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Heather Ferris

@heatherferris.bsky.social
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#ClimateAction. Born at 327 ppm. #AntiFascism #ClimateIsHealth #RegenerativeEconomy #FirstNoHarm #Powershift #PartnershipCulture #ElectrifyEverything #BlackTransLivesMatter (was @NNUS on the bird site)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The momentum for a Fossil Fuel Treaty is building and September is filled with opportunities to connect and support this growing movement.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"This is what the cost of delaying global climate action looks like." - Sunil Acharya, international climate policy and just transition specialist based in Kathmandu, Nepal 🔗Read the full article www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #FossilFuelTreaty #LossAndDamage #ClimateJustice #Nepal
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Heather Ferris @heatherferris.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It seems ironic that the white evangelicals who believe that their form of faith is the one and only way to heaven are often the very same ones who, in the U.S., continue to support the fossil fuel industry as it turns our planet into a living hell.
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Heather Ferris @heatherferris.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/08/2026
Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
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Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 05/08/2026
🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The conventional wisdom is the Democrats' big climate law failed to deliver votes and then died. That's wrong. My new study finds its factories moved 2.5 million votes—more than Trump's margin. And the law's still alive. My latest in @theatlantic.com. Gift link! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think
Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change-driven extreme weather events are increasing at the same time that the government is dismantling weather monitoring and alert systems.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/08/2026
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
bloomberg.com
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/08/2026
Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
This past May, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air medevac plane took off from Roswell, New Mexico, and headed west to the town of Ruidoso to pick up a patient. It shouldn’t have been a challenging flight for the two pilots and two nurses aboard. The temperature was 69 degrees; the sky was clear. The 60-mile journey normally takes a half hour, at most.

But once airborne, the plane ran into trouble. At the White Sands Missile Range that night, US military personnel were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots—and anyone else within hundreds of miles—unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, ones that they rarely if ever use, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 05/08/2026
Thanks to fossil-fuel pollution relentlessly heating the planet, Spokane is burning. 10,000 acres have burned, 65,000 residents evacuated, more than 700 structures destroyed. #climatechanged
Residents mourn as they place the remains of dogs into body bags at a burned home in Spokane, Washington, on August 4, 2026.Blazing hillside in a residential neighborhood. Stevens County Fire District 1Aftermath of the Spokane wildfires. City of Spokane Fire Department
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/08/2026
jesusfuckingchrist
kptv.com
Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson
A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.
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Lars Sund @lasse2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Europas hav mycket varmare än normalt. Östersjön är just nu 1,7°C över normaltemperatur. Kan någon berätta det för den svenska regeringen. (Karta från BBC)
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
You know the advice, “Follow the money”? In his June 29 essay, Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social summarizes damning reporting from a team at Pro Publica and Drilled that shows how a 2004 report out of Princeton University was bought by oil giant BP. 1/7
A black and white photograph of a line of US paper currency of several different denominations. At the beginning of the line of money we see the bottom of the legs and the feet of someone looking like they're about to take a step and follow the money. The feet are wearing highly polished, black dress shoes; the legs are covered with pants that look like they're from a formal suit.
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Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 10/04/2026
I do not recognize America in ICE’s cruelty. CT is standing behind Rihan & his family who came from Afghanistan to escape torture & death because they helped our troops & kept them safe. Free Rihan & abandon this abhorrent effort.
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Heather Ferris @heatherferris.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
What tech, petro, & race powers ea. want a set of Americans to see another set as a mortal enemy & why? Who wants responsible reg of biz? Who wants democratic sharing of power? Who sees that as a mortal threat? Who fund & control U.S. media to systematically increase mortal fear & hatred?
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ECIU @eciu.net · 15/03/2026
Scots don´t agree with Trump´s call to boost oil and gas extraction 6️⃣5️⃣% of Scots believe Britain should resist the US president’s calls and focus on renewables instead www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/ar...
dailymail.co.uk
Scots don´t agree with Trump´s call to boost oil and gas extraction...
A poll found 65% of Scots believe Britain should resist the US president´s drive and focus on renewables instead.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Heat pumps can cut energy use by up to two-thirds while easing pressure on the grid, according to a new UK study www.positive.news/environment/...
positive.news
A new study just debunked a heat pump myth
Heat pumps can cut energy use by up to two-thirds while easing pressure on the grid, according to a new UK study
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
4/ Same William Wolfe bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“TN bill would allow death penalty for women who have an abortion *** The bill “prohibits all abortions from fertilization, without exceptions for rape or incest.” It’s supported by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest evangelical denomination. 2/20/26 … 1/
tennessean.com
TN bill would allow death penalty for women who have an abortion
SBC President Clint Pressley endorsed the effort saying it would “provide preborn children with equal protection of the laws.”
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
One thing that may dramatically shake up our political life on this planet is the advent of a strong new El Niño. (Also our, you know, life life) billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...
billmckibben.substack.com
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"The data from January shows that the nation’s two operating utility-scale offshore wind farms — South Fork Wind and Vineyard Wind — performed as well as gas-fired power plants and better than coal-fired facilities"
canarymedia.com
Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold
America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Alhambra City Hall council meeting.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
MAGAs are flooding Twitter in the right wing sphere — trying to create the false impression that their “SAVE Act” is about “common sense universally popular voter ID”. JD Vance, Elon Musk, & Scott Presler are all over this. They claim to have 50 votes so far. We must push back. #NoOnSave
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Yes, the GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would also disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my one-page summary below. Tell your Senators “NO on SAVE!” 5/
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The GOP blames women for undermining them on issues like abortion & ICE & thus hopes to pass the “SAVE Act,” which will make it harder for married women who changed their last names to vote. But they want you to think it’s about “election integrity”. 1/31/26 #HandmaidsTale 1/
theguardian.com
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi
The Save Act – which would do the opposite of its title – could have a huge impact on the midterm elections
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Women who took their spouses’ last names (& others with name changes) could get around the birth certificate problem if they have passports. But not everyone has one. And getting one takes time & $$$. The GOP’s bill doesn’t even offer to cover the expense, making it equivalent to a poll tax.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The GOP wants to “DOGE” our state voter rolls. Their so-called “SAVE Act,” wld require ongoing voter purges using citizenship data from sources such as the DHS’s “SAVE”program & SSA. It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
'Mr Nobody in Russia' furnishes a deep look at life in Russia under Putin after his invasion of Ukraine. It's a country increasingly like Russia at the time of the death of Stalin, where a whole generation is being groomed for perpetual war against America and Europe.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I should note I've seen multiple examples of this being done with her corpse, it's not just one image.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Valar Atomics (founded by Isaiah Taylor) is one of the companies building a nuclear reactor for this project with a July 4 deadline. Valar is backed by Day One Ventures, which was founded by Masha Bucher (Drokova), a Russian-born investor living in the US who represented Jeffrey Epstein. 1/
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A new Trump program “will fast-track construction of new & untested reactor designs built by private firms, with an explicit goal of having at least 3 nuclear test reactors up & running by…July 4.” Critics worry that the tight deadline & “lack of transparency” are “compromising safety.” 12/17/25…1/
opb.org
Trump’s rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries
A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New video analysis by @nytimes.com team breaks down the killing of Renee Good frame by frame from multiple angles and challenges official accounts of what happened. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
nytimes.com
Video: Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provides a frame-by-frame look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapolis.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
nytimes.com
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
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Mads Korsager @madskorsager.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland. The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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Stor operation i gang: Fly strømmer til Grønland med europæiske soldater
I flere døgn har militære transportfly fløjet i pendulfart mellem Danmark og Grønland. Fredag aften landede et stort antal soldater i Nuuk.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The authoritarianism is coming fast now
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/01/2026
“We are now facing an urgent choice as to whether we submit to the entrenched hatred and abuse of women as a technological and cultural norm, or whether we fight for an alternative way forward,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues.
bit.ly
The Unspeakable, Enabled
This year will decide whether gendered abuse in real life and online becomes the norm.
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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
More unaccountable thuggery, via the AP Twitter account. After being screamed at not to knee him in the face, the agent...knees him in the face again. See for yourself
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
One basic lesson from political research is that secret police generally rely on mediocre men willing to do the dirty work of authoritarian regimes in order to advance their careers. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
What if I told you that the United States already had a treaty obligation for the mutual defense of Greenland should it come under attack.
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