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@sunshineee11.bsky.social
biodiversity, animal rights, repro rights, global health, climate justice, #scicomm, sustainability, plant-based, etc 💚🌻 trying my best!
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"Species with specialist needs are in steep decline. The homogenisation of the wider countryside is accelerating this trend. Protected sites… are too small and too fragmented to form an effective ecological network. Without urgent, joined-up effective action, nature will continue to decline.”
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
National Trust says these are ‘alarm signals we cannot ignore’ as climate breakdown puts pressure on wildlife
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"Species with specialist needs are in steep decline. The homogenisation of the wider countryside is accelerating this trend. Protected sites… are too small and too fragmented to form an effective ecological network. Without urgent, joined-up effective action, nature will continue to decline.”
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'False optimism is incredibly dangerous. It stops us taking climate/polycrisis adaptation sufficiently seriously; because it evokes the false impression that things are potentially still going to be more or less fine in the future.
...Maladaptation...follows directly from false optimism.'
...Maladaptation...follows directly from false optimism.'
Your 'moment of doom' for Dec. 29, 2025 ~ Tomorrow and tomorrow ...
"Here at the end of 2025, we are already living with the consequences of delay. Flooding, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires are no longer rare events; they are becoming features of normal life."
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
"Here at the end of 2025, we are already living with the consequences of delay. Flooding, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires are no longer rare events; they are becoming features of normal life."
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
The end of 2025 must be the end of the inane rule of climate ‘optimism’
We should admit that widely-mandated climate optimism has been actively harmful to the needful acknowledgement of reality - and to the active collective self-protection that we now desperately need to...
www.resilience.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
'False optimism is incredibly dangerous. It stops us taking climate/polycrisis adaptation sufficiently seriously; because it evokes the false impression that things are potentially still going to be more or less fine in the future.
...Maladaptation...follows directly from false optimism.'
...Maladaptation...follows directly from false optimism.'
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Gruesome death ordered for 172 bears as hunt ritual is approved for first time in more than a decade in Florida, USA
focusingonwildlife.com/news/gruesom...
focusingonwildlife.com/news/gruesom...
Gruesome death ordered for 172 bears as hunt ritual is approved for first time in more than a decade | Focusing on Wildlife
As many as 172 black bears are at risk of death in Florida after a judge approved the first hunt in a decade.
focusingonwildlife.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Gruesome death ordered for 172 bears as hunt ritual is approved for first time in more than a decade in Florida, USA
focusingonwildlife.com/news/gruesom...
focusingonwildlife.com/news/gruesom...
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MELIA is sleeping her days away in the shelter. She didn't get her Christmas wish. But we can make her New Years a great one. Shes a great dog just needs the right home. 💝
💻[email protected]
🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
MELIA is sleeping her days away in the shelter. She didn't get her Christmas wish. But we can make her New Years a great one. Shes a great dog just needs the right home. 💝
💻[email protected]
🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Climate change doesn’t just stress crops.
It rewires entire food webs: pests, pathogens, timing, and thresholds……faster than agriculture can adapt.
apple.news/Afn8pOcDSTJK...
It rewires entire food webs: pests, pathogens, timing, and thresholds……faster than agriculture can adapt.
apple.news/Afn8pOcDSTJK...
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis — Guardian US
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable
apple.news
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Climate change doesn’t just stress crops.
It rewires entire food webs: pests, pathogens, timing, and thresholds……faster than agriculture can adapt.
apple.news/Afn8pOcDSTJK...
It rewires entire food webs: pests, pathogens, timing, and thresholds……faster than agriculture can adapt.
apple.news/Afn8pOcDSTJK...
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The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
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‘tis the season to be aware of Christmas beetle decline.
“Researchers point to several possible causes including drought, climate change and the loss of eucalypt forest and woodland habitats, which are essential for the beetles’ survival.”
🪲 🪳 🌏
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/news...
“Researchers point to several possible causes including drought, climate change and the loss of eucalypt forest and woodland habitats, which are essential for the beetles’ survival.”
🪲 🪳 🌏
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/news...
Where have the Christmas beetles gone?
Christmas beetles, once the glittering party crashers of Australian summers, are vanishing.
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
‘tis the season to be aware of Christmas beetle decline.
“Researchers point to several possible causes including drought, climate change and the loss of eucalypt forest and woodland habitats, which are essential for the beetles’ survival.”
🪲 🪳 🌏
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/news...
“Researchers point to several possible causes including drought, climate change and the loss of eucalypt forest and woodland habitats, which are essential for the beetles’ survival.”
🪲 🪳 🌏
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/news...
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Please adopt, don't buy 🙏
🎨 VeganFTA
🎨 VeganFTA
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Please adopt, don't buy 🙏
🎨 VeganFTA
🎨 VeganFTA
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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We asked U.S. adults (~1k, representative) about their level of acceptability to standard animal agriculture practices, such as extreme confinement & painful mutilations. Unsurprisingly, most people don't approve 👇. Check out the full @faunalytics.bsky.social study: faunalytics.org/public-accep...
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We asked U.S. adults (~1k, representative) about their level of acceptability to standard animal agriculture practices, such as extreme confinement & painful mutilations. Unsurprisingly, most people don't approve 👇. Check out the full @faunalytics.bsky.social study: faunalytics.org/public-accep...
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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This #UHCDay, we’re underscoring a simple truth: universal, equitable health care requires #SRH services. Fully meeting all SRH needs would cost $15.56 per person annually, and every $1 invested in contraception saves $2.48 in related care. Read more: https://gu.tt/4qVHXfc
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This #UHCDay, we’re underscoring a simple truth: universal, equitable health care requires #SRH services. Fully meeting all SRH needs would cost $15.56 per person annually, and every $1 invested in contraception saves $2.48 in related care. Read more: https://gu.tt/4qVHXfc
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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McKibben’s point is directionally right, even if simplified. Fossil fuels dominate global shipping ton-miles. Electrification + renewables don’t just cut CO₂ — they collapse fuel logistics chains. Energy becomes local. Trade shifts, ships don’t vanish — but power does.⚡ #disruption #EnergyTransition
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
McKibben’s point is directionally right, even if simplified. Fossil fuels dominate global shipping ton-miles. Electrification + renewables don’t just cut CO₂ — they collapse fuel logistics chains. Energy becomes local. Trade shifts, ships don’t vanish — but power does.⚡ #disruption #EnergyTransition
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Meet Seraphino: professional bookshelf inspector 📚🐈⬛
Take her home today: aspca.org/nyccats
Take her home today: aspca.org/nyccats
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Meet Seraphino: professional bookshelf inspector 📚🐈⬛
Take her home today: aspca.org/nyccats
Take her home today: aspca.org/nyccats
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Q: Is an (ACA)extension with abortion restrictions better than no extension at all
#AOC: “An extension with abortion
restrictions kills women — I will not
accept women & the lives of women as
some political cost for them being able
to extend these things — Reproductive
care is health care — Period”
#AOC: “An extension with abortion
restrictions kills women — I will not
accept women & the lives of women as
some political cost for them being able
to extend these things — Reproductive
care is health care — Period”
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Q: Is an (ACA)extension with abortion restrictions better than no extension at all
#AOC: “An extension with abortion
restrictions kills women — I will not
accept women & the lives of women as
some political cost for them being able
to extend these things — Reproductive
care is health care — Period”
#AOC: “An extension with abortion
restrictions kills women — I will not
accept women & the lives of women as
some political cost for them being able
to extend these things — Reproductive
care is health care — Period”
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“Hell is here” isn’t a metaphor.
It is a daily reality for millions of nonhuman lives and increasingly for human ones.
Honesty doesn’t cause collapse.
It simply names the collapse we were born into.
It is a daily reality for millions of nonhuman lives and increasingly for human ones.
Honesty doesn’t cause collapse.
It simply names the collapse we were born into.
We are told things are getting better. They aren’t.
“Hell Is Here” is what the world looks like when greenwashing replaces truth.
My new article: Hell Is Here: Greenwashed.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
“Hell Is Here” is what the world looks like when greenwashing replaces truth.
My new article: Hell Is Here: Greenwashed.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
HELL IS HERE: What Greenwashed Reveals About the Truth We're Not Allowed to Say
Why the most taboo words in environmentalism are "overpopulation" and "less."
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“Hell is here” isn’t a metaphor.
It is a daily reality for millions of nonhuman lives and increasingly for human ones.
Honesty doesn’t cause collapse.
It simply names the collapse we were born into.
It is a daily reality for millions of nonhuman lives and increasingly for human ones.
Honesty doesn’t cause collapse.
It simply names the collapse we were born into.
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1,414 sharks are killed every hour. That’s over 12 million a year 🦈
December 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
1,414 sharks are killed every hour. That’s over 12 million a year 🦈
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Europe planned to ban sales of new combustion cars by 2035. Customer sentiment and manufacturing lobbying tanked the idea.
Europe's Gas Car Ban Is About To Die
The continent planned for an aggressive transition to EVs. Customer sentiment and manufacturing lobbying tanked the idea.
insideevs.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Europe planned to ban sales of new combustion cars by 2035. Customer sentiment and manufacturing lobbying tanked the idea.
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A new weasel species just found in China. Every time I mention “dark extinctions,” people demand proof. But how do you prove the loss of a species we never knew existed?
There are more undiscovered species than known ones.
Extinction often happens before discovery.
www.earth.com/news/routine...
There are more undiscovered species than known ones.
Extinction often happens before discovery.
www.earth.com/news/routine...
Routine expedition ended with the discovery of a unique animal with a secret ability
A routine expedition surprises scientists by revealing a unique animal, Mustela mopbie, with a secret ability that could change what we know.
www.earth.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A new weasel species just found in China. Every time I mention “dark extinctions,” people demand proof. But how do you prove the loss of a species we never knew existed?
There are more undiscovered species than known ones.
Extinction often happens before discovery.
www.earth.com/news/routine...
There are more undiscovered species than known ones.
Extinction often happens before discovery.
www.earth.com/news/routine...
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Torre Washington just defeated younger competitors in two divisions to qualify for Olympia 2026. 🌱🏆
#bodybuilding #bodybuilder #plantpower #veganathletes #veganathletes
#bodybuilding #bodybuilder #plantpower #veganathletes #veganathletes
Vegan Bodybuilder Wins Twice, Secures Spot at the Legendary Olympia 2026
Olympia is considered by many to be the peak of the bodybuilding calendar. The legendary competition has been running since 1965, and qualification is tough. Torre Washington has made it a goal to…
veganfta.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Torre Washington just defeated younger competitors in two divisions to qualify for Olympia 2026. 🌱🏆
#bodybuilding #bodybuilder #plantpower #veganathletes #veganathletes
#bodybuilding #bodybuilder #plantpower #veganathletes #veganathletes
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@kennytorrella.bsky.social is the only one covering this very important story!
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
At the end of each year, FDA releases data on antibiotics sold for use in livestock.
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@kennytorrella.bsky.social is the only one covering this very important story!
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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This is so sad. Yet much more of this to come in the next few decades.
First climate migrants arrive in Australia from sinking Tuvalu in South Pacific
The first climate migrants to leave the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu have arrived in Australia, hoping to preserve links to their sinking island home, foreign affairs officials said on Thurs...
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is so sad. Yet much more of this to come in the next few decades.