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Steve S.

@steves-inca.bsky.social
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Quiet fiction reader, dog lover, committed to human rights, the environment, biodiversity, and fighting climate change.

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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings with — wait for it —…
Denver’s largest source of emissions is its buildings, which tend to run on fossil fuels. The city is turning to a surprising solution to kick the habit.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Violent crime plummets in “Democrat run cities” blasted by Trump
Since his return to the White House, President Trump has repeatedly claimed that major cities across the United States are overrun with crime.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...
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Opinion | What Would the Nation’s Founders Think of Trump? 250 Years Later, Here Is the Answer.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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ACLU's Know Your Rights University! | American Civil Liberties Union
Know Your Rights University (KYR-U) is an animated series that teaches kids lessons about civics, constitutional rights, and free expression! KYR-U makes learning fun, and comes at a time when being a...
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/c...
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Rainforests Can Bounce Back Much Faster Than Thought, Researchers Say
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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23 Great Chapter Books for Beginning Readers
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Iran war should trigger faster exit from fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says
The disruption ‌to energy markets caused by the Iran war is a lesson on the risks of relying on fossil fuels which should drive governments to wean their economies off oil and gas faster, the U.N. cli...
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
RIP and thank you, Joe: And it's one, two, a-three What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn genius.com/Country-joe-...
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Country Joe and the Fish – I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag
[Intro] / Gimme an F… / Gimme a U… / Gimme a C… / Gimme a K… / What's that spell? / What's that spell? / What's that spell? / What's that spell? / What's that spell? / [Verse 1
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Long, thoughtful, and thorough: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Democratizing climate change mitigation pathways using modernized stabilization wedges
Mitigating climate change requires broad societal buy-in. Integrated assessment models (IAMs) produce cost-optimal pathways, but these are complex and not easily customized to reflect individuals’ pre...
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/d...
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Should You Order That Fish? Menus Have a New Way to Help.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Thank you. Dr. Hasan. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/w...
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At These Gaza Schools, ‘Peace Building’ Is Part of the Curriculum
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration repealed the EPA’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gases are a pollutant, an important legal foundation for their regulation.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"Due process and human decency are two sides of the same coin." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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EVs are already making your air cleaner
A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
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Opinion | Shaheen and Murkowski: Congress Must Defend NATO From Trump
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Right now, ‘nothing feels right’ in Minneapolis. An NBA basketball game is no exception www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
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Right now, ‘nothing feels right’ in Minneapolis. An NBA basketball game is no exception
Minnesotans hoped to "forget everything" for a moment at Warriors-Wolves. However, amid city-wide unease, that wasn't possible.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Our children deserve better. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Thank you, Judd popular.info/p/five-years...
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Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2015 classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
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A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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The year Trump tried and failed to stop clean energy
The Trump administration brought the sledgehammer down on clean energy — but that still wasn't enough to crush it.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Readers Share Eco-Friendly Projects Happening In Their Communities (Gift Article)
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Cruelty, ugly cruelty Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Nature knows... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...
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A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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With Some G.O.P. Backing, Senate Votes to End Trump’s Brazil Tariffs
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct..." PLEASE see the rest of T. Roosevelt's words: wordsmith.org/words/nomoph...
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nomophobia
noun: 1. The fear or dislike of laws or rules. 2. The fear of not having access to or being unable to use one's mobile phone.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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What happens when you let nature back into the farm » Yale Climate Connections
In “Regenerating Earth,” Kelsey Timmerman journeys from cornfields to the Amazon to meet with farmers who are healing their land.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Life is mostly froth and bubble, / Two things stand like stone, / Kindness in another’s trouble, / Courage in your own. -Adam Lindsay Gordon, poet (19 Oct 1833-1870)
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
"Since last Friday, at least five top schools — Brown, M.I.T., the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California and the University of Virginia — have refused to sign what the administration is calling a “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.” -NY Times On Politics email
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Saying no: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Five major broadcast networks say they won't sign new Pentagon media policy
The policy says reporters could have their press passes revoked if they publish information the Pentagon hasn't been authorized for release.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Two fine minds. Hopefully soon... Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
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Opinion | Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
FYI www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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AI-driven scams are preying on Gen Z’s digital lives​
Gone are the days when extortion was only the plot line of crime dramas—today, these threatening tactics target anyone with a smartphone, especially Gen Z.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Sigh... www.reuters.com/world/us-thr...
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US threatens visa restrictions, sanctions against UN members that back IMO emissions plan
The United States on Friday threatened to use visa restrictions and sanctions to retaliate against nations that vote in favor of a plan put forward by a United Nations agency to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from ocean shipping.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...
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Opinion | How a Trump Judge Exposed the Trump Con
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Fascinating history. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...
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Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. -Lin Yutang, writer and translator (10 Oct 1895-1976)
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Leave those leaves, especially oak. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...
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Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"The best defense against (the fear of inevitability) is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic and rebuild institutions and social connections to make democracy more robust." - Prof. H. Farrell, Johns Hopkins in NYT
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu, clergyman (7 Oct 1931-2021)
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
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‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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“Together We Can Change the World”: A Tribute to Jane Goodall
The beloved primatologist was a beacon of hope, compassion, and love
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Read 'em www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools
In the 2024-25 school year, book bans affected more than 3,700 unique titles in 87 school districts across 23 states, according to PEN America.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“You have it in your power to make a difference. Don’t give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now. God bless you all.” - Jane Goodall
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens
Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”
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Steve S. @steves-inca.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
"(I)nternational courts, including the International Court of Justice, ..., and Inter-American Court of Human Rights, have issued rulings concluding that countries have an obligation to mitigate climate change; the U.S. has rejected their jurisdiction." grist.org/global-indig...
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The kids who sued America over climate change aren’t done yet
They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.
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