Diane Frances
dianefrances.bsky.social
Diane Frances
@dianefrances.bsky.social
Scientist, farmer, vegan, animal and nature lover, activist, wife, caregiver, volunteer, reader, not in any particular order
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Appreciate you & so many similar responses to my recent appearance on @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social. Bravo to bestie Jon Stewart for making space for nuanced conversation in a hot-take world!
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social thanks for speaking with Jon Stewart on The Weekly Show #podcast. You represented intelligently and compellingly and I appreciated your information and knowledge.
December 15, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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In 2016, I worried that the US would soon be destroyed. So for the next eight years, I took my kids everywhere I could so they'd know their country firsthand. We drove in every direction to see things from all sides.

Our story is a book, and I hope you'll preorder: www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
The Last American Road Trip
The New York Times bestselling author of They Knew, Hiding in Plain Sight, and The View from Flyover Country navigates a changing America as she and her fami...
www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is a perfect way to prepare for whatever the State of the Union brings on Tuesday night — an event with Timothy Snyder about the threats of authoritarianism and what we can do to resist it! If you've read his book, you know this will be good. I signed up, join me! social.redwine.blue/s/CkuzVvRx
Register here.
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February 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which oversees government whistleblower protections and enforces certain ethics laws.
February 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
February 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Please disseminate these images widely. Who needs to place ads in a newspaper that few people actually read anymore?
February 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Reintroducing wolves to Scottish Highlands could help expand native woodlands, says study

- Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study
Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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6/ In the short term, it may come down to the states taking action, rather than the feds. The Brennan Center has just released a guide for how states can put guardrails in place to protect our elections from muse use of AI and promote better democracy.
An Agenda to Strengthen U.S. Democracy in the Age of AI
Federal and state policymakers must rise to the challenge artificial intelligence poses to safe, secure elections and responsive, accountable governance.
www.brennancenter.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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An excerpt from the article summary:
February 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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So much for his Hippocratic oath.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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A worthy read from Asli Aydintasbas, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former journalist who has first-hand experience with an authoritarian takeover.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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We could all probably use a hug this morning 🤗
January 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Democrats are wallowing in their failure to stop a second Trump presidency, which looks to be even more damaging than his first one. Snap out of it!
The First Resistance Failed. The Next One Can’t.
Democrats are wallowing in their failure to stop a second Trump presidency, which looks to be even more damaging than his first one. Snap out of it!
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM