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Greenham Common, 1980s UK, 1st peace camp, women-only, active for 19 yrs protesting nuclear weapons. Embrace the Base event-30,000 women held hands around the US airbase fence housing Cruise Missiles, a 14-mile human chain #WomensArt

Investigative journalist Daphne Galizia reported on government corruption, allegations of money laundering & more in #Malta. A "one-woman WikiLeaks." Known internationally for her investigation of the Panama Papers, she was assassinated by a car bomb in #OTD in 2017. 🧵 #Journalism #PressFreedom

When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it

Regarding @USPS' closure of the Allston branch: Any Boston resident can submit a public comment by emailing AllstonPostOffice@Boston.gov and including your name & address.

The most banned book in the 2025-2026 school year, according to the PEN America Index of School Book Bans, is Patricia McCormick’s Sold, a novel about child trafficking. See more of the most-banned books in American schools at: https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2026/ #bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek

Bit more niche but also you don't need to be sworn in by the speaker *at all* after an election. You do if you are elected mid-session (by house rules) but immediately after the election you are sworn by the speaker elect by convention, not by requirement

Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing.

🇮🇩 Women fight fires and sexism in Indonesian Borneo More than 100 women in Indonesian Borneo have joined a volunteer initiative dubbed "Power of Mama" -- patrolling daily for smoke and flames and jumping in to put out fires when needed.

New podcast episode out now 🎧: “Connecting the Dots on Climate and Democracy” - wherever you get your podcasts. Now co-hosted with climate legend Bill McKibben! Getitright.earth/podcast Also: Check your voter registration (vote.gov) and volunteer with me and Environmental Voter

This is an excellent guide on what you can and should do to help if someone you know is taken by ICE. The most important thing - 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁. There's PLENTY we can do help ensure a fair outcome.

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The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade

Renewable energy utility ScottishPower recently revealed that 99.9 % of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning. reneweconomy.com.au/a-great-resu...

Hilarious.

We identified the top 100 sprayers of the controversial weedkiller Roundup in California—a state that produces more than three-quarters of the nation’s fruits and nuts and nearly half of its vegetables. Check out our new searchable database to find out who’s at the top of the list. bit.ly/3SqKXDZ

US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting reut.rs/4qEJKp0

A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.” www.wired.com/story/a-judg...

Women waited too long and fought too damn hard to let anyone in the White House take away our rights. Happy Women’s Equality Day.

Japan's 'polka dot queen' artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97. One of the world's most celebrated contemporary artists, Kusama channelled hallucinations and trauma into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades u.afp.com/SVY4

Did you know that over 70 countries have banned paraquat, a weed-killing chemical that is linked to Parkinson's disease? No one should have to face these threats to their health, especially when safer alternatives exist!

Resources: Here are some of the best places to find understandable dashboards, maps, and analysis for what can seem like overly complicated information. 🌎🧪 yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/a-re...

Nuclear Security Is A Hidden Public Cost Of Nuclear Power open.substack.com/pub/michaelb...

Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇

Federal land managers are spraying a cocktail of chemicals onto public lands in an effort to treat invasive species. But these treatments lead to other problems. The cycle is a no-win situation where land never fully recovers, and millions are spent constantly treating issues as they emerge. 🌎

Beautiful and meaningful youth art.

Climate change may reduce the native plant species used by Indigenous cultures in the Amazon basin by one-third, according to research in Nature. The reduction could result in the loss of a quarter of the knowledge associated with the uses of Amazonian plant species by the end of the century. 🌎🧪

Want to learn more about why nuclear power is a climate scam, but couldn't make last month's Livable Future Live event with Tim Judson of @nirsnet.bsky.social, our Research Director Amanda Starbuck and our NY State Director Laura Shindell? You're in luck - we've got a recording right here!

Maybe this will get their attention? Endocrine disruptors and temperature increase plays a role. 🌎🧪 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This sobering story from Investigative Journalist Nathan Halverson – who took a flight to observe how extensive application of Roundup in California forests is affecting the landscape – is a powerful reminder of what we have to lose if we don’t rein in pesticide corporations.

Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)

The shape of things to come Nuclear reactors taken offline in France, as extreme heat pushes river temperatures into danger zone. reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-reac...

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

TONIGHT: Tune in at 7PM ET for a live discussion on the science and politics around nuclear energy, and why we’re so strongly opposed to this dangerous climate scam. Don’t forget to RSVP: https://fwwat.ch/4uZnze8

Good news Papua New Guinea announces a big no-take #MPA in the Bismark Sea, the Western Manus Marine Protected Area. >200,000 square km, 9% of PNG's EEZ. Almost the size of the UK 🐳🌍🦑

❤️ Love the Wayback Machine? Some publishers and news organizations are blocking it from archiving journalism—cutting off the public record & future accountability. Want them to stop? ✍️ Sign the open letter to support preserving journalism in the Wayback Machine ⤵️ www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

Eleanor Coade C18th #BusinessWoman #inventor set up & ran business manufacturing Lithodipyra "stone fired twice" aka Coade stone working for Georgian architects. Her recipe for high-quality, durable moulded weather-resistant ceramic stoneware kept secret for years b. #OTD 3 June 1733 bit.ly/3Hp4nyu

Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.

“Spraying glyphosate in such an environmentally sensitive and pristine place is ludicrous.”

Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.

So it was about blocking any Venezuelan oil from getting to Cuba too huh. Fucking blight on the earth, the US should disappear in a lake of tar

In Congress, I was a proud cosponsor of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. I've been sounding the alarm for years on the disparities in care that Black mothers face, and I will fight for the healthcare every Californian needs as Governor. x.com/TeamKatiePor...

An alternaitve list of (female only) writers: youtu.be/qgiSfpaebRY?...

BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.

Kids have a lot of questions, and when it comes to constitutional rights, we have the answers. Our new series, Know Your Rights University, helps explain topics like free speech in a fun and age-appropriate way.

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will decide whether you can access Mifepristone via telehealth or whether it will be banned.

This is what “multiple use management” looks like when timber wins every time. Ecological health, wildlife habitat, native plant communities all of it gets written off as competition. Link: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...