Mary (geographile)
@geographile.bsky.social
Natural/scientific pantheist, I homeschool, I am an earth sciences fan if I define earth science to also include the science of things on the Earth and in the cosmos.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Pinned
Once again I ask activists and allies to watch this documentary. It's on Netflix in the US, find it where you can. It is so well done and shows you what we're fighting for.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
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England's new bathing water classifications have been uploaded onto our Watershed Pollution Map. Explore how your local bathing site fared at:
share.google/BqhQdCdKbZVj...
If you want to filter the map + look at other pollution, click on the banner that says 'Watershed Pollution Map' for a menu:
share.google/BqhQdCdKbZVj...
If you want to filter the map + look at other pollution, click on the banner that says 'Watershed Pollution Map' for a menu:
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
England's new bathing water classifications have been uploaded onto our Watershed Pollution Map. Explore how your local bathing site fared at:
share.google/BqhQdCdKbZVj...
If you want to filter the map + look at other pollution, click on the banner that says 'Watershed Pollution Map' for a menu:
share.google/BqhQdCdKbZVj...
If you want to filter the map + look at other pollution, click on the banner that says 'Watershed Pollution Map' for a menu:
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In addition to the questionable wisdom of spraying PFAS on food crops, organisations like @paneurope.bsky.social highlight, many PFAS pesticides break down into TFA, a forever chemical German authorities class as reprotoxic - harmful to fertility + child development - which can get into groundwater.
Sweden is re-evaluating 38 PFAS pesticides over links to TFA
#TFA is a short-chain #PFAS contaminating water sources 🌊
Earlier this year, Denmark banned several pesticides tied to TFA. The UK has yet to take any action on #PFASpesticides 🌱
swedenherald.com/article/pfas...
#TFA is a short-chain #PFAS contaminating water sources 🌊
Earlier this year, Denmark banned several pesticides tied to TFA. The UK has yet to take any action on #PFASpesticides 🌱
swedenherald.com/article/pfas...
PFAS agents in Swedish agriculture are being re-examined | Sweden Herald
The use of plant protection products containing PFAS is now to be re-examined
swedenherald.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In addition to the questionable wisdom of spraying PFAS on food crops, organisations like @paneurope.bsky.social highlight, many PFAS pesticides break down into TFA, a forever chemical German authorities class as reprotoxic - harmful to fertility + child development - which can get into groundwater.
This is just in case you need it to satisfy your holiday tradition checklist.
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Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording
YouTube video by Stiletto
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November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is just in case you need it to satisfy your holiday tradition checklist.
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM?...
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM?...
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I’m trying to think of a situation where I had less sympathy for someone’s complaints and I’m having a hard time coming up with one
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I’m trying to think of a situation where I had less sympathy for someone’s complaints and I’m having a hard time coming up with one
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Elon Musk, the guy who did two Nazi salutes in public and has previously described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” thinks it should be a crime to “falsely” call someone a Nazi or a fascist.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Elon Musk, the guy who did two Nazi salutes in public and has previously described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” thinks it should be a crime to “falsely” call someone a Nazi or a fascist.
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This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
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I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
For a long time, Target—that popular mega store that seemed to hit just the right combination of low prices and of-the-moment swagger—was everyone’s darling, the go-to spot for everything from groceri...
www.aft.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
Hey Bay Area people, especially East Bay, heads up: The condors are coming :)
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Condors Keep Coming to the East Bay!
YouTube video by Save Mount Diablo
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November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hey Bay Area people, especially East Bay, heads up: The condors are coming :)
youtu.be/ae4YgAZ1DlU?...
youtu.be/ae4YgAZ1DlU?...
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The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
This never worked for me when I was teaching nursery school.
There's a reason one of my mentor's regular reminders was "if they don't curse when you walk in the room you're not doing your job right."
I think it’s such a perfect case study for why “access journalism” to political figures is such a crock of shit. Most people can’t spend a ton of time with people without getting to like them, or at least sympathize with them. This is obviously an extreme case, but I think it’s always dangerous
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This never worked for me when I was teaching nursery school.
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Time to start wearing socks under the sandals.
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NWS Bay Area Cold Weather Season program changes 2025/2026
YouTube video by NWSBayArea
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November 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Time to start wearing socks under the sandals.
youtu.be/Yv_IhJapnGk?...
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@sfgate.com is interviewing the wrong people. I know so many born and raised here California teenagers and people in their 20s who say "Cali." It's not my word, but it was never meant to be.
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
'It has become cringe': The California nickname nobody likes
It's a way to show how in-the-know you are about California culture.
www.sfgate.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
@sfgate.com is interviewing the wrong people. I know so many born and raised here California teenagers and people in their 20s who say "Cali." It's not my word, but it was never meant to be.
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
My kid opened my curiosity box, did one of the puzzles, and left with it to put in his room. I guess I do buy it to share.
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My kid opened my curiosity box, did one of the puzzles, and left with it to put in his room. I guess I do buy it to share.
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The governor of West Virginia is now walking back his initial post, where he stated two National Guard members died after being shot
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The governor of West Virginia is now walking back his initial post, where he stated two National Guard members died after being shot
They shouldn't have been in this situation.
BREAKING: Two West Virginia Guard members shot near a Washington, D.C., metro station have died from their injuries, Gov. Patrick Morrisey says.
Live updates: 2 National Guardsmen shot in Washington, D.C., near White House
Washington, D.C., police say there has been a shooting at 17th and I Street.
nbcnews.to
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
They shouldn't have been in this situation.
I remember forwarding this to everybody.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I remember forwarding this to everybody.
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When Israel breaks international law, what does Trump’s US do? Sanction the judges | Owen Jones
When Israel breaks international law, what does Trump’s US do? Sanction the judges | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
When Israel breaks international law, what does Trump’s US do? Sanction the judges | Owen Jones
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Dear Dept of Transportation Secretary Duffy.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dear Dept of Transportation Secretary Duffy.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.