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fsf2.bsky.social @fsf2.bsky.social · Feb 15
We now know that —is due to a coincidental combination of very low rates of global volcanism, and highly dispersed continents with big mountains, which allow for lots of global rainfall and therefore amplify reactions that remove carbon from the atmosphere," he explained.
phys.org/news/2025-02...
Research reveals how Earth got its ice caps
The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.
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fsf2.bsky.social @fsf2.bsky.social · 6h
I heard back in the day, Mr. Steele, outline at a book talk, exactly how Mr. Obama would govern, was convinced, thought Mr. Obama might try for a bit, the legal and internationalist solution v. military, just might try, but it turned out to be rhetoric .
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A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win [Steele, Shelby] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win
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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 10h
Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.
Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10h
Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 9h
“When crops are burned for fuel, new land can be needed to grow new crops for food or fuel. This can lead to indirect land clearance and deforestation. Staggeringly, biofuels globally therefore today emit 16% more CO₂ emissions than the fossil fuels they replace.”
From: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/crop30-why-burning-food-for-land-hungry-biofuels-is-fueling-the-climate-crisis
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fsf2.bsky.social @fsf2.bsky.social · 9h
I was probably too hopeful (yes, we can! ) back then, and younger, and naive and a few other things...
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fsf2.bsky.social @fsf2.bsky.social · 9h
Does one think Mr. DJT is sending a message to cartel subsidiaries trafficking in migrants?
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fsf2.bsky.social @fsf2.bsky.social · 9h
Yes, but they had a chance, an opportunity, to make some significant changes to historical practice in the early to mid- 2000s. That's what I am referring to.
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Traces of Texas @tracesoftexas.bsky.social · 17h
Abandoned gas station in Glenrio, Texas. One of my own photos, taken a couple of weeks ago.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
It’s more important than ever to understand your right to due process. Here’s what you should know. https://youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ?si=5uq9Yf27M473g3hB
What is Due Process?
Robert Reich
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fsf2.bsky.social @fsf2.bsky.social · 12h
The decision not to prosecute terrorists, but rather declare them enemy combatants in a war, well, it can have consequences...
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 15h
"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley.

"'They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,' Greeley recalled."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.
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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 15h
From exposing labor abuse at sea to reshaping Taiwan’s media landscape, Sherry Lee of 報導者 The Reporter, has spent 25+ years redefining investigative journalism.

Hear from her at #GIJC25 in Kuala Lumpur.

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Advice from a Pioneer of Investigative Journalism in the Chinese-Speaking World
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Klassik Stiftung Weimar @klassikstiftung.bsky.social · 1d
Passend zu Nietzsches 181. Geburtstag schalten wir morgen die Datenbank NietzschePics frei. Außerdem gibt es einen Vortrag von Hans-Gerd von Seggern zu Nietzsches Sicht auf Goethe und die Präsentation des neuen Buchs von Barbara Straka zu Nietzsches Transfigurationen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 15h
The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Sep 12
Lieke van der Vorst, Sunflowers, 2021
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🌸Juls🌸⚖️ @jmeyer24.bsky.social · 1d
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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 19d
Stephen Mullen's excellent book on this topic, The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775–1838 is available to read for free from our website:

uolpress.co.uk/book/the-gla...

#OpenAccess #History #Slavery #Scotland
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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 14d
Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place.

@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
Drystone facade with large megalithic stones forming entrance to passage entering large cairn Passage of cairn with large stone side slabs all covered incised decoration and with stone slab floor and capstones Large standing forming side slab of passage. Covered in incised decoration comprising rainbow 🌈 shaped forms, large ones in middle and smaller to side. View into large square chamber at end of passage. Two large decorated backslabs and massive single paving stone.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 5d
Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line.
The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes.
Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland.

On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld

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The picture shows a fishhook made of wild boar tusk. Only the curved, pointed end and the upper part are visible. The rest is wrapped in fishing line. The fishing line is made of twisted bast.
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 10d
An important conversation. Thanks @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social larger book project led by @timmonsroberts.bsky.social (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University) & Christian Downie (Australian National University)
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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 11d
Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
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duffysbythesea.bsky.social @duffysbythesea.bsky.social · 1d
#BookSky #JohnHealy. Our next book club selection
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Modern Day Bartleby @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social · 1d
#NowReading2025 COVERING ISLAM: HOW THE MEDIA & THE EXPERTS DETERMINE HOW WE SEE THE REST OF THE WORLD by Edward W Said via @vintagebooks.bsky.social imbibed at Brown Sound Coffee #Tsudanuma #津田沼 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
Photo is of outside the coffee shop. On a flimsy grey plastic collapsible table is a white coffee mug if black coffee with "Brown Sound Coffee" on it. To the left is the paperback book. At the opposite end of the table is a Brown Sound Coffee sandwich board on the sidewalk. Across the street is an old Japanese woman with her arm stretched back rolling her suitcase via the extended handle. She is in front of a closed store with its gate rolled down
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d
Great opportunity to listen to a (colloquial) lecture from @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about fine-tuning and why the universe is the way it is. 🧪🔭⚛️

Accessible to anyone!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse
Podcast Episode · Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · 10/06/2025 · 1h 55m
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 1d
Are you looking for our Public Lecture Series? The 2024 and 2025 lectures are now available on this YouTube channel playlist. 🔭 🧪
STScI Public Lecture Series - YouTube
The STScI Public Lectures Series held monthly presentations on all aspects of astronomy and space telescopes for several decades. Due to changes in funding, ...
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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 1d
Other planetary tipping points will follow.

"Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of widespread decline, marking the first time the planet has reached a climate ‘tipping point’, researchers announced today."

#ClimateSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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