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melissabracken.bsky.social
x - Melissa B
@melissabracken.bsky.social
Canes🏒fan, environmentalist, vegan, mom, wife, USAF veteran. The world needs more kindness.
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My painting COASTAL POPPIES
June 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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The Rialto strikes again
May 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Not sure why this isn’t of interest to the news. 100 degrees in Canada?! And looks like it’s predicted to be 99 degrees again tomorrow.
EXTRAORDINARY HISTORIC HEAT FROM MEXICO TO CANADA

112 again in the Death Valley, but Texas is awaiting a historic heat wave which will pulverize dozens of records.

Insane 37.8C/100F in Canada at Emerson
EARLIEST 100f IN CANADIAN HISTORY
But this is just the beginning...
May 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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This didn't age well
April 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Vinyl chloride, used to make PVC plastic, is a cancer-causing chemical that's had devastating effects on communities across the U.S. But retailers like Home Depot are still selling flooring, siding, and packaging. Ask them to stop selling this toxic plastic ASAP: bit.ly/home-depot-pvc
Home Depot: Stop Selling PVC made with Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Polyvinyl chloride (aka PVC or vinyl) is a common plastic that's made from vinyl chloride -- a known human carcinogen that's associated with liver, brain, blood, and lung cancers. Roughly 70% of all P...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Have a free parking pass to tonight’s Canes Bruins game - LMK if you want it!
March 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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📍#NorthCarolina // Nationwide protests MONDAY, Feb. 17th, #NoKingsDay. We the people are pissed!

Protests > events.pol-rev.com 🇺🇸

Where will we see you?

#50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoKingsDay #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard @polrev.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If you’ve never read a PG Wodehouse story, try out this podcast as a intro. He had a wickedly clever sense of humor!
Launching today on the 50th anniversary PG Wodehouse's death: The World of Wodehouse podcasts! A series by some of our Patrons giving their thoughts on PG Wodehouse. First up, our President Alexander Armstrong gives his thoughts on the great writer. Happy Valentine's Day. youtube.com/@pgwodehouse...
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Great picture of Seth! 😜#raiseup
February 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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The Gov. wants to ‘have its cake and eat it’ with Heathrow.

Sustainable aviation fuels, biodiesel, electric, and hydrogen will not give us immediate and rapid emission reductions.

The only way to effectively reduce aviation emissions is to reduce air travel.

www.sgr.org.uk/resources/mi...
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The mirage of zero-emissions flying
Finlay Asher, Safe Landing, assesses the technical obstacles to the decarbonisation of aviation - and finds they are substantial. Article from Responsible Science journal, no.4; online publication: 29...
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January 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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As the UK suffers under water again, a reminder that successive governments have chosen not to prepare us for what's now happening

They've ignored adaptation as badly as they've ignored mitigation

We have to stop looking away
November 25, 2024 at 9:29 AM
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Hi all.

I'm back here, just like many others.

Looking for connections on climate politics, social theory, critical thinking, science and tech, and everything related to the transition out of fossil fuels.

Please RT and respond so I find the right people !
November 12, 2024 at 8:29 PM