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Eleanor Abernathy’s Cat
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15 yrs as a trial atty in the rural southwest
-> the child welfare & criminal justice systems are an absolute clusterf*ck <-
Protect ICWA. Liberate Puerto Rico.
B.A. in Geology (team IgPet). Lapidary artist.
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I suspect we may soon find out exactly why the Supreme Court declined the opportunity to reverse the Insular Cases in 2022.
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The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by the tribe, shares Inside Climate News.

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Court delays land transfer that would enable copper mine at Oak Flat - High Country News
The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by…
www.hcn.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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How Bad Bunny concerts fuel Puerto Rico’s independence movement
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
How Bad Bunny concerts fuel Puerto Rico’s independence movement
The world-conquering singer is playing 30 dates on his struggling home island with songs demanding liberation and inspiring the youth
www.thetimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
www.courthousenews.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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BREAKING: The Center + our allies appealed a federal judge’s ruling today denying our request to pause the Oak Flat land exchange in Arizona.

Without an injunction, #OakFlat is expected to be handed over to a private mining company Aug. 19.

More info: biodiv.us/4oIwaji
August 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Tropical Storm Erin: Forecast Shows Potential Hurricane Will Hit Puerto Rico
www.newsweek.com/tropical-sto...
Forecast shows Tropical Storm Erin will hit Puerto Rico as hurricane
Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, becoming the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
www.newsweek.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Puerto Rico's community-owned solar power: Alternative to frequent blackouts
techxplore.com/news/2025-07...
Puerto Rico's community-owned solar power: Alternative to frequent blackouts
Enid Medina Guzman always has candles on hand—not for creating ambiance, but because one of the blackouts that plague Puerto Rico could strike at any time.
techxplore.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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"While the story draws loosely from Macbeth, it has been completely rewritten to elevate Cree perspectives and language."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Cree reimagining of Macbeth makes Manitoba debut in Brandon | CBC News
A reimagining of Macbeth — set in a time before colonization and rooted in the Cree worldview, language and tradition — is set to be performed on Treaty 2 territory for the first time this weekend.
www.cbc.ca
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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"Under Jenniffer González, complaints grow over alleged failure to address gender-based violence" #PuertoRico
Since June 8, at least six women have been murdered or their bodies found under suspicious circumstances
www.elnuevodia.com/english/news...
Under Jenniffer González, complaints grow over alleged failure to address gender-based violence
Since June 8, at least six women have been murdered or their bodies found under suspicious circumstances
www.elnuevodia.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The Puerto Rican Community Taking Energy Resilience Into Its Own Hands
After years of living with an unreliable electricity supply, a new community-driven plan is setting Castañer, Puerto Rico, on the path to energy resilience.
www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/e...
The Puerto Rican Community Taking Energy Resilience Into Its Own Hands
After years of living with an unreliable electricity supply, a new community-driven plan is setting Castañer, Puerto Rico, on the path to energy resilience.
www.triplepundit.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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February 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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We just sued Trump over DOGE.

“Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are using DOGE to achieve the far right’s longstanding goal of dismantling protections for our air, water and most imperiled wildlife.” ~ Center executive director @kieransuckling.bsky.social

Learn more: biodiv.us/4h1Fg6a
Lawsuit Seeks Records on Elon Musk, DOGE’s Role in Trump Transition
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Center Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to obtain public records showing how people claiming to represent the so-called Departm...
biologicaldiversity.org
January 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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For the nerds: exciting changes/additions to the 18th ed. include explicit inclusion of and guidance for the use of Indigenous languages. It also includes specific acknowledgement of and (IMO) more respectful treatment of Indigenous sources of knowledge—e.g., oral history / stories. #histed #writing
January 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Breaking: A former California prison guard was convicted of 64 sexual abuse charges against incarcerated women.

One survivor who testified: “This is not a one officer problem. From my experience, Gregory Rodriguez is one bad apple on a tree that's rotten to its core.”
California ex-prison guard found guilty of 64 charges of sexual abuse of women
Gregory Rodriguez, 56, who faced 97 counts, convicted of crimes in one of state’s largest prison abuse scandals
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Titi Zandi stitched me a new quilt and this brat immediately took it over and turned it into her favorite new cozy bed.
#VethIsABratCat
#CatSky #CatsOfBlueSky
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Powerful!
"A Poem to and for the 38 Dakota Men Who Were Hanged"
by Layli Long Soldier #Dakota38 +2 onbeing.org/poetry/38/
38 | The On Being Project
Here, the sentence will be respected. I will compose each sentence with care, by minding what the rules of writing dictate. For example, all sentences will begin with capital letters. Likewise, the hi...
onbeing.org
December 26, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Yep. Still floored by the local ‘sky paintings’.
#AlpineDesertSunrise
#ColoradoSunrise
#OldRedBarn
December 28, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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So the City of Miami was under a federal consent decree for 20 years that forbade them from criminalizing homelessness

guess what happened during that time
December 27, 2024 at 8:38 PM
My sweet floof, Scarlett, is not feeling her best thanks to a mild URI. Right now she just can’t decide if she wants attention & cuddles or if she just wants to murder anything that comes near her.
#CatSky #TheScarlettLynx
December 22, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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"The findings provide the most complete public accounting to date of how many Native American children died at the boarding schools, but many historians said they believe the death toll is far greater."

gift link:
More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures
The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.
wapo.st
December 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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We really, really underestimate how different the planet was during the glaciations of the last ~3 million years, and not just near the poles.

For example, Central and South America were likely dominated by savannas to dry grasslands and deserts, rather than forests.
Dry corridors opened by fire and low CO2 in Amazonian rainforest during the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature Geoscience
Lower CO2 and more-frequent fires may have supported grassland expansion in the Amazon during the Last Glacial Maximum, according to vegetation modelling using a range of boundary conditions tested ag...
www.nature.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:51 PM