@JDillonVT

Former public radio reporter, current observer of nature and people.

 Montpelier, VT
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Joined November 2011
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Behold the Worcester Range, the natural heart of central Vermont. Long term management plan raises questions about logging and old growth on #VT public lands. #vtpoli montpelierbridge.org/2024/01…
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Home waters, next chapter: #vtpoli montpelierbridge.org/2023/09…

Making Peace With the River: Prevention, Floodproofing, and Letting the Water Flow - The Bridge

Kip Roberts, co-owner of Onion River Outdoors, stared hard at the TV camera, the strain clear on his face. Next to him was the still-raging North Branch that just days before had wiped out the store...

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#FloridaManFail: npr.org/2023/03/06/116072425…

Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

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I do love local news:
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Bit of a belated shout-out to home waters, the battered and bruised Winooski River. montpelierbridge.org/2022/09…

Thinking Like a Watershed: A Renaissance on the Winooski - The Bridge

The Winooski River and its tributaries encircle the city like a flowing necklace, shaping both the urban and natural landscape. 

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Michael McFaul
@McFaul15 Aug 2022
For those concerned about the human rights of Russians, please read and retweet.
Alexey Navalny
@navalny15 Aug 2022
1/17 I’m an icon of conscious consumption. There’s only a mug and a book in my cell. I only get a spoon and a plate at mealtimes. They even took away my prison clothes and gave me temporary ones. Now I have huge white letters SHU on my back. Greetings from solitary confinement.
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.@Elon buying @Twitter underscores the old adage, money talks and bullshit drives a Tesla
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doggone news vtdigger.org/vtdogger.html

VTDogger - Chews in pursuit of truth

Independent, online only news for Vermont's canine population.

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Michael McFaul
@McFaul17 Mar 2022
Ukrainians will defeat Putin's invading army. The only questions are when and how. My take: washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Why the West must boost military assistance to Ukraine

Ukraine will win. The West's job is to hasten the end of the war.

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The #VT bill allocates $1 for every Vermonter (645k) to help those suffering from Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. Imagine the possibilities if bigger states followed. #FreedomAndUnity
John Dillon@JDillonVT16 Mar 2022
#VT ⁦@GovPhilScott⁩ signs bill for $645,000 in aid to Ukraine. Funds will go to ⁦@SavetheChildren⁩ for humanitarian efforts.
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#VT ⁦@GovPhilScott⁩ signs bill for $645,000 in aid to Ukraine. Funds will go to ⁦@SavetheChildren⁩ for humanitarian efforts.
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Extraordinary that former LSE Group CEO @xrolet has not stood down as chair of London-listed chemicals group PhosAgro. on.ft.com/3HTqcVQ
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(Photo: Ukraine, October 2018). A friend of a friend from Kyiv shares this meme circulating now: WW 3 has already started. On one side we have Russia against the civilized world. And on the other we have Ukraine defending the civilized world.
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7/20 The phrase “Russian warship, go F*$# yourself” will join other great responses from military history like “Nuts!”. Last week, none of us had heard of Snake Island. Today, none of us will ever forgot what these servants of their nation did there.
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Guts.
Ragıp Soylu
@ragipsoylu24 Feb 2022
Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow
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@navalny22 Feb 2022
1/16 Yesterday I watched the “session of the Security Council”, this gathering of dotards and thieves (it seems to me that our Anti-Corruption Foundation has done investigations into the corruption of every single one of them).
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This is a monument to some of those who died defending the Donetsk airport in 2014. My op-ed on Russia v. Ukraine today. bit.ly/3v0EQrD
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“My love language? Oh, I’m 100% American shad.” The amorous activities of our fishy friends are definitely diverse, so level up your next love convo with a sprinkling of fish facts. Find out if you are a Burbot, a brookie, or maybe a chub? ow.ly/vFxm50HTcRf
An illustration shows five fish with a corresponding love language arranged around a wheel. Words of affirmation go with Burbot; Quality time goes with American shad; Physical touch goes with Brook trout; Acts of service go with Largemouth Bass; Receiving gifts goes with Bluehead chub

ALT An illustration shows five fish with a corresponding love language arranged around a wheel. Words of affirmation go with Burbot; Quality time goes with American shad; Physical touch goes with Brook trout; Acts of service go with Largemouth Bass; Receiving gifts goes with Bluehead chub

A blue Valentine's Card says "My love language is Bluehead Chub". The words "I'll bring you all the rocks you need" appear in a speech bubble above a cut out of a chub.

ALT A blue Valentine's Card says "My love language is Bluehead Chub". The words "I'll bring you all the rocks you need" appear in a speech bubble above a cut out of a chub.

A green Valentine's Card says "My love language is Brook Trout". The words "Let's snuggle up and touch fins" appear in a speech bubble above a cut out of a trout.

ALT A green Valentine's Card says "My love language is Brook Trout". The words "Let's snuggle up and touch fins" appear in a speech bubble above a cut out of a trout.

A pink Valentine's Card says "My love language is Largemouth Bass". The words "Don't worry honey, I'll watch the kids" appear in a speech bubble above a cut out of a bass.

ALT A pink Valentine's Card says "My love language is Largemouth Bass". The words "Don't worry honey, I'll watch the kids" appear in a speech bubble above a cut out of a bass.

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Broken locks and roaches on faces and food? This piece made me involuntarily shudder in disgust. Good reporting does that sometimes.
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Toxic algae blooms are multiplying. The government has no plan to help.

A new watchdog report shows the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t have a cohesive strategy for dealing with freshwater harmful algal blooms.

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