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Not many 94-year-olds still have their mothers around, but Dorothy Williams does — and the two women live together in Houston.
Her mother, Elizabeth Francis, just turned 114. wapo.st/3YEEQuc
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🐘 I love elephants almost as much as orcas ♥️ #HighlyIntelligent #MatriarchalSocieties
Dr. Catharine Young@DrCatharineY
Today is #ElephantDay. These majestic animals boast the largest brain of all land mammals, have legendary memory, and share their knowledge from one generation to the next through the matriarchs 💪
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Mangroves are one of the most powerful nature-based solutions to the #ClimateCrisis. Their root system defends us against extreme weather events.
By safeguarding mangroves, we protect ourselves.
#ForNature #GenerationRestoration
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VIDEO: Leave mushroom spores in a mold and they bloom into a puffy material, says Rachel Rosenkrantz, a sustainability-minded guitar-maker
She is integrating mycelium and other biomaterials to create more environmentally friendly, plastic-free instruments u.afp.com/iKDt
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@equatorcoffees So proud to be in the @equatorcoffees orbit and to have worked with you both, @HelenRussell and @kaffeo Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈
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"When business partners @kaffeo & @equatorhelen began roasting coffee in a Marin County garage, it marked the beginning of their journey to build a high-impact coffee company focused on quality, sustainability & social responsibility."
bit.ly/3nggrgp
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Women-owned businesses add $1.8 trillion to America’s GDP each year, and 12 million businesses across our country are owned by women.
Strong economies rely on strong women entrepreneurs.
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☕️ Coffee is powered by people every step of the way and trade relationships illuminate the enormity of the human endeavor behind specialty coffee. Grateful to be a participant in an amazing industry (and an early mentor to Nate!). #specialtycoffee
Equator Coffees@equatorcoffees
Associate Director of Coffee Nate Breckenridge is in Costa Rica on his first trip to origin since the start of the pandemic🇨🇷 Follow along with Nate as he makes he way to his next stop - El Salvador🇸🇻
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☕️ good🧵#coffeehistory from Ethiopia>Yemen>& beyond:
The Cultural Tutor@culturaltutor
Where did your daily cappuccino come from? Well, it involves the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, a group of Italian monks, and a Polish spy. But the story begins 700 years ago with a city in Yemen called Mocha...
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Delightful thread. I want all of these, please
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster
Non-native English Speakers, what’s a word from your language that you think is perfect that doesn’t have an English equivalent? Take us to church.
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Good news alert 🚨
Renewables produced an incredible 12.8% of global electricity in 2021 and are growing at a blistering pace (via @NatBullard)
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“The first time I was integrated was in a P.O.W. camp,” Dr. Brown said. #WWll #tuskegee #airman #pilot nytimes.com/2023/01/28/obi…
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