WatchingClosely
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Global activist for women's rights; env scientist for conservation, climate justice, end to fossil fuels. Working to end wildlife trafficking. Feminist-forward news junkie. Humor, occasional snark.
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Mongabay investigative reporter Fernanda Wenzel traveled to one of the most dangerous spots in the Brazilian Amazon — a region where a silent land war is destroying the forest and costing lives.
One of her goals was to understand how conflict pushes deforestation ever deeper into the rainforest.
One of her goals was to understand how conflict pushes deforestation ever deeper into the rainforest.
On the frontline of the Amazon land war
TERRA NOSSA, Brazil — In 2024, Mongabay investigative reporter Fernanda Wenzel traveled to one of the most dangerous spots in the Brazilian Amazon — a region where a silent land war is destroying the…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Mongabay investigative reporter Fernanda Wenzel traveled to one of the most dangerous spots in the Brazilian Amazon — a region where a silent land war is destroying the forest and costing lives.
One of her goals was to understand how conflict pushes deforestation ever deeper into the rainforest.
One of her goals was to understand how conflict pushes deforestation ever deeper into the rainforest.
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No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
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Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
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Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research - Rincón educativo
Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
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“Women these days don’t want to have children.”
Well, we don’t actually know if women in the past wanted to. Nobody asked them, least of all their husbands.
Well, we don’t actually know if women in the past wanted to. Nobody asked them, least of all their husbands.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Women these days don’t want to have children.”
Well, we don’t actually know if women in the past wanted to. Nobody asked them, least of all their husbands.
Well, we don’t actually know if women in the past wanted to. Nobody asked them, least of all their husbands.
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Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself
The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
Perhaps it's time to rehabilitate and revisit the "basket of deplorables" notion -- which seems tepid, in hindsight.
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Perhaps it's time to rehabilitate and revisit the "basket of deplorables" notion -- which seems tepid, in hindsight.
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The “peace president” is starting a war.
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The “peace president” is starting a war.
Let's take a moment to remember that Hillary was not only right, but actually restrained, with her observation that Trump was enabled and supported by a 'basket of deplorables.'
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Let's take a moment to remember that Hillary was not only right, but actually restrained, with her observation that Trump was enabled and supported by a 'basket of deplorables.'
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sing this song every time JD and the Supremes walk through the door
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
sing this song every time JD and the Supremes walk through the door
It might be easiest to just make a list of elite rich men who did NOT pal around with Epstein or rape around with him. Because it sure seems that just about all of them DID.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It might be easiest to just make a list of elite rich men who did NOT pal around with Epstein or rape around with him. Because it sure seems that just about all of them DID.
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These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
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seattle's political geography is as wild as (and presumably at some level is reflective of) its physical geopraphy
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
seattle's political geography is as wild as (and presumably at some level is reflective of) its physical geopraphy
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Are you a journalist covering COP30 looking for new and diverse sources?
Check out the Global South Climate Database.
This publicly available, searchable database features 1,000+ climate scientists and experts from the global south.
🌍🔗 bit.ly/GSClimateDatabase
Check out the Global South Climate Database.
This publicly available, searchable database features 1,000+ climate scientists and experts from the global south.
🌍🔗 bit.ly/GSClimateDatabase
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Are you a journalist covering COP30 looking for new and diverse sources?
Check out the Global South Climate Database.
This publicly available, searchable database features 1,000+ climate scientists and experts from the global south.
🌍🔗 bit.ly/GSClimateDatabase
Check out the Global South Climate Database.
This publicly available, searchable database features 1,000+ climate scientists and experts from the global south.
🌍🔗 bit.ly/GSClimateDatabase
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"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
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November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
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