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Check out the external affairs page at NOAA right now. That's right. Everyone at NOAA external affairs was fired.
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A bully is the weakest person there is

🌱 Polemonium reptans coming through (Jacob’s Ladder), Lonicera sempervirens buds (native coral honeysuckle), and Galanthus brightening a bleak view (snowdrops).

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there's increasingly less benefit to mainlining minute to minute updates and outrage, and the best thing i've done recently is turn off notifications for social media / news apps, and use this instead as my primary digest when I can find a daily pocket to be mentally prepared for being informed

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

Elon Musk May Now Have Unique Sway Over the US Treasury

What could possibly go wrong with giving the tech mogul access to federal payments?

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Dear California farmers and Congressional representatives:
Trump has just literally thrown millions of gallons of #water away that farmers were counting on this summer, purely to brag that he could.
That #cawater cannot be captured or used now by anyone.

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This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

I remember getting the call from the Newbery Committee at 4:15 AM.

I was used to dreaming big, but until that day I had little experience having my dreams come true.

To everyone whose dreams come true tomorrow: Congratulations! #ALAyma

“. . . it’s okay not to be okay, so long as it doesn’t become all we know.” —from Somewhere Beyond the Sea
I adored The House in the Cerulean Sea, and I’m still working on the sequel, but this quote struck me.

Love this advice from Manoush! Host of @NPR's @TED Radio Hour.
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He used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in Texas Hill Country. Bamberger devoted his life to restoring the degraded landscape. Bamberger's model of land stewardship is now being replicated across the region and he is considered to be a visionary. Just 8 minutes to learn more.

Hellebores are a bright spot in a cold dark time

Feel free to share with anyone who needs it: My debbieohi.link/starter link will ALWAYS point to the most updated version of my Bluesky Newcomer Starter Thread. I've also posted this link in my own Bluesky profile.

This thread includes newbie tips, directory of my public Lists, resources etc.