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Bikes, birds, bogs. And similar things of beauty.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What’s even wilder is how VT (where I live) & WY are such mirrors: tiny population, hard weather, heavily armed, little policed, rural mountain states that are big on hunting and make a big deal of their cow heritage but survive on tourism.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Aaron Becker @aaronjbecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lake Superior, one week of surface currents, hour by hour (16 to 23 September 2026), colored by water temperature. An eddy spins beside the Keweenaw Peninsula all week. Data: NOAA Great Lakes Operational Forecast System (model)
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thread on solar vs. farmland debate: 1/n Enviro writer Bill McKibben: "“If you care about the future of agriculture on this planet,” he added, ​“you should be focused on driving down carbon emissions so we will still be able to grow things.”" www.canarymedia.com/.../lowell-v....
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"We asked the local[s], ‘Why do you call it tilcayo?’” says Nogales-Ascarrunz, who is herself from Bolivia. “And they said, ‘I don’t know! My grandpa called it tilcayo, so I call it tilcayo.” (The name does not appear to mean anything particular in Spanish or the Quechua language spoken in Bolivia.)
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Have I mentioned one of my favorite facts that just MAKING the fuel for an ICE is about as polluting as completely fueling an EV on a moderately clean grid?
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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
After years of testing, USDA has just approved releasing GMO American chestnut trees, potentially giving us the chance to bring back an iconic species destroyed in the early 20th century by an imported disease. (Chauvinistic note: I've had American chestnuts, and they are better than European ones.)
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USDA Approval Advances Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut
Efforts by researchers at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to restore the American chestnut tree to the American landscape took a significant leap forward with an approved desi...
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Some selections this morning from "A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1999". Wendell Berry (1934-2026)
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 25/08/2026
things have changed a bit in Paris since the pandemic— Notre Dame looks squeaky clean, l'As du Falafel fell off hard—but it all pales in comparison to the the total victory in the War On Cars car traffic has been crushed and the city is so obviously better off that nobody could possibly complain
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Solar hits 25% supply of electricity on yesterday's cool, sunny Sunday morning. Matches fossil gas & coal for a little bit. On the MISO grid, which serves 45 million people across the center of N. America. #EnergySky ...
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My friend transformed a tiny strip of lawn grass into a pollinator paradise with native plants accumulated from hither and yon. You get one shot... why lead a sterile life? (featured: caterpillars of the Milkweed Tussock Moth)
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Friend is shopping hybrid vs EVs. Didn't realize he had variable electric rates. Charging overnight (11 pm - 5 am) his fuel costs would be 83% less than gas in Indiana... so think $0.56 / gallon. #DoTheMath #EnergySky
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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 27/07/2026
Indiana DNR wetlands program found out of compliance by federal government
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Indiana DNR wetlands program found out of compliance by federal government • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources has taken in at least $109 million in wetlands payments from landowners but many of the projects supposed to offset disruption have stalled since the…
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
justin bieber deserved a red card for that performance
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Bright Saver | Plug-In Solar @brightsaver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Curious where plug-in solar legislation stands, state-by-state? Our tracker is linked in this article! Updated daily by Bright Saver---we work directly with the bill writing and coalition efforts. 🙃 www.techradar.com/home/energy-...
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Tired of soaring energy bills? Home battery installations in the US just hit a record high — as 30 US states plan to legalize plug-in solar tech to help combat electricity prices
Plug-in solar gives residents a way to save money on electricity without the expense of rooftop solar panel installations.
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Visual representation of how much U.S. farmland is occupied by solar panels. Some fraction of that yellow also has grazing sheep, pollinator plantings, etc.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The problem with these technologies is that though they generally help get you where you are going, that’s all they do.  With a paper map you take charge; with these other means you take orders and don’t learn your way around, any more than you learn math by using a calculator.  A map shows countless possible routes; a computer-generated itinerary shows one. Using the new navigational aides, you remain dependent, and your trajectory requires obedience to the technology—some GPS devices literally dictate voice commands you are meant to obey. When you navigate with a paper map, tracing your own route rather than having it issued as a line, a list, or a set of commands, you incrementally learn the lay of the land.  Eventually maps become unnecessary, or, rather, the map has migrated inside your head.
The map becomes obsolete as you become oriented. Or rather the map is then no longer on paper in front of you but inside you; many maps are, as you contain knowledge of many kinds of history and community in one place. You no longer need help navigating but can offer it. You become a map, an atlas, a guide, a person who has absorbed maps, or who needs no map intermediaries because you know the place and the many ways to get here from there. You know where you are, which may become an increasingly rare thing in an era of digital intervention.
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
EVs are the marquee climate subsidy. They also have one of the lowest returns per dollar spent. New MVPF analysis: wind production tax credits deliver $5.87 in social benefit per $1 spent. Residential solar: $3.86. EV subsidies: $1.45.
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
they are embiggening
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I wasn't aware that the USDA program had stalled out... hopefully this can get going again!
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Adam, out here Wrenmaxxing cc @adamwren.bsky.social
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is the best of who we are and what we represent. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team (Gift Article)
At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries.
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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
... Destroyer of Dew Point
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
First 10K miles (to me) review. 9 months. Plug-in hybrid. It has an electric motor/battery and a gas engine. Small EV range of 30 and gas range of 495. Despite the tiny EV range, it covered 50% of the 10K miles on electric only... #EnergySky
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
One of the things that’s obvious about Trump is that he has no long-term memory, no ability to say “This didn’t work before so I should try something new.” So when he talks about striking/invading Iran it’s often because he’s drifted back to the idea of threats, despite it previously failing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
At the risk of stating the obvious: when reactionaries say elections are "rigged," what they mean -- in their hearts, in their guts -- is that their opponents are illegitimate and it only counts if they win. That's what they've always meant.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
George Santos called me after my story revealing federal investigations into his suspected market manipulation on Kalshi. And he said: "This story is going to get you a gun in your face." Then he lied about it. www.npr.org/2026/06/04/n...
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I wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about it
NPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
215-208 It passed! Cheer erupt in the House chamber.
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"The Schahfer plant in Northwest Indiana has been offline for repairs for three months and likely won’t come back online until fall. As one critic put it: The coal-fired units “couldn’t produce electricity for an emergency even if one existed, which it doesn’t.”" www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
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Indiana coal plant that Trump forced to stay open is not operating
The DOE says the Schahfer plant is key for reliability, but repairs mean it’ll be offline for much of 2026. The grid is set to be just fine without it…
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Full Month #4 for the off-grid solar array. First month to top 1,000 driving miles powered. Covered 94% of my miles... the warm temps also helping driving efficiency. Each unit of energy takes me >25% further than in February.
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A first for me... watching barn swallows appearing to gather mud for nesting materials. Although still widespread and thought of as abundant, Barn Swallows have experienced a 38% decline in population since 1970. #BirdSky journal.afonet.org/vol95/iss3/a...
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
When people get upset with younger generations for posting videos in the middle of an emergency/ disaster I think about photos like this. You might not like it, but documenting your disaster experience is not unique to one generation -- we've always done it to the extent that technology allows.
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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
8 months later, despite *clear mathematical errors*, Neurology still doesn't have the guts to retract it! N.B. This study went VIRAL. Global news coverage, all over social media. And it's bullshit. Worse than bullshit. It's dangerous health misinformation. www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
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Association Between Consumption of Low- and No-Calorie Artificial Sweeteners and Cognitive Decline | Neurology
Background and ObjectivesConsumption of low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCSs) has been associated with adverse health outcomes. However, little is known about the association between consumption of L...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This website visualizes social media as a room with 100 people 3 people are producing most toxic content Most people assume 43 are producing toxic content, because these 3 are hyperactive and amplified by engagement based algorithms. The other 97 quiet voices disappear thenoisyroom.com
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/04/2026
Trumpies: we must keep coal plants open! Without it the grid will collapse and we'll all die! MISO: no thanks, we're good.
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Upbeat grid outlook for central US undercuts Trump rationale for keeping open coal plants
The Trump administration has ordered three Midwest coal plants to keep running because of worries about reliability. Those fears may be overstated.
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 28/04/2026
Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
If they're willing to storm the Capitol by the thousands, chanting for the death of the Vice President of the United States and Speaker of the House, then pour into the Capitol by the thousands attacking cops and defecating everywhere, imagine what sort of Nazi gives them $250M
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Graham Caswell @grahamcaswell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying #5. "I wish that I had let myself be happier." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Top five regrets of the dying
A palliative nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?
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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Intelligent
2 Blue Jays conversing in a spruce. First Jay asks "What if we aren't the only intelligent species in the universe? What would they be like?" The second replies "Let's see... they'd need to be good at problem solving, and to have advanced communication skills, a social structure, self-awareness..." "... the ability to fly?" continues the first Jay. "That goes without saying!" exclaims the second. The first states confidently "And a strong beak, of course". To which the second responds rhetorically "How could you do anything intelligent without a strong beak?"
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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a man with curly hair is hanging on a cross with the words `` always look on the bright side of life '' .
ALT: a man with curly hair is hanging on a cross with the words `` always look on the bright side of life '' .
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
"High-grading is an unsustainable timber harvesting practice that removes only the largest, most valuable trees, leaving behind inferior, slow-growing, or diseased trees. While offering short-term economic gains, it degrades the forest's long-term genetic quality, value, and ecological health"
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
timeline checks out
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/04/2026
one reason I'm increasingly intolerant of "data centers gave me lyme disease" type fear mongering is it spreads www.propublica.org/article/mich...
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Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash
Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns.
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
.@philaroneanu.bsky.social made this page (per @ketanjoshi.co's suggestion) for that man in your life who has discovered that sometimes the wind doesn't blow and the sun goes down. bigiftrue.info #EnergySky
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GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERY
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