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sftslodge.bsky.social @sftslodge.bsky.social · 1d

In a recording career spanning more than two decades, Loreena McKennitt’s ‘eclectic Celtic’ music has received critical acclaim world-wide, and gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales awards in 15 countries ...

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Performance: Canadian Celtic Musician Loreena McKennitt

YouTube video by ideacity

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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 1d

“Yet another threat to humanity”

World’s oceans losing their greenness, study finds. Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb CO2.

Dire implications for climate, food chain & oxygen levels.

Story by me

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds

Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide

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Dominique Berteaux @dominiqueberteaux.bsky.social · 1d

Camera traps in the polar desert: At 82°30′ North, this Peary caribou grazes atop a hill — and atop the world. From our biodiversity monitoring study area at CFS Alert, Nunavut, Canada (2 July 2025). 🧪🌿🌎🦊 #wildlife

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 1d

Story idea for journalists: AI’s strongest supporters say that its possibilities are endless, with some believing that it could even help save the planet. The reality is that AI-driven technology, and the vast amounts of energy powering it, are currently doing the opposite.

Covering AI and Data Centers — Locally Sourced

Energy demands outweigh possible climate solutions it may provide...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 1d

Our planet faces a global #ExtinctionCrisis. Scientists predict that over 1 million species are on track for extinction.

But there’s still time to stop it — and we need your help.

Check out our current action alerts to tackle the extinction crisis from every angle.

Take action ➡️ bit.ly/4h2BWJ4

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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 2d

José Gualinga talked with ICN about his people's Living Forest Declaration, an explanation of how Sarayaku people have always understood their Amazonian territory: as a living, intelligent forest—not a collection of resources for humans to exploit

insideclimatenews.org/news/1710202...

How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World - Inside Climate News

José Gualinga discusses his Kichwa People of Sarayaku’s visionary Living Forest Declaration and the importance of collaborating across cultures and areas of expertise.

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sftslodge.bsky.social @sftslodge.bsky.social · 2d

This is a film biography on the life of poet Rabindranath Tagore ... Here we see the career of one of the most outstanding geniuses of the century being unfolded in different fields of art - as a poet, as a painter, as a rebel and as an educational reformer

Director: Satyajit Ray

Rabindranath Tagore - A Film by Satyajit Ray

YouTube video by Kallol Ghoshal Official

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Emmaeli @emmaelie.bsky.social · 3d

"There is a soft moonlight that gives us peace, and one that inspires a kind of awe. There is a cold, austere moonlight that tells the soul of its loneliness and isolation, and one prompting love, not only for an individual, but a whole universe."

www.themarginalian.org/2024/03/06/moonlight/?s=09

Moonlight and the Magic of the Unnecessary

Every night, for every human being that ever was and ever will be, the Moon rises to remind us how improbably lucky we are, each of its craters a monument of the odds we prevailed against to exist,…

www.themarginalian.org

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Wood vaulting, a simple, low-tech approach to storing carbon, has the potential to remove 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year—and some companies are already trying it

Can We Bury Enough Wood to Slow Climate Change?

Wood vaulting, a simple, low-tech approach to storing carbon, has the potential to remove 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year—and some companies are already trying it

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 3d

Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
― Simone Weil

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 2d

Single-digit temperatures were reported after a major storm.

Calif. landmark may have hit lowest daily temperature in contiguous US

Single-digit temperatures were reported after a major storm.

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sftslodge.bsky.social @sftslodge.bsky.social · 3d

The impact of the virtuoso cellist Jacqueline Du Pré is quite unique to this day ... considered today as one of the greatest cellists of all time .... We tragically lost her in 1987 at age 42 but her musical legacy lives on

Watch more of Jacqueline du Pré here: bit.ly/3Sgk9lI

Jacqueline du Pré, cellist

Jacqueline du Pré was born in Oxford (United Kingdom) on January 26, 1945 and died on October 19, 1987, of multiple sclerosis at age 42. In her short…...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 5d

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

- Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 5d

Despite an international pledge to halt the destruction of forests by 2030, the world continues to lose around 20 million acres a year, an area roughly the size of Ireland.

A new report warns that forests globally "remain in crisis."

The World Is Failing to Slow the Loss of Its Forests

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 3d

By early next year, the biggest offshore wind farm in the United States will be up and running, providing 2.6 GW of clean, renewable energy! @canarymedia.com @fieseler.bsky.social
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/dominion-virginia-offshore-wind-online-2026

America's biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy's 2.6 GW project off Virginia's coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 5d

The story was written five months before Kerouac's masterpiece.

Lost Jack Kerouac story found among assassinated mafia boss' belongings

The story was written five months before Kerouac's masterpiece.

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sftslodge.bsky.social @sftslodge.bsky.social · 5d

#indigenouspeoplesday

@futureearth reposted this video of @ninagualinga from @atmos

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sftslodge.bsky.social @sftslodge.bsky.social · 5d

#indigenouspeoplesday

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✨Indigenous Peoples Day is Everyday ✨
🎥: @daka_taino

#tiano #columbus #indigenousintentions #columbusday #nativeamericanday #wearestillhere

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 5d

Sesame Street honors Indigenous Peoples Day as Zach McClarnon discusses his family culture and traditions.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 5d

Sanity says: “if there is a risk that the AMOC is weakening and heading towards a tipping point, we need to act on that (just like with other major risks). This is not an issue where we can afford to wait until we are certain, or pretend it’s just an academic discussion without major consequences.”

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 7d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

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sftslodge.bsky.social @sftslodge.bsky.social · 7d

October 1, 2025: HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - Two giant lava fountains burst from at the summit of Kilauea ... one of which may be a new record for the current eruption that began in December.

Two Giant Lava Fountains Erupt At Kīlauea Volcano - One Over 1,300 Ft (Oct. 1, 2025)

YouTube video by Big Island Video News

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 12d

"A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next." @katiesurma.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org (via @sejorg.bsky.social)

The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights - Inside Climate News

A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next.

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 8d

A rain storm could help bring wildfire risk down close to zero in the Bay Area.

Major Bay Area storm could end ‘busiest’ part of fire season

A rain storm could help bring wildfire risk down close to zero in the Bay Area.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 8d

🇲🇽 Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 28 people in Mexico this week and left behind a trail of destruction, local authorities across the country said.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 7d

🇵🇭 Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight.
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