Robin Baraybar
@robinbaraybar.bsky.social
Plants. Books. E-bikes and the infrastructure to support safe cycling. Knitting and all things fiber. Former French teacher and librarian. Currently supporting the IDD population.
I saw the Odyssey last night, went looking for takes, and read this link because a friend had shared it. SO FASCINATING. (It's long.)
Spencer McDaniel@spencermcdaniel.bsky.social · 2w agoI have a master's degree in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, I've studied the 'Odyssey' in Ancient Greek, and I've been writing about the ancient world for over a decade. This is my exhaustive review of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'. #Odyssey #classics talesoftimesforgotten.com/2026/07/23/a...
California-based Chipotle Mexican Grill will remove jalapenos from some restaurants after identifying the peppers as a possible common ingredient in a salmonella outbreak.
Chipotle removes jalapenos amid multistate salmonella probe
California-based Chipotle Mexican Grill will remove jalapenos from some restaurants after identifying the peppers as a possible common ingredient in a salmonella outbreak.
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Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend. https://to.pbs.org/3TAajiN
Trump bank accounts were closed due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says
The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time.
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Underneath solar panels, plants grew much more and used less water, "Chiltepin pepper plants produced three times as much fruit as those grown in full sun. Jalapenos matched their usual harvest while using 65 percent less water. Tomatoes grown under the array came in at twice the normal yield."
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 3d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
I don’t think one single person who reads this will be the least bit surprised…
Home care is so much better than institutional care. It’s also cheaper, for people whose chief concern is financial.
Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · last wk.RFK Jr. and Oz attacked California for its Medicaid home care, citing growth as proof of fraud. For @motherjones.com, I reported on how the growth isn't proof of fraud, and growth of participants is proof the program is more accessible than in other states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I found an old interview with Glen Hansard, from the Santa Monica beach where he once played for coins. Broke my heart all over again.
Glen Hansard Once Told Me His Most Important Lesson For Life
The Irish musician and ‘Once’ star never stopped being a street musician, no matter where he played.
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If you are able to donate, please help the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in their recovery after devastating fires and evacuation orders. Our tribal community could really use your help right now now, even as work continues to fight the fires still burning. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWS) Wildfire Recovery Fund
***OFFICIAL CTWS DONATION ACCOUNT***The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWS) sincerely appreciates the generosity and support…
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‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’
Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...
Lovely to learn that plans are being made to evacuate the entire city of Bordeaux because of wildfires. A major European city at risk of full evacuation due to climate change. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Europe wildfires: more than 300,000 flee homes and holiday accommodation in France and Spain as fires rage
Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in France
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Wildfires have closed the main highway between the Warm Springs Reservation and Madras, so people evacuating have to drive north toward Mt Hood. The nearest hotel is an hour away, and prices are around $350 a room.
Stop what you’re doing and listen to the Mr. Trash Wheel song. Now. I’m not kidding. Do it. Do it now. youtu.be/KUgAOBlEEzM?...
Mr. Trash Wheel: Hero of the Harbor OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore
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The Akawa Butte Fire burning near Sisters now has the attention of Oregon's Governor. She visited Central Oregon Friday to get a first-hand look at what she calls "the highest priority fire" in the nation.
'All hands on deck:' Gov. Kotek takes a first-hand look at Akawa Butte Fire in Sisters
The Akawa Butte Fire burning near Sisters now has the attention of Oregon's Governor. She visited Central Oregon Friday to get a first-hand look at what she calls "the highest priority fire" in the nation.
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Heads up: Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names: Marketside (sold at Walmart) Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms) Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods) Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh. AVOID ALL OF THEM
Oregon was hit by 8,357 lightning strikes during the thunderstorms on July 22, which sparked a collection of new wildfires.
Oregon hit by 8,357 lightning strikes, sparking new wildfires
Oregon was hit by 8,357 lightning strikes during the thunderstorms on July 22, which sparked a collection of new wildfires.
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A powerful and important piece by Arundhati Roy. Posting again. m.thewire.in/article/righ...
Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous - The Wire
Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.
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A Chilean salmon farm now draws about 57% of its power from panels laid over the water, cutting roughly 136,000 litres of diesel a year and silencing the generators. With the noise gone, thousands of salmon have gathered in the shade beneath the arrays. Ecoportal buff.ly/CwczkbP #ShareGoodNewsToo
An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home
An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home and were all thriving.
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THREAD OF PLACES TO ACCESS FOOD 🧵 Please spread the word on and off this website, because people are dealing with real hunger issues now.
Food Pantries of America - Welcome to FoodFinder!
At FoodFinder you can search the food pantries that are closer to you. Explore the map and enter your zip code to learn which ones are available.
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A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 2w ago
South Korea built solar panels over highway medians and turned the space underneath into protected bike lanes. Clean energy + safe cycling, using infrastructure that already exists.
A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
Dave Eggers said all this and to their faces, no less. Absolute king 👑
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3w ago
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
