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it is the smallest red pepper that packs the largest punch +Environmental Justice & Community Health policy wonk by day and music aficionado by night. Nomad - going to places unknown! Serial do-gooder!
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Aloyce Mwakisoma, a renowned plant expert from Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains, was struck and killed by a bus on Oct. 6 near the village of Sanje.

Mwakisoma, who was born and raised in the Udzungwas, had an encyclopedic knowledge of the plants and animals found in his home in the Eastern Arc.
Tanzanian conservationists mourn death of plant expert Aloyce Mwakisoma
Tanzanian conservationists are mourning the tragic death of renowned plant expert Aloyce Mwakisoma, who played a critical role in forest restoration and recently helped identify and describe a giant…
news.mongabay.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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silentmiddlechild
August 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
August 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The man who had his doctor report that he’s 6’3”, 238 lbs fired the person in charge of reporting labor statistics.
August 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
July 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The Trump administration sued Texas yesterday in a single-judge division in a suit that took just over six hours to produce a final judgment blocking a Texas state law.

If that sounds fishy (and beneath the dignity of the federal courts) to you, it’s because it is.

Me in today’s bonus “One First”:
Bonus 155: The Six-Hour Settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Attorney General's Office turned the legal system on its head on Wednesday—and all because the Texas Legislature refused to repeal a 24-year-old state law.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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#AltGov shouldn’t be the most reliable source… and yet, here we are. 🫠
Andrew Nixon is the current HHS Communications Director with ZERO health communication experience. He’s a 27 year old Liberty University Grad who is grossly unqualified to be leading the communications for such an important organization. Your taxes are paying for Trump cronies.

#publichealth
June 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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This is what a Cold Air Front looks like from Space
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3]

Credits: adailycloud [FB]
#clouds #creative
May 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Folks in the midst of tornado alley:
I know the National Weather service is not getting out warnings.

Max Velocity on YouTube is live doing real time updates & warnings.

Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri, Kansas
May 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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May 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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That's one of the ethics violations we've listed in our call for the Florida Bar to disbar Bondi. factpac.org/disbar-pam-b...
Disbar Pam Bondi – A Lawless Attorney General
FactPAC is calling on the Florida Bar to review Attorney General Pam Bondi's Conduct and Consider her for Disbarment​ and/or other disciplinary action. We have prepared a comprehensive evaluation of A...
factpac.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.
April 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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This, as the Department of Education, now on life support, will use its remaining power and staff to begin collecting on student loans paused since the pandemic.
April 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🤣🤣
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Apparently ICE has been conducting raids at the Savannah College of Art and Design. That's right, SCAD, the Art School That Ate Savannah. Thank goodness this notorious terrorist training center has been neutralized.
April 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Today @vanhollen.senate.gov was denied entry to the same prison.
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I’M GOING TO KEEP POSTING THIS STORY UNTIL ANDRY IS FREED: Gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report

Andry Hernandez Romero sought shelter in the U.S. because he was persecuted as a gay man, one of the "particular social groups" allowed to claim asylum.
Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report
Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on a list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.usatoday.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.

If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.

Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Good morning.

Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.

It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
WASHINGTON—Warning that even the slightest dent, knick, or scratch would henceforth be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that Raymond Pratt, a 5...
theonion.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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At this point, you can’t convince me they aren’t manipulating the market.

As soon as the indexes started peaking today, the White House started talking about tariffs on China, and everything is in the red again.
April 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Tracks
April 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM