Amy Martin
@amymartin.org
Thinking ecologically, or trying to, on Threshold https://www.thresholdpodcast.org, Substack https://letterstoearthlings.substack.com/, and other places too. Won a Peabody once.
Drilling for oil in Alaska
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weak promises heading into COP in Brazil
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devastation in Jamaica (and so many other places)
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/alaska-bra...
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weak promises heading into COP in Brazil
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devastation in Jamaica (and so many other places)
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/alaska-bra...
Alaska. Brazil. Jamaica.
1 week of headlines + 3 places = 1 story
letterstoearthlings.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Drilling for oil in Alaska
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weak promises heading into COP in Brazil
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devastation in Jamaica (and so many other places)
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/alaska-bra...
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weak promises heading into COP in Brazil
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devastation in Jamaica (and so many other places)
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/alaska-bra...
As a farm kid, public radio was a game-changer for me. Every morning I learned about the world on @npr.org while getting ready for school. Other cultures, languages, musics, realities -- all of it was piped into my young mind, opening and changing me. #protectpublicmedia
@mtpublicradio.bsky.social
@mtpublicradio.bsky.social
Clawing back government funding for public media isn't just an attack on public radio and TV. It's an attack on every American who relies on public media for news and emergency information.
Audiences in smaller communities and rural areas will suffer the most.
Audiences in smaller communities and rural areas will suffer the most.
What will happen to PBS and NPR stations if the Senate votes to claw back funding? | CNN Business
Public media stations are on the verge of losing the federal funding that has helped keep them on the air for decades. Here’s what that would look like.
www.cnn.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As a farm kid, public radio was a game-changer for me. Every morning I learned about the world on @npr.org while getting ready for school. Other cultures, languages, musics, realities -- all of it was piped into my young mind, opening and changing me. #protectpublicmedia
@mtpublicradio.bsky.social
@mtpublicradio.bsky.social
I'm doing a thing where I write letters to my fellow Earthlings in different times. It's part of how I'm contending with the extremely distressing present moment. It helps me, somehow. Not because it provides any answers, but maybe because it gives me a different perspective on the questions.
July 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm doing a thing where I write letters to my fellow Earthlings in different times. It's part of how I'm contending with the extremely distressing present moment. It helps me, somehow. Not because it provides any answers, but maybe because it gives me a different perspective on the questions.
Such an honor to interview Joyce Poole of ElephantVoices & Daniela Hedwig of the Elephant Listening Project! Listen to these trailblazers on the latest episode of Threshold.
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@bioacoustics.bsky.social
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Hark Episode 12: Trailblazers
Elephants communicate through a variety of calls, trumpets, and rumbles. But despite being some of the largest land animals on Earth, they can also be incredibly quiet. In this episode, we open our e...
www.thresholdpodcast.org
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Such an honor to interview Joyce Poole of ElephantVoices & Daniela Hedwig of the Elephant Listening Project! Listen to these trailblazers on the latest episode of Threshold.
@thresholdpodcast.bsky.social
@joycepoole.bsky.social
@elephantvoices.bsky.social
@bioacoustics.bsky.social
@thresholdpodcast.bsky.social
@joycepoole.bsky.social
@elephantvoices.bsky.social
@bioacoustics.bsky.social
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I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
This is un-freaking-believable. Except it's all too believable now. Authoritarians know the power of story—that's why they lock up storytellers.
Thank you for continuing to tell yours, @alistairkitchen.bsky.social.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Thank you for continuing to tell yours, @alistairkitchen.bsky.social.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
www.newyorker.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is un-freaking-believable. Except it's all too believable now. Authoritarians know the power of story—that's why they lock up storytellers.
Thank you for continuing to tell yours, @alistairkitchen.bsky.social.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Thank you for continuing to tell yours, @alistairkitchen.bsky.social.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Need some elephant rumbles in your ears today? (Who doesn't?) Latest episode of Threshold features the #elephants of @reteti.bsky.social — and some of their amazing keepers.
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
Hark Episode 11: Am I Not Lucky?
Modern humans emerged into a world filled with and shaped by elephants. But for elephants, living with humans isn’t always easy. Elephants have survived by adapting to all the changes we’re making to ...
www.thresholdpodcast.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Need some elephant rumbles in your ears today? (Who doesn't?) Latest episode of Threshold features the #elephants of @reteti.bsky.social — and some of their amazing keepers.
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
Think you know your soundscapes? Guess where I recorded this one and you could win some free @thresholdpodcast.bsky.social merch. Current guesses include Indonesia, Costa Rica, and maybe a mix of multiple places...
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We Call This "Ambi"
Because we're not in it
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June 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Think you know your soundscapes? Guess where I recorded this one and you could win some free @thresholdpodcast.bsky.social merch. Current guesses include Indonesia, Costa Rica, and maybe a mix of multiple places...
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/we-call-th...
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/we-call-th...
Digging this. Don't going effing with the meteorologists, people! #SaveAmericasForecasts
Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
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Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
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May 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Digging this. Don't going effing with the meteorologists, people! #SaveAmericasForecasts
Comment today before midnight EDT on the proposed change to the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. Disrupting habitat *will* cause harm to threatened and endangered species, and to other species too, including our own.
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/urgent-end...
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/urgent-end...
Urgent: Endangered Species Act at Risk
Listen now | Comment period on proposed rule change ends TODAY
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May 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Comment today before midnight EDT on the proposed change to the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. Disrupting habitat *will* cause harm to threatened and endangered species, and to other species too, including our own.
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/urgent-end...
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/urgent-end...
The Trump administration is trying to convince you that destroying habitat won't "harm" a species. This will gut the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. Comment by midnight on Monday EDT to make your voice heard.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FW...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FW...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Trump administration is trying to convince you that destroying habitat won't "harm" a species. This will gut the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. Comment by midnight on Monday EDT to make your voice heard.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FW...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FW...
I also had a Close Encounters with Swedish Cranes recently! The best. Love this image @gdippe.bsky.social.
I saw some 20 common cranes eating close to the road. I got out of my car and walked behind a wooded stretch. I didn't see them but I could hear their trumpet calls becoming louder and louder. Shortly thereafter they came flying quite close to me.
#birds #photography #sweden #nature
#birds #photography #sweden #nature
May 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I also had a Close Encounters with Swedish Cranes recently! The best. Love this image @gdippe.bsky.social.
One of the most moving conversations I had while making the latest season of @thresholdpodcast.bsky.social was with Darius McCain, a young man from Richmond, CA. We talked about a lot of things. Including birds. Hear his story in the latest episode.
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
Hark Episode 10: Behold, The Wonderchicken
More than 60 million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth, wiping out nearly all the dinosaurs. The only dinosaurs to live through this mass extinction were birds. In this episode, we look at how thes...
www.thresholdpodcast.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
One of the most moving conversations I had while making the latest season of @thresholdpodcast.bsky.social was with Darius McCain, a young man from Richmond, CA. We talked about a lot of things. Including birds. Hear his story in the latest episode.
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
www.thresholdpodcast.org/season05/har...
Happy Friday!
In need of a good Shag today?
We are here to help. This is the Heard Island Shag, an endemic bird only found in Heard and McDonald Island. We have about 1000 breeding pairs, depending on weather and food conditions.
May the rest of your week be full of gregarious Shags!
We are here to help. This is the Heard Island Shag, an endemic bird only found in Heard and McDonald Island. We have about 1000 breeding pairs, depending on weather and food conditions.
May the rest of your week be full of gregarious Shags!
May 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Happy Friday!
Before, during, and after this administration, we still have to figure out how to face and take action on climate. If you're feeling a little lost about how to do that, check out this event with @katharinehayhoe.com, hosted by @climatena.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-say-c...
www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-say-c...
Don’t Say Climate? Bridging Divides with Katharine Hayhoe
Join us in learning how to have conversations about climate in this polarizing time.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Before, during, and after this administration, we still have to figure out how to face and take action on climate. If you're feeling a little lost about how to do that, check out this event with @katharinehayhoe.com, hosted by @climatena.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-say-c...
www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-say-c...
Rumeysa Ozturk is sitting in a cell *because of her writing.* Thank you to these three Massachusetts leaders for visiting her and for calling it like it is: "This is authoritarianism.....When a government begins to imprison writers for their words...alarm bells must ring. Loudly."
Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. (Gift Article)
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk is sitting in a cell *because of her writing.* Thank you to these three Massachusetts leaders for visiting her and for calling it like it is: "This is authoritarianism.....When a government begins to imprison writers for their words...alarm bells must ring. Loudly."
Reposted by Amy Martin
Toxic masculinity isn’t a concern here, and we don’t view empathy as toxic. For centuries, adult males have huddled together, protecting the colony’s most vulnerable, giving their future a chance amidst the raging storms that threaten them.
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Toxic masculinity isn’t a concern here, and we don’t view empathy as toxic. For centuries, adult males have huddled together, protecting the colony’s most vulnerable, giving their future a chance amidst the raging storms that threaten them.
Reposted by Amy Martin
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
On #EarthDay, and kind of all the time right now, I'm asking: how can I make myself useful in all of this madness? I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with ecological thinking. I'd love to get your take on what that means.
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/what-is-ec...
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/what-is-ec...
What is Ecological Thinking?
Some of my ideas, and a request for yours
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April 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
On #EarthDay, and kind of all the time right now, I'm asking: how can I make myself useful in all of this madness? I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with ecological thinking. I'd love to get your take on what that means.
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/what-is-ec...
letterstoearthlings.substack.com/p/what-is-ec...
Reposted by Amy Martin
The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The vote indicates a growing interest to both restore buffalo on the landscape and challenge the relationship between animal and product. The latest from @siisiiko.bsky.social. grist.org/indigenous/w...
Wildlife, not livestock: Why the Eastern Shoshone in Wyoming are reclassifying buffaloes
(This story was published in partnership with The Associated Press.) In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone want to redefine how we see buffalo.
grist.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The vote indicates a growing interest to both restore buffalo on the landscape and challenge the relationship between animal and product. The latest from @siisiiko.bsky.social. grist.org/indigenous/w...
Ezra Klein's essay at the top of this episode is essential listening. "This is how dictatorships work. Trump has always been clear about who he is and the kind of power he wants. Now he is using that power."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | The Emergency Is Here (Gift Article)
Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Ezra Klein's essay at the top of this episode is essential listening. "This is how dictatorships work. Trump has always been clear about who he is and the kind of power he wants. Now he is using that power."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Yes, I need to stay up on the news. But I also need to watch and listen to the annual return of the Whooper Swans to northern #Sweden. A different sort of news delivery, telling a different sort of story. Like the return of a species from near-extinction, and the return of the Sun to the north.
Whooper swan. Birds always seem to see you long before you see them. This species has had a remarkable come back in Sweden.
#birds #photography #sweden
#birds #photography #sweden
April 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yes, I need to stay up on the news. But I also need to watch and listen to the annual return of the Whooper Swans to northern #Sweden. A different sort of news delivery, telling a different sort of story. Like the return of a species from near-extinction, and the return of the Sun to the north.
Cooperation = survival. Working on a new episode of @thresholdpodcast.bsky.social & was reminded of this (again!) in this piece from @sarahemilywild.bsky.social. "...what we see from Neanderthals and H. sapiens is that the groups that cooperated better were the ones that got through." 🤔
Where did they all go? How Homo sapiens became the last human species left
At least nine hominin species once roamed the Earth, so what became of our vanished ancestors?
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Cooperation = survival. Working on a new episode of @thresholdpodcast.bsky.social & was reminded of this (again!) in this piece from @sarahemilywild.bsky.social. "...what we see from Neanderthals and H. sapiens is that the groups that cooperated better were the ones that got through." 🤔
Happening this week, scientist friends: an opportunity to process what's happening to you and to #science in the U.S. in a supportive environment. The @climatena.bsky.social does not peddle in woo-woo b.s., they are the real deal. Check it out and share.
Free on-line 90 minute support, offered by CPA-NA clinicians. www.eventbrite.com/e/coping-wit...
Coping with Upheaval: Support for Terminated/Defunded Scientists
If you're a US scientist feeling demoralized, burned out, or anxious in this unprecedented political moment--you are not alone. (Free event)
www.eventbrite.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Happening this week, scientist friends: an opportunity to process what's happening to you and to #science in the U.S. in a supportive environment. The @climatena.bsky.social does not peddle in woo-woo b.s., they are the real deal. Check it out and share.