Judy Springer
@judyspringer.bsky.social
Mental health counselor. Plant ecologist. Farmer. Native and medicinal plant grower.
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Nifty letter from a 14-year-old Vermonter apologizing to Canada for all of us
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You do not belong to us. You never have.
And I really, really hope you never will.
You are your own country, but I know I don’t have to tell you that.
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You do not belong to us. You never have.
And I really, really hope you never will.
You are your own country, but I know I don’t have to tell you that.
Young Writers Project: ‘Dear Canada’ - VTDigger
This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Dear Canada” by Abigail Balon, 14, of Panton, in response to a challenge to write about US-Canada relations as part of YWP’s Tomorrow Project. Artwork is “W...
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May 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Nifty letter from a 14-year-old Vermonter apologizing to Canada for all of us
vtdigger.org/2025/05/25/y...
You do not belong to us. You never have.
And I really, really hope you never will.
You are your own country, but I know I don’t have to tell you that.
vtdigger.org/2025/05/25/y...
You do not belong to us. You never have.
And I really, really hope you never will.
You are your own country, but I know I don’t have to tell you that.
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When 100 days feels like years,
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed. And it will be needed repeatedly.
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed. And it will be needed repeatedly.
April 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
When 100 days feels like years,
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed. And it will be needed repeatedly.
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed. And it will be needed repeatedly.
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“Yes, they’re anxious. But they’re ignoring the cause of that anxiety, which is the failure of governments to act.” Thank you, @emorwee.bsky.social!
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Climate science isn't giving your kid anxiety
Trump's newest argument for defunding climate science is that it's giving kids anxiety. But that's not really why kids are upset.
heated.world
April 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Yes, they’re anxious. But they’re ignoring the cause of that anxiety, which is the failure of governments to act.” Thank you, @emorwee.bsky.social!
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How are you doing dear friends?
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed, till you feel less overwhelmed.
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed, till you feel less overwhelmed.
April 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
How are you doing dear friends?
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed, till you feel less overwhelmed.
Take a mindful breath.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Be where you are.
As you breathe in, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing in.
As you breathe out, say to yourself, I know that I am breathing out.
Repeat as needed, till you feel less overwhelmed.
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Locals are protesting a U.S. plan to restrict access to the Haskell Library, which straddles Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont.
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March 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Locals are protesting a U.S. plan to restrict access to the Haskell Library, which straddles Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
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Calling it the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history," the EPA rolled out sweeping moves Wednesday aimed at walking back environmental protections and eliminating a host of climate change regulations, some decades in the making.
EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign
EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign.
abcnews.go.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Calling it the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history," the EPA rolled out sweeping moves Wednesday aimed at walking back environmental protections and eliminating a host of climate change regulations, some decades in the making.
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After building multiple dams, beavers caused a natural wetland to appear exactly where one had been planned, saving the government over $1M.
A beaver colony in a protected landscape in Czechia has gained overnight fame by fast-tracking a drainage project that had been stalled by bureaucracy and high costs. #natureworks
Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area, while local officials still seeking permits
A beaver colony has gained overnight fame by building several dams in the Brdy protected landscape area, creating a natural wetland exactly where it was needed.
ow.ly
March 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
After building multiple dams, beavers caused a natural wetland to appear exactly where one had been planned, saving the government over $1M.
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Trump and Musk are moving to cancel the leases of two pivotal NOAA buildings, including one that is the nerve center for generating national weather forecasts.
Absolutely no one benefits from this.
This is just mindless destruction for the sake of it.
Absolutely no one benefits from this.
This is just mindless destruction for the sake of it.
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Trump and Musk are moving to cancel the leases of two pivotal NOAA buildings, including one that is the nerve center for generating national weather forecasts.
Absolutely no one benefits from this.
This is just mindless destruction for the sake of it.
Absolutely no one benefits from this.
This is just mindless destruction for the sake of it.
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Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
February 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
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“Sorry VP, sold out”— JD Vance met with pro-Ukraine protests as he tries to go skiing ⛷️ in Vermont
March 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Sorry VP, sold out”— JD Vance met with pro-Ukraine protests as he tries to go skiing ⛷️ in Vermont
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Vermont welcomes JD Vance to the state
Vermont welcomes JD Vance to the state
YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko
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March 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Vermont welcomes JD Vance to the state
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Trump and Elon just began firing hundreds of NOAA workers serving “mission-critical and life-saving roles.”
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump and Elon just began firing hundreds of NOAA workers serving “mission-critical and life-saving roles.”
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
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It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017
This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up
A snapshot from America before the impact of the EPA and the effects of rules regulating clean water and air were felt.
www.popsci.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017
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✅ DEI Employer of the Day™
A growing list of corporations that have stated commitments to diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI).
Not an endorsement of a company’s other practices or political views.
Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions. Full list here:
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
A growing list of corporations that have stated commitments to diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI).
Not an endorsement of a company’s other practices or political views.
Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions. Full list here:
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
February 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
✅ DEI Employer of the Day™
A growing list of corporations that have stated commitments to diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI).
Not an endorsement of a company’s other practices or political views.
Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions. Full list here:
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
A growing list of corporations that have stated commitments to diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI).
Not an endorsement of a company’s other practices or political views.
Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions. Full list here:
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
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Let us speak of this & help
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Let us speak of this & help
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
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Launched a newsletter YESTERDAY and I'm not only posting essays there, but also trying to do some of the news aggregation there I used to do on Facebook. Like this. meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/week-three-t...
Week Three: The Pushback
I think of this as primarily a site for more thoughtful essayistic stuff but I was doing one of those news roundup in-the-moment things I do on FB and thought I should maybe try doing it here.
Right ...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Launched a newsletter YESTERDAY and I'm not only posting essays there, but also trying to do some of the news aggregation there I used to do on Facebook. Like this. meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/week-three-t...
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The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed.
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
www.globalchange.gov
January 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed.
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
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Very sad to learn that the First National Nature Assessment has been terminated by the current administration. Nature is so important, and our research on nature and health will continue in other ways. Thanks to all the co-authors and federal employees who have been part of this journey so far.
Just came home from a great writeshop at the University of Vermont. It was amazing to meet the other authors of the Nature and Human Health chapter of the First National Nature Assessment. Thanks to the @gundinstitute.bsky.social for being a wonderful host!
January 31, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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I wrote this on one of the darkest days of my life. It gave me an anchor to hold onto.
January 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I wrote this on one of the darkest days of my life. It gave me an anchor to hold onto.
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Such a fascinating substack by Dan Goyal.
In particular, I found the description of Gardeners' theory of multiple intelligences fascinating and well worth a read!
Highly recommended!!
It’s possible to be clever (cunning, even) and still lack what most of us would view as human ‘intelligence’.
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dangoyal.substack.com/p/is-the-hum...
Is the human species truly intelligent?
You’re forgiven for asking the question.
dangoyal.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Such a fascinating substack by Dan Goyal.
In particular, I found the description of Gardeners' theory of multiple intelligences fascinating and well worth a read!
Highly recommended!!
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Good analysis of why fact checking on social media matters in a world where false claims are sticky + go viral so fast.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.
Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
Meta’s decision could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation on its apps, including misleading or out-of-context claims during disasters.
theconversation.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Good analysis of why fact checking on social media matters in a world where false claims are sticky + go viral so fast.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.