Melissa Baffa

Enjoying life's adventures, big & small. Executive Director @venturaland, former Sci Communication Fellow @EVNautilus. Environmental, ed & community advocate.

[Melissa Baffa @melissa_baffa]

@NickInNC Is she a student at CalArts? I recognize that spot.

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Hey y'all, this place makes my stomach hurt, so I'm migrating over to the other place where the skies are cloudless. Find me there.

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@stephan72790281 Consider leaving it to nonprofits that align with your values- I lead an environmental nonprofit and orgs like ours are really worried about the next few years.

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@tismenic70 So sweet!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Rosenberg: What’s really important, Ben, and we talked a lot about this in 2022, is that everyone watching today needs to realize it’s very important to vote early. Vote as early as you can. When you vote early, you come off the GOTV rolls for the campaign. They know each night who’s voted—not how you voted, but that you voted.

When you come off the GOTV roles, it allows the campaign to focus on lower propensity voters quicker. If they can reach lower propensity voters sooner, it’s more likely they’ll vote for us. So, by voting early, you can actually increase Democratic turnout and make it more likely we win.

If you have a choice between voting on Election Day or near Election Day, and voting right now, vote now. It’s more important to vote now and try to run up the score in October, as we did in 2022, and win this election in early voting rather than waiting until Election Day.

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@KamalaHarris @VP If you put this moment on a T-shirt, I will buy it. #WTFdidIjustwatch #bonkers #weird

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@BethMansfield Great summary. Apparently, my name was invoked in a rant last month. My response was just what you wrote here, although perhaps with laughter & a few more f-bombs. I'm in the room because I worked hard to get here - it wasn't just some random invitation that fell out of the sky

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@SecretaryPete What about airlines that canceled flights during COVID, gave short windows within which to use nonrefundable credits, and kept the money when the pandemic was still raging and we felt it was not safe to travel? Seems recent enough that this could be addressed too.

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I need to share the word on this.

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Worth a quick read
So little of our waste is actually recycled, and there's a common problem this solution addresses

[Jon Bruner @JonBruner]

This is a CT scan of Heinz’s new ketchup cap. It represents a $1.2 million engineering investment over 8 years. Here’s why it’s significant… 🧵

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@emilykmay Seriously, game gonna get so sloppy now.
I played OH and MB in HS/college, and often was the setter for adult league play. So many rules have changed since I played, and the game is faster, but less artful.

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@KathWertheim I say this all the time. Compassion is less expensive. How does that not resonate? Mind boggling

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@KathWertheim Thank you for sharing! That is so cool!

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@evornithology My o chem prof was proud of the fact that he was "weeding out" those bio majors not tough enough for med school. Ummmm, what about those of us not headed to med school? #totaljerk #usedtothrowchalkatstudents #isurvived

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@RonFilipkowski Maybe he got home and took his bra off, and then it was like, "Erm, nope." 10/10 can relate

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@PressSec @POTUS Indeed. This came by text earlier today. This is madness.

[Auke-Florian @AukeFlorian]

Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes! 🤯 Even for me as a nest researcher, these are the craziest bird nests I've ever seen. Today my paper came out on this rebellious behaviour. And it's like telling a joke...

A thread. 🧵

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@BrndnStrssng When I was a kid, my dad owned rental film cameras, and I thought it was pretty badass that they had to refuse to rent to The A Team production crew because they were notorious for wrecking cameras. #strangetrivia

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@KathWertheim @studentdrdemon @KEYTNC3CJ @latimes @vcstar @GretchenWenner @KEYTNC3Beth @ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews @VenturaReporter @805news I have one in Simi I'd suggest for your story.

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@KathWertheim I think about that scandal and this same point a lot as I watch what's going on nowadays. Certain photos, I say, "that's one for the history books!"