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Global activist for women's rights; env scientist for conservation, climate justice, end to fossil fuels. Working to end wildlife trafficking. Feminist-forward news junkie. Humor, occasional snark.

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Erik Lars Myers @eriklarsmyers.com · 20/09/2026
These advent calendars, regardless of creature, have never disappointed. They are amazing and support a great organization. Go get thee snail facts!
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What's your favorite thing about raccoons? 1. their shadowy slinking 2. their dreamy black eyes 3. their mastery of dark magic 4. did a raccoon write this?
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 20/09/2026
Elite athletes, musicians, actors & more often use cultural importance as an excuse for why they're exempt from cutting their emissions. In this new analysis led by @manuelsuter.bsky.social, we argue the opposite: visibility and influence should raise the bar, not lower it! Read more:
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The climate responsibility of cultural influencers - npj Climate Action
In socially influential fields such as elite sport, music, and film, cultural relevance is often invoked as a special moral status that exempts them from genuine emissions reduction. We argue that vis...
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Anthony Citrano @citrano.com · 17/09/2026
I am so sad to hear of Annie Dillard’s passing. She was an exceptional literary talent - her remarkable “Total Eclipse” changed how I thought writing could be done. My heart goes out to her family and friends. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Annie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81 (Gift Article)
Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 08/09/2026
i dont know how to get this through to the true believers but i simply do not want to ask a machine to do my work for me. i dont want it to communicate with other people for me. i dont want it to plan my vacations or make my agendas or anything because all of that IS my life
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WatchingClosely @watchingclosely.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria AND Dolly in the same week. such loss. here they are together in 1987
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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Mary Stephens @letsgetjuicing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Lock them up!
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Lundberg Family Farms Regenerative Organic Certified White Jasmine Rice (32-ounce packages) has been recalled due to the potential presence of foreign material."
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Charles XCXavier @astralbodyofmyown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I'd point out too that a) every dollar spent on food and medicine is a dollar not being spent on coups and black sites and b) running food and medicine delivery programs attracts people to federal careers who want to run programs like that rather than people who want to run black sites
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Come be my boss! Chicago-based Injustice Watch is seeking our next EIC. If you're an experienced manager with deep investigative skills who cares about independent, impactful reporting, please consider applying. $125K–$145K, with benefits. www.injusticewatch.org/about/editor...
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Editor in Chief
Editor in Chief Injustice Watch is seeking an Editor in Chief to lead our nonprofit newsroom. The ideal candidate is an experienced manager and editor
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WatchingClosely @watchingclosely.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I could rename Trump "Donald TwiddlyPants." But guess what, I have no authority or standing to do so. It might provide temporary amusement, but it's meaningless silliness. No one in the US gov't has authority to rename a shared int'l water. Or land. But if TwiddlyPants finds this amusing, go ahead.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
-It is still Lake Ontario -It is still the Gulf of Mexico -It is still the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. -He is still a pedophile. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 27/08/2026
Sand sharks are the only species of shark that fart.
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The order to stop teaching about human-caused climate change came at a Sept 2025 meeting of the geography program. Faculty were told to “remove all mention of human causes of climate change from their courses.” & warned if they went to press or politicians, the entire dept would likely be dissolved.
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Lawsuit: West Point Professor Was Forced Out For Objecting To Order To Stop Teaching Climate Change - Joe.My.God.
Gothamist reports: A former tenured professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point says the school ordered faculty to stop teaching about anthropogenic, or human-caused, climate change, then pus...
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NPR @npr.org · 27/08/2026
A push by President Trump could mean the elimination of a safety standard designed to keep radiation exposure as low as possible. n.pr/46ryCm4
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Nuclear regulator prepares to abandon a decades-old radiation safety rule
A push by President Trump could mean the elimination of a safety standard designed to keep radiation exposure as low as possible.
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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 24/08/2026
New online! Global trends and impacts of the online illegal wildlife trade
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Global trends and impacts of the online illegal wildlife trade
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-026-00192-8Online illegal wildlife trade threatens species, ecosystems and human well-being. This Review examines the species and products involved, online platforms, drivers, trade routes and impacts of this trade, and how these compare with those of traditional illegal wildlife trade, before outlining mitigation strategies and future priorities for research and action.
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Brock Lee 🇺🇦🌻🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 #NAFO @brocklee97.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Canada stands up to Trump... again. Image from Sebastien Thibault
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Take note DJT…PA Governor Josh Shapiro knows how to be a true leader! #re-electJoshShapiro #Pinks
Take notes DJT…PA Governor Josh Shapiro knows how to be a true leader! 
#re-electJoshShapiro
#Pinks

Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro
Since Day One, Donald Trump has chosen chaos and cruelty — and by doubling down on his reckless trade war with Canada, he's further harming our families, farmers, and small business owners.
He's not only hurting Pennsylvanians - who are already struggling to afford basic necessities like groceries and gas because of his war of choice in Iran - he's destroying the relationship with one of our country's strongest allies.
Canada is Pennsylvania's largest trading partner. And when I visited with Prime Minister Carney earlier this year, I made clear: Pennsylvania is committed to strengthening our economic partnership with Canada.
The President should follow our lead and work to make life more affordable - instead of slapping the added costs of tariffs on Americans.
PENNSYLVANIA.GOV
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts [to USAID] could result in more than 14,051,750 (uncertainty interval 8,475,990–19,662,191) additional all-age deaths, including 4,537,157 (3,124,796–5,910,791) in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.”
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Elliott Lusztig @elliottlusztig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The leader of Canada just gave a speech where he said the US "attacked" his nation, and we are now "at war." There are VERY few Americans who support this crap, but Washington DC is so busted no one will stop Trump. If you voted for this: Go straight to hell. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/w...
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Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Canadian Government Is Dumping Donald Trump youtu.be/2wj7DI2NMPk
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The Canadian Government Is Dumping Donald Trump
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/08/2026
Carney on the US: We cannot accept what they’ve offered, and we will not give what they’ve asked.
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WatchingClosely @watchingclosely.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
a prescient tribe
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#VoteThemOut
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/08/2026
CORRECTION: After looking at the flight data a little closer, there were SIX third-country removals, with an additional stop in Equatorial Guinea -- where migrants already trapped there say officials are beating them and threatening them at gunpoint.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Pantrywoman @pantrywoman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Good Morning!
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Jammy blueberries with lemon dumplings — a.k.a. blueberry grunt — is an easy dessert for August #Canada Cookbook author Christine Flynn says you can even make it over a campfire www.cbc.ca/life/food/ja...
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Jammy blueberries with lemon dumplings — a.k.a. blueberry grunt — is an easy dessert for August | CBC Life
Cookbook author Christine Flynn says you can even make it over a campfire.
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EH! @eh-now.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A hockey romance novelist just saved five small town libraries in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. 🇨🇦 Rachel Reid heard the branches were closing and made one of the largest private gifts in the regional library’s history. Books saving books. - EH! Canada’s Social Network ❤️
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Honestly this is the right way to look at things
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#NovaScotia N.S. exhibit honours African Nova Scotian fishers, sailors www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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N.S. exhibit honours African Nova Scotian fishers, sailors
A new museum exhibit called "We and the Sea" is showcasing how African Nova Scotians shaped the province's marine industry.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I remember talking to STAT before Trump's second term started and RFK Jr was being confirmed, and telling them that I didn't know of any time when so MANY people who were singularly opposed to the very idea of public health in positions of power in govt and institutional public health in the US.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump dramatically escalated tensions with Oman, which has been negotiating with Iran over reopening and managing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. During a Fox News interview Monday, Trump said that if Oman interfered with U.S. efforts, the United States would bomb the country. #TheCityBrief
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 14/08/2026
"They're selling snake oil again. Carbon capture is a pseudo-technology that's designed to maintain the status quo. It barely exists outside a laboratory, but whole swathes of academics still continue to work on it. Almost no one is working on radical emissions reductions for climate emergency."
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Mama Nichols @dawgmother.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Lazy school administration used AI for producing student agenda binders.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Glad to see people are finally finding their courage. There’s still a lot left to do (not least of which is actually keep that promise), but it’s a good step
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TJ Otter @tifotter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🚨 UNSAFE & INHUMANE: This ICE flight on Friday, August 7th out of SLC had no air conditioning. It was 103°F here that day, and 104°F in Mesa, AZ where it went next. When it later arrived in Harlingen, TX, ICE/ERO went through passenger belongings & helped themselves to money and jewelry. #ICEflights
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BREAKING WaPo: Republican Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Miller and his attorney — alleging that they "recklessly published" a nude image of Miller's 2-year-old daughter online.
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Rep. Max Miller’s ex-wife sues after sensitive image of child was publicly shared
The Ohio Republican had released documents through a publicly accessible Dropbox account this month, seeking to fend off allegations of domestic abuse.
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Potemkin pillage: “Artillery shells displayed around the plant that day had been shipped in from elsewhere, three former workers told ProPublica. A worker picked one up and was startled to discover it was fake — seemingly made of plastic.“ www.propublica.org/article/gene...
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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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richardhetu.bsky.social @richardhetu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Trump prêt à sacrifier Marco Rubio mais pas Natalie Harp richardhetu.com/2026/08/12/t...
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Trump prêt à sacrifier Marco Rubio mais pas Natalie Harp
J’ai consacré récemment un billet à Natalie Harp, cette jeune blonde surnommée « l’imprimante humaine » en raison des articles ou commentaires élogieux à l’endroit de Donald Trump…
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026
This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.”
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Republicans blame Chicago. The data ranks Chicago 21st. The party of law and order delivered this: America’s 11 deadliest cities are all in states Trump won in 2024, led by Jackson, St. Louis, and Birmingham. Republicans have governed those states for over a decade. #LawAndOrder #VoteBlue
2025 HOMICIDES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS AMERICA'S 25
DEADLIEST BIG CITIES
THE TOP 11 ARE ALL IN STATES TRUMP WON

TRUMP 2024
HARRIS 2024
DC: NOT A STATE
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Jackson, MS
53.0
14 Little Rock, AR
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St. Louis, MO
51.3
15 Shreveport, LA
21.8
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Birmingham, AL
44.0
16 Cincinnati, OH
20.2
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New Orleans, LA
33.6
17 Atlanta, GA
18.6
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Baton Rouge, LA
32.3
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Washington, DC
18.3
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Memphis, TN
31.0
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Dayton, OH
17.6
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Montgomery, AL
30.9
20 Hampton, VA
17.4
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Cleveland, OH
28.9
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Chicago, IL
15.9
9
Kansas City, MO
26.1
22 Fayetteville, NC
15.8
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Detroit, MI
25.7
23 Louisville, KY
15.6

11 Milwaukee, WI
25.4
24 Rochester, NY
15.5

12 Baltimore, MD
23.6
25 Indianapolis, IN
15.3

13 Richmond, VA
22.9

Sources: Real-Time Crime Index (AH Datalytics), full-year 2025 reported murders, cities 100,000+. Jackson: 75 homicides (WLBT). Montgomery: 61 (WSFA). Birmingham:
86 (WBR). Populations: police agency and U.S. Census. Colors: certified 2024 presidential results. Some cities do not report; Oakland ranks 26th at 15.l.
LAGUNA BEACH DEMOCRATIC CLUB
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Princess of Ely @princessofely.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
When I was in junior high school, back in the covered wagon days, we actually took #Geography as a class! Latin too, but I digress.. Mr. Diehl was our teacher, may he RIP. This map might’ve killed him, if he wasn’t already dead. Wowza. 🤦🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🤪
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thread. Rapists running a coercive sex ring AND transmitting CSAM AND inducing other men to abuse women and girls in turn. The alleged behavior is legitimately monstrous and it’s a HUGE deal that the Trump regime is undermining law enforcement to help/free them. Epstein in real time
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Donald Trump's self-serving massive fireworks display on July 4 may cause the worst air pollution and public health disaster in Washington DC history, especially when combined with the extreme heat wave. Stay indoors, stay away, wear an N95 mask (you still have them, right, because of Covid?).
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