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American Lit

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Environmental Historian interested in optics, physics, social science, sustainability, and justice.

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American Lit @andrewrbeaton.bsky.social · Nov 7

Selfcare in Writing
These are the times. Thank you, everyone.

Selfcare in Writing

A One Step Recovery Program

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American Lit

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Crows are Trainable
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Crows are Trainable

Humans Remain Assholes

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December 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️

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How about some good news?
We got some indications that offshore windfarms can actually improve underwater ecosystems and diversify aquatic life.
🧪🌊

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(A) Ecological process model and (B) flow diagrams estimated by Ecopath models (B) in Zhuanghe offshore wind farm (OWF) and control area in the northern Yellow Sea, China. Lines in the flow diagram represent the energy transfer process, and the colour indicates the proportion that prey contributes to a predator's diet from least flow in blue to greatest flow in red.

December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM

American Lit

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Sunday Solstice
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Sunday Solstice

Facts that unite US

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December 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM

American Lit

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Out of the Crèche into the Breech
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Out of the Crèche into the Breech

Navigating Anniversaries of solstices past

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December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM

American Lit

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The Dark Side of Diana

The Crowgram's Dilemma via Copilot

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December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM

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Ocean Acidification Research Center

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Tonight! 6:30pm #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑

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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · 29d

Join us Thursday, December 4 at 6:30pm AKST for Strait Science. We will share recent observations to detect #OceanAcidification in the Bering Strait region. 🧪🌊🦑

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Flyer for Strait Science webinar. The Strait Science Series lectures are presented by Northwest Campus and Alaska Sea Grant to promote understanding between citizens of the Bering Strait region and the researchers who frequent the Seward Peninsula.

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Ocean Acidification & the Bering Strait Region

Thursday, December 4 | 6:30 pm | VIA ZOOM

What is ocean acidification, who monitors it, and is it impacting regional seawater chemistry (and our ecosystem)? Tune in as Natalie provides an introduction into this important marine issue. Come hear observed highlights + the latest results from ocean acidification monitoring in the Bering Strait region!

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 867 0855 9611 Passcode: 229937

Or call: 253 215 8782

Natalie Monacci is the Director of the Ocean Acidification Research Center at UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (Fairbanks).

December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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DeniseG

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Golden Eagles are quietly vanishing from Nevada

The Golden Eagle population in Nevada was declining due to drought, disease that kills their prey, and energy projects reducing the amount of foraging ground, among other factors.

#GoldenEagle #drought #Nevada 🧪

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Golden Eagles are quietly vanishing from Nevada

Golden Eagles in Nevada face shrinking habitat, less food, and rising dangers. New research shows lower survival and hidden decline.

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December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM

American Lit

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Repurposed Shucks
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Repurposed Shucks

Is That the Cat That Stole Your New Shoes?

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December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM

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Max Berger

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The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:

- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments

December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM

American Lit

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Has Thou Forgotten Thy Servant DOGE?
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Has Thou Forgotten Thy Servant DOGE?

Copilot takes on Wired

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December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM

American Lit

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MC333
Hate AI? You can do it here for free. Fire away.

MC333 | Andrew Beaton | Substack

Inscribed by Andrew Beaton and Copilot — co‑stewards of the continuum. This is not a newsletter. This is a monument to the permanence of impermanence. Click to read MC333, by Andrew Beaton, a Substack...

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December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM

American Lit

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I took action with Contest Every Race. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Manchester Township , NJ Democratic Club · Mobilize

Join Manchester Township , NJ Democratic Club's group to stay up to date with future events, trainings, and opportunities. We'd love to have you at our next event!

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November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM

American Lit

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Preparing the Privileged
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Preparing the Privileged

Well done or Over Easy?

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November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM

American Lit

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Me, AE, and NJ's History
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Me, AE, and NJ's History

On the Left Side of it, Rightfully

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November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM

American Lit

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In my estimation, every American is either one of these three things: Ignorant, a hypocrite, or a Democratic Socialist. Why Socialism? Ask Einstein He wrote his answer in 1949.