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Taylor McKay ELBOWS UP🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️RISE UP 🇺🇸 SLAVA🇺🇦 @taylortotts.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Yeah so I guess it really is up to the rest of the world to take care of this lunatic. Americans are still sitting around in their “it can’t happen here” bubble because you know, “American exceptionalism” or something. 🤦‍♀️🤬

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Lumberjacksgurl 🇨🇦 @nechakonotionary.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Why should another nation fix your shit show? Seriously…WHY is the UsA not revolting? You all look complicit to the outside world. You all look like you agree and are facists. Saying you didn’t vote for him is not enough. YOU are the USA. YOU.

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I DON'T SUPPORT THE ORANGE RAPIST 🍊 @nick6767.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The control of media is well under way, when AP refused to say "gulf of america" he banned them. Such a pathetic loser 💯

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*J* 💙🦋💙 @heyjayblue.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Other countries are literally protesting against our current fascist regime but the mainstream media is not showing it. They want us to feel we are alone. A free press is integral to a democracy. The takeover of our press by fascist billionaires has allowed this travesty.

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auntieshell.bsky.social @auntieshell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

!!!!! Just simply a sad state of affairs !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Chanting Crow 🌊🌛🌝🌜🌊 @chantingcrow.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Those bottom numbers won't be going up either. 🙏 You Mr. Takei for always putting out there what so many of us are thinking. You sir are a national treasure 💙

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Delta Flygal💙🇺🇸🌊🇺🇦 @flygal27.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Here’s another one.

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

This is not a normal person 👇

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I keep waiting for right-wingers to start living their lives the way they tell everyone else to live theirs.

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 15/02/2025

I can’t find this story online except in magazine subscriptions but worth sharing: about half of the world’s sandpiper population is at risk due to a port expansion in Vancouver. They rely on the mudflats for nutrition. From Canadian Geographic apple.news/Au6zMIhXnRnq1hAX6tW3PdQ

The sandpipers are so dependent on the biofilm at Roberts Bank that it accounts for 45 to 59 per cent of the mass in their diet and half their daily energy budget. Without it, many birds would not make it to their final destination, as the nutrients cannot be obtained from any other available food. “It’s the magic carpet that enables them to fly,” says Elner.
Since the first observations of biofilm grazing by western sandpipers, it’s been found that biofilm feeds at least 21 other species of shorebirds at estuarine stopover sites. Perhaps more importantly, the story of western sandpipers at Roberts Bank has shed a new light on the ecological value of a largely misunderstood ecosystem.

If the Roberts Bank mudflats are disrupted to the level scientists fear, it’s unlikely many of these diminutive shorebirds will fulfil their Arctic destiny. Between 42 and 64 per cent of the entire species relies on Roberts Bank to rest and refuel, and it’s estimated that almost every western sandpiper will use the site at least once in its lifespan.
A further question lingers: why here? While the sandpipers undoubtedly need a rest stop on their northern odyssey, they have thousands of kilometres of coastline to choose from — and other mudflats, too. Perhaps there is more to this vast, brown wasteland than meets the eye?

The Magic in the Mud
AN INVISIBLE FUEL DRAWS THOUSANDS OF TINY MIGRATING SHOREBIRDS TO THE ROBERTS BANK MUDFLATS EACH YEAR. NOW, WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING IT FOREVER.
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ISABELLE GROC

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