@cdarwin@c.imThe Jackson Hole region has long been a refuge for the rich,
but an explosion of new affluence has allowed a growing cadre of extraordinarily wealthy people to ⛔️dominate both the local economy and Wyoming state politics.
Teton County is not merely the richest county in the country, per capita -- by far;
⭐️it is a window into America’s near future, as the country enters a new #gilded
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Scrimshire:
🎵 Refuge
#Scrimshire
https://scrimshire.bandcamp.com/track/refuge-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/3YYld6qQlziU48B8pO9Qjs
@primonatura@mstdn.social
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Trump administration's plan to close a 'huge loophole' in legal immigration (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/29/trump-tells-asylum-seekers-to-apply-for-refuge-elsewhere-00706165
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p19#a251230p19
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaat 11:50 we put the big nyc ball drop livestream on, got bored quick, so mom put on some indian pastor who's accent turns "refuge" into "refuse". we switched back to the livestream with one minute left. when the ball dropped, the camera started showing couples kissing. the second/third one was two gay men. mom and brothers screamed and immediately changed back to the pastor. tone for 2026 immediately set, less than a minute in.
@servelan@newsie.socialChicago's Brookfield Zoo leads effort to protect polar bears as Trump opens Arctic refuge to oil drilling
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-chicago-brookfield-zoo-effort-polar.html
@Dragofix@veganism.socialOuyen may have hit the highest recorded temperature in Victoria’s history – and some fear it could get even hotter https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/australian-town-ouyen-victoria-highest-recor…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
@davej@dice.campFour years after jamming his party into a tree-chipper at the polls, #Australia's worst ever PM still feels a need to babble public policy from the refuge of distant shores.
@cdarwin@c.imTrump's personal lawyer
#Robert #Garson told the Telegraph newspaper that he has held conversations with the US state department about💥 offering refuge to British Jews who are leaving the UK -- citing rising antisemitism.
Garson, 49, said he felt the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews”.
He adde…
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe first time I ever really felt at home, comfortable and safe, was in an anarchist space in Seattle called "The Wildcat." It only existed for a few months, maybe a year, after I found it. Since then I've found similar places here in Amsterdam, and other places.
I want these places to be as comfortable, as much of a refuge, for everyone as they have been for me. Part of that is acknowledging and addressing the things they make physical and organizing spaces hostile.
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Don’t stop be-leafin’: how urban greening can help save threatened species"
#Environment
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n…
@servelan@newsie.socialA Refuge for Afghan Music Is at Risk of Falling Silent - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/LAlQW
