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🏍️ Motorcyclist (BMW R1200GS) 🌻 Native plant gardening advocate 🧡 New Mexican
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J. Brandon
22 days ago
This is a project that
@valwestonnm.bsky.social
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@jcbrandon.bsky.social
and I often say "you don't have to participate" but we may need to update that to "you have a societal obligation not to participate."
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Don't like clickbait? Don't click
Doesn't it seem like a lot of online news sites have moved beyond reporting the news to openly inciting your outrage (and your page views)? News analyst Sally Kohn suggests — don't engage with news th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sally_kohn_don_t_like_clickbait_don_t_click?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
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"Female rage is an extremely effective survival strategy because it doesn’t seek to overpower men’s bodies. Rather, it short-circuits their brains."
medium.com/bitchy/studi...
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Studies Show That Predators Target Women Based on One Thing
Attackers all chose similar victims — and it wasn’t what they were wearing.
https://medium.com/bitchy/studies-show-that-predators-target-women-based-on-one-thing-a640ea3989ca
23 days ago
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"It's all of us as a broader society that needs to be part of a shared conversation to decolonize, deconstruct and disrupt binary ways of thinking, feeling and behaving." Powerful TED Talk from a truly charming speaker.
www.ted.com/talks/jioji_...
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A liberating vision of identity that transcends labels
How can we move past society's inclination to box people in with binary thinking and labels? Social work professor Jioji Ravulo believes we need to embrace multiplicity, exploring how Indigenous persp...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jioji_ravulo_a_liberating_vision_of_identity_that_transcends_labels?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
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Spot on.
medium.com/@kristieb/ex...
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Existing in the Age of Dupe-Culture Philosophy
Why are we ghost quoting for clout now?
https://medium.com/@kristieb/existing-in-the-age-of-dupe-culture-philosophy-1f65c8ee9818
about 2 months ago
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Overheard at the dentist office– Receptionist: “I’m still busy scheduling all the people with broken teeth from over the weekend” 😲🎃🍬
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"Basically, drivers adopt the speed dictated to them by the design of the road."
americawalks.org/improving-pe...
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Quick-Build Projects Lead to Improvements in Pedestrian Safety: Here's How!
Quick-build projects have the potential to improve pedestrian safety, as demonstrated during a workshop and event for the Road to Zero.
https://americawalks.org/improving-pedestrian-safety-through-quick-build-projects/
about 2 months ago
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Bringing this over from FB for public lands advocates.
www.nmwild.org/report-an-is...
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Street Art Utopia
4 months ago
In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
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J. Brandon
4 months ago
"The National Forest System already contains twice as many miles of roads as the U.S. interstate highway system. Expanding this network would fragment wildlife habitat, degrade water quality, and increase wildfire risk."
www.backcountryhunters.org/backcountry_...
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Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Readies Grassroots Network for Roadless Rule Comment Period
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife.
https://www.backcountryhunters.org/backcountry_hunters_anglers_readies_grassroots_network_for_roadless_rule_comment_period
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NPR
4 months ago
Without congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.
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Public media stations in rural America say emergency alert funding is in jeopardy
Without congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.
https://n.pr/4lNCsv7
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R Scott Jones
4 months ago
🏕️ The REI Labor Day sale ends this weekend. If you’re camping curious, here’s a short list of what to buy at the sale. (Also, please feel free to hit me up with any questions) →
What car camping stuff to buy at REI this year
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And this was back in 2019 😥 "The dystopian immigration systems being built up in first-world countries are a test of citizens to see how far you're willing to let the government go in taking away other people's rights when you think it won't happen to you. 1/2
www.ted.com/talks/erika_...
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Erika Pinheiro: What's really happening at the US-Mexico border -- and how we can do better
At the US-Mexico border, policies of prolonged detention and family separation have made seeking asylum in the United States difficult and dangerous. In this raw and heartfelt talk, immigration attorn...
https://www.ted.com/talks/erika_pinheiro_what_s_really_happening_at_the_us_mexico_border_and_how_we_can_do_better?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
4 months ago
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Great short talk with several key messages. He's talking about vaccines but the larger message of staying true to data but using authenticity to connect with people about that data to promote change has such broad applications, especially in today's supercharged political climate.
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How I went viral for getting vaccinated
Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I go to get vaccinated?"
https://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_lindenberger_why_we_need_to_fight_misinformation_about_vaccines?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
4 months ago
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The Borowitz Report
5 months ago
An explanation of Trump’s DC takeover: though crime in the city is at a 30-year low, interest in the Epstein Files is at a 30-year high
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So many layers of fascinating to this. In a world that seems to demand specialization, we polymaths may have the upper hand. 😉
www.ted.com/talks/david_...
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Why specializing early doesn't always mean career success
A head start doesn't always ... well, help you get ahead. With examples from sports, technology and economics, journalist David Epstein shares how specializing in a particular skill too early in life ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_epstein_why_specializing_early_doesn_t_always_mean_career_success?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
5 months ago
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Great read. "Planning decisions are, at their core, decisions about public health."
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
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How to design urban environments to avoid anxious cities
See how, with foresight and compassion, anxious cities can shift from being quiet contributors to distress to become active protectors of human well-being.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/how-we-can-better-design-urban-environments-for-mental-wellbeing/
5 months ago
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
5 months ago
Small businesses, know your rights if ICE shows up at your place of business. Save these graphics and keep them handy, just in case. For more KYR information, visit:
stansbury.house.gov/YourRights
#KnowledgeIsPower
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Not realistic to pull a few good quotes from Ash Beckham's powerful TED talk. There are just too many.
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When to take a stand -- and when to let it go
Ash Beckham recently found herself in a situation that made her ask: who am I? She felt pulled between two roles — as an aunt and as an advocate. Each of us feels this struggle sometimes, she says -- ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ash_beckham_when_to_take_a_stand_and_when_to_let_it_go?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
6 months ago
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On a road trip with
@jcbrandon.bsky.social
and a jerk tailgates quite dangerously us until he can pass. We just passed him pulled over by state police. And I can say we're not gloating. 😏
6 months ago
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We Need To Rethink How We Recommend Women On LinkedIn, Study Says
A new study of recommendations on LinkedIn profiles finds women are seen as detail-driven, while men are more big-picture thinkers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2025/06/11/we-need-to-rethink-how-we-recommend-women-on-linkedin-according-to-study/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLKN55leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZklCMzd0WkpnYllmcGlFAR54qZqDkrMIKm4PxC_CXTmJifwMkTobLVmfRY5Vpc8IiHX5FEu0VArQ67bwTQ_aem_RMPrChGnEAHqPu7NEipCyw
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
7 months ago
People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.
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Val in Real Life
7 months ago
Happy
#NationalPollinatorMonth
! Each year our little
#NativeGarden
gets more and more established. We'll soon have lots of yummies for our pollinators to do their good work like this big girl did last year. 😃
#ValinRealLife
#ThisWasNotInTheBrochure
#PlantForPollinators
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Val Weston NM
7 months ago
Join me tomorrow morning! May 30th 10 am Mountain time.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Carl T. Bergstrom
8 months ago
"Strains bounds of propriety"? How about "shatters every ethical norm of public service"? I truly want to know what the headline writers at the
@nytimes.com
are smoking, and to what end.
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The Atlantic
8 months ago
The Atlantic wins the ASME 2025 Best Cover Award for our October 2024 issue. Inspired by the visual language of old Ray Bradbury and Stephen King paperbacks, Justin Metz created this illustration—among the only covers without a headline or typography in our history.
https://theatln.tc/o0BM860L
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Propane and Bourbon
8 months ago
🥰 Remember to give your favorite small business owners some extra love this month.
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Val Weston NM
8 months ago
May is
#NationalPhotographyMonth
! Fun fact: My photography journey began because I wanted to take better pictures of my kids. Early on I took this shot of a harvestman. It's not technically a great shot but it was the moment I caught the photography bug. (Ironic, huh?)
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Gotta love scrappy women. 😁
www.ted.com/talks/tracy_...
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Stop being a bystander in your own life
"Life doesn't go from A to B -- it's messy," says sailing legend Tracy Edwards. In this inspiring talk, she tells how she went from teenage misfit to skipper of the first all-female crew in the toughe...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tracy_edwards_stop_being_a_bystander_in_your_own_life?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
8 months ago
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A growing crowd in Silver City NM
#NoKings
#50501
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9 months ago
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"Resilience isn't some fixed trait. It's not elusive, that some people have and some people don't. It actually requires very ordinary processes. Just the willingness to give them a go."
www.ted.com/talks/lucy_h...
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3 secrets of resilient people
Everyone experiences loss, but how do you cope with the tough moments that follow? Resilience researcher Lucy Hone shares three hard-won strategies for developing the capacity to brave adversity, over...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_hone_3_secrets_of_resilient_people?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
9 months ago
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Alt National Park Service
9 months ago
Sorry for the late-night update. Musk’s staffers are reaching out to leaders of nonprofit organizations, demanding to assign DOGE team members to any institute or agency receiving federal funds.
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Tucson has a disturbing lack of left turn lead signals. it’s particularly challenging while towing a trailer. 😡
9 months ago
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Guessing the Mirriam-Webster word of the day is not exactly a coincidence 🤔 Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day is "apparatchik"
www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
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Word of the Day: Apparatchik
The apparat in apparatchik (a term English speakers borrowed from Russian) essentially means 'party machine,' with machine referring to a highly organized political group under the leadership of a
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2025/04/08/
9 months ago
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Oh the irony. Just witnessed the driver of a City of Socorro trash truck throw a fast food cup out the window. 🤔
#SocorroNM
9 months ago
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💯 Fascinating. "Stick to your strong arguments, because your arguments don't add up in the minds of the receiver, they average out."
www.ted.com/talks/niro_s...
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The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive
What's the best way to make a good point? Organizational psychologist Niro Sivanathan offers a fascinating lesson on the "dilution effect," a cognitive quirk that weakens our strongest cases -- and re...
https://www.ted.com/talks/niro_sivanathan_the_counterintuitive_way_to_be_more_persuasive?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
10 months ago
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😠 Scamming is a $12.5 billion industry.
consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-ale...
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Top scams of 2024
Did you or someone you know report a scam to the FTC in 2024? Thank you! Those reports help the FTC bring enforcement cases and educate people about scams. Let’s jump into the top 2024 scams.
https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/03/top-scams-2024
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J. Brandon
10 months ago
This amazing event is a bit difficult to wrap one's head around. Celebrating the invasion of the US by Pancho Villa? Not really. I suspect even most folks in New Mexico are not familiar with this. Anyway,
@val-weston.bsky.social
and I were there today. Big fun.
www.scdailypress.com/2025/03/08/c...
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Columbus events celebrate binational goodwill - Silvercity Daily Press
By KILEY MARTINEZ The Deming Headlight Columbus’ biggest day of the year is today — the day of its Cabalgata and Fiesta de Amistad. The festival commemorates the peace and goodwill between Mexico and ...
https://www.scdailypress.com/2025/03/08/columbus-events-celebrate-binational-goodwill/
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Propane and Bourbon
10 months ago
🤣 “Activity pack” they call it.
#IsItHappyHourYet
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Val in Real Life
10 months ago
ICYMI, the March e-Val is live. Have at it 👇 🔗
mailchi.mp/valinreallif...
#ValinRealLife
#ThisWasNotInTheBrochure
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Wordle was trying to punk me today. 😅 Wordle 1,350 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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We humans can be a silly bunch. "And after analyzing the answers, it turned out that more than half of them believe that they haven't changed their minds. They're actually confident that they have liked congestion pricing all along."
www.ted.com/talks/jonas_...
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How to solve traffic jams
It's an unfortunate reality in nearly every major city -- road congestion, especially during rush hours. Jonas Eliasson reveals how subtly nudging just a small percentage of drivers to stay off major ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonas_eliasson_how_to_solve_traffic_jams?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
10 months ago
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Sitting in the podiatrist’s office and he comes out to get a patient but can’t pinpoint who’s next. He says “I can’t remember faces but I remember feet.” 🤣
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Robert Reich
11 months ago
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They are vital members of our community. They make our government actually work for people. Remember this.
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A fired national park ranger lost his dream job. He says the public is losing more
Brian Gibbs was an environmental educator at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. His job was among those nixed by the Trump administration as it pushes to shrink federal spending.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-5298684/national-park-ranger-trump-job-cuts-nps
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"We are teetering on the brink of the end of reality." And this was in 2018.
www.ted.com/talks/sinan_...
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How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation
Fake news can sway elections, tank economies and sow discord in everyday life. Data scientist Sinan Aral demystifies how and why it spreads so quickly -- citing one of the largest studies on misinform...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sinan_aral_how_we_can_protect_truth_in_the_age_of_misinformation?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
11 months ago
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Wordle Art: 🖕 Wordle 1,338 5/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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J. Brandon
11 months ago
This is bad news for
#publicland
owners. If you live in the US, that's you.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands
Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public land
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/trump-land-management-kathleen-sgamma
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So
@jcbrandon.bsky.social
did the AI marriage query challenge for me and discovered that I'm apparently married to
@artbykgh.bsky.social
. That's certainly news to me. 🤔😅
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Elizabeth Warren
11 months ago
It’s no secret that Chair Powell and I disagree on a lot, but today we agreed: without the CFPB, there is no federal regulator making sure giants banks don't cheat you.
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So apparently I have a Hulu account I forgot about. They're updating their T&Cs. 🤔 Gee, really makes me want to dive into paying for their service.
#WhenNoAdsDoesntMeanNoAds
#Enshittification
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