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Kathy Deml Rand

@kathydrand.bsky.social
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PhD (Biology). Bernie Sanders 2020 Delegate. Advocating for safe climate, carbon fee & dividend, health care for all, living wage, free speech, human rights.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 18/09/2026
Local news preservation takes ongoing collaboration. 📰 The Internet Archive’s National Summit on Local News Preservation brought journalists, librarians, archivists, and researchers together to develop recommendations for preserving local news. Learn more 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/l... 🧵
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/08/2026
When Trump blocks clean energy, he raises your costs. Period. Worse, he’s doing it on purpose, to steer your money to his cronies’ expensive fossil fuel plants — a payback to his big donors, at your expense. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Clean energy still beats fossil fuels on cost, despite, well,…
Even as renewables lose federal incentives and face other hurdles, Lazard finds onshore wind and large-scale solar again have the lowest levelized cost of…
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Superpower www.kenklippenstein.com/p/dolly-part...
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Dolly Parton’s Superpower
Dolly Parton had a power no president does: the ability to influence basically anyone for the better.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 28/08/2026
There’s no bigger threat to your public lands and parks than Donald Trump
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/08/2026
“Scientists and civil society have been warning about the very fact that these kind of events might happen in the Himalayas. ...This is the result of the delayed global action to deal with climate change.”
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Glacier Collapse: 2K Dead or Missing in Nepal-Tibet Flood Is “Glaring Example of Climate Injustice”
We get a report from Nepal, where at least 547 people are confirmed to have died and over 1,500 are still missing after a glacial collapse on Wednesday sent a wall of ice, mud and rock into a Himalaya...
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Bob Henson @bhensonweather.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Still a lot to unravel in the ongoing calamity after Wednesday's glacier collapse and flood catastrophe in the Himalayas. It's clear enough that our human-warmed climate is destabilizing glaciers and permafrost. @climateconnections.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/the-...
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The worrying climate link to Nepal's avalanche and flood catastrophe » Yale Climate Connections
Glacier collapse, not an earthquake, was the direct cause of the disaster that has left thousands missing.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/08/2026
For years the NFL has downplayed the risks of repeated head trauma, often insisting that not enough is known about CTE to draw conclusions about its dangers and its prevalence. New data from researchers might be hard to ignore. nyti.ms/3ShVMbr
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026
When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. We found that the request came directly from the White House. (Published May)
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Research has found that a willingness to ask for help is crucial to achievement,” Angela Duckworth, a psychology professor who studies successful people, writes.
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Opinion | I Study Successful People. They Have One Habit in Common.
Being a successful self-starter doesn’t mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 29/08/2026
After Trump wants hundreds of billions of dollars more for the military budget, he has allowed the Pentagon to deplete their Patriot missiles and other ammunition doing Israel’s bidding in Iran and the Middle East.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 28/08/2026
About bloody time. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership
Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm
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Rep. Jacob Rosecrants @jacobrosecrants.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
No USDA inspections for meat eh? 🧫🤢 And of course E. coli hearted it! 🤦‍♂️
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
New footage exclusively obtained by The New York Times showed the aftermath of the moment a giant glacier broke away from the top of a ridge in the Himalayas, setting off a torrent of mud, snow, floodwaters and debris to the valley communities below. nyti.ms/4x0ckTw
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
China is a threat - but only to billionaires and the war economy. On our recent Summer of Peace and Love teach-in, Jodie and Megan shared how billions of our tax dollars are spent to make us tools of war against China. Tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nec7...
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
For longtime civil rights organizer James Lawson, the problem with violence in American social movements wasn’t that it was too revolutionary, but that it wasn’t revolutionary enough to change a society fundamentally organized around violence.
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James Lawson Was the Civil Rights Movement’s Drill Sergeant
The civil rights movement’s commitment to nonviolence wasn’t just moral but also strategic, based on a calculation of how the movement could best exert power. No practitioner of that nonviolence was more effective and disciplined than Rev. James Lawson.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
THIRTY-THOUSAND pounds of Argentine beef. Recalled. NEVER inspected. The system caught it…THIS time. But…here’s my question: we’ve got ranchers in MONTANA who can’t get a fair price. Why the f*ck was it on that boat?!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July 2025)
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/08/2026
The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric
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The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric
As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10C
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 29/08/2026
🏛️ Government websites can change or disappear overnight, taking public records with them. 🕳️ Libraries have collaborated on the End of Term Web Archive since 2004 to preserve U.S. government websites at every presidential transition. blog.archive.org/2026/08/24/a... 🧵
Social media tile with a black border. At top, a bold headline reads "Archiving Democracy: How the U.S. End of Term Web Archive Preserves Government History." Below it, a bar chart titled "End of Term Archive Data Growth" shows storage size in terabytes rising from 6 TB in 2004 to 2,345 TB in 2024, with intermediate values of 15 (2008), 41 (2012), 284 (2016), and 266 (2020). Below the chart, text reads: "The Internet Archive has participated in the End of Term (EOT) Archive since 2004, preserving U.S. federal government websites at every presidential transition."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
Intrinsic capacity is quickly becoming a preferred way to measure and assess human aging.
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The Most Important Longevity Term You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Intrinsic capacity is quickly becoming a preferred way to measure and assess human aging.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
NEW: Police arrested video journalist and Unicorn Riot contributor River Akemann while he was documenting Enbridge Line 5 construction on August 24. He was monitoring fish in a creek where Enbridge lacks necessary authorization to install its pipeline. Full story at our website.
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Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
One of the most dangerous ways to read religious scriptures is to view them as simply coming directly from the Divine rather than understanding them as the religious expressions of persons-in-community influenced by the social, economic, and political forces of their historical and cultural context.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/08/2026
The Senate Commerce Committee is about to vote on four bills that could put much of the Internet behind privacy-invasive age gates. We need your help to stop them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on several censorious and privacy invasive bills: KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy Act, and CHATBOT Act. While we appreciate that the Committee
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The U.S. is blocking 7,000 shipping containers bought directly by Cuba. They are preventing food, medicine, equipment for water and electricity from getting to Cuba. This is collective punishment. This is genocidal.
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis. This is insanity. We need a #windfalltax www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/08/2026
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/08/2026
Millions of people rely on anonymous access to lawful online speech. This week, the Senate is looking at four bills that could vastly expand age verification and make anonymous internet use much harder. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
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Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/08/2026
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)
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An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2026
William Lawrence, a grass-roots organizer and climate activist, defeated two moderate candidates in the Democratic primary for a battleground House district in Michigan on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, scoring another victory for the party’s progressive wing.
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William Lawrence Wins Primary in Battleground Michigan House District
William Lawrence defeated two moderate candidates to challenge a vulnerable Republican incumbent, but some worry his views could hurt his chances in November.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2026
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s top diplomat in the U.S., according to a senior U.S. official, deepening a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
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Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Brazil’s Ambassador in the U.S.
The State Department has canceled the visa of the Brazilian ambassador in Washington, deepening a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Not pulling an all-nighter for the Michigan Senate race result, but let me say this: The fact that the race is competitive even after the Israel lobby & outside groups spent a staggering $62 million to smear & defeat El-Sayed is alone a reason to celebrate the shift in American political discourse.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
CONGRATS TO THIS PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION ON WINNING TONIGHT! WOO HOO!!!
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
NEW: Israel has imprisoned an American teen. Soldiers raided Adam's West Bank home right before his sister’s grad party. They ignored his US passport. As they took him, they blew kisses at his mom. Adam is now the second American in Israeli prison. Trump just hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.
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Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks
Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The best measure of how America is doing isn’t the stock market, or GDP growth. It’s how well most Americans are living — and right now most are struggling.
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The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/08/2026
Former Representative George Santos has been fined $35,000 over allegations that he engaged in insider trading by placing bets on a prediction market about whether he would attend President Trump’s State of the Union address, federal regulators announced on Friday.
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George Santos Fined Over Bets on State of the Union on Kalshi Prediction Market
A federal regulator fined the former lawmaker $35,000 over allegations of insider trading by placing bets on Kalshi about whether he would attend the State of the Union address in February.
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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
thinc.blog/2026/08/01/h... Another driver for inflation. Heat takes a toll on livestock in the midwest
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Heat Taking Toll on Midwest Cattle, Farmers
Another driver for inflation. Temperatures soared in the Western U.S. on July 12, 2026, as shown in this map of modeled air temperatures from the GEOS (Goddard Earth Observing System). Numerous wea…
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
All eyes on Michigan. Join us on Sunday for a night of games, community, and laughter to raise the resources we need to win! RSVP:
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Chip in any amount to RSVP to "Battle for the Soul of the Party"
An evening of head-to-head game competition. Plus discussion with Abdul El-Sayed, Will Lawrence, and Donovan McKinney and fundraising to supercharge turnout for the August 4 primary.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As the UN Secy General says, the Euro wildfires are just an opening act to the El Nino bearing down on planet earth. It's time for smart politicians to stop climate hushing and start getting ahead of the heat. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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High Heat, High Drama
Europe is starting to provide some answers about the next step in the climate fight
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/08/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think ... in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.”
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/08/2026
Breaking News: Wildfires in Spokane County, Washington forced thousands of people to evacuate as wind gusts powered rapidly spreading flames.
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Wildfires in Spokane, Wash., Force Thousands to Evacuate
The Old Trails fire had grown to about 2,500 acres by Saturday afternoon, propelled by strong wind gusts and high temperatures.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 31/07/2026
As climate change takes out the places and activities people love . . . . buckrail.com/in-hot-water...
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In hot water: First-ever voluntary fishing closure takes effect on Snake
Editor’s note: This voluntary afternoon closure includes the stretch of Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge that will open for seasonal fishing on Aug. 1. JACKSON, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish D...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 31/07/2026
Thousands of people joined us in telling the FCC to drop their retaliation campaign against ABC. The government can't punish networks because it doesn't like their editorial choices.
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ABC Says FCC's Review Of Licenses Is Part Of "Retaliation Campaign"
The network said that the early review was part of an "ongoing retaliation campaign" over coverage of Donald Trump.
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 31/07/2026
More states than New York need to pass moratoriums on further construction. 40% of the American people live within five miles of a data center and its only going to get worse with hundreds more giant data centers being planned. -R
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 31/07/2026
When will this moloch driven by a few giant AI companies be exposed for its waste, redundancy and data secrecy? The moloch is devouring local water and land, generating noise and pollution and providing few jobs as their presence increases electricity prices for residential homes.
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 31/07/2026
The All Devouring thousands of data centers have moved into new territory. They are now hiring away electricians, as well as other specialty trade workers, from local communities and paying them more with grossly undertaxed corporate dollars.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 31/07/2026
Use our action center to tell officials in the USVI that it's time to finally modernize local public records laws.
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📣 Take Action: Modernize US Virgin Islands open records law
Make an impact with guided actions from Freedom of The Press Foundation.
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