Jackee Alston she/her
@jackeealston.bsky.social
Past lives: wildlife biologist, backcountry ranger, grant writer, columnist. Now: botany professor, novelist, farmer/florist, Master Gardener, and mom to 3. Let's be lights amid the darkness!
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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The last person who should be in charge of releasing the names of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplices is Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend. That’s like putting a bank robber in charge of guarding the vault, you don’t let the fox write the guest list for the henhouse.
July 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The last person who should be in charge of releasing the names of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplices is Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend. That’s like putting a bank robber in charge of guarding the vault, you don’t let the fox write the guest list for the henhouse.
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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
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A couple of fun stats from Tesla's quarterly earning report:
Revenue from auto sales down 21.5% compared to same quarter last year, that's a loss of $3.53B
Operating expenses increased 9.1% - mostly in R&D
Net income dropped 70.1% - there's a lot going on that led to this, not just auto sales.
Revenue from auto sales down 21.5% compared to same quarter last year, that's a loss of $3.53B
Operating expenses increased 9.1% - mostly in R&D
Net income dropped 70.1% - there's a lot going on that led to this, not just auto sales.
April 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A couple of fun stats from Tesla's quarterly earning report:
Revenue from auto sales down 21.5% compared to same quarter last year, that's a loss of $3.53B
Operating expenses increased 9.1% - mostly in R&D
Net income dropped 70.1% - there's a lot going on that led to this, not just auto sales.
Revenue from auto sales down 21.5% compared to same quarter last year, that's a loss of $3.53B
Operating expenses increased 9.1% - mostly in R&D
Net income dropped 70.1% - there's a lot going on that led to this, not just auto sales.
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April 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Fascist Plybk Dirty Dozen
✔️ Control messaging
✔️Cause fear
✔️Create a common enemy
✔️ Surround self w/ loyalists
✔️Remake party in own image
✔️Create cult of identity
✔️Include outsider w/ $$$
✔️Dismantle Infrastructure
✔️Marginalize voting power
✔️Remove checks & balances
✔️Silence educational institutions
✔️ Control messaging
✔️Cause fear
✔️Create a common enemy
✔️ Surround self w/ loyalists
✔️Remake party in own image
✔️Create cult of identity
✔️Include outsider w/ $$$
✔️Dismantle Infrastructure
✔️Marginalize voting power
✔️Remove checks & balances
✔️Silence educational institutions
March 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fascist Plybk Dirty Dozen
✔️ Control messaging
✔️Cause fear
✔️Create a common enemy
✔️ Surround self w/ loyalists
✔️Remake party in own image
✔️Create cult of identity
✔️Include outsider w/ $$$
✔️Dismantle Infrastructure
✔️Marginalize voting power
✔️Remove checks & balances
✔️Silence educational institutions
✔️ Control messaging
✔️Cause fear
✔️Create a common enemy
✔️ Surround self w/ loyalists
✔️Remake party in own image
✔️Create cult of identity
✔️Include outsider w/ $$$
✔️Dismantle Infrastructure
✔️Marginalize voting power
✔️Remove checks & balances
✔️Silence educational institutions
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And that’s on that 😌
AOC: One thing I love about Arizonans is that you all have shown that if a US Senator isn’t fighting hard enough for you, you’re not afraid to replace her with one who will.
March 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
And that’s on that 😌
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A contagious, fatal illness in deer, elk and moose has slowly taken hold in the US and is now reaching other countries – with potentially devastating effects on human health.
‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A contagious, fatal illness in deer, elk and moose has slowly taken hold in the US and is now reaching other countries – with potentially devastating effects on human health.
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You know what I despise most about MAGA hate mail?
It's just incoherent. 99.99% of MAGA complaints are a farrago of terrible grammar, lurid recountings of utterly fictional sins against the Umber Demon, and pointless rage.
They read like a kind of Mad Libs for window-lickers.
It's just incoherent. 99.99% of MAGA complaints are a farrago of terrible grammar, lurid recountings of utterly fictional sins against the Umber Demon, and pointless rage.
They read like a kind of Mad Libs for window-lickers.
March 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You know what I despise most about MAGA hate mail?
It's just incoherent. 99.99% of MAGA complaints are a farrago of terrible grammar, lurid recountings of utterly fictional sins against the Umber Demon, and pointless rage.
They read like a kind of Mad Libs for window-lickers.
It's just incoherent. 99.99% of MAGA complaints are a farrago of terrible grammar, lurid recountings of utterly fictional sins against the Umber Demon, and pointless rage.
They read like a kind of Mad Libs for window-lickers.
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While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.
This is why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn't
While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.
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Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles
The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.
www.worldwildlife.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
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Tesla stock down 4.8% today for a loss of $38.5B in value! Totals since Dec 2024: decrease of 50.4% for loss of $778B in value. Musk's loss just based on his Tesla stock since Dec 2024 is $100B!
March 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tesla stock down 4.8% today for a loss of $38.5B in value! Totals since Dec 2024: decrease of 50.4% for loss of $778B in value. Musk's loss just based on his Tesla stock since Dec 2024 is $100B!
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Climate change has impacted virtually every part of life in Greenland. The tradition of dogsledding illustrates just one aspect of what's at risk for the island as the Earth warms.
How Greenland's cherished sled dog tradition is threatened by climate change
Climate change has impacted virtually every part of life in Greenland. The tradition of dogsledding illustrates just one aspect of what's at risk for the island as the Earth warms.
www.npr.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Climate change has impacted virtually every part of life in Greenland. The tradition of dogsledding illustrates just one aspect of what's at risk for the island as the Earth warms.
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Because I think we could all use a bit of positive news right now: Megan Follows, who starred in the 1985 Anne of Green Gables mini-series adaptation, is now set to star as Lucy Maud Montgomery in a new series.
variety.com/2025/tv/glob...
variety.com/2025/tv/glob...
‘Anne of Green Gables’ Star Megan Follows to Play Its Author Lucy Maud Montgomery in Series ‘Lucy. Maud’ (EXCLUSIVE)
‘Anne of Green Gables’ star Megan Follows to play its author Lucy Maud Montgomery in upcoming title, pitched at Berlin’s Co-Pro Series.
variety.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Because I think we could all use a bit of positive news right now: Megan Follows, who starred in the 1985 Anne of Green Gables mini-series adaptation, is now set to star as Lucy Maud Montgomery in a new series.
variety.com/2025/tv/glob...
variety.com/2025/tv/glob...
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I need to find my sun spot of contentment after watching what's going on in the White House. Thanks to those who post beautiful wildlife art here to help me find happiness still!
March 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I need to find my sun spot of contentment after watching what's going on in the White House. Thanks to those who post beautiful wildlife art here to help me find happiness still!
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Here's what the idiots in the White House utterly fail to comprehend. They and the US came out of that argument weaker. Zelensky came out stronger, with Europe rallying behind Ukraine more than before. They came out looking like petulant idiots; he came out looking like a leader with integrity.
February 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here's what the idiots in the White House utterly fail to comprehend. They and the US came out of that argument weaker. Zelensky came out stronger, with Europe rallying behind Ukraine more than before. They came out looking like petulant idiots; he came out looking like a leader with integrity.
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Putin and Russia are the bad guys.
Zelensky and Ukraine are the good guys.
Trump has us siding with the bad guys.
This is like if Roosevelt told Churchill that if he’d just let Hitler have the rest of Europe, everything will be fine.
Zelensky and Ukraine are the good guys.
Trump has us siding with the bad guys.
This is like if Roosevelt told Churchill that if he’d just let Hitler have the rest of Europe, everything will be fine.
February 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Putin and Russia are the bad guys.
Zelensky and Ukraine are the good guys.
Trump has us siding with the bad guys.
This is like if Roosevelt told Churchill that if he’d just let Hitler have the rest of Europe, everything will be fine.
Zelensky and Ukraine are the good guys.
Trump has us siding with the bad guys.
This is like if Roosevelt told Churchill that if he’d just let Hitler have the rest of Europe, everything will be fine.
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...