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Alison Munson

@munsonalison.bsky.social
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Ecologist (forest and urban); exploring plant traits and soil carbon stabilization. Mother of Camille. Prof (retired sort of) @universitelaval. Writer. No DMs =block= do you read?

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly 😤😡
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October is #breastcancerawareness month. Did you know: Mary Claire King discovered the BRCA1 gene. In the 70s, she told people that one gene might be responsible for inherited breast cancer. No one believed her. In 1990, she found proof. It created a paradigm shift. It saved millions of lives.🧪
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🌺HippiesRule🌺 @teresa555.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They just don't care.
Drawing of a woman standing - head bowed -  in front of a row of men - behind a long desk with papers in front of them.
One man is saying: "It's not that we don't believe your story, it's that we don't care."

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 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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God @thegodshow.com · 27/09/2026
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News are resuming their coverage of Trump without CNN. It’s bullshit.
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Damn The Networks For Caving To Donald
Picket crossing traitors.
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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 27/09/2026
"Everyone is on the same page: the ethnic cleansing campaign is still on."
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So is the White House, the Kennedy Center, and for that matter the Supreme Court, Congress, the executive branch, the rule of law, the military, public health, and.... Let's hope for a midterm landslide and thereafter some memory in the electorate of who broke what.
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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Private dwellings targeted by drones; family members injured or killed. A school hit. Just a regular day (and night) in Ukraine. Russia killing civilians, not accidentally but deliberately, as a policy. But terror bombing didn’t work during WWII. It won’t make Ukrainians stop defending themselves.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Doctors in Houston Report Complete Disappearance of Aggressive Liver Cancer in a 3-Year-Old Using a Personalized Immunotherapy Made From the Child’s Own Cells No Cancer Detected One Year Later
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born2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
California company accused of shipping pesticide laden berries to Canada. We can't trust American product we should be able to trust that our government has adequate numbers of inspectors in place to protect us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine ) @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#madmagazine
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Could we finish bumblefucking our way through the war in Iran before we start one with Cuba? Thanks
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists at the University of Nottingham Develop a New Gel That Starts Repairing Damaged Tooth Enamel in Just 2 WEEKS This could replace fillings and change dental treatment worldwide, with use expected around late 2026–2027.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045. The plans include ramping up renewable energy from 55% to 80% of electricity generation by 2030. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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@THE-Russell - You don't like opinions? Here's mine! @the-russell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If Trump and Netanyahu can veto who can speak at the UN, it is time to move the UN headquarters elsewhere, other than in the recalcitrant USA. #UN #USpoli #auspol
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
83% agree that everyone should have access to the same reproductive health care & rights. 71% said they are proud of Canada’s support for abortion rights & reproductive health care worldwide. Previous research shows when abortion rights are attacked elsewhere, it strengthens *our* pro-choice views.
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Canadians support access to abortion services at home and abroad, poll shows
Even as Ottawa focuses on trade and security, respondents overwhelmingly want the government to be a world leader in reproductive health and rights
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 24/09/2026
Germany Launches Roadmap to End Use of Fossil Fuels by 2045 ->ESG Today | More on "Germany's fossil fuel phase-out plan" at BigEarthData.ai | #FossilFuel #ClimateChange
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Germany Launches Roadmap to End Use of Fossil Fuels by 2045
The government of Germany announced the release of its “Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels,” setting out the country’s strategy to end the use of coal, oil and natural gas by 2045 at the latest. With the release, Germany becomes the third country to launch a roadmap to end the use of fossil fuels, joining France and the Netherlands. The new roadmap, presented by Germany’s Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider, was released in the wake of the COP30 conference in November 2025, in which the EU and several other countries unsuccessfully pushed to include a reference to a roadmap away from fossil fuels in the final agreement. At the conclusion of COP30, the Brazil presidency committed to create science-based roadmaps over the next year on the transition away from fossil fuels and on halting deforestation, although these would be voluntary, and sit outside of the UN system. In a statement announcing the release of the plan, Schneider emphasized that the shift away from fossil fuels represents “not only a climate strategy, but also an economic policy strategy,” particularly in light of recent events highlighting the need to reduce dependence on imported energy sources. Schneider said: “More and more countries...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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CBF @cblessings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thursday morning calisthenics with Azerbaijani gymnast Tofig Aliyev; the first gymnast to successfully perform the “full-full-full” in competition: three consecutive back somersaults, with a complete 360° twist in each one: #AGoodPlace
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scott Galloway requires more children in Palestine to die, THEN we can call it a genocide.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“It’s not right that I’ve been negatively affected by policies I supported” is a good distillation of their ideology
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MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'
A Republican running for the Maine's open 2nd Congressional District seat expressed outrage that a member of his family is facing deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Paul LePage, t...
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theonlyjunedoe @theonlyjunedoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE took my friend and neighbor, Alma. Didn't tell anyone. Left her car in a random parking lot. She was about a mile from our homes. She had her uniform on, going to work. We were single mothers after divorces at the same time.We watched out fo each other in this what we could afford neighborhood.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's your stupid president's constant threats to our sovereignty and attacks on our country that did this, not our decision to respond to them. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery
As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hurting the president’s feelings isn’t a national security threat Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sickening Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons described wanting squads of trucks rounding up immigrants and having the deportation process run like ”[Amazon] Prime, but with human beings." www.npr.org/2026/09/23/n...
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ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'
Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s still funny to me that the US had a presidential election that was basically like “Should the US kill itself” and “Yes” won (2024)
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Alison Munson @munsonalison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great! Except @mark-carney.bsky.social is dramatically cutting agricultural and agri-food research. So just too bad, I guess. We can keep exporting raw resources as we have done forever.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The only way to stop this wannabe dictactor in his tracks is to vote in massive numbers! Vote as early as you can and if mail in voting is your only option get your ballot ASAP!
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not a good look: arresting seniors calling on Mark Carney to not walk back our climate obligations. In my last 2 years as MP I ran a gauntlet of threat, swarming and harassment everyday from conspiracy ragers. House security and Ottawa police just watched. Seems instructions have been issued.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." ~ Howard Zinn @deadder.bsky.social
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God @thegodshow.com · 22/09/2026
Truckers are predicted to go on strike starting October 1st due to the rapidly rising diesel prices.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today is #ADayWithHIV. Our visibility, as people living with HIV, challenges the ignorance and fear that results in stigma. On 22 Sept every year those of us who feel able to do so share something about our lives. So this is me, shamelessly HIV+. Oh yeah, and the ‘tache has gone… for now.
Me, working out this morning in pink vest, with a smile and a shaved lip.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.
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John (repeat1968) Buss @johnbuss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don’t think this, not fake news, story is getting enough attention. So, here’s another cartoon lampooning the supreme leader’s weaponization of his Triumphal Arch.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump’s ICE thugs shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez through his car window as he was delivering food yesterday in Austin, Texas. His wife and lawyer were reportedly denied access to see him in the hospital, and ICE is now trying to deport him. This violence must end. Abolish ICE.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LOL -- Fox News cuts away from Vance's speech and a host says, "we will bring you back to this rally if he starts to make news"
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We endorse this name change. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 21/09/2026
Best Bakeries in Montreal ♥️
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Best Bakeries in Montreal
As voted by our readers in the 2026 Best of MTL readers poll, the best bakeries in Montreal are Automne, Guillaume, Hof Kelsten, Louise Boulangerie and Arhoma.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They lied during their Senate confirmation hearings. They should be impeached; lying constitutes perjury and/or high crimes and misdemeanors.
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