Emily Dolhansky
@emilydolhansky.bsky.social
Forests, fire, and what comes after. Working toward a just future for public lands. 𖣂𖠰𖣂
NFFE 2152 VP. Views are mine.
NFFE 2152 VP. Views are mine.
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Hey fire folks! I created a Starter Pack featuring people from OG Fire Twitter. Let me know if I missed anyone obvious, or if you would like to be removed for any reason:
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Hey fire folks! I created a Starter Pack featuring people from OG Fire Twitter. Let me know if I missed anyone obvious, or if you would like to be removed for any reason:
go.bsky.app/6tRKijP
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I'm used to having to convince coastal types that there are people out there who genuinely believe in libertarian and traditionalist principles (rather than as laundry for regular bigotry). rarely, however, do you see those types publicly confronted with how little company they actually have
February 2, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I'm used to having to convince coastal types that there are people out there who genuinely believe in libertarian and traditionalist principles (rather than as laundry for regular bigotry). rarely, however, do you see those types publicly confronted with how little company they actually have
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I’m hoping against hope for a @samforstag.bsky.social win over Zinke.
Dude’s a civil servant, smokejumper, and fellow VP of his local. If Texas can do it, so can Montana.
Dude’s a civil servant, smokejumper, and fellow VP of his local. If Texas can do it, so can Montana.
Here in Montana, this match-up reminds me of the U.S. House candidacy of @samforstag.bsky.social vs. #RyanZinke It can be done
Leigh Wambsganss raised nearly $2.3 million for the SD9 district, much of it coming from three billionaire-funded PACs.
Taylor Rehmet raised $346,000, most of it coming from donations of $100 or less. His biggest donor gave him $12K, and a bunch of local unions also cut him larger checks.
Taylor Rehmet raised $346,000, most of it coming from donations of $100 or less. His biggest donor gave him $12K, and a bunch of local unions also cut him larger checks.
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I’m hoping against hope for a @samforstag.bsky.social win over Zinke.
Dude’s a civil servant, smokejumper, and fellow VP of his local. If Texas can do it, so can Montana.
Dude’s a civil servant, smokejumper, and fellow VP of his local. If Texas can do it, so can Montana.
TIL the guy who created Chobani (a yogurt that has been recalled many times for giving people food poisoning) is a billionaire
February 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
TIL the guy who created Chobani (a yogurt that has been recalled many times for giving people food poisoning) is a billionaire
i do find it darkly comical that this administration can’t decide between demoralizing the federal workforce to the point where no one wants a civil service job anymore or hiring a bunch of lackeys to do crimes
government run by and for the most incompetent men you know
government run by and for the most incompetent men you know
Not to state the obvious, but the integrity and sense of mission is why most people go into public service. Everyone at DOJ could make more in the private sector. When you degrade it, no one will come.
This rules so hard. In law school I remember people who wanted to be federal prosecutors spending three years doing everything they could to be maybe, possibly be competitive for an AUSA job someday. Now you just need to hop on X the everything app and DM a guy named Chad.
February 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
i do find it darkly comical that this administration can’t decide between demoralizing the federal workforce to the point where no one wants a civil service job anymore or hiring a bunch of lackeys to do crimes
government run by and for the most incompetent men you know
government run by and for the most incompetent men you know
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Also I knew finally definitively MSM was gone when none would cover DOGE invading GSA and other agencies to violate Americans’ privacy rights while @missmouse.bsky.social was out there day and night recording it.
WaPo REFUSED to walk down the street to check it out.
WaPo REFUSED to walk down the street to check it out.
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Also I knew finally definitively MSM was gone when none would cover DOGE invading GSA and other agencies to violate Americans’ privacy rights while @missmouse.bsky.social was out there day and night recording it.
WaPo REFUSED to walk down the street to check it out.
WaPo REFUSED to walk down the street to check it out.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
-Horror in Literature and Film
-Epidemics: Past, Present, and Future
-Leadership Strategy and Change
-Classical Myth and Legend
-Writing Speculative Fiction
(liberal arts college ftw)
-Horror in Literature and Film
-Epidemics: Past, Present, and Future
-Leadership Strategy and Change
-Classical Myth and Legend
-Writing Speculative Fiction
(liberal arts college ftw)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Geography of Alaska
Newspaper Production
The Celluloid Indian: American Indians in Popular Film
Philosophy of Leisure & Recreation
Wilderness in the American Mind
Geography of Alaska
Newspaper Production
The Celluloid Indian: American Indians in Popular Film
Philosophy of Leisure & Recreation
Wilderness in the American Mind
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Geography of the developing world
Latin American politics
History of the Mexican Revolution
Urban politics
Various political theory and econ classes
Geography of the developing world
Latin American politics
History of the Mexican Revolution
Urban politics
Various political theory and econ classes
January 31, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
-Horror in Literature and Film
-Epidemics: Past, Present, and Future
-Leadership Strategy and Change
-Classical Myth and Legend
-Writing Speculative Fiction
(liberal arts college ftw)
-Horror in Literature and Film
-Epidemics: Past, Present, and Future
-Leadership Strategy and Change
-Classical Myth and Legend
-Writing Speculative Fiction
(liberal arts college ftw)
looking like another busy fire year for Oregon
OK, as we go into February, I'm officially worried about our snowpack numbers across the Western US. Less snow means dryer soils and fuels heading into the summer and I don't like fire years where the high country comes online early.
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
looking like another busy fire year for Oregon
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Even here in deep red rural California, in a town literally nicknamed Prison Town, USA for its dominant industry, we have had solidarity protests for MPLS and Minnesota.
Rural Minnesota isn’t staying silent.
As ICE expands raids into small towns, neighbors, faith leaders, and students are stepping up to protect Somali communities and each other.
Betsy Froiland reporting on the residents uniting to protect immigrant neighbors.
As ICE expands raids into small towns, neighbors, faith leaders, and students are stepping up to protect Somali communities and each other.
Betsy Froiland reporting on the residents uniting to protect immigrant neighbors.
Rural Minnesotans Stand Up to ICE
As federal agents descend on small towns in Minnesota, residents are uniting to protect their immigrant neighbors.
inthesetimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Even here in deep red rural California, in a town literally nicknamed Prison Town, USA for its dominant industry, we have had solidarity protests for MPLS and Minnesota.
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A rare desert plant is flourishing at a solar farm near Las Vegas, new research finds.
The study is the latest to show how, under the right circumstances, solar arrays can be a boon to nature. via @grist.org
The study is the latest to show how, under the right circumstances, solar arrays can be a boon to nature. via @grist.org
Mojave Solar Farm a Haven for Rare Desert Plant
e360.yale.edu
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
A rare desert plant is flourishing at a solar farm near Las Vegas, new research finds.
The study is the latest to show how, under the right circumstances, solar arrays can be a boon to nature. via @grist.org
The study is the latest to show how, under the right circumstances, solar arrays can be a boon to nature. via @grist.org
working a 10 hour field day then returning to my hotel for a two hour long lecture on California timber taxation and zoning is certainly an adult choice, perhaps the adultiest choice i have made in many months
January 29, 2026 at 4:10 AM
working a 10 hour field day then returning to my hotel for a two hour long lecture on California timber taxation and zoning is certainly an adult choice, perhaps the adultiest choice i have made in many months
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Honestly I feel like all GREAT science involves a whole lot of creativity. You can’t have one without the other.
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Honestly I feel like all GREAT science involves a whole lot of creativity. You can’t have one without the other.
i see we are doing “arts/the humanities vs. STEM” discourse and may i present to you all the best of both worlds……..
🌲🌲🌲 FORESTRY 🌲🌲🌲
🌲🌲🌲 FORESTRY 🌲🌲🌲
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 AM
i see we are doing “arts/the humanities vs. STEM” discourse and may i present to you all the best of both worlds……..
🌲🌲🌲 FORESTRY 🌲🌲🌲
🌲🌲🌲 FORESTRY 🌲🌲🌲
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Updating a previous post of mine regarding Marcos Inaros: you do not, in fact, "have to hand it to him"
December 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Updating a previous post of mine regarding Marcos Inaros: you do not, in fact, "have to hand it to him"
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“I want peace in the Belt and goodwill toward men.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“I want peace in the Belt and goodwill toward men.”
if the tech is AI then, uh, yeah
(i’m a remote sensing and GIS nerd! there’s a lot of tech I’ll happily geek out about. y’all are just weird.)
(i’m a remote sensing and GIS nerd! there’s a lot of tech I’ll happily geek out about. y’all are just weird.)
January 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
if the tech is AI then, uh, yeah
(i’m a remote sensing and GIS nerd! there’s a lot of tech I’ll happily geek out about. y’all are just weird.)
(i’m a remote sensing and GIS nerd! there’s a lot of tech I’ll happily geek out about. y’all are just weird.)
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Your regular reminder that civil service protections are generally popular because they result in better service delivery! Nothing is more wasteful than poorly run patronage systems!
There is a push for making public sector employees at will, i.e. they can be fired for any reason by politicians. Trump shows how such powers will be abused. This report does a great job of debunking claims that at will employement is working at the state level.
ourpublicservice.org/publications...
ourpublicservice.org/publications...
At-Will Employment: What the Federal Government Can Learn from States
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
ourpublicservice.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Your regular reminder that civil service protections are generally popular because they result in better service delivery! Nothing is more wasteful than poorly run patronage systems!
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The *legally required* FEVS. Vought is committing a crime
a small majority of us are fueled by spite, but yeah, overall, a completely demoralized workforce
it’s why Russel Vought didn’t administer the FEVS last year (and probably won’t for the next three years)
it’s why Russel Vought didn’t administer the FEVS last year (and probably won’t for the next three years)
Also, the employees that stuck it out are so demoralized that productivity has to be at an all time low. You can't treat your employees like the enemy and expect positive results.
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 PM
The *legally required* FEVS. Vought is committing a crime
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Look over here (at my illegal order, which will have no follow-through and be of no consequence), not at what ICE is doing in Minneapolis.
So many questions www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Addressing State and Local Failures to Rebuild Los Angeles After Wildfire Disasters
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Look over here (at my illegal order, which will have no follow-through and be of no consequence), not at what ICE is doing in Minneapolis.
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Stephen Miller going down at the power of the labor movement would be one of the proudest moments I'd witness in my nearly 20 years in organized labor.
Let's get it done.
Let's get it done.
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Stephen Miller going down at the power of the labor movement would be one of the proudest moments I'd witness in my nearly 20 years in organized labor.
Let's get it done.
Let's get it done.
genuine question why is the tahoe area of california Like That
tahoe is like 200 miles from the actual coast
tahoe is like 200 miles from the actual coast
For context, this is the 100 mile border zone.
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
genuine question why is the tahoe area of california Like That
tahoe is like 200 miles from the actual coast
tahoe is like 200 miles from the actual coast
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As a VA nurse, Alex Pretti was a member of AFGE. This union also reps Border Patrol, and may have repped Pretti's killer. I talked to VA workers who are furious and want Border Patrol out of AFGE. "For a union member to kill another is a fundamental betrayal of what a union is supposed to be.”
Alex Pretti’s Killer May Be Part of His Union
Border Patrol agents belong to the same federal workers union as VA nurses, a situation some of Pretti’s colleagues are determined to change.
jewishcurrents.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
As a VA nurse, Alex Pretti was a member of AFGE. This union also reps Border Patrol, and may have repped Pretti's killer. I talked to VA workers who are furious and want Border Patrol out of AFGE. "For a union member to kill another is a fundamental betrayal of what a union is supposed to be.”
a small majority of us are fueled by spite, but yeah, overall, a completely demoralized workforce
it’s why Russel Vought didn’t administer the FEVS last year (and probably won’t for the next three years)
it’s why Russel Vought didn’t administer the FEVS last year (and probably won’t for the next three years)
Also, the employees that stuck it out are so demoralized that productivity has to be at an all time low. You can't treat your employees like the enemy and expect positive results.
January 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
a small majority of us are fueled by spite, but yeah, overall, a completely demoralized workforce
it’s why Russel Vought didn’t administer the FEVS last year (and probably won’t for the next three years)
it’s why Russel Vought didn’t administer the FEVS last year (and probably won’t for the next three years)
adding to this, the amount of people we’ve lost that are just like, “that’s Joe, he grew up here, barely has a college degree, but he worked here for 25 years before leaving due to Trump’s BS” is insane
eons of institutional knowledge crushed beneath the boots of the most incompetent men you know
eons of institutional knowledge crushed beneath the boots of the most incompetent men you know
"106,636 years of federal work experience were lost across the 10,109 employees with Ph.D.s who departed STEM or health roles 1 January–30 November."
It isn't just the scientific knowledge but the *institutional* knowledge that's been lost. Rebuilding federal science will be a generational effort.
It isn't just the scientific knowledge but the *institutional* knowledge that's been lost. Rebuilding federal science will be a generational effort.
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 PM
adding to this, the amount of people we’ve lost that are just like, “that’s Joe, he grew up here, barely has a college degree, but he worked here for 25 years before leaving due to Trump’s BS” is insane
eons of institutional knowledge crushed beneath the boots of the most incompetent men you know
eons of institutional knowledge crushed beneath the boots of the most incompetent men you know
the ASMR girlies have entered the #AbolishICE chat
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 AM
the ASMR girlies have entered the #AbolishICE chat