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Bart S.

@docbart.bsky.social
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Cardiologist, climate activist, rational thinker.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 03/10/2026
I often see people claim that because clean energy sources like solar, wind, or nuclear are manufactured using fossil fuels their emissions are high. But thats absolutely not the case: even accounting for full lifecycle emissions they are vastly better than burning coal or gas:
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
DataOne, the Microsoft-linked datacenter in New Jersey, ran unpermitted generators for nearly a year that emitted huge amounts amounts of lung-damaging nitrogen oxide air pollution. New analysis shows DataOne is in the state’s top five NOx polluters of 2025. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
GOOD NEWS from NYS Finger Lakes: Lansing town board votes to move forward with drafting a local BAN on data centers, including the one planned for the Eisenhower-era coal plant on the east shore of Cayuga Lake (which a bunch of us helped shut down in 2019). ithacavoice.org/2026/09/lans...
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‘We just need to rip off the bandage and say no’: Lansing Town Board in favor of banning data centers - The Ithaca Voice
About a year after a proposal to construct a data center on the shores of Cayuga Lake upended local politics in the Town of Lansing, local officials took a step […]
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.nature.com/articles/d41... Let the oligarchs police themselves? Nope. A cogent explanation of why not. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #corporateresponsibility
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Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate
From aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception.
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Clem posing for #WhiskersWednesday
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now. Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now
Contact Congress today!
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please notify me if we go a day without Orange Slime breaking the law, defying the constitution, or embarrassing our country to the rest of the world.
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m blown away by Jack Smith’s poise!
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Hands Off Our Vote! Live from NYC: How We Can Protect Our Elections” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Hands Off Our Vote! Live from NYC: How We Can Protect Our Elections · Indivisible
On Sunday, October 4th, movement leaders, artists, and issue experts will come together in New York City for a special Hands Off Our Vote live and nationally live-streamed event. It will inspire and m...
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Her Mentality @gutonlyknows.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Grayscale cartoon by Leigh Rubin. A white door is labeled Narcissism Treatment Center. To the left of the door is a sign, Please take a number. On the bottom of the sign, an arrow is pointing left towards a take-a-number ticket dispenser. Six tickets hang from the dispenser. Each of the tickets displays the number 1.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s an indoor #caturday for Clem
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Clem was enjoying the weather yesterday. No pics from today ( #caturday ) because of the nor’easter
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
America will take an intelligence test on 11/3. I hope it passes.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 25/09/2026
In an affront to state/church separation, a federal district court yesterday issued a ruling paving the way for the nation's first religious public school. Taxpayers should never have to foot the bill for religious institutions — but here we are. Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/4yitCwy
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#datacenters #cancer #pollution #carcinogens #CancerAlley
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’d love to see the orange slime do the Walk of Shame like on GOT. I don’t think my stomach could take it, but I think it’s worth a try.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tell him Bernie 👏👍
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ohio’s bedrock is a destination spot for toxic, radioactive fracking waste from all over Appalachia because it’s porous. But it is not staying down there. Dem candidate for governor, Amy Acton, MD, is now campaigning on this. Gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/c...
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Toxic Fracking Waste Bubbling Up in Ohio Is Becoming a Political Issue
The Democratic candidate for governor backed restrictions on disposal of fracking wastewater around a hard-hit town, and called for a “thorough investigation” of the dangers.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Another day, another fracking disaster. Plus a literal thing said by a Louisiana sheriff: “State Police came in, did air quality test. They all tested good. It’s methane, natural gas, so it rises up … into the atmosphere and no health risk at all.” Feel better? www.klfy.com/local/jeff-d...
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Pipeline explosion west of Jennings forces evacuations; residents given all-clear
Residents are back home after a natural gas pipeline explosion west of Jennings prompted evacuations and road closures Friday morning.
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy #caturday to all!
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Clem is so relaxed that he’s dripping off the chair #cats #catsofbluesky
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/17/t... Many people say that they are proud to have a low IQ leader who will run our country into the ground.
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'Hostile act': Trump threatens EU with tariffs over Canada associate membership proposal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said EU is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member of the 27-member bloc.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you didn’t know that data centers depend on diesel generators—which are loud, toxic, prone to catastrophic accidents, allowed to run even when the grid is functioning, and were invented in 1897—well, now you do. gothamist.com/news/data-ce...
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Data center spills 5K gallons of diesel into New Jersey Meadowlands
The spill affected a tributary of the Hackensack River. Authorities say cleanup is underway.
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump's EPA just announced it will allow unlimited climate pollution from power plants. But the climate crisis is already here and we need to make sure EPA Admin Lee Zeldin feels the heat. Remind him of the EPA's mission today: act.350.org/letter/sept-...
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Protect people and our planet – NOT Big Oil
Trump’s EPA just announced it will allow unlimited climate pollution from power plants. The EPA may bury its head in the sand. But the climate crisis is already here and the people can feel it – in th...
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Vote Early: Election Protection 101” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings: Vote Early: Election Protection 101 · No Kings
Join the No Kings coalition for this call to learn how you can take action wherever you are to protect our elections this fall. We’ll cover how to get out the vote, the importance of voting early, pol...
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Puffball, I think. #fungus #mushroom #fungi
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Clem seems interested, but neither of them seem terribly excited. #cats #catsofbluesky #rabbits
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Some good news, at least for now, as Federal Court haults gas pipeline into NYC favored by Trump and Governor Hochul. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/n...
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Court Halts New York Harbor Gas Pipeline Backed by Trump (Gift Article)
The ruling centered on the granting of a water permit by New Jersey regulators, a decision the court described as “arbitrary and capricious.”
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nothing like garden fresh #catnip. #cats #catsofbluesky
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just a feed cleanse 😉. #fawn #deer #wildlife
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Love the Columbia County Fair! #countyfair #Columbiacounty
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “NY Meeting: Stop Hochul's Nuclear Schemes” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/10...
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NY Meeting: Stop Hochul's Nuclear Schemes · Food & Water Watch
Join us September 14 to take action to stop Governor Hochul's costly and dangerous nuclear power scheme. In June, the Hochul administration kicked off a process to approve massive financial incentive...
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
make-polluters-pay.solidarity.tech/tax-big-oil-...
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Tax Big Oil Billionaires
This year, President Donald Trump said that ExxonMobil and Chevron made “too much money” on rising crude oil prices due to the Iran war. For once, we agree with him.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hey everybody! We created a new up-to-the-minute, plain-English, fully vetted monograph on all the science showing all the ways that FRACKING irremediably harms human health, from birth defects to cancer and asthma to heart attacks. All of us at Concerned Health Professionals NY hope it’s useful!
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Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) @sehnetwork.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#Fracking is STILL a health crisis, especially for infants and children. Extensive new evidence on birth impacts, childhood cancer, and other detrimental effects in our NEW fracking science Compendium Update. concernedhealthny.org/wp-content/u... With @psr.org Photo: @liveablearlington.bsky.social
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“…the liar tweets tonight” substack.com/@holdonmre/n...
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Hold On, Mr.E (@holdonmre)
We vote Trump away…….. 🫣🤣😝❤️🥰
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Clem was eating catnip from the garden and then he kind of forgot what he was doing😂. #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What could be better for #caturday than catnip straight from the garden? #cats #catsofbluesky
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Join us today @ToUseAMountain, Travel the landscapes, ecologies, and personal histories of the candidate sites for a nuclear dumping ground. @dctvny Firehouse Cinema Aug 21-27! Co-sponsored by @psr-ny.bsky.social 🎟️ Tickets at www.touseamountain.com. #nuclear #nuclearwaste
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TO USE A MOUNTAIN
Six rural American communities are marked as candidates for an unthinkable fate: their land, a burial ground for 77,000 tons of nuclear waste. Against the impassive logic of government analysis and ar...
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In Manhattan today? You can see "To Use A Mountain" at the DCTV Firehouse Cinema! It's a moving documentary about the federal plan to store high level nuclear waste. Co-sponsored by @psr-ny.bsky.social. 87 Lafayette Street 212 966-4510 drive.google.com/file/d/1npV2...
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TUAM SM Cutdown Trailer.mov
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "Neighbourhoods across the United States that experienced a growth in their undocumented population also saw property-related and violent crime fall, not rise, according to an analysis of 11,500 neighbourhoods in more than 100 cities." #immigrants #undocumented
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Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds
Analysis of neighbourhoods in more than 100 US cities finds no evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime.
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Happy #WhiskersWednesday!
Orange and white cat sleeping on his side in sunlight, whiskers pointing upwards
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I hate living in a #fascist country.
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
After Drump loses, is arrested, jailed, and sentenced, his disgusting name must be taken off EVERYTHING! #fascist #fascism #ahole #disgustingSlimeRot
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Bart S. @docbart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... #climatecrisis #publichealth #climatechange #heatwave
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Germany reports record 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer
The heatwaves and drought have fuelled a historically hot summer in Europe, contributing to a spike in heat-related mortality in the worst-hit countries. #EuropeNews
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