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Excellent piece by @newshour.bsky.social based on They Poisoned the World. Hoping it shifts regulations to stem the production of PFAS chemicals.

Those causing the problem don’t belong in negotiations to solve it.

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When we replace Schumer with someone who does.

Perhaps recall petitions are in order.

A quote which bears repeating as U.S. automakers accelerate their surrender to China, and Americans pay more and more for their products.

No bailouts for these thieves and energy hogs.

It’s time to discuss setting up a fund that Californians can send our federal taxes to to make up for funds and resources taken by this administration.

Excellent suggestion.

This is absolutely appalling. #PFAS chemicals are extremely resistant to breakdown processes, guaranteeing this stuff will build up in the environment. I learned as an undergrad chem major that anything becomes a poison at high enough concentrations.

Yes!

I learned decades ago that chemicals that are PBTs (persistent, bioaccumulate, toxic) should be produced sparingly, if at all. Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) hit all points. Their production in mass quantities has contaminated our air, water, land, and our bodies. Enough!
#PFASban

Another couple of devastating losses for ethical journalism.

I keep seeing people say that methane, 80x more potent than CO2, disappears from the atmosphere more quickly - decades vs centuries. True. However, most atmospheric methane oxidizes to form CO2, a much longer-lived climate disruptor.
That’s why eliminating methane emissions is critical.
#Climate

May this soon be permanent!

From ten years ago today. Sadly, still the case.

What could have been.

Already did. Got a kick out of these banners over the highway in Santa Rosa this morning. Ignored the ones on the sides.

So much for innovation nation. We need to stop bailing them out.

Nature heals. 🌲💚

Just donated to the DC Capital food bank to help cover needs of federal workers being impacted by this shutdown. Join me if you can.
www.capitalareafoodbank.org?utm_referrer...

This holiday season, give the gift of a stronger community rather than another yacht for a billionaire.

It’s why I moved my funds from Chase to a credit union.

Some ant architects design a colony to cut the risk of disease. Humans, take note! One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it.

Ants wisely face off with infectious disease by changing behavior and redesigning their nests. Would that all members of human society behaved similarly.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Time for impacted states to sue.

“If you think about saying something and you decide it’s not safe to do it, you’ve already lost your right to free speech.”
Heather Cox Richardson
#NoKingsDay

“Today, many economists believe that more than half of the country’s economic growth is the result of our government’s investment in basic research.” Rita Colwell, in A Lab of One’s Own
#ScienceMatters

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

An excellent article detailing the increasing evidence on microplastics in our bodies and what you can do to reduce your exposure.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Congratulations Nobel Prize-winner Maria Corina Machado! A win for democracy.
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...