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Lee Climate and Democracy Activist in MA

@leewithmofma.bsky.social
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Climate activist with Mothers Out Front Massachusetts. Love dogs all animals and all nature. Will not eat animals, aka vegan. Horrified by the Trump regime.I support the strategy and actions of Indivisible and other allies. Must be non-violent!

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6h
"Wow, that was really racist" from Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Squeaky Squirrel🐿️🌏🇪🇺🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🐈 @squeakysquirrel.bsky.social · 19h
Daily sweet fluffy garden visitor... #squirrel
Squirrel in my garden
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1h
There are now more than 2,200 No Kings events on the map for October 17! We hope to see you in the streets again with millions of Americans to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms.
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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Lee Climate and Democracy Activist in MA @leewithmofma.bsky.social · 43m
It says low color in MA, which is ridiculous, the red maples and oranges are very vibrant already! (I wish I knew how it upload a photo I took today!)
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
What if a typo kept you from voting? In Florida, under the "exact match" policy, a typo or hyphen can stall your registration. Civil rights groups sued, but a Trump-appointed judge just dismissed the case. Help us keep covering the fights over who gets to vote: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h
“No agency on Earth could fail eight audits and still get a $1.5 trillion check, except the Pentagon.”
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Think Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request is outrageous? This'll blow your mind.
We already spend at least that much on the US military each year, and maybe a lot more.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 9h
Europe’s floating factories make up just a fraction of the fleet but catch more than half the fish—and they create the majority of environmental harms.
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‘Mega-Industrial’ Trawlers Threaten Europe’s Ocean Health - Inside Climate News
Europe’s floating factories make up just one percent of the fleet but catch more than half the fish—and they cause the majority of environmental damage.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h
One, they killed off climate legislation via the Citizens United decision dropping infinite fossil fuel dark money into our politics. Bipartisanship on climate died the day of that decision, as dark money flowed.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h
More important than the “structure of the Constitution” here is the structure of the Court — an institution captured years ago by fossil fuel billionaires. The fossil fuel billionaires are putting it to profitable use.
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Big Oil has an audacious request for the Supreme Court
What on Earth is the “structure of the Constitution”?
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 11h
Americans in crisis deserve support—no matter what state they live in or who they vote for. Trump is putting his ego over essential aid and is playing political games with disaster victims and communities. Unacceptable.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 10h
Trump is leaving communities in Massachusetts and disaster victims in blue states without essential disaster relief. Denying disaster relief to score political points is unacceptable. Trump must stop putting politics over people and deliver aid to Americans who need it.
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 7h
I'm honored to be named on the @time.com 100 Next 2026 List. This is a reminder of what we can accomplish when we organize and refuse to give up. From safer communities and affordable housing to lowering costs, the work continues — and I’ll never stop fighting for Central Florida!
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 5h
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 5h
Elon Musk advising Trump on warfare is just handing over your taxpayer money to a trillionaire. Musk will push his AI and space technologies, make money from defense contracts, then pour that money into MAGA campaigns. Corruption in plain sight.
Elon Musk to return his attention to government, advise Pentagon on future of war
Musk will join Anduril founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich in leading the Defense Department’s Project Meridian.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5h
For the typical worker, more than half of every dollar of income growth is going right back out the door in debt payments. This new report from @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @protectborrowers.bsky.social makes it clear: the economy is rigged against working families.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h
Starting today, some of the cruelest changes to food stamps and Medicaid from Trump and Republicans' big, ugly bill go into effect. Here's what you need to know.
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Is This Trump’s Biggest Scam Yet?
The Trump-Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a “Big Ugly Nightmare.”Much of what’s included in it will begin in
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h
A new survey finds large majorities of Democratic AND Republican voters support capping prescription drug costs, banning surprise medical bills, and stopping corporate investors from buying up homes. @bedoyausa.bsky.social explains how economic populism can reshape our politics.
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Is It Time For A Populist Revolution? (Ft. Alvaro Bedoya)
Donald Trump wants you to think that the least powerful people in this country are the most responsible for your problem
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5h
Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentagon defense board raises conflict of interest concerns
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Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5h
Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two giant reservoirs that make the system work, are at historic lows -- with Lake Mead at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago. “If it’s not a crisis, it’s crisis-adjacent," one official said of conditions on the Colorado River
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The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h
Trump has been obsessed with "good genes" for decades. If you need proof, check his record of eugenicist and ableist comments he has espoused all the way back to the 1980s.
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Donald Trump's decades-long obsession with eugenics
A timeline of the president's thoughts on "good genes," IQ, and which disabled people should "just die."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h
In a move that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has decried as a “clear conflict of interest and corruption,” one of the Trump Family’s most lucrative businesses is on its way to becoming a bank. And it’s set to be regulated by a government entity whose leader was appointed by, you guessed it…Donald Trump.
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Why Trump's crypto business wants to become a bank
Elizabeth Warren decries the first family's latest crypto play as a "clear conflict of interest and corruption."
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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 7h
We’re suing the Trump Administration over its sweeping rollback of critical rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Trump is hell-bent on protecting the pockets of his loved ones — the fossil fuel industry. California is fighting back to protect our climate.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 7h
Voters shouldn’t have to walk past armed ICE agents to cast a ballot. Trump’s DHS says it can put them at polling places despite a 150-year-old law meant to stop this kind of intimidation. Elections aren’t pay-to-play, and they aren’t armed checkpoints. #PayToPlayPresident
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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
our military,is becoming,,A religious war machine to bring on Armageddon, That is what Hegseth told our troops,, How disturbing,, Hegseth puts Musk, Luckey, Gingrich in charge of military future warfare review . thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth puts Musk, Luckey, Gingrich in charge of military future warfare review
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced that SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will lead a new Pentagon effort to study…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth confirms cutting 20% of US military generals and admirals
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Pete Hegseth confirms cutting 20% of US military generals and admirals
Defense secretary ranted against diversity claiming ‘no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals’ in troops * Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterms US defense secretary Pete Hegseth has confirmed plans to cut 20% of generals and admirals and declared “no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps” would be tolerated inside the country’s military. Delivering his latest extraordinary attack on diversity, and dismissing reports of low morale within the US armed forces as “false claims”, Hegseth also suggested they were retaining service personnel at “record” rates. Continue reading...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Will it actually make any difference if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterms? Historian and expert on authoritarianism Timothy Snyder shares his thoughts.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republicans only worked 72 DAYS in 2026 & they haven’t done a damn thing. Nothing to rein in costs. Nothing to overturn Trump’s tariffs. Nothing to stop his war of choice. What they’ve been doing already is running the laziest & least effective Congress in history.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Instead of talking about affordability they’re spending millions of your tax dollars to fund pro-MAGA campaign ads. A new level of fascist propaganda from the most corrupt administration of all time. Clearly he is terrified of losing.
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our schools should be safe, inclusive spaces for young people of all backgrounds & identities to learn & grow. That’s why I’m inspired by the students & staff at Worcester Public Schools, whose new Stand Against Racism Campaign reminds us that we are stronger when we take a stand against hate.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
NEW: NextEra and Dominion Energy, two of America's biggest utility companies, are on the verge of merging. Electricity costs are already through the roof — and this deal could jack up costs even more. The Trump Admin should not rubber stamp this merger.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
We’re addressing these critical capital needs and more with a $607 million renovation — every dollar guided by residents.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
The 2,000 residents at NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses have lived with outdated appliances, faulty heating and cooling systems, unreliable elevators, untreated lead and mold, and weak security systems that have decayed over time.
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Lee Climate and Democracy Activist in MA @leewithmofma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Groups Call Senate Permitting Deal a 'Blatant Giveaway to Big Oil and Big Tech' www.commondreams.org/news/warning... Hey @whitehouse.senate.gov how could you possibly agree to this??!!
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Groups Call Senate Permitting Deal a 'Blatant Giveaway to Big Oil and Big Tech' | Common Dreams
"If it comes to pass, this deal would bulldoze America’s most important wildlife law," said one campaigner.
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Lee Climate and Democracy Activist in MA @leewithmofma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Text on Tap Free Texting - Register Democrats in Swing States! · Field Team 6
Welcome to the biggest fight of our lives. Time to join Field Team 6's free Text on Tap text team - and text millions of unregistered likely Democrats in key swing states to win key elections in 2026!...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
NEW: Republicans went ballistic when New Jersey admitted to an error that allowed fewer than 400 noncitizens to vote since 2023. But when 72,000 mail ballots were rejected across six states in the 2026 primaries over technical issues, the GOP remained silent. Democracy Docket breaks down the data👇
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A few noncitizen votes are a scandal. But thousands of rejected ballots are business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Mark Pickens @airshipwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Read article below. Then call Congress. Clean Energy is the future, and a bill warped only to support dirty energy projects is a NO. More pollutants = more illness. 202-224-3121 Instead support alternatives: Text ’sign PLRLXV’ to 50409 resist.bot/petitions/PL...
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Support True Clean Energy Permitting Reform Legislation
I’m writing to urge you to support comprehensive clean energy permitting reform legislation in the 119th Congress. More than 95% of new energy projects…
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THIS!
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 29/09/2026
Justice Samuel Alito, who holds investments in individual fossil fuel companies, just recused himself from a key climate case before the Supreme Court. But he participated in the decision-making process to hear the case in the first place.
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Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late? - Inside Climate News
Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts expected continuing ramifications due to his ownership o...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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Trump says new fuel economy rules will cut car prices. Analysts are doubtful.
In rolling back fuel efficiency standards, the administration said the average new vehicle price in 2031 should be reduced by $1,300.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
Together, we will ensure Jewish New Yorkers are safe and celebrated. We will invest in their protection, their history, and their future. Our safety and our thriving are tied together.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage falls a million square kilometres short of long-term average with global heating likely driving losses
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Plaintiffs fighting North Carolina’s newly passed absentee ballot rules filed for a preliminary injunction that would block the rules they called “disenfranchising” for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway
The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...
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Lee Climate and Democracy Activist in MA @leewithmofma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm attending Field Team 6's event, “Text on Tap Free Texting - Register Democrats in Swing States!” - sign up now to join me! #FieldTeam6 www.mobilize.us/ft6/event/40...
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Text on Tap Free Texting - Register Democrats in Swing States! · Field Team 6
Welcome to the biggest fight of our lives. Time to join Field Team 6's free Text on Tap text team - and text millions of unregistered likely Democrats in key swing states to win key elections in 2026!...
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Meidas Rick ❌🚫🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: ICE injured a man they were trying to abduct, then showed up at the Jersey City Medical Center posing as police to try and gain access inside. Good on the staff for standing their ground. Share this everywhere. substack.com/@alternetnew...
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AlterNet America (@alternetnews)
NEW: ICE injured a man they were trying to abduct, then showed up at the Jersey City Medical Center posing as police to try and gain access inside. Good on the staff for standing their ground. Share t...
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ozahjc.bsky.social @ozahjc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Communism thriving in Trump’s America.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 28/09/2026
Thermal imaging from Italy’s hot summer reveals how construction workers, delivery riders and residents of poorly cooled buildings inhabit radically different worlds than people with access to air conditioning, shade and well-insulated homes.
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Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat - Inside Climate News
Thermal imaging shows how people experience scorching heat varies depending on their circumstance.
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