The Amtrak Surfliner is a national treasure.

Ohio's cutting funding for hunger assistance and student meal support but is finding money for the wealthy owners of the Cleveland Browns.
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Cinnamon Teal drake showing off his gorgeous colors.
#birds #flyday #fridayflyday #naturephotography #wildbirds #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha

Happy National Pet Day to Todd & thanks to our friends at Wags & Walks for bringing him into our lives.

Mystic River. Trondheim, Norway. May 2019.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

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The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins are both great—but which OSU RB should be drafted first? @benjaminsolak.bsky.social and I discussed the top skill players in the draft on the pod.

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NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.

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Even though Trump backed off on some of the tariffs – seeing that it would lead us to economic calamity – the ones that are still in place will cost the average American family $4,700/year.

What a ridiculous and cruel policy.

Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":

"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."

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You know you're being too chatty when you get the "talk to the hand" gesture from a baby great horned owl.

#owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #birding #nikon #greathornedowl

The Trump administration will end temporary protections for more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon, putting them on track for deportation in May and June, Department of Homeland Security officials said on Friday.

Despite the importance of #publiclands, members of #Congress are now proposing to sell off these lands.

🔗 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀.

#TAKEACTION #conservation #wildlife #democracymatters #bluecrew #nationalparks omit

They are obviously slow learners