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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026

This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term. According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees. ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website. What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?

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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care

Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 01/10/2026

A new federal rule weakens the Endangered Species Act by redefining "harm" to wildlife. This change makes it much harder to protect the habitats that endangered species need to survive. Tell Congress to undo this change and protect endangered species here: mbayaq.co/4xSPQUZ

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Massive new review paper out on the causes of insect population declines. It's not great news, BUT if we pay attention, we can still turn things around. 🧪🦋 academic.oup.com/aesa/advance...

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Drivers of insect decline: direct, indirect, and combined pressures

Abstract. Reductions in insect biodiversity are widely documented and result from numerous pressures that operate from local to global scales. Identifying

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not “mind-boggling.” Trump has made our once-beloved country an unwelcoming place and an unsafe place for foreign visitors.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

James Tornetta Photographer "Every fall, hundreds of thousands of Tree Swallows descend on the lower Connecticut River during migration. Just before sunset, they gather into enormous swirling clouds before the entire flock suddenly pours into the reeds to roost in a matter of seconds."

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RESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 01/10/2026

Samuel Gonzalez Terrones left ICE a final message before he committed suicide: “I hope it was worth it.” ICE kidnapped his mother, who was the only person who helped calm him when schizophrenia and depression pushed him into a crisis. He was 21. Share this with everyone if you hate ICE.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026

This is a photo of our home planet taken only a few hours ago! So what? We have photos of Earth taken from space every day. Ah, but *this* photo was taken by a spacecraft ON ITS WAY TO JUPITER.

From the source: "Mostly black space, most of Earth visible at the top right of the image. Part of a spacecraft visible on the left."

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Yann Bigant @yannbigant.com · 27/09/2026

Meta, one of the world's largest wildlife market, settled for billions of dollars and agreed to change its apps for child safety. As Facebook provides all the key functions wildlife poachers and traders need, Meta should do the same for wildlife. gitoc.substack.com/p/metas-171-... 🌏

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Meta's $17.1 billion settlement could reshape Facebook's wildlife market

Meta can redesign the systems that enable several harms at once, or adopt narrow privacy measures that give traffickers better cover

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Heather Kostick @heatherkostick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As more information emerges, it’s seeming like intentional financial mismanagement from Drexel. They must be held accountable.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 26/09/2026

From @gaigedavila.bsky.social : Time is running out for the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, once called a "crown jewel" of protected spaces in the U.S. Can one last lawsuit slow down the border wall until Congress can act?

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Santa Ana's Last Stand

Congress repeatedly shielded the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the border wall. Now, construction has begun—and an irrigation district lawsuit may be the only option left to buy time for…

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026

Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.

A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"When I think of global climate change, my heart sinks at the enormity of such a challenge, and the tendency is to lose hope. Yet, if Magan and Daltun have shown us anything, it is that we can all improve the world right here, on our doorstep, acre by acre." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

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I’ve lived in city centres for 20 years, and my dream of planting a native Irish forest is getting urgent

Manchán Magan and Eoghan Daltun have shown us we can improve the world right here on our doorstep, acre by acre

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Sheri L. Williamson 🪶🌎🧪🌺 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After a ferocious monsoon thunderstorm this afternoon, nature rewarded us with a rainbow. Rainbow Grasshopper, Dactylotum bicolor. Bisbee, Arizona. #insects 🌿🦑

A stubby-winged grasshopper boldly patterned in red, blue, black, orange, and cream rests on a brown dirt surface next to a couple of sprigs of plant material.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year

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RNwithOpinions @rnwithopinions.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Irish President Connolly is also a clinical psychologist. She had his number, and kicked his fat ass. It infuriates him to be outdone by a woman. She totally understood the assignment.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s astonishing to see this, even though we saw it coming months ago. White = 10°F + above normal in the El Niño regions. Its immense! In the air, a regional warming of 10° is no big deal. But in the ocean it’s immense! Think about how hard it is/ how long it takes to cool/ heat your pool. 1/

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We need justice for Alex Pretti. And this witness is incredibly brave. Story: buff.ly/q8cY7JB

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Sheri L. Williamson 🪶🌎🧪🌺 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Almond Joy Division The Carbs Macaroon 5 Buns N' Roses Pain Halen The Bland Reinterpretation edition: Wings Kiss The Turtles Blondie The Specials The Jam The Platters The Sweet Leopards only: Small Faces RFK Jr. only: Roadkill Raccoon Skunk

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Hootie and the Carefully Prepared by a Trained and Licensed Chef Blowfish

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.

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Marc A. Milne @forthespiders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The elephant mosquito (Toxorhynchites rutilus) is one of the largest mosquitoes in North America with a wingspan of 12mm! They also do not bite, as females do not use blood for their eggs. They're also predators of disease-causing mosquitoes like those in the genus Aedes. So, friends! #invertefest

A large green iridescent mosquito sits on a yellow coneflower bloom.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 04/09/2026

Worth a read— 36% reduction in staff during this regime. Three weeks after the Trump administration announced the largest expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities in USFWS history, new records reveal FWS has lost more than one-third of its staff between 2024 and 2026.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Has Lost 36% of Its Workforce Under the Second Trump Administration

Meanwhile, even with fewer staff, the agency just completed the largest expansion of hunting and fishing access in its entire history

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

just ran across this cartoon from the year of our lord two thousand and nine, and, welp.

a very wordy cartoon discussing server farms taking over entire states and also journalism being reduced to podcasters scrounging for spare change.

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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Photo caption: “Rodrigo, a 58-year-old Los Angeles green-card holder, was detained for 10 months and denied access to medical care as a tumor in his throat grew to the size of a lemon.”

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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 01/09/2026

If you want a glimpse into the future, look to what has been happening in Chandler these past several years. It is a good look at how this topic is likely to unfold as AI increases demand for data centers and digital companies look to continue to expand.

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Sheri L. Williamson 🪶🌎🧪🌺 @sherilwilliamson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In my defense, it was bone dry when I let her out at 5 AM, and it rarely rains until afternoon this time of year.

A Border Collie with black and white fur matted with rain standing on wet green and brown deck boards looking up into the camera.

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

PMC COVlD Update, Week of Aug 29, 2026 ▪️Outbreaks in 29 states/territories (see Alt) ▪️A projected 13th wave is under way ▪️1 in 95 Americans estimated actively infectious ▪️Peak anticipated around Labor Day THREAD 🧵(1/4)

The US has at least 29 states/territories with COVlD outbreaks. These include much of Hawai’i, Alaska, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine.
There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 29 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. All of the data in Oregon are at least a week old, and while we do not count the state among the 29, we estimate there are likely outbreaks there as well, given proximity to WA, CA, and NV. Levels in some Texas counties are so high – on par with the national peak of BA.1 Omicron – that it drives up estimates for counties in neighboring states that lack CDC wastewater monitoring systems. Looking closely at the map, notice other instances of Very High counties in one state driving up estimates of an adjacent county in a neighboring state that lacks data. This shows a clear value of the county-level map over the CDC state map. The CDC applies the median level to the entire state. The PMC map recognizes that state boundaries are somewhat artificial with regard to the spread of infectious disease and instead offers localized estimates for counties that lack data based on what is happening in their region.

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Lisa @patsfanlisa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

@housedemocrats.bsky.social HOW WAS THIS ALLOWED??? He is destroying EVERYTHING that is OURS. Next, Yosemite land to developers? STOP HIM, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello?

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

Bette Davis was the only white performer who agreed to be part of Hattie McDaniel's performing troupe to entertain Black servicemen during WWII. www.tumblr.com/themidcentur...

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.

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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I‘m far from an AI doomer, but it is amazing how many serious voices — on LinkedIn, no less! — are sharing stories about how AI slop is quickly becoming one of the top problems they see in academic writing and research “AI will 10x our research!” doesn’t seem to be surviving encounters with reality

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026

🚨🚨🚨 WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: You have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections. If you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship, and a limit to mail ballots TRUMP: Let me just say stranger things have happened. I'll leave it at that

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Tony Cervo @tcervo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Here are all the brands they supply: Earthbound Farm (owned brand) Eat Smart / FreshPoint Green Giant Fresh Good & Gather / Market Pantry (Target) Kirkland Signature (Costco) Private Selection / Simple Truth (Kroger) Marketside / Great Value (Walmart) Cont...

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Natural England has confirmed that every white-tailed sea eagle found dead in Dorset since England's reintroduction began has carried traces of brodifacoum. Toxicology found the rodenticide in all five dead Dorset eagles 'at levels considered close to significant'.

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

With fewer than 500 remaining adult Spoon-billed Sandpipers (see update at bottom of this blog wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/s...) this is very welcome news! #ornithology

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm hoping osprey lovers and striped bass fishermen will band together on behalf of the menhaden, before Omega Protein turns this fish into the next passenger pigeon. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-wi...

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A Great Wildlife Success Story Crashes Down

On the Atlantic Coast, ospreys are suddenly in grave trouble

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