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Occasionally, I say or write something clever enough to earn a living. Otter enthusiast, gravitationally challenged, born w/o a paddle. The older I get, the less I know. I share science and trustworthy information. | Pacific NW | No DMs unless invited.

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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 15h
Guess where we spent Sunday! Here's Long's Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. 🙂
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 4h
Eight decades after the Nuremberg trials against Nazi war criminals, the Trump admin has launched an all-out assault on the International Criminal Court, primarily over the tribunal’s pursuit of Israeli leaders for war crimes committed in Gaza. We speak with human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck.
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80 Years After Nuremberg Trials, U.S. Leads Assault on ICC & International Law: Wolfgang Kaleck
Eight decades after the Nuremberg trials against Nazi war criminals, the Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the International Criminal Court, primarily over the tribunal’s pursuit...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13h
An eucalyptus in bloom Original post
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 6h
Two of the world’s largest pine cones. A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter. IG: @bigtreehunters www.instagram.com/bigtreehunte...
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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 7h
Wednesday dahlia, the lighting makes it look like it's glowing 😍 #ECK #bloomscrolling #photography #flowers
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Lion of Flanders @dirkjulesgo.bsky.social · 14h
Good morning ☕️☕️, wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday 💛❤️💛
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It violates federal appropriations laws that prohibit government funds from being used on “propaganda,” as well as the Hatch Act, which bars government employees from engaging in political activities while on the job. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 5h
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 16h
Donald Trump is like AI itself—over confident, often wrong, and prone to hallucinating facts. His “morally binding” agreement means nothing. We can’t let Big Tech regulate itself. Congress must act now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
Until the Reagan years, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. Now, NVIDIA has announced the largest buyback in American history — fueled by the data center boom. It's time to make buybacks illegal again.
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Stock Buybacks, Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains that Trump's corporate tax is going to stock buybacks, leaving most workers behind.Watch More: Tru
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 5h
Would you let a company build something it can't turn off? Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar wrote a bill that says no, with prison time for anyone who tries. Tell Congress to pass it: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop AI oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control
Contact Congress today!
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 20h
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 19h
Sexual assault is on the rise. And recent examples in higher ed and across multiple industries, remind me how many grown men still apparently struggle with the concept of CONSENT. Here’s a useful illustration my colleagues in academia show incoming 17 and 18-yr-old freshmen: youtu.be/oQbei5JGiT8?...
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steve3797.bsky.social @steve3797.bsky.social · 11h
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Dollyanna @my2centsay.bsky.social · 10h
LOOK HOW YOUR CHRISTIAN SUPPORTED LEADER RAPED OUR TREASURY FOR HIMSELF.⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️ WE MUST SEIZE HIS ASSETS. WE MUST USE BANK EXAMINERS TO FOLLOW THIS WEB OF CORRUPTION, SEX TRAFFICKING AND MONEYLAUNDERING.
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 17h
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
Trump is going to try to normalize the deployment of armed federal agents at and around the polls. Let us be clear: this is completely abnormal. “The risk here is that they are going to try to wage a campaign of fear,” Marc Elias says. This isn’t over. Stay close: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16h
In Poland, leaders are warning that Russia is planning a major attack to test NATO. to.pbs.org/4hAGozt
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Poland braces for potential confrontation as Russia tests NATO defenses
Estonia formally accused Russia of an arson attack on a robotics company this past August that it said was part of a wave of Russian sabotage across Europe. In Poland, leaders are warning that Russia ...
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 21h
"Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the system, reached historically low combined storage in July, with experts warning that the Colorado River Basin is facing increasingly difficult conditions."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
You think this is bad? The worst effects are already scheduled to kick in AFTER Election Day. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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AbuelaJacque @abuelachicawis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another Creme de Cassis water lily dahlia #bloomscrolling
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russian disinformation campaign is actively using AI-generated deepfakes and voice-cloning to create fake videos of recognizable Hollywood celebrities attacking the Democratic Party. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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ms m @msmeredith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
purple morning glory
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Pennyjs @pennyjs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Strawflower on my deck. Planted indoors in March, these were slow to bloom. But I’m glad to have them at long last. (Xerochrysum)
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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Osteospermum 'Ice and Sky' 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #TuesdayBlue #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin
African daisy with white petals and a blue heart
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Scientists studying the strongest genetic ‌risk factor for Alzheimer's disease say they have new clues to how it works and how its damaging effects on the brain could potentially be reversed. 📩 Reuters Health Rounds explains: reut.rs/4e3rtMZ
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NEWSLETTER: Genetic discovery yields clues toward reversal of Alzheimer's brain damage
Today we highlight a discovery with potentially important implications for future Alzheimer's research and treatments. We also report on an experimental Gilead therapy showing great promise ​against a...
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy Dog prance
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why women choose the 🐻
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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Real Stories - not the GOP's.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
“Guard” US election systems? This is not good.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💙 This is a company with integrity 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Leeja Miller @leejamiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here @apnews.com I fixed this headline for you. He didn't use a "rare authority" he violated the constitution. You're blatantly buying into administration talking points by saying he has "authority" to just decide not to spend Congressionally approved funds at the last minute
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is crazy. They are laughing at us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes life doesn't send you answers. It sends you a cat that lies down next to you and makes everything a little easier.
Jinx the tabby bobtail cat with her two front paws curled under her belly.  She’s sound asleep.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My insurance rates a medication I need as Tier 2, making it more expensive to me…..
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
ICE just spent $16.7 million on electric shock gloves that human rights organizations like Amnesty International warn “could be readily misused for torture.” When parents in Omaha, Nebraska, learned that school resource officers had these same devices, they decided to fight back. WATCH:
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I read about the White House airing campaign ads with taxpayer money, I immediately thought about an exhibition I saw last year in NYC about how Mussolini and his regime went about not only controlling the government but every aspect of Italian society. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/me-me-me
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The White House airs Trump campaign ads paid by you
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Roadless Rule has kept bulldozers out of 45 million acres of national forest for 25 years. Trump wants it gone so logging companies can move in. Tell Congress to stop him: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs. “It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity.”
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Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
"It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity."
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy New Week
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