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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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The resistance always grows.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The resistance always grows.
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The thing that depresses me about Trumpism is that 2009-15, however imperfect, felt like positive incremental change. Reading this, all I can think about is how Steve King felt real repercussions for his racism in 2020. Schmitt won’t get stripped of committees for this. Because it’s mainstream now.
man. if Eric Schmitt's speech to NatCon isn't a sign of the times, i don't know what is
!["America is not a 'universal nation.' ... [American] principles are not abstractions. They are living, breathing things — rooted in a people and embodied in a way of life."
Senator Eric Schmitt got a standing ovation at Nat Con DC for saying America as a nation is the property of a distinct ethnic people.
Americans are a mix of “the most adventurous, the most courageous, the most curious and innovative” of the English, Scotch-Irish, and continental Europeans, who came as settlers and have spent hundreds of years building, fighting, and dying for "a homeland for themselves and their descendants."
"We’re a nation of settlers, explorers, and pioneers — born on the ocean waters that carried the first ships to our shores and forged in the crucible of a wild frontier. Our people tamed a continent, built a civilization from the wilderness, and wrote our nation’s name in history.
"Our ancestors were driven here by destiny, possessed by urgent and fiery conviction, by burning belief, devoted to their cause and their God."
"The Continental Army soldiers dying of frostbite at Valley Forge, Pilgrims struggling to survive in the hard winter soil of Plymouth, pioneers striking out from Missouri for the wild and dangerous frontier, [and] outnumbered Kentucky settlers, repelling wave after wave of Indian war band attacks from behind their stockade walls, would be astonished to hear that they were only fighting for a 'proposition.'
"They believed they were forging a nation — a homeland for themselves and their descendants."
"America, in all its glory, is their gift to us, handed down across the generations.
"It belongs to us. It’s our birthright, our heritage, our destiny.
"If America is everything and everyone, then it is nothing and no one at all."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreif3x7re3lubuj7kzurj3ayotcnq2l46kwb2p5hp2zid2dagzth5nu@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The thing that depresses me about Trumpism is that 2009-15, however imperfect, felt like positive incremental change. Reading this, all I can think about is how Steve King felt real repercussions for his racism in 2020. Schmitt won’t get stripped of committees for this. Because it’s mainstream now.
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Little trail buddy, I admire you from a safe distance 🤎
Great Basin Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lutosus)
🌿
Great Basin Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lutosus)
🌿
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Little trail buddy, I admire you from a safe distance 🤎
Great Basin Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lutosus)
🌿
Great Basin Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lutosus)
🌿
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@nvpyromelana.bsky.social
Thought youd enjoy the color & abberations on this timber rattler from this guy on xitter..
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Thought youd enjoy the color & abberations on this timber rattler from this guy on xitter..
x.com/StanWillenbr...
June 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@nvpyromelana.bsky.social
Thought youd enjoy the color & abberations on this timber rattler from this guy on xitter..
x.com/StanWillenbr...
Thought youd enjoy the color & abberations on this timber rattler from this guy on xitter..
x.com/StanWillenbr...
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Where’s your natural spaces & wild places?
Call our representatives. Protect and preserve our public lands.
These lands belong to you and me.
Call our representatives. Protect and preserve our public lands.
These lands belong to you and me.
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Where’s your natural spaces & wild places?
Call our representatives. Protect and preserve our public lands.
These lands belong to you and me.
Call our representatives. Protect and preserve our public lands.
These lands belong to you and me.
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Thank you, @rheisman.bsky.social for writing this piece about the BBL and BBS at USGS!
therevelator.org/trump-vs-bir...
therevelator.org/trump-vs-bir...
Trump vs. Birds: Proposed Budget Eliminates Critical Research Programs • The Revelator
Experts say there’s “no substitute” for the Bird Banding Laboratory or the Breeding Bird Survey, which help reveal the health and status of avian populations across the country.
therevelator.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thank you, @rheisman.bsky.social for writing this piece about the BBL and BBS at USGS!
therevelator.org/trump-vs-bir...
therevelator.org/trump-vs-bir...
June 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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I failed! You failed! We ALL failed. Now MARCH your butts to my workshop we are going to COLOR about it.
(And strategically plan and do serious hard thinking about it, but art supplies are also part of the whole process).
(And strategically plan and do serious hard thinking about it, but art supplies are also part of the whole process).
June 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I failed! You failed! We ALL failed. Now MARCH your butts to my workshop we are going to COLOR about it.
(And strategically plan and do serious hard thinking about it, but art supplies are also part of the whole process).
(And strategically plan and do serious hard thinking about it, but art supplies are also part of the whole process).
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Adding a slide at the end of my talk that is the most tough-love I've ever put in a science communication talk. The ones who get it in the audience will get it. I don't know who at this point is still lying to themselves about the reality we're living through in US science. We'll see how it lands.
June 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Adding a slide at the end of my talk that is the most tough-love I've ever put in a science communication talk. The ones who get it in the audience will get it. I don't know who at this point is still lying to themselves about the reality we're living through in US science. We'll see how it lands.
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While we are all reeling from the budget and its major cuts to NASA, NIH, USGS, etc. I want to also draw attention to this little nugget about State Wildlife Grants, which is the mechanism for funding State Wildlife Action Plans. Eliminating SWG will destroy state natural resource agencies.
May 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
While we are all reeling from the budget and its major cuts to NASA, NIH, USGS, etc. I want to also draw attention to this little nugget about State Wildlife Grants, which is the mechanism for funding State Wildlife Action Plans. Eliminating SWG will destroy state natural resource agencies.
Pronghorn with wheeler park and doso Doyabi in the background.
April 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Pronghorn with wheeler park and doso Doyabi in the background.
Desert striped whipsnake
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Desert striped whipsnake
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Our new paper was just published on the survival of feral pigs 🐖in the presence of cougars 🦁. Juvenile mortality was mostly due to predation & road kill, not so for adults.
This is part of Mitch's PhD work with CDFW, NWRC, & DoD. We should have more soon! 🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is part of Mitch's PhD work with CDFW, NWRC, & DoD. We should have more soon! 🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Our new paper was just published on the survival of feral pigs 🐖in the presence of cougars 🦁. Juvenile mortality was mostly due to predation & road kill, not so for adults.
This is part of Mitch's PhD work with CDFW, NWRC, & DoD. We should have more soon! 🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is part of Mitch's PhD work with CDFW, NWRC, & DoD. We should have more soon! 🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A Costa Rican Coral Snake (Micrurus mosquitensis) encountered as it crossed a road at night. These snakes primarily eat other snakes and spend much of their time hunting under cover - under leaf litter, logs, soil, etc. A seriously venomous species but not aggressive. #herps #NaturePhotography 🌿
November 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
A Costa Rican Coral Snake (Micrurus mosquitensis) encountered as it crossed a road at night. These snakes primarily eat other snakes and spend much of their time hunting under cover - under leaf litter, logs, soil, etc. A seriously venomous species but not aggressive. #herps #NaturePhotography 🌿
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One of my best snake photos.
November 26, 2024 at 1:00 AM
One of my best snake photos.
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I'm out here basking with my tree lizard friend. Not even paying attention to the hummingbird dogfights happenening 3 feet from my head.
November 22, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I'm out here basking with my tree lizard friend. Not even paying attention to the hummingbird dogfights happenening 3 feet from my head.
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All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost
A golden Van Dyke's Salamander (Plethodon vandykei) at home in a rainforest canyon in the south Cascade Mountains of Washington state
#herps #fieldherping #herpetology #nature #wildlife
Not all those who wander are lost
A golden Van Dyke's Salamander (Plethodon vandykei) at home in a rainforest canyon in the south Cascade Mountains of Washington state
#herps #fieldherping #herpetology #nature #wildlife
November 23, 2024 at 2:34 AM
All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost
A golden Van Dyke's Salamander (Plethodon vandykei) at home in a rainforest canyon in the south Cascade Mountains of Washington state
#herps #fieldherping #herpetology #nature #wildlife
Not all those who wander are lost
A golden Van Dyke's Salamander (Plethodon vandykei) at home in a rainforest canyon in the south Cascade Mountains of Washington state
#herps #fieldherping #herpetology #nature #wildlife
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Well, it's time to give Bluesky a shot. Here is one of my all-time favorite bucket list photographs.
Beacons of the North
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) and the Northern Lights.
#snake #herpetology #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
Beacons of the North
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) and the Northern Lights.
#snake #herpetology #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
November 21, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Well, it's time to give Bluesky a shot. Here is one of my all-time favorite bucket list photographs.
Beacons of the North
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) and the Northern Lights.
#snake #herpetology #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
Beacons of the North
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) and the Northern Lights.
#snake #herpetology #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
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Big peer-reviewed study published today: "USA-Mexico border wall impedes wildlife movement."
Researchers found an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings where walls were built and a 100% reduction crossings of large animals like mountain lions, deer & bears.
READ: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Researchers found an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings where walls were built and a 100% reduction crossings of large animals like mountain lions, deer & bears.
READ: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
November 21, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Big peer-reviewed study published today: "USA-Mexico border wall impedes wildlife movement."
Researchers found an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings where walls were built and a 100% reduction crossings of large animals like mountain lions, deer & bears.
READ: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Researchers found an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings where walls were built and a 100% reduction crossings of large animals like mountain lions, deer & bears.
READ: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
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Please keep me updated if you know any other carnivore ecologists that just joined 🦋 so I can add them to the Starter Pack!
go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
November 19, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Please keep me updated if you know any other carnivore ecologists that just joined 🦋 so I can add them to the Starter Pack!
go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
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