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21 June

Water is Life! Will we continue to ignore the facts? The Ripple Effect - Prud'homme, Alex (2011)

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theguardian.comOrangutans prefer food associated with sounds of laughter, study suggestsApes in study more likely to choose treats linked to sound of peers having fun, suggesting emotions influence learning

Cousins!

Orangutan Land Trust@orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social

Apes in study more likely to choose treats linked to sound of peers having fun, suggesting emotions influence learning. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

fllics.comWhat happens if the Colorado River keeps shrinking? | The ExcerptAs water levels decline at Lake Powell, long-submerged sections of Glen Canyon are reemerging, fueling a renewed debate over the future of the dam itself. Trevor Hughes, national correspondent for USA TODAY, explores what climate change and water shortages could mean for the American West. Read more: Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events:

Water is the issue of these times!

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What happens if the Colorado River keeps shrinking? | The Excerpt As water levels decline at Lake Powell, long-submerged sections of Glen Canyon are reemerging, fueling a renewed debate over the future of the dam itself. Trevor Hughes, national correspondent for USA TODAY, explores what climate…

Congress VOTE NO on S. 5653, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, is a sweeping federal permitting reform proposal that would weaken longstanding safeguards under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and others

Trump’s Moral Squalor robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-mor...?

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Vinny☀️Starship 888

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☣️☣️☣️ Congo’s confirmed Ebola cases exceed 9,000, with more than 4,300 deaths, as containment efforts falter apnews.com/article/cong... The Health Ministry reported 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths, with the death toll approaching half the number of confirmed cases, as of Tuesday

phys.orgIndonesia releases eight orangutans rescued from fires to protected forestEight orangutans rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through Borneo island have been released into a protected forest, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Sunday.

Some hopeful news after a disastrous drought induced fire season. phys.org/news/2026-10...

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Global Sanctuary for Elephants

@globalelephants.org

Happy 10th Re-birthday Maia! In order to honor Maia’s journey, today we are sharing a throwback video of some of the first touches between Maia and then-new arrival Rana. Read more: https://globalelephants.org/happy-10th-re-birthday-maia/

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Global Sanctuary for Elephants

@globalelephants.org

Elephants are keystone species, supporting entire ecosystems. A 15-year study found that areas without elephants had 67% fewer dung beetles. With fewer beetles, decomposition slowed and seed dispersal declined—disrupting an entire ecosystem. https://ow.ly/nwav50ZWrL5

We are all expressions of Vibration

news.mongabay.comWorld Octopus Day: new discoveries about the world’s smartest invertebratesCelebrate World Octopus Day with a look at recent octopus discoveries, from a giant ancient predator to a new blue species in the Galápagos.

A Grand International Octopus Day to all news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

earth.comWorld Octopus Day: Redefining intelligence and inspiring innovationWorld Octopus Day reveals how intelligent, adaptable, and important octopuses are to our planet’s oceans today.

A Grand International Octopus Day to all www.earth.com/animals/worl...

thepetitionsite.comSign Petition: Protect Octopuses: Say No to Octopus Farming in New York StateOctopuses are intelligent, sentient beings with complex needs. (79645 signatures on petition)

A Grand International Octopus Day to all! www.thepetitionsite.com/584/784/133/...

earth.orgWorld Octopus Day: Facts to ‘Tentackle’ Your FancyToday, on October 8, we celebrate World Octopus Day. Here are some facts about octopi, one of the most intelligent, adaptable animals in the animal kingdom.

A Grand International Octopus Day to all earth.org/world-octopu...

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Please support our Emergency Fire Appeal: donate.orangutanlandtrust.com

news.mongabay.com‘There could be local extinction’: The fight to protect Indonesia’s orangutans as El Niño fuels firesJAKARTA — Fires burning within rainforests that contain more than half of the world’s critically endangered Bornean orangutan population have prompted scientists and experts to call for urgent action ...

From one disaster to the next, Orangutans are feeling the brunt of greed and climate change.

Orangutan Land Trust@orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social

A long read, but an important one: "In Indonesia, fires are burning in rainforests that contain 13 of the 20 largest remaining populations of Bornean orangutan." Please support our Emergency Fire Fund: donate.orangutanlandtrust.com news.mongabay.com/2026/10/ther...

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reuters.comAn orangutan rescued from an area affected by wildfires in KetapangA drone view of an orangutan hanging on a tree inside a High Conservation Value (HCV) concession area of a palm-oil plantation affected by wildfires, before being rescued in Laman Satong village, Keta...

Pictures of the month: September www.reuters.com/pictures/pic...

actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forestsContact Congress today!

16 Sept

Nature a resource that cannot be retrieved once gone. A single road changes a forest and makes it vulnerable.

Scott Dworkin@dworkin.bsky.social

You don't solve a budget shortfall by auctioning off 45 million acres of national forest to the timber industry. It's not a management plan; it's a taxpayer-funded liquidation of public land. Demand your representative block this corporate giveaway: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

geopulselab.orgIndonesia’s Fires Expose the Deadly Cost of Its Development ModelIndonesia’s fires expose how palm oil expansion, land concessions, and Prabowo’s growth model are pushing forests toward collapse.

16 Sept

They are burning the world for oil! Demand #SUSTAINABLE #DeforestationFree #PalmOil!

Orangutan Land Trust@orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social

Parliamentarian Maharani called on authorities to investigate cases of recently burned land in the Indonesian part of Borneo being rapidly converted into new palm oil plantations as soon as the fires are extinguished. Demand #SUSTAINABLE #DeforestationFree #PalmOil! geopulselab.org/southeast-as...

15 Sept

Marvelous creature! So Incredible and you won't find one on my dinner plate.

Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙@blabalino.com

Octopus DNA is so complex, scientists still don't understand it. While all other animals on earth evolve through multiple generations, octopus DNA can change while they are alive. This started the talk about octopus "alien DNA". Scientific paper below the video.

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14 Sept

Chasing waterfalls again 💦Hatchery waterfall

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news.mongabay.comRescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across BorneoBANJARMASIN, Indonesia — As a strengthening El Niño fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at work in forests here trying to save an increasing number of ora...

11 Sept

Through last month, Indonesian wildlife conservation NGO YIARI and government conservation officials recovered seven critically endangered Bornean orangutans from wildfires raging across the island. news.mongabay.com/2026/09/resc...

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Abilu Tangwa.

@abilutangwa.bsky.social

9 Sept

The climate crisis isn’t “coming.” It’s here. Record heat. Deadly floods. Vanishing ice. Collapsing ecosystems. We don’t need more warnings. We need courage, systems change, and action at the scale of the emergency. #ClimateAction #ActNow

palmoilmagazine.comPalm Oil Magazine - West Kalimantan Wildfires Recur, Link-AR Borneo Calls for Review of Palm Oil Expansion - Palm Oil MagazinePALMOILMAGAZINE, PONTIANAK — Forest and land fires have again affected West Kalimantan throughout August 2026, prompting civil society organization

7 Sept

Please stop the forest degradation by colonialist plantations

Orangutan Land Trust@orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social

Forest and land fires have again affected West Kalimantan throughout August 2026, prompting civil society organization Link-AR Borneo to raise concerns over land governance, plantation expansion and unequal control of land and forest resources. www.palmoilmagazine.com/hot-news/202...

youtube.comRoger Waters & Mona Miari – Comfortably Numb Re-Imagined (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Roger Waters

5 Sept

Featuring newly written verses in English and Arabic, the work reframes the song through themes of displacement, memory, loss, and the enduring pursuit of justice and human dignity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBmr...

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Digital Brain

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5 Sept

This speed reading method triples your pace, from 300 words per minute to 900, by cutting subvocalization and reading in word groups instead of one at a time.

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Ray Beckerman

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31 Aug

You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing newrepublic.com/post/214946/...

newrepublic.comYou’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is SkyrocketingHere’s a list of every food item that faced a recall in August.

cleantechnica.comElon Musk's Work At DOGE Resurfaces In Nepal Flood DisasterTesla CEO Elon Musk's work at the "DOGE" budget-cutting office is surfacing again, following the devastating flood in Nepal.

31 Aug

“DOGE famously used keyword searches for terms like ‘climate’ to terminate federal grants. Among the victims: a collab between USAID and NASA for flood prediction, early warning, disaster readiness, glacier inventories, and mapping dangerous glacial lake…in Nepal.” cleantechnica.com/2026/08/30/e...

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Abilu Tangwa.

@abilutangwa.bsky.social

31 Aug

Human greed plays a role in EVERY climate catastrophe. Not "natural disasters" - human choices. 🌍 #ClimateJustice

substack.comTevin Davis (@tevinmdavis)YOU’VE BEEN SERVED: RFK Jr. Public health cannot survive men whose confidence consistently outruns their comprehension. A famous name may grant you access to power, but it cannot supply the intellect...

29 Aug

Eloquently insightful substack.com/@tevinmdavis...

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@sundaedivine.lol

27 Aug

Reporting live from the Canadian Department of “What the Fuck Are You People Doing?”

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en.tempo.coPolice Seize Fuel, Oil Palm Seedlings in Forest Fire InvestigationIndonesian police seized fuel and oil palm seedlings while investigating suspected intentional forest fires in nine regions.

24 Aug

The Criminal Investigation Agency has seized 35 lighters while handling forest and land fire cases across nine regions. Police also discovered fuel, felling tools, and oil palm seedlings, pointing to suspected arson intended for land clearing. en.tempo.co/read/2118177...

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nytimes.comAs El Niño Dries Indonesia, Wildfires IntensifyThe unusual weather pattern and dried out peatlands, a kind of wetland, have been behind some of the country’s worst fire seasons. This year could be one.

24 Aug

"In their natural state, peatlands are resistant to fire because they are composed of waterlogged decaying organic matter. But decades of industrialized agriculture, such as those used for palm oil, one of Indonesia’s biggest exports." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...

frommers.comTrump Moves Forward with Plan to Allow Logging in Untouched National…Experts are alarmed that 44 million acres of public wilderness, the source of drinking water for 25 million Americans, will be subject to logging,…

22 Aug

the Roadless Rule Comment on the proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule before Sept 21 www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/o... Because he ruins everything he touches!

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ibtimes.co.uk'A Vital Lung of the Earth': Indonesians Beg World for Wildfire Help While Orangutans Flee the FlamesWildfires across Indonesia prompt international appeals as smoke affects Malaysia. The fires threaten an orangutan centre, with funding cuts hampering firefighting efforts amid worsening conditions.

21 Aug

Wildfires tearing through Indonesian Borneo have already burned 200,000+ ha of land this year, forcing desperate public appeals for international firefighting help as smoke from West Kalimantan drifts across the border & chokes Malaysia's Sarawak state. www.ibtimes.co.uk/indonesian-b...

20 Aug

Pretty much sums up the DC skullduggery

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”

19 Aug

OO, the water cycle in action!

omgisme@omgisme.bsky.social

Photographer Peter Maier captured this jaw-dropping timelapse of a cloudburst over Lake Millstatt in Carinthia, Austria.😍

19 Aug

Really. When buying packaged food - check your ingredients.

Orangutan Land Trust@orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social

This #InternationalOrangutanDay, take action. Choose sustainable palm oil, support organisations protecting orangutans, and inspire others to do the same. Together, our choices can help secure a brighter future for orangutans, people, and the planet. donate.orangutanlandtrust.com

19 Aug

He destroys everything he touches.

Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential@stuartmiller1.bsky.social

Posted 1 week ago by "boldactionworks: We usually hear words of support for our #SignsofFascism vigil. For the last two weekends, though, someone has started yelling the mad king's name at us -- expressing support for him and his corrupt regime. Note that our signs point to historical actions..."

17 Aug

No doubt that water is refreshingly cold!

Keith Meyers@rwk-keith.bsky.social

A recent stop at Ogemaw Falls where I sawed a tree from the face of the falls and two trees from the trail leading to the falls for #WaterfallWednesday!

12 Aug

Water moved by a mountain is a marvelous sound

Keith Meyers@rwk-keith.bsky.social

A recent stop at Ogemaw Falls where I sawed a tree from the face of the falls and two trees from the trail leading to the falls for #WaterfallWednesday!

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yahoo.comRed Apes Under Fire: The Fight to Save the World’s OrangutansOrangutans share 97% of our DNA, use tools, and can plan for the future, yet all three species now teeter on the edge of extinction. The forces pushing them toward collapse are more intertwined and ur...

12 Aug

"People around the world can also help to reduce the pressure on orangutans by choosing products that contain sustainable palm oil." www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

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edie.netWhy investing in biodiversity matters for supply chains and business security - edieBuilding resilient supply chains means looking beyond traceability. Ferrero’s Paola Nogales and Chester Zoo’s Kirsten Pullen explore how biodiversity research and cross-sector partnerships can help st...

11 Aug

Building resilient supply chains means looking beyond traceability. Ferrero’s Paola Nogales and Chester Zoo’s Kirsten Pullen explore how biodiversity research and cross-sector partnerships can help strengthen the future of sustainable palm oil. www.edie.net/why-investin...

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