Inyalowda
@inyalowda.bsky.social
A Legitimate Salvage
Conservation ecology | Social ecology | Geographic information systems | Leftist | Baseball | Earther | he/him
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Inyalowda
@inyalowda.bsky.social
· May 20
"I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest."
~ John Buchan
Sunset, near Le Croisic (1890)
🎨 Ferdinand du Puigaudeau
~ John Buchan
Sunset, near Le Croisic (1890)
🎨 Ferdinand du Puigaudeau
I had the chance to visit Neat Coffee in Costa Mesa and meet with owner Ally Garvin to hear how Trump’s tariffs, which have caused a 14.5% increase in coffee prices, are impacting her business.
Trump’s tax increases on imported goods are illegal and they are harming America.
Trump’s tax increases on imported goods are illegal and they are harming America.
February 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Reposted by Inyalowda
For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
The mass market paperback is vanishing
The mass market paperback — born in 1935, boomed after WWII — is vanishing from airports, drugstores, and groceries.
boingboing.net
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
"Unmet deadlines and empty ultimatums have been business as usual on the river for years. Decades of falling reservoir levels & clear warnings from scientists about global warming and drought have prompted . . . little in the way of permanent change in how water is used in the Colorado River Basin."
The coming failure of Glen Canyon Dam - High Country News
While the seven Colorado River Basin states try to reach agreement over how to divvy up diminishing flows in the Colorado River, another crisis lies in the design of Glen Canyon Dam, which is perilous...
www.hcn.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"Unmet deadlines and empty ultimatums have been business as usual on the river for years. Decades of falling reservoir levels & clear warnings from scientists about global warming and drought have prompted . . . little in the way of permanent change in how water is used in the Colorado River Basin."
It's better to regret something you have done, instead of something you haven't done.
February 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It's better to regret something you have done, instead of something you haven't done.
A picture's worth a thousand victims.
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
A picture's worth a thousand victims.
"Of all the sniveling, lying, vicious-tongued old harridans!" - Sewell Ford, "Shorty McCabe On The Job"
Bondi is trying to run out the clock on Massie's questioning by talking over him
February 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"Of all the sniveling, lying, vicious-tongued old harridans!" - Sewell Ford, "Shorty McCabe On The Job"
Ready to destroy our closest trading relationships based on his embrace of 19th century mercantilism.
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Ready to destroy our closest trading relationships based on his embrace of 19th century mercantilism.
Reposted by Inyalowda
Guitarfish (🦈-like rays) are one of the most threatened groups of vertebrates, widely caught as bycatch
Mitigation of fishing gear can help address this
Interesting new study👇 shows simple💡can reduce shark & ray bycatch (inc guitarfish) - with no significant effect on overall catch of bony 🐟
Mitigation of fishing gear can help address this
Interesting new study👇 shows simple💡can reduce shark & ray bycatch (inc guitarfish) - with no significant effect on overall catch of bony 🐟
Artificial light reduces elasmobranch bycatch in gillnets across multiple wavelengths and taxonomic groups | "net illumination can reduce catch rates of a diverse array of elasmobranchs while revealing taxonomic-specific responses between bony and cartilaginous fishes" doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Artificial light reduces elasmobranch bycatch in gillnets across multiple wavelengths and taxonomic groups
Globally, the incidental capture of non-target species (bycatch) in fisheries has been linked to declines of ecologically, economically, and culturall…
doi.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Guitarfish (🦈-like rays) are one of the most threatened groups of vertebrates, widely caught as bycatch
Mitigation of fishing gear can help address this
Interesting new study👇 shows simple💡can reduce shark & ray bycatch (inc guitarfish) - with no significant effect on overall catch of bony 🐟
Mitigation of fishing gear can help address this
Interesting new study👇 shows simple💡can reduce shark & ray bycatch (inc guitarfish) - with no significant effect on overall catch of bony 🐟
Reposted by Inyalowda
The vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal, with only an estimated 10 individuals remaining
Now Mexico considers shrinking protected areas for endangered vaquita porpoise a move that will finish them off
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/mexi...
Now Mexico considers shrinking protected areas for endangered vaquita porpoise a move that will finish them off
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/mexi...
Mexico considers shrinking protected areas for endangered vaquita porpoise
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials have proposed scaling back fishing regulations meant to protect a narrow stretch of ocean home to the last 10 remaining vaquitas, the world’s smallest species of porpoi...
news.mongabay.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal, with only an estimated 10 individuals remaining
Now Mexico considers shrinking protected areas for endangered vaquita porpoise a move that will finish them off
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/mexi...
Now Mexico considers shrinking protected areas for endangered vaquita porpoise a move that will finish them off
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/mexi...
Reposted by Inyalowda
Key point here is "manly jobs," construction and certain types of manufacturing, are also down. MAGA story has been: Immigrants taking jobs of US young men, who as a result are suffering social crisis in hollowed out towns. Deport immigrants and young men will flourish.
But it's all collapsing.
But it's all collapsing.
MAGA dimwit Peter Navarro accidentally admitted Trump-MAGA's claim about immigrants taking jobs is a scam. And as @pkrugman.bsky.social notes, not only is job growth down; *manufacturing* jobs are also down. The whole MAGA story is in collapse.
Our exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Our exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Key point here is "manly jobs," construction and certain types of manufacturing, are also down. MAGA story has been: Immigrants taking jobs of US young men, who as a result are suffering social crisis in hollowed out towns. Deport immigrants and young men will flourish.
But it's all collapsing.
But it's all collapsing.
It’s for people who want to feel superior to others, in other words, WSJ’s core readers.
February 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
It’s for people who want to feel superior to others, in other words, WSJ’s core readers.
I didn’t have “Thomas Massie, Resistor” on my Trump 2.0 bingo card.
Massie’s still a gun fetishist Christian nationalist, but he does stick to his principles, even the non-insane ones.
Massie’s still a gun fetishist Christian nationalist, but he does stick to his principles, even the non-insane ones.
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I didn’t have “Thomas Massie, Resistor” on my Trump 2.0 bingo card.
Massie’s still a gun fetishist Christian nationalist, but he does stick to his principles, even the non-insane ones.
Massie’s still a gun fetishist Christian nationalist, but he does stick to his principles, even the non-insane ones.
Deadly toxic masculinity.
Cisgender men commit 98% of all mass shootings.
Their gender is never a focus when discussing their murderous actions.
This is and has been a focused attack, and promoting of even more violence, towards Trans people.
Their gender is never a focus when discussing their murderous actions.
This is and has been a focused attack, and promoting of even more violence, towards Trans people.
February 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Deadly toxic masculinity.
Reposted by Inyalowda
When we trawled data on excess nitrate & phosphate pollution (key drivers of algal blooms) we found agriculture was the primary source in rural areas, sewage in urban areas. As Chowns says, to save our rivers, we need to tackle both.
share.google/bLY8yWL1AeIQ...
share.google/bLY8yWL1AeIQ...
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
When we trawled data on excess nitrate & phosphate pollution (key drivers of algal blooms) we found agriculture was the primary source in rural areas, sewage in urban areas. As Chowns says, to save our rivers, we need to tackle both.
share.google/bLY8yWL1AeIQ...
share.google/bLY8yWL1AeIQ...
Your final score:
Ham Sandwiches . . . 6
Trump DOJ . . . 0
Ham Sandwiches . . . 6
Trump DOJ . . . 0
BREAKING: @carolleonnig.bsky.social reports a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. declined to indict Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin on charges of seditious conspiracy Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the proceedings.
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Your final score:
Ham Sandwiches . . . 6
Trump DOJ . . . 0
Ham Sandwiches . . . 6
Trump DOJ . . . 0
"In numerous emails and memorandums viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns” in an effort to support ICE’s immigration enforcement activities across the US."
Security state.😒
Security state.😒
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
"In numerous emails and memorandums viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns” in an effort to support ICE’s immigration enforcement activities across the US."
Security state.😒
Security state.😒
Reposted by Inyalowda
Unsealed: Affidavit behind FBI raid of Fulton County, Georgia, election office appears to rely on false, debunked claims about 2020 election
Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Unsealed: Affidavit behind FBI raid of Fulton County, Georgia, election office appears to rely on false, debunked claims about 2020 election
MAGA in a nutshell:
The endless whining about not being placed at the center of the universe at all times is self-degrading.
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 AM
MAGA in a nutshell:
"Oh say can you see?
"Me, me, me, me, me, me!"
Self-absorption now, self-absorption always.
"Me, me, me, me, me, me!"
Self-absorption now, self-absorption always.
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"Oh say can you see?
"Me, me, me, me, me, me!"
Self-absorption now, self-absorption always.
"Me, me, me, me, me, me!"
Self-absorption now, self-absorption always.
Go Birds!
(See, it's all purpose!)
(See, it's all purpose!)
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Go Birds!
(See, it's all purpose!)
(See, it's all purpose!)
Oh. c'mon! I've seen Claude eat. Extra fries EVERY time! That's money in the bank!
[trundles off to sports book]
[trundles off to sports book]
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Oh. c'mon! I've seen Claude eat. Extra fries EVERY time! That's money in the bank!
[trundles off to sports book]
[trundles off to sports book]
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some wear puffy jackets and paddle a kayak.
Some wear puffy jackets and paddle a kayak.
This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some wear puffy jackets and paddle a kayak.
Some wear puffy jackets and paddle a kayak.
My barista daughter busted up.
February 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
My barista daughter busted up.