🌞Brighton Niles
@brightonniles.bsky.social
Egalitarian, Ethic of Reciprocity, Serendipity, Peace-Baby, 🐱-cuddler, 🌲-hugger, Green Everything, Somebody's Mother, AI-curious, Low Tolerance for Hypocrisy, End Othering!
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Can the legal strategy used to defend "corporate personhood" under the 14th Amendment be applied to protecting the environment by advocating for "environmental personhood." Grant legal rights to the environment, similar to those of a person, to protect it from harmful activities.
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With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
December 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
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They've had more than enough time to rewrite and incept the narrative that the Trumpster was actually some kind of undercover agent heroically trying to rescue underage hospitality workers.
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
They've had more than enough time to rewrite and incept the narrative that the Trumpster was actually some kind of undercover agent heroically trying to rescue underage hospitality workers.
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Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
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Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
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A different perspective on the Trump-Putin "Peace Plan" to end the Ukraine conflict, as if applied to Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A different perspective on the Trump-Putin "Peace Plan" to end the Ukraine conflict, as if applied to Venezuela.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
BREAKING: Nearly a million New Yorkers to reportedly flee NYC as Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus.
Meanwhile, Mamdani simultaneously delivers on promise to bring down the cost of housing 😏
Meanwhile, Mamdani simultaneously delivers on promise to bring down the cost of housing 😏
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
BREAKING: Nearly a million New Yorkers to reportedly flee NYC as Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus.
Meanwhile, Mamdani simultaneously delivers on promise to bring down the cost of housing 😏
Meanwhile, Mamdani simultaneously delivers on promise to bring down the cost of housing 😏
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NEW: The WH did not disclose several donors to the ballroom who have business before Trump:
▶️Jeff Yass, investor in TikTok parent company: $2.5m+ to ballroom
▶️BlackRock, trying to buy Panama Canal ports: $2.5m+
▶️Extremity Care, Medicare reimbursement issues: $2.5m
▶️Vantive, Medicare reimbursement
▶️Jeff Yass, investor in TikTok parent company: $2.5m+ to ballroom
▶️BlackRock, trying to buy Panama Canal ports: $2.5m+
▶️Extremity Care, Medicare reimbursement issues: $2.5m
▶️Vantive, Medicare reimbursement
Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NEW: The WH did not disclose several donors to the ballroom who have business before Trump:
▶️Jeff Yass, investor in TikTok parent company: $2.5m+ to ballroom
▶️BlackRock, trying to buy Panama Canal ports: $2.5m+
▶️Extremity Care, Medicare reimbursement issues: $2.5m
▶️Vantive, Medicare reimbursement
▶️Jeff Yass, investor in TikTok parent company: $2.5m+ to ballroom
▶️BlackRock, trying to buy Panama Canal ports: $2.5m+
▶️Extremity Care, Medicare reimbursement issues: $2.5m
▶️Vantive, Medicare reimbursement
Will we ever wake the “sleeping giant”?
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Will we ever wake the “sleeping giant”?
Can the Constitution’s powers of change be revived? We’ll discuss with historian Jill Lepore in round two of our Book Club conversation
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October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Will we ever wake the “sleeping giant”?
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A friend, who went to law school at Northwestern, shared this today:
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A friend, who went to law school at Northwestern, shared this today:
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Standing to sue is the trick, the Court is sure to exclude anyone with a strictly partisan connection. Best odds might be for citizens of their district suing for denied representation. They're the ones directly impacted.
October 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Standing to sue is the trick, the Court is sure to exclude anyone with a strictly partisan connection. Best odds might be for citizens of their district suing for denied representation. They're the ones directly impacted.
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
@cnn.com
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@cnn.com
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September 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
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If all the things that Trump claims are Democratic hoaxes were Democratic hoaxes, I’d come away with 2 things:
1) the Democrats are superb at planning, coordination and execution of complex operations. I want them governing
2) they’d be WAY better at organizing their campaigns
1) the Democrats are superb at planning, coordination and execution of complex operations. I want them governing
2) they’d be WAY better at organizing their campaigns
September 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If all the things that Trump claims are Democratic hoaxes were Democratic hoaxes, I’d come away with 2 things:
1) the Democrats are superb at planning, coordination and execution of complex operations. I want them governing
2) they’d be WAY better at organizing their campaigns
1) the Democrats are superb at planning, coordination and execution of complex operations. I want them governing
2) they’d be WAY better at organizing their campaigns
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They won't succeed. But I wonder if they did, could we not then leverage their same strategy to limit access for more likely individuals charged with (stalking, restraining orders, criminal convictions, sex offender registrants, partner/spouse abusers, etc.) 🤔
Trump's DOJ is reportedly seeking ways to limit trans people's access to firearms, despite data showing that most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
Mass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately Transgender
Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
They won't succeed. But I wonder if they did, could we not then leverage their same strategy to limit access for more likely individuals charged with (stalking, restraining orders, criminal convictions, sex offender registrants, partner/spouse abusers, etc.) 🤔
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If you're sad because you committed mistakes on your life, please remember at least you don't have the full world praying for your death
August 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you're sad because you committed mistakes on your life, please remember at least you don't have the full world praying for your death
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Deportees are flying out of Florida, and DeSantis isn't revealing where they are headed. Putin now "accepts" foreigners and stateless persons as "volunteers" for his army. What is to stop Trump (or a country that accepts our deportees) from sending them on to Russia? Bad optics didn't stop Hitler.
Resettlement to the East - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Deportees are flying out of Florida, and DeSantis isn't revealing where they are headed. Putin now "accepts" foreigners and stateless persons as "volunteers" for his army. What is to stop Trump (or a country that accepts our deportees) from sending them on to Russia? Bad optics didn't stop Hitler.
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Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned.
[from @environment.theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org]
[from @environment.theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org]
Chemical pollution is a rampant threat to humanity, science group warns
More than 100 million "novel entity" compounds are in circulation, with unknown health impacts.
www.motherjones.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned.
[from @environment.theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org]
[from @environment.theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org]
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The Epstein List is not a physical document but the names that Ghislaine Maxwell recites to herself nightly like Arya Stark
July 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Epstein List is not a physical document but the names that Ghislaine Maxwell recites to herself nightly like Arya Stark
Dumbold Grump is treating the presidency and our country, like his own personal Nazi theme park. Previewing a new attraction to the Maga kingdom, 'Alligator Auschwitz.
It's a squalid world, after all.
It's a squalid world, after all.
July 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Dumbold Grump is treating the presidency and our country, like his own personal Nazi theme park. Previewing a new attraction to the Maga kingdom, 'Alligator Auschwitz.
It's a squalid world, after all.
It's a squalid world, after all.
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If you are paying taxes and getting zero services or healthcare in return, you are being taxed without representation. If your only incentive to pay taxes anymore is simply to avoid going to prison instead of any societal benefits, then you are no longer a citizen but a slave.
July 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you are paying taxes and getting zero services or healthcare in return, you are being taxed without representation. If your only incentive to pay taxes anymore is simply to avoid going to prison instead of any societal benefits, then you are no longer a citizen but a slave.
Rewatching Patriot to study up on how unsuccessful US initiated regime-change in Iran can be.
www.amazon.com/Patriot-Seas...
www.amazon.com/Patriot-Seas...
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Rewatching Patriot to study up on how unsuccessful US initiated regime-change in Iran can be.
www.amazon.com/Patriot-Seas...
www.amazon.com/Patriot-Seas...