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Sharon Astyk

@sharonastyk.bsky.social
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Writer, Author of Four Books on Food, Agriculture, Energy Policy and Sustainability. Mother of 10. Farmer. Planning for a future.

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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Everyone shocked & horrified by RFK Jr should reflect on when they started treating Covid as something that only hurts people who don’t take care of their bodies or who have defective genes & not something THEY need to care about anymore. Cuz anyone still masking isn’t shocked
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Don Jenver @donjenver.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
It's almost like the Dems aren't an opposition party, and mostly just want their turn at the corrupt money spigot that is running the US Government. Based on their actions so far this year, I think It being a fascist government suits a lot of them just fine.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
WHAT DO THESE GENIUSES THINK WILL HAPPEN TO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY IF THERE IS A RECESSION !?!?!?!?!?!!?
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The post of someone who is so desperately threatened by the idea of women controlling their own sexual identities that she can't bear it.
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“If liberalism has a single desperate weakness,” Trilling wrote, “it is an inadequacy of imagination: it is always being surprised. There is always the liberal work to do over again because hard upon surprise disillusionment follows and for the moment of liberal fatigue reaction is always ready.”
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Liberalism in Mourning - Boston Review
Lionel Trilling crystallizes the cynical Cold War liberalism that sacrificed idealism for self-restraint.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
My brother-in-law tells me not to worry about a possible recession, but in the past he has also told me that climate change is a hoax and that Covid is a cold, and so the more he tells me not to worry the more worried I become.
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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Reducing the Risk of Long COVID in Kids: Why Reinfection Matters and What We Can Do johnsnowproject.org/primers/redu...
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Reducing the Risk of Long COVID in Kids: Why Reinfection Matters and What We Can Do
Children who get COVID-19 again are more likely to experience long-term issues.
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
random sea monsters, a series
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 04/04/2025
Here's a baby squirrel getting a bath in a mason jar. If you even care.
A young squirrel in a mason jar. The jar is full of water an appears to be in a kitchen sink. The squirrel has his head above the surface and his front paws are holding him up. Undated image from a certified wildlife rehabber.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I was going to get the train today. But I am increasingly concerned at the deficit I’m running with Great Northern Rail. I buy a lot from them and they purchase nothing from me. Tempted to apply a 20% tariff. Sure my tickets will cost 20% more but it might mean I buy fewer and reduce the deficit.
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Disinformation articles like this are what happens when academics and journalists venture into conservation biology with neither knowledge nor humility. The insect/biodiversity apocalypse is upon us. Believing otherwise is akin to climate denial. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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Is the Insect Apocalypse Really Upon Us?
Claims that insects will disappear within a century are absurd, but the reality isn’t reassuring either.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Black lives matter. Gay, lesbian and trans people deserve the same rights as everyone else. Workplaces, and their staff & customers/clients benefit when they accommodate diversity. People should be allowed to follow their religion. These statements reflect basic human rights and a civilised society.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The biggest tool helping them defuse opposition on the moderate left and center is the fact that you can't really believe they are doing this shit, because it sounds like the crazy conspiracy theories that came out of your right wing second cousin's mouth. They know that. They are using it.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
And here we are, with our own Orange Julius.
Tweet from 'Matt Stoller' reads, "I wonder if the fall of Rome was this stupid."
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Boobs™ @boobs.goodgirls.onl · 14/03/2025
🔥y'know, it'd be comical if it wasn't about what it is, but i remember a LOT of dems telling me if trump wins [here's what's gonna happen] and they didn't like it when i pointed out that congressional dems would go along with everything he wanted (cuz they did last time too) and here we are
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 11/03/2025
This is a slide from the Heritage Foundation presentation that argues for political deportations like the targeting of Khalil. It purports to describe "Antisemitism's Ecosystem." Look closely: “Soros” and Jewish Voice for Peace are at the tops of the columns titled “Masterminds” and “Organizers.”
A slide from a Heritage Foundation presentation about Project Esther, labeled "Antisemitism's Ecosystem." 

“Soros” and Jewish Voice for Peace are at the tops of the columns titled “Masterminds” and “Organizers.”
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
get their asses
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Princess Rebecca Frizzle (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️💕🦕👸🐱 @rebeccabluestone.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
share widely and often.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Kilmeade tweeting this was not on our bingo card 👀
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
What do you call a rally attended by 100 people, 10 of whom display Nazi flags and insignia and are perfectly welcome there? A Nazi rally. The end
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Not that Israelis are the primary victims here but this aid shut down is *inevitably* going to have disastrous consequences for Israel, too. And this is 100% a thing that is *only* happening because trump is in office
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
“We have to meet REAL Americans where they’re at: gun shows and tailgates” - these are the words of completely insular bloodsuckers whose strategy for political communication is to imagine the dumbest yokel they can, and then try to imagine how to talk down to that person
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/03/2025
Here are the updated daily color stripes, current through February 28, 2025. To quote Greta, "Build back better. Blah, blah, blah. Green economy. Blah blah blah. Net zero by 2050. Blah, blah, blah."
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
No one who isn't an imbecile thought that.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 02/03/2025
Telling people “just move” (BARRING the fact that living in a blue state is not gonna save you from a goddamn fucking thing and you’re delusional) is so absolutely disrespectful and you should be ashamed of yourself. Finding new doctors, changing insurance coverages, etc. LIKE BITCH
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
And what he encounters is incomprehension... ko-fi.com/post/Trump-V...?
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Trump, Vance & Zelensky: What The Hell Happened & How We Got Here
Sharon Astyk published a post on Ko-fi
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
at every point, Zelensky rebukes them that the survival of his country and his people are neither a game nor a business. He refuses to let Trump deliver his final "You are fired" line, and he refuses to play his role and take his consolation prizes.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Trump, Hegseth and Vance have clearly gathered to tell Zelensky he didn't make the cut to the next episode, with the best lines delivered by Trump "You don't have the leverage. You don't have the cards...Its going to be hard to do business like this, Volodymyr."
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
uring the discussion, Trump repeatedly attempts to frame this as a game or a business deal, and Zelensky rejects that framing at every point. The structural echoes of The Apprentice there are not accidental.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Sadly, one assumes that Trump and Hegseth have no comprehension of those and Vance has no interest, and that they have already decided their self interest lies with Russia. What was notable was the incomprehension of WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT MOMENT and what Zelensky and Ukraine's POSITION is.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What drew my attentions was the sheer incomprehension of Vance and Trump about Zelensky's position - I don't mean the more... subtle details one would hope a President and his cabinet would know, like the role of Ukraine in the stability of Europe.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What struck me most about the interaction between Trump, Vance and Zelensky was not how venal and pathetic our dim, low rent Lex Luthor and his henchman were, or how frustrated Zelensky was, it was something else.
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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Over 200 locals confirmed sick as mysterious illness grips South Mugirango www.citizen.digital/news/over-20...
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Over 200 locals confirmed sick as mysterious illness grips South Mugirango
Anxiety has gripped three villages in South Mugirango following the outbreak of an unknown disease.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/02/2025
some of you bitches are very dumb but also I don’t think you should be persecuted by America’s pastiest squad of Nazi bigots
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 18/02/2025
15 years from ΔT +0.50 to +0.75°C 11.5 years from ΔT +0.75 to +1.0°C 8 years from ΔT +1.0 to +1.25°C X years from ΔT +1.25 to +1.5°C
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 13/02/2025
Tuberculosis killed 1/4th of Europe not too long ago. We are now in the largest TB outbreak in U.S. history. A man who doesnt believe in vaccines is now the head of our country’s public health. The U.S. ERADICATED measles 25 years ago. It’s now surging. RFK Jr. called it fake.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
AS ALWAYS THE SCALE GOES TO ZERO. We are so grateful to anyone who donates, but do not let money stop you from joining in. We need each other in these times. ko-fi.com/s/b6a18e20e1
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Feb. 15 : Doom Zoom with Sharon & Moriarty - Sharon Astyk's Ko-fi Shop
Do you love Sharon's essays? Do you find them informative, helpful, irreverent, dark, hopeful and occasionally witty? Join us for this special after-...
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
You can ask me anything, and I'll try and answer it. Can't promise I've got the answers, but I'll do my best. If you find that helpful or funny come join us. That's tomorrow night, 7 to 830 EST. We can talk about bird flu, the fash, the climate, doom, gardening, anything you like.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
If you are going to be snowed in, rained in or stuck home worrying about the Doom, I've got two workshops this weekend! First is an open Q and A that we are calling Drunk Doom Zoom, even though due to recent covid recovery, my alcohol consumption will probably be pretty limited.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
For fuck’s sake get rid of every single weak ass democrat who worries about water damage while the house burns down.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I am sorry to say that I was right and The Regime censored this report. The U.S. government is hiding information about bird flu from the American public. “The interference included dictating what to cover and withholding studies on the growing bird flu outbreak”. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
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Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal
"The MMWR has lost its autonomy," one health official told CBS News.
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Kylie M. Smith wrote an angry book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
As I remember from my ACT UP days: Silence = Death.
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Yup, I still have not seen a single Democratic legislator get arrested. What do they think an opposition party in fascism IS?
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"Insider threat" is one way to designate a new coup, I guess.
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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Next fear of mine gets confirmed: oceans start to release more energy driving the recent warming - that's very bad! "Global Climate Highlights 2024"
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Global Climate Highlights 2024
This section looks at the global Climate Indicators for which data are available for all or part of 2023. For more details on each, visit the respective Climate Indicator page. The page will be update...
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Everyone needs to read this. www.vox.com/politics/398...
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Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.
Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.
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Sharon Astyk @sharonastyk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Let's turn it up to 11
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