Donna C.
@blulady.bsky.social
All things green. Southwest Desert Rat. Botanical medicine educator for 3 decades.
Science, Big Sky, Cats are Gods. Badass if the need arises.
Science, Big Sky, Cats are Gods. Badass if the need arises.
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I literally just had my yearly check-in and recertification in October. I am disabled, can't work, and am on SSI. I can't afford my medically mandated diet without SNAP, and reapplying is a lot of work, which is made harder by my disability and poor health. This is maddening.
These incredible fucking assholes.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I literally just had my yearly check-in and recertification in October. I am disabled, can't work, and am on SSI. I can't afford my medically mandated diet without SNAP, and reapplying is a lot of work, which is made harder by my disability and poor health. This is maddening.
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This is rape culture.
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
A Louisiana girl hit a boy who was sharing deepfake nude photos of her. She was expelled.
“This girl was abused,” one of the family’s attorneys said, noting that she endured sexual exploitation and harassment. And the expulsion “was like pouring salt in the wound.”
www.nola.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is rape culture.
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
This is why so many people don’t come forward.
A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.
She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.
Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
From Utah to China, where in the world could Arizona copper sitting under an Apache holy site go? www.kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
From Utah to China, where in the world could Arizona copper sitting under an Apache holy site go?
Once that critical mineral is dug up, it will leave the Copper State entirely. Despite the six-decade project still not being greenlit, the pair of global mining giants – BHP and Rio Tinto – behind it...
www.kjzz.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
From Utah to China, where in the world could Arizona copper sitting under an Apache holy site go? www.kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
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“Today, globally ~$200 billion/yr is invested in nature, vs over $7 trillion to activities of environmental degradation...trying to increase nature-positive finance to forests/critical natural systems, without addressing the negative, is fighting a losing battle” globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Banks make $26bn in decade of financing deforesting companies
US, EU and UK banks have made over $10 billion in income since Paris Agreement by financing companies involved in deforestation, new analysis ahead of COP30 reveals
globalwitness.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“Today, globally ~$200 billion/yr is invested in nature, vs over $7 trillion to activities of environmental degradation...trying to increase nature-positive finance to forests/critical natural systems, without addressing the negative, is fighting a losing battle” globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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The EPA is attempting to deny climate change and rollback critical scientific findings.
Unlike our federal government, I know climate change is real and I'm taking action to fight back.
Unlike our federal government, I know climate change is real and I'm taking action to fight back.
September 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The EPA is attempting to deny climate change and rollback critical scientific findings.
Unlike our federal government, I know climate change is real and I'm taking action to fight back.
Unlike our federal government, I know climate change is real and I'm taking action to fight back.
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We are a government ruled by viral video fiat now.
You aren't even allowed to research which viral video has whipped the regime into a mania and how they came to believe it, because the research of the systems themselves is viewed as "censorship."
This how you end up randomly invading Portland.
You aren't even allowed to research which viral video has whipped the regime into a mania and how they came to believe it, because the research of the systems themselves is viewed as "censorship."
This how you end up randomly invading Portland.
September 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We are a government ruled by viral video fiat now.
You aren't even allowed to research which viral video has whipped the regime into a mania and how they came to believe it, because the research of the systems themselves is viewed as "censorship."
This how you end up randomly invading Portland.
You aren't even allowed to research which viral video has whipped the regime into a mania and how they came to believe it, because the research of the systems themselves is viewed as "censorship."
This how you end up randomly invading Portland.
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Today (9/27) in 1962, Rachel Carson’s book SILENT SPRING was published inspiring the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency that the current administration of heathens has sucked dry in favor of unbridled greed. [From Leanne Grabel]
September 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today (9/27) in 1962, Rachel Carson’s book SILENT SPRING was published inspiring the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency that the current administration of heathens has sucked dry in favor of unbridled greed. [From Leanne Grabel]
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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3/ Tech fascism in a nutshell: “Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable, fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.“ She wrote this in 2000!
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
3/ Tech fascism in a nutshell: “Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable, fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.“ She wrote this in 2000!
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David Rose, the police officer and Afghanistan veteran with a wife and 2 small children, was murdered by a white, right wing extremist man a month ago over antivaccine conspiracies pushed by RFK Jr. and this administration. He did not get recognition from political leaders or even much news coverage
"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans."
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...
A Hero We Didn’t Deserve
Remembering David Rose who ran towards danger.
www.thebulwark.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
David Rose, the police officer and Afghanistan veteran with a wife and 2 small children, was murdered by a white, right wing extremist man a month ago over antivaccine conspiracies pushed by RFK Jr. and this administration. He did not get recognition from political leaders or even much news coverage
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They are literally canceling culture
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
They are literally canceling culture
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This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions
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This explains it better than I can
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This explains it better than I can
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Today, in a move that has alarmed conservationists, the Department of the Interior unveiled a proposal to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule—effectively removing conservation as an equal priority in public-land management.
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
Interior Department Proposes to Rescind Wildly Popular Public Lands Rule
Mining, drilling, and logging is now officially more important than land conservation
thenationalparksexperience.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today, in a move that has alarmed conservationists, the Department of the Interior unveiled a proposal to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule—effectively removing conservation as an equal priority in public-land management.
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
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A sobering eulogy for the magnificent old-growth Teakettle forest that just burned in the s Sierra, and how USFS leadership repeatedly failed to support the mgmt actions that likely would have saved it from severe fire effects. A telltale ex of the bigger crisis in our national forests & at USFS. 🌎
The Garnet Fire has burned through a place I have worked since 2002. A place I hold dear. We knew this wasn't a matter of if, but when. Unfortunately the leadership on the Sierra National Forest didn't have the same urgency that we did. My eulogy for Teakettle.
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
A Eulogy for Teakettle
Justice William O. Douglas, in his dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sierra Club v. Morton, said “Contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium...
www.hurteaulab.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A sobering eulogy for the magnificent old-growth Teakettle forest that just burned in the s Sierra, and how USFS leadership repeatedly failed to support the mgmt actions that likely would have saved it from severe fire effects. A telltale ex of the bigger crisis in our national forests & at USFS. 🌎
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🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court through an unexplained order Monday allowed Donald Trump to, for now, remove the last Democratic commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission in a decision that represents a grave threat to the independence of federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court through an unexplained order Monday allowed Donald Trump to, for now, remove the last Democratic commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission in a decision that represents a grave threat to the independence of federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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F*ck‼️
Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
August 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
F*ck‼️
Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
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Covid accelerates vascular aging
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
August 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Covid accelerates vascular aging
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
Tell the EPA: Reapproving dicamba will cause immeasurable harm to pollinators and people. act.biologicaldiversity.org/jrdCu6M_CEW4...
Tell EPA to keep this dangerous pesticide off the shelf
Tell the Trump EPA that its dangerous new dicamba plan is bad for people, monarchs, and all the other wonderful creatures who live or work in and near the farmlands at risk. https://bit.ly/4ooQNRg
act.biologicaldiversity.org
August 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tell the EPA: Reapproving dicamba will cause immeasurable harm to pollinators and people. act.biologicaldiversity.org/jrdCu6M_CEW4...
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Pointless self-harm to humanity is the common thread here.
Goes for health and vaccine the same way as it goes for climate, US competitiveness, and any number of issues.
Goes for health and vaccine the same way as it goes for climate, US competitiveness, and any number of issues.
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Pointless self-harm to humanity is the common thread here.
Goes for health and vaccine the same way as it goes for climate, US competitiveness, and any number of issues.
Goes for health and vaccine the same way as it goes for climate, US competitiveness, and any number of issues.
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On Nevaeh Crain’s third hospital visit, an obstetrician insisted on two ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise.” By then, her blood pressure had plummeted and a nurse noted that her lips were “blue and dusky.” Her organs began failing. Hours later, she was dead.
A Pregnant Texas Teen Died Under Texas’ Fetal Heartbeat Law
It took three ER visits before a hospital admitted pregnant teen Nevaeh Crain, one of at least two Texas women to die under the state’s abortion ban.
buff.ly
August 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
On Nevaeh Crain’s third hospital visit, an obstetrician insisted on two ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise.” By then, her blood pressure had plummeted and a nurse noted that her lips were “blue and dusky.” Her organs began failing. Hours later, she was dead.
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why does coal use she/her pronouns
struggling with an analogy here but imagine NASA posting a meme about how excited they are to return aviation to the pre-jet age
![u.s. department of energy post on x praising coal:
"She's an icon
She's a legend
And she is the moment
[sparkly picture of coal]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fwks525g7gw5wc7ul2wg4wj5/bafkreiemlnocjpmihyy2yegdsvokmpk3vdrwkvaqbgpopxqbb4bgiebtqm@jpeg)
August 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
why does coal use she/her pronouns