Douglas Main
@dmain.bsky.social
Environmental journalist, writer, artist, naturalist. Bylines: The Guardian, The Atlantic, NYT, Tech Review. Former senior editor/writer at Nat Geo.
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“I really love you, but your lifestyle appalls me.”
It should be socially acceptable to say this to family and loved ones, especially during the holidays.
🎄😝
It should be socially acceptable to say this to family and loved ones, especially during the holidays.
🎄😝
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“I really love you, but your lifestyle appalls me.”
It should be socially acceptable to say this to family and loved ones, especially during the holidays.
🎄😝
It should be socially acceptable to say this to family and loved ones, especially during the holidays.
🎄😝
Who’s the Parasite Now? This Newly Discovered ‘Fairy Lantern’ Flower.
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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“Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet at least eight times in the mid-1990s, according to an email the Justice Department released late Monday as part of its rolling disclosure of documents in its Epstein investigation.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
Trump flew on Epstein’s jet at least 8 times in the 1990s, according to latest Epstein files release
In an email from Jan. 7, 2020, an unidentified federal prosecutor says flight records show Trump “traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were a...
www.ms.now
December 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet at least eight times in the mid-1990s, according to an email the Justice Department released late Monday as part of its rolling disclosure of documents in its Epstein investigation.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
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This appears to have been written just days before Epstein's suicide in August 2019.
December 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This appears to have been written just days before Epstein's suicide in August 2019.
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
outrageous
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
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www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
outrageous
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JUST IN: Around 90% of the released Epstein files are redacted, per the Guardian.
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
JUST IN: Around 90% of the released Epstein files are redacted, per the Guardian.
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
The Tennessee Valley authority is authorizing a massive increase in coal mining in IL — accessing 20K more acres, plus privatizing 60k acres of underground fed coal reserves in 3 counties. Sierra Club / Prairie Rivers Network is suing to block the move.
prairierivers.org/front-page/2...
prairierivers.org/front-page/2...
PRN and Sierra Club Illinois File Lawsuit Challenging IL Coal Mining Expansion - Prairie Rivers Network
December 18, 2025 | Press Release Prairie Rivers Network and Sierra Club Illinois are suing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federally owned public power provider, to block the federal governme...
prairierivers.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Tennessee Valley authority is authorizing a massive increase in coal mining in IL — accessing 20K more acres, plus privatizing 60k acres of underground fed coal reserves in 3 counties. Sierra Club / Prairie Rivers Network is suing to block the move.
prairierivers.org/front-page/2...
prairierivers.org/front-page/2...
In case you were wondering, the CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest electric utility in the country, was paid $10.5M in 2024. Seems a bit high no?
It is federally owned, but run like a private utility.
apnews.com/article/tenn...
It is federally owned, but run like a private utility.
apnews.com/article/tenn...
CEO of the nation's largest public utility plans to retire
The CEO of the nation’s largest public utility plans to retire by September after nearly six years. On Friday, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced Jeff Lyash's planned departure as president and ...
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In case you were wondering, the CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest electric utility in the country, was paid $10.5M in 2024. Seems a bit high no?
It is federally owned, but run like a private utility.
apnews.com/article/tenn...
It is federally owned, but run like a private utility.
apnews.com/article/tenn...
One under-appreciated downside to coal mining, besides all the obvious, is that old mines can literally spontaneously combust ... and burn for a long time underground. In some places, underground fires have lasted for many years (!)
www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/...
www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/...
Old mine, new smoke: Coal seam fire flares up again
ROCK SPRINGS — Local documentarian Stephen Shea captured some action with his camera on Thursday, Dec. 4.
www.wyomingnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
One under-appreciated downside to coal mining, besides all the obvious, is that old mines can literally spontaneously combust ... and burn for a long time underground. In some places, underground fires have lasted for many years (!)
www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/...
www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/...
All North American woodpeckers have striking colors in a limited palette of mostly black & white, with reddish accents.
Why is this is a favorable evolutionary trait specifically for birds in this niche/family? Any evolutionary biologists or bird nerds wanna take a stab at this? (For a story) 🧪
Why is this is a favorable evolutionary trait specifically for birds in this niche/family? Any evolutionary biologists or bird nerds wanna take a stab at this? (For a story) 🧪
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
All North American woodpeckers have striking colors in a limited palette of mostly black & white, with reddish accents.
Why is this is a favorable evolutionary trait specifically for birds in this niche/family? Any evolutionary biologists or bird nerds wanna take a stab at this? (For a story) 🧪
Why is this is a favorable evolutionary trait specifically for birds in this niche/family? Any evolutionary biologists or bird nerds wanna take a stab at this? (For a story) 🧪
There are ~435,000 plant species on Earth, and a large fraction of them, 37%, are ”exceedingly rare,“ according to this important study. 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The commonness of rarity: Global and future distribution of rarity across land plants
A large fraction of Earth’s plant species are faced with increased chances of extinction.
www.science.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
There are ~435,000 plant species on Earth, and a large fraction of them, 37%, are ”exceedingly rare,“ according to this important study. 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
You think you know a thing or two about biology, and then you have to explain what slime molds are
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_m...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_m...
Slime mold - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
You think you know a thing or two about biology, and then you have to explain what slime molds are
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_m...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_m...
This is beyond rage bait — it's gaslighting.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is beyond rage bait — it's gaslighting.
Exactly this, from @martinpeers.bsky.social: the Disney-OpenAI deal is lopsided.
I will bet anybody $100 that if this actually goes thru, people will (obviously) make offensive videos with Disney characters, hurting the company's image.
Meanwhile, a terrible precedent is set.
What a joke.
I will bet anybody $100 that if this actually goes thru, people will (obviously) make offensive videos with Disney characters, hurting the company's image.
Meanwhile, a terrible precedent is set.
What a joke.
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Exactly this, from @martinpeers.bsky.social: the Disney-OpenAI deal is lopsided.
I will bet anybody $100 that if this actually goes thru, people will (obviously) make offensive videos with Disney characters, hurting the company's image.
Meanwhile, a terrible precedent is set.
What a joke.
I will bet anybody $100 that if this actually goes thru, people will (obviously) make offensive videos with Disney characters, hurting the company's image.
Meanwhile, a terrible precedent is set.
What a joke.
This is cool. Shows relative sizes of everything from DNA, to a bumblebee, to a human, to a blue whale
neal.fun/size-of-life/
neal.fun/size-of-life/
Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
neal.fun
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is cool. Shows relative sizes of everything from DNA, to a bumblebee, to a human, to a blue whale
neal.fun/size-of-life/
neal.fun/size-of-life/
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I still can’t believe the National Science Foundation is being forced to move out of their brand new, purpose-built building because the HUD secretary thought his building was ugly.
The Trump administration is destroying the best parts of this country, and it will take decades to rebuild.
The Trump administration is destroying the best parts of this country, and it will take decades to rebuild.
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I still can’t believe the National Science Foundation is being forced to move out of their brand new, purpose-built building because the HUD secretary thought his building was ugly.
The Trump administration is destroying the best parts of this country, and it will take decades to rebuild.
The Trump administration is destroying the best parts of this country, and it will take decades to rebuild.
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Republicans announce the entire state of Indiana will be defunded if they do not obey Trump by gerrymandering their state.
“Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop.”
“Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop.”
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Republicans announce the entire state of Indiana will be defunded if they do not obey Trump by gerrymandering their state.
“Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop.”
“Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop.”