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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They call it development. But development doesn't trigger droughts, starve farmers, and drive gorillas to extinction. That's ecocide. #CongoBasin

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Weeks,” I meant to say! Sorry for the typo!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is stunning. Where was it taken?

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Such happy news! Thank you for sharing them with us all these eeeks! ❤️❤️❤️

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In a super-cute kitten family, no one was more appealing than Cassandra. Have a sweet life, sweet girl!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As the wife of a teacher in a struggling city public school, I find this article devastating— and one of the most important I have ever read. I have no answers, but solutions begin in understanding. Every American should read this piece. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Elizabeth Tutty @tutty352.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Soggy stile in Kentmere yesterday.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Photo: Adam Gray/AP, via the Washington Post

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is what mature American patriotism looks like. So much else by the same name is self-satisfying illusion. #LonnieBunch #Smithsonian

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just what I needed tonight! Thanks, Tulip!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Another terrible loss: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/a... The first time I heard her— on the car radio, singing “Strange Fruit”— I almost drove off the road, it was so powerful. I just had to stop & listen in awe.

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Cassandra Wilson, Star Jazz Singer, Dies at 70 (Gift Article)

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you find the answer, please let us know!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(And no, New York Times: Wendell Berry’s great gift to us was not an appreciation of the American past: it was the insistent love of all that is still alive in the land, and the refusal to concede the losing of it as our necessary future.) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For some reason, I have a sudden strong desire to visit #LakeOntario. I would enjoy the beauty of #LakeOntario. And appreciate the ecology of #LakeOntario. And learn about the economic importance of #LakeOntario. And after I got home, I’d be eager to talk— a lot— about #LakeOntario. You, too?

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The best tribute to her of them all.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So many countless tributes to her, — but this one was the best of them all. Thank you.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Nowhere is safe”: how data centers, aided by the Trump administration & spineless Gov. Abigail Spanberger, are wrecking huge swaths of the Virginia countryside— & cannot be stopped: www.notus.org/perspectives...

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Dana Milbank: Data Centers Are Destroying Virginia’s Countryside — Even in Places That Have No Data Centers

Why won’t Spanberger stop the madness?

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I miss the old days, when we had three branches of government.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Should you ever wonder why Donald Trump and the Republican Party are exerting such implacable force to eradicate what they call DEI: It is the volcanic power of truths such as this that they are desperate to suppress. (H/t: @agordonreed.bsky.social)

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Omigosh, Tom Boswell is back. Hallelujah! That retirement? Let’s just forget it, shall we?— and, Nats fans or not, settle in for some of the best writing in sports— again! www.notus.org/sports/thoma...

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This Powerhouse Nats Offense Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

In his NOTUS debut, Thomas Boswell says Washington’s future may be bright, but this season is still a missed opportunity.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 11/08/2026

"The Trump administration will end support for a major annual scientific report that documents how climate change is affecting the Arctic, according to two people familiar with the issue." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

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Ostrich Head in Sand (Blind Man)

ALT: Ostrich Head in Sand (Blind Man)

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I didn’t know it, but this was the image I needed tonight:

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We did indeed! It’s been so gratifying to follow your success since. Great job with the book, and with the vital public history you’re providing. We’ve never needed it more!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Best brief summary I’ve yet seen on Washington and slavery.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Great news! For so long, Native Americans & African Americans, particularly, have fought to tend & protect this unique natural treasure. This designation is a great victory for them, for the Okefenokee & all its living creatures, for the nation, & for the planet!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

And they speak for countless other people all over the U.S.!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Husband & I rewatched “Spotlight” tonight, just because. The galvanizing power of the independent free print press to uncover hidden truths & bring seismic justice to the powerless and grievously wronged. Already it seems like a lost world.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In a few brushstrokes, an incisive miniature portrait….

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This was fascinating. Watch it if you have any interest in what worried early Americans when they worried about politics:

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

From a master history teacher & scholar of the Civil War:

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

There are more of us than one might think….

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Arlington County (VA) absolutely does have a county fair.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Americans, welcome to the Soviet model of research “support.” All Federal grants— science, medicine, arts, humanities, all of it— must now be approved and supervised by ideologically-driven political appointees. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Of course they’re on their way. If José Andres doesn’t receive a Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian parliamentary committee that awards it needs to reexamine its criteria.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This is fascinating. I’m abashed to admit that I was only vaguely familiar with Haynes and had no idea what an exceptional person he was. I hope this portrait draws fresh attention to a great man.

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