@ritaswartz.bsky.social
Writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry); lover of compassion, justice, truth, and freedom.
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🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
The Maldivian government reopened gulper shark fishing, carving a species-level exemption that weakens both protections and reputations.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
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Courage & solidarity can be found in unexpected places.
Sadly, the WH Press Pool is NOT one of those places.
Sadly, the WH Press Pool is NOT one of those places.
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Courage & solidarity can be found in unexpected places.
Sadly, the WH Press Pool is NOT one of those places.
Sadly, the WH Press Pool is NOT one of those places.
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UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
Move, which is part of a crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service
Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service.
From February they will have to use alternative transport such as buses, no matter how urgent their medical needs. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
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NOEL REPORTS
NOV 28
A wave of explosions and drone alerts is sweeping across Russian occupied Crimea and southern Russia tonight. Multiple blasts were reported near Saky, Novofedorivka. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses are active in Taganrog, Novorossiysk, and Rostov on
on Don.
NOV 28
A wave of explosions and drone alerts is sweeping across Russian occupied Crimea and southern Russia tonight. Multiple blasts were reported near Saky, Novofedorivka. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses are active in Taganrog, Novorossiysk, and Rostov on
on Don.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NOEL REPORTS
NOV 28
A wave of explosions and drone alerts is sweeping across Russian occupied Crimea and southern Russia tonight. Multiple blasts were reported near Saky, Novofedorivka. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses are active in Taganrog, Novorossiysk, and Rostov on
on Don.
NOV 28
A wave of explosions and drone alerts is sweeping across Russian occupied Crimea and southern Russia tonight. Multiple blasts were reported near Saky, Novofedorivka. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses are active in Taganrog, Novorossiysk, and Rostov on
on Don.
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Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’
More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Pete Hegseth’s order to ‘kill everybody’ included alleged drug boat survivors: report
More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’
More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 Kyiv must prosecute corrupt figures in politics and business if it wants to join the EU, a top Brussels official warned, as pressure builds on Zelenskyy over spiraling graft allegations, - Politico
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Kyiv must prosecute corrupt figures in politics and business if it wants to join the EU, a top Brussels official warned, as pressure builds on Zelenskyy over spiraling graft allegations, - Politico
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"The only thing that gets you shunned in New York society is poverty."
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why the rich and powerful couldn't say no to Epstein
The late sex offender maintained contact with wealthy and influential people even after his first conviction.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"The only thing that gets you shunned in New York society is poverty."
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There's a few other interesting things in this aticle I pick out below 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You have the right to be angry.
I support my sisters how I can. Getting tougher either way the resurrection of misogyny. And women who support writing shit like;
“15 year old women”
children mentally should be legal at 21
Voting age is??
Rewriting ideas for their criminal deviant lawless nature.
I support my sisters how I can. Getting tougher either way the resurrection of misogyny. And women who support writing shit like;
“15 year old women”
children mentally should be legal at 21
Voting age is??
Rewriting ideas for their criminal deviant lawless nature.
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You have the right to be angry.
I support my sisters how I can. Getting tougher either way the resurrection of misogyny. And women who support writing shit like;
“15 year old women”
children mentally should be legal at 21
Voting age is??
Rewriting ideas for their criminal deviant lawless nature.
I support my sisters how I can. Getting tougher either way the resurrection of misogyny. And women who support writing shit like;
“15 year old women”
children mentally should be legal at 21
Voting age is??
Rewriting ideas for their criminal deviant lawless nature.
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It's also a group of professions who have the duty to report sexual assault and rape to the authorities.
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's also a group of professions who have the duty to report sexual assault and rape to the authorities.
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It worked in Iceland. They also jailed their bankers during that financial fiasco.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It worked in Iceland. They also jailed their bankers during that financial fiasco.
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This needs to happen in the USA
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
The day Iceland's women went on strike - BBC News
In 1975, the women of Iceland took a "day off" from their usual jobs - and relations between Icelandic men and women were never quite the same again.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This needs to happen in the USA
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Thank you to our essential healthcare workers!
It’s crazy to watch healthcare workers go from “essential” in 2020 to “unprofessional” in 2025! And the professions are largely female!!
Thank you to our essential healthcare workers!
It’s crazy to watch healthcare workers go from “essential” in 2020 to “unprofessional” in 2025! And the professions are largely female!!
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Thank you to our essential healthcare workers!
It’s crazy to watch healthcare workers go from “essential” in 2020 to “unprofessional” in 2025! And the professions are largely female!!
Thank you to our essential healthcare workers!
It’s crazy to watch healthcare workers go from “essential” in 2020 to “unprofessional” in 2025! And the professions are largely female!!
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✨ Day 2 of #YEVienna2025!
We had two inspiring keynotes today:
🔬 Dr Eva Untersmayer-Eisenhuber on the path from basic research to translation.
🏭 Dr Esra Güç from Virax Biolabs with an industry perspective on ME/CFS.
A great mix of insights to close the day! 🚀
We had two inspiring keynotes today:
🔬 Dr Eva Untersmayer-Eisenhuber on the path from basic research to translation.
🏭 Dr Esra Güç from Virax Biolabs with an industry perspective on ME/CFS.
A great mix of insights to close the day! 🚀
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
✨ Day 2 of #YEVienna2025!
We had two inspiring keynotes today:
🔬 Dr Eva Untersmayer-Eisenhuber on the path from basic research to translation.
🏭 Dr Esra Güç from Virax Biolabs with an industry perspective on ME/CFS.
A great mix of insights to close the day! 🚀
We had two inspiring keynotes today:
🔬 Dr Eva Untersmayer-Eisenhuber on the path from basic research to translation.
🏭 Dr Esra Güç from Virax Biolabs with an industry perspective on ME/CFS.
A great mix of insights to close the day! 🚀
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Tom Nichols is right. It's way past time for the 25th Amendment.
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Tom Nichols is right. It's way past time for the 25th Amendment.
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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Canada’s economy rebounds in third quarter with 2.6% growth
ground.news/article/cana.... This is impressive #News #Cdnpol #Canada
ground.news/article/cana.... This is impressive #News #Cdnpol #Canada
Canada’s economy rebounds in third quarter with 2.6% growth
Statistics Canada says the economy bounced back sharply in the third quarter with annualized growth of 2.6 per cent. Real gross domestic product figures topped expectations from the Bank of Canada and...
ground.news
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Canada’s economy rebounds in third quarter with 2.6% growth
ground.news/article/cana.... This is impressive #News #Cdnpol #Canada
ground.news/article/cana.... This is impressive #News #Cdnpol #Canada
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Today on Native American Heritage Day, we honor indigenous cultures whose influence and contributions are evident in communities across the country. Arizona is a special place, and the 22 tribes that call our state home are a big reason for it.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today on Native American Heritage Day, we honor indigenous cultures whose influence and contributions are evident in communities across the country. Arizona is a special place, and the 22 tribes that call our state home are a big reason for it.
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Trump is enjoying any distractions away from Epstein. Don’t let up on it. The fact that people require the files from a deceased person to believe what happened to a thousand living women reveals everything about whose voices they value and whose they don’t. 🔄
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump is enjoying any distractions away from Epstein. Don’t let up on it. The fact that people require the files from a deceased person to believe what happened to a thousand living women reveals everything about whose voices they value and whose they don’t. 🔄
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Girls ages 16 years or younger who received HPV vaccines were 80% less likely than their unvaccinated counterparts to develop cervical cancer.
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer | Cochrane
www.cochrane.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Girls ages 16 years or younger who received HPV vaccines were 80% less likely than their unvaccinated counterparts to develop cervical cancer.
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...