Dear Sir David #Attenborough - Thank-you for your years of service to nature and the environment. You have taught us so much with grace and joy. Cheers to 100 years on our magnificent blue planet! theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...

#AcademicFreedom erosion “is part of broader democratic backslide that we’re seeing in US” says Jennifer Jones at UCS. I’ve witnessed this demise at my own college especially since the pandemic. Faculty are decreasingly supported as content creation experts. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi...

Attn pension fund managers (inc #WSIB): Check out what happened in March. As we’ve been saying, it’s urgent to #divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable clean energy projects & infrastructure. Your hard earning beneficiaries will be made much more secure. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Braun has been my #LD20 state senator for many years. We are on opposite sides on almost every issue, especially climate & protecting public lands. #WA03 rep race should not be GOP Braun nor GOP lookalike MGP. #Hennrich looks to me to be fantastic candidate! Progressives - let’s give him a boost.

Fun hands-on maths project to try at home in celebration of the beginning of spring term. Even if you've played with #MobiusStrip before, you can always find a new "What if?" Q to explore.

TIAA must stop investing my hard-earned retirement monies (serving 44+ years as a Community College professor) in #FossilFuels. TIAA must STOP investing in deforestation of our public lands.

WA, OR, and many more sue EPA for illegally repealing the #EndangermentFinding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate GHG. Thank-you blue state AGs! My free gift NYT article to you: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/c...

Off to #PIELC (enviro law conference) in Eugene. Hope to see many of my forest buddies there! The sessions look fantastic, hard to choose. Camping in the area so wish me less atmospheric river conditions than having at home right now.

Good news! In a blow to Trump's 'drill, baby drill' agenda, zero companies bid for the chance to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Cook Inlet. This comes after we notified the Interior Department last month of our intent to sue over the planned unlawful lease sale on March 4.

Several inches of fresh snow for my birthday yesterday, yeah! Photo not my best work but I like it because it shows a view of the river from one of my favorite spots on my property. Accompanying Haiku. Columbia view River beyond snowy trees Smell the cold fresh air.

“Red meat, in particular, has an outsized impact upon the planet—beef requires 20x more land and emits 20x more GHG per gram of protein than common plant proteins, such as beans.” #Vegetarian diets use far less water, land. Heavy red meat diets cause heart disease. RFK’s new food pyramid is bonkers.

If you live in WA leg district 20, support & vote for #AndyZahn! It’s rare when we LD20 voters have opportunity to vote for anyone but the incumbent. More vitally though Andy is super smart, energetic, passionate about sustainable land use, forest preservation, and biodiversity. Lifelong LD20 local.

Does Drumpf realize his hypocrisy? He said “senseless killing of protesters [must] stop” not referring to here in US. Iranian protestors obviously shouldn’t be killed, but neither should we here peacefully expressing ourselves and fulfilling our humanitarian responsibility to protect our neighbors.

Say their names. Renee Nicole Good. Keith Porter.

RIP Renee Nicole Good. Tragic! My heart is with her child, wife, family, and friends. WTH has happened to the U.S. that I love??? I’m so sad for our country but I’ll keep on marching and protesting and using my free speech rights until we swing back to humanity, love, and care for each other.

Are the Republican congressional members going to continue to abdicate all their responsibilities under the U.S. constitution to provide oversight and check and balance over the executive branch? Even when Trump swoops into PM Carney’s bedroom, abducts him, and decides to “run” Canada too??? MF DJT.

Happy 2026 to all, especially my new Winter Term Calculus and Algebra students! findthefactors.com/2025/12/31/2...

Compare Mamdani’s speech w/ Trump’s crud about “hating” those who think differently than him or use their constitutional right to speak against hate, racism, cruelty. If dem party is to survive, they’ll listen, take notes, build-in a Dem Socialist platform. So proud to be New Yorker (by birth) today

What am I reading on this 1st day of 2026? Couple interesting reads on how age and gender correlate to being a #ClimateVoter. Gray is the New Green 2025 report from EVP: www.environmentalvoter.org/sites/defaul... Article www.psypost.org/some-men-may... Study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

R.I.P. the “Mother of the high seas”, defender of deep ocean, Kristina Gjerde. High Seas Treaty entering into force 1/17 couldn't have come to be were it not for this courageous passionate educator, ocean advocate. My thoughts & well-wishes to her family & friends. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/kris...

RIP Rob and Michele Reiner. Married 35 years. Such talent, genuinely kind and generous people. Rob changed my life with movies like When Harry Met Sally that I quote frequently. So clever! Such a brilliant Director and Actor. Rob gave space and support to his cast to be their best. I’m heartbroken!

#divest pension funds from fossil fuels! Hey, Washington State Investment Board >> follow NY's lead!

Happy #Fibonacci Day! Nov 23rd (11.23) begins the Fibonacci Sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, ... which is used in computing, stock trading, and architecture and design. Nature is full of Fibonacci patterns, from DNA to hurricanes, much more! www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

British Columbia Enviromental Film Fest (bceff.org) is playing 30+ global docs/films (shorts and full-length) about environment, climate justice, sustainability, and nature throughout Nov. Full Festival pass ~$50 USD, or cheaper to choose to watch just a few films. www.bceff.org/event-detail...

Important read. “While his cowardly colleagues in the majority on that shadow docket decision refused to explain their thinking, Kavanaugh actually wrote a concurrence that was so out of touch with reality as to be embarrassing. But at least it was an explanation.” #SCOTUS #NoICE

What happened to “The People’s House” chanted on Jan 6th??? Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

Trump: “I have so many friends with autistic children, it’s a tough situation.” Oh that means being friends with Trump is associative factor in autism in kids. Point being that association is NOT causality! Such a frustrating anti-science presser. Dangerous. www.youtube.com/live/mrOcRlE...

Love that Neil Young began his set at #FarmAid with “Big Crime”. It was energizing to see (among others) Young, Bob Dylan, and dear Willy Nelson play. Hope we get many more opportunities to sing along with these greats. Eat local, support family farms. www.youtube.com/live/ozJqyuE...

It's unthinkable that we here in the Evergreen State don't already have a Constitutional right to clean air & quality fresh water. Let's make it happen! I've heard Maya K. van Rossum speak and she is inspiring, well worth taking advantage of this opportunity while in our state. wagreenamendment.org

“Oregon is now home to the largest-capacity #WaveEnergy” testing facility in the world.” But of course the Trump administration has slashed grants and funding for renewable energy projects putting its future in jeopardy. www.opb.org/article/2025...

The #snail hunt is on! “Snails with shells and reproductive organs on opposite side cannot mate with each other, so unless another similarly built snail is found, Ned will be forced to …” live a lonely life since this anomaly only occurs in 1 of 40,000 snails. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

"Ability to tell #truth especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims is an essential prerequisite for free society. #Scientists [and #academics] can leverage their substantial social standing and trustworthiness to preserve this vital ingredient." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

R.I.P. Terence Stamp, age 87. Insightful, empathetic Actor, who lead his career on his own terms, all traits I admire profusely. My thoughts are with his children, Chris and Lynette, and his friends and colleagues, one of whom was my father going back to 1950s London. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lived in Braun’s LD 20 for almost 30 years. Braun has never served our district even minimally well. He refuses to meet with constituents to discuss local issues unless you are big oil/gas/biomass corporate rep. MAGA to the core is not what WA-03 wants. While I’m not MGP fan, she listens and thinks.

Awesome investigative reporting by @muskwatch.bsky.social‬. Can we all agree it's huge national security risk for company w connections to Chinese Communist Party to have large financial stake in U.S. company that holds multi-billion dollar contracst w DOD and NASA? www.muskwatch.com/p/government...

Topology and geometry can solve many of life’s woes. Here Dr. Roland Fryer, Professor of economics at Harvard University and NY Times Contributor, shares simple transparent process that uses #geometry to solve our #gerrymandering problem. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

Op-Ed from Dr. John Talberth President of Center for Sustainable Economy. He co-authored a recent study of carbon tax on logging to help incentivize transition to climate smart practices eg alt's to clearcutting. Tax revenues generated could replace DNR logging revenues now passed on to local govs.

drumpf once said Ozempic costs $1300 per month. But if he makes a deal with big pharma to bring cost down by “1500%” then you”ll be able to get Ozempic for free and take home $18,200 a month to boot! Bet Wharton School of Finance is so proud of their basic math program.

2nd deadline is to Dept of Ecology on their draft analysis of the FPB's proposed buffer rule amendments. Due 11:59pm PT Aug 18th. INFO: ecology.wa.gov/water-shorel... BLOG: ecology.wa.gov/blog/july-20... DOC: apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications... COMMENT: wq.ecology.commentinput.com?id=juMmcHx2Ff

Stream buffers protect water quality and keep streams cool which is important when they run into fish-bearing rivers. Two deadlines to provide comment regarding Np Stream Buffer rule changes in WA. #1 is due 5pm PT Aug 12th. DOC dnr.wa.gov/sites/defaul... NOTICE dnr.wa.gov/sites/defaul...

RIP Loni Anderson. My thoughts to her family, friends, and actor community. My father worked with her on an episode of #WKRP in 1979 (I was at the taping). He always had kind words about her talents, sweet disposition, and generosity of spirit. She will be dearly missed. www.imdb.com/title/tt0742...

RIP Tom Lehrer. The periodic table song among many others are so dear to my heart. He will be so missed. Hugs to all family and friends. www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...

132 participated in #NoKings protest today in my tiny town of #Kalama WA (pop ~~ 2700). Woohoo! Peaceful, joyous, lots of honks in support. One A-hole carbon dumping on protestors. Police kept close eye, but politely.

The CAUT (the main Canadian association of academic faculty and staff) now advises against non-essential travel to the US

Limerick I wrote last night watch blood moon over SW WA and awaiting #PiDay 2025 :) To start our Pi Day twenty twenty-five, A lunar eclipse and blood moon went live. The earth's shadow took flight, The moon shone not bright white, Instead, a red glare caused much lively jive.

While not fully developed, a couple good ideas to think about. Scale of distance vs scale of time. I've noted differences between AllTrail app and my Garmin watch when hiking. Garmis is pathetic at counting flights of stairs. I wonder if it is the same "sampling" problem? medium.com/@saswatrp/ex...

"Filmmakers have spoken: we want oil & gas out of our industry." “TIFF celebrates socially conscious films and elevates Indigenous filmmakers. That is a good thing, but it is incoherent with teaming up with Canada’s worst offenders on social issues.” deadline.com/2023/09/mark...

Who Will Own the Forest counter-conference of Wall St investors & big polluters including evil DRAX. Listen to learn more #ForestsOverProfits rally alt-conference happening in PDX ep 27-28. Web: forestsoverprofits.org KBOO's Journo Barbara Bernstein's Locus Focus radio prog: kboo.fm/media/117877...