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New construction material absorbs CO₂ and sets quickly for sustainable building Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have created a new carbon-negative building material that could transform sustainable construction. The breakthrough, published in the high-impact jou...

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Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Congratulations, Zoey! Well done!

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Cold, wintry weather brings risk for pets as well as people. Experts say pet owners need to prepare. Sweaters, coats and booties can be helpful accessories to reduce the risks of frostbite and hypothermia.

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O’Fagan was a little man who'd obviously once been stout. Below the corded muscles of his upper arms hung empty flaps of skin. He grinned at John Patrick, showing wide gaps in his teeth.

“Yon Molly is a fine girl. Mebbe one day we’ll come t’ see ye in Wexford. Wherever that may be.”

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"Empty" as the vibe

Dark Prairie is full of motion: wagons, horses, men chasing something they may never catch.
Book here:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYRTFGDG
#Westerns #Fiction #DarkPrairie

#ICE-cold
raids.
No compassion.
No empathy.

Arresting exploited workers
but not the rich employers.
No... never that.

Children left alone,
scared,
crying for their parents
in the TV glare

Is this the America we want?

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Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown.

Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.

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Biden: So, folks, that's my message to all of us today, to all who love our country, to all of us are dismayed by the present state of the union: it's time to get up, get up and fight back. Get up. Continue to fight. What's the fight all about? Protecting the constitution.

Ruby the turtle needs a new greenhouse. Dance companies are stepping up. Ruby the Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) might not be fighting crime like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but this very real turtle is beginning to make her own mark on culture. The critically...

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Melia & Friends! 🌺 (@adopt_melia_and_friends) on Threads Melia has now been at the shelter 719 days 💔 Bio: https://24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/PP3506/51416338 Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter, Wantagh, New York (Long Island.) Email: adoption@hempsteadny....

This is a video of MELIA enjoying her time outside in the shelter yard. Just see the happiness, the joy just being out of her kennel. 💖

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I’m Flake and the Supreme Court of #nycacc said that just after a week of arriving at this horrid place that ℹ deserves 2b killed! East coast I can be transported to you with food/vet provided! I just need a home! I wasn’t here long enough 4notes and they want me dead! Pls repost! #dogsofbluesky

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This anthology of poems and small prose pieces spans the years and may be of interest to my novel readers and hopefully to lovers of the poetic form.
#poetry #poem #prose #poetic

Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

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" @jollygoodginger.bsky.social: Appreciate @senpattymurray for putting this man’s story out for all to see. Appreciate Wilmer for having the courage to allow it to be told. And FUCK ICE. Forever."

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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasTaxTheRich

Earn $27k/yr, your taxes go UP $790.

Earn $56k/yr, your taxes go UP $1,530.

Earn $200k/yr, your taxes go up ONLY $610 👀 !!

Earn $1 MILLION+/yr, your taxes go DOWN $36,320 👀 !!

Gop EXPLOITS poor / middle class while helping ONLY the rich.

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“You want more?” Mateo said. “You. Me. And Esme.” He fought to settle the tremble working through him as he waited. And as Diaz spread his fingers greedily over the pile of precious metals, Mateo knew that he’d hooked his fish.

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“Anything but,” she said. “How could whatever is really going on ever be boring? Sure, if you only read a newspaper once, you won't get much out of it. You have to make it a daily habit until you see how everything is connected. And after that, you're hooked.” Egon scoffed. “Sounds like too much work.” “A lot of problems in this world are because people have gotten too comfortable, like you. It takes effort to understand and find solutions.”

Context: One character is quite into reading the newspaper.
Frem my spy novel #MasterWatch
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Molly was looking forward to a time when she'd be barefoot again. The shoes, though comfortable enough, annoyed her mightily. Hooking up to put them on, unhook to take them off. Hooking up again for the evening’s march. A body did not need the kind of slavery shoes imposed.

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John Patrick held the makeshift pole out to Molly again. This time she took it & the grub he proffered, slipping it onto the bent needle that served as hook. With a graceful swing of her arm, she flung the baited hook out as far as it would go & waited silently for a bite.

A ballet dancer in an eagle costume during the Washington ballet Nutcracker performance.

No words just the eagle dancer at the Washington DC ballet Nutcracker.

Nice!

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SPED Angel Tree wishes
🎄Girl age 15: L has Downs Syndrome, she is funny, sarcastic, and a joy
🌲Needs water bottle and shirt for Xmas program
🎄Wants cheese crackers
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Blue background with black and white photo of a protest sign reading "I stand with immigrants and refugees" and a blue tinted photo of two hands holding each other. White text reads "The president doesn't decide who has the right to be a U.S. citizen — the Constitution does."

The 14th Amendment doesn’t mince words — birthright citizenship is a constitutionally protected right.

We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.

Are you old enough to have done this???