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@prairiesponge.bsky.social
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Restore 🌍. ❤️All the Creatures. Kindness. DEI. 🇺🇦

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Denise DeGrazia @rddegrazia.bsky.social · 12h
apnews.com/video/new-ha... shows 3 humpback whales jump in unison
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Video shows 3 humpback whales jump in unison
A New Hampshire man celebrating his birthday with his three daughters saw something so rare that even marine scientists are jealous — three humpback whales leaping from the water in near perfect synch...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h
Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake. The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity. It’s not going to end well.
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 1h
Bee ‘Closing time You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here…’ Goodnight folks. Leave me amaze at the stars one moment more That my dreams might meet me there… #bee #goodnight #dream
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15/10 Foundation @15outof10.org · 2h
This is Lindsey. She developed severe pneumonia while living in foster. Thanks to you, we were able to sponsor her emergency care, and she made a full recovery. Now she's living her best life as a city girl in the Big Apple alongside her new mom ❤️‍🩹
Lindsey Collins, a white Great Pyrenees, stands on a concrete lot beside a dark vehicle, looking toward the camera under a partly cloudy sky.A worker in white protective coveralls kneels beside Lindsey inside a containment area. Lindsey is wearing a breathable head covering to help deliver oxygen to her lungs. A smiling person kneels on a paved walkway by a curved metal fence, hugging Lindsey in the foreground with a city skyline and sunset-lit buildings in the background.
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Triangle Beagle Rescue @tribeagles.bsky.social · 9h
Adoptable senior beagle of the day-Macy! www.tribeagles.org/product/macy...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10h
The story of the Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) is, in its own way, the story of Texas. They're native to a tiny area of North Texas where American buffalo once roamed in vast numbers, clearing prairie, making nighttime foraging & escape easier for our k-rat. (📷: Texas Parks & Wildlife)
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Caroline B @vegancb.bsky.social · 11h
youtube.com/watch?v=G8Lm... Sharks, like all other animals, respond to loving hugs and rubs. Our oceans are full of garbage & fishing gear. This has to end. We must protect our sea life and land animals and their environment 🌊🤍 Please share
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Woman Has Removed Over 300 Hooks From Sharks' Mouths | The Dodo Wild Hearts
YouTube video by The Dodo
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 14h
Rob chose #BestOfTheMonth as #BirdOfTheDay theme; your best shot for September. Trading glances with his barred owl along the trail was my favorite birding moment this month. #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Barred owl gazes at the viewer from a branch
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Jen @prairiesponge.bsky.social · 8h
Nuclear-powered data center on 9,000 acres of federal land - our land -- in Utah.
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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Puptography by Adrian Budnick @puptographer.bsky.social · 12h
Meet MACC’s Daddy Longlegs. Shadow is just your friendly neighborhood spider guy. Those long legs can bound and jump right into your heart. He is soft and gentle with his dog friends.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 11h
🚨 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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15/10 Foundation @15outof10.org · 29/09/2026
This is Anthem. She was found as a pregnant stray with a fractured hip. After giving birth to ten healthy puppies, she had an FHO surgery, which your support made possible. She has since found a forever home where she gets to be the baby, and her family makes sure she knows it ❤️‍🩹
Anthem, a pregnant black dog with amber eyes, lies on a bed of small gravel, looking toward the camera; a blue bucket sits to the left. Despite being pregnant, she's so thin you can see her hip bones. 
Anthem is standing on a gravel path outdoors and her left hip is shaved from surgery. She looks toward the camera with a gentle expression on her face. Anthem stands between her adopters in a grassy yard. Anthem leans in toward her new dad for a kiss while her new mom smiles.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 11h
'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns
Our planet has had its annual health check, and the prognosis is pretty grim. Despite breached planetary boundaries, however, scientists argue that Earth can still have a safe and sustainable future.
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10 ROWS A DAY @10rowsaday.bsky.social · 11h
It might seem that attaching a button to a hand knitted project is a simple straightforward task. But ... tenrowsaday.com/attach-butto... #knitting #knit #knitsky #bskyknits #knitter #handknit #beginnerknitter #showyourknits #knitwear #sweaterweather #handmade #justknitting #cables #yarn #crafts
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How to Attach Buttons to a Knitted Project
Step-by-step tutorial for beginner knitters about a simple way to attach buttons to cardigans, cowls, ponchos and other knitted projects.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 11h
Carole King and R&B artist Merry Clayton working on the recording of "Oh No Not My Baby" circa 1972 , a Legendary Demos' bonus track. The song was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and this track featured Carole on piano. (Cont'd)
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Carol Feller @stolenstitches.bsky.social · 13h
I’ve just released a new YouTube tutorial #knitsky. This time I’m talking shawls, the different ways they can be constructed and how you can adjust them to get the shape and size you want: youtu.be/mQjBH41Oazw
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How to Choose a Shawl Construction & Adapt to Fit Your Knitting
YouTube video by Carol Feller
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 12h
A feather-light touch can trigger a chain reaction in a plant in less than a minute. “Plants may appear still and passive, but they are constantly monitoring what happens around them.,” Viktor Johansson, PhD student at Lund University, concludes. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Researchers solve mystery of how plants sense touch
A feather-light touch can trigger a chain reaction in a plant in less than a minute. Researchers at Lund University have identified the molecular signaling pathway that links mechanical stimulation to...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 12h
South Africans work to keep migrating baby turtles alive Each year, hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles get stuck on the beaches of South Africa but thanks to a network of around 2,000 volunteers, many of them get rescued and are safely brought to an aquarium. theworld.org/stories/2026...
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South Africans work to keep migrating baby turtles alive - The World from PRX
Each year, hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles get stuck on the beaches of South Africa during ‘stranding season’, but thanks to a network of around 2,000 volunteers, many of them get rescued and ...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 12h
Volcano helped clean up after it erupted It helped clean up some of the methane pollution it released. This phenomenon could potentially be key to how humans can slow global warming. www.futurity.org/volcanoes-er...
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Volcano helped clean up after it erupted
A violent volcanic eruption in the South Pacific has revealed a surprising natural mechanism that could potentially help slow global warming.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 15h
Why must it always be about planting trees, when they managed just fine for 100s of millions of years before people came along? Just let them seed out. Yes, planting does have a role, but so often the underlying subtext is continued human domination of nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 13h
Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought Their results showed that the climate benefits were generally greatest when gasoline vehicles were retired at year one, resulting in a 58% reduction in carbon emissions over a 16-year period. www.futurity.org/carbon-emiss...
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Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought
New research shows the carbon emissions benefits of electric vehicles are far greater than initially suspected.
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 15h
The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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notthesameone2.bsky.social @notthesameone2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🐾2-y/o Mylo listed for chewing on his kennel bars & leash-biting. Charming, social, friendly, engaging, treat-motivated. Earned best possible behavior, loves people, neutral w/ dogs & okayed for kids 5+. Has an ear infection. Available to foster or adopt by 10/01: nycacc.app#/browse/263897
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Jac ✨🧜‍♀️ @mirrorthestars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I get asked this question by the public a lot at work. Now you know! 💙🐋 #whales #barnacles #marinescience www.iflscience.com/why-do-barna...
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Why Do Barnacles Attach To Whales?
An age-old friendship between the very big and the very small.
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Carter 🐾 @carter-cifelli.bsky.social · 22h
goodnight chomps from Katniss & Peeta
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notthesameone2.bsky.social @notthesameone2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🐾4-y/o Brownie surrendered mid June b/c owner moved to no pet place. Spent time in ACC foster. Super cute, housetrained, good leash-walker, independent, excitable, healthy. Earned 2nd best behavior, friendly w/ strangers, gentle w/ kids. Loves fetch & attn. Foster by 10/01: nycacc.app#/browse/255617
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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm making the long trip to my childhood home tonight as my grandmother is not doing well and we're saying our goodbyes. If I'm gone here for a bit, that is why. I remember her enjoying this piece from the Ken Burns Civil War documentary. Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a scientist, I wish everyone knew that getting ‘bogged down’ isn’t actually a bad thing. Here’s why. 🧵 1/
Image of a scientist - me! - waist deep in peat.
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DiveDoc @divedoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👀 per JAMA: * Everyone Will Feel the $1 Trillion Cut in Medicaid * jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Everyone Will Feel the $1 Trillion Cut in Medicaid
Proposed Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and how they could affect patients, clinicians, and health care organizations are discussed by Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Julie Donohue, PhD,...
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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here it comes... the large coronal hole is almost directly facing Earth now, which means fast solar wind is 3-4 days away. In fact, NOAA SWPC has just issued a G1/minor storm watch for Oct 2. This means there are chances for mid-latitude auroral displays Thu and Fri nights. #heliophysics
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Triangle Beagle Rescue @tribeagles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adoptable beagle of the day-Polly! www.tribeagles.org/product/poll...
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My morning paddle. Damp and gloomy, but always fun to spend time with my wild neighbours. #mammals 🌿
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licia @astra99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
perseverance found something wild on mars. at the edge of jezero crater, where scientists thought they'd find lakebed sediment, it was actually volcanic rock. this rock interacted with water at least three times across an 870-foot elevation change. cool stuff!
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Perseverance found something strange at the edge of an ancient lake on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover made a surprising discovery at the edge of Mars' Jezero Crater, where scientists expected to find sedimentary rocks from an ancient lakebed. Instead, the rover uncovered igne
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imanicv.bsky.social @imanicv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I listen more to silence Marvel less at noise The small imperfect moments more often bring me joy Iridescent evenings Luminescent morns The in-between the in-between where random thoughts are born
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MG🐕‍🦺💙🐸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇩🇰🇩🇪 @mothergoose104.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm in Denver and need a home... 24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
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Details: A433927
I am a spayed female, black and tan German Shepherd Dog...
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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls Dean Koontz
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Puptography by Adrian Budnick @puptographer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meet MACC’s Wiggle Woof. Dr. Reuben is ready to make a permanent house call to heal your heart. He’s specializes in chronic cuddles and severe cases of puppy love. Daily tail wags are recommended for optimal heart health. No Co-pays for dog friends,
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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A jaunty piece under the apple tree from 2005's "Pride and Prejudice" to start the day ☀️ Georgiana - Dario Marianelli
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 47. The first brood of female worker bumblebees produced in spring are often quite small in size as they rely solely on the queen for food whilst developing. Subsequent broods are nursed by a support network of workers. #bees #bumblebees #nature
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are up to 8,000 species of katydids in family Tettigoniidae, 255 in North America alone. But this hot pink katydid isn't some exotic species, it's a 'morph', a normal genetic color variant. Here's the weird part: this is the DOMINANT color gene in katydids. (📷: Audubon Zoo)
From Audubon Insectarium article (it's behind a paywall), a vibrantly pink katydid, probably fresh from molting, sitting on broad green leaves.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump finalizes rule making vehicles less fuel efficient forcing Americans to spend more on gasoline to boost profits Big Oil Stronger fuel standards could save Americans billions in fuel costs reducing national gasoline consumption by tens of billions of gallons cleantechnica.com/2026/09/28/t...
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Trump Administration Finalizes Rule that Makes Cars Less Fuel Efficient - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of c...
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This seems like a very Bluesky activity. For context, Drexel University shut down the Academy of Natural Sciences (the Dinosaur Museum) in Philly for no good reason & despite an offer of funding to keep it open a year. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social leads the fight to make them change their minds
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear From 2000-2023, more than 193,000 square miles of forest biome was lost across Angola, Burundi, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — nearly 22% of total woodland cover news.mongabay.com/2026/09/scie...
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Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear
Plant geneticist Alice Muchugi recalls meeting a group of furious fruit sellers on the side of a dusty road not far from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, in 2024. They told her that a group of men armed wi...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Climate change disrupting yield of fruit trees, a critical food source for many large mammals in Central Africa Endangered forest elephants and other keystone species in central Gabon — western lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, mandrills — could be facing famine news.mongabay.com/2020/10/with...
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With a drastic decline in tropical fruit, Gabon’s rainforest mega-gardeners go hungry
The rainforest of Lopé National Park in central Gabon is one of the last safe havens for the endangered forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis). But in a new study in Science, researchers warn that eleph...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spooky season continues: Let's meet the undertaker of the prairie, the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). They quickly inhume corpses they find, to... uh... keep them SAFE... for... uh, later. Protecting a dead bird or rodent or larger so they'll have enough food for their babies.💀🍽️
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ResistanceEarth For more than 60 years, a group of grey whales has remained off the coast of the Pacific Northwest year-round rather than migrating to the Arctic. However, they're getting skinnier because climate change has impacted their food supply. www.klcc.org/podcast/oreg...
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Local whales in trouble: Oregon's grey's impacted by climate change
Oregon has a very specific pod of grey whales that stays off our coast year-round due to a normally stable food source. But as OSU Professor Leigh Torres explains, climate change is reducing that food...
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Diabolical 🔭 🧪
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
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White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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