W. P. Mueller
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W. P. Mueller
@wpmueller.bsky.social
Ornithologist/environmentalist focused on biodiversity conservation and ethical behavior toward all of life; Emeritus Director of Lake Michigan Bird Observatory, in Wisconsin, USA. (He, him). Born at 310.7 ppm carbon in the atmosphere.
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🐺 Feral Lines, a collection of four rewilding-themed tales, has been narrated for The Ecological Citizen’s YouTube channel.

Watch here:
youtu.be/QZWLnLtS_XE?...

Read the stories: ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/epub-15...

#EcoFiction #RewildingStories #EcoLit
Feral Lines - Rewilding Fiction
YouTube video by The Ecological Citizen
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February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Making America Stagnate Again
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Making America Stagnate Again
Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew?
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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I highly recommend this conversation with Barack Obama, in part because he's so calm and his ideas are so practical and reasonable.

However, you might consider listening to it on an app that enables you to listen to it at 1.5 or 2x speed - Barack speaks almost painfully slowly and deliberately.😄
Barack Obama BREAKS SILENCE on Trump's ape video, Bad Bunny, and 2028 election
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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The transition from the alpine* back to the subalpine at 12,000’. In the far distance is the actual South Park. *foreground

#Fallback to August 16 🌿
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Did I hear someone say #mammalmonday? 🌿
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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1/5 Mammal Monday: Meet the Stone Marten (𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘢 )

Ever heard mysterious footsteps in the attic at night? In many parts of Europe, the culprit might be the stone marten — one of the most adaptable small carnivores.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍

Photos: © janconl, CC-BY-SA, iNaturalist
February 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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"Marine-based sectors in East Antarctica, representing ~5 m of potential sea-level rise, are at risk of losing stability at 2–5 °C."
Not one #TippingPoint — a network of them. The clock is ticking.
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
Antarctica isn’t one big tipping point.

New research maps 18 separate ice basins, each with its own threshold. Some in West Antarctica may tip at just ~1–2C warming (i.e close to today’s levels).

Cross the line, and you commit to m’s of sea-level rise over centuries

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming - Nature Climate Change
Climate change threatens the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here the authors show that individual drainage basins have different thresholds and loss patterns, suggesting the need to consider the d...
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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More energy news as a bribery trial begins in Ohio for two former utility executives and burning trash and wood for electricity can now qualify as carbon-free in Minnesota.

www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/10/m...
Michigan accuses oil companies of blocking EVs, inflating power costs - Great Lakes Now
More energy news as a bribery trial begins in Ohio for two former utility executives and burning trash and wood for electricity can now qualify as carbon-free in Minnesota.
www.greatlakesnow.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM