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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 19h

...that climate change constitutes a “children’s health emergency," offering detailed guidance for designing cases that can overcome the challenges this one faced.: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/c... (gift). 🌎

The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They?

www.nytimes.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Evan Walker @ecologicalev.bsky.social · 2d

"Food stored in plastic inevitably will contain microplastics"

🌎 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Your kitchen is full of microplastics. Here's how to eat less of them

Microplastics gush out of our taps and flake off cookware. They find their way into the yolks of eggs, and into meat and vegetables. But there are things we can do to eat less of them.

www.bbc.com

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

#constitution #antifa #meme #democracy #history

Bill of Rights + constitution +Declaration of Independence equals antifa membership kit.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative Justice Admits Supreme Court ‘Lacks the Power’ to Stop Trump Defying Them. He can be impeached , but Repubs will protect him before the constitution www.thedailybeast.com/justice-amy-...

Conservative Justice Admits Supreme Court ‘Lacks the Power’ to Stop Trump Defying Them

The court has no power of the “purse” or the “sword” to enforce any ruling that Trump chooses to ignore.

www.thedailybeast.com

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens). This medium-sized heron is known for its distinctive appearance and active foraging behavior.
@laurenezersky
:@smrutiranjan_photography #birds #funny #wildlife #unusual #humor

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 2d

Pingree referred to the delay in publishing the report as part of “a growing pattern of interference with the Agency’s scientific work”

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical

In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was rea...

www.propublica.org

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

For America’s aristocracy, it’s called failing upwards. No matter what Trump has done, someone was there to bail him out.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

Does he think he’s part of the superior race because he’s a champ at inhaling Big Macs.

D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

Libbie Henrietta Hyman was the female scientist who wrote the definitive multi-volume series titled “The Invertebrates,” consisting of six volumes that thoroughly detail almost all major phyla of invertebrates and remain highly influential in zoology today. - I’ve cited for a lot of marine species

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 2d

Anti-democratic regimes have long used abortion bans to consolidate power and silence dissent.

“Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies,” writes Seda Saluk, a gender studies professor.

A collab with @rewirenewsgroup.com: buff.ly/MBVVTkJ

Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

Banning abortion instantly oppresses a huge swath of society. And enforcing abortion bans begets a police state − an upside for dictators from Mussolini to Ortega.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration has executed this bailout through currency swap an agreements and direct purchases of Argentine pesos, powers granted to the Treasury Department that do not require advance congressional authorization. Though several Dem. Senators are trying to stop it.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

www.techdirt.com/2025/10/14/t... The Republican Party is no longer a legitimate political organization. It has transformed into a corrupt, immoral, and criminal enterprise that serves the interests of one man’s power while systematically destroying the constitution.

The Criminal Enterprise Masquerading As A Political Party

The Republican Party is no longer a legitimate political organization. It has transformed into a corrupt, immoral, and criminal enterprise that serves the interests of one man’s power while systema…

www.techdirt.com

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

Green Heron (Butorides virescens). This species is one of the few birds known to use tools, dropping items like twigs or insects onto the water to bait small fish. N. & S. America. #birds #nature #biology #science

The Green Heron is a small, stocky bird, about the size of a crow, but with shorter legs. Its body appears dark, with a rich chestnut neck and a dark green-blue back. It has a long, pointed "dagger-like" bill. This secretive heron is often found crouched motionless at the edges of ponds and streams. Listen for its sharp, distinct "skeow!" call as it takes flight. Interestingly, it is one of the few birds known to use tools, sometimes dropping twigs or insects as bait to catch fish.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

Waterfall and Ferns,
Columbia River Gorge. The canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, Pacific Northwest. #nature #geography #hiking #heritage 🍃🦉

lush green Waterfall and Ferns at
Columbia River Gorge. The canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, Pacific Northwest.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

The tribe is suing. There are only some very exceptional circumstances where a president can unilaterally cancel funding approved by Congress. The entire GOP seems to think they can wave their magic wand and undo legislation passed by previous administrations.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

Roseberry Topping, Yorkshire, England. #nature #landscape #earth #photo

Roseberry Topping is an iconic, distinctive hill in Yorkshire, England, often nicknamed the "Yorkshire Matterhorn." Its summit is an impressive half-cone shape with a jagged cliff, caused by a geological fault and past mining. While not the highest, it dominates the landscape, offering spectacular panoramic views over the surrounding area, which features beautiful green, rolling hills and the patchwork of the Cleveland Plain. The slopes are flanked by ancient woodland and open moorland, providing a breathtaking vista of natural beauty in the North York Moors National Park.

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w... A study of hundreds of thousands of infants in France did not find any increased risk of birth defects among those whose mothers received a Covid vaccine in the first trimester, building on previous evidence for the vaccines' safety.

Covid Vaccines in First Trimester Not Tied to Birth Defects, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

SF Chronicle joins the LA Times in confirming MeidasTouch’s reporting

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

In a now-deleted 2016 tweet, Vance stated he was voting for a third-party candidate over Trump, and in an NPR interview, he expressed that he "can't stomach Trump" . He also wrote in a New York Times op-ed that "Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office" .

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IveyJanetteMcClelland @iveyjanette.bsky.social · 4d

Ironically it'll be at Ole Miss.

Where they STILL believe in the Confederacy. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Vance to take questions from college students in honor of Kirk

The vice president plans to speak at the University of Mississippi later this month.

www.politico.com

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

Tubastraea coccinea - cup coral, a unique "non-reef building". While most corals need algae and the energy it gets from photosynthesis, cup coral gets all its food by eating. It extends its bright yellow/white tentacles, usu. at night, to sting & grab tiny creatures, zooplankton. #nature #science

Tubastraea coccinea - cup coral, one of the most unique "non-reef building" corals in the world. While most corals need algae and the energy it gets from photosynthesis, cup coral gets all its food by eating. It extends its bright yellow or white tentacles, usually at night, to sting and grab tiny creatures (zooplankton).

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D. C. Fitzgerald @dcfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

The timeline of J6, 2021, shows that the delay in N.Guard deployment was caused by Pentagon hesitation and the structure of command authority—not a decision by then–Speaker Pelosi. As Speaker, Pelosi had no legal power to deploy or call in the National Guard. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 3d

💞The Nancy We Love to see 💕clapped back at a “wannabe reporter" working for LindelITV when asked if she was

"concerned the new January 6th committee (led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk) will find you liable and why”

LindelITV is a wannabe network run by “Stop the Steal” MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell

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