Karen Swam
@swamyblu.bsky.social
Elder unrepentant liberal, rural roots, lover of trees, birds, butterflies. Perpetual student of human behavior/culture. Climate activist, eclectic art and music fan.
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Ok NY baddies. Time to make a plan.
Gov Hochul has caved to Trump and approved the NESE fracked gas pipeline, delayed the end to oil/gas in new buildings, said yes to a bitcoin fracked gas plant, stopped cap & invest, and ignores our state climate law. Join me:
actionnetwork.org/events/deadl...
Gov Hochul has caved to Trump and approved the NESE fracked gas pipeline, delayed the end to oil/gas in new buildings, said yes to a bitcoin fracked gas plant, stopped cap & invest, and ignores our state climate law. Join me:
actionnetwork.org/events/deadl...
Deadline Hochul 4.18.26
Convening organizations: Food & Water Watch, New York Communities for Change, NYPIRG, Third Act Upstate New York, Third Act NYC, Citizen Action of New York, Climate Defenders, (list developing).
actionnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ok NY baddies. Time to make a plan.
Gov Hochul has caved to Trump and approved the NESE fracked gas pipeline, delayed the end to oil/gas in new buildings, said yes to a bitcoin fracked gas plant, stopped cap & invest, and ignores our state climate law. Join me:
actionnetwork.org/events/deadl...
Gov Hochul has caved to Trump and approved the NESE fracked gas pipeline, delayed the end to oil/gas in new buildings, said yes to a bitcoin fracked gas plant, stopped cap & invest, and ignores our state climate law. Join me:
actionnetwork.org/events/deadl...
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🧪 NEW STUDY led by @emilymaystevenson.bsky.social:
Microplastics in wastewater provide habitat for pathogenic bacteria, including Chlamydiia, and foster antibiotic resistance, “with polystyrene and HDPE nurdle communities posing a particular risk.” 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Microplastics in wastewater provide habitat for pathogenic bacteria, including Chlamydiia, and foster antibiotic resistance, “with polystyrene and HDPE nurdle communities posing a particular risk.” 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sewers to Seas: exploring pathogens and antimicrobial resistance on microplastics from hospital wastewater to marine environments
Microplastic particles are extremely prevalent environmental pollutants which support microbial biofilms known as the ‘plastisphere’. Antimicrobial re…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🧪 NEW STUDY led by @emilymaystevenson.bsky.social:
Microplastics in wastewater provide habitat for pathogenic bacteria, including Chlamydiia, and foster antibiotic resistance, “with polystyrene and HDPE nurdle communities posing a particular risk.” 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Microplastics in wastewater provide habitat for pathogenic bacteria, including Chlamydiia, and foster antibiotic resistance, “with polystyrene and HDPE nurdle communities posing a particular risk.” 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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an ICE agent points a lethal firearm into a crowd of unarmed protesters this morning. The St. Paul police department arrived to support the ICE agents, assaulting unarmed protestors with chemical agents and physical force.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
an ICE agent points a lethal firearm into a crowd of unarmed protesters this morning. The St. Paul police department arrived to support the ICE agents, assaulting unarmed protestors with chemical agents and physical force.
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Fires, floods, and fossil fuels - COP30 had it all. While many countries brought a meaningful contribution to this “annual global climate potluck,” a bloc of oil-producing nations prevented agreement on phasing out fossil fuels. COP30 reminded us that momentum comes from the ground up!
What COP30 got right... and what it didn't | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
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November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Fires, floods, and fossil fuels - COP30 had it all. While many countries brought a meaningful contribution to this “annual global climate potluck,” a bloc of oil-producing nations prevented agreement on phasing out fossil fuels. COP30 reminded us that momentum comes from the ground up!
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To ICE agents across the country – shame on you. Your kids are watching.
New powerful ad from @womensmarch.com
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
New powerful ad from @womensmarch.com
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
Dear ICE Agents: What Will You Say?
YouTube video by Women's March
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
To ICE agents across the country – shame on you. Your kids are watching.
New powerful ad from @womensmarch.com
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
New powerful ad from @womensmarch.com
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
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A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
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Trump has granted clemency to more than a dozen people his own Justice Department prosecuted during his first term.
The through line? Their lawyers are connected to Trump — or they have proved their loyalty to him.
It’s all part of Trump’s pardon scheme. Watch:
The through line? Their lawyers are connected to Trump — or they have proved their loyalty to him.
It’s all part of Trump’s pardon scheme. Watch:
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
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November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump has granted clemency to more than a dozen people his own Justice Department prosecuted during his first term.
The through line? Their lawyers are connected to Trump — or they have proved their loyalty to him.
It’s all part of Trump’s pardon scheme. Watch:
The through line? Their lawyers are connected to Trump — or they have proved their loyalty to him.
It’s all part of Trump’s pardon scheme. Watch:
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🧪 NEW STUDY from the UK finds higher PM 2.5 air pollution inside homes with gas stoves. 1/2
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Inequalities and indoor air pollution: a prospective observational study of particulate matter (PM2.5) levels in 309 UK homes from the Born in Bradford cohort study - BMC Public Health
Particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Evidence suggests socioeconomic and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately exposed to higher outdoor air pollu...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🧪 NEW STUDY from the UK finds higher PM 2.5 air pollution inside homes with gas stoves. 1/2
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Have a good night BlueSky! 💙🌟🕊️
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Have a good night BlueSky! 💙🌟🕊️
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"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)
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A little thread: Science is defiantly anti-fascist because it pursues truth, is necessarily collaborative, and relies on open communication. And because its falsifiability is incompatible with the cultism, faith-based belief systems, disinformation, and propaganda of Christian nationalism.
November 9, 2024 at 10:46 PM
A little thread: Science is defiantly anti-fascist because it pursues truth, is necessarily collaborative, and relies on open communication. And because its falsifiability is incompatible with the cultism, faith-based belief systems, disinformation, and propaganda of Christian nationalism.
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🚨A critical EPA report found that PFNA—a “forever chemical”—can harm development, the liver, and reproduction, lowering birth weights and testosterone levels.
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
October 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨A critical EPA report found that PFNA—a “forever chemical”—can harm development, the liver, and reproduction, lowering birth weights and testosterone levels.
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
It’s been done for **6 MONTHS** but still has not been released.
Administrator Zeldin is burying the report and silencing science. WHY?
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🚨🚨🚨200,000 people is a statement. ✊🏼power to the people ✊🏼 1/2
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🚨🚨🚨200,000 people is a statement. ✊🏼power to the people ✊🏼 1/2
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Same, sister.
And 60 years later, when my dad’s PTSD skidded into dementia, he cut down all the shrubs around our house so Nazis couldn’t ambush him.
We didn’t all go through that shit for nothing.
#NoKings Hudson NY Times
And 60 years later, when my dad’s PTSD skidded into dementia, he cut down all the shrubs around our house so Nazis couldn’t ambush him.
We didn’t all go through that shit for nothing.
#NoKings Hudson NY Times
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Same, sister.
And 60 years later, when my dad’s PTSD skidded into dementia, he cut down all the shrubs around our house so Nazis couldn’t ambush him.
We didn’t all go through that shit for nothing.
#NoKings Hudson NY Times
And 60 years later, when my dad’s PTSD skidded into dementia, he cut down all the shrubs around our house so Nazis couldn’t ambush him.
We didn’t all go through that shit for nothing.
#NoKings Hudson NY Times
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Chicago - no kings
October 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Chicago - no kings
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Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.
If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.
If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.
Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.
If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.
If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.
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Powerful interview of recently fired CDC director by @maxkozlov.bsky.social . What unfolded is chilling and also sad to read in her words. The decimation of the CDC is a low point in global public health history because its impact extended beyond America.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired
“I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Powerful interview of recently fired CDC director by @maxkozlov.bsky.social . What unfolded is chilling and also sad to read in her words. The decimation of the CDC is a low point in global public health history because its impact extended beyond America.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Thinking about getting a new AC, furnace, or water heater soon? Install your new home appliance ASAP to take advantage of federal tax credits before they disappear. Here’s what you need to know: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/climate/clean-energy-tax-credits-savings
Clean energy savings are disappearing. Here’s how to get them | CNN
Time is running out for US consumers to get money back for rooftop solar installations, electric vehicles, energy efficient appliances and more after Republicans slashed clean energy out of the tax co...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thinking about getting a new AC, furnace, or water heater soon? Install your new home appliance ASAP to take advantage of federal tax credits before they disappear. Here’s what you need to know: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/climate/clean-energy-tax-credits-savings
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🧊 85 years of glacier change
A new study shows that Alaska’s Kennicott and Root Glaciers are set to lose up to 63% of their mass by 2100.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Glaciers 🧪
A new study shows that Alaska’s Kennicott and Root Glaciers are set to lose up to 63% of their mass by 2100.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Glaciers 🧪
An 85-year record of glacier change and refined projections for Kennicott and Root Glaciers, Alaska - Nature Communications
Using historical aerial photographs and new bed topography data, accelerating changes on Kennicott and Root Glaciers, Alaska since 1938 are documented. These observations inform projections showing 38...
www.nature.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🧊 85 years of glacier change
A new study shows that Alaska’s Kennicott and Root Glaciers are set to lose up to 63% of their mass by 2100.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Glaciers 🧪
A new study shows that Alaska’s Kennicott and Root Glaciers are set to lose up to 63% of their mass by 2100.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Glaciers 🧪
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This is definitely not the time to delay or dial back climate policy. The urgency has never been greater.
We are approaching dangerous tipping points, almost 200 scientists warn. 🌊
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
We are approaching dangerous tipping points, almost 200 scientists warn. 🌊
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders
World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...
news.exeter.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is definitely not the time to delay or dial back climate policy. The urgency has never been greater.
We are approaching dangerous tipping points, almost 200 scientists warn. 🌊
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
We are approaching dangerous tipping points, almost 200 scientists warn. 🌊
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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Flood Watch issued yesterday at 1:18 pm.
WPC had mesoscale discussions throughout the event.
NWS issues Flash Flood Warning at 1:14 am.
NWS issues Flash Flood Emergency at 4:03 am.
NWS was on the ball.
The challenge is always getting the warning the last mile and getting people to respond.
WPC had mesoscale discussions throughout the event.
NWS issues Flash Flood Warning at 1:14 am.
NWS issues Flash Flood Emergency at 4:03 am.
NWS was on the ball.
The challenge is always getting the warning the last mile and getting people to respond.
Everyone making comments about DOGE and FEMA as it relates to the Texas flooding is insulting to the NWS employees working this event that were well aware of how bad this was becoming. Plenty of opportunities to use those arguments elsewhere.
July 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The proposed NOAA budget for 2026 contains the literal line:
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The proposed NOAA budget for 2026 contains the literal line:
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...