Liz Winkler
@highinthefields.bsky.social
Graduate student of environmental science, dendrochronologist, and future teacher open to learning everything
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Got up early this morning and the aurora was still going.
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Got up early this morning and the aurora was still going.
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I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Truly spectacular aurora colors over the Salton Sea, from imperial irrigation district’s west shore cam looking towards Joshua Tree National Park and Chuckwalla National Monument. #AuroraWatch #SaltonSea
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Truly spectacular aurora colors over the Salton Sea, from imperial irrigation district’s west shore cam looking towards Joshua Tree National Park and Chuckwalla National Monument. #AuroraWatch #SaltonSea
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So tax breaks for private jets are ok but for healthcare they're not. Got it.
Fuck them Dems and the fascists they collaborated with.
Fuck them Dems and the fascists they collaborated with.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
So tax breaks for private jets are ok but for healthcare they're not. Got it.
Fuck them Dems and the fascists they collaborated with.
Fuck them Dems and the fascists they collaborated with.
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Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
Got to do some coring of #oldgrowth #forest today with my fellow grad students from the Biogeography Lab at ISU!
Once majority oak-hickory, now shifting diversity...
Spring Mill Park, IN
#dendro #dendrochronology #standagestudy #tulippoplar #elm #oak #cherry #hardwoods #temperate #indiana
Once majority oak-hickory, now shifting diversity...
Spring Mill Park, IN
#dendro #dendrochronology #standagestudy #tulippoplar #elm #oak #cherry #hardwoods #temperate #indiana
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Got to do some coring of #oldgrowth #forest today with my fellow grad students from the Biogeography Lab at ISU!
Once majority oak-hickory, now shifting diversity...
Spring Mill Park, IN
#dendro #dendrochronology #standagestudy #tulippoplar #elm #oak #cherry #hardwoods #temperate #indiana
Once majority oak-hickory, now shifting diversity...
Spring Mill Park, IN
#dendro #dendrochronology #standagestudy #tulippoplar #elm #oak #cherry #hardwoods #temperate #indiana
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There is no reason to fund this government as it starves millions of Americans, invades U.S. cities, disappears people, strangles universities, acts as a pay-for-pay operation for the president, guts environmental rules, commits war crimes, kills foreign aid, and dismantles public health.
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
There is no reason to fund this government as it starves millions of Americans, invades U.S. cities, disappears people, strangles universities, acts as a pay-for-pay operation for the president, guts environmental rules, commits war crimes, kills foreign aid, and dismantles public health.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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We just wanted to say thank you to everyone! ICE agents keep lying under oath, and you’re the reason the truth is coming out.
Your videos and documentation have been crucial in revealing the truth behind those claims.
Your videos and documentation have been crucial in revealing the truth behind those claims.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We just wanted to say thank you to everyone! ICE agents keep lying under oath, and you’re the reason the truth is coming out.
Your videos and documentation have been crucial in revealing the truth behind those claims.
Your videos and documentation have been crucial in revealing the truth behind those claims.
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Oh, changing the time by one hour for Daylight Savings is messing with your sleep schedule? "Why is it dark at 5 p.m.," you ask?
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Oh, changing the time by one hour for Daylight Savings is messing with your sleep schedule? "Why is it dark at 5 p.m.," you ask?
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Texas Democrats watching the election results from around the country.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Texas Democrats watching the election results from around the country.
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What we know so far, 8:30pm
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What we know so far, 8:30pm
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani will be the next Mayor of New York City.
youtu.be/4fjlJ9PFYt8
youtu.be/4fjlJ9PFYt8
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani Wins and Will be the Next Mayor of New York City
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani will be the next Mayor of New York City.
youtu.be/4fjlJ9PFYt8
youtu.be/4fjlJ9PFYt8
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Blah blah blah men…Young women are ready to set the country on fire
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Blah blah blah men…Young women are ready to set the country on fire
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"It could be the last and best chance to save the world’s tropical forests. ... But there are concerns. Forest ecologists warn that the plan’s rulebook is so loose that it could allow payouts for forests even as they are being logged."
By Fred Pearce
e360.yale.edu/features/tro...
By Fred Pearce
e360.yale.edu/features/tro...
Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?
Brazil is set to unveil an ambitious international plan that would provide up to $4 billion a year to countries that protect their tropical forests. Proponents see it as a potential game-changer for f...
e360.yale.edu
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"It could be the last and best chance to save the world’s tropical forests. ... But there are concerns. Forest ecologists warn that the plan’s rulebook is so loose that it could allow payouts for forests even as they are being logged."
By Fred Pearce
e360.yale.edu/features/tro...
By Fred Pearce
e360.yale.edu/features/tro...
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What is the current state of climate action? What do latest country pledges add up to?
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What is the current state of climate action? What do latest country pledges add up to?
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
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"After the 'virgin' longleaf forest was clearcut, the land was transformed into timber plantations densely packed with loblolly & slash pine, planted so closely together that I can’t see any light between the trunks. Here, trees are a cash crop—sold for lumber or pulp or utility poles."
The carefully-tended longleaf pine forests of North America were plundered by European colonizers. They're still recovering.
The Brutal Legacy of the Longleaf Pine
There was a time, once, when longleaf pine covered an estimated 92 million acres...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"After the 'virgin' longleaf forest was clearcut, the land was transformed into timber plantations densely packed with loblolly & slash pine, planted so closely together that I can’t see any light between the trunks. Here, trees are a cash crop—sold for lumber or pulp or utility poles."
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Streets are for people.
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Streets are for people.
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I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.