March has reasserted his claim for asylum.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia files new bid to stay in the US
The Salvadoran man who was illegally deported in March has reasserted his claim for asylum.
www.politico.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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This is only a big deal if you consider a livable climate “important” or “necessary.”

www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
Earth is heading for a second year above 1.5°C climate goal
After record temperatures in 2024, climate scientists had expected this year to be cooler, but instead the planet seems to be heading for a second year above the 1.5°C climate goal
www.newscientist.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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One of the common responses YellowDot gets when we post these is “how did I not know about most of these?”

And my response is “thank the “for profit” part of for profit news.”
The Extreme Weather Report, May 15, 2025: This is your weather on fossil fuels, during an increasing perilous situation in the US.
May 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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It’s never too late to start masking again especially with measles outbreaks everywhere. It’s airborne af
May 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high.

The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits
Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as debt soars.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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So Alberta is seeing a move for a separation referendum. Separation desires aren't new (as I often say, Alberta is the Texas of Canada), but good overview here of their beefs, the history behind them, and the illogic of various points (warning: some may provoke facepalms while reading).
What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about? | CBC News
Threats of Alberta separation go back decades, and have reached new heights since the April election of Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney. Why do some Albertans feel they're being treated so unfairly...
www.cbc.ca
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Real bombshell of an update from Michael Peluso in this symposium: UCSF's highly-anticipated monoclonal antibody trial did not find the treatment helped alleviate Long COVID symptoms. He speculated that viral persistence may be a less promising avenue for LC than many have long hypothesized.
May 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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A little photo-art by me to go with #SelfPortrait, a #poem by #MaryOliver which I found in her collection I bought for Christmas: #Devotions. Thankfully this McBean is still Full of Beans.
#Poetry #Buttercup #Sea #Rose #Seventy #Twenty #InLove #InLoveWithLife #Flower #Bloomscrolling #Photography
May 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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#TobRegSky‬ #PedSky #MedSky #Chemsky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 @ats-eoph.bsky.social

@nytimes.com reports on NIEHS' Environmental Health Perspectives

Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/s...
Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions
With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Bad news for the Novavax COVID vaccine: FDA wants Novavax "...to show its vaccine is effective w/ another randomized study after appointees under (HHS Sec. RFK Jr.) intervened in the approval process... The additional step goes beyond what other Covid-19 vaccine makers had to do to win approval..."🛟
Exclusive | FDA Asks Vaccine Maker to Complete New Clinical Trial for Delayed Covid-19 Shot
A new randomized study could cost Novavax tens of millions of dollars, vaccine experts say
www.wsj.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is all part of rising medical fascism under the Trump regime.
April 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I’ve modified my GFM to be more central on them, they are my new purpose. Any help is greatly appreciated.

gofund.me/898a0fbe
Donate to Help Bane afford essential bills and 2 new kittens, organized by K C
Hi everyone, I’ve reached my limit on trying to once again push through without… K C needs your support for Help Bane afford essential bills and 2 new kittens
gofund.me
April 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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There are 15,000 people already at the Fighting Oligarchy Rally in Los Angeles! ✊
April 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer. 

So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM