Alex Strachan
@alexstrachan.bsky.social
Biogeographer. Digital nomad. Climate campaigner. Bourdainophile. Image maker at ©alexstrachan.net. Working on unfinished busyness.
"I regret that I had but one Twitter account to sacrifice for my principles."
On a Bluesky day, one can see forever.
"I regret that I had but one Twitter account to sacrifice for my principles."
On a Bluesky day, one can see forever.
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Alex Strachan
@alexstrachan.bsky.social
· Jun 21
For the record, this image — taken in #Kenya's Maasai Mara Nat. Reserve some 9 yrs ago — has not been Photoshopped or AI-ed in any way. This is just as it was.
#ukraine 🇺🇦 #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography ##trees @kyivindependent.com @official-nafo.bsky.social @marymcnamara.bsky.social
#ukraine 🇺🇦 #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography ##trees @kyivindependent.com @official-nafo.bsky.social @marymcnamara.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Strachan
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Etosha on my mind.
#etosha #etoshanationalpark #namibia 🇳🇦 #landscapes #landscapephotography #photography #picperday #potd #naturelovers #naturephotography #outdoorphotography #sunrises #sunrisephotography #africannature #dawn @namibia.bsky.social @conservnamibia.bsky.social #nature
#etosha #etoshanationalpark #namibia 🇳🇦 #landscapes #landscapephotography #photography #picperday #potd #naturelovers #naturephotography #outdoorphotography #sunrises #sunrisephotography #africannature #dawn @namibia.bsky.social @conservnamibia.bsky.social #nature
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I see #ICEdebate is trending.
What's to debate?
#bluesky #trends #trending @marymcnamara.bsky.social #ICE #debate
What's to debate?
#bluesky #trends #trending @marymcnamara.bsky.social #ICE #debate
February 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I see #ICEdebate is trending.
What's to debate?
#bluesky #trends #trending @marymcnamara.bsky.social #ICE #debate
What's to debate?
#bluesky #trends #trending @marymcnamara.bsky.social #ICE #debate
If not a Russian spy exactly, certainly a Russian asset. And most probably on the payroll. Money was everything with this guy.
Well ... if not everything exactly, certainly up there.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social #epstein #epsteinfiles #russianspy 🇷🇺 #russianasset #money 💵 💶 #tusk 🇪🇺
Well ... if not everything exactly, certainly up there.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social #epstein #epsteinfiles #russianspy 🇷🇺 #russianasset #money 💵 💶 #tusk 🇪🇺
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
If not a Russian spy exactly, certainly a Russian asset. And most probably on the payroll. Money was everything with this guy.
Well ... if not everything exactly, certainly up there.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social #epstein #epsteinfiles #russianspy 🇷🇺 #russianasset #money 💵 💶 #tusk 🇪🇺
Well ... if not everything exactly, certainly up there.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social #epstein #epsteinfiles #russianspy 🇷🇺 #russianasset #money 💵 💶 #tusk 🇪🇺
"Here there be lions — maybe."
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), aka "the giraffe gazelle."
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #IUCN #iucnredlist #ConservationStatus #semiarid
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), aka "the giraffe gazelle."
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #IUCN #iucnredlist #ConservationStatus #semiarid
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
"Here there be lions — maybe."
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), aka "the giraffe gazelle."
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #IUCN #iucnredlist #ConservationStatus #semiarid
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), aka "the giraffe gazelle."
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #IUCN #iucnredlist #ConservationStatus #semiarid
#agree, on all counts.
I worked 35+ years in legacy media.
I joined out of high school, and over the years — and decades — I saw this happen with my own eyes.
Slowly at first, and then more quickly as it moved toward the inevitable end...
#media @marymcnamara.bsky.social
I worked 35+ years in legacy media.
I joined out of high school, and over the years — and decades — I saw this happen with my own eyes.
Slowly at first, and then more quickly as it moved toward the inevitable end...
#media @marymcnamara.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
#agree, on all counts.
I worked 35+ years in legacy media.
I joined out of high school, and over the years — and decades — I saw this happen with my own eyes.
Slowly at first, and then more quickly as it moved toward the inevitable end...
#media @marymcnamara.bsky.social
I worked 35+ years in legacy media.
I joined out of high school, and over the years — and decades — I saw this happen with my own eyes.
Slowly at first, and then more quickly as it moved toward the inevitable end...
#media @marymcnamara.bsky.social
'The lion in winter'
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #lion #lions #samburu #samburunationalreserve #kenya 🇰🇪 #picperday #photography #potd #nature #naturephotography #bigcats #naturelovers #africancats #blueskyphotography Ewaso Lions, Kenya Willdlife Service,
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #lion #lions #samburu #samburunationalreserve #kenya 🇰🇪 #picperday #photography #potd #nature #naturephotography #bigcats #naturelovers #africancats #blueskyphotography Ewaso Lions, Kenya Willdlife Service,
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
'The lion in winter'
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #lion #lions #samburu #samburunationalreserve #kenya 🇰🇪 #picperday #photography #potd #nature #naturephotography #bigcats #naturelovers #africancats #blueskyphotography Ewaso Lions, Kenya Willdlife Service,
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #lion #lions #samburu #samburunationalreserve #kenya 🇰🇪 #picperday #photography #potd #nature #naturephotography #bigcats #naturelovers #africancats #blueskyphotography Ewaso Lions, Kenya Willdlife Service,
You have a long way to go, mind, before you can match Conor McNamara trolling Gen Z footie commentary.
As low bars go, that one is hard to reach.
Nice try, tho'. You gave it a yeoman effort 🤣
As low bars go, that one is hard to reach.
Nice try, tho'. You gave it a yeoman effort 🤣
February 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
You have a long way to go, mind, before you can match Conor McNamara trolling Gen Z footie commentary.
As low bars go, that one is hard to reach.
Nice try, tho'. You gave it a yeoman effort 🤣
As low bars go, that one is hard to reach.
Nice try, tho'. You gave it a yeoman effort 🤣
Much complaining & whining this morning from the MAGA crowd about uppity celebrities (amazing how people so quick to toss around epithets like "snowflake" and "bunny hugger" can't handle the same in return) — tho' in this case I happen to think the celebrities are right.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Much complaining & whining this morning from the MAGA crowd about uppity celebrities (amazing how people so quick to toss around epithets like "snowflake" and "bunny hugger" can't handle the same in return) — tho' in this case I happen to think the celebrities are right.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Well, ain't that grand.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Well, ain't that grand.
And just think, three more years of this. Three f**king years.
I'm seriously starting to wonder if the republic can ever recover.
I'm seriously starting to wonder if the republic can ever recover.
February 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
And just think, three more years of this. Three f**king years.
I'm seriously starting to wonder if the republic can ever recover.
I'm seriously starting to wonder if the republic can ever recover.
I'd like to think so, but I wonder.
Just now I learned — in yet another one of these long, rambling Truth Social posts; hard to know what's a hoax and what's real these days — that he plans to tear down the Kennedy Center on July 4 and build a new Trump Center in its place
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Just now I learned — in yet another one of these long, rambling Truth Social posts; hard to know what's a hoax and what's real these days — that he plans to tear down the Kennedy Center on July 4 and build a new Trump Center in its place
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I'd like to think so, but I wonder.
Just now I learned — in yet another one of these long, rambling Truth Social posts; hard to know what's a hoax and what's real these days — that he plans to tear down the Kennedy Center on July 4 and build a new Trump Center in its place
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Just now I learned — in yet another one of these long, rambling Truth Social posts; hard to know what's a hoax and what's real these days — that he plans to tear down the Kennedy Center on July 4 and build a new Trump Center in its place
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
There should be university-level programs in this, and it needs to be taught in schools, in guidance classes if nowhere else. Won't happen, though.
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
There should be university-level programs in this, and it needs to be taught in schools, in guidance classes if nowhere else. Won't happen, though.
More than that, Mitch McConnell is directly responsible for the tone and tenure of the currently serving Supreme Court.
Of all the steps toward totalitarianism, that may yet prove to be the most dangerous — and absolute.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Of all the steps toward totalitarianism, that may yet prove to be the most dangerous — and absolute.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 PM
More than that, Mitch McConnell is directly responsible for the tone and tenure of the currently serving Supreme Court.
Of all the steps toward totalitarianism, that may yet prove to be the most dangerous — and absolute.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Of all the steps toward totalitarianism, that may yet prove to be the most dangerous — and absolute.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
There's that word "must" again.
"Must" — arguably the most pointless, overused word in the public dialogue at the moment. "Must" is almost always code for "soon to be assiduously ignored."
Instead of calling for criminal investigations — again, easy to ignore — it's time to force them.
"Must" — arguably the most pointless, overused word in the public dialogue at the moment. "Must" is almost always code for "soon to be assiduously ignored."
Instead of calling for criminal investigations — again, easy to ignore — it's time to force them.
February 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
There's that word "must" again.
"Must" — arguably the most pointless, overused word in the public dialogue at the moment. "Must" is almost always code for "soon to be assiduously ignored."
Instead of calling for criminal investigations — again, easy to ignore — it's time to force them.
"Must" — arguably the most pointless, overused word in the public dialogue at the moment. "Must" is almost always code for "soon to be assiduously ignored."
Instead of calling for criminal investigations — again, easy to ignore — it's time to force them.
Worrying. Doubly so for you, I imagine. Hard to believe history keeps repeating, isn't it — and in other places, too.
I see just now that Costa Rica has voted hard right authoritarian. Wow.
Will people ever learn, even with all that's going on in the world.
Thanks for sharing. 🕊️
I see just now that Costa Rica has voted hard right authoritarian. Wow.
Will people ever learn, even with all that's going on in the world.
Thanks for sharing. 🕊️
February 2, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Worrying. Doubly so for you, I imagine. Hard to believe history keeps repeating, isn't it — and in other places, too.
I see just now that Costa Rica has voted hard right authoritarian. Wow.
Will people ever learn, even with all that's going on in the world.
Thanks for sharing. 🕊️
I see just now that Costa Rica has voted hard right authoritarian. Wow.
Will people ever learn, even with all that's going on in the world.
Thanks for sharing. 🕊️
No low hanging fruit here.
A gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) searches for an early morning snack in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve.
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #photo
A gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) searches for an early morning snack in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve.
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #photo
February 2, 2026 at 12:12 PM
No low hanging fruit here.
A gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) searches for an early morning snack in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve.
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #photo
A gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) searches for an early morning snack in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve.
#gerenuk #samburunationalreserve #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #potd #gazelle #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #mammalia #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #photo
Very nice. Good eye.
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Very nice. Good eye.
You did, I think.
Shame on you!
Shame on you!
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
You did, I think.
Shame on you!
Shame on you!
p.s. speaking of "creepy losers"... 🤔 (no, not you, the Muskrat)
February 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
p.s. speaking of "creepy losers"... 🤔 (no, not you, the Muskrat)
The inequities keep piling on.
Those mega-rich elites who could easily pay their own way to Pedo Island often had their tab covered, by #Epstein himself.
The decent, hard-working, blue-collar families who offered up their kids to help pay the bills never even had that.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Those mega-rich elites who could easily pay their own way to Pedo Island often had their tab covered, by #Epstein himself.
The decent, hard-working, blue-collar families who offered up their kids to help pay the bills never even had that.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The inequities keep piling on.
Those mega-rich elites who could easily pay their own way to Pedo Island often had their tab covered, by #Epstein himself.
The decent, hard-working, blue-collar families who offered up their kids to help pay the bills never even had that.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Those mega-rich elites who could easily pay their own way to Pedo Island often had their tab covered, by #Epstein himself.
The decent, hard-working, blue-collar families who offered up their kids to help pay the bills never even had that.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
Sorry, I can't feel any joy in this. Those fuckers should never have voted for him to begin with.
I mean, it's not as if this is his 1st rodeo — it's his 2nd.
After all, it'snot as if he's ever hidden who he is — not even once.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
I mean, it's not as if this is his 1st rodeo — it's his 2nd.
After all, it'snot as if he's ever hidden who he is — not even once.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Sorry, I can't feel any joy in this. Those fuckers should never have voted for him to begin with.
I mean, it's not as if this is his 1st rodeo — it's his 2nd.
After all, it'snot as if he's ever hidden who he is — not even once.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
I mean, it's not as if this is his 1st rodeo — it's his 2nd.
After all, it'snot as if he's ever hidden who he is — not even once.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
I'm totally down with said "pissed-off immigration attorney," but truth is ICE has the Supreme Court in its back pocket.
That's the bottom-line end game right there ... and the reason ICE believe they can do whatever TF they want.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
That's the bottom-line end game right there ... and the reason ICE believe they can do whatever TF they want.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I'm totally down with said "pissed-off immigration attorney," but truth is ICE has the Supreme Court in its back pocket.
That's the bottom-line end game right there ... and the reason ICE believe they can do whatever TF they want.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
That's the bottom-line end game right there ... and the reason ICE believe they can do whatever TF they want.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social