Elizabeth Berg

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Everyone’s expectations got skewed over the past week but Abdul El-Sayed getting $70 million spent against him in a state he lost a primary by like 20 points eight years ago and still winning last night is probably the most impressive electoral accomplishment of the decade.

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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Mr. Carney is willing to sacrifice southern resident orcas for a pipeline with no business case and with falling global oil demand, will probably operate for less than 15 years when 30 years are needed to pay the capital costs. Mr. Carney, you will wear their extinction. 🐋 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

75 of these whales remain. A new West Coast pipeline would be 'devastating' for them, experts say | CBC News

Multiple environmental groups are concerned the Alberta government's proposed oil pipeline route poses a risk to southern resident killer whales. They are protected under the Species At Risk Act, but ...

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In this appallingly stupid time we are living in, with America's current aversion to facts and science, it is fascinating how the Ancient Greeks calculated the circumference of the Earth so accurately. May we return to a time when curiosity overcame ignorance and science overcame superstition.

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ancient Greeks proved Earth was round using sticks and shadows. Eratosthenes calculated its circumference to within 2% accuracy over 2,000 years ago. No satellites needed.

Canadian plane dropping water on the Los Angeles forest fire. Neighbors helping neighbors. Thank you so much Canada, we are sorry our current leader is an idiot.

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my mom showed me Aliens when I was 5yo and the women in that movie (especially Sigourney Weaver) imprinted on my tiny brain that women will fuck your shit up and not stop until one of you dies, which is an important lesson for little boys to learn early

This is nuts: "Trump Media has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks ​& trading firms 'the fastest' access to posts from influential Truth Social ‌accounts Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders"

Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump’s posts

President Donald Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders and investors.

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Nice living in Canada… tonight, we had salad, with lettuce, and romaine lettuce, mandarin orange slices and berries… not even a little worried about the plumbing, because we do not have morons running our country.

These hero dogs chased off a man who tried to sexually assault two female dog walkers. They were able to push him away, and then their pack of 11 rescue dogs ran him off into a tunnel and ripped off a piece of his pants. The dogs are all getting our highest honor, a 15/10

The Trump administration has dismantled decades of bipartisan anti-smoking efforts. It will be a massive public health failure if next year’s CDC survey finds the U.S. smoking rate creeping up again. msmagazine.com/2026/07/09/t...

Making Americans Smokers Again: Trump Administration Cuts Anti-Tobacco Programs

Federal anti-smoking campaigns are disappearing just as the Trump administration expands opportunities for the tobacco and vaping industries.

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