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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 2h

This project I'm working on has me feeling a lot of gratitude for our VA DCR/State Park/Natl Park etc. I have hit so many of these people up and they are so enthusiastic and just want to share the areas theyre working at. Trying to plan a peak leaf trip to Caledon to see remnants of chestnut groves.

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 3h

We have confirmation from Spotify that it is running ads for ICE - thanks for heads up from @oiedecravan.bsky.social

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 2h

Rutgers professor Mark Bray has fled the country after Turning Point USA launched a concerted online campaign that dubbed him “Dr. Antifa.”

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 3h

🍁🔥🍁

VA Forestry IG post about fire seasoning Virginia showing the state in white with the forestry emblem in the middle, with flames behind it all.
It reads:

FIRE SEASON IS HERE
VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT O
FORESTRY
OCT. 15-NOV. 30

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 3h

Just tried to repost a VA Forestry thing about fire season starting today & IG took my wildfire track down. V weird. This Quaker Run Wildfire event was 100% related to flash drought conditions fueled by global heating.

Quaker Run Wildfire (10/24/23–11/17/23) for Fiddle and Guitar | Daniel Bachman

Quaker Run Wildfire (10/24/23–11/17/23) for Fiddle and Guitar, by Daniel Bachman

track by Daniel Bachman

danielbachman.bandcamp.com

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 4h

I know odd timing ! 😬

Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 4h

Tests being done for potential H5N1 Avian Flu in Saltville wildlife.

Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 6h

Virginia: Saltville investigating sudden deaths of vultures in town wcyb.com/news/local/s...

Saltville investigating sudden deaths of vultures in town

The Town of Saltville said that they have reached out to agencies to investigate the sudden death of vultures throughout the town.In a Facebook post, the town s

wcyb.com

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, at the same time some states are banning medical face coverings for the public, we are a pretty twisted society.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 5h

Also check out my piece on American Immunocapitalism. We have a long history in N America being manipulated by planters, industrial tycoons, libertarian billionaires etc for their $ benefit. IMO masking during this time is an act of love.

“Well Seasoned” A History of North American Immunocapitalism

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 5h

That’s a big one too!

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 5h

I agree, I’ve especially noticed it with the wildfire smoke but also have to mask in the garden bc of a 2020 infection I got that damaged my ears & sinuses. Humbling bc I have worked outside my whole life & never had these issues, but it’s an easy adaptation that makes my quality of life better.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 5h

The mask debate on here is centered around SARS2/COVID (which is still totally not going well) but also misses other parts of what’s going on rn with climate breakdown & a fascist surveillance state. Masking is 100% the future, whether it’s against a novel virus, wildfire smoke, or police cameras.❤️‍🔥😷

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 6h

All I can add to the “we reject universal masking” discourse is that it’s not about masks. You aren’t rejecting universal masking, which never happened; you’re rejecting having to think about wearing a mask, and maybe feeling badly about thinking about masks. Can’t help you there.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 5h

I know that several of the Rapidan area mounds have been lost to that including the big one at the confluence of the rappahannock. I will DM you for driving tour sugguestions if we make it over there thanks !

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 6h

Meanwhile here in the US most Americans have no idea what hitting 2C means or that there was a report that came out saying there’s a non 0% chance of hitting 2C by the end of the decade.

Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 11h

This is a “might as well start smoking” headline. Especially considering “by 2050” is a fairly optimistic projection.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.com

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 17h

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Dash Lewis // Gardener @gardenerjams.bsky.social · 18h

yeah ok for sure totally

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 19h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 19h

Fried fish dinner has really leveled up for us since I started keeping a pre mixed breading in the freezer.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 20h

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: A Conversation with Justin Nobel: Toxic Impacts of Compressor Stations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

us02web.zoom.us

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 20h

This even looks good, starts in a half an hour, related to MVP & other fracked methane gas pipelines in VA. Registration below.

“A conversation with Justin Nobel about the toxic impacts of unregulated oil & gas waste”

A Instagram post if a man kneeling in the woods reads “A Discussion With Justin Nobel About Toxic Impacts of
Compressor Stations
How Our Land
Became
Radioactive
A conversation with Justin Nobel about the toxic impacts of unf egulated oil & gas waste”

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words @words.bsky.social · 1d

we are living in a golden age of outsider music

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 1d

times really have changed. i just put on my copy of Jandek's Blue Corpse LP, and it sounds like a relatively normal folk album.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 1d

lol

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing historical material I'll be using in my tree project at Patreon, most recently a Black Walnut in Altavista VA & site of "Lynch's Law" a revolutionary war era extrajudicial punishment that originated the term "lynching" in English dictionaries 20 some years later in the early 1800s.

Tree Interviews/Lynch's Law/Etc. | Daniel Bachman

Get more from Daniel Bachman on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · Aug 26

How about advocating for no AI use until we can find a way to power it without fossil fuels and make sure the corporate fascists can’t program it.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 1d

My sister Sarah's illustrations accompany this children's book on Benjamin Lay, out today. ❤️‍🔥

Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 1d

It’s publication day! Our children’s book, *Fearless Benjamin: The Quaker Dwarf who Fought Slavery*, co-written with Michelle Markel and illustrated by Sarah Bachman, is out today with @pmpress.bsky.social. Use BEN! at checkout for a 20% discount. Help spread the word!

pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

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dirtgod raven mack @dirtgod.bsky.social · 1d

wait, wtf... D'Angelo passed? that's crazy. a Richmond legend. they need a statue of that man at Hull & Belt Blvd.

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