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G. K. Hurd
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Science/wilderness skills teacher, and climate protector with a high absurdity tolerance, and a crush on nature.
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Rest well Dr. Jane Goodall. The world was better because you were here.
October 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Today an amazing medical breakthrough was announced and you know how it was achieved? FUNDING RESEARCH

www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro.amp
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time - BBC News
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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My son just pointed out to me that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, as a Villanova graduate, may well be the first supreme pontiff who has been to a Wawa
May 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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May 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Last week we reported about what the Trump Administration's plans to shutter Head Start would mean for Bucks County families. Yesterday, it was announced that the county's Head Start programs are scheduled to close on May 31 because of funding uncertainty. Here's What You Need to Know.
Trump Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts to Head Start Would Harm Vulnerable Bucks County Kids - Bucks County Beacon
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks...
buckscountybeacon.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
HUNTSVILLE, AL—In an effort to comfort the child by telling her the funds had gone to a far better place, local parents Blake and Allison McKee gently explained to their daughter Friday that their mon...
theonion.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Posting to keep handy. My blood disorder keeps me masking in indoor public places. It does impact my life, but not what is most important to me. If you see a mask, you see someone making sacrifices to go against the grain. They always have a reason, + it’s more important than anybody’s judgement.
**This is a great article. Worth the read**

Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?

Source: archive.md/gXsmD
March 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Here is link to my slides from the canceled presentation 😞
Our changing climate in the Northeast United States
Our changing climate in the Northeast United States - Download as a PDF or view online for free
www.slideshare.net
February 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"

from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a great piece of writing, and one I needed today.
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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You should get a library card if you don’t have one already. Then get the apps Libby and Hoopla. There you can download audiobooks and ebooks. So even if you don’t go to your local library a lot, you can still support them and the authors you love.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2021/j...
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Ffp3 masks eliminate airborne transmission risks. A good time to be talking about this.
Cambridge hospital’s mask upgrade appears to eliminate Covid risk to staff
Hospital infection study shows use of FFP3 respirators at Addenbrooke’s ‘may have cut ward-based infection to zero’
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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*endorsed
February 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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This happened to me in Trump 1.0 when I called in and the dude said, “wow lots of calls about this issue today!” and I asked how many is a lot and he said “Seventeen!”

Motivates me to pick up the phone every time.
Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue.

TWENTY.

As in, they call that getting slammed.

So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind.

TWENTY is a lot.
February 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science.

The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.

The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
February 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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🚨🚨 That freeze on ALL federal funds was all his idea, and we saw what it could do.. please demand they vote no!!

act.indivisible.org/sign/oppose-...
January 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM