Carol McCreary

SNAP Benefits Impacted by Government Shutdown: Local Food Banks Brace for Increased Demand as Support Efforts Intensify — The Jefferson County Beacon News by Nhatt Nichols On November 1, 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to purchase food did not receive their monthly benefit because of the gov...

The PT Farmers Market is offering $15.00 in market purchases to SNAP card holders to help offset the Trump shutdown cuts

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As cars become more energy-efficient, people may drive more. "In the same way, rather than easing pressure on the planet, innovation in textiles is fuelling more production and harm." wasterecyclingmag.ca/circular-eco...

Designing for a Shared Reality: What is a Multispecies Approach to Sanitation?  - Phlush Designing for a Shared Reality: What is a Multispecies Approach to Sanitation?  By: Kory Russel   At a Venetian Palace overlooking the grand canal, an unexpected exhibit highlighted a universal truth—...

Thanks to Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human (PHLUSH) for highlighting the installation exploring a multispecies approach to sanitation that I co-developed with Kory Russel and Audrey Rycewicz for the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
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As Trump cracks down, faith groups step up for immigrants: ‘What has happened to our heart?’ Nuns, bishops and laity from California to Texas have created a network of help to uphold church teachings

Hope of the day. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.

Gun violence prevention groups disqualified from grants built around their work Trump administration altering program that was a lifeline for pioneering non-profits helping reduce gun violence

Outrage of the day. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Here are some early #WorldToiletDay celebrations you can join :

🔔 Rich Earth Summit on Oct 15-16/ Nov 12-14

🔔 Public lecture on sanitation in South Africa on Oct 16

🔔 World Water Film Festival in Buenos Aires on Nov 13-14

Check out our new blog for more: www.itsflush.com/post/celebr...

For some, boating is the only way to immerse oneself in the PNW wilderness. It can be expensive, but using used parts works! waggonerguide.com/used-boat-pa....

It's so hard to watch n'hood residents treat city/agency staff like garbage at meetings just because they disagree w a street design proposal. We need mediators or some staff who enforce basic, respectful meeting laws. I'm tired of staff being talked over and disrespected. It's not OK!

Adelita! Swear her in!

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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www.circleofblue.org/stream/ Warmer seasons in Pakistan threaten an increased incidence of glacial lake outburst floods, or GLOFs. Indigenous knowledge is life-saving.

‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump The long read: Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s p...

“Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth.” Born into democracy, we've no conception of life without it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Why 10 cameras are photographing every single fan at Mariners games Ten cameras are all eyes during a game as your reactions are recorded for posterity and information-gathering.

I find something terrifying about going to a baseball game and being photographed throughout. www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

Yikes! Indian-Americans who man the front desks of hotels and motels throughout the night protect our right to travel and find safe accommodations when we most need them. This opens my eyes to how vulnerable they are.

Smiles here.

A new island erupted from the sea – can it show us how nature works without human interference? The volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide

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“America First” Puts Big Hurt on International Water Programs Explore the devastating implications of the USAID closure on the global water crisis and its impact on clean water access.

@circleofblue.bsky.social The appalling impact on the availability of water and sanitation in US partner countries after USAID www.circleofblue.org/2025/opinion...

Are you a part of an Indivisible, Community Action, or mutual aid organization?

Now's the time to level up.

#Training #Empowerment #MutualAid #RunForOffice

The Stream, October 7, 2025: In Timor-Leste, ‘Life-Saving’ Sewer System in Doubt After U.S. Withdraws from Construction ● The construction of a “life-saving” municipal sewer system in Timor-Leste, funded by the U.S. government, is now in limbo after calls for a spending review. ● The popularity of solar-powered ground...

www.circleofblue.org/newsletter/t... 1/3 of kids under 5 in Timor-Leste likely to die with US $$ for wastewater treatment withdrawn. Thanks @circleofblue.bsky.social Subscribe to The Scream.

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Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, announced several measures to help the coal industry, which is having trouble competing with cheaper, cleaner power sources.

The Federal Water Tap newsletter gives you access to the latest U.S. government water policy trends: www.circleofblue.org/water-tap/

Nature, books and naked bike rides: Portlanders refute Trump claims they are ‘living in hell’ On the ground in the Oregon city, with rich fall colors and leafy hiking trails, things look different than on Trump’s TV

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Portland is just not giving right-wing influencers what they want.

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u... Caused largely by viral video of student arguing that based on "the President's laws", her professor's course is illegal.

Memes and nihilistic in-jokes: the online world of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer A growing number of shooters are in conversation with their digital communities, which are becoming extreme

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Insightful, troubling. The Times They Are A-Changin'. My options as a teenager were USPS letters or long-distance $$ for phone calls 50 miles from home.

> @cnbc.com 🇬🇧

The Stream, September 16, 2025: In Syria, Uncontained Oil Spillage Flows Close to Euphrates River ● Uncontained byproduct from an abandoned oil field in eastern Syria is seeping into the soil and slowly flowing closer to the Euphrates River, threatening its contamination. ● Heavy monsoon rains co...

@circleofblue.bsky.social www.circleofblue.org/newsletter/t... As always, essential reading.

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@circleofblue.bsky.social www.circleofblue.org/water-tap/?u... Lots of backtracking in many federal agencies. Essential weekly reading.

Is it OK to be happy when the world is falling apart? | Avram Alpert It is reasonable and moral to think that when others are harmed, you should feel the injury, but our sympathy should not be limited to pain

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The Great Knowledge Vanishing Act How the race for speed is erasing human knowledge

Wisdom is easier to destroy than to rebuild. Thought-provoking exploration by Tom McDowell. open.substack.com/pub/idtips/p...

Visibly Trans: Hot (mess) Girl Summer — The Jefferson County Beacon Column by Heather Johnson It’s been about a year since I started transitioning. The metaphor of caterpillar to butterfly has been floating around in my head, especially the part about the caterpillar...

www.jeffcobeacon.com/all-news/vis... My town is blessed to have this groundbreaking writer-photographer.