Cara Benson

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Please post as much about the Arctic being opened up for drilling as you do about that building in DC. #arctic #whitehouse #ballroom

I thought Freddie and Harry did a decent job on the radio yesterday. Not great, but they definitely addressed gambling as an addiction.

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

#showmeyourhellhole

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

Did you catch when Penn sends in Eddie Van Halen?

Thank you, Sue! I really appreciate that.

Book cover. Title AN ARMSFULL OF BIRDS: A Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment. Blue background with cranes flying across the cover.

Here it is. The cover of my book. The story of me, my beloved Jon, birds, the planet, love, loss, hanging in there, sobriety, and hiking. Publishing next May.

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Text chain: Scammer: when are we going? Me: next week Scammer: I'm Alienor, don't you have my number saved? Me: I'm Alienor, don't you have my number saved?

This is how I've been responding to scam texts. It's been so fun.

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I interviewed Elspeth Hay for @terrainorg.bsky.social. We talk about nut trees as a keystone species, the non-existent dividing line between humans and nature, prescribed burns, and how the land needs us as much as we need it (her/ them). Photo courtesy of Elspeth Hay. Link in next comment.

There Is No Line: An Interview with Elspeth Hay - Terrain.org There Is No Line: Cara Benson interviews Elspeth Hay, author of Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food.

www.terrain.org/2025/intervi...

Image of controlled burn in a forest

I interviewed Elspeth Hay for @terrainorg.bsky.social. We talk about nut trees as a keystone species, the non-existent dividing line between humans and nature, prescribed burns, and how the land needs us as much as we need it (her/ them). Photo courtesy of Elspeth Hay. Link in next comment.

I am bad at predictions but I'm going to make one anyway. I think the Trump admin and Republicans are going to get worse, making even more dramatic authoritarian moves at a feverish pace and this will code to many as increasing strength. But in fact they will be losing popularity and control.

In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.

Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.

I knew the punditry would be embarrassing today but my goodness. It's way worse than I expected.

Chattering classes ftw.

Pronunciation of #Cuomo is so good.

If you'd like to let the folks at the US Open know how you feel about them censoring protests against trump, here's a handy contact form I just used. Highly recommend!
www.usopen.org/en_US/info/c...

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Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal The Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of forests for over two decades, keeping them free from logging, road building, and other industrial development. Now Trump is trying to take aw...

Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal act.biologicaldiversity.org/TMITB4gub0WL...

Trans people are not the cause of your problems. You are the cause of your problems.

I started a rewatch, too. It's phenomenally misogynistic. The men are yelling ALL THE TIME at the women who play such subservient roles. The men are so important, do such important things they can yell abusively and the women get to pout. It's awful, frankly. This show did not age well.

#booksky

Stay salty DC 🔥

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Birthday girl

Thanks, Kathy!

Raises hand! www.carabensonwriter.com/consulting

Tiny songbird atop a rocky point facing out into the mountains.

Say hello to my little friend. If you listen closely, his song goes something like this: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET FOOD AND AID INTO GAZA.