Oregonians take heed when voting. www.nstp.org/article/usps...

This is why they want us talking about day care scams.

Geology mystery. This rock is in the alluvium east of Tecopa. What really struck me was the uniform spacing of the dark areas. They appear to be cylindrical holes which filled with the darker material. This may be the noonday dolomite. Precambrian.

We are currently looking for a legislative champion to get a bill through Congress that would require the government sell off Senator Mike Lee to the highest bidder.

The mighty Amargosa River just south of Eagle mountain around noon today. I don’t know how long the surface flow will hold.

Introducing my new Share the Road Score (SRS) equation. Can be used to calculate taxes, fees, and fines proportionally. SRS = (Vehicle Weight ÷ Human Weight) × (Road Space ÷ Human Size)

Posting this as a fire burns through a campground in Joshua Tree.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

@natureandlife.bsky.social you seem like a content scraper. You post photos with no attribution. And no description. Are you a real person? What are you here for.

@plantbard.bsky.social It gives me such pleasure to look through my flower pictures from past years but I’m embarrassed that without the support of Inaturalist and also having seen it recently, I really fumble to come up with a name.

Wallace’s wooly daisy. April 2023 Lone Pine California. I admire a plant which can flower when so tiny.

I’ve had at least two Ruby crowned kinglets visiting my suet feeders all winter. I make my own “suet” blocks with coconut oil, peanut butter as a base, then sunflower seeds, mealworm, whatever I’ve got, mixed in.

Trump's funding cuts are putting Oregonians in the literal line of fire. Wildfire prevention and mitigation groups across the West are having to lay off staff and close doors just ahead of fire season, all so Republicans can give another tax handout to Elon Musk.

@jeff-merkley.bsky.social Obviously we should not be cutting aid to poor people. Keep and expand Medicaid and Food stamps (now called SNAP).

I’m still digesting the ideas in this paper but they ring true. From the abstract: “The neologism ‘necrosecurity’ describes the cultural idea that mass death among less grievable subjects plays an essential role in maintaining social welfare and public order.”

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

Basically, a geopolitical enemy state found a couple of corrupt businessmen in danger of going to prison, and freed both on the condition they wreck the United States.

This is one reason why I choose organic vegetables. So that farm workers don’t have to be drenched in insecticides, herbicides etc.

"We are all one—and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way." — Bayard Rustin [If the recognition of Bayard Rustin's contributions had been what it should have been, in the 1960's, I don't think we'd be in near as much of the shit we're still in right now, in this country.]

I love Dan

The trump administration is a chaos monkey.

Did u know?If you learn the names of the small souls you share your outside space with,you're no longer strangers.A life with a name becomes a member of your wild family..After all,aren't we all distant cousins? Meet the beautiful bronze Garden Chafer with its jazz hand antennae & floofy bum. 🪲🌍🌿🌱

I must not be wording this right. Lemme try again. There is only one (1) office (not even an institute) at the NIH dedicated to women’s health research. That office is now being dismantled, with only a bland landing page remaining on their website. This is a five-alarm fire! orwh.od.nih.gov

One of my roles at Arizona State University is building the Social Insect Biodiversity Repository. My intention with this collection is to provide a taxonomic reference for the ants of southwestern U.S.A. and northwestern Mexico. ecdysis.org/collections/...

I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country

A question the press should be asking: how can Americans trust the NTSB’s eventual findings if it’s been purged of qualified career investigators and filled instead with loyalists who’ll do their damndest to ensure their boss doesn’t look bad.

RFK Jr even getting a hearing for this job is failed state shit

This is not legal.

they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.

Those roles have been inadequately supported for a long time and it will get dramatically worse now.

The trump administration are careless and chaotic.

Identify and eliminate all references to climate change. That will not work well for infrastructure. This administration will cause unutterable harm.

The union representing thousands of janitors said ICE went to multiple downtown San Francisco offices but that building security kept them from entering, KTVU reports. “Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.” www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

@jeffmerkiey.bsky.social @ronwyden.bsky.social

I believe the Democrats can change and improve as a whole, but apparently we need to light a fire under their asses. And yes, some Democrats, including my own rep, Elizabeth Warren, are doing their jobs right now. We need way more of them to do their jobs.

Exactly and I’m very much the latter. I want the Democrats to come out swinging because it makes it a lot easier for me to convince people to vote for them (as I do, in every election).

Thank you @jeffmerkiey.bsky.social and @wyden.senate.gov Bowing to a bully encourages them. You have to say NO and you have my support in that.

The Siletz people are my neighbors. I appreciate them working to bring back see otters to the Oregon coast. More sea otters means fewer sea urchins eating kelp means healthier kelp beds means more fish!!!

Dustin Mulvany would be good to work with.

Robert F. Kenney got into Harvard by submitting an application that was a single page long and consisted entirely of his name. Here's why it's time to end DEI.

Do Americans have "car brain"? Survey says yes! Excited to share my new paper on #WindshieldBias #CarBrain #PublicHealthCrisis findingspress.org/article/1229...

This trichloroethylene ban has been in the works for years. It is based on good science by good scientists. Remember the EPA works for our health. Tell a republican voter that today.

To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand.

Some more good news. Trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene are banned. The groundwater in my neighborhood is contaminated with trichloroethylene. Do you wonder why so many people have cancer? It’s because what we put into our bodies has been polluted for profit.

Here is a good thing.

This book deepened my appreciation for plants and generally the complexity and interrelatedness of life. Highly recommend! www.zoeschlanger.com/the-light-ea...

For new Blooskies on the platform: Many of us subscribe to AI labellers, so if your profile pic or banner use an AI image, many of us get a warning on your posts, or just don’t see you at all. Generative AI is unethical in numerous ways—despite how every industry is shoving it down your throat.