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Threatened Public Lands Map | More Than Just Parks Interactive map tracking current threats to America's public lands. Explore environmental challenges, report new threats, and take action to protect these precious landscapes.

Big news: we just launched the Threatened Public Lands Tracker. It’s the most detailed interactive tool we’ve ever built showing exactly where our public lands are under threat, who’s behind it, and what’s being done.

morethanjustparks.com/threatened-p...

#nationalparks #publiclands

20.04.2025 13:03 — 👍 156 🔁 85 💬 5 📌 7

Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

10,000 Health and Human Services employees are being laid off.

These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country.

Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."

01.04.2025 22:47 — 👍 3394 🔁 1251 💬 161 📌 71

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

01.04.2025 19:47 — 👍 64284 🔁 14581 💬 995 📌 1258

YouTube video by Katie Nicholas Blue Christmas (cover) | Katie Nicholas & Michael Kountis (Christmas Vol 1)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=STkk...

04.12.2024 03:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.

With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

04.12.2024 00:26 — 👍 30730 🔁 4679 💬 554 📌 304

Robert Vincent “He's the Real Deal” - Bob Harris OBE (BBC Radio 2) It was Vincent’s powerful and soulful voice that attracted acolytes such as Bob Harris, Paul Carrack and Mary Chapin Carpenter. In 2016, Harris...

Rising star!
www.youtube.com/@robertvince...

04.12.2024 01:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

George Nicholas/Cernunnos Rising Cernunnos Rising is a unique blend of New Age, Celtic, Pagan, Druidic music featuring evocative songs with deep and well crafted lyrics; reminding us of a living tradition that explores the mysticism ...

My favorite: www.youtube.com/@Cernunnosri...

04.12.2024 01:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Katie Nicholas Songwriter/videographer from Liverpool Katie Nicholas quickly gained recognition for her self-produced music videos as well as captivating audiences on the live stage with intricate lyrics and skilf...

This girl! Check her out!
www.youtube.com/@katienicholas

04.12.2024 01:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How the Super Rich Are Killing Social Security | Robert Reich

Social Security taxes are rigged for the rich — and the program is in danger because of it.A CEO earning $20M/yr pays Social Security taxes on ~1% of their i... How the Super Rich Are Killing Social Security | Robert Reich

As a former trustee of Social Security, I'm worried the program is in danger of running dry. Why?

As the rich have gotten richer, more of their income has escaped the cap on the SS payroll tax.

We can fix this by scrapping the cap. Watch.

04.12.2024 01:00 — 👍 2420 🔁 603 💬 87 📌 38

YouTube video by Siobhan Maher Kennedy - Topic Forever Ukraine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTOe...

04.12.2024 01:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Do we really need more stuff? A proposal for a recycled economy

My shelves are overflowing with books. My closet can't fit any more clothes, most of which I haven't worn in years. My attic is filled to the brim.

All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?

30.11.2024 02:32 — 👍 2283 🔁 260 💬 200 📌 30