“Mining at Pe’sla could contaminate drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in the area, cause irreparable ecological damage, and set the stage for more mining companies to permanently contaminate – and destroy – more land in the Black Hills.”
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A book cover with the title “Children of Owl” and a girl looking up at a mountain with an owl boy prominent in the background.
CHILDREN OF OWL HAS A COVER!!!! With art by Abigail Rajunov, who also illustrated 25 pages of comics in the book. It was an honor to work with her; I couldn’t be happier!! 🥹💕
we used to have Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, Mike Pensions, Gary Literacy, Pete Socialsafetynet,
"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?"
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Speaking as someone who used to work in an oncology research lab - no, ChatGPT is not helping find cancer. There are special, custom-built neural networks that can categorise biopsies (and someone at my former lab actually built one of those for a specific niche use!), which is *very* different.
Fucking burn it down
When politicians don't honor their promises, our work is to make them. To do that, we have to build enough power to make them. I understand why people get disappointed but this is unfortunately how things work in politics.
Victims in our countries seldom get profiled and humanised in Western media. This is a portrait of a life cut short. What a tragedy.
"Saleh Ahmed (55) lived in the UAE as an expat for 25 years, sending under £500 per month in earnings to Bangladesh for his wife and four children."
Reflooding bogs is a great way to help with sitting water AND fight climate change
BRING BACK THE BOG
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Yep. “Knowing who to be mad at is praxis” is Mariame Kaba’s quote and it is wisdom for these times. (1/2)
Do you ever get the uncomfortable feeling that the "AI could have consciousness" people are jerking off to the idea of a sentient being that only exists to do their will?
About: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. How to participate: read and uplift books written by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Donate and fundraise for trans aid organizations in your community.
#TransRightsReadathon begins soon. It's a decentralized event, which means you don't have to sign up or do anything in particular, you just have to love trans people and trans books. Here's what I'm doing this year 🧵
@trreadathon.bsky.social
The thing about this administration is that when a horrible person gets fired or quits the sigh of relief is only momentary because the person that fills their shoes is just as bad or worse.
In the middle of an unlawful war and as they fired of one of Trump's top loyalists, Trump's DOJ silently released Epstein files accusing Trump of sexual assault.
a black and white edit that reads "the future includes trans people". around the text is a floral pattern. the image is grainy
the future is for trans people
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SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
american military leadership is acting in ways previously only seen in the first act of a kaiju film
How to win in November
A deeply underreported story. I know so many people struggling to pay their electric bills
that's fuckin right
The Great Bear Sea moves from pact to practice in Canada. A decade after a 2014 agreement, the 101,200.0 km² Indigenous-led marine protected area network in the Great Bear Sea is shifting from pledge to implementation. buff.ly/fw4yA9N
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![MRFF President and Founder Mikey Weinstein, a veteran of the Air Force and the Reagan White House, told me that since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran early Saturday morning, the MRFF has been “inundated” with similar complaints:
These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times" as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:474ldquxwzrlcvjhhbbk2wte/bafkreifel62fsdokfx7ccimutjfuleenu3lmekmg5ujrr32b3675bjh3rq@jpeg)
MRFF President and Founder Mikey Weinstein, a veteran of the Air Force and the Reagan White House, told me that since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran early Saturday morning, the MRFF has been “inundated” with similar complaints: These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times" as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation. Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.
Well, that's bad
jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...
I don't know Larsen's bona fides, but he's sourcing this to MRFF, which is run by Michael Weinstein, former Air Force religious freedom whistleblower and watchdog of long standing -- you'll remember him if you ever saw Constantine's Sword
oh my god i'm so excited! After reading A, Forest Darkly, this title has got me 👀👀👀
Ok so total abolishment of the entire industry then
I know the story by heart but I would love a series of illustrations made with this style. It’s so beautiful
It’s called a functioning spinal column. Thank you @scoutingamerica.bsky.social.
