Hylon
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Hylon
@hylon.bsky.social
Geographer; Lover of landscapes and clouds
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Oh damn!!!

Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods just voted to become the first unionized store in the chain!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Reminder - Whole Foods is owned by Amazon & Jeff Bezos. 🤌
Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Vote to Form Chain’s First Union
The union win comes as Amazon, which owns the grocery chain, is also fighting labor organizing in its warehouse and delivery businesses.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Hannity as Trump rants about Biden not pardoning himself: "Let me get to the economy."

Trump: "I don't care."
January 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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We have lost 8200 km3 of global glacier ice since 1976. The International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, led by @wmo-global.bsky.social &
@unesconow.bsky.social, aims to raise awareness & advocate action to mitigate the consequences of glacier melt.
Find out more: bit.ly/4h55fda
January 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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When Trump first took office in 2017, the EPA was preparing to publish a report on the toxicity of formaldehyde. But one of his EPA appointees had worked to fend off regulation of the chemical as a Koch Industries employee.

The report was not released until Aug. 2024, long after the appointee left.
EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health
The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility…
propub.li
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Surveillance Pricing down to the mouse gesture:
“...findings show that retailers frequently use people’s personal information to set targeted, tailored prices for goods and services—from a person's location and demographics, down to their mouse movements on a webpage,”
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices
The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like a person’s precise location or browser history can be frequently used to target
www.ftc.gov
January 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Brilliant news for the #climateheritage community. @andrewspotts.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. You can follow him and many others in the climate and cultural heritage starter pack. 🏺🌏 🧪 🗃️
January 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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US President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office for a second term on January 20 – this time as the 47th US president.

Here’s a breakdown of who’s invited, and why this guest list is so different from the norm aje.io/hpsnhu
January 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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‘I want to preserve our legacy’: Black families in Altadena fear displacement after fire
‘I want to preserve our legacy’: Black families in Altadena fear displacement after fire
For Donny Kincey, who lost his home and the home he grew up in, ‘vultures are circling’ and threaten gentrification There was too much for Donny Kincey to save. Flames were barreling into Altadena, where Kincey’s relatives had lived for four generations,…
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Beautiful clouds on Clark Nature Preserve.
November 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM