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Sari Fordham

@sarifordham.bsky.social
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Memoir: WAIT FOR GOD TO NOTICE | newsletter: coolitclimateaction.substack.com | Married to Bryan Bradford | Mender of socks, baker of piirakka | She/her | #NY22

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LadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home
Tom Ford spring 2027 runway look
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe. n.pr/4z7IApd
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Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hawks vs. Hawkeyes “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.businessinsider.com/openai-ipo-s...
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Sam Altman says this is an 'ill-advised' time to IPO, given safety concerns
Sam Altman said OpenAI may not go public in 2026, citing AI safety concerns and the need to make decisions that may not benefit shareholders.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Tell me again why we need to keep building data centers. Now would be a good time for @governor.ny.gov to sign S10642 / A11560.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In case you need no paywall Steve Witkoff earned nearly $107M from Trump-affiliated crypto venture, disclosures show World Liberty Financial said last year he was divesting himself from the firm. abcnews.com/amp/US/steve...
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Steve Witkoff earned nearly $107M from Trump-affiliated crypto venture, disclosures show
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff made nearly $107 million in 2025 from a company affiliated with the cryptocurrency firm he cofounded with President Trump, records show.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Starbucks claims that 60% of their cold drink containers can be recycled, but when @beyondplastics.bsky.social investigated, they found something very different. That all lead me to team up with my tween and do some environmental investigative work.
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Don’t like microplastics? Here’s your assignment
Holding Starbucks accountable.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Runaway Ashley doesn’t want to debate. Wonder why. Maybe it’s the corporate donors. Maybe it’s the $10 million healthcare scandal. Maybe she just doesn’t want to answer to working people. Either way, if you’re too scared to debate, you’re too scared to lead.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
SCOOP: The Trump administration in recent days deported a group of Mexican nationals who had been barred from removal to their home country after proving to an immigration court that they would likely face torture, according to two people with knowledge of the move.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Breaking" has so many different meanings here...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Join Michigan Democrats and me in Detroit this Friday, August 7th, as we kick off the general election and lay out what's at stake. We only have 90 days until Election Day - and it's going to take all of us to deliver a better future.
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General Election Kickoff with the Statewide Ticket · Team Michigan
Join us in Detroit as Michigan Democrats kick off the general election! On Friday, August 7, our full statewide Democratic ticket — Jocelyn Benson for Governor and Abdul El-Sayed forU.S. Senate, alon...
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 04/08/2026
Northeast Ohio deserves a representative who will always fight for working families. secure.actblue.com/donate/poindexte…
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Help Send a Worker to Congress
Brian Poindexter is running to defeat Max Miller and bring working-class values to Ohio’s 7th District. Chip in to power a campaign built by and for working families.
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Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Got chills reading this piece by @sarifordham.bsky.social in @short-reads.org! www.short-reads.org/shaking-hand...
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Shaking Hands with Idi Amin
by Sari Fordham | Doing what you have to do.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
When I cut flowers from our native garden, I can feel as if I'm stealing from the bees. There is a solution: Plant more flowers. We have so many cone flowers and native sunflowers that I brought bouquets for me inside and sent jars of flowers home with my daughter's friends.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Aldi Crystal Clear Frozen Ice Cubes www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ald...
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Reviews of New Food: Aldi Crystal Clear Frozen Ice Cubes
“This box looks utilitarian. The font doesn’t make me feel like I belong to a country club or drive a luxury SUV. There’s no mention of whiskey (or whisky). ...
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I wrote about whales, but I really wrote about hope and my feelings about those who say 'It's too late to respond to climate change.' Give it a read.
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What the Whales Know
Letters from the future with guest writer Sari Fordham of Cool It: Simple Steps to Save the Planet
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“It could take at least a year for OMB to respond to the comments and amend the draft rule”. Friends, this is a direct result of our collective action. The OMB Rule that would require political review of grants has prompted at least 50K comments. Thanks to all who commented, and you still can.
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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.
In tens of thousands of comments, researchers, doctors and others warned the rule could hamper progress on important health issues.
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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Microsoft emissions up 25% in a single year Google emissions up 25% Amazon emissions up 16% Big tech's climate pledges are being swept away in the insatiable race for AI profits.
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Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year
Microsoft says data centers were “primarily” responsible for higher emissions.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Does @governor.ny.gov care about how voters feel about Data Centers? I hope she's paying attention to Utah. "Hochul has used her power to make it easier, not harder, for large-scale energy users like data centers to get the necessary approvals."
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Some Urge Gov. Hochul to Veto New York State Data Center Block
New York’s lawmakers have approved a bill that would block new large-scale data center projects across the state for one year; if signed into law it would be the first of its kind to take effect in th...
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tommyspoon @tommyspoon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'm gonna let this brilliantly written article FROM LAST NOVEMBER be the last thing I ever say about Graham Freaking Platner. www.editorialboard.com/why-graham-p...
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Why Graham Platner is a working-class impersonator
And why the online left can’t see it.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 07/07/2026
"My bad, seriously, guys."
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I Wished on a Monkey’s Paw for Susan Collins to Lose Her Senate Seat, and Now We’re Stuck with Graham Platner
“Wait… shit… is that the actual curse here? That I… understand MAGA now?”
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 05/07/2026
After five years on the road, the average electric vehicle will still be able to drive up to 95% of its original range—better than many in the auto industry expected. by Ellie Davis
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EV Batteries Are Defying Expectations After Hundreds of Thousands of Miles
Industry experts think newfound knowledge of battery durability is a game-changer for consumer confidence in EVs.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New York needs to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. Chemical recycling harms the environment, spewing chemicals and microplastics. It's time for @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social to put PRRIA, a popular bill, on the floor for a vote. Blocking bills is not democracy.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
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Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE
She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My latest newsletter is out: I write about about food, environment, and Adventist vegetarians. Where are my #Adventist folks on BlueSky?
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One Thing I Wish Everyone Knew About Food
Moosewood Restaurant is onto something
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/06/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump’s fundamental mistake was not ending the war but getting into it in the first place,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.
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Opinion | Trump Was Right. The War Ended With a Surrender.
Each generation seems destined to learn anew the lesson that when hawks declare that a war will be painless, beware.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Calling on @governor.ny.gov to sign this bill!
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We quite literally have a whites only refugee program and somehow the media won’t call the Administration white supremacists.
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I mean, at this stage you really have to admire his work ethic
An email from Audible: P G Wodehouse has released a new title!
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I just took this action with @foodandwater.bsky.social. Will you join me? act.foodandwaterwatch.org/page/98981/a...
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I just took action on: Governor Hochul: Sign the Data Center Moratorium Bill
Will you take this quick action too?
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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
huge shock that the only thing "driverless" taxis solve is wages arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06...
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Autonomous vehicles were supposed to cut traffic—what if they don't?
Data shows Waymo's robotaxis are empty for almost half of the miles they drive.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
act.nyrenews.org/2026-climate...
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In the Final Days of Session, Email the Legislature to Pass the Full Climate, Jobs & Justice Agenda - NY Renews
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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Please tag Prince superfan New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and let him know we need to pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (bill A1749-A) this week!
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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"[W]e call on our lawmakers in Albany to take action before this session ends and pass a bill that will slash pollution by significantly reducing the 24 million pounds of material New York City’s sanitation workers collect daily." -Gregory Anderson, commissioner of DSNY, for City & State
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Calling all New York Staters: The American Chemistry Council is spending millions to kill The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. Time is running out. Please call your assembly member and ask them to vote YES on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.
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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📣 Tell your legislator: bit.ly/nys-packagin...
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Call to pass the Packaging Reduction Act (A1749-a) before it's too late
Please make a critical phone call today to urge your Assemblymember to vote YES on The Packaging Reduction + Recycling Infrastructure Act to cut plastic packaging by 30% in NY. Hurry! We're down to…
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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
As we get closer to passing the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA), lobbyists are pushing myths, like PRRIA will raise prices on consumer goods. Let's get the facts straight Tag an elected official who needs to hear this below #peopleoverplastic
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Advanced Chemical Recycling sounds nice; the reality is anything but. It’s time for @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social and New York’s democrats to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act for a real solution to our plastic waste.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Calling all New York Staters: The American Chemistry Council is spending millions to kill The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. Time is running out. Please call your assembly member and ask them to vote YES on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Advanced Chemical Recycling sounds nice; the reality is anything but. It’s time for @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social and New York’s democrats to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act for a real solution to our plastic waste.
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
431ppm, and a massive El Nino = food supply impacts, droughts, storms & fires. Which equals death and human suffering. For the Canadian federal government that means: ramp up the production of oil and gas!
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Why the odds keep rising for the strongest El Niño in a century
It’s the third consecutive month that multiple models have predicted that a potentially record-breaking El Niño could drive global temperatures to new highs.
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Eve Fox, Feed Your Fight @eve-fox.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Last year's failure to pass PRRIA at the last minute despite having the votes was a massive blow to public health, enviro justice, and climate. I call on @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social to bring this widely popular and commonsense bill to a vote ASAP this spring.
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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We need your help to urge Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social) to bring the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (bill number A1749A) to a vote ASAP. Tag him below & give his office a call 518-455-3791 or 718-654-6539 #prria #plasticpollution #heastie
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
All the composting systems can be confusing. That's why I've created this Compost Decision Tree. coolitclimateaction.substack.com/p/a-decision...
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Which compost system is right for you?
A Decision Tree
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
'Scientists warn that no adaptation measure can sustain Venice as rising sea levels threaten to swallow the city' The enormous cost of doing nothing: share.google/5RAPDWU5q57E...
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Relocating Venice ‘may be necessary’ if sea levels continue to rise
Scientists warn that no adaptation measure can sustain Venice as rising sea levels threaten to swallow the city.
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Sari Fordham @sarifordham.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"1969" by Salvatore Difalco, who writes from Toronto Canada.
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Tom Allen @tca9.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The war is making money for Big Oil and for Arms manufacturers. As intended.
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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
if you feel like making enemies with your local utilities, one of the most fun ways is to get a law passed that utilities cannot pay for lobbying using money collected from ratepayers 😃
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A top FEMA official is doubling down on his claims that he teleported to a Waffle House.
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