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RVT. Ecosystem restoration practitioner. Avid cyclist. Environmental Advocate. Steeltown. In love w @jacobston
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"#HamOnt Crown attorneys made such critical mistakes during a murder trial that a Superior Court justice has issued an 'extremely rare' judicial stay — effectively stopping all proceedings and letting the accused off the hook for one of Canada’s most serious criminal charges." www.cbc.ca/9.6939312
Ontario judge halts murder trial, ends prosecution of man after slamming Crown's 'apathy' and 'negligence' | CBC News
Two Hamilton Crown attorneys made such critical mistakes during a murder trial that a Superior Court justice has issued what she called an "extremely rare" judicial stay, effectively stopping all proceedings...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"#HamOnt Crown attorneys made such critical mistakes during a murder trial that a Superior Court justice has issued an 'extremely rare' judicial stay — effectively stopping all proceedings and letting the accused off the hook for one of Canada’s most serious criminal charges." www.cbc.ca/9.6939312
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Family members of people living in Halton-area group homes say their loved ones were moved to an Oakville, Ont., facility without family consent, prompting concerns for their wellbeing.
'I just don’t think management cares.' Family members protest after residents moved from group home | CBC News
Central West Specialized Developmental Services provides support for people with disabilities, including group homes in Ontario's Halton region. At the start of October, it relocated residents from to...
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October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Family members of people living in Halton-area group homes say their loved ones were moved to an Oakville, Ont., facility without family consent, prompting concerns for their wellbeing.
Leaving to move (temporarily) to BC for work and I've said goodbye to many friends and partners I care for. And to my pollinator garden which is entering its 4th fall season. Spent some time watching the bees that live in my leaf litter pollinate and buzz around the flowering Goldenrod. 🍃🍁
September 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Leaving to move (temporarily) to BC for work and I've said goodbye to many friends and partners I care for. And to my pollinator garden which is entering its 4th fall season. Spent some time watching the bees that live in my leaf litter pollinate and buzz around the flowering Goldenrod. 🍃🍁
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Paleozoic vibes out here in NW Michigan.
June 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Paleozoic vibes out here in NW Michigan.
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#herpers #herper #herps #herpetology #thanatosis #Natrixhelvetica #grasssnake #snakes 🐍
Me: "God, is there anything more annoying to photograph than a snake that just will not sit still?
God
Me: "God, is there anything more annoying to photograph than a snake that just will not sit still?
God
May 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#herpers #herper #herps #herpetology #thanatosis #Natrixhelvetica #grasssnake #snakes 🐍
Me: "God, is there anything more annoying to photograph than a snake that just will not sit still?
God
Me: "God, is there anything more annoying to photograph than a snake that just will not sit still?
God
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On my way to Costco, I stopped to render assistance to two turtles on the road leaving our neighborhood—first two
of the season. #herps
First was a juvenile eastern box turtle…
of the season. #herps
First was a juvenile eastern box turtle…
May 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On my way to Costco, I stopped to render assistance to two turtles on the road leaving our neighborhood—first two
of the season. #herps
First was a juvenile eastern box turtle…
of the season. #herps
First was a juvenile eastern box turtle…
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Because bsky can always use some more #herps...
Catching up on photos from this spring...have some good ones to share. May these three Suwanee Cooters warming up in the sun bring you joy. Captured in one of our local springs.
#herps
#herps
May 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Because bsky can always use some more #herps...
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Happy #sturgeonsaturday. Please celebrate responsibly.
December 29, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Happy #sturgeonsaturday. Please celebrate responsibly.
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#sturgeonsaturday on a thursday 😱 whaaaaat!! 🧪🌎👩🏻🔬🦑
new paper and illustration 🥲
we investigated what happens to the gill transcriptome during development in lake sturgeon
turns out bb sturgeon are using epigenetics (histone mods & dna methylation) and cell death (apoptosis) to make grown up gills
new paper and illustration 🥲
we investigated what happens to the gill transcriptome during development in lake sturgeon
turns out bb sturgeon are using epigenetics (histone mods & dna methylation) and cell death (apoptosis) to make grown up gills
April 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#sturgeonsaturday on a thursday 😱 whaaaaat!! 🧪🌎👩🏻🔬🦑
new paper and illustration 🥲
we investigated what happens to the gill transcriptome during development in lake sturgeon
turns out bb sturgeon are using epigenetics (histone mods & dna methylation) and cell death (apoptosis) to make grown up gills
new paper and illustration 🥲
we investigated what happens to the gill transcriptome during development in lake sturgeon
turns out bb sturgeon are using epigenetics (histone mods & dna methylation) and cell death (apoptosis) to make grown up gills
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happy #earthday!
we’re gonna do #sturgeonsaturday everyday this week!
I’m in northern BC on the Nechako river, with a super endangered population of white sturgeon with no babies seen in 70 years! 😭
I’m here to assess stressors in this population while we fish for hatchery broodstock 🧪🌎🌐👩🏻🔬
we’re gonna do #sturgeonsaturday everyday this week!
I’m in northern BC on the Nechako river, with a super endangered population of white sturgeon with no babies seen in 70 years! 😭
I’m here to assess stressors in this population while we fish for hatchery broodstock 🧪🌎🌐👩🏻🔬
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
happy #earthday!
we’re gonna do #sturgeonsaturday everyday this week!
I’m in northern BC on the Nechako river, with a super endangered population of white sturgeon with no babies seen in 70 years! 😭
I’m here to assess stressors in this population while we fish for hatchery broodstock 🧪🌎🌐👩🏻🔬
we’re gonna do #sturgeonsaturday everyday this week!
I’m in northern BC on the Nechako river, with a super endangered population of white sturgeon with no babies seen in 70 years! 😭
I’m here to assess stressors in this population while we fish for hatchery broodstock 🧪🌎🌐👩🏻🔬
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#sturgeonsaturday all week! 🧪👩🏻🔬🌐🌎
because there are no larvae surviving in the Nechako river, the mandated hatchery releases 2 y.o. sturgeon to increase the population
it took trial & error in deciding what size to release sturgeon, turns out small sturgeon are otter snacks 🦦
3 y.o. sturgie 👇🏼
because there are no larvae surviving in the Nechako river, the mandated hatchery releases 2 y.o. sturgeon to increase the population
it took trial & error in deciding what size to release sturgeon, turns out small sturgeon are otter snacks 🦦
3 y.o. sturgie 👇🏼
April 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#sturgeonsaturday all week! 🧪👩🏻🔬🌐🌎
because there are no larvae surviving in the Nechako river, the mandated hatchery releases 2 y.o. sturgeon to increase the population
it took trial & error in deciding what size to release sturgeon, turns out small sturgeon are otter snacks 🦦
3 y.o. sturgie 👇🏼
because there are no larvae surviving in the Nechako river, the mandated hatchery releases 2 y.o. sturgeon to increase the population
it took trial & error in deciding what size to release sturgeon, turns out small sturgeon are otter snacks 🦦
3 y.o. sturgie 👇🏼
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# of times voted with Trump
HIGHEST:
Gallego: 29
Fetterman: 27 (would be higher if not for absences)
Hickenlooper: 27
Rosen: 26
Shaheen: 26
Hassan: 25
Peters: 24
Kelly: 22
Slotkin: 22
LOWEST
Hirono: 2
Markey: 2
Merkley: 2
Warren: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
HIGHEST:
Gallego: 29
Fetterman: 27 (would be higher if not for absences)
Hickenlooper: 27
Rosen: 26
Shaheen: 26
Hassan: 25
Peters: 24
Kelly: 22
Slotkin: 22
LOWEST
Hirono: 2
Markey: 2
Merkley: 2
Warren: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Tracking Senate Votes 2025
docs.google.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
# of times voted with Trump
HIGHEST:
Gallego: 29
Fetterman: 27 (would be higher if not for absences)
Hickenlooper: 27
Rosen: 26
Shaheen: 26
Hassan: 25
Peters: 24
Kelly: 22
Slotkin: 22
LOWEST
Hirono: 2
Markey: 2
Merkley: 2
Warren: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
HIGHEST:
Gallego: 29
Fetterman: 27 (would be higher if not for absences)
Hickenlooper: 27
Rosen: 26
Shaheen: 26
Hassan: 25
Peters: 24
Kelly: 22
Slotkin: 22
LOWEST
Hirono: 2
Markey: 2
Merkley: 2
Warren: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
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At last!
Our frogs are back (again), and they're not wasting any time. Several dozen frogs in two of our #ponds, and as of mid-afternoon, several clumps of #FrogSpawn. 😍
@arc-trust.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social #UKWildlife
🐸🐸
Our frogs are back (again), and they're not wasting any time. Several dozen frogs in two of our #ponds, and as of mid-afternoon, several clumps of #FrogSpawn. 😍
@arc-trust.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social #UKWildlife
🐸🐸
March 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
At last!
Our frogs are back (again), and they're not wasting any time. Several dozen frogs in two of our #ponds, and as of mid-afternoon, several clumps of #FrogSpawn. 😍
@arc-trust.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social #UKWildlife
🐸🐸
Our frogs are back (again), and they're not wasting any time. Several dozen frogs in two of our #ponds, and as of mid-afternoon, several clumps of #FrogSpawn. 😍
@arc-trust.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social #UKWildlife
🐸🐸
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March 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Bird on a wire with moon at sunset. 🦉🪶🌙
#ShortEaredOwl
#birdsofbluesky
#SkagitValley
#NikonZ9
#RockskipperPhotography
#ShortEaredOwl
#birdsofbluesky
#SkagitValley
#NikonZ9
#RockskipperPhotography
March 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Bird on a wire with moon at sunset. 🦉🪶🌙
#ShortEaredOwl
#birdsofbluesky
#SkagitValley
#NikonZ9
#RockskipperPhotography
#ShortEaredOwl
#birdsofbluesky
#SkagitValley
#NikonZ9
#RockskipperPhotography
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Got any plans for next Friday? Cancel them and do this instead, we need you. ❤️🇺🇸
March 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Got any plans for next Friday? Cancel them and do this instead, we need you. ❤️🇺🇸
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If constant phoning pressure is working on Sen. Thom Tillis (RRR-NC), then maybe others are not all that far behind.🤞
Tillis is brave to go against Trump, as his family and he will have many death threats from now on.
Let's continue to keep up the pressure in all states.
Calls work 📞
Tillis is brave to go against Trump, as his family and he will have many death threats from now on.
Let's continue to keep up the pressure in all states.
Calls work 📞
March 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If constant phoning pressure is working on Sen. Thom Tillis (RRR-NC), then maybe others are not all that far behind.🤞
Tillis is brave to go against Trump, as his family and he will have many death threats from now on.
Let's continue to keep up the pressure in all states.
Calls work 📞
Tillis is brave to go against Trump, as his family and he will have many death threats from now on.
Let's continue to keep up the pressure in all states.
Calls work 📞
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IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!
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The people are not the same as the administration!
March 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The people are not the same as the administration!