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MFennVT<p>The <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/BenningtonBanner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenningtonBanner</span></a> finally gets its <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> article up. Over 1,200 people showed up in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Bennington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bennington</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> on Saturday! <a href="https://www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/bennington-turns-out-for-hands-off-protest-people-are-scared/article_2e1ba71d-41de-44e4-8571-4794896af8f2.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">benningtonbanner.com/local-new</span><span class="invisible">s/bennington-turns-out-for-hands-off-protest-people-are-scared/article_2e1ba71d-41de-44e4-8571-4794896af8f2.html</span></a></p>
Jeff Munroe<p>Was planning to head out this afternoon with my Quaternary Geology class to look at some local sediment exposures. April (i.e. "winter") had other plans. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vermont</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a></p>
john lehet<p>Sunflower in Autumn</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/johnlehetphoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>johnlehetphoto</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhite</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vermont</span></a></p>
scully<p>Made appointments to swap all the family's cars' tires to "summers" ... did I mention it is snowing again?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/-YciF5gck9I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/live/-YciF5gck9I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://heads.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/Spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spring</span></a></p>
Jeff Munroe<p>Times like these, it’s so comforting to jump in the van and head out for a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fieldtrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fieldtrip</span></a>. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/earthscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthscience</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fieldtrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fieldtrip</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vermont</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resources</span></a></p>
Gemma Seymour<p>My reading of the supposed email from <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/AoE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AoE</span></a> is the operative phrase is this: ' We do not view this Certification to be announcing any new interpretation of Title VI or requiring us to certify to anything other than the current Title VI law as it stands. Based on our initial legal review, the certification requires us to reaffirm our compliance with existing law that AOE has always followed in our administration of federal funds. '</p><p>The furor would seem to be unwarranted. <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/VTpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VTpol</span></a></p>
QOTCA 💛<p>Vermont's Becca Balint is pretty dang 🔥. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a></p>
Gemma Seymour<p>Dear state and local governments: STOP using Google Drive as your only means to disseminate public information.</p><p>Private systems are not public, they are subject to arbitrary access controls with no public oversight or appeals process, and therefore they do NOT meet your responsibility to provide information via public means.</p><p>This means you, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Brattleboro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brattleboro</span></a> and <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a>. <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/VTpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VTpol</span></a></p>
The Slow Music Movement<p>"The local fauna, who fortunately don't know what Fox News is, chime in with perfectly weighted sounds of encouragement as minimal guitar refrains and palliative synths weave themselves through the soundscape"<br><a href="https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/go-outside-resilience-self-release" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theslowmusicmovement.org/post/</span><span class="invisible">go-outside-resilience-self-release</span></a></p><p>Find Go Outside in the Slow Ambient Playlist:<br><a href="https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-ambient-playlist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">submithub.com/link/slow-ambien</span><span class="invisible">t-playlist</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electroacoustic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electroacoustic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldrecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fieldrecordings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vermont</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
The Big Data Cluster<p>Published in April 2025: "Controls From Above and Below: Snow, Soil, and Steepness Drive Diverging Trends of Subsurface Water and Streamflow Dynamics" includes several Big Data Cluster members as co-authors. </p><p>Bonus: also includes data from the Sleepers River Watershed in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a>, our 'home' watershed.</p><p>📖🔗: <a href="https://bit.ly/42lSdSa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/42lSdSa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CriticalZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalZone</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>Every school district in Vermont should refuse to do this!</p><p><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/07/vermont-agency-of-education-asks-school-districts-to-certify-compliance-with-trump-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-ban/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vtdigger.org/2025/04/07/vermon</span><span class="invisible">t-agency-of-education-asks-school-districts-to-certify-compliance-with-trump-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-ban/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a></p>
Brendan Kinney<p>“President Trump's administration has moved to reshape federal government spending, including rescinding money that had been promised to groups in Vermont.</p><p>Vermont Public is tracking these cuts and their impacts in the table below based on reporting from our journalists.”</p><p><a href="https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-07/tracking-changes-and-cuts-to-federal-funds-in-vermont-under-trump-doge-musk?utm_source=app&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=tracker" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vermontpublic.org/local-news/2</span><span class="invisible">025-04-07/tracking-changes-and-cuts-to-federal-funds-in-vermont-under-trump-doge-musk?utm_source=app&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=tracker</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>The story of Seth Andrew, a silver-tongued thief who wreaked havoc in my little Vermont town—until the FBI arrested him for stealing $218,000.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2022/08/seth-andrew" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/soapbox/2022/08/seth-andrew</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SethAndrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SethAndrew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarlboroCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarlboroCollege</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocracyPrep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyPrep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>You know who else actively sought to destroy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> besides the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration? ISIS, which has destroyed countless historical artifacts. <a href="https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-05/vermont-humanities-loses-all-of-its-federal-funding-under-latest-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vermontpublic.org/local-news/2</span><span class="invisible">025-04-05/vermont-humanities-loses-all-of-its-federal-funding-under-latest-trump-cuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a></p>
Brendan Kinney<p>“From the Barton village square to the South Royalton green, the sidewalks of downtown Brattleboro to the brick walkway of Church Street in Burlington, thousands of Vermonters rallied Saturday afternoon in opposition to President Donald Trump and his policies.”</p><p><a href="https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-05/from-every-corner-of-vermont-thousands-protest-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vermontpublic.org/local-news/2</span><span class="invisible">025-04-05/from-every-corner-of-vermont-thousands-protest-trump</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a></p>
John PredomGobble, gobble <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Turkey?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Vermont?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vermont</a>
Prof Kemi FG<p>Photo dump from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> protest today (South Burlington, VT)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vermont</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/burlington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burlington</span></a></p>
Brendan Kinney<p>“And even though we feel powerless, we won’t always be powerless.”</p><p><a href="https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-05/from-every-corner-of-vermont-thousands-protest-trump?utm_source=Vermont+Public&amp;utm_campaign=974e523cf3-breaking_trump_protest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-974e523cf3-588792675&amp;mc_cid=974e523cf3&amp;mc_eid=ccb12c5ef5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vermontpublic.org/local-news/2</span><span class="invisible">025-04-05/from-every-corner-of-vermont-thousands-protest-trump?utm_source=Vermont+Public&amp;utm_campaign=974e523cf3-breaking_trump_protest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-974e523cf3-588792675&amp;mc_cid=974e523cf3&amp;mc_eid=ccb12c5ef5</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a></p>
Wyatt H Knott<p>Pretty decent sized crowd in St. Albans <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a>, despite the rain. 300+. Lots of support from passing cars, far outnumbering the few MAGAts who drove up and down with their Chump flags giving us the finger and telling us to get jobs.</p><p>Police circling endlessly, but no boots on the ground and no confrontations.</p><p>One guy wanted to run me over, brake checking me with his car while swearing, but I was in the crosswalk so all he got was the finger.</p>
Brian Campbell<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> showing up for the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> protest.</p>