Thinking about all of the dedicated public servants who work on Capitol Hill who are going in to work tomorrow in the halls and offices where thousands of bloodthirsty fascists invaded with murderous intent five years ago to the day. And how they have to work side by side with insurrectionists.

If a region where a lot of annual crops are grown is a "bread basket" what would a region be called that produces a lot of timber or wood or carbon storage?

Journalist Jacob Soboroff says covering the wildfires was the most important assignment he's ever undertaken. His new book offers a minute-by-minute account of the catastrophe. n.pr/49leYt5

!! forestry Twitter was a dope community and many of us migrated here we had our own squabbles (sorry, i have some of you muted indefinitely), but in general if you want to get into the weeds (ha) about forest/fire management you should follow the folks in my pinned skeet

neither pro-Stancil nor anti-Stancil, but a secret pro-third thing (going outside)

can i get a hell yeah brother

“That means, however, that 362 million acres of federal land is currently surplus government land that could be used by private people” this man has never almost died in the middle of a bumfuck nowhere BLM parcel and it shows

As daily goals, "stop fascism," "defeat evil," and "save the world" probably aren't going to get you anywhere, and might leave you feeling overwhelmed and helpless, but "work towards building something good" is always achievable, concrete, and useful.

the state sponsored propaganda continues apace (y’all don’t want to know the extent of the shit coming from DOI’s ‘Inside Interior’ videos)

some cool things i got up to in the latter half of 2025: -elected VP of my local, NFFE 2152 -started studying to take the CA Registered Professional Forester exam this April -began volunteering with Government for People (G4P), a new initiative from the Federal Unionists Network

a confusing thing is that hopping on social media for collective political joy DOES improve one's life, but camping out on here for collective political frustration does the opposite

i’ve enjoyed expanding the people i follow beyond the regular suspects from Twitter but and i say this with love most of you need to go the fuck outside

which begs the question, to whom would this work be contracted out? unlike other areas of gov’t, there isn’t exactly a large population with these skillsets waiting in the wings i think it’s far more likely the new USWFS (god I hate that acronym) will be expected to pick up the slack

one of the less discussed but nonetheless odious tendencies of DOGE is to act like something doesn’t exist if it’s not on the internet MFers acting like they can single-handedly alter the CFRs by editing them on a .gov website do you know how much of this shit exists as hard copy?

I AM LEARNING A LOT ABOUT ALL OF YOU (and the US public education system ([NJ education remains S tier])

we’re officially down to 8 (federal) IMTs in CA this year 😮‍💨 this is my seventh season; we’ve typically had 10 in that time

last night my husband dropped some dark lore on me that he was one of the kids who was not taught phonics growing up

While I’ll be relocating my lab, the nature of my work will not change! My group will remain focused on biodiversity conservation, global change, landscape dynamics, fire and forest management - especially in the western US. But the new role may inspire me to explore these Q’s in new geographies!

It’s bittersweet, of course. Being a federal scientist with a large land management agency for the past 6 years has been the greatest gift of my professional life. I will deeply miss working alongside so many dedicated public servants, and witnessing their resolve in the face of constant challenges.

as someone involved in the incident command sphere this is making me S C R E A M

hey everyone! new year new me and all that, i decided to come back after a four month break and—

The irony/idiocy of this banner screaming "American Workers First" is that Trump has forced more than 199,000 federal workers out of their jobs since Jan. Nearly 1 in 10 federal workers gone. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

They cannot handle criticism

Hey. Count on surviving this. I’ll try to do the same

The way you know this is culture war bullshit pushed by the fossil fuel industry is that buildings kill up to a billion birds per year and you can be sure our real estate developer president never cared one whit about it.

officially adding "public health civil servants" to the list of professions giving a good account of themselves under authoritarianism in the US www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Truly grateful to everyone just trying stuff right now. Thanks to those who organized the CDC walkout.

Important clarification, multiple CDC sources tell me: Federal employees are not allowed to strike/walk out, so this is *not* a walkout but a "clap out" to show support for departing leadership. Current employees were either given permission to attend by a supervisor or used leave time to attend.

I should be sitting in my office unworried about this because of a recently completed 3000 ac prescribed burn. Yet, forest management malpractice means the burn has yet to be completed. If Teakettle cooks off, I’ll be shining a spot light on the individuals responsible.

Hey, Yalies. Our alma mater shamefully has contracts with Avelo, which is helping ICE imprison and deport people. Here's a @moveon.org petition you can sign to tell them to STOP. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ya...

I have some reservations about online petitions - often they're just used by orgs to collect emails. But it looks like a local CT Indivisible group is organizing this and I'm gonna trust them to actually get these signatures to Yale. I'm also gonna look up who to CALL at Yale about this. More soon.

Yeah. It’s happening here.

I live in hoodsport and will spend all day printing this article and plastering it all over town. We have been chocked out by the smoke for nearly two months now, there are ‘thank you firefighters’ signs everywhere. We have been betrayed

imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter

There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.

If I say what I'm thinking right now, I'm going to get fired.

Glad to see the efforts to keep the #GarnetFire out of the Teakettle Forest, one of the last old-growth forest areas in the southern Sierra and the site of a planned, collaborative 3800-acre prescribed burn that will include objectives to steward the area’s black oak orchards. @mhurteau.bsky.social

when Logs thinks being proficient in ArcGIS Pro means you’re somehow an expert in AutoCad

niche meme incoming

Merit and competence on full display at Trump administration’s DOGE 🙄

tough day at work

Anyone with a brain recognizes that the massive growth in data centers requires massive growth in electric power supply but not one Republican has a brain so they're all on the warpath against solar and wind, which are literally the only ways we can possibly meet that rapidly growing demand.

We think of it less as "turning our attention" and more "expanding the playing field." Thiel has been key to Musk's rise since their days at PayPal. The two share a demented vision for the future. It's the same fight. #teslatakedown #peopleoverbillionaires www.benzinga.com/news/politic...

besides the point, but THIS HAT??????????? what the hell y’all

i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.

Newsom mostly sucks but if you don’t agree with this tactic then you don’t really care about opposing Trump. Whether we like it or not Newsom is a useful temporary ally while our main enemy is the current admin.

Why the hell is the Secretary of the Interior talking about this in the first place?

I got a chance to talk with Sheryl Drinkwater, a wildfire-savvy Berkeley architect. We looked at new wildfire-related codes for portions of the Berkeley Hills, and talked about the inherent flammability of the "classic California home". the-lookout.org/2025/08/20/s...

i am once again asking for a potable water truck at incident command

Musk and Trump are two of the most despicable people in human history.