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Committed seniors of NC working on climate justice and democracy. Geographic working group of @ThirdActOrg .

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350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 4h
Join us Saturday, Oct 3 from 3-6 pm with neighbors, community organizers, and local candidates for an afternoon of conversation, connection, and community participation! More info and RSVP below. raleigh-peoples-assembly.vercel.app
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 19h
DataOne, the Microsoft-linked datacenter in New Jersey, ran unpermitted generators for nearly a year that emitted huge amounts amounts of lung-damaging nitrogen oxide air pollution. New analysis shows DataOne is in the state’s top five NOx polluters of 2025. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 15h
The Senate permitting bill would be a gift to data centers and their massive gas buildout. It would weaken accountability + give developers more power at communities’ expense. Congress should reject the bill. Read more: oilchange.org/blogs/senate...
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Senate permitting bill would be a gift to data centers and their massive gas buildout - Oil Change International
In short:
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 10h
THIS MONDAY (10/5), the U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the biggest climate cases to date — one that could have a huge impact on the ability of communities to hold Big Oil companies accountable for their climate lies. 🗓️ Join us in Washington, D.C. to make our voices heard!
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Join Us: Oct. 5 | The People v. Big Oil
Big Oil knew and lied. Now, they need to pay. Join us in Washington, D.C, to make our voices heard.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10h
BIG WIN FOR BIG BEND!! A federal judge just issued an emergency injunction to block border barrier and road construction across the #BigBend region. The injunction will remain in place while the court considers a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s waiver to fast-track construction.
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350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Take Action! Let’s Tell NC Regulators, Not One Step Back on Fracking! actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
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Let’s Tell NC Regulators, Not One Step Back on Fracking!
The NC Oil & Gas Commissioners are the regulators who write our state rules on fracking. Over 10 years ago, thousands of North Carolinians from across the state weighed in on fracking before these...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Global model ensembles are in strong agreement that a prolonged &anomalous nearly West-wide autumn heatwave will develop this week & persist for 10+ days. While some daytime records may be set, this event will be more notable for its persistence & breadth. [Thread]
Map showing predicted temperature anomalies in early October from the ECMWF ensemble across the western U.S. Nearly the entire region is painted red and pink, indicating widespread very warm anomalies.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026
Under the guise of helping renewable energy, a new legislative package, cynically titled the "Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026," would give the fossil fuel industry massive long-term structural advantages and lock in thousands of fossil fuel projects.
A manatee floating under calm, clear water, close to the camera and close to the sandy river bottom. Text over the image reads: BREAKING: Legislation was just introduced today in the U.S. Senate that would dismantle protections for hundreds of endangered species in order to speed approvals for corporate polluters.
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350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“This ‘dirty deal’ threatens to raise electricity prices for working families by accelerating the buildout of energy-guzzling AI data centers and liquefied natural gas export projects.” @oilchange.org's @collinrees.bsky.social www.commondreams.org/news/warning...
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Groups Call Senate Permitting Deal a 'Blatant Giveaway to Big Oil and Big Tech' | Common Dreams
"If it comes to pass, this deal would bulldoze America’s most important wildlife law," said one campaigner.
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Third Act NC @thirdactnc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2026: Time for the Midterms Awesome video from members of the #HamiltonBroadway company! @billmckibben.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayWi...
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When I visited the Permian Basin last year—on a fact finding trip w members of the Mexican legislature—it felt like this had already happened. Massive machinery operating w/o oversight. Ongoing malfunctions, fires, unlit flares just pouring methane into the air. A ghost town emergency in process.
Black smoke plume from an unstaffed fracking siteMalfunctioning flare stack and drill rigs with no workers present.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 23/09/2026
Huge thank you to everyone who attended our "No Immunity for Big Oil" #ClimateWeekNYC event yesterday! 🙌 @emorwee.bsky.social led a great discussion on holding Big Oil accountable w/ @govjayinslee.bsky.social, @brotherjones.bsky.social, Dr. Pallavi Phartiyal of @ucs.org & Angela Cai of Platkin LLP
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Climate Hawks Vote @climatehawksvote.com · 24/09/2026
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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Democracy Now! interview with Bill McKibben in two parts: 1. The climate protest against Amazon at its headquarters in NY 2. The importance of the midterms as groundwork for 2028 Link to the second part is provided on the screen. www.democracynow.org/2026/9/22/un...
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Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon’s Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant
World leaders are in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, which coincides with Climate Week. It comes after months of climate-fueled extreme weather around the world, including ...
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QuitGPT @quitgpt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BIG AI IS BUYING OFF POLITICIANS. We're doing something about it. As people demand action to stop Big AI from putting our lives in danger, execs from OpenAI, Palantir, and a16z built a monster Super PAC to pay politicians to kill common-sense regulation. Read this 🧵 to learn more.
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Third Act SoCal @thirdactsocal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Come hop on the party line! Senior-to-senior phone and text banking now through November 3, several times a week! All you need is a computer or tablet, a phone, and a willingness to talk to your fellow seniors! We’ll train you! www.mobilize.us/graypac/even... #thirdact #PhoneBanking #textbanks
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Climate Week is here in New York City, and our work has deep roots. 18,261 trees planted this year. The most in a decade.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“62 large natural-gas generators operating at the site without the permits required under the state's Air Pollution Control Act.” And it’s still under construction. Just shut it down. 6abc.com/post/vinelan...
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New Jersey's largest data center fined $1.07M for air pollution violations
DEP Commissioner Ed Potosnak said the action is intended to send a message to the industry.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The AI moment is one of those rare opportunities in our political life to reset important conversations. We should not miss it billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...
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The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formation
Is There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense?
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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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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I offered my thoughts on the potential global implications of a likely record-strength El Niño event in 2026-2027 during the latest episode of BMO's Sustainability Leaders Podcast. capitalmarkets.bmo.com/en/insights/...
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Let’s Tell NC Regulators, Not One Step Back on Fracking! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
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Let’s Tell NC Regulators, Not One Step Back on Fracking!
The NC Oil & Gas Commissioners are the regulators who write our state rules on fracking. Over 10 years ago, thousands of North Carolinians from across the state weighed in on fracking before these...
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Third Act NC @thirdactnc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This will be great with @justinjpearson.bsky.social tomorrow night!!
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I was part the fight against the Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline. We won on the science, the economics, and the public health harms. Then came Gov. Hochul’s secret meeting with the White House. Here’s the latest on the zombie pipeline that’s back in play: truthout.org/articles/new...
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New Yorkers Defeated a Pipeline Nearly 6 Years Ago — Or So They Thought
The Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline has been fought, defeated, and revived multiple times.
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Third Act Maryland @thirdactmd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New Environmental Protection Network report: EPA & other Federal agencies are weakening protection from pollution as health risks from data centers is growing, leaving communities at risk, with less information, less say, and less recourse.
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Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) @janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We have 49 days to turn out all the stops and take back the US House from national-park-bulldozing, clean-air-loathing MAGA sycophants. Today is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay and it’s the perfect time to take ACTION! Visit JanePAC.com/VoterReg to confirm your voter registration is in good order.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🧪 NEW STUDY: Radiation levels are 3-5 X higher than background in the ambient air of a New Mexico community near drilling and fracking operations in the Permian basin. Culprit is radon, a known cause of lung cancer. Looks like flare stacks are one possible source. online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
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Airborne radioactivity in the New Mexico oil and gas development area of the Permian Basin
Airborne alpha radioactivity from both radon gas (gas-phase radioactivity) and radon progeny in particulates (particle-associated radioactivity) were investigated over 13 months (May 2023–May 2024) at...
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@350NYC @350nyc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Third Act Maryland @thirdactmd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Roadless Rule," one of the most important environmental protections in the United States
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Trump rollback of US forest protections could accelerate extinction of 400 endangered species
Decision to rescind ‘roadless rule’ opens more than 45m acres of national forests to roads, drilling and logging
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350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Take action today!! The proposed MVP Boost project includes a massive new compressor station near homes, farms, and an active railroad in Elliston, Virginia. Tell FERC - Reject the Mountain Valley Pipeline Expansion! Sign below! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Tell FERC - Reject the Mountain Valley Pipeline Expansion
Local organizing stopped a major fossil-fuel project in Virginia—for now. Help make sure federal regulators do not revive it. Sign the letter to reject the MVP Boost!
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BART Simpson: “This is the HOTTEST summer of my life”

Homer Simpson: “This is the COLDEST summer of the rest of your life”
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 03/09/2026
NEW: the UN's weather and climate agency issued a stark and historic warning this morning about the supersized El Nino, issuing what it says is the most certain forecast in the history of the organization about the strength of the building phenomenon:
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We’ve Got a ‘Supersized’ El Niño on Our Hands
The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The science is clear: Overshooting 1.5 is Armageddon for the Pacific. 🚨📣 As Pacific leaders gather in Palau, a new UNEP report highlights the existential threat facing island nations. With sea-level rise threatening fisheries and GDP, the need for a just transition grows even more urgent.
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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Solar Advocacy Panel Discussion Sept 17, 7:00 PM, Old Dutch Church, Kingston, NY Part of Sustainable Hudson Valley's 6th Annual Hudson Valley Climate Solutions Week, Sept 12-20 Co-sponsored by Third Act Upstate NY To register: thirdact.org/upstate-ny/e...
Solar Advocacy
Advocates Panel Discussion: Local Perspectives, Learn Why and How
Thursday, September 17, 7:00 PM, at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York
Photos of panel members: Carman, Felber, Miner, Richardson, Selden
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 03/09/2026
some fun news: i'm going to be writing a weekly column on everyone's favorite topic: DATA CENTERS i'll be taking over the @wired.com sunday newsletter from now until the midterms to yap about all things DCs it's going to be tons of fun (in MY opinion)!
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What If We Get It Right season 5 begins NEXT WEEK with my ace co-host, climate OG @billmckibben.bsky.social 🎉 We’re bringing on the best of the best to get to the bottom of what’s at stake for the planet this November. Subscribe, follow, listen — and most importantly, get ready to hit the polls! 🗳️
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Surprise! What If We Get It Right season 5 begins NEXT WEEK with my ace co-host, climate OG Bill Mckibben 🎉 We’re bringing on the best of the best to get to the bottom of what’s at stake for the plane...
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350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tell FERC to protect Appalachian ecosystems and human communities by rejecting the MVP Boost, a risky pipeline expansion! act.biologicaldiversity.org/TiPBhlm3IUew...
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Stop This Risky Pipeline Expansion in Appalachia
Federal officials are considering a proposal to expand the capacity of fracked gas pumped through the Mountain Valley Pipeline by 33%. Tell them to protect Appalachian ecosystems and human communities...
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350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands! actionnetwork.org/letters/no-a...
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No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands!
AI data centers bring noise, light, air, and water pollution, and can increase energy costs by astronomical amounts. It’s why 63% of Americans oppose AI data centers being built in their communities. ...
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🌡️ 4-Factor FeelsLike Forecast 🌡️ It’s the feels-like in Sun and Wind! The US heat this week will be extreme. Traditional heat index forecasts do NOT include the sun and wind. Odd right? I’ve always thought they should because some folks spend so much time exposed. 1/
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Third Act NC @thirdactnc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Join @thirdactorg.bsky.social next week for Hands Off Our Vote!. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/hands...
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Hands Off Our Vote!
The "Hands Off Our Vote" initiative is a national action plan designed to defend voting rights and hold power accountable by galvanizing communities around the message that voters, not leaders, decide...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Did you know that thanks to climate change the US is expecting its worst wheat harvest in half a century? We're pushing up against physical limits, and we're pushing hard. billmckibben.substack.com/p/reality-in...
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Reality intrudes
We can’t actually keep on like this
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Huge California win for plug in solar, so many thanks to all who fought for it, including my Third Act Cali colleagues. Oh, and sponsor Scott Wiener! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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California Becomes Latest State to Approve Plug-in Solar
States across the country are letting residents install small solar systems without utility permission.
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The greed is just staggering. We should be prioritizing water for people and the planet, not Big Tech.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As the UN Secy General says, the Euro wildfires are just an opening act to the El Nino bearing down on planet earth. It's time for smart politicians to stop climate hushing and start getting ahead of the heat. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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High Heat, High Drama
Europe is starting to provide some answers about the next step in the climate fight
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My newsletter turns five years old this month. It's time to take stock of where the climate is, and where the fight is. billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-...
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Take Five
The Crucial Years at the halfway point
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Jeffrey Winfield 💙 🌈 🫂 🫘 🏳️‍🌈 @maverickhammed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨 We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke & extreme weather driven by a warming planet. Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuel. @billmckibben.bsky.social @ted.com
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Our Last, Best Chance to Cool the Earth | Bill McKibben | TED
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Bostonians! On Aug. 27, I'm joining CA congressman Jared Huffman to help launch his book on the fight against Christian nationalism--a fight this Methodist Sunday School teacher fully endorses. Come join us! www.wbur.org/events/10988...
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No Prophets: Rep. Jared Huffman on the dangers of Christian nationalism
Join Jared Huffman and Bill McKibben for a timely conversation on church, state and the future of democracy.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you're worried about the integrity of the November elections, join @thirdactorg.bsky.social for this September training session on how you can help protect the vote thirdact.org/events/hands...
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Hands Off Our Vote! – Third Act
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