Epic #floods are wreaking havoc from Africa to Asia to Europe
Three massive #FloodEvents across three continents have claimed over 1,500 lives & cost over $15 BILLION in September
#ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #StormBoris #StormYagi #mudslides https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/epic-floods-are-wreaking-havoc-from-africa-to-asia-to-europe/
Why ‘chaos wheat’ may be the future of #bread
It’s time to look beyond all-purpose #flour
#ChaosWheat #Agriculture #food #ClimateShocks #ClimateResilience #sustainability #gift https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/17/king-arthur-climate-blend-flour/
Eating less beef is a #ClimateSolution. Here's why that's hard for some #AmericanMen: they're #brainwashed into believing they'll turn into girls if they #GoVegan
#ClimateCatastrophe #EatLessBeef #EatLessMeat #MeatIsMurder #AnimalRights #masculinity #food https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5003066/beef-climate-change-american-men-masculinity
woot! just downloaded my #ballot for #election2024
#VoteByMail #EarlyVoting #VoteBlueUpAndDownBallot #HarrisWalz2024
Always worth mentioning: #KamalaHarris was the Senate's tie-breaking vote on an $86 billion pension rescue that benefited the #Teamsters more than any other union.
but ... Sean O'Brien doesn't like BROWN PEOPLE!
#racism #politics #UnionsForHarris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llo9BhmxHVk&feature=youtu.be
#DonOLDTrump is trumpeting his moronic outrage again on #TruthSocial, calling on Congressional Republicans to shut down the Government. Seriously, how can Trump (or anyone) govern AT ALL if the government is shutdown?
#TrumpIsAGlobalLaughingStock #TrumpDerangementSyndrome #TrumpIsUnfitForANYOffice
Fish On Prozac: Psychiatric Drug Pollution May Harm Wild Fish, study out of Monash University & University of Tuscia, published by Journal of Animal Ecology
#Pharmaceuticals💊 #WaterPollution🚰 #fish🐟 #ecology #evolution #environment #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/18/fish-on-prozac-psychiatric-drug-pollution-may-harm-wild-fish/
Genome Sequencing Shows Kākāpō Evolved Two Plumage Colors To Evade Predators, study Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Aotearoa New Zealand Department of Conservation & Māori iwi Ngāi Tahu, pub'd by PLOSBiology
#ecology #ornithology🪶 #genomics #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/15/genome-sequencing-shows-kkp-evolved-two-plumage-colors-to-evade-predators/
i love NYC, but damn, the police are OUT OF CONTROL. does anyone else out there suspect that the #NYPD is an openly #criminal organization? it's difficult to overstate their disregard for laws or basic decency
#PoliceViolence #PoliceLawlessness #crime https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-shelter-worker-beaten-by-nypd/
damned sneaky!
are you on LinkedIn? well, they have started auto-opting people in for AI data scraping.
To turn it off, go to Preferences > Data Privacy > “Data for AI Improvement”.
"There are two types of Trump supporters: billionaires and idiots ... check your bank account to see which one you are."
#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsAGlobalLaughingStock #TrumpIsEvil #Project2025IsTrumpVance #politics
OMG OMG OMG! the #MustRead winners of the 2024 wainright prize were announced today!
The #WainwrightPrize is awarded annually to #books which most successfully inspire readers to embrace #nature & the #outdoors & develop a respect for the #environment
How #JaredKushner’s #greedy Saudi-funded Affinity Partners has invested over $1 BILLION – including in an obscure deal with #WeWork’s obscenely rich ex-CEO #AdamNeumann
#saudi https://newstracs.com/how-jared-kushners-affinity-partners-has-invested-over-1-billion/2024/09/16/
from 2023, but definitely worth a re-read cuz it explains how we got here
How Herd Mentality Explains Our Behavior
#MentalHealth #HerdMentality #MobMentality #Extremism #ExtremistPolitics #politics https://www.verywellmind.com/how-herd-mentality-explains-our-behavior-7487018
How Lauren Boebert Thinks Elon Musk Can Help With Trump Shooting Probe
#Colorado's brainless Rethuglican hag urged #ElonMusk to take on a federal role after #DonOLDTrump’s 2nd "assassination attempt"
#politics https://newrepublic.com/post/186027/lauren-boebert-elon-musk-donald-trump-investigate-secret-service
Republicans say they would side with #BigPharma & gut the Biden-Harris law that lets #Medicare negotiate lower drug prices
They are openly supporting MUCH higher #DrugPrices -why would any sane person vote #rethuglican?
#greed #DrugPolicy #GOP #politics https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/trump-drug-prices-gop-concerns
Please everyone, don't stop talking about #Project2025 -- every day!
#politics #TrumpIsProject2025 #Project2025IsTrumpAndVance #fascism #racism #misogyny #bigotry
This fall, Ohioans’ #ballots will falsely inform them that an amendment to END gerrymandering would actually REQUIRE #gerrymandering. A brazen #lie, now greenlit by the #Ohio #SupremeCourt
It is, as one dissenting justice said, a “fraud upon the voters.”
#politics https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/ohio-supreme-court-voter-fraud-gop.html
A new report reveals that a secretive influencer network is spreading some of the worst attacks on Kamala Harris--one person made as much as $20,000
In August, #DonOLDTrump elevated similar attacks, reposting a meme on Truth Social featuring photos of Harris & Hillary Clinton
#lies #politics https://newrepublic.com/post/185736/secret-right-wing-network-sexual-smears-kamala-harris
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