Truth: "Farming today, I find my ability to move through loss and fear of future loss to be as essential as knowing how to drive a tractor." A beautiful, heartfelt essay.

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A statement from the faculty of Columbia Journalism School calling for the immediate release of Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, '07 M.S.: journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-statement-ahmed...

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"#Ecocidelaw could provide a new global framework within which companies are supported in their moves toward sustainability"

- Pension4Purpose CEO, Charlotte O'Leary, in a piece for Fast Company

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Let's Skip the War and Go Right to Repair Our economy is addicted to war. It's a bad habit and nature always suffers.

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Mashpee Wampanoag NEA Declare Rights of Herring — Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Newly formed youth group Mashpee Wampanoag Native Environmental Ambassadors successfully drafted and presented the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes’ first Rights of Nature passage. The Mashpee Wampanoag Triba...

Not sure it's what you're looking for, but this New England tribe has declared rights for herring. mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/2023-may-mit...

Agreed--stunning investigative work. Anyone concerned about upcoming elections needs to listen.

Meet Jingo the Dinosaur from the 1916 #WarAgainstWar Exhibit in New York: ALL ARMOR PLATE--NO BRAINS. The signage adds: "This animal believed in huge armament. He is now extinct."

Grrrr

No missile or firebomb attack is a "win" when nature is taken into account. All of life suffers. Why environmental security needs to be brought into defense policy and diplomacy:

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Post 10: Don’t Just Trust Election Results. Verify Them. A 2024 audit revealed conflicting voter totals in one Florida county — a 24,315-voter gap, 1 in 10 records unaccounted for, and 35 of 61 precincts reporting more votes than voters.

If your bank info has extra charges or missing deposits, would you shrug and say "it's probably close enough?" I don't think so. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...

Definitely want to catch up on this wonderful album/novella/rock opera of yours!

Really enjoying this one, Manda!

Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans

This essay just shattered me (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

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Buried Evidence, Unfinished Crimes In his testimony, Jack Smith was asked to describe evidence of Trump’s election crimes — and he pointed to Georgia. Soon, their records were seized. Was that evidence being secured… or buried?

Connect the dots: Jack Smith's (constrained) testimony; raid in Fulton County; demands that states relinquish voter rolls. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social is putting out breadcrumbs. To secure the mid-terms, we need to follow. open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...

Financing biodiversity: Lisa Miller on investing in nature Lisa Miller did not arrive at biodiversity finance through spreadsheets or climate models. Her starting point was animals. Growing up in Australia, she was drawn to wildlife in a way that preceded any...

"...the biodiversity crisis is a global crisis, but it’s solved locally"
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I just saw that! Give her my best (for a short second she was my editor.)

Yes, trees and forests influence climate. Should be an amazing course! Catch my presentation on 2/12.

‘Nothing is sacred to them’: the race to save rare plants as Russian troops advance With some of Ukraine’s most valuable biodiversity sites and science facilities under occupation, experts at Sofiyivka Park in Uman are struggling to preserve the country’s natural history

Glad to see @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social featured, painful as it is to see war trashing nature's treasures www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@mandascott.bsky.social Stuff to chew on here.

STOP THIS. God damn it, STOP

Jack Smith Says Trump Engaged In A Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Election... Democrats believe him So why do they never mention the possibility that Trump engaged in a conspiracy to win the 2024 election?

Can this moment be a launching point for how to protect elections going forward? Thx @smartelections.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/smartele...

AND per @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social We need to publicly call on the 11th Circuit to force Judge Aileen Cannon to either release the gag order on Volume 2 or to take her off the case. Taxpayers paid for this report and there may be answers there.

A GOP rep is currently pointing out to Jack Smith that a number of co-conspirators in the conspiracy to violate the voting rights of the people were NOT charged

If I could ask a follow up question to Jack Smith I would ask:

“Are any of the coconspirators you had evidence to charge in this room?”