Pete Schwartz
@pedroblack42.bsky.social
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb
North Carolina has a lot of work to do when it comes to funding public education. We 50th in the nation on per pupil spending, spending nearly 32% less than the national average.
#EduSky #NCpol #NorthCarolina #NCAE #PublicEducation
#EduSky #NCpol #NorthCarolina #NCAE #PublicEducation
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December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
North Carolina has a lot of work to do when it comes to funding public education. We 50th in the nation on per pupil spending, spending nearly 32% less than the national average.
#EduSky #NCpol #NorthCarolina #NCAE #PublicEducation
#EduSky #NCpol #NorthCarolina #NCAE #PublicEducation
#Attire among both #students and #teachers have become less formal. Casual Fridays have become the norm everyday for #educators. #Kids regularly wear pajamas and show more skin Does this reflect a more significant change in #schools over the years? #EduSky. #Education. #PublicSchool.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#Attire among both #students and #teachers have become less formal. Casual Fridays have become the norm everyday for #educators. #Kids regularly wear pajamas and show more skin Does this reflect a more significant change in #schools over the years? #EduSky. #Education. #PublicSchool.
Vandana Shiva is an #Indian #physicist and #environmentalactivist who works to protect #biodiversity and promote #sustainableagriculture. She has fought against the use of #geneticallymodified seeds and works to defend the rights of #farmers, especially in rural communities.
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninSTEM
Vandana Shiva: Why are 1 Billion people hungry?
YouTube video by Integral Economics
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December 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Vandana Shiva is an #Indian #physicist and #environmentalactivist who works to protect #biodiversity and promote #sustainableagriculture. She has fought against the use of #geneticallymodified seeds and works to defend the rights of #farmers, especially in rural communities.
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninSTEM
Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 👩🏼🔬🧪🐡 #histsci #artAdventCalendar 🧵
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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It's wholesome and oddly depressing to me that Al Gore, 77, not owing anyone shit, is still criss-crossing the globe full-time warning people about climate change, raising money for climate projects, mentoring the next generation of environmentalists, and generally being obsessed with this issue.
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's wholesome and oddly depressing to me that Al Gore, 77, not owing anyone shit, is still criss-crossing the globe full-time warning people about climate change, raising money for climate projects, mentoring the next generation of environmentalists, and generally being obsessed with this issue.
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Anthropogenic Global Warming, Landslides, & Avalanches 🧵
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
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“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
Avalanches are becoming more common, thanks to climate change, researchers say
Was the Italian ski resort disaster the result of weak snow packs?
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Anthropogenic Global Warming, Landslides, & Avalanches 🧵
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
This is a great explanation about how the #immune response works and why #vaccines are so important. The gentleman also touches on the false equivalency on risk between getting a disease and the side effects of getting a vaccine.
#science. #immuneresponse #CDC #polio
#science. #immuneresponse #CDC #polio
From the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: How vaccines actually work and fact checking anti vaxxers
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November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The CDC's website made changes regarding #autism and vaccines. This alteration, made by political appointees without #CDC expert input, now falsely claims that the statement "Vaccines do not cause autism" is not evidence-based. This is a dangerous misrepresentation of scientific consensus.
#science
#science
Urgent: Correct CDC Website's False Autism-Vaccine Link Claim
Text SIGN PGCSXU to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#LiseMeitner was an Austrian physicist who helped discover #NuclearFission. Despite her key role, she was not included when her colleague won the #NobelPrize. As a #Jewish scientist during #WorldWarII, Meitner faced discrimination and had to flee Nazi Germany.
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInSTEM
Lise Meitner: The Woman Behind the ATOMIC BOMB and NUCLEAR FISSION #shorts #womeninhistory
YouTube video by Hot For History
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November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#LiseMeitner was an Austrian physicist who helped discover #NuclearFission. Despite her key role, she was not included when her colleague won the #NobelPrize. As a #Jewish scientist during #WorldWarII, Meitner faced discrimination and had to flee Nazi Germany.
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInSTEM
I'm proud of Americans who are standing-up for #Immigrants. People are coming-out in #NorthCarolina to protest the presence of #ICE. The amount of people doing so gives me hope that we will not slide into a #dictatorship. #Resist
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm proud of Americans who are standing-up for #Immigrants. People are coming-out in #NorthCarolina to protest the presence of #ICE. The amount of people doing so gives me hope that we will not slide into a #dictatorship. #Resist
This is a really interesting take on Trump's urging of Congress to vote for the release of the Epstein files. Could this be his plan?
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is a really interesting take on Trump's urging of Congress to vote for the release of the Epstein files. Could this be his plan?
#SylviaEarle is a marine biologist who studyies and protects the oceans. She was the first woman to serve as chief scientist of #NOAA. She has led more than 100 expeditions. She founded #MissionBlue that works to create “ #HopeSpots,” or protected areas in the ocean. #WomeninSTEM
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle on why the ocean matters
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#SylviaEarle is a marine biologist who studyies and protects the oceans. She was the first woman to serve as chief scientist of #NOAA. She has led more than 100 expeditions. She founded #MissionBlue that works to create “ #HopeSpots,” or protected areas in the ocean. #WomeninSTEM
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Absolute queen shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Absolute queen shit
Fourteen suburban moms form a silent circle outside Broadview #ICE facility, refusing to move until deputies drag them away. #Protest #Immigration. #Resist. #CivilDisobedience
From the illinois community on Reddit: Date: 11.07.2025, Broadview, Illinois: Fourteen suburban moms form silent circle outside Broadview ICE facility, refusing to move until deputies drag them aw
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Fourteen suburban moms form a silent circle outside Broadview #ICE facility, refusing to move until deputies drag them away. #Protest #Immigration. #Resist. #CivilDisobedience
Patricia Bath was an #ophthalmologist and inventor who revolutionized eye surgery. She invented a device called the Laserphaco Probe, which made #cataract surgery faster, safer, and more effective. Her invention has helped restore vision to thousands of people worldwide. #WomenInSTEM
Patricia Bath On Being The First Person To Invent & Demonstrate Laserphaco Cataract Surgery | TIME
YouTube video by TIME
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October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Patricia Bath was an #ophthalmologist and inventor who revolutionized eye surgery. She invented a device called the Laserphaco Probe, which made #cataract surgery faster, safer, and more effective. Her invention has helped restore vision to thousands of people worldwide. #WomenInSTEM
In the hope of making videos like this one gain traction and also to send a message to other state governors and legislatures, it is important to remember that we cannot destroy our democracy in the hope of saving it. Don't #gerrymander. #Don'tLoseYourWay.
Unbelievable! Listen to the speech by NC Senator Garrett that
NC Republicans had removed from the record.
youtube.com/shorts/dCv2m...
NC Republicans had removed from the record.
youtube.com/shorts/dCv2m...
The speech Republicans denied NC state senator Michael Garrett (D) to be entered into permanent
YouTube video by Wild Clips
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October 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In the hope of making videos like this one gain traction and also to send a message to other state governors and legislatures, it is important to remember that we cannot destroy our democracy in the hope of saving it. Don't #gerrymander. #Don'tLoseYourWay.
This is good news. I know some on the left want to fight fire with fire and #gerrymander states that would give #Dems an advantage to fight back. This seems to make us just lose our way though. Let #Republicans in #BlueStates know that their votes matter too. Win the good fight here. No?
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Apparently there are people in state government who know gerrymandering is wrong. Not in the #NCGop but in other places.
Apparently there are people in state government who know gerrymandering is wrong. Not in the #NCGop but in other places.
Big News in Indiana
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is good news. I know some on the left want to fight fire with fire and #gerrymander states that would give #Dems an advantage to fight back. This seems to make us just lose our way though. Let #Republicans in #BlueStates know that their votes matter too. Win the good fight here. No?
The #NoKings protest yesterday was an important push back to #Authoritarian polices being implemented in our country. It's so important for people and especially institutions not to give in. Universities, don't cave because you'll lose funding. There is too much to lose in the long run. #Resist
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The #NoKings protest yesterday was an important push back to #Authoritarian polices being implemented in our country. It's so important for people and especially institutions not to give in. Universities, don't cave because you'll lose funding. There is too much to lose in the long run. #Resist
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Orange County NC” - sign up now to join me!
NO KINGS Orange County NC · No Kings
Calling all activists and those who want to save our democracy!!
October 18th is the No Kings Day across the country. Indivisible Orange County NC and Franklin & Elliott need you to join us! We will ...
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October 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Orange County NC” - sign up now to join me!
Shirley Ann Jackson is a #physicist who made important discoveries in #telecommunications while working at #BellLabs. Her research helped lead to inventions like touch-tone phones and fiber optic cables. She was also the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in physics from #MIT.
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInSTEM
The legacy of physicist Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson l ABC News
YouTube video by ABC News
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October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Shirley Ann Jackson is a #physicist who made important discoveries in #telecommunications while working at #BellLabs. Her research helped lead to inventions like touch-tone phones and fiber optic cables. She was also the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in physics from #MIT.
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInSTEM
Katie Johnson's full testimony about the times she and others were sexually assaulted by Donald Trump. Why is this not front page news? How has he not been prosecuted?
#KatieJohnson #Trump #SexualAssault #Epstein
#KatieJohnson #Trump #SexualAssault #Epstein
Katie Johnson's full testimony of 2/11/16
YouTube video by Scott Dybiec
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October 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Katie Johnson's full testimony about the times she and others were sexually assaulted by Donald Trump. Why is this not front page news? How has he not been prosecuted?
#KatieJohnson #Trump #SexualAssault #Epstein
#KatieJohnson #Trump #SexualAssault #Epstein
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🥤 Soft drinks and depression
A study of 932 adults found that soft drink intake was linked to major depression, especially in women. Gut bacteria changes partly explained the connection.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Nutrition 🧪
A study of 932 adults found that soft drink intake was linked to major depression, especially in women. Gut bacteria changes partly explained the connection.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Nutrition 🧪
Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations
This cohort study examines the association between soft drink consumption and major depressive disorder diagnosis and severity and whether this association is mediated by changes in the gut microbiota...
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October 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🥤 Soft drinks and depression
A study of 932 adults found that soft drink intake was linked to major depression, especially in women. Gut bacteria changes partly explained the connection.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Nutrition 🧪
A study of 932 adults found that soft drink intake was linked to major depression, especially in women. Gut bacteria changes partly explained the connection.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Nutrition 🧪