Jason Dove Mark
@jasondovemark.bsky.social
Former EIC of Sierra; former editor of Earth Island Journal. Author of Satellites in the High Country, currently working on a book about shifting baseline syndrome. Lily's Dad. Gardener + Hiker. Posts = ill-considered opinions.
Watch this space. From Utah to Minnesota, Republicans are using something called the Congressional Review Act to undo public lands protections, as @lkbotts.bsky.social reports
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This Backdoor Legislative Tool Could Unravel Public Lands
Congress continues effort to erase protections for America’s shared lands and waters
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February 11, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Watch this space. From Utah to Minnesota, Republicans are using something called the Congressional Review Act to undo public lands protections, as @lkbotts.bsky.social reports
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/backd...
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/backd...
Boy how I'd love to see Jia Tolentino write a response-rebuttal to this ...
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Opinion | Marijuana Is Everywhere. That’s a Problem.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Boy how I'd love to see Jia Tolentino write a response-rebuttal to this ...
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Descartes was wrong. More of this, please:
"The origin of consciousness is with feelings, not thoughts. Feelings are the language in which the body talks to the brain."
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"The origin of consciousness is with feelings, not thoughts. Feelings are the language in which the body talks to the brain."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/m...
Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change
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February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Descartes was wrong. More of this, please:
"The origin of consciousness is with feelings, not thoughts. Feelings are the language in which the body talks to the brain."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/m...
"The origin of consciousness is with feelings, not thoughts. Feelings are the language in which the body talks to the brain."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/m...
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At stake in a Senate vote this week is an irreplaceable treasure—America’s most visited wilderness—and the thriving economy of northern Minnesota. We’ll lose both if the Senate votes to let a Chilean company to mine at the region’s edge. This is personal to my family. www.nrdc.org/stories/sena...
Senate Vote Will Decide Fate of the Boundary Waters
The U.S. Senate will vote this week on whether to allow dangerous sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness—a place where my family’s roots go back mo...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
At stake in a Senate vote this week is an irreplaceable treasure—America’s most visited wilderness—and the thriving economy of northern Minnesota. We’ll lose both if the Senate votes to let a Chilean company to mine at the region’s edge. This is personal to my family. www.nrdc.org/stories/sena...
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Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.
Air pollution deaths attributable to fossil fuels: observational and modelling study
Objectives To estimate all cause and cause specific deaths that are attributable to fossil fuel related air pollution and to assess potential health benefits from policies that replace fossil fuels wi...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.
I’ll admit that I didn’t have “Hims and Hers” going full Luigi Mangione on my Super Bowl bingo card …
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I’ll admit that I didn’t have “Hims and Hers” going full Luigi Mangione on my Super Bowl bingo card …
Also: I’ve always thought Hers and Him is creepy, but the Bernie Bro vibe of that ad was dope
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Also: I’ve always thought Hers and Him is creepy, but the Bernie Bro vibe of that ad was dope
I have to say, as someone who has spent some time in church, I really liked the Jesus ad with the eco overtone
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I have to say, as someone who has spent some time in church, I really liked the Jesus ad with the eco overtone
That “get your handle now” AI ad made this whole room cringe…
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
That “get your handle now” AI ad made this whole room cringe…
I’d like to know how many lost pets are “found daily” with those analog posters on neighborhood poles. I’ll bet you it’s more than the corporate surveillance company’s “one.”
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I’d like to know how many lost pets are “found daily” with those analog posters on neighborhood poles. I’ll bet you it’s more than the corporate surveillance company’s “one.”
Wait, wut?! That little boy Bad Bunny gave his Grammy to was Liam Ramos?
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Wait, wut?! That little boy Bad Bunny gave his Grammy to was Liam Ramos?
Wait. Claude’s motto is “Keep Thinking”? … I believe what they mean to say is: “Outsource Your Thinking to Us.”
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Wait. Claude’s motto is “Keep Thinking”? … I believe what they mean to say is: “Outsource Your Thinking to Us.”
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A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
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A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
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Thinking today of this statement Bezos made in 2019, when the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with compromising photos. See the highlighted portion below, about his "unswerving" support of The Post's mission.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Thinking today of this statement Bezos made in 2019, when the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with compromising photos. See the highlighted portion below, about his "unswerving" support of The Post's mission.
medium.com/@jeffreypbez...
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This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Washington Post
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
BREAKING: The Washington Post
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
Komo Kulshan (aka Mt Baker) never ceases to impress me… but there is waaay to little snow on those mountains for the first week of Feb!!
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Komo Kulshan (aka Mt Baker) never ceases to impress me… but there is waaay to little snow on those mountains for the first week of Feb!!
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The cuts at The Washington Post are making me sick to my stomach… including but not limited to the axing of the Books section …
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The cuts at The Washington Post are making me sick to my stomach… including but not limited to the axing of the Books section …
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No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
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Trump's cuts to the Park Service are undermining one of the greatest habitat restoration projects in the Pacific Northwest. Here, folks I interviewed at the heart of this story give an eye-opening look at what it all really means:
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Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Iconic Salmon Restoration Project • The Revelator
A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Trump's cuts to the Park Service are undermining one of the greatest habitat restoration projects in the Pacific Northwest. Here, folks I interviewed at the heart of this story give an eye-opening look at what it all really means:
therevelator.org/elwha-trump-...
therevelator.org/elwha-trump-...