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Elle

@sylvanfae.bsky.social
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Mom, docent, Druid, writer/editor/poet, with degrees in Philosophy and Environmental & Sustainability Studies (Anthropology minor). Quite the emergency we're living through. Let's tend to our communal connections so we can weather it.

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We must abolish ICE. And, Democratic candidates and legislators must be loud and clear about this right now: Citizens are filming and all of these ICE agents involved in abuse after abuse will be prosecuted, including the ones who stand by. We see you.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 07/08/2026
I get that the Trump White House has decided that Congress is a vestigial organ, but I think there should be more coverage of the fact that Brendan Carr just up and said "yes, Congress put a 39% cap on media ownership, but I think I can ignore it for reasons."
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"There is one type of rare, gargantuan, towering lie that makes all the other mass lies throughout human history seem like frightened, scurrying, little adorable fibs." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
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The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
404media.co
‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...
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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
GOP: Gang of Predators
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Project for Public Spaces @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🎉 It's National #FarmersMarketWeek (8/2-8)! New research shows frequent farmers market attendance boosts community belonging—60%+ of attendees say markets help them feel connected. Read the latest on our blog👇 www.pps.org/article/do-f... 📷 Omaha Farmers Market
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Do Farmers Markets Build Community? New Research Says Yes
Farmers markets do more than sell food—they help people feel connected to their community. Read the latest research on our blog.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 29/07/2026
🎥 How to survive a heatwave - make your home a cool zone (without air conditioning) More detailed #video ▶️ youtu.be/mSSQmkH2XdM What other tips do you have!? PL RP🩷💚💙 Thank you! #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klima #ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction #heatwave #heat
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
theguardian.com
It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Another blatantly corrupt scheme has been defeated by the courts.
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Trump’s extraordinary ‘settlement’ agreement is defeated by the court
A judge rules against a complex high-value fund being created without legislation or oversight by a court
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In a sane world (an alt reality) today's dissents would sufficient to warrant Thomas, Gorsuch and Alito's impeachment and removal from office. If you defy the plain words, meaning, intent, history, precedent of a black letter constitutional injunction u are abusing your power and should be removed.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"...to the exclusion of all *other* false religions" sounds like a Freudian slip to me.
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Here it comes.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 30/06/2026
EU must rebuild Gaza — and force Israel to pay for its destruction
euobserver.com
EU must rebuild Gaza — and force Israel to pay for its destruction
<div><img width="600" height="340" src="https://static.euobserver.com/2019/11/8d2317452f911dd076d78d65e13785cb-600x340.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://static.euobserver.com/2019/11/8d2317452f911dd076d78d65e13785cb-600x340.jpg 600w, https://static.euobserver.com/2019/11/8d2317452f911dd076d78d65e13785cb-1200x681.jpg 1200w, https://static.euobserver.com/2019/11/8d2317452f911dd076d78d65e13785cb-1536x871.jpg 1536w, https://static.euobserver.com/2019/11/8d2317452f911dd076d78d65e13785cb.jpg 2026w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div>The EU´s inaction and silence during the war in Gaza landed a heavy and long-standing blow to the EU's credibility in the Global South. But we now have both instruments and a window of opportunity to address it, writes S&#038;D MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor.
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
spacedaily.com
For more than a decade the benchmark for human heat survival has been a wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees Celsius sustained for six hours — researchers have now found that deadly conditions occur wel...
For more than a decade, a wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees Celsius sustained for six hours has served as a benchmark for the outer edge of human heat survivability in climate science. The figure com...
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
January 6th war at least four times worse than Watergate honestly.
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O Douglas Price @odouglasprice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This little thread is a very interesting take on electoral politics. It is framing that provides a clear way of making sense of the actions of Democratic leadership in this moment.
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Ken Caldeira @kencaldeira.com · 24/06/2026
Getting young people registered to vote is a key component of the defense of democracy. Article by @laurabrill.bsky.social @thecivicscenter.bsky.social ssir.org/articles/ent...
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Getting Youth Engaged in Democracy (SSIR)
Young people do turn out for elections&amp;#8212;when they are registered. By getting all youth enrolled in high school, we can help achieve universal participation. Here&#039;s how to get it done. | ...
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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Bipartisan majorities might be made skeptical of "growth" and infrastructure when they demand tangible stuff for their community but only get stuff like this. They won't feel a growth in state coffers, but will actually feel the effects of gigawatts of diesel generators.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I have to stop scrolling the news feed to find out more ways US cities and states are tightening nooses around their transportation and budgetary necks with the fucking car culture addiction.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yet again, fossil fuel CEOs & their spin doctors are striving to poison the minds of our children, figuratively, so they can continue to do so literally. Air pollution is a neurotoxin that harms the brains of children (including during gestation/pregnancy) & adults. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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The gas industry is sneaking into kids’ science classes
The Switch Energy Alliance markets its free classroom materials as “objective.” But they are backed by the fossil fuel industry, a HEATED investigation shows.
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DruidiaMac 🌎🌳📖🐝🐞🕷️🦋 /|\ @druidiamac.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/06/2026
The FTC case against WPATH has been reassigned to Judge Reed O' Connor with no reason given. DOJ is starting to centralize all of their investigations under O'Connor in NDTX. The federal courts are a joke.
A formal court order from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, filed on June 24, 2026. The document is for case number 4:26-cv-0748-P, listing the Federal Trade Commission, et al., as Plaintiffs, versus the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc., et al, as Defendants. The body of the order states: "The Court ORDERS that the above-captioned case, is hereby reassigned to United States District Judge Reed O'Connor for all further proceedings and the entry of judgment." The document concludes with "SO ORDERED on this 24th day of June 2026" and bears the signature of United States District Judge Mark T. Pittman.
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Can we do a daily walkout, please?
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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 12/06/2026
The perfect obit headline for this particular climate denier, who knew better but preferred to live a lie heatmap.news/daily/lee-raymond
Lee Raymond, 311 ppm – 421 ppm
The former ExxonMobil CEO left his legacy both on the Earth and in the sky.
Robinson Meyer
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June 11, 2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is amazing - @kevinolearytv 🤡 is fearmongering about Chinese agents opposing his giant Utah data center… but it’s 2 young local girls in Utah who hilariously call him (and his “dumbass hat”) out👇🏽 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYU074V...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
$1 billion for a Ballroom, $10 billion for vanity projects in DC, $15 million for an arch in front of Arlington Cemetery. Meanwhile—they are proposing to cut over $1 billion in tribal programs, tribal housing, education, water and other basic programs, while opening sacred sites like Chaco Canyon.
youtu.be
Rep. Stansbury: How can the Interior DeptJustify $1 billion in cuts totribal funding? they can’t.
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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Photoonist @photoonist.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It should have been called the “Forcing You to Respect Voting Rights Because We Know You’re Incorrigible Racists Act.”
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karatewmntkd.bsky.social @karatewmntkd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Good for you! I think everyone needs to boycott Tennessee and all of its bars in Nashville and all of the amusement parks and the Great Smokey Mountains..
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Only in America can one party control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, win the popular vote,and hold the majority of governorships... and still blame the other party for everything wrong with this country
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not my monkey, not my circus... @notmymonkeymon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It's interesting how alec, the heritage foundation, the federalist society & russia all have the beliefs, interests & goals. 🤔
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
slate.com/business/202...
slate.com
It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It.
The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Meanwhile the Dem governor of NYS —which has roughly the same GDP as the nation state of Canada—is busy gutting our state climate law, doing the gas industry’s bidding, deepening fossil fuel dependency, and calling herself a climate realist. @governor.ny.gov
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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a baby girl is sitting in a car seat with a serious look on her face .
ALT: a baby girl is sitting in a car seat with a serious look on her face .
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11/04/2026
The emperor penguin is now officially endangered. Record low sea ice in Antarctica has decimated colonies, with populations projected to fall 50% within 50 years. This International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List update is a "warning" that climate change is accelerating the extinction.
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Emperor penguins are now endangered amid climate change and melting ice
Emperor penguins are native to Antarctica, where record low sea ice over the last decade has dramatically changed their habitat. Populations of the world’s largest penguin have fallen so much that…
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Grist @grist.org · 07/04/2026
Why this NASA climate scientist wants you to stay angry
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Why this NASA climate scientist wants you to stay angry
Kate Marvel reflects on her fiery resignation: “I don’t think we rebuild science without getting mad.”
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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Last month, a hospital in Iowa quietly changed its policies to tell employees to give ICE/CBP agents sensitive patient information without a warrant going against national guidelines. www.patreon.com/posts/155034...
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The violence we don't see | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Good morning Take a moment to listen The fact remains Trump Threatened Genocide Republicans did nothing Threatening civilians is a war crime His two week TACO doesn't change what he is and what he is capable of #25thAmendmentNow
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We're living through the doom loop once again.
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This is the kind of thing that led me out of conservatism. They'd say they were the ones being picked on and that they're championing fairness, then their actions said otherwise. And the other side, when I looked close, was actually playing fair.
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 08/04/2026
The University of Iowa's new Center for Intellectual Freedom appears to be off to a rocky start in terms of enrolling students. They also went over budget on alcohol and food for their introductory event, which isn't surprising when faculty and legislators get together.
thegazette.com
GOP invited to Center for Intellectual Freedom event, Dems weren’t
Before an event debuting the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa - promising “greater viewpoint diversity on campus” - organizers sent email invites to about 100 Republican lawma...
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gramala2.bsky.social @gramala2.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
He’s a abuser and now is abusing the world. 25th Impeach Hospitalize Elected representatives DO YOUR JOB
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Eryn Wyld @erynwyld.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
If anyone wants to better understand how Trump’s dementia and antisocial personality disorders impact his decision making, Vexler’s videos are very informative: youtu.be/eOX3vn6RoTk?...
youtu.be
Trump's Iran Threat Did Irreparable Damage
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat
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ajsaxx.bsky.social @ajsaxx.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
America is now on the clock. We have two weeks to remove Donald Trump from office through the 25th Amendment or impeachment. Not saying that will happen, only saying that a nation with even a shred of decency would get to work on it immediately.
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Elle @sylvanfae.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
And we in the red states could have told everyone this. We tried.
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