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January 14, 2020Climate Change, Environment#NatureNowGreg Laden

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In Search of Sungudogo by Greg Laden.

Sometimes called the "fourth African ape," Sungudogo is not a Gorilla, not a Chimpanzee, not a Bonobo, and possibly not even real. Years ago, Sungudogo drew the interest of the world famous primatologist Dieter Phillips, who was funded by a secret society of "scholars and gentlemen" to launch an expedition to determine the veracity of this mysterious primate. Dieter never returned from that expedition, and as the years passed, the whole story drifted into obscurity. But the watchers were always watching, always waiting, for clues of the fate of this expedition. When new evidence came to light, the investigation was renewed into the outcome of Phillip's ill fated trek into the Rain Forest. Who better to follow Dieter Phillip's tracks than his former student, aided by an explorer and mercenary familiar with the area, assisted by two willing Congolese park guards?They were to learn things that went beyond their wildest imaginations, and they would discover secrets about Phillip's expedition, about the rift valley, about themselves, about humanity, that they would never be able to share but that would change their lives forever.

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Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant·

13h

Restored Vermeer painting finally reveals hidden Cupid in background. Art historians have known about the Cupid's existence since an X-ray analysis in 1979, but only recently concluded someone else had over-painted it after Vermeer's death. https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1791079

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Amanda Koehler (she/her)@amandankoehler·

20 Sep

did you see the hidden cat in the logo?! https://twitter.com/LSWunion/status/1440028004642693120

Land Stewardship Workers Union@LSWunion

Workers at the @LSPnow & @LSAFnow are excited to announce that we are unionized through @OPEIULocal12! On Saturday, the LSP & LSAF Boards unanimously voted to affirm our right to unionize & provide voluntary recognition. Follow & RT to support us as we fight for a new contract.

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Steve Schmidt@SteveSchmidtSES·

10h

I completely missed the story around KellyAnne Conway, the most prolific liar in the history of White House staffers being appointed by the great liar himself to the Board of the USAF Academy a school with an honor code that reads “We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate

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Iain Davidson 💉💉@IainArchaeolog·

This looks important. The PNAS paper was published in June and is open access
CÁMARA-LERET, R. & BASCOMPTE, J. 2021. Language extinction triggers the loss of unique medicinal knowledge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, e2103683118.

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/extinction-of-indigenous-languages-leads-to-loss-of-exclusive-knowledge-about-medicinal-plants/?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=b1e8359524-briefing-dy-20210921&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-b1e8359524-45459542

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Iain Davidson 💉💉@IainArchaeolog·

It was always coming. Except for those who could not see it. I think in this regard, China is getting towards being one of the good guys. They get it. https://twitter.com/KarlMathiesen/status/1440398670713610244

Karl Mathiesen@KarlMathiesen

BREAK: Xi Jinping says China will stop building coal plants overseas. This almost completely ends the international finance of coal in a single sentence.

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Media Matters@mmfa·

13h

Tucker Carlson railed against the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for active duty service members, lying that thousands have died from the vaccine https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/tucker-carlson-repeats-debunked-claim-thousands-could-be-dying-covid

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Jen McEwen @JenMcEwenMN·

20 Sep

The more people learn about #ProveItFirst, the more they support it. Get on board to protect the Boundary Waters, Lake Superior and all of Minnesota’s waters from toxic copper-sulfide mining.
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https://www.friends-bwca.org/blog/5-things-to-know-about-prove-it-first/

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Sarah @DuluthMomSarah·

20 Sep

Here’s a reminder (from a lockdown drill in the back of the uniform storage room where I was volunteering to help band students get fitted for their uniforms) that some legislators would rather our kids rehearse their deaths 5x/yr than enact proven gun reforms. #MNLeg @MomsDemand

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Ilhan Omar@IlhanMN·

20 Sep

Let’s #StopLine3. The Line 3 pipeline would nearly double the volume of tar sands crude oil coming into MN, the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet.

The State of Minnesota simply cannot meet our carbon reduction targets if this pipeline goes through. Our future is on the line. https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz/status/1439945518986276865

Governor Tim Walz@GovTimWalz

This Climate Week, we are reminded that the cost of climate change is clearer than ever.

Together, let’s recommit to combating climate change to protect the health and beauty of our state for generations to come. #OurMNClimate🌎

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Bryan Hansel @bryanhansel·

20 Sep

If we were as good as Europe in recycling copper, the US would produce more copper than the low-grade stuff coming out of the proposed sulfide mines in northern Minnesota. https://twitter.com/FriendsBWCAW/status/1439968120815427588

Friends of the BWCAW@FriendsBWCAW

Currently, the United States gets only 38% of its copper from recycling. If the U.S. raised this to 50%— similar the current rate the EU — this would produce more copper each year than would be extracted by five Twin Metals or almost ten PolyMet mines.

https://www.friends-bwca.org/blog/myths-about-polymet-twin-metals-and-the-green-economy/

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