mboodowney

mboodowney

@mathgrenades.bsky.social

Artist, musician, geologist. Owned by several cats. Currently in a liminal space. But hey - home is just a sad abstraction, right?

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A federal judge on Monday night indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from removing even a single tree from a public golf course in D.C. that President Donald Trump intends to immediately transform into a championship-style course. READ MORE: www.ms.now/news/judge-b...

ms.nowJudge blocks D.C. golf course tree removal, orders government to give notice before more changesWith hours to spare before her earlier order expired, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes once again blocked the government from removing trees from East Potomac Park.

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i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

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It’s a loss for all these guys, but we need them to face losses closer to home. bsky.app/profile/geor...

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

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Earth averaged about 5 heat storms a year in the 1960s, the largest of which covered 6% of the planet and lasted for 46 days. The average today is 102 heat storms per year, the largest of which affected 85% of Earth’s surface. Just turn up the AC the deniers say. newrepublic.com/article/2170...

newrepublic.comWhen the Term “Heat Wave” Is No Longer EnoughA groundbreaking Reuters investigation explains that massive “heat storms” now “swarm the planet.”

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Final: Brewers 10, Rays 1 An unforgettable, unbelievable night in St. Pete. The offense erupts for 8 runs with 2 outs. Robert Gasser shoved. Brandon Woodruff closed it out. The Milwaukee Brewers are a win away from winning the freaking World Series.

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Replying to @georgetakei.bsky.social

Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too. Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course. – George

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"Right now, we’re living in Trump’s world, in Vance’s world, in Hegseth’s world. .. This is what a world without empathy looks like. It’s a world of constant othering, of constant rage .. But nothing flourishes in that world." This is very well articulated A fascinating read:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: In defense of empathy "Being aware of other people’s feelings, sensitive to them, and able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is pretty much essential for humans to function as a community. But the current conservative project has zero room for that sort of thing."

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Mamdani doing things that matter. Leading with compassion.

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary@merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social

We are SO THRILLED that New York City has passed the Romanch's Law banning horse-drawn carriage rides! These horses were living in deplorable conditions and made to work hours upon hours a day, and had very little vet care. We are so excited to finally see them be free!

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There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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Give me library ghosts. Give me a chorus of discarnate tutting, reproachful coughs. Give me spirits which observe the Dewey Decimal System, returning misplaced books to their appropriate places on the shelves. Give me well-read spectres who whisper with references. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

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The looting of the country by Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, the Trump sons, and their orbit of aides and friends is directly tied to *your* inability to afford housing, health care, child care, and more. It's their illegal wealth versus our ability to live.

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It's one thing to count our omens, it's another to talk to them, to listen to their subtle messages. When a corvidae chorus comes calling, I count not on a wedding nor slain knight, but rely on artful augury to make a feathered telling of tomorrow. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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You pay more for everything and this asshat is worried over renaming the Atlantic Ocean.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. According to Trump, Pichai responded: ‘No, no, no — this time I’m not doing it… Oceans are different, sir. They cover really a lot of countries. Please don’t ask us to do that.’” @variety.com $GOOGL variety.com/2026/digital...