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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Today, we bow to those who gave their lives defending Ukraine.

Eternal glory to the Heroes🕯️
August 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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August 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is a must have.

👍🏻 And there’s a Young People’s version for the kids (link).

www.zinnedproject.org/materials/yo...

🗣️@want.all.the.things (TT)
August 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Dear UK: This is fracking. Avoid it.

"The team found that 127,000 Americans and over 100 sensitive facilities like schools and hospitals are located within two miles of major oil and gas leaks. This exposes vulnerable populations to an invisible, odorless, and harmful mix of pollutants..."
Map reveals where in US cancer-causing chemicals seep into the ground
Thousands of Americans reside directly downwind of invisible, toxic plumes originating from large-scale methane leaks across the United States.
www.dailymail.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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I am just going to say this again bluntly: Blue states are going to need to become the federal government. Mutual aid compacts, mutual defense compacts, healthcare, taxes, trade the whole deal. Literally create a new system outside of the fascist federal system.
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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‘Solar is no longer just about clean energy —it’s good business’
Oxford spin-out working to commercialise perovskite, that turns sunlight into electricity.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
‘Solar is no longer just about clean energy —it’s good business’
An Oxford spin-out is working to commercialise perovskite, a material that turns sunlight into electricity more efficiently than the silicon used today
www.thetimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery this week, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system, 15 meters wide, delivers 1 MW thermal power, 100 MWh storage, contains 2,000 tons crushed soapstone.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...
Finland inaugurates world’s largest 1 MW/100 MWh sand battery
Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system developed by Polar Night Energy. The unit is already exceeding efficiency targets.
www.pv-magazine.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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August 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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My home Internet went kersplat, and I raced to the library for its wifi and ample table outlets for my work laptop. I worked for five hours straight.
LIBRARIES.
They have been there for me all my life.
August 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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“When nature heals, it revives everything it once nurtured – livelihoods, traditions, biodiversity."
August 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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August 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Hundreds of employees and supporters of the CDC lined the sidewalks outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters for a “clap out” rally to honor three senior leaders who resigned a day earlier.

Read more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
August 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
August 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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August 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Half of Christian evangelical television is definitely on the Epstein List.
August 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Canceling clean energy programs means fewer projects, higher costs, and more burden on working families. That’s the wrong direction.

Clean energy creates jobs, lowers bills, and builds the infrastructure we need.
August 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Starbucks CEO pay: $96 MILLION
Starbucks worker pay: $15,000

Coca-Cola CEO pay: $28 MILLION
Coca-Cola worker pay: $14,000

CEOs used to make like 20x the average worker.
In 2024, the average CEO earned 632x more.

The system is rigged.
August 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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PBS News Hour is, hands down, one of the most worthwhile news programs. Support public media: www.pbs.org/passport/
www.pbs.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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A room full of incompetent, gaslighting traitors. They all have to go.
August 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM