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aj strauman-scott

@straw-man-aj.bsky.social
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she/ella. previously: union film&tv camera assistant 🎥 currently: edtech data scientist 📊 always: diverse reader + free little library steward📚 abolitionist ⛓️‍💥 grower🪴 unironically enthusiastic 😃 #EndClimateSilence

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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 2h
Trying to live my second 36 years on this earth so by the end of it, I too am banned as a person by the Texas library association.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
every day I think about how misogynoir is stress and stress goes right into your blood pressure isn’t it cool how everyone has been handed a basic tool to slowly destroy you, physically, while also proclaiming their innocence and how their part in it isn’t that big of a deal?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"To win in significant ways, we will have to build and sustain movements, propelled by urgency, that move at a pace that we can maintain, collectively, for years to come." - Chris Dixon, For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World lithub.com/regular-rigo...
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“Regular, rigorous, and Reliable.” How to Keep Fighting for a Better World
We can cultivate qualities that help us to stick around in struggle. This is something that came up when I spoke in 2023 with Philadelphia activist Suzy Subways about her decades of movement experi…
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's Backpack as a yearling in 2007, unable to put weight on the injured paw. Holly took her cub & moved upriver, away from aggressive bears who might harm him at Brooks Falls. Fishing was harder for the pair, and she risked both of them struggling or starving, but he was SAFE.
Backpack in 2007, nursing an injured paw that is turned under, so that he can't put any weight on it.  If you're wondering why they didn't provide vet care, it's their policy not to interfere when an injury is natural and not caused by human activity.

I think this photo is by David Kopshever, National Park Service?  It's on a blog linked below.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 29/09/2026
617 days into his 2nd term, Trump's Department of Transportation has *still* not approved a single new transit project for full funding. The problems I highlighted in March—how this lack of funding only makes projects cost more & delays completion—have only worsened www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...
There have been no approvals for new transit projects in the entire 2nd Trump Administration. This graph, produced in March 2026, remains accurate now, in September 2026.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If we are serious about dismantling patriarchy and rape culture, we would stop calling it Cornell 7. It's the Cornell 57. Passive bystanders are a pillar of misogyny. Men must actively intervene in shifting social norms & refuse to participate in rape *culture* Its the Cornell 57, not Cornell 7.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
José Esteban Muñoz taught us that queerness is futurity People trying to freeze queerness in time don't understand the phenomenal fucking gift that queerness is giving us by refusing to be frozen and contained
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Been avoiding this but it’s Super Important to have access to knowledge & experience w neurodivergence ASAP. A big source of lifetime torture among people with ADHD roots from inability to contextualize & put into words what we are experiencing both within & from how the outside world responds to us
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I keep telling y'all, electric aviation is a dark horse.
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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...
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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a good reminder that what the energy industry does is moving energy around. The energy industry is its more important customer.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My neighbor's latest litter of foster kittens includes this gentleman I really want to keep and name Mr Monopoly.
A five week old black and white tuxedo kitten who is all black except for belly, check, feet and under his black nosed making him look like he has a handsome mustache. He has long white whiskers and eyebrows
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Verses @schumer.senate.gov, @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social; who I just call and demand resign immediately as often as I remember/get pissed off. If you're going to allow fascism, the least I can do is annoy your staff a lot while you do it.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mamdani is both the best politician I've ever seen in US politics, & the politician I contact and criticize the most. They're two sides of the same coin. He needs my letters and calls demanding action on climate change & abolition. He can point to them & say, "the people want more. Let's do more."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I haven't heard whatever this person's song is because I only listen to music on Qobuz, which - pays musicians the most per stream and - has no algorithm, just weekly releases plus reviews by human music nerds about the album. 12/10 cheaper than Spotify and 1000x better.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Marshmallow was eliminated in the first round 😭 RIP my bracket. #FatBearWeek
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SCP @10-5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s actually discouraging how much of the discourse gets diverted to “AI good or AI bad” when the obvious and more pressing issue is “AI *companies* are definitely bad”
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/09/2026
Happy 9 to 5 day, Sister Dolly. We miss you ❤️
Photo of Dolly Parton in the movie "9 to 5."
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.
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Fights🏳️‍⚧️4🇵🇸Love @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I want to make this abundantly clear I am not lying when I say I won’t vote for transphobic democrats I will not vote for them. I will even go so far as to actively campaign against them, even in the general election Trans rights OR ELSE
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Immediately added to my TBR.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It me 💕💜💙
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think I'm going to be every single model released in the last six months for Halloween 🤖🎃
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Then there will be dragons" sounds awesome and cool, but this foreshadows such horrifying calamity and disaster. #EndClimateSilence
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
A line chart showing temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region of the Pacific Ocean, compared to a 30-year rolling base period since 1982.

A gold line shows temperatures in 1997, a teal line in 2025, and a red line in 2026. The red line surpasses all others reaching 3.07ºC, and at an earlier point (September) than the previous El Niño that reached a comparable range in November 2015.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨IT'S FAT BEAR WEEK, PEOPLE! 🐻 The first matchup opens for voting tomorrow between 12p-9p Eastern / 9a-6p Pacific. Filled out my bracket. I've got my girl Marshmallow winning it all this year! 🎣🧸🍑 You go, Marshmallow! explore.org/fat-bear-week
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
parents with school age children are not and should not be the only ones who materially support public schools. property taxes of many people without children are appropriately directed to public schools. each of us should be pouring into these schools in our own ways (giving of our time etc...)
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"The most recent forecasts predict a peak of 4.0C in November and December, according to the average of 14 different models... That is a level so far above previous events that climate scientists ... have described it as “Godzilla-level”.' Godzilla-level El Niño www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'Of the nine “planetary boundaries” that help determine whether life can flourish on Earth, seven are being breached at their highest ever levels of transgression, according to the latest planetary health check.' #EndClimateSilence www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm now 27th in line because my library acquired 11 more copies👍🏻📚
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Jordan Gass-Pooré @jgasspoore.hazardpodcast.com · 17/09/2026
In summer 2025, Black New Yorkers died from heat-related illness at 3X the rate of white New Yorkers. Latino residents died at 2X the rate. My latest investigation examines why New Yorkers are struggling to access cooling assistance as the city's heat becomes increasingly deadly.
The Margin's new feature, "Overheating at Home." More New Yorkers now die from summer heat than winter cold, but city and state funding lags behind the changing climate. By Jordan Gass-Poore'and Helina Selemon.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Another musician I have enjoyed for more than a decade, and am so excited to listen to her latest.🎶
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My first Rhiannon Giddens concert was when the Carolina Chocolate Drops played a concert at my high school. I was the first to get up and dance.💃🏼 I have followed her devotedly since. Her Summer Stage concert in NYC last summer was a real hootenanny! I'm listening to her new album as I type this🎶
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 14/09/2026
On The Climate Brink: The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record. Aug. 2026 probably had more water vapor in the atmosphere than any month in the last few thousand years, if not a 100,000 years. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...
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The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record
More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you're a journalist reporting on someone, and that person is in the Epstein files, you are required to mention that fact in your reporting every single time you discuss said person.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy pub day! I am number 63th in line to read at my local library!
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A lady in a bright red jumpsuit exclaimed, "I love your hair color! You are so beautiful!" as we passed each other during my morning walk. My heart is still singing with happiness. Thank you, lady. You look like a fashion diva & you made my week. 🫂💅
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's difficult to convey to people who haven't been paying attention that every single thing they are reading about the immigrant concentration camps has been happening in U.S. jails and prisons since their origin. People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
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Prison Culture » Torture & Corporal Punishment in Early 20th Century American Penitentiaries…
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
⬇️⬇️⬇️ jacob.gold/posts/open-l...
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An open letter to Dario: if you mean it, open the weights!
Dear Dario, You published We Must Pace the Frontier today, which committed Anthropic to embedded third-party evaluators and asked governments to require every other frontier company to match. Sam Altm...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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aj strauman-scott @straw-man-aj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I do not know how to measure the potential that AI could destroy humanity in the next decade. But I've read enough @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social to deeply believe that AI *is not inevitable*, and society can / should spend the next years shaping how AI develops + demanding it be safe & sustainable.
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