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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute @8t3v3n.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
NSW still logging Swift Parrot habitat The habitat of critically endangered #SwiftParrots is being destroyed by logging — from breeding forests in Lutruwita / Tasmania to feed trees in NSW. - Bob Brown Foundation #BirdSky #Birds #NSWPol #TasPol #KoalaNP
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NSW still logging Swift Parrot habitat
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Sarah Hanson-Young @sarahhansonyoung.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Bob never stops. Always fighting for what’s right 💪🌿🌍
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Bob Brown Foundation launches legal challenge against PM's 'rushed' salmon bill
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's law changes to guarantee the future of farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour are facing counter moves, with the Bob Brown Foundation launching a legal challenge in the F...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In 2022, planetary geologist & NASA astronaut Dr. Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to serve on a long-duration International Space Station mission. She spent 170 days in orbit executing vital medical, biological, and physical sciences experiments. #WorldSpaceWeek🚀 #WomenInSTEM
An official NASA portait of planetary geologist and history-making NASA astronau,Dr. Jessica Watkins. She smiles warmly in a formal portrait, exuding a focused and joyous mood. Captured from the waist up against a deep blue background, she is framed by the American flag on the left and the NASA logo flag on the right. Dr. Watkins is posed leaning forward slightly, her hands calmly resting on a dark surface in the foreground, showcasing her short, natural hair, gold hoop earrings, and open, vibrant expression. She wears a crisp, royal blue NASA flight suit adorned with official insignia: the iconic round NASA patch on her right chest, a rectangular blue nametag reading "JESSICA WATKINS" with the astronaut symbol on her left chest, and an American flag patch on her upper left arm. This balanced, professional composition honors her historic milestone as the first Black woman to serve on a long-duration International Space Station mission and command an orbital spaceflight.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15h
A judge just dealt a massive blow to the Trump administration's crusade for state voter rolls. This ruling goes far beyond the dozens of state-by-state cases and invalidates the program on a national level. Want to support the work we do? Subscribe to our newsletter: demdock.com/4s2VxOU
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15h
Secretary Hegseth announced that the Pentagon plans to livestream the military's first execution in more than six decades, carried out by firing squad. Turning an execution into a public spectacle only exposes how cruel, barbaric, and immoral the death penalty is. We must end the death penalty.
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
Africa has 18% of the world’s population, but only 0.6% of global data-center capacity, the World Bank says.💻🔋☀️ There must be good governance, effective and strong government institutions and a lot of good decision making to take advantage of the opportunities .CL www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
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🟡 Semafor Africa: ‘Profoundly embarrassing’ | Semafor
In this edition: Zambia agrees to US health deal, FBI releases file on Nigeria’s president, and a South African legal pioneer wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: A landmark ruling in the High Court has found planning authorities are required to consider local climate change effects when approving fossil fuel projects. (1/4) #auspol #climate www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Breaking: High Court rules in favour of climate in Hunter Valley coal mine case
Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
Bravo! Congratulations on the outcome. 🌍
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There came a time when we understood that asbestos was a product that when you used it as intended would cause harm. That's now the case with coal and gas. We don't mine and export asbestos anymore. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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High Court's coalmine emissions ruling says 'the quiet part out loud'
Activists, politicians and the resources sector are fired up about a High Court ruling over a planning statute.
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
This will be exciting: an EPA that works. Honor the Earth. 🌍
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
Is this an Autocracy? ⚖️
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15h
We testified before the UN Human Rights Council about the alarming number of Black people who have been found dead, hanging, or drowned in the U.S. over the past decade. We urge UN human rights experts to investigate these deaths properly as our government continues to fail the public.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 09/10/2026
A few hundred meters from the pristine riverbanks in Croatia, a megafarm is being built: ⁣ ⁣ 🚨 1.8 MILLION chickens per year⁣ 🚨 Over 1 MILLION litres of toxic wastewater annually⁣ Billionaire Ag executives are expecting communities to suffer in silence while they extract profit.⁣ ⁣ ⁣#PeoplePower ✊
A bold graphic claims that the “Chicken King” wants to build an industrial megafarm next to Croatia’s largest drinking water source. It features a smiling man holding packaged chicken in a supermarket, with text stating that 1.8 million chickens are slaughtered annually and that residents are organising against industrial farms.A graphic shows a scenic, hazy landscape beside a body of water. Bold white and yellow text criticises wealthy corporations and billionaire executives for transforming beautiful places into industrial zones while ignoring local residents. Yellow-highlighted text claims the proposed project would produce 1,000,000 litres of toxic wastewater annually near a UNESCO-protected reserve and Croatia’s largest drinking water source.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 08/10/2026
Join us for a conversation with Umi Vaughan, Tiffany Yap, and Robert Liu-Trujillo, three writers and artists whose work sits at the intersection of culture, nature, and resistance. Their work positions human creativity as an expansive response to attacks on land, memory, and cultural ecosystems.
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Ecologies of Resistance: A Conversation with Authors Umi Vaughan, Tiffany Yap and Robert Liu-Trujillo - Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Closing performance by SambaFunk!—Sunday, November 15, 202612-2 pmFREE Join us for a conversation with Umi Vaughan, Tiffany Yap, and Robert Liu-Trujillo, three writers and artists whose work sits at t...
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
We can all thrive on a healthy planet. 🌍
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17h
NEW: The Trump administration sanctioned the International Criminal Court hours after a former ICC judge won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Trump administration’s continued attempts to dismantle the ICC undercut its ability to investigate and prosecute atrocities like war crimes and genocide.
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
Jimmy is going to be a landscape architect. 🌳
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Appalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 20h
On Monday, Oct. 12, our offices are closed for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which honors the history and contributions of Indigenous peoples. Consider going to a celebration in your area, attending an educational event or supporting an Indigenous-led organization or business.
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
We have many communities around the world right now that lack access to electricity and refrigeration. ❄️
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
We cannot have a regression on climate policy. 🌍☀️
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
Honor the Earth. 🌍
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 20h
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 16h
Join us in Mississippi for our Voting is Now Laughing Matter College Tour headlined by Emmy Award-winning comedian Rita Brent of "Late Night With Rita Brent."💥 Sign up here: bit.ly/4A77p5O
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
Africa is facing many challenges that must be addressed. We must finance 21st-century solutions and have political stability. 🌍💻🔋☀️
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 15h
Growing up in Northern Croatia, the Drava was our anchor. We paddled in it, cooled off in it, and caught fish to feed our families. It is part of an area known as the "Amazon of Europe," a vibrant cross-border UNESCO Biosphere Reserve spanning five countries. 🌍🐓 www.instagram.com/p/DeRPqJTARq...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 on Instagram: "The human body is 71% water. For local activist Kristina Pongrac, the Drava River flows through her veins. A tattoo of a 19th-century map of the Drava wraps ...
651 likes, 24 comments - greenpeace on October 9, 2026: "The human body is 71% water. For local activist Kristina Pongrac, the Drava River flows through her veins. A tattoo of a 19th-century map of t...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 09/10/2026
Congratulations to anti-apartheid activist Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2026. The world needs judges who promote peace and international law, and Navi has dedicated her working life to this. #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza
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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · 16h
California regulators said Friday they intend to designate the widely used weed killer atrazine as a known carcinogen, a move that contrasts with the opinion of federal regulators. www.thenewlede.org/2026/10/as-e...
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As EPA shrugs, California designates atrazine weed killer as cancer risk
California regulators said Friday they intend to designate the widely used weed killer atrazine as a known carcinogen, a move that contrasts with the opinion of federal regulators.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 18h
The #NationalPark Service is considering two land exchanges within #CumberlandIsland National Seashore that would allow the development of eight mansions on the island. This island is one of the last wild places on the East Coast, and the Park Service has a legislative duty to protect it!
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Stop the Cumberland Island Land Swaps
The National Park Service is considering two land exchanges within Cumberland Island National Seashore that would allow the development of eight mansions on the island. Tell the agency these public la...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/10/2026
The ACLU and ACLU of North Carolina are launching a $3.5 million statewide campaign to educate voters on where candidates for our state supreme court and state legislature stand on civil liberties issues.
Blue graphic with state outline of North Carolina and text reading "Voters deserve to know where our candidates stand on key issues like abortion rights and voting rights."
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 08/10/2026
That’s the equivalent of 92M tonnes of textile waste pile up yearly. This wasteful system is harming people and the planet. It's time to rethink fashion and #BeatWastePollution. See how: www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story…
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 08/10/2026
The SPLC is in community in cities across Alabama, hosting block parties to get folks registered and mobilized for the November midterm elections! #WeDecide
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ophthalmologist Dr. Agatha Aboe led the medical campaign in Ghana to eliminate trachoma (leading infectious cause of preventable blindness globally). It worked. Ghana became the 1st country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the disease, 2018. #WorldSightDay #WomenInSTEM
A low-angle, close-up portrait of renowned Ghanaian ophthalmologist and public health pioneer Dr. Agatha Aboe. Celebrated for leading the historic medical campaign that made Ghana the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma in 2018, she is captured looking upward and to the left with an optimistic, serene smile. Her black hair is neatly styled with shaved, patterned sides. She wears distinctive semi-translucent, light-blue-framed glasses and bright orange, teardrop-shaped beaded earrings that offer a vibrant color contrast. Her top is a simple, high-collared bright blue shirt. The background features a soft-focus, minimalist golden-yellow architectural column under warm, natural sunlight. The tight composition and uplifting lighting establish an empowering, visionary mood, symbolizing her historical significance as a leading global voice for Women in STEM who now exports eye-health roadmaps to other endemic nations
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 08/10/2026
Thank you to the 1.6+ million people who submitted comments to the USDA to protect the #RoadlessRule. More than 24K of our supporters sent comments, and we couldn't be more grateful for your help!
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 08/10/2026
Today is International Children’s Environmental Health Day, which is a day of awareness and action bringing people together to create a healthier, safer, and more equitable world for all children.
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Children's Environmental Health Day
Healthy environments for all kids!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
Trump has claimed that states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government” and they must do what the president tells them. “Almost nothing in that statement is correct as a matter of law,” Marc Elias says. Keep an eye on the people trying to rewrite the rules: demdock.com/4rSKLdE
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Appalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 23h
#DukeEnergy is proposing 2 gas plants, an “enhanced” LNG facility, a pipeline & major transmission lines along the Yadkin River to serve data centers. The projects could raise bills, pollute & consume millions of gallons of river water. Learn more: loom.ly/qdDzQj0
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A Q&A About Duke Energy's Gassy Plans for Davidson and Davie Counties - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
A Q&A About Duke Energy's Gassy Plans for Davidson and Davie Counties - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tom Cruise, Climate Warrior? Iñárritu was initially drawn to the subject when, while shooting his 2015 film “The Revenant,” he was hard pressed to find ice in Argentina. Then, as he worked on “Digger,” fiction became fact. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/c...
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Tom Cruise, Climate Warrior?
Despite whatever else is going on with the film, “Digger” is one of the most audacious attempts yet to spread awareness about global warming.
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In our view, one cannot address the “affordability” crisis in the U.S. without recognizing the damage to the economy wrought since the mid-1980s by trillions of dollars in stock buybacks by the nation’s largest, and often most profitable, corporations. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives... #inet
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NVIDIA’s $150-Billion Protection Payoff: How much looting of the corporate treasury will Jensen Huang do to protect his job?
NVIDIA’s $150 billion buyback plan raises the question of who benefits when corporate cash is spent propping up share prices. Behind the AI boom lies a system that rewards executives and investors whi...
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Renewable Energy is a perfect fit for agriculture. Agrivoltaics is certainly working very well already. We need sound policy, good regulations and oversight, then we just need intelligent decisions about our project. CL🌍 ☀ 💻 🔋 www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...
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How a reluctant Iowa farming county undid a ban on battery storage
Three brothers wanted to use some land for solar, batteries, and cattle grazing. First they had to convince local officials — and the community — to allow…
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Abolish the Death Penalty. CL
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“The national organization that speaks for mayors doesn’t even allow us to be full members.” Yet census data shows that towns like Enfield make up 93% of all incorporated municipalities and house some 60 million people. ​“America is a nation of small towns.” www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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A new group to help US small towns lead the clean energy transition
Enfield Mayor Mondale Robinson announced the group’s launch in September, saying that small towns, often overlooked, will have more power if they work…
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fossil fuel dependence climate impacts and debt are fundamentally connected. Imported fuel exposes countries to price shocks, disasters drive recovery costs, and debt repayments constrain investment in a more resilient future.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As leaders gather in Fiji and Tuvalu for Pre-COP, Australian faith communities are urging their government to listen to Pacific leadership and turn words into action.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 08/10/2026
Indigenous Peoples from so-called Canada and the Colombian Amazon are warning that the Canadian government and fossil fuel companies have not been respecting their own commitments to free, prior, and informed consent as a signatory of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. #cdnpoli
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From Amazonía to Canada: stop fossil fuels
YouTube video by Stand.earth
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Appalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 08/10/2026
Gov. Spanberger’s 2026 #Virginia Energy Plan finds that affordable clean energy could save the state billions of 💲 over 20 yrs while keeping ⚡ reliable. It explores more ☀️, demand flexibility programs for large users, & no new gas-fired power plants. loom.ly/Xc12gYM
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Spanberger’s energy plan keys in on clean energy to meet growing demand and VCEA goals • Virginia Mercury
Gov. Abigail Spanberger released the commonwealth’s latest energy plan on Thursday, marking the first long-range blueprint of her term for how Virginia can meet its growing energy demands and achieve the Virginia Clean Economy Act’s decarbonization and energy goals. As she announced the plan in Richmond Thursday morning, Spanberger said it “models four primary pathways …
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
ICE has been showing up at and near polling places, and voting rights groups say it’s scaring naturalized citizens and immigrant families away from the polls. Help us keep eyes on the polls: demdock.com/3TR0Gga
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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
According to a recent @biologicaldiversity.org petition filed with government regulators, the US should tighten policies that allow high pesticide residue levels in our food. Here's what a strawberry (and a piece of bread) have to say.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📢 Across 7 Australian cities, faith communities came together in solidarity with Pacific neighbours, backing 80 senior faith leaders calling on Prime Minister Albanese to support a Fossil Fuel Treaty. 📷: ARRCC @350pacific.bsky.social @pacificislandcan.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
APIB’s post-election message acknowledges the dangerous situation without surrendering to it: the next cycle will demand resistance, and the movement’s strength lies in unity and mobilization. Indigenous political power in communities, endures between elections.🌍 amazonwatch.org/news/2026/10...
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Brazil’s Far-Right Gains Threaten Indigenous Rights. The Struggle Continues. | Amazon Watch
“We are at a decisive moment. The results of the first round showed that the threats to our territories and our rights may increase in the coming years. But the election isn’t over yet."
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Craig Ling @craigling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes, that’s affordability🌎
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