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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

Discovered near the ICE facility in Portland this morning.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 13h

This is a clear, moral statement that I believe is consistent with US national interests and those of New Yorkers.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

My statement on today's profoundly moving scenes in Israel and Palestine.

Today’s scenes of Israelis and Palestinians are profoundly moving: Israeli hostages being freed and families reunited after years of fear, uncertainty, and torture; the first days in Gaza without relentless Israeli bombardment of Palestinians as families return to rubble and loved ones freed from detention.

There is finally a glimmer of hope that this ceasefire will hold and the long difficult work of reconstruction can begin. I also know this news brings solace to millions of New Yorkers, who’ve felt the pain of the past few years. We have watched as our tax dollars have funded a genocide. The moral and human cost will be a lasting stain and requires accountability and real examination of our collective conscience and our government’s policies.

The responsibility now lies with those of us who believe in peace to make sure it endures, and that it is just. Once aid is delivered, the wounded are cared for, and a lasting agreement secured, we cannot look away. We must work towards a future built upon justice, one without occupation and apartheid, and for a world where every person can live with safety and dignity.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

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MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

Meryl Streep's speech at the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony honoring Diane Keaton

Vale Diane 😢💙👏

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Kate Moran @katemoran.bsky.social · 2d

BC Jays fans were hoping to play the Mariners!

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Maybe just ooooone more time ...

FULL: Mariners head to ALCS for 1st time since 2001! (Longest winner-take-all Postseason game EVER)

YouTube video by MLB

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WokeCanadiac🍁Nasty as necessary🇨🇦NerdyBookhoarder 🖇️ @zedneverzee.bsky.social · 2d

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Dropkick Murphy
telling it like it is.

Dropkick Murphys Say It Like It Is 🎸🔥

YouTube video by CLIFF'S EDGE

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 3d

Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard.

Graphic by zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily 2-m temperature in the Arctic compared to each year from 1958 through 2024. There is a long-term warming trend for every day of the year. There is also large interannual variability and a clear seasonal cycle.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Keaton was best known for her roles in Annie Hall, Reds and The Godfather films.

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton dies aged 79

Keaton was best known for her roles in Annie Hall, Reds and The Godfather films.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

Just felt like sharing this today. No reason.

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Kate Moran @katemoran.bsky.social · 4d

M7.4 Earthquake 20 km E of Santiago, Philippines
58.1 km depth detected far from the source off Canada's west coast by @oceannetworks.ca seafloor realtime sensors that help us to #knowtheocean. Tsunami warnings are currently local only. Updates to come.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

Mordecai Ogada is never afraid of challenging received opinion and always worth listening to. Before mythologising Jane Goodall we should recognise that she wasn't a hero to everyone in conservation.

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 6d

This is from a very prominent conservationist from Kenya

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Nicolas Mainville @carbonick.bsky.social · 7d

The world’s #wind and #solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 7d

🌊 Reporting from @cheknews.ca on the Canadian Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE) with colleague @tiaanderlini.bsky.social @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social @katemoran.bsky.social @oceannetworks.ca 🇨🇦 cheknews.ca/victoria-sci...

Victoria scientists chart climate change from Antarctica

Not too many cruises take you to the edge of the map. But for University of Victoria scientist Dr. Tia Anderlini, this was no luxury voyage — it was a full-scale research mission to one of the most re...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10d

History repeats.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 10d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12d

Looking at 100 years of October sea ice - I am sure you can guess what will happen next...

Summary of ice reconstruction: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12d

If I were dictator of America I would mandate that general tax revenue be used to install a large battery (say, 200MWh) next to every distribution feeder on the US grid. That would, in a stroke, solve basically all our grid problems & unlock *trillions* of dollars of economic growth & development.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 16d

All latitude bands were warmer than average over the last 3 months. This was particularly notable across the Antarctic around the South Pole (austral winter).

Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, where latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data using their 1951-1980 baseline

Bar graph showing zonal mean surface air temperature anomalies for the period of June-July-August 2025. All latitude bands observed above average temperature anomalies.

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Kate Moran @katemoran.bsky.social · 25d

M7.8 earthquake offshore Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region ~2 hrs ago was tsunamigenic. This quake shook the seafloor offshore Canada ~4800km distant, as measured by @oceannetworks.ca sensors that help us to #knowtheocean Stay tuned as we monitor our other sensors that track tsunamis.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26d

National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA’s effort to undo regulations fighting climate change

A group of 85 climate experts found it “full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.”

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National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA's effort to undo regulations fighting climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence showing that climate change harms public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and does not support a Trump administration effort to revoke a landmark 2009 U.S. government f...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27d

This is why they’re deleting studies

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