Eleanor Abernathy’s Cat

Court delays land transfer that would enable copper mine at Oak Flat - High Country News The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by…

The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by the tribe, shares Inside Climate News.

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How Bad Bunny concerts fuel Puerto Rico’s independence movement The world-conquering singer is playing 30 dates on his struggling home island with songs demanding liberation and inspiring the youth

How Bad Bunny concerts fuel Puerto Rico’s independence movement
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Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...

BREAKING: The Center + our allies appealed a federal judge’s ruling today denying our request to pause the Oak Flat land exchange in Arizona.

Without an injunction, #OakFlat is expected to be handed over to a private mining company Aug. 19.

More info: biodiv.us/4oIwaji

Forecast shows Tropical Storm Erin will hit Puerto Rico as hurricane Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, becoming the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Tropical Storm Erin: Forecast Shows Potential Hurricane Will Hit Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico's community-owned solar power: Alternative to frequent blackouts Enid Medina Guzman always has candles on hand—not for creating ambiance, but because one of the blackouts that plague Puerto Rico could strike at any time.

Puerto Rico's community-owned solar power: Alternative to frequent blackouts
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Incarcerated People with Mental Illness Face Inhumane Treatment in Puerto Rico The Department of Corrections fails to provide basic mental health care to its prison population while spending $80 million on a psychiatric hospital with no clear plan for staffing, operations, or fu...

Incarcerated People with Mental Illness Face Inhumane Treatment in Puerto Rico

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Cree reimagining of Macbeth makes Manitoba debut in Brandon | CBC News A reimagining of Macbeth — set in a time before colonization and rooted in the Cree worldview, language and tradition — is set to be performed on Treaty 2 territory for the first time this weekend.

"While the story draws loosely from Macbeth, it has been completely rewritten to elevate Cree perspectives and language."
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Mohawk Students File Legal Suit Over Changes Impacting Access to Federal Financial Aid Mohawk students from the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe have filed a legal complaint in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of New York, challenging recent federal changes that limit their access to college financial aid.

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Caribbean Matters: Racist ICE raids target Dominicans in Puerto Rico � Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...

Caribbean Matters: Racist ICE raids target Dominicans in Puerto Rico
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Under Jenniffer González, complaints grow over alleged failure to address gender-based violence Since June 8, at least six women have been murdered or their bodies found under suspicious circumstances

"Under Jenniffer González, complaints grow over alleged failure to address gender-based violence" #PuertoRico
Since June 8, at least six women have been murdered or their bodies found under suspicious circumstances
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The Puerto Rican Community Taking Energy Resilience Into Its Own Hands After years of living with an unreliable electricity supply, a new community-driven plan is setting Castañer, Puerto Rico, on the path to energy resilience.

The Puerto Rican Community Taking Energy Resilience Into Its Own Hands
After years of living with an unreliable electricity supply, a new community-driven plan is setting Castañer, Puerto Rico, on the path to energy resilience.
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Lawsuit Seeks Records on Elon Musk, DOGE’s Role in Trump Transition Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Center Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to obtain public records showing how people claiming to represent the so-called Departm...

We just sued Trump over DOGE.

“Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are using DOGE to achieve the far right’s longstanding goal of dismantling protections for our air, water and most imperiled wildlife.” ~ Center executive director @kieransuckling.bsky.social

Learn more: biodiv.us/4h1Fg6a

The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition.

For the nerds: exciting changes/additions to the 18th ed. include explicit inclusion of and guidance for the use of Indigenous languages. It also includes specific acknowledgement of and (IMO) more respectful treatment of Indigenous sources of knowledge—e.g., oral history / stories. #histed #writing

California ex-prison guard found guilty of 64 charges of sexual abuse of women Gregory Rodriguez, 56, who faced 97 counts, convicted of crimes in one of state’s largest prison abuse scandals

Breaking: A former California prison guard was convicted of 64 sexual abuse charges against incarcerated women.

One survivor who testified: “This is not a one officer problem. From my experience, Gregory Rodriguez is one bad apple on a tree that's rotten to its core.”

A smaller calico cat sits contentedly on a quilt she has gathered into a comfy pile. The quilt is made of a variety of fabrics, mostly cornflower and navy blue floral patterns, cut into rectangles and then framed as squares with an off-white floral trim.

Titi Zandi stitched me a new quilt and this brat immediately took it over and turned it into her favorite new cozy bed.
#VethIsABratCat
#CatSky #CatsOfBlueSky

38 | The On Being Project Here, the sentence will be respected. I will compose each sentence with care, by minding what the rules of writing dictate. For example, all sentences will begin with capital letters. Likewise, the hi...

Powerful!
"A Poem to and for the 38 Dakota Men Who Were Hanged"
by Layli Long Soldier #Dakota38 +2 onbeing.org/poetry/38/

The photo is centered on an old red barn. In the background the sun is just rising behind a mountain range - filling the sky with shades of bright orange that fade upwards to lighter and lighter shades of pink.

This photo is a wider framing of the previous scene. The old red barn and associated outbuildings are in the foreground. In the background the sunrise is peeking over a mountain range so the sky is filled with oranges and pinks that fade upwards into grays and purples - all topped by wispy white and gray clouds.

Yep. Still floored by the local ‘sky paintings’.
#AlpineDesertSunrise
#ColoradoSunrise
#OldRedBarn

So the City of Miami was under a federal consent decree for 20 years that forbade them from criminalizing homelessness

guess what happened during that time

Epic 👏👏👏👏
Wish I could say ‘I think this is the beginning of a beautiful followership’…but I’ve been following you too long to swing it🤣

A long-haired calico cat with long, white whiskers sits on turquoise blanket looking thoroughly annoyed. Her posture is slightly tense, her ears are flicked outwards, and she is refusing to look directly at the camera. She gives off ‘perturbed princess’ vibes.

My sweet floof, Scarlett, is not feeling her best thanks to a mild URI. Right now she just can’t decide if she wants attention & cuddles or if she just wants to murder anything that comes near her.
#CatSky #TheScarlettLynx

More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.

"The findings provide the most complete public accounting to date of how many Native American children died at the boarding schools, but many historians said they believe the death toll is far greater."

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Dry corridors opened by fire and low CO2 in Amazonian rainforest during the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature Geoscience Lower CO2 and more-frequent fires may have supported grassland expansion in the Amazon during the Last Glacial Maximum, according to vegetation modelling using a range of boundary conditions tested ag...

We really, really underestimate how different the planet was during the glaciations of the last ~3 million years, and not just near the poles.

For example, Central and South America were likely dominated by savannas to dry grasslands and deserts, rather than forests.

A calico cat plays amidst the chaos she has created in the room. A small basket lies on its side near her. The cat is flat on her tummy with her legs splayed out and her tail is up mid-flick. Her head is tucked under a circular toy that contains a ball in a track. The toy is wedged up against a dresser. The only way the ball is inaccessible is from underneath so it is unclear why she has chosen this method of attack🤣

Veth is just a weird cat.🤣

#CatSky

The carceral system is inundated with crises – poor conditions, escalating deaths, environmental dangers. That's why investigative journalism is more important than ever

Here are 10 stories from 2024 that shined a light inside the "black box" of mass incarceration 🧵

CPD lying about stops.

NYPD lying about hitting people.

This is why doing criminal legal research can be so daunting.

We know, so well, that agencies are lying in their data all the time. And that's on top of the mistakes, misses, etc.

If we think the errors are fixed over time, the data is still useful. But are they? Have no reason to think so....

In our recent collaboration with the Prison Policy Initiative, we quantify a few of the mechanisms of disproportionality racism in the criminal justice system 📊

Check out the Public Safety Lab's Jail Data Initiative to learn more: jaildatainitiative.org