Caitlin Hardee
@caitlinhardee.bsky.social
💻 Comms all-rounder: bio.link/caitlinhardee
🏕️ Hikertrash: PCT 2022, GDT 2025
🌎 Berlin / US west coast
🏕️ Hikertrash: PCT 2022, GDT 2025
🌎 Berlin / US west coast
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While the government is shut down, the Trump administration’s Interior Department has announced plans to open up 1.56 million acres of lands in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to more dangerous oil and gas leasing.
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
While the government is shut down, the Trump administration’s Interior Department has announced plans to open up 1.56 million acres of lands in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to more dangerous oil and gas leasing.
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GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
A plan to sell more than 2 million acres of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined it would violate the chamber’s rules.
www.seattletimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.
Almost all of the Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference
Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.
n.pr
June 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.
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The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
I tell folks about my GDT plans, they mostly go: ooh grizzlies 👀😬 this post will age poorly when I get eaten by one, but I'm not stressing the bears lol. I am, however, worrying about the rain 😂 like so: thetrek.co/fear-in-the-great-wild-north-the-scariest-things-on-trail-arent-what-you-think
The Scariest Things About Thru-Hiking Aren't What You Think - The Trek
This summer, I plan to hike Canada's Great Divide Trail. Not my first rodeo, but the GDT is not the PCT. Let's dive into how this trail could get my ass.
thetrek.co
June 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I tell folks about my GDT plans, they mostly go: ooh grizzlies 👀😬 this post will age poorly when I get eaten by one, but I'm not stressing the bears lol. I am, however, worrying about the rain 😂 like so: thetrek.co/fear-in-the-great-wild-north-the-scariest-things-on-trail-arent-what-you-think
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Jia Tolentino writes about how Donald Trump and “his lieutenant content-generator Elon Musk” harness the internet to damage our sense of the real.
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
www.newyorker.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Jia Tolentino writes about how Donald Trump and “his lieutenant content-generator Elon Musk” harness the internet to damage our sense of the real.
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Begun, the Finding Out has
May 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Begun, the Finding Out has
Imagine living in a limestone cave, but with geologic time sped up, so you could really perceive the formation of stalactites and such. That's what it's like trying to deal with the hard water in Berlin
April 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Imagine living in a limestone cave, but with geologic time sped up, so you could really perceive the formation of stalactites and such. That's what it's like trying to deal with the hard water in Berlin
America is crumbling. Like elsewhere in the world, it's a small minority that even have the option to flee to another country - far more people become internally displaced. Stories of refugees within the US, seeking safe haven from the encroaching destruction: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety
Americans have often moved between states for opportunities. Now they’re being forced to uproot themselves to escape hostile forces under Trump
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
America is crumbling. Like elsewhere in the world, it's a small minority that even have the option to flee to another country - far more people become internally displaced. Stories of refugees within the US, seeking safe haven from the encroaching destruction: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Of all possible govt programs to nix, how about this one. Paying for the resources to kill half a million barred owls is not going to help spotted owls. This US govt doesn't care about endangered species anyway and is hell-bent on destroying their habitats. www.currentaffairs.org/news/lets-no...
Let’s Not Kill 450,000 Owls
It’s a testament to human arrogance and cruelty that this is even being considered.
www.currentaffairs.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Of all possible govt programs to nix, how about this one. Paying for the resources to kill half a million barred owls is not going to help spotted owls. This US govt doesn't care about endangered species anyway and is hell-bent on destroying their habitats. www.currentaffairs.org/news/lets-no...
Stephen Marche on the destruction of America: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The America I loved is gone
It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Stephen Marche on the destruction of America: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Free Kseniia Petrova.
“A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection... But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Free Kseniia Petrova.
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Beim 🐰Osterspaziergang vielleicht nicht sofort sichtbar: wir haben #Dürre.
#Klimaanpassung ist wichtiger denn je, deshalb (u.a.): Wasserrückhalt in der Landschaft, natürlicher Erosionsschutz und Wiedervernässung von Mooren. @haraldgrethe.bsky.social 📺⬇️
#Klimaanpassung ist wichtiger denn je, deshalb (u.a.): Wasserrückhalt in der Landschaft, natürlicher Erosionsschutz und Wiedervernässung von Mooren. @haraldgrethe.bsky.social 📺⬇️
Trockenheit trifft Landwirtschaft
März 2025 war in Deutschland der trockenste seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen. Für die Landwirtschaft hat das Folgen. Ein Bauer schildert die Situation.
www.zdf.de
April 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Beim 🐰Osterspaziergang vielleicht nicht sofort sichtbar: wir haben #Dürre.
#Klimaanpassung ist wichtiger denn je, deshalb (u.a.): Wasserrückhalt in der Landschaft, natürlicher Erosionsschutz und Wiedervernässung von Mooren. @haraldgrethe.bsky.social 📺⬇️
#Klimaanpassung ist wichtiger denn je, deshalb (u.a.): Wasserrückhalt in der Landschaft, natürlicher Erosionsschutz und Wiedervernässung von Mooren. @haraldgrethe.bsky.social 📺⬇️
Three years ago, I woke up under the cold desert stars, hit the Mexican border / southern terminus, and started walking north to Canada.
It remains the greatest adventure of my life and my most cherished gift to myself. Pacific Crest Trail, I love you forever.
It remains the greatest adventure of my life and my most cherished gift to myself. Pacific Crest Trail, I love you forever.
April 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Three years ago, I woke up under the cold desert stars, hit the Mexican border / southern terminus, and started walking north to Canada.
It remains the greatest adventure of my life and my most cherished gift to myself. Pacific Crest Trail, I love you forever.
It remains the greatest adventure of my life and my most cherished gift to myself. Pacific Crest Trail, I love you forever.
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Trump officials are talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump officials are talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump's tariffs aren't just economics: they're a cultural purge designed to destroy white collar & knowledge work, deskill the country, force men into blue collar jobs & women to marry MAGA men, and render us all unable to resist fascism. My latest:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
Trump's Tariffs Aren't Economics. They're a Cultural Purge | Washington Monthly
Trump's blunderbuss tariff policies are a declaration of war on the half of America that didn’t vote for him.
washingtonmonthly.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trump's tariffs aren't just economics: they're a cultural purge designed to destroy white collar & knowledge work, deskill the country, force men into blue collar jobs & women to marry MAGA men, and render us all unable to resist fascism. My latest:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
"ICE detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit . . . The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"ICE detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit . . . The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE under Trump doesn't stop at persecuting undocumented immigrants. They're also harassing tourists with valid visas. CBP shattered the trail dreams of a German hiker: detained, deported, banned for five years. Wrote this up for @thetrek.bsky.social on her ordeal: thetrek.co/a-german-thr...
German Thru-Hiker Detained, Deported, and Banned From US - The Trek
An experienced thru-hiker traveling to the US to hike the AZT last month says she was treated inhumanely and deported without justification.
thetrek.co
March 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
ICE under Trump doesn't stop at persecuting undocumented immigrants. They're also harassing tourists with valid visas. CBP shattered the trail dreams of a German hiker: detained, deported, banned for five years. Wrote this up for @thetrek.bsky.social on her ordeal: thetrek.co/a-german-thr...
"So collapses the architecture of freedom and prosperity: with a lie, a taunt and a guffaw." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | In just five days, Trump has set the country back nearly 100 years
The president’s new slogan might as well be “We were better off 95 years ago than we are today.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"So collapses the architecture of freedom and prosperity: with a lie, a taunt and a guffaw." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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🐸 🦉 #Weltartenschutztag
Rund 48.000 Tierarten sind in Deutschland heimisch – viele von ihnen sind bedroht. Vom Feldhamster bis zum Kiebitz – insgesamt mehr als 7.000 Arten stehen auf den Roten Listen der Tiere Deutschlands. Warum Artenschutz wichtig ist und was wir dafür tun ➡️ www.bmuv.de/WS491
Rund 48.000 Tierarten sind in Deutschland heimisch – viele von ihnen sind bedroht. Vom Feldhamster bis zum Kiebitz – insgesamt mehr als 7.000 Arten stehen auf den Roten Listen der Tiere Deutschlands. Warum Artenschutz wichtig ist und was wir dafür tun ➡️ www.bmuv.de/WS491
March 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🐸 🦉 #Weltartenschutztag
Rund 48.000 Tierarten sind in Deutschland heimisch – viele von ihnen sind bedroht. Vom Feldhamster bis zum Kiebitz – insgesamt mehr als 7.000 Arten stehen auf den Roten Listen der Tiere Deutschlands. Warum Artenschutz wichtig ist und was wir dafür tun ➡️ www.bmuv.de/WS491
Rund 48.000 Tierarten sind in Deutschland heimisch – viele von ihnen sind bedroht. Vom Feldhamster bis zum Kiebitz – insgesamt mehr als 7.000 Arten stehen auf den Roten Listen der Tiere Deutschlands. Warum Artenschutz wichtig ist und was wir dafür tun ➡️ www.bmuv.de/WS491
Humans can also be this. Cruelty-free, mutualistic relationships with other species, built on love, respect and conservation. This is a beautiful piece of journalism. www.biographic.com/the-eider-ke...
The Eider Keepers - bioGraphic
An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.
www.biographic.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Humans can also be this. Cruelty-free, mutualistic relationships with other species, built on love, respect and conservation. This is a beautiful piece of journalism. www.biographic.com/the-eider-ke...
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The threat of the bird flu is GROWING because the federal workers tracking and responding to the disease were fired by a smugly uninformed billionaire.
YOUR health is at risk and egg prices will keep skyrocketing because Elon and Trump have ZERO clue who they are firing.
YOUR health is at risk and egg prices will keep skyrocketing because Elon and Trump have ZERO clue who they are firing.
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The threat of the bird flu is GROWING because the federal workers tracking and responding to the disease were fired by a smugly uninformed billionaire.
YOUR health is at risk and egg prices will keep skyrocketing because Elon and Trump have ZERO clue who they are firing.
YOUR health is at risk and egg prices will keep skyrocketing because Elon and Trump have ZERO clue who they are firing.