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Daniel Mathews
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Author: RockyMountain Field Guide: a Trailside Natural History (2024, Mountaineers Books). #TreesInTrouble (2020). Cascadia Revealed (2017/21). Pantheist, dad.
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Daniel Mathews @danmathewspnw.bsky.social · Jan 11
1,123 species. 1,077 gorgeous illustrations. 225,000 curated words, 42 ounces. The number of laughs, stunning discoveries, and heartbreaking threats is up to you, dear reader. Read it to each other in camp. Rocky Mountain Field Guide: a Trailside Natural History.
danmathewspnw.bsky.social
So sad what they are doing to our country. These are sick people, and far, far from being Christians. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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xrhorsham.bsky.social
Q. So what are the chances of a multiple-breadbasket failure in about 5 yrs time ?

A. 18%

Q. And what would the impacts be ?

A. Massive

(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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If there's one thing the mainstream news media love to overlook, it's the impact of the mainstream news media. The petite Tea Party in all its elite-backed astroturfiness was hailed like a sacred comet; the historically huge No Kings was played down by the NY Times, among other publications.
The absence of young people in protests against Mr. Trump’s authoritarianism matters, and not just for crowd counts. The No Kings protesters look like, and in many cases are, the same people who protested during Mr. Trump’s first term in office. But older people with signs are old news in the attention economy. As a result, the No Kings protests have had less effect on our politics than, say, the smaller Tea Party protests during Barack Obama’s first months as president, which helped spark a backlash before the 2010 midterm elections. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/opinion/boomers-protest-trump-gen-z.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k8.ui6r.Ag1dMthOacrp&smid=url-share
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
danmathewspnw.bsky.social
The evil side of the internet keeps metastasizing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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edroso.bsky.social
It's important to show voters that Trump doesn't lie to make their own dreams come true -- he lies to protect himself, to con rather than comfort them. bsky.app/profile/meid...
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Oct 24
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
danmathewspnw.bsky.social
depressingly fascinating. "The tech firms have already overturned the information regime that was correlated with the high points of democratic achievement. What has come instead rewards the cheerleaders of phobia"
cityatlas.bsky.social City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · Oct 22
Our government *is,* or will soon be, entirely designed around climate change. Related to Dasgupta's piece, I think the second Trump admin is the first real climate presidency.
yalereview.org/article/dasg...
Rana Dasgupta: Trump Is Only a Symptom of a Deeper Problem
This analysis of the changing American nation-state argues that Trump's presidency is a distraction from bigger problems.
yalereview.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Trump claims Canada’s Ronald Reagan ad attacking tariffs is “fake.” The ad used an edited 1987 speech by Ronald Reagan, in which he said, among other things: “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars.”
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
danmathewspnw.bsky.social
At every No Kings march, I'm knocked out by the variety and creativity shown on people's signs, but annoyed at the narrow repertoire of vague, lame chants recycled from the 70s: "Whose streets? Our streets." etc.
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

Please Use it and SHARE!

ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
danmathewspnw.bsky.social
"we need forest leadership that understands the urgency of the situation"
mhurteau.bsky.social Matthew Hurteau @mhurteau.bsky.social · Sep 8
The Garnet Fire has burned through a place I have worked since 2002. A place I hold dear. We knew this wasn't a matter of if, but when. Unfortunately the leadership on the Sierra National Forest didn't have the same urgency that we did. My eulogy for Teakettle.
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
A Eulogy for Teakettle
Justice William O. Douglas, in his dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sierra Club v. Morton, said “Contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium...
www.hurteaulab.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Pretty important
adambonica.bsky.social Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Feb 20
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
February 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Thursday’s front page of the British Daily Star.

Putin’s Poodle
February 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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So I guess we’re pro plane crashes and pro cancer now?
January 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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New "The Conversation" by collaborator Dr. Ellen Welti on Nutrient Dilution: the decline in the nutrient density of plants, with consequences for the critters that depend on them. Which, frankly, is the rest of life on Earth.
theconversation.com/climate-chan...
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already be hurting animals that are grazers
Rising carbon dioxide levels in the air are making plants grow larger and faster, but diluting their nutritional content. This could threaten the health of herbivores worldwide.
theconversation.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:02 PM
danmathewspnw.bsky.social
1,123 species. 1,077 gorgeous illustrations. 225,000 curated words, 42 ounces. The number of laughs, stunning discoveries, and heartbreaking threats is up to you, dear reader. Read it to each other in camp. Rocky Mountain Field Guide: a Trailside Natural History.
January 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
danmathewspnw.bsky.social
"why did the fire hydrants run dry?" is such a brain-dead question, Newsom should be embarrassed
January 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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meidastouch.com
These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in December
The funds allow states like California to create barriers to stop the spread of fires
meidasnews.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
Amazeballs, tbh
drewharwell.com Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Jan 11
Tech inaugural donations:

Biden
Apple CEO: $0
Amazon: $276,509
Google: $337,500
Meta: $0
Microsoft: $500,000
OpenAI CEO: $0

Trump
Apple CEO: $1,000,000
Amazon: $1,000,000
Google: $1,000,000
Meta: $1,000,000
Microsoft: $1,000,000
OpenAI CEO: $1,000,000

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Trump vilified tech giants. Now they’re giving him millions.
After years in which Trump called them enemies of the people, Silicon Valley executives are hoping $1 million gifts and Mar-a-Lago dinners will mend bridges with the president-elect.
wapo.st
January 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM