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RebeccaW
@rwclimate.bsky.social
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Raising my voice for nature, justice, & a better way forward.
No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves.

#EndOligarchy #NoKings #ResistAI #AntiWar
#ClimateCrisis #Overshoot
#Nature #MutualAid #GeneralStrike #Degrowth #ActiveTravel 🚴‍♀️
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Somehow, we have to make "leaders not in love with money but in love with justice" the reality... not as a rare exception (e.g., Mamdani), but as the rule.
We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. My friends, if we could put the proper leaders in the backfield to call the signals and run the ball, leaders who love the cause, leaders who are not in love with publicity but in love with humanity, leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice, leaders who are willing to subject their personal and particular egos to the greatness of the cause. If we would put the proper leaders in the backfield - and we need them all over the nation - and the proper followers on the line to make the way clear, we will be able to make moves which will both stagger and astound the imagination of the opposition. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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For the zillionth time, Planet Earth yells at humanity,

"YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY!
Stop burning oil/coal/gas for energy!
Cut your energy demands!
Stop destroying nature, your lifeline!"
Red sign, which says in large letters: WRONG WAY.
July 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🤣 You're right. These are the vibes when Trump tries to kiss Melania...
Pepe Le Pew trying to kiss the cat, and the cat resisting.
July 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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"Our so-called leaders still think they can bargain with physics & negotiate with nature. They speak to flowers in the language of economics. They hold up their income reports to impress the wild animals. They read stock-market analysis to the ocean, like fools." #GretaThunberg
photograph of a white flower
July 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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💔 #FreePalestine
"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." – Dr. Paul Farmer
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The "he looks TERRIBLE" part is particularly absurd in Trump's response to Zohran Mamdani's fantastic victory.

The Big Cheeto wishes (or perhaps he actually believes) that by saying things, he can make them true.

Meanwhile, reality is clear about who is looking terrible... & it's def not Mandani.
June 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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💔 #FreePalestine
"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." – Dr. Paul Farmer
June 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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‼️ "Analysis shows a government murdered 377,000 people during genocide so far – half of them kids."

When you take out the specifics like this, it's obviously horrific. A #warcrime. INDEFENSIBLE.

It's only when you add Israel killing Palestinians that the wretched world starts making excuses.
"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." – Dr. Paul Farmer
June 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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‼️"Troops shot & killed at least 20 hungry people & wounded hundreds of others while they waited for food at an aid site."

No country with human rights laws, no people with humanity should condone this, let alone *fund* it

except it's Israel killing Palestinians, so the wretched world turns away.
"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." – Dr Paul Farmer
June 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#Technofacism billionaires like #Palantir 's #Thiel are rapidly expanding their influence within the US & UK governments. These people are a wrecking ball to democracy, human rights, empathy, & life on Earth, but most of the public & media aren't paying attention.

Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social:
"There are people out there who aren't just self-interested, but actually see self-interest as a virtue. Who do not in fact want to be in a society with you. Who genuinely don't care if they harm the public in their pursuit of whatever they want because they believe they are past such concepts as "the public interest," that they have evolved beyond such things. That there are folks who think feudalism and colonialism are the future so ong as they're enabled by AI and crypto, that eugenics is a good idea that just got a bad rap, that if you're smart enough you can cheat death, and that most people are too dumb to know they're serfs."
June 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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I'm surprised anyone from other countries still comes here to the States for leisure trips. It hasn't been safe for a while. This man is lucky that he was deported instead of detained for an indefinite time period with no due process, like so many others.
Cartoon shows the Statue of Liberty warning people on the boat named, The World. Someone says, "She's warning us off!"
June 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Fyi, Massachusetts has an excellent program that addresses this (among other aspects): Safe Routes to School. www.mass.gov/safe-routes-...

#ActiveTravel #BikingtoSchool
SRTS works to: - increase safety for students walking and rolling in their community - help students stay active and build independence - boost attendance and reduce tardiness - decrease traffic congestion and improve air quality
June 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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I foolishly thought denial of climate change science/truth/reality couldn't get any worse... yet here we are.

The powers-that-be WANT us to go off the cliff in front of us.
The cartoon shows a man and a woman blindfolded and driving through warning signs (STOP, CAUTION, DANGER! Climate change ahead.). The woman says, "You're right! It's better not seeing what's coming!"
June 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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#stressrelief #peace #nature #timelinecleanse

TY. Similarly:
June 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Astute and helpful tips from @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social:
1. Mentally deprogram 2. Clarify your red lines 3. Secure your communications 4. Build local community 5. Document everything 6. Stay grounded
June 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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“People keep trying to define what this country is. Now, Trump is telling us what it is to be an American. But he can’t. It belongs to all of us. Yeah, it belongs to all of us.”

– Ras Baraka, Newark mayor

Arrested by ICE May 15, 2025. Then, the charges were dropped. Running for NJ governor.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
June 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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There are risks, & then there is "sailing a boat to Gaza to break the Israeli blockade of aid to Palestinians" level of risk.

#GretaThunberg & the others on Madleen have been warned by Israel. They know Israel has bombed past attempts – yet they persist.

Support the #FreedomFlotilla. Support Gaza.
Tracker shows the boat, Madleen, nearing Gaza & Israel.
June 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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"It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world." – Mary Oliver

Full poem:
Oh do you have time to linger for just a little while out of your busy and very important day for the the goldfinches thathave gathered in a field of thistles for a musical battle, to see who can sing the highest note, or the lowest, or the most expressive of mirth, or the most tender? Their strong, blunt beaks drink the air as they strive melodiously not for your sake and not for mine and not for the sake of winning but for sheer delight and gratitude- believe us, they say, it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. I beg of you, do not walk by without pausing to attend to this rather ridiculous performance. It could mean something. It could mean everything. It could be what Rilke meant when he wrote: You must change your life. The poem, Invitation by Mary Oliver.
June 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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A similar one - a quote from @timparrique.bsky.social:
"Fact is: rich countries today still look like see-saws: when GDP goes up, nature goes down. The real question is: which one do you really want to save?" – Timothee Parrique
June 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Many people already understand we are part of nature & the harm we do to nature, we do to ourselves. Many others will never get it – which explains a lot about why we are in so much trouble.
Picture shows a stick figure person sawing off the branch they sit on.
May 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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So much is a mess right now & the U.S. federal government is acting like the Sopranos. What a ray of light & inspiration that Boston has Mayor Michelle Wu @mayorwu.boston.gov advocating for #activetravel & safe cycling infrastructure.

Thank you, Mayor Wu!
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu biking.
May 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Do. Not. Come. Here.
It is not safe.
Cartoon shows the Statue of Liberty waving her arms around at people on a boat arriving. The boat is labeled, THE WORLD. The people on the boat say, "She's warning us off!"
May 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I wish everyone would instead talk about the provision in the "Big Beautiful Bill" (not) that, if it makes it past the Senate, would put Trump ABOVE THE COURTS & LAW.
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrpg...

Call Senators to oppose this‼️ Expect a vote by July 4th. www.senate.gov/general/cont...
"With this single provision, Trump will have cowned himself king. No Congress and no court would stop him. Even if a future Congress were to try to stop him, it could not do so without the power of the courts to enforce their hearings, investigation, subpoenas, and laws." – Robert Reich
May 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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PLEASE, all sane U.S. Senators, tell us how Democrats are going to STOP this budget provision that would make TRUMP ABOVE THE LAW/COURTS.

#CivilDisobedience??
Where's the #GoodTrouble?

@markey.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @jeff-merkley.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov etc
"With this single provision, Trump will have crowned himself king. No Congress and no court could stop him. Even if a future Congress were to try to stop him, it could not do so witout the power of the courts to enforce their hearings, investigation, subpoenas, and laws." – Robert Reich
May 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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When I bump into ambitious, career-minded, $-focused people who want their children to be the same, I search for the words to help them see that the current growth-based economic system is built on quicksand... & is sinking. #climatecrisis #overshoot

Society needs a new definition of "success."
"The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane. And these qualities have little to do with success as we have defined it." – David W. Orr
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM