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MANGA is an acronym for the MANgrove–GroundwAter feedback model, which is a simulation model that describes the relationship between mangroves and groundwater. "May all your transitions be joyful." BLC www.instagram.com/manggear

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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 8h
I promise to always have the courage to stand up for Mississippi.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for the year.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026
We need all hands on deck over the next 32 days to defeat the fascists and reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. Anyone can help get out the vote in the states and districts that will decide the midterms: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
(over an image of a map of the US that shows Indivisible’s nine Senate target states and 31 House target districts for the midterm elections) It’s time to win the midterms.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Invitation: @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: NETWORK Lobby's Election Townhall "Community Over Billionaires: Who We Elect Matters!" . RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/netwo...
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NETWORK Lobby's Election Townhall "Community Over Billionaires: Who We Elect Matters!"
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice  is excited to announce that we are launching our 501(c)(4) partisan accountability project, “Community Over Billionaires: Who We Elect Matters!” leading...
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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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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
September 27, 2026
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September 27, 2026
A friend tells me that when I take a night off, other people feel they can take a night off, too.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Public officials are supposed to serve you, not the people lining their pockets. When they don't, there must be consequences. The Honest Services Fraud Improvement Act empowers YOU to sue your Member of Congress or other public officials for corrupt actions known as "honest services fraud."
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prosecutors reopen case of alleged Cornell gang rape after new lawsuit, online firestorm - ABC News
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/09/2026
Last 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.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s always projection. Always.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
THIS 👇 IS TRUE.......
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
New York City is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and has long been a refuge for those seeking community, dignity, and a place to call home.
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Steven Grattan @sjgrattan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A landmark case over the rights of Indigenous peoples living in isolation in Peru’s Amazon has reached the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The ruling could set an important precedent over their ancestral lands. My latest for @AP: apnews.com/article/indi...
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Peru faces human rights court over protections for isolated Indigenous peoples in Amazon
Peru faces a regional human rights court over allegations it failed to protect isolated Indigenous peoples in the Amazon from logging and other activities.
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Steven Grattan @sjgrattan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, according to Global Witness — and 85% of those deaths were in Latin America. Colombia remained the deadliest country for a fourth straight year, while killings in Brazil more than doubled from 2024. apnews/.com/article...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌍 #GlobalDonutDays 2026 | Opening Session 20 Oct | 9 AM (UTC+1) In this Opening Session, the DEAL team will come together to look at the seven themes of #DoughnutEconomics in action. Join us to hear about DEAL's latest tools, ask questions and share your experiences of putting DE into practice ⤵️
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DEAL Intersections: where themes meet to cultivate transformation | DEAL
A conversation with the DEAL team highlighting the intersections of action
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Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎉 It's almost time for #GlobalDonutDays 2026! 🌐 A community-led festival happening online and in person around the world, all centred on #DoughnutEconomics. Learn more and join us at doughnuteconomics.org/gdd2026
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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The Nature Conservancy in Florida
Our mission is to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends. We’re working in Florida to do just that.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Participation is now open: governments, Indigenous Peoples, subnational governments, trade unions, academics, civil society and other sectors can take part, including through written submissions, to help secure a negotiating mandate for a #FossilFuelTreaty.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🇹🇻 Tuvalu and 🇮🇪 Ireland have announced the next chapter of the Santa Marta Process: the 2nd International Conference on a Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, coming to the Pacific in July 2027. 🌊
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14... Crucial 36 minutes of a prophetic voice . Thank you.
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Barbados - General Debate, 81st Session
Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Affairs and Development, and Minister for National Security of Barbados, addresses the General Debate of the 81st Session of the General Assembl...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
September 23, 2026
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September 23, 2026
Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.commonwealmagazine.org/ellberg-robe... Thank you, Orbis.
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Publishing for a World Church
"My time at Orbis Books was centered on the belief that theology could be a force, a source of life, and a resource in the struggle for a better world."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22/09/2026
“Amazon is able to make these ridiculous claims that they are 100% renewable, and in the same breath, create massive data centers,” says Kavita Sthanumurthy, a former software engineer at Amazon and a member of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇺🇦🗣️ Zelensky: Today, people in many countries are paying more just to live, while others are being forced to fight for their lives simply because Putin decided he could redraw borders however he wanted.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
The challenges facing our cities may span borders, but so do the ideas that can solve them.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati... More than 600,000 have already registered to attend papal Mass along the Champs-Élysées
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What to watch for during Pope Leo's trip to France
With more than a million expected to see him in France, Pope Leo XIV is set to make quite the splash during his four-day trip to the country, long thought to be hostile to the realm of religion.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Your questions about Trump, Putin, and Russia's election interference, answered www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Your questions about Trump, Putin, and Russia's election interference, answered
I hosted a Reddit AMA. Here are the best exchanges.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We remember , Dec. 6, 2024. This is what democracy looks like. Thank you, people of South Korea. "How South Korea’s robust protest culture shut down martial law—for now" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How South Korea’s robust protest culture shut down martial law—for now
A surge in dramas and literature dealing with the country's political trauma has helped older generations keep the memory of autocracy fresh.
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Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox @revdrmatthewfox.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Our ancestors dared to theologize & paint #evil & its #archetypes, & I invite #artists today to speak to the #antichrists of our time. We need metaphors & symbols, stories & archetypes & those who name them... #WeNeedArtists. bit.ly/4yq4dk7 Hildegard of Bingen,"Powers, Principalities, & Antichrist"
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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 10/09/2026
What if conservation isn't a straight line, but a network? In Colombia's Cauca Valley, birds are helping connect protected areas, farms, communities, science and policy into something bigger than any one project could achieve.
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Where Birds Are Showing the Way
In Colombia's Cauca Valley, Audubon's Blueprint Landscape is demonstrating how conservation can connect science, innovation, protected areas, farms, communities, finance, and public policy into a...
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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 14/09/2026
These researchers are burning bogs for science. Peatlands are carbon-storing superheroes. So, what happens when they catch fire? Scientists in Indonesia are setting controlled burns to quantify the carbon cost.
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Behind the Haze: The Challenge of Calculating Indonesia’s Peatland Emissions
How researchers are using controlled burns to build a stronger evidence base for peatland restoration and fire prevention programs in Indonesia
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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 16/09/2026
Almost every restored forest, cleaner river and wildlife comeback story has something in common: it started as a wild idea that somebody was brave enough to try. A better future takes root in the seeds we plant today. See 5 ideas that took root: nature.ly/4heTP7T
A lion cub sits attentively in tall grass, partially hidden by foliage. Its eyes are focused forward, and its fur blends with the surrounding dry grass. An orangutan hanging from a tree in a forested area, holding a smaller orangutan. Dense trees surround them. A canoe glides along a lush, green jungle river surrounded by dense vegetation and tall trees.A large tree with a wide base stands in a lush, dense forest. Sunlight filters through the leaves above. The image includes text that reads, "One idea, nurtured, can grow far beyond where it started."
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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 17/09/2026
Gabon has a rich network of naturally flowing rivers, lakes & wetlands. As part of a new initiative, the country aims to protect and improve how it manages 400,000 hectares of freshwater systems, including 18,000 km of rivers. 🔗 See how: nature.ly/4gXyaCn
Aerial view of the Ogooué River, Gabon's longest and most powerful waterway. The river winds through a region of lakes.
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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 18/09/2026
"We usually aim for the three C's." Climate, conservation and communities. Offshore wind should deliver on all three.
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Offshore wind may be good for the climate but can it be good for the ocean, too?
This is Part Three in a Mongabay series about trends in the offshore wind industry. Part One describes the sector’s untapped potential and gaps between installed energy generation capacity and climate...
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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CCI Lecture Series
The Nature's Conservancy's Center for Conservation Initiatives Lecture and Learning Cafe Series.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CCI's Virtual Learning Café: Keeping Eyes on Our Ecosystems: New Invasive Species UF Programs Date & Time Sep 23, 2026 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re here in NYC for Climate Week—one of the largest gatherings to address climate change in the world! I’ve spent my career working on water & community issues & this work is near and dear to my heart. That’s why we’re here to talk about science, climate action, & to advocate for our communities.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20/09/2026
Tonight, Jewish New Yorkers mark the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It is the peak of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, and an opportunity for profound reflection.
 
For those fasting — tzom kal, may your fast be easy and meaningful. 
 
And to all who observe, G'mar chatimah tovah. May you be sealed in the Book of Life for a good year to come.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
September 19, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-... "so many poor Virginians died in the colony that the few who survived posed little threat to their former masters. But by the 1660s, the survivors had grown into a large population "
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September 19, 2026
On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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2026: Time for the Midterms
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
September 17, 2026
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September 17, 2026
In 1761, 55-year-old Benjamin Franklin attended the coronation of King George III and later wrote that he expected the young monarch’s reign would “be happy and truly glorious.” Fifteen years later, i...
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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: See. Love. Vote. Organizing Training. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/see-l...
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See. Love. Vote. Organizing Training
Join us on Zoom for a See. Love. Vote. organizing training led by NETWORK staff on August 19! Spend an hour with NETWORK staff learning how to build teams to host powerful election events, mobilize v...
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