Reposted by Lillian MedvilleJosh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 3hThe last 4 years have seen a real environmental success story in Brazil 🇧🇷 Amazon deforestation has plummeted since Lula became president and is likely to reach its lowest level on record in 2026 Brazil goes to the polls on Sunday and Lula will face off against far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro 1106
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 16h 711829452
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5hAccording to the International Energy Agency, total global investment in solar energy (including both rooftop solar and utility-scale projects) was less than half of this figure, despite our dire ecological situation 5363124
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 18hTo temper the backlash, communities have been switching out Flock cameras for different ALPRs with nearly identical capabilities, merely evading the negative connotation of the brand name while maintaining the surveillance. buff.ly/E60kN30buff.lyLicense Plate and Switch - The American ProspectCities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities. 05834
Reposted by Lillian Medvillemaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 159175594348
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Took 21 years but @theonion.com once again predicted the future. 348967
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleGovernor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 30/09/2026NEW: With Trump and his MAGA cronies hellbent on selling off public lands we all love for private profits, @governor.ca.gov signed a new bill package protecting the Golden State’s coast, wildlife, and outdoor access He also announced the state’s largest annual increase in conserved lands to date! 241192344
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…commondreams.org'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common DreamsChildren as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we 26544721967
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19hFinally, the Footlose/Flashdance crossover we were promised 1623440
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 19hHe's not joking, this reads like a very dark episode of The Simpsonsen.wikipedia.orgMary (elephant) - Wikipedia 910712
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 19hAnd then what happened after that though 1433626
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine. 462205772
Reposted by Lillian MedvillePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Is there a defense fund? A defense committee? Anything else we can do to support this brave and beautiful human being? 132865
Reposted by Lillian Medvillegeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 423167770
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How a fake AI columnist duped Canadian media outlets. Daniel Robson almost became a budding star in Canadian conservative media. There was just one problem: He doesn't exist, by @ilkersezer.bsky.social www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus... via @turkiyetoday.bsky.social @perreaux.bsky.socialturkiyetoday.comExclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye TodayThe phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter 24129
Reposted by Lillian Medvillerax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026until chicago pope i don’t think i ever truly understood that the pope is like a guy 24113879
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.metrotimes.comMike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro TimesMike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families. 14585362834
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take yearsnytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 7936751707
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability 1772938647
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reading about Socrates, apparently he was horrific to look at and was still having kids in his 60s. Unbelievable game. Imagine you're at the bar and a man who looks like a beluga whale hits you with "The only thing I know is I know nothing" and you're just powerless to resist 441843153
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12471471375
Reposted by Lillian Medvilles. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/09/2026The assault on public lands is so disgusting to me. Once these are privatized, they are never coming back.hcn.orgThe Forest Service is poised to hand off one of the West’s most visited landscapes - High Country NewsPitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts. 012452
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Ever since we’ve posted the secondary coverage as well as the editorial, there’s been an absolute outpour of similar stories hitting my inbox and the sexual-misconduct tip line.” 5733233
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age. 15284431508
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10133523751
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming 312253421
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12680431996
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 538159794452
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At what environmental cost? "Spacecraft is being landed in the sea with no plan to recover and recycle it...exploded in a huge fireball once it had hit the water" #PlanetaryBoundaries www.independent.co.uk/tech/spacex-...independent.co.ukSpaceX’s Starship dramatically explodes after first orbital tripMission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth 1941795976
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m genuinely worried that he weakened her civil case with this statement out of petty fury that he’s rightfully getting heat for not pressing charges against rapists. He clearly isn’t interested in seeing her succeed and he basically called her a liar—a huge gift to the civil defense 231206264
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tanager of the Day: Beryl-spangled Tanager 📷 Andres Vasquez Noboa 11196156
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleThe Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So a developer who wants a data center center to be built near Hazelton, PA is offering $10,000 to the citizens. The citizens are pushing back saying it's a bribe & they don't want the noise. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...tomshardware.comData center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concernsReport says that many residents are rejecting the offer due to fears of noise, falling property values, and mistrust. 1302191953
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/... 919120744043
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight 17124342613
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pope can’t resist his pizza. 514110251876
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life. 561618596
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/09/2026Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve. 265139202378
Reposted by Lillian Medvilleryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026“The playing field of the social media informational environment is uneven, and it systematically benefits autocracies.” www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...liberalcurrents.comSocial Media Has Not Brought LiberationSocial media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies. 10532124
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52524658
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that. 101316221
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizensNevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens. 694155506366
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleTransphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"men fucked up. Are women to blame?" 3582424361
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...democracydocket.com🚨Onder v. MissouriLearn more here. 313144633475
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...scrippsnews.comInteractive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labelsPork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for. 11527471298
Reposted by Lillian Medville🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121825179
Reposted by Lillian MedvilleAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026raise their goddam taxes holy shit 331625277