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Ken Stone

@drkenstone1.bsky.social
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Religious Studies, Hebrew Bible, Animal Studies, Queer Studies Author of Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies and Practicing Safer Texts: Food, Sex, and Bible in Queer Perspective

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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"'Utopia is impossible, but if you don’t believe in the ability to attain something better, you will inevitably end up in a dystopia. Because dystopia is quite possible,' Atwood says."
theguardian.com
‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research
Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Stunned by this. He was really talented, and at one time I was playing his music constantly. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...
nytimes.com
Duncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop Stardom for Broadway, Dies at 56 (Gift Article)
Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
One thing Klein and Taylor do really well here is tie together the love of the city with its many local differences, and the love of earth and its diverse forms of life, in opposition to the desires to escape our world found among both the techbro oligarchs and the religious right.
theguardian.com
The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If we "can be reminded of the importance of the earth and its beauty in our religious traditions, we may also find it possible to confront the forces of death that are wreaking havoc on the earth and its creatures, both human and other-than-human.”
forsuchtimes.com
Confronting Today’s Assault on the Earth — Theology & the Crises of Democracy
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The world is on track to exceed the Paris Agreement’s threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming above preindustrial temperatures within the next few years, the United Nations admitted in a new report.
scientificamerican.com
U.N. admits exceeding 1.5-degree-Celsius global warming target is ‘unavoidable’
The world is set to blow past the Paris Agreement’s longtime threshold “within the next few years,” according to a new report
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is truly an alarming signal from the United Nations Environmental Program. (Link to the actual report in the comments.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
nytimes.com
U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target (Gift Article)
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"Slaughtering wild horses is illegal, but the bureau’s actions create a loophole that enables people to get mustangs on the cheap and then quickly resell them to be exported alive, processed into cuts of meat and sold abroad." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
nytimes.com
Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
More destruction: "Roadless areas ... are home to more than half of imperiled wildlife, including grizzly bears, wolves, elk, salmon and wolverines. Forest land in the United States also absorbs millions of tons of carbon per year, helping slow climate change."
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests (Gift Article)
The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"Conservation groups condemned the decision, as did Native American tribes, who say the anti-bison effort threatens their own herds as they try to revive bison populations that were hunted to near extinction by 19th-century settlers."
nytimes.com
Home on the Range No More: Trump Wants Bison Gone
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The accumulating damage being done by this administration is horrific and breathtaking.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"'[Trump] is getting a little bored with Iran,” the official said. “Not that he regrets it or something — he’s just bored and wants to move on.'"
ms.now
‘Just drinking the Kool-Aid’: Inside the White House divide on Iran
Senior aides describe a widening internal divide over a conflict the president has grown bored with — and a communications strategy some call embarrassing.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high. State of the #Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high
State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I've always liked Russ Feingold, but now I like him even more!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
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Charlottte @charslov.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I had a great time talking with @zialyle.bsky.social & @costasamaras.com about their new study on how climate change poses risks to U.S. drinking water. Water utilities for roughly a fifth of the U.S. population are at high risk from climate hazards. abcnews.com/US/climate-c...
abcnews.com
How climate change is impacting drinking water in the US
Climate change is making access to drinkable water more difficult in the United States.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This is so cool!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/02/2026
What, did you think they were going to stop with trans people? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
nytimes.com
Pride Flag Is Taken Down From Stonewall Monument
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
From today’s Toronto Star
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Outis Photo (he/him) @outis-photo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Text: 

ICE: We’re going to bring hell to your city.

 Protestors: Here are videos of ICE agents bringing hell to our city.

ICE: We’re going to bring hell to the terrorists who demonize ICE agents.

Background: Photo of ICE agents in military gear surrounded by smoke or tear gas.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good, has released her first public statement since the shooting “We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day.”
mprnews.org
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Long but worth a careful read (like most things McKibben writes).
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/... ProPublica & Guardian’s analysis shows that extra greenhouse gases released in the next decade as a result of Trump policies are expected to lead to as many as 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths worldwide as the earth heats in the 80 years after 2035.
theguardian.com
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes. Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
@jamellebouie.net: "The results, then, are a marked contrast to the accommodation, capitulation and outright surrender of prominent individuals and institutions in the face of Trump’s demands." [Gift Article] www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Make No Mistake: Trump Is an Albatross
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Me too, Harrison Ford. Me too.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
SCOOP --> Major new Bidenworld autopsy just dropped: 45 former Biden officials candidly assess their mistakes and failings in new Roosevelt Institute report. They lay out the beginnings of a Project 2029 agenda to reverse authoritarian tide. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2023...
newrepublic.com
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer.
A new Biden administration autopsy, based on internal assessments from many government insiders, has crystal clear lessons for the future.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
My partner and I watched A House of Dynamite on Friday night and I can’t stop thinking about it. Highly recommended. Bonus terror points: Watching it in Chicago.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The Trump administration removed the 5th National climate assessment, which was congressionally mandated and taxpayer funded, because they deny science. It’s now back online on a non-government website.
nca5.climate.us
Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the…
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
could do with a lot less open advocacy for ethnic cleansing in global politics tbh
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Climate Crisis Info & Progressive Politics (by Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Trump's thugs aren't just abducting undocumented immigrants. More than 170 American citizens — including children — have been detained and assaulted by ICE since he took office. No one is safe. www.propublica.org/article/immigrat…
propublica.org
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainl
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/10/2025
This is Chicago, armed fascist thugs pointing guns at unarmed US citizens. Photo by Anthony Vazquez at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Armed officers in military-style gear confront a group of civilians during a tense outdoor standoff; one officer points a rifle at a young man who raises his hands defensively while others shout in the background, with trees and houses visible behind them.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/10/2025
Elon Musk is a mass murderer.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"As the intensity of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has risen, residents of Chicago are increasingly pushing back with fury." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
nytimes.com
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is dangerous and disgusting. Shame on those who continue to support this man.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
If I were starting a civil war, I would send National Guard troops from one state to another.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2025
Nobody cares and nothing will happen but this is classically, paradigmatically fascist language. Comparing opponents to vermin and pests is straight out of the textbook.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes .... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated." -Anne Frank
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Trump admin officials continue to call every criticism a “threat” and immediately go to federal law enforcement or the military as their first option to respond to it - suppressing the right to dissent against the government by threatening people with incarceration for speech.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We're at “'children who were zip tied and held, some of them nearly naked' and 'elderly people being thrown into a U-Haul for three hours and detained.' Mr. Pritzker added he believed that some of the people were U.S. citizens." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...
nytimes.com
Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ‘War Zone’
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Here in Chicago.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Note that the flag was displayed while Biden was still President: "FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...
msnbc.com
Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag
The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 01/10/2025
The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.
A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.
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Ken Stone @drkenstone1.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
A good article here by Laura Bullard.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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