Marnie Erin,Ph.D.
@ecoverdant.bsky.social
Scientist
Human
🇺🇦
🧪literacy
environmental conservation
soap maker🫧
gardener 🌱
microbrewer🍺🍷
Former wildlife rehab nonprofit-founder
FOREVER raccoon🦝lover
Plant 🌲Clean 🌊 Save 🐝
Human
🇺🇦
🧪literacy
environmental conservation
soap maker🫧
gardener 🌱
microbrewer🍺🍷
Former wildlife rehab nonprofit-founder
FOREVER raccoon🦝lover
Plant 🌲Clean 🌊 Save 🐝
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Marnie Erin,Ph.D.
@ecoverdant.bsky.social
· Jun 15
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
open.substack.com
If you went to a #NoKings #Protest then you MUST READ THIS 👇👇👇
She won. We were robbed.
This shows the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
She won. We were robbed.
This shows the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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The beeswax studio is ready for the holidays. Are you? Stop by to find handmade gifts to place under the tree or extra stocking stuffers. 🐝🎁
Saturdays 10a-4p
Saturdays 10a-4p
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The beeswax studio is ready for the holidays. Are you? Stop by to find handmade gifts to place under the tree or extra stocking stuffers. 🐝🎁
Saturdays 10a-4p
Saturdays 10a-4p
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I wish all my raccoon friends a very “get domesticated nerd” www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wish all my raccoon friends a very “get domesticated nerd” www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
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A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
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The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.
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NEW: We sued the Department of Homeland Security for violating the Federal Records Act and FOIA by failing to preserve text message data, and the National Archives and Records Administration for not enforcing the law.
Transparency matters.
Transparency matters.
CREW sues DHS and NARA for failing to preserve text messages - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW is suing DHS for failing to preserve text messaging data and NARA for its failure to initiate enforcement against these violations.
www.citizensforethics.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: We sued the Department of Homeland Security for violating the Federal Records Act and FOIA by failing to preserve text message data, and the National Archives and Records Administration for not enforcing the law.
Transparency matters.
Transparency matters.
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Outdated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home. It’s past time for Congress to repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN
Outdated and Dangerous
Antiquated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home to quash protests and order mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval.
www.brennancenter.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Outdated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home. It’s past time for Congress to repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN
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After 30 years of publication, the U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly canceled its annual report on the prevalence of hunger in America. The USDA’s press release condemned the report as “politicized,” “subjective, liberal fodder” that did “nothing more than fear monger.”
An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming
Trump’s cruel and disastrous policies—slashing food stamps and hiking inflationary tariffs—are creating an American hunger crisis.
washingtonmonthly.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
After 30 years of publication, the U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly canceled its annual report on the prevalence of hunger in America. The USDA’s press release condemned the report as “politicized,” “subjective, liberal fodder” that did “nothing more than fear monger.”
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⛈️Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says 🌽🍓🥑
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says | CNN Business
Extreme weather caused by climate change is driving up the prices of basic food products worldwide and posing wider risks to society, a new study has found.
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
⛈️Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says 🌽🍓🥑
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...
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When you go to someone else’s funeral and make it about yourself 🤦♂️
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you go to someone else’s funeral and make it about yourself 🤦♂️
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Massive ocean decline ahead! idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Massive ocean decline ahead! idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
Thank you 🙏
More of this please…asking you here Congress!
More of this please…asking you here Congress!
September 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thank you 🙏
More of this please…asking you here Congress!
More of this please…asking you here Congress!
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Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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A voice that weaponized scripture has gone quiet.
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, & Family Policy Alliance, has died today at the age of 89.
May the thousands of children and those within the LGBTQ community that suffered find some sparks of peace today.
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, & Family Policy Alliance, has died today at the age of 89.
May the thousands of children and those within the LGBTQ community that suffered find some sparks of peace today.
August 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A voice that weaponized scripture has gone quiet.
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, & Family Policy Alliance, has died today at the age of 89.
May the thousands of children and those within the LGBTQ community that suffered find some sparks of peace today.
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, & Family Policy Alliance, has died today at the age of 89.
May the thousands of children and those within the LGBTQ community that suffered find some sparks of peace today.
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People reporting LC or PCVS are subject to stigmatization and psychologization. From a patient per-
spective, psychologization appears to be an important driver of stigmatization and negative outcomes.
Imagine that🤬🤬‼️
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
spective, psychologization appears to be an important driver of stigmatization and negative outcomes.
Imagine that🤬🤬‼️
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
“Have you considered that it could be burnout?”—psychologization and stigmatization of self-reported long COVID or post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome - BMC Medicine
Background People reporting long COVID (LC) or post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome (PCVS) not only suffer from their symptoms but also from stigmatization. Despite ample account and characterization of...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
People reporting LC or PCVS are subject to stigmatization and psychologization. From a patient per-
spective, psychologization appears to be an important driver of stigmatization and negative outcomes.
Imagine that🤬🤬‼️
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
spective, psychologization appears to be an important driver of stigmatization and negative outcomes.
Imagine that🤬🤬‼️
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Rubio called it “waste, fraud, and abuse.” But whistleblowers say no real audit ever happened. Just a purge of programs with words like “gender” and “climate.” This wasn’t about waste. It was about erasing U.S. aid—by design.
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#StopTheRescission
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#StopTheRescission
Clawing back foreign aid is tied to 'waste, fraud and abuse.' What's the evidence?
As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place.
www.npr.org
July 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Rubio called it “waste, fraud, and abuse.” But whistleblowers say no real audit ever happened. Just a purge of programs with words like “gender” and “climate.” This wasn’t about waste. It was about erasing U.S. aid—by design.
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#StopTheRescission
Share, Quote, Like.
#StopTheRescission
#TaxTheRich
Otherwise we’ll have to
#EatTheRich
And I’m a vegetarian, so there’s that.
Plus all those fillers in Bezos & bride might actually be toxic!!
Otherwise we’ll have to
#EatTheRich
And I’m a vegetarian, so there’s that.
Plus all those fillers in Bezos & bride might actually be toxic!!
Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…
June 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#TaxTheRich
Otherwise we’ll have to
#EatTheRich
And I’m a vegetarian, so there’s that.
Plus all those fillers in Bezos & bride might actually be toxic!!
Otherwise we’ll have to
#EatTheRich
And I’m a vegetarian, so there’s that.
Plus all those fillers in Bezos & bride might actually be toxic!!
showyourstripes.info/s/northameri...
#showyourstripes
We’ve only got 1 planet.
Not much the bottom 90% of us can do to slow the climate crisis.
You can eat a plant 🌱 based diet & plan families (fewer kids)
If only the top 10% of wealth holders would stop flying private jets ✈️ & yachts 🛥️
#showyourstripes
We’ve only got 1 planet.
Not much the bottom 90% of us can do to slow the climate crisis.
You can eat a plant 🌱 based diet & plan families (fewer kids)
If only the top 10% of wealth holders would stop flying private jets ✈️ & yachts 🛥️
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
June 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
showyourstripes.info/s/northameri...
#showyourstripes
We’ve only got 1 planet.
Not much the bottom 90% of us can do to slow the climate crisis.
You can eat a plant 🌱 based diet & plan families (fewer kids)
If only the top 10% of wealth holders would stop flying private jets ✈️ & yachts 🛥️
#showyourstripes
We’ve only got 1 planet.
Not much the bottom 90% of us can do to slow the climate crisis.
You can eat a plant 🌱 based diet & plan families (fewer kids)
If only the top 10% of wealth holders would stop flying private jets ✈️ & yachts 🛥️
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Given what the ICE Gestapo is doing, immigration courts should offer every defendant the option of participating in hearings via Zoom.
June 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Given what the ICE Gestapo is doing, immigration courts should offer every defendant the option of participating in hearings via Zoom.
If you went to a #NoKings #Protest then you MUST READ THIS 👇👇👇
She won. We were robbed.
This shows the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
She won. We were robbed.
This shows the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
open.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
If you went to a #NoKings #Protest then you MUST READ THIS 👇👇👇
She won. We were robbed.
This shows the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
She won. We were robbed.
This shows the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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A human brain uses 12 watts to think while an AI system doing the same processing could use 2.7 billion watts.
This makes our organic brains many million times more energy-efficient than current AI systems.
This makes our organic brains many million times more energy-efficient than current AI systems.
June 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A human brain uses 12 watts to think while an AI system doing the same processing could use 2.7 billion watts.
This makes our organic brains many million times more energy-efficient than current AI systems.
This makes our organic brains many million times more energy-efficient than current AI systems.
Hoping these raccoon 🦝 babies made it through the night on their own
❤️❤️ these masked bandits
❤️❤️ these masked bandits
June 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hoping these raccoon 🦝 babies made it through the night on their own
❤️❤️ these masked bandits
❤️❤️ these masked bandits
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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
May 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
So the local cops arrest him 3days before for DUI but have to release him by law, to then arrest him again as passenger cuz ICE wanted him held the 1st time.
Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0
#DissapearingCitizens
#boycottFlorida
#DefundICE
Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0
#DissapearingCitizens
#boycottFlorida
#DefundICE
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law • Georgia Recorder
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his...
georgiarecorder.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So the local cops arrest him 3days before for DUI but have to release him by law, to then arrest him again as passenger cuz ICE wanted him held the 1st time.
Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0
#DissapearingCitizens
#boycottFlorida
#DefundICE
Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0
#DissapearingCitizens
#boycottFlorida
#DefundICE