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Laura R.

@lauratheexplorer.bsky.social
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PhD student Geography/ Environmental Policy. USN (ret), anti-fascist, ❤️ national parks, ethnobotany, biology, GIS, history, science, skiing, sailing, paralympic style air rifle coach. Polyglot Profile art: Brooke Walker Knoblich and B. Emerson Kitsman

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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I'm a USF Geosciences PhD Candidate. Please help my community care for their families so that we can pursue the much needed structural change to prevent these gruesome tragedies. gofund.me/c73433b03
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Donate to Support for Zamil & Nahida's Families, organized by Kai Rains
Zamil Ahamed Limon and Nahida Sultana Bristy were both talented, dedicated graduate st… Kai Rains needs your support for Support for Zamil & Nahida's Families
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What if Talarico wins and his religious identity changes and he suddenly swings farther to the right? Then what? I'm sorry but I don't trust anyone who wears their religion like he does. James Talarico Squeezes Jasmine Crockett In 'Ugly' Texas Senate Race www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-...
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Jasmine Crockett Was In The Driver's Seat In Texas Senate Race. Then Colbert Happened.
The Texas congresswoman is facing questions about her campaign strategy as her Democratic opponent James Talarico continues to gain momentum.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Source: Associated Press News search.app/XtFVf I'm really so sick of this psycho. Fire her already!
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Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My new osprey friend
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I can't wait for the American people to knock that ridiculous smirk right off Pam Bondi's ugly little face.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Love my seahawks so much! Congrats to all the performers! I didn't understand several things- except the important parts. Let's not forget the beautiful Coco Jones too! Really loved a show with meaning and a spotlight on important parts of America- Like PR!
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Wow. So perfectly written.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
So happy for Japan and Georgia and Italy in couples freeskate! That was an AMAZING COMPETITION!
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
What the AF. Don't mess with OUR Obamas. Love them all. Was so proud to serve in the military during their administration....when my colleagues for the 1st time in military history could marry the people they loved.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
just want you all to know: if I can keep 2 A's and a 3.97 grade average with things like Geospatial Analysis.....and I understand what is going on ( for once) in a PHD program. We can all DO ANYTHING WE SET OUR MINDS TO.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This will be a huge hit in Hungary. Haha
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 20/10/2025
A paper in Nature Catalysis reports a system to capture carbon dioxide from seawater and convert it into biodegradable plastic precursors. The findings suggest a potentially sustainable way to produce industrial chemicals. go.nature.com/4o5lcTA #chemsky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows the proposed artificial oceanic carbon capture and upcycling system.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This guy is a feral beast alright.https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/18/the-king-of-the-shutdown-00614718
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Hey Fascists? Can you send national guard to over 2,500 locations?
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
TAMPA SHOWED UP #50501 #impeachtrump
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I'm so disgusted that the National Guard is gassing and harassing Vietnam Veterans in Portland. I hope the tables turn and the uniforms are stripped right off the backs of these traitors. No respect for the pathetic guards hiding their faces like Isis. Shame on Trump and them!
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Israel doesn't stand for Jewish values! Jewish people are NOT zionists. We reject genocide, dictatorship, and Netanyahu! www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/he...
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Over 1,000 Rabbis and Jewish Peace Activists in Brooklyn Demand Gaza Ceasefire
Here in New York, more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish peace activists led a protest Thursday demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel. They gathered at Brookly...
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Elizabeth Hilborn @elizabee.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Today, the Lancet published an updated, evidence-based model diet designed to maximize human health and minimize environmental damage in a developing world. The Guardian piece is linked here: tinyurl.com/mrs9tfcx the referenced study (restricted access) is linked in the first comment. 🧪 🌍🌱
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‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Watching the ships getting through is making me giddy! Please everyone- More flotillas! Hundreds of boats!!! globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/
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Flotilla Tracker - Global Movement to Gaza
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Israeli warmongering. www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb... So much for Yom Kippur
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 01/10/2025
Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often seems overwhelming. @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and the @ipbes.net Transformative Change Assessment co-chairs highlight the roles we can each have in achieving #transformativechange. 🧪 #biodiversity #sustainability plos.io/3VGKknN
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Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible
Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often appears overwhelming. This Perspective highlights the key messages from the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment and how everyone can be ...
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Total government shut down. Just like Netanyahu, Trump and his red-tie minions take the opportunity to show off their " Trump 2028" hats? AMERICA, why isn't everyone in the street protesting? This is beyond psychotic.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Netanyahu was filmed inciting violence and a coffin against Yitzak Rabin. He will murder other Israelis to get what he wants. He's horrible. He thinks he can push around Americans.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
It's so absurd. If Jewish people need a state, it should have been in Europe. My family left Lithuania in 1890 with the Russian incursions. My DNA is less than 0.1% middle eastern except for a little Greek. Many American Jewish people can't stand Israel. They looked down on their "own" Ashkenazis.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 27/09/2025
A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in a study in Nature Plants that tree size increased by 3% each decade. #plantscience 🧪
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Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants
A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This can be very useful. phys.org/news/2025-09...
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What noise does a fish make? New underwater tool lets ecologists ID fish from their sounds
Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video ...
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Our friend Nour is alone in Gaza City with 4 kids- her orphaned nieces/ nephews. Sister in law took the money, her oldest daughter, went to Jordan- leaving Nour with 4 kids her 3 yr old. Instead of sending money from the sale of Nour's dead brother's car, she went on vacation. gofund.me/b36462b68
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Donate to Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza, organized by Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane
Hi, my name is Enas Culhane. I am a USF Master's student stud… Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane needs your support for Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza
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Tack Warren: Ego adepto stercore factum 🐸✌️😱👊🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋 @realtack.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Planetary Justice: Stories and Studies of Action, Resistance and Solidarity Diverse scholars & activists on climate justice, exploring politics and practices of solidarity & flourishing in face of climate change, biodiversity loss & extinction. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I don't know about you, but I feel very insulted that Netanyahu decided to talk to the people who gave him everything he has like we are a bunch of little bitches. Guess what, we caught and killed our 9-11 terrorists. And it wasn't the 2 hasty wars that did it. Nope. years of special operations.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
youtu.be/nnFtSVg2yt4?...
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BATTLE HYMN OF THE TRUMPUBLIC - God Made a Dictator | Don Caron
YouTube video by Parody Project
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
It is true that Hamas are terrorists hiding behind women and kids. It is also true that Netanyahu is a mass murderer who has ruined any hope for the survival and legitimacy of a Jewish state.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Netanyahu and his lies. I'm so happy to see empty seats! He will break the U.N.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Maybe it only lasted 1 day but in our hearts, every minute was such glorious, delicious JUSTICE. www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
"The state that resists liberalizing its labor markets to protect high-wage jobs, will end up with no jobs to protect" Sir Phillip Bobbit in The Shield of Achilles.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A former intern told me that the white cups in Congress that the reps have are almost always full of alcohol. Its Drunk Legislation.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The idiot President just told a pilot to fly safely because he's on the flight, otherwise he doesn't care. and he thinks the media is the reason everyone hates him?
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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It’s dragonfly migration season!
Keep an eye out for dragonfly swarms.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Faces straight from Gaza City. The 1st little one lives in a tent and is begging for water. The brother and sister are in an apartment with their 25 year old aunt...and ok for now.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
A better link for Nour. www.gofundme.com/f/support-no...
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Donate to Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza, organized by Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane
Hi, my name is Enas Culhane. I am a USF Master's student stud… Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane needs your support for Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
If you cannot help our friends in Gaza, please can you share with any dentists? She is a 20 something dental clinician...who fears her future has been lost. #dentists #dentistry #helpgaza gofund.me/7da492920
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Donate to Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza, organized by Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane
Hi, my name is Enas Culhane. I am a USF Master's student stud… Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane needs your support for Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We need a massive influx of other countries military into Gaza. Then Netanyahu can pick on someone his own size.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I had a hard time grappling with the foreign investments that built Hamas's tunnels. But there is no question that this is genocide and women and children are suffering. Friends of my professor's family- a 24 yr old woman alone with 4 orphaned nieces and nephews with the rent rising.
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Academia[dot]edu account has been closed. See downthread for screenshots of the program. Bordeaux, 14-16 October, "Les hommes et la peste: Hommage à Jean-Noël Biraben." #Plague #histmed #MedievalSky #aDNA #PandemicThinking 🧪🗃️
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Not sure how Tylenol got into the radar of all the medical conspiracy people.
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Laura R. @lauratheexplorer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
How's everyone holding up? I just wanted to ask then i realized I should put this out there. My professor's family is trying to keep walls around their friends- a young lady in Gaza caring for 4 young orphans in her family. They are very scared and this is genocide. gofund.me/b36462b68
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Donate to Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza, organized by Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane
Hi, my name is Enas Culhane. I am a USF Master's student stud… Enas Abdel Rahman Culhane needs your support for Support Nour Eleyan's Journey to Safety; Out of Gaza
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