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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 11h
Ann Bancroft: the first woman to reach the North Pole on foot* in 1986 (dog-assisted). • 1993: First woman to reach both the North & South Poles on foot (S. Pole unassisted) • 2001: First woman to ski across Antarctica with Norwegian Liv Arnesen Born #OTD in 1955. *walked, snowshoed and/or skied
A close-up photograph of the rugged, joyful countenance of American polar explorer Ann Bancroft (born September 29, 1955), the first woman to cross the ice to both the North and South Poles. Set against a stark, high-key backdrop of a vast, white Arctic or Antarctic ice expanse under an overcast, pale sky, she looks directly at the camera with a wide, radiant smile that crinkles her eyes. Her weather-beaten face is flushed pink from the intense polar cold. Her dark, graying hair is windblown and messy, held back by dark, reflective sunglasses resting atop her head. She wears heavy polar expedition gear, including a dark navy jacket with a thick, fluffy brown fur-trimmed hood framing her face, layered over a bright purple collar, a red knit undershirt, and a visible zipper. The composition centers on her resilient expression, conveying a triumphant, adventurous, and authentic mood that highlights her historical significance as a barrier-breaking explorer.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 11h
#tdih 1841, Frederick Douglass and his friend J. Buffum entered a train car reserved for white passengers in Lynn, Mass. Conductor ordered them to leave, they refused. Douglass’ and Buffum’s actions led to similar incidents on Eastern Railroad. 🧵⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fr...
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Sept. 29, 1841: Frederick Douglass Protests Segregated Travel
In protest of Jim Crow discrimination on public transportation, Frederick Douglass and his friend, white politician James N. Buffum, boarded a Eastern Railroad Company train, in a first class car and…
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 14h
What does climate change sound like? Nikki Lindt, a Brooklyn-based artist, is on a mission to capture its audible changes. She frequently travels to Alaska to gather audio recordings of different landscapes as they shift.
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 14h
From 2020-2024, the U.S. government invested over twice as much money in five weapons companies as it spent on diplomacy and international aid. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profit...
From 2020-2024, the U.S. government invested over twice as much money in 5 weapons companies as it spent on diplomacy and international aid.
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🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"We analyze 550 recipients of four globally prestigious STEM awards… We find that nearly half of U.S. awardees are foreign-born—and that most first arrived as students, postdoctoral researchers…" "These pathways [are] critical to U.S. scientific leadership." Damn right!
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How Global Talent Pathways Shape U.S. STEM Award Achievement | Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Immigrants make up nearly half of U.S. recipients of the world's most prestigious STEM awards, yet little is known about how this talent first arrives in the country. This data brief analyzes 550 reci...
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Ideology and law together construct sub-national governments in the image of what MMT designates as mere money users. In reality, however, states participate constitutively in the endogenous maintenance of the U.S. Dollar system."
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Endogeneity without Exception: Modern Monetary Theory and the Promise of Heterodoxy
This article proposes novel definitions of endogenous and exogenous money. Such definitions are designed to eschew heterodoxy’s underexamined tendency to equate money’s endogeneity with the operati...
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Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm hugely looking forward to this webinar with Robin Wall Kimmerer on Weds 30th September. What happens when Braiding Sweetgrass meets Doughnut Economics meets The Serviceberry? Join us online, hosted by the Centre for Climate Psychology. climatepsychologycentre.org/events/the-h...
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An Economy of Right Relationship: Robin Wall Kimmerer in Conversation with Kate Raworth — Centre for Climate Psychology
What would an economy look like that's inspired by the abundant generosity of a serviceberry tree: giving freely, circulating gifts, leaving enough for all? This September, two of the most compelling...
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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 28/09/2026
🇺🇸🏈 Americans love watching sports. 😍🚗 But they love their cars even more. This parking lot of the NFL Stadium #Arrowhead (cap 76.000) in Kansas City could house an entire village — with room for grocery stores, schools, clinics, & green space. Instead, it is a dead zone most of the year.
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the second and final episode in a two part response to Samuel Moyn’s book “Gerontocracy in America.” You can find Part 1, a discussion with Gabriel Winant, here:
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Charles Beckett @charlesbeckett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Little Things’, by Jacob Polley (in ‘Selected Poems’, Picador, 2026):
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 28/09/2026
🚲🚆 What makes the Dutch bike–train connection work? In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport are designed to complement each other, and the bicycle + train connection is the most impressive feature of this seamless inter-modality. Want to read more about it? → buff.ly/3cMWWIX
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Paywalls are toll roads to a gated community, one that the average American cannot afford to enter in an era of inflated prices and deflated expectations. Democracy relies on an informed citizenry. Pay-to-play democracy is no democracy at all." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
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Gutting the Fourth Estate
The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.
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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us for a conversation with @isabellamweber.bsky.social and @dwallacewells.bsky.social on: ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS Friday, October 16 at 5PM, at @RemarqueNYU Register here: bit.ly/antifascist-economics
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Geophysicist & space physicist Marcia Neugebauer made the first direct solar wind measurements via instruments on the Mariner 2 spacecraft. She developed instruments used on Earth-orbiting satellites, Apollo lunar experiments & the Giotto mission to Halley’s Comet. Born #OTD in 1932. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white historical photograph of pioneering geophysicist and space physicist Marcia Neugebauer (born September 27, 1932) working at her desk during the mid-20th century. Sitting in an office setting, she leans forward slightly over her desk, looking directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and focused expression. She has short, bobbed light hair and wears a short-sleeved, collared white button-up blouse adorned with subtle vertical embroidered details down the front. In her right hand, she holds a pencil over large documents and charts with plotted scientific data curves spread out on the desk before her. To her right sits a large, vintage mechanical calculating machine with columns of buttons, characteristic of the 1960s computing era. The background features window blinds and office storage, creating an environment of rigorous research. The image captures the historical significance of a trailblazing woman in STEM whose work with these charts and calculations would confirm the existence of the solar wind via the Mariner 2 spacecraft.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...
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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.
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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ew, weird
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 26/09/2026
Uranium–lead dating of bronze artifacts from the Shang Dynasty in China reveals the source of their constituent tin: the Great Hinggan Range polymetallic belt in Northeast China. The findings may help reconstruct Bronze Age supply chains. In PNAS: ow.ly/27FY50ZRujm
Small bronze arrowhead excavated at the Yingshuisi site in China.
CREDIT: Zhenfei Sun.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Elk have been so prolific at damaging cars that a local body shop has apparently been much busier this year."
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Move Over Neil The Seal — An Elk Named 'Smash' Declares War On Cars - Jalopnik
Instead of being obsessed with traffic cones like Neil is, this massive elk in Colorado has a real problem with anything on four wheels.
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@attackerman.bsky.social spitting some truth about how the Nativist urge against immigration utilized 9/11 to create ICE and weaponize it against solidaristic movements today. Hear and read the rest at thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/2026/09/20/w... Art by @gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The magic of an Irish rainforest.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How to speak forest www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/25/a...
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How to Speak Forest
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way,” William Blake wrote in his most passionate letter. “As a man is, so he sees.” B…
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pretty remarkable how quickly the idea of Low Traffic Neighborhoods has gained traction in New York after working in London.
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NYC lawmakers want 'low-traffic neighborhoods' with more speed humps, street changes
The bill mandates a select number of "traffic-calming devices" in five different neighborhoods.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Toronto! Be there.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absolutely huge victory as the Green Party take on Labour and win in Brighton! Huge congratulations to Cllr Mark Strong and the entire team. Labour have tired old solutions and Burnham is more of the same. The Green Party is the change we need. Awesome win! 💚🎉
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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To understand economic growth you have to stop thinking about it solely as *output* - stuff pumped out of society - but rather as *input* - the stuff that we have to pump back into us to keep going. In this view, it's a process of bloat, the expansion of our needs, and heaviness
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: The big story is not Chinese EVs everywhere —but Chinese EV factories everywhere. And its not just Chinese firms going out. Our CM-FDI database tracks every foreign Solar, Wind, EV and battery manufacturing plant built in 21st century. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com
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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 24/09/2026
How many more global disasters will it take for climate change to be seen as the emergency it is? ncnewsline.com/2026/09/24/h... (commentary) #ncpol
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Commentary: Helene survivor: It’s time to move beyond market-based approaches to climate change • NC Newsline
If you’re a millennial like me, climate anxiety is practically in your DNA. I’ve lived through my fair share of climate change-induced disasters, and 2024’s Hurricane Helene was just the latest and gr...
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The degree to which the conversation surrounding hypothetical civilizational collapse due to AI has supplanted the conversation surrounding actual civilizational collapse due to climate change is, shall we say, concerning.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump's genocidal speech against Iran at the United Nations General Assembly in New York was widely slammed for being disgusting. For UN diplomat Craig Mokhiber said that the world must unite against this open criminality.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As @doctorow.pluralistic.net says, "Geometry hates cars." Transportation in cities is a space problem, not a tech problem.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Trump's first term has been memory-holed. His dirty deeds are treated as discrete acts instead of a continuum of crime with recurring players. His prior decades of illicit activity have vanished from the public domain: because there is no public domain." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
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Gutting the Fourth Estate
The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
✨ The 1-month countdown has started... Grab your glow sticks and fairy lights. We’re getting ready to ride for #MyRideOurRight! Join a local glow ride or register your own and help campaign for safer streets for women = safer streets for all. cyclinguk.org/glow-rides
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If the energy transition looks at first blush like a technology problem, then that scene in Beijing shows that more than anything else it is a problem of political economy. 🌫️ ’The Machine’ by KAISER KUO and DAVID FISHMAN for our Issue #4: CHINA is available on our website!
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Patricia Pino @patriciapino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Greens propose to drop interest rates as the main inflation tool. So it's a good moment to ask why we discarded the world Kalecki knew (full employment as the aim), for monetary policy primacy, independent central banks & a buffer stock of unemployed labour. open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
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The Political Aspects of Unemployment
Why price stability does not require an army of the unemployed.
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Mexico Solidarity @mexicosolidarity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Brugada Reaffirms the Right to Housing at the Urban 20, in NY Beside New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, Brugada said nearly half a million people left housing poverty in Mexico City since 2018, and urged a global housing coalition. mexicosolidarity.com/brugada-hou…
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Brugada Reaffirms the Right to Housing at the Urban 20, in NY
Beside New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, Brugada said nearly half a million people left housing poverty in Mexico City since 2018, and urged a global housing coalition.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Isn’t it obvious that selfishness on the road changes us as a society? The belief that a driver should be allowed to do whatever they please, regardless of the impact on others, mounts the pavement and travels deep into our lives." Via @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This was a really informative conversation. Includes some tips on what you can do to advocate for better transportation spending. (Spoiler alert: contact your elected officials!)
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hybrid | 22 Sept | 17:00 –18:30 CST | Register here ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Join online ➡️ buff.ly/xe4Q3mN Read the report here ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thrilled to launch our new Alternatives to Capitalism public lecture series at LSE this year with Evgeny Morozov @evgenymorozov.bsky.social on Socialism after AI, co-hosted with @equatormag.bsky.social ! www.lse.ac.uk/events/ai-so...
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Socialism after AI | Dr Evgeny Morozov
6:30pm Mon 5 Oct | Dr Evgeny Morozov | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We don’t have to look to Amsterdam to see what’s possible when cycling works for people. It’s happening right here in the UK! Our new report, The Route Forward, brings together 11 case studies showing how safe, connected routes are changing the way people move. youtube.com/watch?v=IJMH_dBXwbc
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The Route Forward
YouTube video by Cycling UK
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The language of 'defensive' support is a smokescreen - the PM has committed the UK to this conflict Thousands have been killed by the Saudi-led coalition. Weddings hit, markets destroyed. International Humanitarian Law breached. The UK must not back the murderous Saudi regime.
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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 22/09/2026
Have you seen this IRL? The city of Paris completely transformed its City Hall to an urban forrest! Join us at the #WomeninCycling leadership masterclass, where we will be hosted at this amazing location. Expect a small group, immersive sessions, leadership exercises. 23-24 Oct tinyurl.com/wic-paris
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
First of two turbulence podcast episodes with @shaabiranks.bsky.social. prepare yourselves and listen up turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-42...
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Episode 42: Dollar Imperialism w/ Nathan Tankus
With Nathan Tankus
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here’s a funny new version of th crowding-out argument. In the old days, we were told fiscal tightening was needed to solve the problem of weak private investment. Now, we are told tightening is needed because private investment is so strong. Austerity: always the answer! www.ft.com/content/d96c...
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 22/09/2026
What if rush hour in your city could look like this? 🚴‍♀️ Utrecht is considered one of the world's most bike-friendly city, with about 1/3 of all trips made by bicycles! In the video you can see one of the city's busiest cycling route, with over 33,000 cyclists every single day.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
British mathematician & physicist Phyllis Nicolson co-developed the Crank–Nicolson method, a foundational algorithm in numerical analysis. Her contributions during/after WWII laid the groundwork for modern computational science, fluid dynamics & heat transfer modeling. Born #OTD 1917. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of British mathematician and physicist Phyllis Nicolson (born Phyllis Lockett, 1917–1968). The head-and-shoulders shot is against a clean, plain, and bright studio background with no visible objects. Nicolson is posed facing forward with a subtle, pleasant smile and bright, intelligent eyes. She wears her dark, wavy hair styled in a mid-century chin-length cut with volume around the ears and curls framing her face. Her attire is a simple, light-colored collared shirt. The overall mood is dignified, optimistic, and intellectual. The composition utilizes soft lighting that minimizes harsh shadows, highlighting her features cleanly. This image holds historical significance, capturing a pioneering woman in STEM whose wartime and postwar contributions co-developing the Crank–Nicolson method laid foundational work for modern computational science.
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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. @stateline.org #nc
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Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species • NC Newsline
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individua...
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“A lot of these human war costs are not ones that we Americans are always aware of when we think about war.” The reverberating impacts of war lead to many more deaths than the war itself, notes Stephanie Savell on @btlradionews.bsky.social. btlonline.org/25-years-lat...
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25 Years Later, U.S. Post-9/11 Wars Globally Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Cost $8 Trillion
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows' Elizabeth Miller and Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute's Stephanie Savell on the U.S. post-9/11 wars $8 trillion cost, which l...
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