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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The rise of Fox News and Trump has shown us we don't need AI to deceive people. To authenticate legitimate information and recognize deceptive information becomes even more challenging with AI. Sources listed on page. Video wikidemocracy.us/images/a/aa/... Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/a/a1/...

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AI, Authenticity, and Trust in the Age of Generative AI

Explore how generative AI, deepfakes, synthetic media, AI-generated information, content provenance, disclosure, and human judgment are transforming authenticity and trust in the digital world.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Homelessness is not something we necessarily see on the streets. It is often hidden. The housing affordability crisis is driven by a persistent shortage of homes that people with low and moderate incomes can afford. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/4/4f/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/7/79/...

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Housing Crisis and Homelessness – WikiDemocracy

An overview of the affordable housing shortage, homelessness, rising rents, evictions, zoning, housing policy, development, investors, health impacts, and proposed solutions in the United States and i...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

National Parks may be a very American idea, but the tradition of protecting special lands goes way back in time. It's usually preserved by gaining some kind of spiritual significance. Video wikidemocracy.us/images/1/17/... Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/a/aa/...

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Sacred Groves and Sacred Natural Sites Around the World

Explore sacred groves, forests, lakes, mountains, and landscapes worldwide, their biodiversity, cultural significance, threats, and community protection.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

MAGA is just another version of US resentment politics. The 1920's KKK tried to create a mainstream facade so it could spread throughout the country not just the South. It promoted 100% Americanism. It was anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish as well as racist. Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/7/7e/...

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The Ku Klux Klan, Protestantism, and Christian Nationalism

How the Ku Klux Klan used Protestant Christianity, white supremacy, anti-Catholicism, nationalism, and Americanism to build political and social power.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What cause our skin to age, and how to slow it down. All the answers are here: "Skin aging is a complex biological process produced by the interaction of intrinsic aging with environmental and lifestyle exposures..... Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/f/fe/... Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/5/5c/...

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Skin Aging: Causes, Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatments

Skin aging results from intrinsic biological changes and external influences including ultraviolet radiation, pollution, smoking, stress, diet, and lifestyle. Research examines collagen loss, fibrobla...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This seems like a sensible moderate approach to creating a pattern of nutritious eating. No magic bullets or seesaw dieting. This page and its summary are based on over 200 scholarly sources. Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/f/f4/... Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/c/c6/...

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How to Eat More Nutritious Foods: A Practical Guide to Healthy Eating

Learn how to eat more nutritious foods by choosing vegetables, fruits, whole grains, healthy proteins and beneficial fats while improving meal planning, shopping and cooking habits.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Only 10,000 year ago DNA shows Cheddar Man in England, like other European hunter gathers had dark skin and blue eyes. Varying skin color arises from a complex set of circumstances, not deep evolutionary differences. Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/6/62/... Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/6/6d/...

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The Evolution of Human Skin Color

How human skin color evolved through ultraviolet radiation, melanin, vitamin D, folate protection, genetics, migration, natural selection, and human adaptation.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This page is dedicated to stories about communities affect by environmental pollution. Usually the "Sacrifice Zones" are located in poor or rural communities while the economic benefits flow to the large corporations. Petrochemicals, etc. youtu.be/3ZtHLTKhm5c Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/6/6a/...

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Communities Affected by Pollution: Industry, Inequality, and Environmental Injustice

How industrial ownership, corporate power, geography, race, and income shape which communities experience pollution and its health consequences.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The stated goal is to protect 30 percent of the earth's land and water by 2030. Really what's important is the quality of the land protected and how it is done. Enabling those who live on or near the land is the best. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/1/16/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/0/07/...

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30x30 Conservation Initiative: Protecting Nature by 2030

The 30x30 conservation initiative seeks to conserve at least 30 percent of the world's land, inland waters, coastal areas, and oceans by 2030 while emphasizing biodiversity, effective management, ecol...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The parallels between Executive Order 9066 and today's immigration roundup is striking. The first in a series of "Stories from Below". Accounts of history by the ordinary people who experienced it. Most source story links on this page are oral histories. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/9/90/...

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Stories from Below: Japanese American Incarceration

First-person accounts, oral histories, letters, diaries, photographs, artwork, and family memories reveal the human experience and lasting legacy of Japanese American incarceration during World War II...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This summary of over 100 sources shows that "history" constantly changes depending on who is telling it. "Every generation revisits the past with new evidence, questions, technologies, and ethical responsibilities" Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/f/f1/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/f/fc/...

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Who Writes the World’s History? Power, Archives, Memory, and Historical Authority

Explore how historians, governments, archives, museums, communities, media, Wikipedia, and artificial intelligence shape what the world remembers as history.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What is Zone 2 Cardio? If you can talk while doing it but not sing, that's Zone 2. Weekly goal of 150 minutes, supports your overall health. You don't need the intense workouts, especially as you get older. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/e/e5/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/a/a7/...

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Zone 2 Cardio and Longevity

Zone 2 cardio is steady, moderate aerobic exercise that supports endurance, heart health, mitochondrial function, metabolic health, and long-term longevity.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Most wildlands evolved to allow small fires to burn the low underbrush more frequently without overwhelming the large trees. Pyrodiversity: the many different species benefit from these more frequent less intense fires Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/0/0c/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/c/cb/...

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Indigenous Fire Management: Cultural Burning, Ecology, and Fire Stewardship

Explore Indigenous fire management, cultural burning, traditional ecological knowledge, fire sovereignty, biodiversity, historical fire regimes, and the revival of Indigenous-led fire stewardship.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Local news coverage has experienced a dramatic decline in recent years. Is it possible to rebuild it? It sounds possible as described here but who would put the effort in? Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/d/d3/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/9/94/...

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Rebuilding Local Government Reporting After the Advertising Collapse

Evidence on declining local-government reporting and realistic citizen, AI, nonprofit, public and mixed-revenue models for rebuilding it.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Exactly! native plants are essential to attract the native insects and birds.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There is great potential for a huge increase in natural habitat by transforming our yards and even tiny spaces. Instead of ornamental space, yards can become small but meaningful components of larger ecosystems. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/d/dc/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/6/6a/...

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Backyard Habitat Restoration: Creating Wildlife-Friendly Yards

Backyard habitat restoration transforms lawns and conventional landscaping into functioning ecosystems using native plants, pollinator gardens, water features, natural shelter, reduced pesticides, and wildlife-friendly management.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Rugby actually shows more risk of head impacts than football. 25% of NFL players show confirmed signs of CTE. But there is risk in many different sports. Even soccer and basketball and girls have 2x the risk as boys. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/4/42/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/a/aa/...

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CTE Risk and the Most Dangerous Sports for Repetitive Head Impacts

An evidence-based examination of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, concussions, repetitive head impacts, high-risk sports, exposure factors, prevention strategies, and continuing scientific uncertaint...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A lot is written about increasing sea levels but not so much about the changing chemistry of the oceans due to heat and CO2. There has been a 40% drop in phytoplankton since 1950. That's one of many things going one. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/2/2c/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/f/fe/...

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Ocean Acidification: Causes, Ecological Impacts, and Responses

An overview of ocean acidification, including its chemistry, effects on coral reefs, shellfish, fish and marine food webs, regional trends, monitoring, adaptation, and possible responses.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We are currently experiencing a loss of biodiversity similar to the past mass extinctions. The modern biodiversity crisis is primarily associated with the activities of a single species: humans. Video wikidemocracy.us/images/4/46/... Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/0/02/...

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The Sixth Mass Extinction: Evidence, Causes, Debate, and the Global Biodiversity Crisis

An overview of the Sixth Mass Extinction, examining accelerating species and population losses, scientific debate over the term mass extinction, major human causes, vulnerable ecosystems, ecological c...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Water runoff from streets and sidewalks contains a lot of toxic pollutants. Especially dust from car tires. San Francisco has a long term goal of capturing it and treating it before it goes out to the Bay. Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/e/e6/... Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/f/fe/...

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Rain Gardens in SF; Capturing Urban Runoff

San Francisco is building hundreds of rain gardens and green-infrastructure projects to capture urban runoff, reduce sewer flows, filter microplastics and tire chemicals, restore habitat, cool neighbo...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is not a well thought out plan, if it is truly for fire protection. However, I think this plan is designed to get taxpayers to subsidize more resource extraction, like most of our Republican/billionaire/Heritage Foundation government. Let's comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...

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Roadless Rule Repeal: What It Could Mean for U.S. National Forests

This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However more fires occur on lands with roads. More roads would also negatively effect water quality, reduce habitat connectivit...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I think the Stoic approach is very edifying when facing our current events. The dichotomy of control helps us deal with anxiety and maintain resilience. Is Eudaimonia possible in our current world? Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/a/a2/... Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/b/b6/...

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Stoicism, Resilience, and the Pursuit of a Good Life

An exploration of Stoic philosophy as a framework for resilience and human flourishing, examining virtue, emotional regulation, the dichotomy of control, adversity, mortality, relationships, modern ps...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Russell Vought is the director of the Office of Management and Budget since February 2025...So my main line of inquiry here is: '''is tax reduction for the wealthy the main motivating factor for The Heritage Foundation?- The evidence therefore supports this stronger, carefully stated conclusion:

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Arguably the Heritage Foundation is the single entity most responsible for our current situation. Massive budget deficits used as a pretext to block social programs. What are the true goals of The Heritage Foundation? Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/3/38/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/c/c0/...

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The Heritage Foundation: Stated Goals, Actual Actions, and Policy Influence, 1973–2026

First started by Joseph Coors in 1973 and later support by Scaife Family Charitable Trust it now pulls in over $100,000,000 annually. Russell Thurlow Vought is the director of the Office of Management...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Charity is often balm for wealth and guilt. But it is worth considering what creates income inequality and therefore the need for charity in the first place. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/4/4b/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/c/cb/...

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Decolonizing Philanthropy: Shifting Power, Wealth, and Decision-Making

An overview of decolonizing philanthropy, participatory grantmaking, Indigenous-led funds, Global South localization, reparative justice, feminist funding, trust-based philanthropy, and efforts to tra...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Past problems with broken links have been fixed.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm not sure you've actually explored what AI is and isn't capable of. If you have, and remain resolute in your opinion, I won't try and dissuade you. From my experience it is a very impressive research tool but is very lacking in creative thought.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The nightmare of AI would be humans cleaning up after AI slop. The promise would be AI doing the drudge work while leaving the creative work to humans. This wiki page talks about the latter, protecting human creativity. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/b/b8/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/2/2a/...

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Human Creativity in an Automated World

An overview of current research on human creativity in the age of artificial intelligence, examining human-AI collaboration, education, work, artistic practice, creativity research, intellectual prope...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bridging the clinic with the community. What illnesses are actually driven by social isolation and poverty more than biological sources? There is a growing interest in answering this question in some places. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/5/50/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/9/99/...

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Social Prescribing: Medicine Beyond Pills

Explore social prescribing as an approach to health care that connects people with community activities, social support, arts, nature, exercise, and practical services to address loneliness, wellbeing...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Why is our National Parks money being diverted to pay for projects around the White House? Check out this video to see what is happening.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Spending outside the Washington region declined by approximately $854 million (68%) Spending within the National Capital Region increased by roughly $100 million. Spending within the National Capital Region reportedly increased by approximately 92% over the previous year. 900+ projects not funded.

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National Park Service Funding in FY2026: Park Spending, White House Projects, and Budget Shifts

An overview of FY2026 National Park Service funding, including park operations, budget reallocations, White House and National Mall projects, and the impact on national parks across the United States.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I would venture to say none of these ideologies come close to what we have in the US today. Certainly not Conservatism. I would say Liberalism is the closest to the Enlightenment Era thinkers who founded our country. Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/6/69/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/f/fe/...

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How Ideologies Define Justice

A comprehensive overview of how political, philosophical, economic, religious, and social ideologies define justice through competing ideas about equality, liberty, rights, authority, democracy, prope...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Family media planning has become an essential part of modern parenting as digital technology increasingly shapes childhood, education, entertainment, and family relationships. The collected resources examine how parents.. wikidemocracy.us/images/a/a7/... Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/6/6e/... Video

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Family Media Planning and Healthy Digital Habits

A comprehensive overview of research, expert guidance, and public health recommendations on children's screen time, family media planning, digital safety, social media, online privacy, gaming, healthy...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So things have changed a lot in the last couple of generations. Outdoor and unstructured play is becoming very rare. Can it be recovered. What is this doing this to our children? Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/6/62/... Video wikidemocracy.us/images/b/b4/...

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Why Children Need Unstructured Play Together

Research summary exploring how unstructured, child-directed play strengthens creativity, friendships, emotional resilience, executive function, physical health, communication skills, and lifelong soci...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Fascism does not destroy democracy through a single revolution or military takeover. Historically, fascist movements have often entered political life through elections, alliances with established elites, appointments.... wikidemocracy.us/images/8/86/... Audio wikidemocracy.us/images/7/74/... Video

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Fascism and the Destruction of Democratic Institutions

How fascist movements exploit political crises, emergency powers, propaganda, violence, and institutional weakness to dismantle democratic government.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Imagine using Roman numerals for math! I learned a lot from this historical perspective. For example: Copernicus relied on the advanced non-Ptolemaic mathematical machinery built by Islamic astronomers generations prior Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/6/68/... Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/f/f5/...

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Islamic Civilization and Contributions to Science, Law, and Education

Explore the contributions of Islamic civilization to mathematics, astronomy, medicine, law, education, philosophy, engineering, agriculture, architecture, and the preservation and transmission of know...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

With the rise of progressive politicians, it's probably a good idea to understand the difference between Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy. Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/f/f6/... Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/a/a5/...

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Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy

An overview of democratic socialism and social democracy, including their historical origins, philosophical differences, welfare-state traditions, labor movements, economic democracy, political partie...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Protein fad: increasing evidence suggests dietary protein restriction (PR) promotes metabolic health, healthspan lifespan restriction of specific amino acids, particularly methionine, isoleucine, and valine, wikidemocracy.us/images/a/a2/... Short Video wikidemocracy.us/images/7/70/... Audio

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Protein Restriction, Longevity, and Metabolic Health

Research overview of protein restriction, amino acid restriction, longevity, metabolic health, kidney disease, cancer metabolism, and the scientific evidence supporting potential benefits and limitati...

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This Wikidemo page was created using sources from Bluesky Science feed over the last few months. It covers recent climate events. Sources cited on page. Long Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/8/87/... Short Video: wikidemocracy.us/images/6/6a/...

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Bluesky Climate & Environment News Roundup

Stay informed on the latest climate science, from recent heatwave data and El Niño forecasts to breakthroughs in agricultural innovation and carbon removal risks.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This Wikidemo page contains a great overview of dealing with sleeping problems. Allow enough time for sleep based on age and individual needs. Adults commonly need at least seven hours, while children and Onsite Video wikidemocracy.us/images/0/08/... Onsite Audio: wikidemocracy.us/images/0/08/...

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How to Improve Your Sleep: Healthy Habits, Treatments, and Practical Tips

Learn how to improve sleep through consistent routines, a comfortable bedroom, healthy daytime habits, relaxation techniques, and evidence-based treatment for persistent sleep problems.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This Wikidemo page documents 90 major ethically questionable incidents carried out by the 2nd Trump administration. wikidemocracy.us/images/0/08/...

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The Architecture of Influence

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Colonial rule did more than remove resources from conquered territories. It created durable systems of labor coercion, export dependence, unequal infrastructure, land dispossession, and institutional control whose effects continue to shape wealth and inequality today wikidemocracy.us/wiki/Colonia...

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Why Colonial Blueprints Dictate Modern Wealth

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Propaganda: The authentic people versus the corrupt elite Patriots versus traitors Believers versus infidels Civilization versus barbarism Law-abiding citizens versus supposed criminals or terrorists Traditional families versus perceived agents of cultural decline wikidemocracy.us/wiki/Ideolog...

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How Propaganda Turns Neighbors Into Enemies

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What is the cumulative effect of a lifetime of exposures to a variety of toxic substances and circumstances? This WikiDemo page goes into explaining that. wikidemocracy.us/wiki/What_Is...

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Human Exposome YouTube

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I'm posting another version of the information distilled from this WikiDemo page: wikidemocracy.us/wiki/How_wou... Because this is really the turning point where the LAST VESTIGES OF OUR DEMOCRACY WOULD END. This requires documents to be reviewed IN PERSON. Documents that many of us don't have.

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How the SAVE ACT would disenfranchise.

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Supporters speak of more "confidence in election integrity". But really how sincere is this claim without evidence of large scale voter fraud. A law that would clearly prevent thousands from voting? You need to ask what kind of people would this exclude? Sources: wikidemocracy.us/wiki/How_wou...

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Barriers to the Ballot: The SAVE Act

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Kirk Garber @echostime.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Organic gardening begins with an understanding that a garden is a living ecosystem. Soil organisms break down organic matter, release plant nutrients and contribute to soil structure. Beneficial insects pollinate plants and help control pest pop..." WikiDemo page: wikidemocracy.us/wiki/Organic...

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Organic Gardening Overview

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