Victoria Bell
@victoria-bell.bsky.social
Wild Ones+Earth+All Beings Justice
Artist . Writer . Ceremonies of Being
Sacred space . Peace place .
ALS grief—honoring the beauty that remains
substack.com/@victoriabell
Artist . Writer . Ceremonies of Being
Sacred space . Peace place .
ALS grief—honoring the beauty that remains
substack.com/@victoriabell
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📍HYPOCRISY—New RFK Jr disclosure forms reveals that while he was slamming mRNA vaccines for ungodly changing human genes and DNA 🧬 (COVID vaccines do not), RFK Jr was simultaneously also investing in gene-editing technologies (read: gene therapy) the whole time. What a guy.
January 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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BREAKING: The USFWS today proposed to protect the monarch butterfly as "threatened" under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct.
The decision came in response to a scientific petition and lawsuit by @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social and Center for Food Safety.
The decision came in response to a scientific petition and lawsuit by @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social and Center for Food Safety.
December 10, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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December 9, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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This story begins with a patient learning he'd endured a decade of dangerous treatments for stage 4 lung cancer that his oncologist never confirmed was actually present.
It only gets more outrageous (and enraging) from there.
New, from @davidmcswane.bsky.social + @propublica.org
It only gets more outrageous (and enraging) from there.
New, from @davidmcswane.bsky.social + @propublica.org
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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There's a big difference between "niche" as in an issue that not that many people are fully engaged with/informed about and "niche" as in dismissive of "the fate of life on earth for the next 10,000+ years and a whole lot of death, displacement, and destruction right now."
November 22, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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Tear down the wall!
Big peer-reviewed study published today: "USA-Mexico border wall impedes wildlife movement."
Researchers found an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings where walls were built and a 100% reduction crossings of large animals like mountain lions, deer & bears.
READ: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Researchers found an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings where walls were built and a 100% reduction crossings of large animals like mountain lions, deer & bears.
READ: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
November 21, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Tear down the wall!
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NBC News projects: Democratic Rep. Jared Golden wins re-election to Maine's 2nd Congressional District.
November 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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💙 every seat matters❣️
NBC News projects: Democratic Rep. Jim Costa wins re-election California's 21st Congressional District.
November 16, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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NBC News projects: Democratic Rep. Josh Harder wins re-election California's 9th Congressional District.
November 16, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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Reposted by Victoria Bell
Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto outlines the life-saving work that scientists at NOAA and other federal agencies carry out.
"NOAA’s work is crucial for monitoring and understanding climate change, and each of its various divisions play an integral role in protecting our ecosystems and communities."
"NOAA’s work is crucial for monitoring and understanding climate change, and each of its various divisions play an integral role in protecting our ecosystems and communities."
We Need a Strong and Independent NOAA to Protect Our Lives and Homes from Climate Change
As the climate crisis advances unchecked, the work of federal agencies dedicated to protecting our health and the places where we work, play, worship, produce food, energy, and shop has become critica...
blog.ucsusa.org
November 13, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto outlines the life-saving work that scientists at NOAA and other federal agencies carry out.
"NOAA’s work is crucial for monitoring and understanding climate change, and each of its various divisions play an integral role in protecting our ecosystems and communities."
"NOAA’s work is crucial for monitoring and understanding climate change, and each of its various divisions play an integral role in protecting our ecosystems and communities."
Reposted by Victoria Bell
With the second Trump administration in the White House, UCS’s Western States Director, Juliet Christian-Smith, describes the unique powers states have within the US federal system to drive change, highlighting California as an example.
Read her blog: act.ucsusa.org/40Stea7
Read her blog: act.ucsusa.org/40Stea7
November 15, 2024 at 8:03 PM
With the second Trump administration in the White House, UCS’s Western States Director, Juliet Christian-Smith, describes the unique powers states have within the US federal system to drive change, highlighting California as an example.
Read her blog: act.ucsusa.org/40Stea7
Read her blog: act.ucsusa.org/40Stea7
Reposted by Victoria Bell
Blue state attorneys general are planning to fight Trump:
In Washington state, AG Bob Ferguson's team has studied Trump's campaign promises and Project 2025 to prepare lawsuits to block federal actions.
In Arizona, AG Kris Mayes has vowed to fight "unconstitutional behavior."
In Washington state, AG Bob Ferguson's team has studied Trump's campaign promises and Project 2025 to prepare lawsuits to block federal actions.
In Arizona, AG Kris Mayes has vowed to fight "unconstitutional behavior."
Democratic governors plot Trump resistance strategies
Democratic state officials are sharpening plans to become the de facto blue resistance to a second Trump term.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Blue state attorneys general are planning to fight Trump:
In Washington state, AG Bob Ferguson's team has studied Trump's campaign promises and Project 2025 to prepare lawsuits to block federal actions.
In Arizona, AG Kris Mayes has vowed to fight "unconstitutional behavior."
In Washington state, AG Bob Ferguson's team has studied Trump's campaign promises and Project 2025 to prepare lawsuits to block federal actions.
In Arizona, AG Kris Mayes has vowed to fight "unconstitutional behavior."
Reposted by Victoria Bell
After the elections, most New Mexico legislators are women. #nmpol
Women hold a majority of legislative seats in NM - NM Political Report
Women hold a slight majority of seats in the Legislature after this year’s elections, though men still hold a majority in the Senate. In the state House, women comprise 44 House seats to 33 held by me...
nmpoliticalreport.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:34 AM
After the elections, most New Mexico legislators are women. #nmpol
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Sri Lanka tried RFK Jr.'s food plan, and it was catastrophic. Productivity plummeted, causing food shortages, skyrocketing prices, lost exports, and an economic collapse. Farmers faced huge losses, forcing the government to reverse the ban and import costly emergency food.
In Sri Lanka, Organic Farming Went Catastrophically Wrong
A nationwide experiment is abandoned after producing only misery.
foreignpolicy.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Sri Lanka tried RFK Jr.'s food plan, and it was catastrophic. Productivity plummeted, causing food shortages, skyrocketing prices, lost exports, and an economic collapse. Farmers faced huge losses, forcing the government to reverse the ban and import costly emergency food.