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trygman

@trygman.bsky.social
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Minnesota native, lived and worked in Chicago, Washington D.C., then abroad; now living in and loving the PNW. Writer, editor. . . especially education and environmental issues. Oxford comma enthusiast. Struggling optimist.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From Bordeaux to Paris . . . organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice across France today.
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Larry Houston @larrytoons54.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Norway just made gasoline cars almost disappear from its roads and most people have no idea how fast it happened 🚗⚡ Between January and August 2026 electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold. 📚 Sources: OFV Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council, Reuters, CleanTechnica
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
She does not regret her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court. Many Maine voters regret their votes for Susan Collins as their senator.
yahoo.com
Supreme Court vote shadows Maine Sen. Susan Collins in her first bid after abortion rights decision
For years, Planned Parenthood’s endorsement of Susan Collins was enough to persuade Erin Evans to vote for Maine's longtime U.S. senator, believing that the moderate Republican would protect abortion ...
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Before this administration other countries came to the U.S. for help fighting deadly diseases; CDC disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them.
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every stitch tells a story of love, community, and remembrance. Volunteers across MN created the "Stolen Neighbors Quilt" with 11,000 squares to honor Minnesotans detained by ICE. Each fabric square represents a neighbor, a family member, and a life impacted by deportation. We stand for Justice!
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Plans include "ramping up renewable energy from 55% to 80% of electricity generation by 2030, with an additional 12GW of onshore wind, and a target of 215GW of solar energy by 2030."
theguardian.com
Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Page One in Milwaukee: @mcbridetd.bsky.social
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
President Trump managed to mislead on the Iran war and AI in his speech to the UN on Sept 22
politifact.com
Fact-checking Trump’s UN speech on Iran, AI
In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United States’ use of military power abroad and criticized the international community for inaction. PolitiFact fact-check...
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Public media's next era?
editorandpublisher.com
In its punk moment, public media must choose between the status quo and total reinvention - Editor and Publisher
Public media survived the loss of federal funding, but is survival enough? In his September “Innovation in Practice” op-ed, E&P columnist Chad Davis contends that public media is at a pivotal moment t...
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 2018, President Trump revoked Jim Acosta's press pass, then with CNN, after a contentious news conference. A federal judge restored his access, and the White House ultimately backed down. Now, with CNN, MS NOW, and Politico barred from the White House, Acosta says the stakes are broader.
iowapublicradio.org
A journalist once barred from the White House says this media ban is different
Jim Acosta has already been through a White House press-pass fight. Now, three news organizations are barred, and he says the press is showing solidarity that should have come sooner.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just a handy grammar tip: The 1960s are not the 1960's or the 60's. They are the 1960s and the '60s.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
editorandpublisher.com
White House media ban draws condemnation across journalism and calls for solidarity - Editor and Publisher
President Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House has drawn condemnation across journalism, with professional associations, press freedom advocates and competing n...
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From CNN: “We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.”
editorandpublisher.com
Major TV networks stand with CNN, decline to replace its White House pool crew - Editor and Publisher
The major television networks are standing with CNN by declining to replace its White House pool crew after the Trump administration barred the network from fulfilling its assigned duties on Monday.
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
mprnews.org
‘People of Minnesota’ receive Hispanic Heritage Award for resilience during ICE surge
Organizers said they wanted to hold the event in Minneapolis this year because of the federal immigration surge last winter.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NOAA just announced that this summer was the hottest on record in the United States.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024. It hits even harder now.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
UN votes 164-1 to adopt Equal Earth map projection, replacing centuries-old Mercator distortion
UN votes 164-1 to adopt Equal Earth map projection, replacing centuries-old Mercator distortion
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/09/2026
Got a new ribbon for the first time since about 1994 so the nine-year-old is trying his hand at mystery-writing.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Awesome ❤️
A mother elephant and her baby hugging each other with their trunks
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/09/2026
Whoever realized that publishing focus group conversations was a way to launder diner-level insights into something resembling quantitative research should face a five-year ban from journalism.
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Federal judge extends prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to limit mail voting.
nbcnews.com
Judge again blocks Trump’s effort to restrict mail voting as ballots start going out
The move comes as the Trump administration appeals a related order to the Supreme Court.
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A bird crashed into the glass and lay motionless, but its companion didn't abandon it. It stayed by its side until it was sure that they could both fly again. Original post
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A new report by the UN Environment Programme warns that as global temperature rise and cross 1.5°C, we will push climate risks to dangerous new heights.
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Limiting Overshoot: Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 01/09/2026
In almost half of states, Canada is the largest source of imports by value. In 15 states, imports from Canada made up at least 25% of the 2025 total. But I'm sure these tariffs will be great. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/09/2026
You get energy affordability by getting off fossil fuel. Clean energy is least expensive on the grid. Clean energy has less “negative externalities” (pollution). Get enough clean energy and you get free electricity periods of the day. Our offshore is 9 cents/kwh in 18-cent grid.
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InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 01/09/2026
The overwhelming majority of Norwegian car buyers want EVs—and almost none want gas cars or hybrids.
insideevs.com
EVs Hit A Record 98.7% Market Share In Norway. These Are The Top Sellers
The overwhelming majority of Norwegian car buyers want EVs—and almost none want gas cars or hybrids.
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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Calvin and Hobbes really called it, didn’t they?
A black and white drawing from a Calvin and Hobbes strip. They are sitting together on a tree branch. Calvin says, with a furrowed brow, “isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?”
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Instead of just telling readers what happened, news organizations should understand what people actually need from them and build journalism that does those jobs."
poynter.org
To survive, journalism must become indispensable - Poynter
News organizations need to understand what audiences actually need — and build their journalism around those needs
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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Another beautiful sunset over the waters of Lake Ontario. #sunset #GreatLakes #LakeOntatio #photography
Sunset over Lake Ontario
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fired Stars and Stripes staffers file lawsuit against Pentagon, Hegseth
editorandpublisher.com
Fired Stars and Stripes staffers file lawsuit against Pentagon, Hegseth - Editor and Publisher
The Pentagon’s firing last week of three employees of the newspaper Stars and Stripes was done out of retaliation over unflattering coverage of a Navy deployment and in violation of the protected righ...
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Time for some ground rules for AI and writing
editorandpublisher.com
Time for some ground rules for AI and writing - Editor and Publisher
“There seems to be an increasing amount of heat, and precious little light, surrounding the issue of using AI to write. This week, I want to see if we can get past that, and begin to move toward a set...
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change - Mother Jones
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
poynter.org
To survive, journalism must become indispensable - Poynter
News organizations need to understand what audiences actually need — and build their journalism around those needs
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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A clip I hadn't seen: Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones talking about how Warner Bros. destroyed the original drawings and cels from the classic cartoons. A truly insane crime against art.
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trygman @trygman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A warrior for press freedom in the time of Trump . . . "This year the U.S. fell to 64th place on Reporters Without Borders’ ranking of nations’ press freedom, below Botswana. Yet there’s shockingly little blowback from Congress and a divided, dazed and distracted public."
editorandpublisher.com
One battle after another: A warrior for press freedom in the time of Trump - Editor and Publisher
There’s a case to be made that David McCraw is the tip of the spear defending press freedoms under attack in the United States today. McCraw is the lead newsroom lawyer for The New York Times, which i...
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing. Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla) @unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Congress spent months opening the Boundary Waters to copper mining. It passed. Trump signed it. Twin Metals celebrated. Nobody thought to check whether Minnesota had to go along with it. Tim Walz checked. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/08/2026
this fish is going to change the world
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Science & Facts
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 22/08/2026
This is outrageous. A free press cannot function under constant threats and retaliation from the government. Reporters must be free to hold those in power accountable — without fear of retribution. The assault on the free press must end!
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Photographer Peter Maier captured this jaw-dropping timelapse of a cloudburst over Lake Millstatt in Carinthia, Austria.😍
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