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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)

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Ecologist & Geographer @ ecosystems.psu.edu | Writer | Editor of @briefecology.bsky.social & @rottingleafmag.bsky.social | DSA Organizer https://www.briefecology.com/

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09.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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10.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 596 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Once again tapping the mastodon/fediverse sign

09.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Oliver Twist holding up an empty bowl. He is hungry!!!! you know what he's about to say! please sir can i have some moreeeee

Oliver Twist holding up an empty bowl. He is hungry!!!! you know what he's about to say! please sir can i have some moreeeee

Hello I have a novelette set in space it has vampires and big beautiful bugs does anyone want to buy it

09.03.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Better World Isn’t a Dream. It’s a Choice.
And we’re currently choosing poorly.

09.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 651 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 20
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The Sacrificials When the sacrificials come through, the entire city shuts down, fireworks filling the night sky and music booming out from hastily set-up stages. The atmosphere is ecstatic, the way the tongue glor…

"None of this needs to happen. Giving in to these infected humans, these fallen gods, these natural disasters made flesh. We don’t have to roll over and offer ourselves up as victims to a process those in power don’t understand and refuse to protect us from."

read in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

09.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Economy is looking great sir!

09.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This directly contradicts Trump and Hegseth’s claims that Iran bombed the area where the Iranian school was hit. We knew it, but it’s good to have the video.

08.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 1462 πŸ” 632 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 17
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08.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 443 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Let's celebrate the trailblazers of the past & build solidarity today to fight for a better future for the girls & women yet to come. All ages, races, genders, ethnicitiesβ€”across the world. 🌎✊🌹

08.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICEBREAKER cargo.site

IceBreaker is a free online resource that maps the activity of ICE within NYC. It provides key info such as time, date, the # of agents on sight and the number of people detained.
nycicebreaker.cargo.site

08.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we have saved daylight

but at what cost

08.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 2464 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 25

Absolute glee at the prospect of more war

08.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein Files β€” Search 2.5 million+ Declassified Documents Search 2.5 million+ declassified Jeffrey Epstein documents β€” court filings, depositions, FBI interviews, flight logs, and more. Source: U.S. Department of Justice FOIA releases.

Epstein File Search
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Someone had to make all the Epstein documents actually searchable.

So I did.
epsteinsearch.info

08.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8

The catastrophic impact to local health where the air is poisoned, as well as to our global ecosystem as they literally set the planet on fire and fill the atmosphere with pollutants

07.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 614 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 8
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North Tehran’s Aqdasiyeh oil depot is ablaze tonight after it was targeted by multiple US-Israeli airstrikes. Apocalyptic scenes filmed by Iranians driving on the nearby highway. Local reporters saying firefighters can’t put it out. This depot is critical energy infrastructure for Iran.

07.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 1729 πŸ” 883 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 215

It's Friday and you deserve a distraction from The Horrors. Check out these horrors instead

06.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This article is 12 years old, in case you're wondering if we've made any progress

07.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

πŸ“· Photography by @ecosystemengineers.bsky.social

07.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Biodiversity Bulletin β€” Brief Ecology

Our latest Biodiversity Bulletin is out:

πŸͺΈ Coral Reef Emergency
🌎 IPBES Expert Panel
🌐 The 'Homogenocene'
πŸ‘‡ and more

www.briefecology.com/the-biodiver...

07.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I’m Cuban American. For the sake of both countries, Trump’s siege must end | Danny Valdes Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, crushes our people and calls it freedom. We want engagement, not escalation

β€œI’m Cuban American. For the sake of both countries, Trump’s siege must end.” @dannyvaldes.bsky.social for The Guardian:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Today, NYC-DSA was joined by a big coalition to send 1️⃣ message to @governor.ny.gov : Tax. The. Rich.

Elected officials from the city to the state spoke in one voice to tell Albany that we need BOTH statewide taxes on the rich AND taxes on NYC's millionaires & big corporations.

06.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Market looks great sir keep it up!

06.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

extinction rebellion did the theory, donald trump did the praxis

06.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 242 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Just pestering you with my regular reminder to preorder and review The Cellar Below the Cellar (out March 25) if you can! Thanks!

Preorder wherever books are sold!

Review:

app.thestorygraph.com/books/de6266...

www.edelweiss.plus?sku=19557654...

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

06.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
National day of action. Stop the war on Iran. Saturday March 7. 4pm Fallon Federal Building. At the bottom are logos from Black Alliance for Peace, Free State Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement, and Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America. Answercoalition.org/Iran

National day of action. Stop the war on Iran. Saturday March 7. 4pm Fallon Federal Building. At the bottom are logos from Black Alliance for Peace, Free State Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement, and Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America. Answercoalition.org/Iran

Join us on Saturday, March 7th at 4pm outside the Fallon Federal Building. We must lift our voices in solidarity with the people of Iran and call for no more war!

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The thing about GenAI is that even if they were able to fix the "hallucinations" problem, you could still never trust it to provide trustworthy information instead of adhering to a view that aligns/benefits whomever owns the model you're using

06.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're so moved, please consider my short story, "Blanquitos" as a write-in!

Btw anyone can vote

www.typebarmagazine.com/blanquitos/

06.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's Friday and you deserve a distraction from The Horrors. Check out these horrors instead

06.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 25982 πŸ” 10157 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 199