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Johnnie C
@johnniec.bsky.social
Interested in climate solutions, climate science, sustainability, active transportation, and conservation. PhD in Environmental Dynamics. 15+ years in environmental science, research, and conservation at non-profits, in academia, and in consulting.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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The latest, 11pm:

—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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the second polls close in California, CNN projects that Proposition 50 passes
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Alright haven’t had any luck here with these yet but trying again: any idea what this bug is crawling around on a tiny burr in California? The burr is just a few mm long so bug is pretty small. Kinda looks like tiny termite? #biology #insects #science #Entomology youtu.be/DW0wKsotcNA?...
Little bug crawling around on two tiny burrs. What’s the bug? #insects #biology #wildlife
YouTube video by Trails of Arkansas
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September 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Alright haven’t had any luck here with these yet but trying again: any idea what this bug is crawling around on a tiny burr in California? The burr is just a few mm long so bug is pretty small. Kinda looks like tiny termite? #biology #insects #science #Entomology youtu.be/DW0wKsotcNA?...
Little bug crawling around on two tiny burrs. What’s the bug? #insects #biology #wildlife
YouTube video by Trails of Arkansas
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Hey folks, what is this thing I found on my floor? Insect egg sac pod? Seed? Dehydrated banana slug with fungi growing on it? youtube.com/shorts/2B-vG...
September 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hey folks, what is this thing I found on my floor? Insect egg sac pod? Seed? Dehydrated banana slug with fungi growing on it? youtube.com/shorts/2B-vG...
September 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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In his Oval Office address on political violence, Trump lists the attempt on his life, the Scalise shooting, and attacks on ICE agents.

He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes
August 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Australians and Europeans are installing rooftop solar for a third of the price that Americans pay. Overly complicated local regulations and slow permitting are to blame. But mayors and state legislatures have the power to fix it. By @billmckibben.bsky.social for @motherjones.com
Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back
Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?
buff.ly
August 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨

Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.

forms.gle/BL9xUAfRxA...
DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
forms.gle
July 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Teaching AI literacy.

(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
July 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Cuts to NOAA increase the risk of deadly weather tragedies » Yale Climate Connections
Cuts to NOAA increase the risk of deadly weather tragedies » Yale Climate Connections
The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.
yaleclimateconnections.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Successfully guilted! Shame on NY. Go Hogs (cringe even though I got my PhD there)!
Who's got a twenty for Arkansas?
And then there were 3!!!

Florida: 29
Arkansas: 2
New York: 58

givebutter.com/USS2025
July 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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This is not normal at all. This is Nazi stuff.
Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.
June 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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A great point about those um sleeper cells is that now any terrorist can just dress up as ICE and walk straight into any building, even federal buildings and boom. And it’s all because ICE refuses to identify themselves or take off their masks.
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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In Bell, CA an entire community stood up against ICE, including the local police and the fire dept. The fire truck appears to not allow ICE vehicles to move forward nor remain and pushes forward to escort them out. A police car also helped with escorting. /
June 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.

Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.

Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Kilauea is going absolutely crazy right now with episode 23 of the eruption. USGS live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
May 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Dorks, it’s time to throw sand in the gears.

They want us to stop teaching, we will teach in the streets.

They want us to stop our research, we will use archival data.

They want to send us back to the dark ages, we will be a light.

We will not lay down and take this.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM