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Kelly 🌱

@groovecookie.bsky.social

Environmental scientist and STEM nerd, Gen X punk, chicken mama and farmHER, foul-mouthed, iconoclast, Renaissance woman. Native Floridian. Ham radio: KY4LK. Smells like patchouli and Marlboros. Voting since the 80s, never once for an R. 321.75 ppm

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 2h ago

So much for the "rural renaissance" we were promised! New #Florida law has developers poised to build on thousands of acres of farmland. Records show state legislators worked closely with lobbyists for major developers. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/new-law-ha... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social

New law has developers poised to build on thousands of acres of farmland around Florida

Records show state legislators worked closely with lobbyists for major developers on the "agricultural enclave" law, which strips Florida counties of some of their power to control urban sprawl.

jasongarcia.substack.com

Mark T. Sneed@marktsneed.bsky.social · 2d ago

The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the only true minority - the individual. It limits the governments power to harm the individual. The whole constitution is designed to limit the governments power.

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Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d ago

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

futurism.com

Kelly 🌱@groovecookie.bsky.social · 3d ago

Wonderful article and thread. Click to see the full content. Nice rabbit hole to spend a Sunday in. Thank you, @eddsmitty.bsky.social

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 3d ago

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Did you know before the Underground Railroad went North, the path to freedom ran South? Yes it did. True story. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends—and learn the history of Fort Mose. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.nps.gov/foma/learn/h...

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 6d ago

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

theguardian.com

SFDB@sfdb.bsky.social · last wk.

Ron DeSantis has been perfectly fine with letting the media portray him as being opposed to AI data centers. It has never made sense to me. But as Jason Garcia reports here, recent legislation passed by the Florida GOP and signed by DeSantis reveals his charade. The GOP loves AI data centers.

Jason Garcia@jasongarcia.bsky.social · last wk.

New at Seeking Rents: A new state law touted as a way to “protect” Floridians from the impacts of giant data centers may actually be accelerating the development of giant data centers around the state. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/new-law-ha...

Alexander S. Vindman@avindman.bsky.social · last wk.

Members of the Haitian community have built lives here in Florida while waiting for conditions to improve back home — where it still is not safe. Allowing the expiration of TPS status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is unfair, and represents a broken promise. www.newsweek.com/map-shows-st...

Map shows states with most Haitian migrants as TPS ends

TPS protections expire Monday for more than 300,000 Haitians, with Florida expected to feel the largest impact.

newsweek.com

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · last wk.

#Florida panthers, manatees, sea turtles & other endangered wildlife are under threat from President Convicted Felon's changes to habitat protection under Endangered Species Act policies. floridatrib.org/2026/07/24/f... via @thefloridatrib.bsky.social

Florida wildlife under threat from Trump administration rule

The reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act would affect hundreds of species nationwide, but it would have an especially big impact in the Sunshine State

floridatrib.org

Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social · 3w ago

The orange felon is threatening Canada with more tariffs because of wildfire smoke drifting to the US. For context, Canada sent fire crews to the US when Southern California was being ravaged by catastrophic blazes. He’s a piece of shit. Sending love to our Canadian friends. 🇨🇦

God@thegodshow.com · 3w ago

The Odyssey was about being kind to everyone you meet, for they may be gods in disguise. It was also about the idea that when you destroy another nation, you destroy your own. Of course MAGA hates this message. They violate the fragile social bonds that uphold society. The president is a rapist.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 3w ago

President Convicted Felon's administration now allows killing of species threatened with extinction. The rollback would only apply to newly declared threatened species, such as the #Florida manatee. wapo.st/4wU5CyS via @washingtonpost.com

Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction

Regulatory changes to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act also demand that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consider the economic toll of habitat protection.

wapo.st