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@sierrafarris.bsky.social
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Organic Gardener, Kantian, Neuroscientist, Writer, Conservationist. First fiction novel (brain thriller) in editing phase! The natural world is a thing-in-itself and we must protect it with all our collective strength to survive. We're in this together.

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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 6h
He’s just sitting there, minding his own business. @blumenthal.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social his home is under threat of logging in the Old Saybrook Preserve. Hope you’re in favor of saving his fragile habitat before it’s too late.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 6h
Ending a life is morally wrong. Regardless of the circumstances, murder cannot be a means to justify an end. Otherwise, we must accept that a murder under some formulated conditions is acceptable in our society.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ending a life is morally wrong. Regardless of the circumstances, murder cannot be a means to justify an end for an individual, state or country. Otherwise, we must accept that a murder under some formulated conditions is acceptable in our society.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nature does red really well!
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In solidarity 🙏🏻💕@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social Dear Sister... shero.substack.com/p/dear-siste... #NoMore
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Dear Sister...
For anyone being triggered by the attacks on Jane Doe in the Cornell University rape case, I wrote this for you.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This little guy lives in the forest. His home is under threat in Connecticut’s Preserve in Old Saybrook. #stoplogging in areas the public fought and won to protect. This fragile habitat needs our help and support. @blumenthal.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nature’s artistic flair for layers
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nature’s cologne
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2026
The US should review policies that allow major food crops to be sprayed directly with #herbicides shortly before harvest and should tighten related policies that allow for high levels of residues of those #pesticides in finished food products.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@thereisawayjose.bsky.social thank you! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Genocide, Ecocide, any ~cidal act is wrong and is indefinsible in a civilized society built upon norms and one that thrives on love. Greed however, is the lens through which #Genocide takes root.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's celebrate a win for nature.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The unconquered mind is one of a few remaining Earthbound frontiers. Or is it? Ask yourself- Am I training AI or is AI training me? The answer lies in a not so distant rhelm. #Mind #AI
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Today, the Court, as it has too often lately, chooses to overlook that principle precisely when it matters most.”
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026
This destruction is only the beginning. Seizing land, walling off communities, cutting wildlife off from their only water source, pumping billions of gallons of groundwater without permits, bulldozing archaeological sites, all done in violation of our nation’s most important protections.
sacurrent.com
First segment of steel border wall goes up in Texas' Big Bend region
The first section of a 30-foot-high steel bollard wall has gone up in the Big Bend region, environmental activists said Wednesday. While construction is
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Evening stroll in the forest after a rain.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
💕
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026
#Atrazine is single-handedly making clean water unavailable and posing long-term dangers to people and wildlife in affected areas. The #EPA, which is considering reapproving this #pesticide, should follow the lead of five dozen countries around the world and implement a permanent ban on atrazine.
biologicaldiversity.org
Pernicious Pesticide: Atrazine's Growing Threats to Drinking Water, Rivers, People, and Wildlife
Atrazine is one of the most widely used U.S. pesticides. It's also the most widespread pesticide contaminant in U.S. water bodies and dangerous to both people and wildlife.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 29/09/2026
Weather forecasters depend on the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)’s work to predict storms and warn communities if they need to evacuate. ​ With the Trump admin dismantling NCAR, people will have less time to prepare for extreme weather. We’re demanding answers and transparency.​
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 30/09/2026
Today is the last day for @governor.ca.gov to sign AB 40, which would require environmental review for what would be the largest coal export site on the West Coast. The proposed Oakland coal terminal would be much larger – and pollute much more – than previously revealed to surrounding communities.
latimes.com
Trump-backed Oakland coal terminal would be far bigger and dirtier than promised, report says
Up to 12 million tons of coal per year would be shipped to a Trump-backed Oakland terminal with open-air storage, defying promises of an enclosed facility.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#NoMore
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'll take serenity any day. I find mine in the forest.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Take action: Tell state leaders: improve food labeling to reduce waste and methane emissions www.climateactionnow.com/daily-dose-a...
climateactionnow.com
Daily Dose Actions for Substack Readers - Climate Action Now
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trees = life - No forest = No life on Earth ecointegrityalliance.substack.com/p/video-clip...
ecointegrityalliance.substack.com
VIDEO CLIP: Is CLEARCUTTING “Conservation”?
Colorado’s Proposition 137 is sponsored by the global land management corporation, The Nature Conservancy, which takes hundreds of millions in tax dollars through government contracts to extract and t...
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
IMPT The Nature Conservancy's propogate false climate solutions for lumber, pulp/paper, biomass/wood-pellet, & corps causing carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, pollution & enviro injustice dogwoodalliance.org/2022/04/rele...
dogwoodalliance.org
Release: The Nature Conservancy Exposed for Promoting Industrial Logging and Wood Products - Dogwood Alliance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Media contact: Carina Daniels, carina@storyandreach.com, 510-847-1617 New exposé condemns The Nature Conservancy for falsely promoting industrial logging...
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Genocide is wrong and never right.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Coastal Forest
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can choose love. We can choose peace. We can, if we want to.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 24/09/2026
Oil spills from war are spreading towards coral reefs and mangroves in the Strait of Hormuz. Fossil fuel dependence puts people, nature and economies in harm’s way. It's time to end that dependence and build a future powered by clean, decentralised renewables.
dw.com
Strait of Hormuz attacks spill oil into Persian Gulf
As war disrupts one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, satellite images reveal that oil is spreading toward protected coral reefs and mangrove forests.
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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
City of Forest Day is coming! Join us,Riverside Park Conservancy, Natural Areas Conservancy, and NYC Bird Alliance for a tour of a 7.5-acre forest restoration — plus activities,crafts, and games for all ages Oct 3, 10am-1pm | Riverbank “Camel” Playground, W 143rd St & Riverside Dr​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The media blackout has been rejuvenating. Silence is golden, no pun intended.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 23/09/2026
The Trump admin's latest attack on endangered species is a memo saying that as long as you claim you didn’t mean to kill an endangered species, the law can’t and won’t stop you. It’s an absurd and illegal misreading of the Endangered Species Act. The @nytimes.com ’s The Daily podcast breaks it down.
nytimes.com
The Trump Administration Defangs the Endangered Species Act
A new interpretation of the law would mean that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, would be illegal.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nature is a creative genus! The understory is the original (not artificial) World Wide Web.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No farms-no food. No trees-no life. It really is that simple. Earth provides and us humans... we take.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Humans can do better and will want to help when the facts are shared. Take Action!
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Love this, addressing atomospheric carbon one leaf at a time!
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One often overlooked and very important benefit is that roadless areas are critical to the preservation of wilderness character, including the “qualities” and “values” in wilderness. dailymontanan.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Why roadless areas matter for wilderness preservation • Daily Montanan
Roadless rules are there to protect wilderness areas and to keep them truly wild, for animals and humans, says columnist Suzanne Cable.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Artificial anything seems to harbor ill affects for humans www.healio.com/news/cardiol...
healio.com
Artificial sweetener xylitol linked to risk for major cardiac events
MUNICH — High serum levels of the artificial sweetener xylitol was independently associated with increased risk for major adverse CV events in the general population, a speaker reported.CV risk ...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22/09/2026
This is a 2-page ad from 1962 ExxonMobil* boasting about how they supplied enough energy to melt 7 million tons of glacier EACH DAY. *then Humble Oil and Refining, the company is now known as ExxonMobil
2-page ad from 1962 ExxonMobil (then Humble Oil and Refining) boasting about how they supplied enough energy to melt 7 million tons of glacier each day. The ad text brags, "This giant glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet the petroleum energy Humble supplies converted into energy could melt it at the rate of 80 tons per second!". The image shows glacier ice mountains rising up from the sea, against a blue sky with white clouds. 
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 22/09/2026
Clean energy is the cheapest and fastest way to meet rising electricity demand, but the Trump admin is choosing to prop up expensive, polluting fossil fuels instead. ​ Earthjustice is fighting to keep us on a path toward a cleaner, more affordable energy future.​
earthjustice.org
3 Ways We're Keeping Trump from Raising Electricity Bills Further
Earthjustice has won some key victories, including the first court case challenging the Trump administration’s abuse of emergency powers for coal.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...
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Hold my (warm) beer
It’s Existential Crises Week!
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
IMPT - Open Access article - Prenatal exposure to the plasticizer DEHP increases the likelihood of early-life autism and ADHD symptoms through epigenetic programming: Med www.cell.com/med/fulltext...
cell.com
Prenatal exposure to the plasticizer DEHP increases the likelihood of early-life autism and ADHD symptoms through epigenetic programming
Tanner et al. show that prenatal DEHP exposure increases autism and ADHD symptoms via epigenetic programming. Using a systems-biology framework, they identified cord blood DNA methylation signatures t...
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When two brains are not enough, there really is never enough
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#InternationalPeaceDay Peace & Prosperity of heart, mind and soul
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Love this. My kinda morning!
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
World building extraordinaire
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A winding path has an irresistible lure.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Despite what the USFS says, trees can and do cohabitate just fine.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Love the pictures. ♻️ Recycle is a positive choice.
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Sierra @sierrafarris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A path going somewhere is nature’s poetry.
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