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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
As a child, he learned botany from George Washington Carver, who knew his father. Both men wrote about it later, when GWC was a professor at Tuskegee & Wallace in the federal govt. Carver, who was born enslaved, died in 1943, not that long ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Henry A. Wallace later ran for potus in 1948 as the Progressive Party candidate, running on a platform of desegregation, national health insurance, anti-war. Their slogan was "Fight for Peace." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progres...
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Henry A. Wallace, Sec of Agriculture, later VP, wrote the foreward, beginning, "The Earth is the mother of us all--plants, animals, [humankind]. The phosphorus & calcium of the earth build our skeletons & nervous systems. Everything else our bodies need except air & sun comes from the earth."
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Eliot Colemen speaks about the 1938 USDA book Soils & Men, which I think he said was US govt's pinnacle of organic farming knowledge on soil. After that, the govt turned more to commercial fertilizers & never looked back; teaching at ag colleges changed, etc. It seems we passed a similar time w www.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"I would wonder about things for years & never find the answers." This is true. We got the www, rejoiced at our newfound commons, sped past that sweet spot of plenty but not too much, & here we are: mired in too much info, surveillance, govt/corporate deceit like a bunch of fruit flies in honey.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Actually, it sounds like Sadara, the planned largest petrochemical plant on Earth, a joint project of Aramco Saudi oil & Dow chemical, is on hold because of US and Israeli attacks on Iran and resulting turmoil in Mideast. Dow is thinking of withdrawing, according to another report last month.
reuters.com
Aramco-Dow joint venture Sadara Chemical halts production over Middle East turmoil
Sadara Chemical Company, a joint venture between Saudi state oil ​giant Aramco and U.S. chemicals firm ‌Dow , has temporarily shut down production citing ongoing supply chain disruptions, a subsidiary...
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A student invented a plant-based plastic that is biodegradable & meanwhile also degrades other microplastics around it. It cleans up the environment as it breaks down! Meanwhile, the fossil fuel multinationals ramp up fossil-fuel-based plastic, to compensate for less fossil fuel used for energy.
m.economictimes.com
At 18, this Irish student invented plant-based plastic that doesn't just biodegrade; it is designed to break down microplastics too
A creative solution emerges from Ireland, where a student has pioneered Eco Purge, a biodegradable substance that emits enzymes aimed at degrading microplastic waste in multiple environments. Demonstr...
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Fossil-fuel derived plastic use is projected to triple in next 3 decades, not a reduction of fossil fuel dependence, but a vast increase. Meanwhile, petrochemical production already exceeds planetary boundaries (with detrimental effect on climate, biosphere integrity, & ocean acidification).
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Petrochemicals (plastics, fertilizers, chemicals made from fossil fuels) are projected to be the biggest driver of growth in oil demand this decade. Saudi Aramco oil & Dow Chemical joined to form Sadara, largest petrochemical plant on Earth, locking in capital & fossil fuel dependence for decades:
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Petrochemical endocrine disruptors such as plastics, which are made from fossil fuels, are hazardous to humans & ecosystems; their increased & accelerating production is unsustainable, violating planetary boundaries.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
As the transition to renewable energy is happening, the fossil fuel industry is building out multinational infrastructure for increased petrochemical production: substances such as plastics, fertilizers, etc. that are made from fossil fuels. Plastic use is expected to *triple* in the next 30 years.
sciencedirect.com
Ending fossil-based growth: Confronting the political economy of petrochemical plastics
The expanding petrochemical industry depends on fossil fuels both as feedstock and a source of energy and is at the heart of the intertwined global cr…
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thursdays at the Nasher Father Figures: Nothing But a Man Thursday, October 22 6–8:30 PM Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University "The Nasher Museum welcomes Mark Anthony Neal and Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt for a screening and discussion of the film 'Nothing but a Man' (1964, dir. Michael Roemer).
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
‘When you look at the numbers, we win’: the prophetic Texas pastor poised to take Jasmine Crockett’s House seat Rev Dr Frederick Douglass Haynes III is reclaiming a faith-based politics to counter Trump-allied white evangelicals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘When you look at the numbers, we win’: the prophetic Texas pastor poised to take Jasmine Crockett’s House seat
Rev Dr Frederick Douglass Haynes III is reclaiming a faith-based politics to counter Trump-allied white evangelicals
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cumulative exposure to multiple endocrine disrupting chemicals (including phthalates, pesticides) that adversely affect the androgen system in utero increase risk of affecting male development. (New England Journal of Medicine, Health Effects of Fossil Fuel Derived Endocrine Disruptors, 3/6/2024)
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Since fracking etc in early 2000s, US has become a world leader in petrochemicals, which are endocrine disruptors. We are on an upward trajectory of making more & more endocrine disruptors, which affect all stages of life. They want us to look at testosterone levels & shame individuals, though.
nejm.org
Health Effects of Fossil Fuel–Derived Endocrine Disruptors | NEJM
Many fossil fuel–derived chemicals found in air, water, food, and manufactured products affect hormonal function. Exposure is associated with health risks, including cancers, cardiovascular disease...
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We are on an upward trajectory of petrochemical production (petrochemicals are substances made from fossil fuels & include plastic.) Plastic production is projected to triple in next 25 years to 1100 million metric tons. Petrochemicals disrupt our endocrine (hormone) systems & development.
Since the shale/fracking revolution of early 2000s, US now 40% of global capacity for ethane-based petrochemicals, which are endocrine disruptors.  We are on an upward trajectory of making more & more petrochemicals including plastic. Plastic production will triple to 1100 million metric tons in 25 years if not stopped. Plastic production includes numerous endocrine disruptors both in the plastic components & in the additives to the plastics.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Fossil fuels are also linked to autism, via air pollution, especially PM 2.5 particles. Increased air pollution during pregnancy & early childhood is linked to increased autism in studies worldwide.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
We use stickleback to determine if the microbiome is different between populations (it is!), how microbes from fish affect the development of populations of fish (different affects!), & how ecotoxicants like crude oil & plastics affect hosts & microbes (a lot!). #YoungScientistNetworking 12/n
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the Caleb Scholars program. We give students funds to return home to learn from elders as they go to school, and we find undergrads though professional/PhD programs bc I know how hard it was to return home during grad school. www.calebscholars.org
calebscholars.org
Caleb Scholars Program – Inuit-led conservation advocacy.
A fellowship program focused on providing community and cultural connection, professional development, mentorship, and financial support to students in the arctic.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Indigenous People's Day! We are still here :)
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026
hello fascism our old enemy
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
First, many indigenous people are in a fight to maintain our language & cultures in the long story of colonization. @risingvoices.bsky.social brings voices from communities speaking endangered/indigenous languages to the global conversation rising.globalvoices.org
rising.globalvoices.org
Rising Voices · Helping the global population join the global conversation
Rising Voices aims to extend the benefits and reach of citizen media by connecting online media activists around the world and supporting their best ideas.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The death penalty is cruel, inhumane, and barbaric. And it murders innocent people.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 12/10/2026
ICYMI: The Chester County Health Department, which is leading the response to the exposure, says anyone unvaccinated or unable to prove their vaccination status must stay away from the school and school functions for 21 days.
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Chester County high school closes after measles exposure • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The Chester County Health Department, which is leading the response to the exposure, says anyone unvaccinated or unable to prove their vaccination status must stay away from the school and school functions for 21 days.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
865 service members wounded, 21 killed in Trump-Hegseth-Kushner-Feinberg-Vance's illegal war on Iran. 💔
nytimes.com
Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Told @MarioNawfal that the gravitation toward renewed US/Israel-Iran warfare is not only continuing, but it also appears to be accelerating, with Trump potentially seeking to preempt an Iranian preemption before the midterms... www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1_...
youtube.com
TRUMP DECIDED AT CAMP DAVID TO STRIKE BEFORE THE ELECTIONS – w/ Trita Parsi
YouTube video by Mario Nawfal
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
@tparsi.bsky.social, do you agree w Zelensky's assessment that AI drones are as dangerous as nuclear weapons? Are they completely unregulated? It seems deranged we are at war w Iran over potential nuclear weapons as the world builds & deploys an unregulated arsenal, a greater threat to humanity.
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Owensgrandpa @owensgrandpa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
October 7th 2026 🌹 random rose 🌹
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: The United Nations opposes capital punishment in all circumstances, and recent events have made the reasons crystal clear: it is incompatible with the right to life, and can involve torture and cruel,🧵
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
inhuman or degrading treatment. The prolonged physical and mental suffering arising from failed execution attempts is abhorrent. The death penalty is overwhelmingly applied to dissenters, critical voices, and people from marginalized communities. It has never been proven to deter any crime.
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Public executions violate the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. I urge all States, everywhere, to join the overwhelming global consensus that use of the death penalty must end, everywhere, for all offences.” 👇👇👇
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I strongly believe we are due for a renaissance of analog letter-writing and maybe you should try and catch that wave, gang Manufacture that excuse to start a cute washi tape/eraser collection Overcome your fear of "messing up" your "good paper" by actually using it BE FREE
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
blog.documentfoundation.org
Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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Ginnette Powell Bluesky is not a dating app @caffeinehusky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We get pneumonia while the rest of Amerikkka only has a cold.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Lula vote in the Northeast is going ⬆️ in the second round.
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Ginnette Powell Bluesky is not a dating app @caffeinehusky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment"
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just watched NAZA. Still shaking.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Another reason Trump is actively trying to destroy ICC. He is violating human rights law and international law daily, and committing crimes against humanity:
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Ian Paul Sieren @ianpaulsieren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dahlia #Autumn #flowers #bloomscrolling
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Measles has plagued humanity for millenia; we have a vaccine that virtually eliminated it; but the head of HHS--an Epstein associate with zero scientific or medical knowledge--doesn't "believe in" vaccines, so people are dying of measles in PA and the measles outbreak has spread to NY.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Reminder that Musk also installed Starlink in White House. What kind of ops are happening there as well?
yahoo.com
Elon Musk’s Starlink Takes Over the White House
The world’s richest man now has control over the internet at the White House.
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thread on #Hondurasgate and fall of Latin American countries to fascism due to machinations of US, Israel, & US technofascists/venture capitalists. Argentina, El Salvador, Honduras, next they want Colombia, Brazil, Mexico. 🧵:
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now Brazil is being taken over by the international, extreme right wing/organized crime/venture capital/technofascist criminal network that is gobbling up democracies--led by US:
theguardian.com
Echoes of cold war as US accused of meddling in another Brazilian election
Claims that Trump and Rubio are trying to influence result have parallels with CIA intervention 64 years ago
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Unlike 2016 when the film was released, today unregulated AI is an ever increasing part of the deadly arms trade destroying climate & humanity. Indeed, Zelensky warns the UN that AI drones are THE greatest threat facing humanity. ⚠️ Where is the regulation of AI weapons? ⚠️
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
You cannot leave prison without a documented place to stay, a job or rehabilitation program lined up, and someone to come and pick you up. There was one woman we met who was there for 2 EXTRA years at the state prison cause she had no living family and simply couldnt get a ride
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Can US' deporting people to 3rd countries that are not a person's country of origin be brought before an international body like UN or ICC? Would another nation need to bring it for us? Trump, Miller, Rubio, Hegseth violating international law daily, on many fronts. www.ohchr.org/en/human-rig...
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Can US' deporting people to 3rd countries that are not a person's country of origin be brought before an international body like UN or ICC? Would another nation need to bring it for us? Trump, Miller, Rubio, Hegseth violating international law daily, on many fronts. www.ohchr.org/en/human-rig...
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