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Charlie Thomsen

@thomsec.bsky.social
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Geographer. Happiness, climate change, human rights. “What appears to be coming at you is really coming from you.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Jenn 🩷 @alldolledup44.bsky.social · 15h
Out here doing my best. Good morning! 🩷
A drawing of two old women in black with scarves on their heads. Text says my ancestors approving of how feral and noncompliant I am becoming a midlife. 
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s not ALL men.” Thousands of men in group chats about how to drug women and rape them (#eyecheck, #sleep, and #zzz trends), and a woman had to expose them. So out of all the men who came across this, none of them cared enough to try to expose it. wearethemeteor.com/the-women-wh...
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The Women Who Exposed the "Rape Academy"
The Meteor spoke with Saskya Vandoorne, Niamh Kennedy, and Kara Fox, about how their extraordinary investigation came together.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OK, so the evil Heritage Foundation not only sold Donald Trump on *wildly* unpopular policies with its Project 2025, it is now gaslighting Donald into thinking he should be front and center in the midterms because Republicans are going to do so well? I'm not interfering with this nonsense.
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Association for Fire Ecology @afe-fireecology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Read "Site characteristics and fire interact to shape juvenile tree populations in high-elevation whitebark pine forests" by Josh Beisel, Sean A. Parks, C. Alina Cansler, David L. R. Affleck, Ashley P. Ballantyne, and Andrew J. Larson in #FireEcology #SNFECO ow.ly/XH3N50ZShzz
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Rico 🙏🏼❤️🌍✌🏼☯️🍀🍸 @taozeta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the right step, but it's shameful and even criminal that it took public scrutiny to get here...
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Cornell Sexual Assault Investigation to Be Reopened (Gift Article)
After outrage over allegations in a lawsuit, the Tompkins County district attorney will revisit the decision not to pursue criminal charges against seven fraternity members.
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Heat reduces coast redwood photosynthesis even when leaves have water. In hot summers, some leaves were nearly 20°F warmer than the air. doi.org/hckts6
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Coast redwoods slow their 'breathing' and 'eating' when temperatures spike
California's iconic coast redwoods are used to growing in cool, coastal areas where the average temperature is around 59 degrees F (15 degrees Celsius).
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Stop going to bat for Elon." I literally have a book about how his Mars ideas are unworkable. It took years! I just don't understand this thread of thought were you see a capability and say it isn't real. I've seen people comparing Starship to the DC-X to prove nothing new is happening.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It feels to me that war crimes and crimes against humanity are just happening all the time and nothing is being done about it. I'm not sure how to enforce international law, especially against nuclear powers like Russia and the US, but it could use a little help.
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 28/09/2026
No...for reenactments to be...realistic, there need to be people being horribly maimed and killed. Everything else is sanitized cosplay. And you don't need Nazis for cosplay. The Clean Wehrmacht is the cockroach of historical myths.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!
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CinnamonGirl 🇪🇺 @zimtmaedchen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Last week, Earth Fire Alliance released first light images from the initial handful of FireSats. A constellation designed to monitor fire, globally, in near real time. earthfirealliance.org/news-article... The data are stunning, with 5 bands measuring 4 different wavelengths.
Three satellite images showing Dubbo, Australia in different wavelengths. The leftmost image is mostly green, revealing vegetation in a shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red light.

The second image is midwife infrared, colored dark red to light yellow. At this wavelength the image is a combination of emitted and reflected light, so the image reveals information about landscape composition. Urban areas and bare earth tend to be bright, dense vegetation and water dark.

The third image is thermal infrared, showing temperature from dark orange to light yellow. Vegetation tends to be cool, fields and sparse vegetation warmer.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Life comes at you fast
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daryl "crimetime after primetime" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we been known but hopefully more people get a snootful if it makes it to release
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026
the thing that's helped Trump deal with a lot of his other scandals is that they are self-inflicted and he can make them disappear from the headlines by stopping whatever stupid bullshit he's pulling but he can't do that here, there's no "oops let's return to status quo" that ship has (not) sailed
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Actuel Moyen Âge @agemoyen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Une belle carte sur la Peste noire (de 1347 à 1352). L'épidémie se diffuse à partir de Marseille, puis de Narbonne. Notez l'importance de l'axe du Rhône (logique) mais aussi du couloir Narbonne-Bordeaux (plus inattendu à l'époque). Bilan : 30 à 60% de la pop meurt... ☠️
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McJulie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It wasn’t until Trump that I connected that “I’m a proud Republican” energy with Confederate lost-cause mythmaking, but once you see it, you see it. Why would anybody in suburban King County in Washington State buy a Confederate Flag from one of those popup vendors on a corner near a gas station?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kaja Kallas on the US inviting Putin to the G20 summit in Miami: "It was very hard to hear. Considering that even a few days ago, there were Russian intelligence officers charged for murders of Americans on American soil.
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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh my god, I loved Zohran before but his interview this morning at the Tishman climate week event has him centering EJ when asked about the climate crisis. It is the absolute right take!! This man just GETS it. Question is about 6 1/2 minutes in from the start of this livestream.
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WATCH LIVE: Mayor Mamdani Discusses AI, Energy and NYC’s Affordable Future at Climate Desk
YouTube video by NBC New York
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jshacat.bsky.social @jshacat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ocean City MD is planning a music festival this weekend. The venues is basically under water thanks to an early season Nor’easter. Don’t worry though. Climate change is a hoax.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you want a full rundown of the Academy of Natural sciences situation, this video does a really good job of covering it. youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...
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The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What gets you booted from Substack? Andrew Tate still seems to have a newsletter there while charged with: 10 counts of rape, 3 of trafficking for sexual exploitation, 3 of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, & making/distributing indecent images of a child. possessing extreme pornography.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/09/2026
my preferred ww2 podcasters just casually dropped a reference to germany investing heavily in useless battleships essentially because "hitler liked big boats" has me reeling again www.youtube.com/watch?v=br4A...
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Karl Dönitz and His Rise to Power | WW2 Podcast Episode: 113
YouTube video by WW2: Both Sides Of The Wire | Podcast
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Graham Sinclair @esgarchitect.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At last my turn: Wendell Berry’s most influential book, “The Unsettling of America” arrived in my @libbyapp.com just now sitting on Amtrak from the Maine Line PA to #ClimateWeekNYC. Delightful to find it’s narrated by the perfect American for the role, Mr @nickofferman.bsky.social. Thank you, sir.
Cover of “The Unsettling of America” by Wendell Berry, 1986, narrated by Nick Offerman.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
the missiles were not nuclear tipped before the war, fwiw also didn't the u.s. say it had already destroyed iran's nuclear program in 2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was told by a guy on Truth Social who wears orange makeup that leaking to the press was treason and people should be prosecuted for it.
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
David Brooks was happy to lean heavily on the conservative family values thing in his punditry, but he was never going to hang any politician for not adhering to that because he knew full well he was hiring attractive young interns in order to boink them.
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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Austrian Ski Resort Permanently Closes due to Climate Change www.byteseu.com/2394724 The Unterberg ski resort in Austria recently announced it will permanently cease operations. | Credit: Schigebiet Unterberg Facebook It was a bitter end for this Austrian ski resort.  The Unterberg ski …
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Austrian Ski Resort Permanently Closes due to Climate Change - Bytes Europe
It was a bitter end for this Austrian ski resort. 
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.
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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Scissors @scissors.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026
Ok, but actually…quite an interesting read What a fascinating life she lived
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Kitty Wooley @kwooleyy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c... Yay!
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Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)
The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.
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Nia Calloway @ni-call.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@nytimes.com From @theathletic.com: The Columbus Crew fired Crew 2 head coach Federico Higuaín on Tuesday following a mid-game incident on Aug. 23 in which he strongly shook the hand of a female referee and told her, “Don’t forget, this is a man’s game.” nyti.ms/4yQ9VMo
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Columbus fires Crew 2 manager following incident with female referee
Federico Higuaín strongly shook the hand of a female referee and told her, “Don’t forget, this is a man’s game.”
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“We may be done with talking about climate change. We may be bored of it. But climate change is not bored of us.”
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Remi Gaillard: Bird Mascot Following Prank
ALT: Remi Gaillard: Bird Mascot Following Prank
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026
"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The assassin stared into his victim’s disbelieving eyes as the life slowly drained from them, avoiding the blood still spurting from where his teeth had pierced their jugular. Jarred from his reverie by a woman’s screams behind him, he hopped away, a siren rising in the distance.
A close-up of a rabbit with its head tilted, displaying a curious expression. The background shows an outdoor setting with greenery and a building.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic - 🤖 ELON MUSK AND HIS DOGE PALS vs. GIANT A.I. ROBOTS!! - Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including long-time member B.T. Robinson and new member Terry Kimber (bit.ly/theInnerHive) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
President Trump lambasts court order overturning press ban, saying that Politico was within two week of obtaining nuclear weapons.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
FBI agent Michelle Ball helped take a 50-page confession about buying help in Congress. Then Kash Patel's FBI fired her over her work on Trump's 2020 election case, and the bribery probe died. Now she's suing: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-fbi...
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Doug Greenfield @douggreenfield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Erin Brockovich Data Center map #MapoftheWeek mapoftheweek.substack.com/p/erin-brock...
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Erin Brockovich’s AI Data Center Map
I recently saw an interview with consumer advocate Erin Brockovich. She put together an interactive data center map to keep track of the data center issues across the United States.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine if more people with money cared about saving lives
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm really sad about the death of one of my favorite wikipedia editors so here's a thread of some of the greatest articles he wrote
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Texas GOP legislator who wrote the state's draconian abortion law that produced the deaths of multiple Texas women, Daniel Capriglione, paid for his longterm mistress's multiple abortions. He also routinely referred to his mistresses as "cum buckets." dailyboulder.com/texas-republ...
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Texas Republican who wrote abortion ban law forced into stunning admission after mistress reveals he funded her abortions
Texas Republican state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione helped write one of the country's strictest abortion laws. Now he’s been forced into a stunning admission after a woman revealed that she had carried o...
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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.
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Jordyn Marcellus @jordynmarcellus.ca · 22/09/2026
you ever see the ideology of your industry in one quote?
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The West used to create new urban land by reclaiming coastlines. Then it largely stopped in the 1970s. The authors argue the constraint isn’t technology or geography, but environmental regulation and permitting. Meanwhile China, Singapore and Japan kept building land. Source: buff.ly/jqSztrk
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