Jules Travers
@traversjul.bsky.social
Poetry Pen Pals, a new creative snail mail project from the North Central chapter of the Poetry Society of Virginia 📨 bit.ly/PoetryPenPal
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Poetry Pen Pals, a new creative snail mail project from the North Central chapter of the Poetry Society of Virginia 📨 bit.ly/PoetryPenPal
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’
Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe
www.science.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Va. launches statewide food drive to counter federal government shutdown, delayed SNAP benefits virginiamercury.com/2025/11/04/y...
Va. launches statewide food drive to counter federal government shutdown, delayed SNAP benefits • Virginia Mercury
Building on a temporary state-level version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) announced last week, state agencies are collaborating on a food drive effort to further bols...
virginiamercury.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Va. launches statewide food drive to counter federal government shutdown, delayed SNAP benefits virginiamercury.com/2025/11/04/y...
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🌱Good morning🌞💕💛🧡💚 #DailyDahlia #Bloomscrolling
October 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🌱Good morning🌞💕💛🧡💚 #DailyDahlia #Bloomscrolling
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🧬 Universal kidney transplant breakthrough
Scientists transplanted the first kidney converted to a 'universal' type O organ using an enzyme to remove type-A antigens. This could ease donor shortages and reduce wait times.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#SciComm #Medicine 🧪
Scientists transplanted the first kidney converted to a 'universal' type O organ using an enzyme to remove type-A antigens. This could ease donor shortages and reduce wait times.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#SciComm #Medicine 🧪
First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ blood type
Recipient diagnosed with brain death received a type-O organ, which is compatible with all blood types.
doi.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
🧬 Universal kidney transplant breakthrough
Scientists transplanted the first kidney converted to a 'universal' type O organ using an enzyme to remove type-A antigens. This could ease donor shortages and reduce wait times.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#SciComm #Medicine 🧪
Scientists transplanted the first kidney converted to a 'universal' type O organ using an enzyme to remove type-A antigens. This could ease donor shortages and reduce wait times.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#SciComm #Medicine 🧪
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October 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.” - Jane Goodall
Thank you for everything, Jane 🤍
Thank you for everything, Jane 🤍
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.” - Jane Goodall
Thank you for everything, Jane 🤍
Thank you for everything, Jane 🤍
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Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
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Read more about my resolution to prevent war with Iran here: www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releas....
Kaine Announces the Filing of a War Powers Resolution to Prevent War with Iran | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, introduced a war...
www.kaine.senate.gov
June 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Read more about my resolution to prevent war with Iran here: www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releas....
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Good things are still possible. In spite of every horrible thing.
June 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Good things are still possible. In spite of every horrible thing.
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Tree Ent, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire
🙂
This ancient oak is believed to have inspired the mythical character Treebeard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
#nature #naturephotography #woodland #Trees #ir #infraredphotography #bwinfrared #blackandwhiteinfrared #720nm #photography #monochrome
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This ancient oak is believed to have inspired the mythical character Treebeard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
#nature #naturephotography #woodland #Trees #ir #infraredphotography #bwinfrared #blackandwhiteinfrared #720nm #photography #monochrome
June 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tree Ent, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire
🙂
This ancient oak is believed to have inspired the mythical character Treebeard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
#nature #naturephotography #woodland #Trees #ir #infraredphotography #bwinfrared #blackandwhiteinfrared #720nm #photography #monochrome
🙂
This ancient oak is believed to have inspired the mythical character Treebeard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
#nature #naturephotography #woodland #Trees #ir #infraredphotography #bwinfrared #blackandwhiteinfrared #720nm #photography #monochrome
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The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
June 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
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This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil
June 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil
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For children in Gaza, childhood is a relentless reel of horrors.
UNICEF will not stop calling for a ceasefire and for children’s protection and well-being.
Join us.
UNICEF will not stop calling for a ceasefire and for children’s protection and well-being.
Join us.
June 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For children in Gaza, childhood is a relentless reel of horrors.
UNICEF will not stop calling for a ceasefire and for children’s protection and well-being.
Join us.
UNICEF will not stop calling for a ceasefire and for children’s protection and well-being.
Join us.
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Grey heron, River Mersey near Northenden today
#bird #birds #wildlife #nature @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
#bird #birds #wildlife #nature @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Grey heron, River Mersey near Northenden today
#bird #birds #wildlife #nature @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
#bird #birds #wildlife #nature @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
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Trump’s war on science is an attack against anyone who has ever loved someone with cancer.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump’s war on science is an attack against anyone who has ever loved someone with cancer.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
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Now is the time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries with our actions, not just our words. Congress must #FundLibraries in the FY26 budget and protect library funding nationwide. Tell Congress to Fund Libraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Now is the time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries with our actions, not just our words. Congress must #FundLibraries in the FY26 budget and protect library funding nationwide. Tell Congress to Fund Libraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries
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#ProudBlue #MomSky
“Closing down the Part 90 and NIOSH programs is another chapter in that same history of the industry trying to suppress and deny the existence of this disease because if there’s no data and there’s no screening, then there is no disease…”
This is Trump’s philosophy too
“Closing down the Part 90 and NIOSH programs is another chapter in that same history of the industry trying to suppress and deny the existence of this disease because if there’s no data and there’s no screening, then there is no disease…”
This is Trump’s philosophy too
Coal miners head to court over Trump cuts to black lung screening staff
About two-thirds of the staff that provides free examinations for the deadly disease, which one study says affects 1 in 5 longtime miners, was recently fired.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#ProudBlue #MomSky
“Closing down the Part 90 and NIOSH programs is another chapter in that same history of the industry trying to suppress and deny the existence of this disease because if there’s no data and there’s no screening, then there is no disease…”
This is Trump’s philosophy too
“Closing down the Part 90 and NIOSH programs is another chapter in that same history of the industry trying to suppress and deny the existence of this disease because if there’s no data and there’s no screening, then there is no disease…”
This is Trump’s philosophy too
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A serene sunset over a calm lake with rocks in the foreground and trees reflecting in the water.
#wallhaven #sunset #lake #rocks #trees #reflection #serene #landscape
A serene sunset over a calm lake with rocks in the foreground and trees reflecting in the water.
#wallhaven #sunset #lake #rocks #trees #reflection #serene #landscape
April 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
https://w.wallhaven.cc/full/w5/wallhaven-w5omzp.jpg
A serene sunset over a calm lake with rocks in the foreground and trees reflecting in the water.
#wallhaven #sunset #lake #rocks #trees #reflection #serene #landscape
A serene sunset over a calm lake with rocks in the foreground and trees reflecting in the water.
#wallhaven #sunset #lake #rocks #trees #reflection #serene #landscape
to pay attention is to love, from @sharonsalzberg.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
to pay attention is to love, from @sharonsalzberg.bsky.social