No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings

Pearl, insisting on her morning ride.

Smoky the Bear is great and all, but from a fire ecology perspective I’ve long wanted to replace him with this little dude. Though he’s a bit trickier to hug. My brainchild from conservation biology class in college ….

Draw Attention to What They're Doing -
A very special guest joined me in the kitchen tonight!!
Here's the entire interview with @warren.senate.gov

youtu.be/MR6i3y5D2bE

This is a great piece.

Trump declared on Truth Social, “I will soon be announcing a new roster of ballerinas, with an amazing principal ballerina, DONALD J. TRUMP.”

OK, time to bust another @USAID myth.

Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.

FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...

Anyway, caffeinate and read on.

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For my weekly "TRUTH THAT'S LIKE AN ONION ARTICLE" observation:
Let me get this straight.
1. All non-white, legal refugees are "bad" and must be deported.
2. My Lutheran Church's refugee program is "money laundering" and "evil".
3. But S. African white dudes should move to USA as "refugees"???
FFS.

Please re-tweet so I can quit X. I've got 45k followers there, just 500 here. When I get to 5k I can dump Musk forever

I'm the director of @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social. Follow me for real-time, insider takes on endangered species, climate, public lands, oceans, toxics. We sue Trump alot. Very alot.

To the dedicated federal workers out there who can afford to hold the line today:

For a moment of calm on a tumultuous day: hatchetfish in love

I grew up in and am a current member of the Lutheran church. Our charities do amazing work. From food pantries to disaster response to Global Refuge staff helping war refugees to become self sufficient. To hear Musk slandering ELCA charities as “money laundering” organizations is just despicable.

Found it. [Couldn't find name of this artist; whoever created it is genius]

Bracing myself for when the Eye of Sauron inevitably tires of blowing up humanitarian protections and international order, and shifts its destructive death ray to our endangered species, sensitive lands, migratory birds and the reproductive freedom of my own daughter. I will struggle… and then plan.

Before and after reading news these days, stay calm by watching fish: