Dolly Parton‘s version of Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens’) Peace Train with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Dolly produced the @cbsnews.com TV special, which aired in 1996, to promote her album, Treasures. Yusuf Islam talks about why he wrote Peace Train.
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula: Dolly Parton (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
YouTube video by Dolly Parton HD
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If I made this today, I’d cry for real, but I made this a year and a half ago and made myself cry for the bit.
I just signed a proclamation for Trump to be renamed “Not President.” I got way more agreement than any renaming of lakes and gulfs.
Consistent with his mental and emotional age of 6 years old, Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States
Burning fossil fuel leads to high levels of carbon in atmosphere which leads to warming which leads to melting glaciers which leads to floods www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Glacier collapse caused Nepal’s deadly flash flood — a sign of things to come?
Global warming is making high-altitude regions unstable, and could trigger more frequent landslides and floods.
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RIP Tim Curry, never was a man so distinctly iconic and yet such a chameleon in a role🧡😢
And shoutout to heartleaf / blue wood aster coming into bloom beside it #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
I have one mutant white cardinal flower among the patch of scarlet red #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
O my dear Dolly! I totally missed this until now. “Vaccine Vaccine Vaccine Vacceee ee een!” She was the best.
Alt-NIHscience4ALL@alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · last yr.Celebrating the goodness of the world by honoring Dolly Parton (@realdollyparton.bsky.social ). Her support of biomedical research is greatly appreciated, from donations to support scientists to encouraging folks to get vaccinated. Let’s all #MakeDollySmile today! youtu.be/OU6lpOf7Wjc?...
I'm looking forward to sitting down tomorrow (August 25) with one of my favorite historians, @hcrichardson.bsky.social, for a live conversation. Join us at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It’s free to watch and we’re hoping as many people can join as possible. More details here: bit.ly/46j9ii5
I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A year ago, just 42% of Americans opposed a data center being built in their community. Today, a staggering 75% do. Are data centers really that bad? Let’s take a look.
Our @adriftlab.bsky.social blog post for our latest paper is now up: The Birds That Never Came Home: Long-Term Data Reveal Population-Level Impacts of Ocean Plastic Pollution adriftlab.org/news/the-bir... #ornithology #PlasticPollution
The Birds That Never Came Home: Long-Term Data Reveal Population-Level Impacts of Ocean Plastic Pollution
For decades, scientists have documented plastic inside the stomachs of seabirds. We have measured it, weighed it, counted it, photographed it, and described the damage it causes.
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if you've been angry about Elon Musk killing USAID and so on, one concrete thing you can do is contribute materially and directly while you still can: set up a small but recurring monthly donation right here.
Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · 3w agoThe situation in Gaza is bad enough that the Sameer Project are trying to prioritize their Food and Water campaign over even the medical campaign. Your support should go here: chuffed.org/project/help...
Plant this and see hummingbirds galore.
Swamp@swampvids.bsky.social · last wk.Cardinal flower, one of the showiest wildflowers in the northeast. They rely heavily on the pollination services of hummingbirds and sphinx moths, which their flowers are perfectly shaped for. You’ll find these in riparian zones on the edge of swamps and streams. #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌿
Find Better Path Coalition's statement on Governor Shapiro's GRID Executive Order at www.betterpathcoalition.org/press-releas...
We live across from a protected wetland withe a vernal pool that just got filled up in that last storm…. Instant orgy of Eastern Spadefooted toads!!!! Sound up!
Over the past 4½ years, Dr. Hasshan Batts has interviewed many people for his monthly WDIY show, #LetsTalk. For this latest episode, he is joined by his daughter, Harmony Byrd, who turns the tables on him, and asks Dr. Batts personal questions from his listeners and social media followers.
"There Are No Secrets in My Past" with Harmony Byrd | Let's Talk
Dr. Hasshan Batts takes on the guest role this episode, answering questions from his listeners with his daughter Harmony Byrd.
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go on say some shit again about how concern about data centers is overblown
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2w agoHere's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built
Who says you can’t grow a nice flower in the shade? Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) doesn’t mind shade and moisture. Like cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis), this one switches from male to female, though it’s more of a bumblebee plant (than a hummingbird one). #NativePlants
I’m at Comiskey for The White Sox game ⚾️ I love their pollinator garden 🐝
