bugdoc.bsky.social
@bugdoc.bsky.social
entomologist, tropical conservation, permaculture, soapberry bugs
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It’s not too late to show up, many protests are still getting started, and we’re already over 2 million+. Today has been incredible. Small towns across America doubled or even tripled their turnout compared to 4/5. Way to go! We never expected these small towns to show up with this kind of force!
April 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It’s not too late to show up, many protests are still getting started, and we’re already over 2 million+. Today has been incredible. Small towns across America doubled or even tripled their turnout compared to 4/5. Way to go! We never expected these small towns to show up with this kind of force!
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Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”
April 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”
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Here’s why the US research system is uniquely valuable, and what stands to be lost
https://go.nature.com/42tSfrd
https://go.nature.com/42tSfrd
How the United States became a science superpower — and how quickly it could crumble
US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth.
go.nature.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here’s why the US research system is uniquely valuable, and what stands to be lost
https://go.nature.com/42tSfrd
https://go.nature.com/42tSfrd
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The suit attributed the increased death rate to the department’s wastewater discharge regulations, which allowed pollution of the North Indian River Lagoon and killed seagrasses used as a food source for manatees.
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The suit attributed the increased death rate to the department’s wastewater discharge regulations, which allowed pollution of the North Indian River Lagoon and killed seagrasses used as a food source for manatees.
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In a decision last Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) violated the Endangered Species Act, resulting in the starvation deaths of threatened manatees. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In a decision last Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) violated the Endangered Species Act, resulting in the starvation deaths of threatened manatees. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday
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www.politico.com/news/2025/04... not good
‘Really bad’ — California braces for a tariff reckoning
A clampdown on international trade could wreak billions of dollars worth of havoc and undercut the state’s commanding position in the global economy.
www.politico.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
www.politico.com/news/2025/04... not good
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result.
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result.
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
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If you venture into the dappled shade of an ancient woodland or tread the damp grass of a wildflower meadow, you’re more likely to see the native Wild Daffodil - which is smaller & daintier than most of the garden varieties
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March 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If you venture into the dappled shade of an ancient woodland or tread the damp grass of a wildflower meadow, you’re more likely to see the native Wild Daffodil - which is smaller & daintier than most of the garden varieties
buff.ly/u28X7UR
buff.ly/u28X7UR
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The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
March 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
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entomologytoday.org/2025/03/05/f... @entsocamerica.bsky.social Thank you for highlighting the importance of #entomology #research and how it’s so important to food and national security
The Far-Reaching Harms of Cuts to Entomological Research, Part 1
Pretending that federal cuts to entomological research will save money is like deciding to save on farming costs by not buying seeds—you're cutting the very foundation of future growth and productivit...
entomologytoday.org
March 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
entomologytoday.org/2025/03/05/f... @entsocamerica.bsky.social Thank you for highlighting the importance of #entomology #research and how it’s so important to food and national security
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If you use Venmo or CashApp and don't want to get scammed, listen up.
March 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you use Venmo or CashApp and don't want to get scammed, listen up.
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DOGE has seized access to huge troves of sensitive personal and national security information – and can’t even set up its own website securely.
When DOGE fails to protect that data, it puts us all in danger.
@repstansbury.bsky.social, @connolly.house.gov and I are pushing back.
When DOGE fails to protect that data, it puts us all in danger.
@repstansbury.bsky.social, @connolly.house.gov and I are pushing back.
March 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
DOGE has seized access to huge troves of sensitive personal and national security information – and can’t even set up its own website securely.
When DOGE fails to protect that data, it puts us all in danger.
@repstansbury.bsky.social, @connolly.house.gov and I are pushing back.
When DOGE fails to protect that data, it puts us all in danger.
@repstansbury.bsky.social, @connolly.house.gov and I are pushing back.
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Your silence will not save you.
The people in power intend to completely annihilate scientific infrastructure, capacity, & research in the US. No institution will be spared if its mission is to advance science.
Everyone is already a target, whether you speak up or not. So, institutions, consider speaking up.
Everyone is already a target, whether you speak up or not. So, institutions, consider speaking up.
March 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Your silence will not save you.
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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Democracies stand with Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
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Did u know? If you get negativity about your no-mow lawns this season, just now paths through & around & folks will understand that your wilderness is a deliberate act to help restore nature. Be more wild... 🌱🌿🌍🐞🪱🦋🐜🐦⬛🕷️🪲
February 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Did u know? If you get negativity about your no-mow lawns this season, just now paths through & around & folks will understand that your wilderness is a deliberate act to help restore nature. Be more wild... 🌱🌿🌍🐞🪱🦋🐜🐦⬛🕷️🪲
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Ramadan Mubarak, California!
To all Muslim families in California and across the country observing Ramadan, we wish you a blessed month of reflection, renewal, and time with family.
To all Muslim families in California and across the country observing Ramadan, we wish you a blessed month of reflection, renewal, and time with family.
March 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Ramadan Mubarak, California!
To all Muslim families in California and across the country observing Ramadan, we wish you a blessed month of reflection, renewal, and time with family.
To all Muslim families in California and across the country observing Ramadan, we wish you a blessed month of reflection, renewal, and time with family.
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My WWII tail gunner vet father is rolling in his grave
My statement on Trump and Vance's disgraceful behavior in the Oval Office today.
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My WWII tail gunner vet father is rolling in his grave
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Yay!! A federal judge in California sided with a coalition of unions, temporarily barring the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to terminate probationary workers, stating that the firings were ‘illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded.’
February 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Yay!! A federal judge in California sided with a coalition of unions, temporarily barring the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to terminate probationary workers, stating that the firings were ‘illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded.’