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Krowinski, one of paid leave’s chief champions at the Statehouse, now says that there will not be an end-of-session showdown on this topic. #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2023/05/04/ver…

A young girl didn’t want to slaughter the goat she raised for 4H. The state senator who bought the goat at auction agreed to let it live out its days eating weeds. But sheriff’s deputies drove 500 miles to kill the goat and teach a 9-year-old a lesson. latimes.com/california/sto…

7. You are clustered into a group The algorithm puts you into a grouping of similar profiles. It uses that to extend tweet reach beyond your followers to similar people.

After two and a half years of data collection, the city of Burlington said Tuesday that it would end its wastewater testing program next week to rely solely on the CDC’s wastewater contractor to track Covid-19 levels at wastewater treatment plants. vtdigger.org/2023/03/29/ver…

2 photos of the artic taken more than 70 years apart showing the dramatic change in the continent ice cover. There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via @ChristianAslund

A government pilot program in Ireland is giving 2,000 artists $350 a week with no strings attached, allowing them to concentrate on creative pursuits. It's the latest sign of growing international interest in universal basic income. nyti.ms/3Kc8di5

The latest federal figures show that Vermont has the second highest per-capita rates of homelessness in the country, behind only California. And for now, the problem appears to be getting worse — not better. #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2023/03/23/wit…

Chile reports at least 532 sea lions are believed to have died of H5N1 bird flu, much higher than previously reported. 3,500 sea lions died in neighboring Peru

A blob of seaweed spanning thousands of miles is expected to come ashore in Florida and elsewhere along the Gulf of Mexico by summer. Scientists say it will then begin to rot, emitting toxic fumes and fouling beaches. nyti.ms/3Tmlibp

Everywhere I go the ruling class is outraged when they are forced to witness the misery they have produced in the world. Techies on this train are talking about houseless people on transit and also about the joys of passive income through landlording. 👀

No one is immune from upholding racial, colonial, capitalist, & heteropatriarchal structures. As M. Jacqui Alexander would say, perhaps no one is innocent in times of empire. We're not all equally complicit, however.

80% of internal flights ✈️ in #USA 🇺🇸 could be replaced by a high speed rail network 🚅 Bullet trains travelling at 300 mph Reduced carbon emissions Faster, safer travel 🧳 Massive job creation 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ Technology innovation 🚝 Vote winner #USElection #America2050 #ClimateChange

John Steinbeck is trending so now's as good a time as any to talk about Sanora Babb... 1/11

Recently, I've learned that often when I am spending time with my Western friends I am hit with the stark differences in our lives and it makes me envious. It's not just the fact that they got to have peaceful childhoods and I grew up in a war zone...it's the freedom they had too

Though the Sierra Club is known for leading the way in environmental advocacy in the United States, it has also received heavy criticism for its past. Ben Jealous, the new executive director, looks to bring the organization into the future. n.pr/3IfdXq2

I’ve written what, I think, is the most comprehensive single-piece explanation for why we have such a bad housing crisis in Vermont. Lots of charts, examples, and quotes. Check it out. lppapers.substack.com/p/lp44-how-ver…

Why would Earth's core spin (slightly!) faster or slower than the surface? 1) the gravity of the mantle is pulling on it. 2) magnetic fields from the outer core grab onto it. If we can measure these effects, we learn a lot about the geomagnetic field that keeps us all safe. #Core

@McgeheeChad @UWBadgers @JDatWisconsin Energy by Sampa the Great

Heading to Vegas later this week to present on Meditation Training at @UWBadgers with @JDatWisconsin. Conference organizers asked us for our walk-in song. What do you think our walk-in song should be?

@henrywismayer Semi-related: back in 2019 there was a really interesting @gdnlongread about the artificial snow industry that touched on the impact of climate change on resorts - possible the result is not understanding and action, but "innovation" that does more harm theguardian.com/world/2019/dec…

It is the scientific consensus that hundreds of millions if not billions of people will be forced to migrate due to climate change within the next few decades. A lot of those people will end up dying. The geopolitics of a billion climate migrants. Let that fucking sink in.