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The bill would bar people from suing pesticide manufacturers for failing to warn them of health risks, as long as the product labels are approved by the EPA.
Farmers ‘very worried’ as US pesticide firms push to bar cancer diagnoses lawsuits
Pesticide-backed proposed law that opponents call ‘Cancer Gag Act’ pits Iowa farm groups against each other
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I live in a forest my parents planted when I was a child. It’s not too late for you to grow one too | Jessie Cole
I live in a forest my parents planted when I was a child. It’s not too late for you to grow one too | Jessie Cole
Sometimes a branch grows so low and bushy that it blocks access to my room. I diligently cut it back * More summer essentials In the late 1970s when my parents built the house I still live in, there was no forest. The property was a disused cow…
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February 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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BREAKING: President Trump plans to sign an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of improperly targeting the U.S. and Israel.
Trump to sign an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court
The order will include financial sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials found to have assisted in ICC investigations of U.S. citizens or allies.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The only reason ICE would be at schools is to take innocent children into custody in order to lure their parents. Family separation 2.0.

🚨 Los Angeles school police says it will not comply with ICE.
January 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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It’s far too soon to ascribe responsibility for the horrific DC plane collision, but it’s not too soon to say that dismantling the safeguards afforded by a functioning federal government put us at significant risk. And it’s irrefutable that, since January 20th, we are all less safe.
January 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I think I'm going to have to log off of the internet for a bit before the news cycle breaks my brain entirely. Hundreds of millennia of human evolution have not provided us the cognitive tools required to process this level of administrative chaos.
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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I’ve decided that explicitly teaching about how science funding works needs to be a part of my neurobiology lab course — it’s something I haven’t included before, and that was an oversight.

Please send any teaching resources you might find helpful. I’ll share what I end up developing.
January 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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This project tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education, or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information. Read more about the tracker and related... Or contribute to the database.
#science

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Silencing Science Tracker | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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January 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Dr. Paul Offit from last week's Roundtable on Vaccines:

"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
January 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I just voted against Kristi Noem’s confirmation.

Our immigration system is in desperate need of reform — but it won’t be fixed by organized acts of cruelty.

We need a DHS Secretary who puts the rule of law and constitution first — not the caprice of the President.
January 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Owl momma with her baby owl 🥹
January 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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ATTN: This is most important court hearing to watch next week. The GOP does not want this case in federal court because they know a federal judge is not likely to toss out 60,000 lawful votes. Their plan is to have the partisan NC state Supreme Court decide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
4th Circuit To Weigh Whether NC Supreme Court Election Challenge Should Proceed in State or Federal Court
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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We will have victories and setbacks, good days and bad. We must understand that this will not be over in one election or with the defeat of any one candidate. This is the fight of our generation, and it will take time. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
January 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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God, I can't describe how passionately I dream about working at an old-school rock music radio station and writing about whales and Antarctic exploration without having a single thought about war and global politics.
January 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM