Dam removal tends to be associated with large rivers on the West Coast, but it turns out getting rid of the small, defunct mill dams we have everywhere along streams in the Northeast can dramatically benefit waterway ecosystems, too. www.timesunion.com/environment/...

"Surtsey…offers hope and practical lessons for rehabilitating ecosystems damaged by war, pollution or exploitation: if space is given, nature will always find ways to return, often faster and more creatively than we expect." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My favorite thing about nor'easters is the salt tinge to the air, even far from the water.

Welcome news department 💚: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Open a packet of açaí puree without looking like Lady Macbeth, difficulty level impossible.

CC: DC friends and folks in and around transportation. This is easily one of the most fun (un)conferences I’ve ever attended. I’m looking forward to the NYC edition later this month!

The Hudson's majestic in every month, but October might be my favorite.

The early October urge to raid the grocery store for every remaining summer vegetable and make ratatouille.

If, like me, you use Metro-North or LIRR semi-frequently, but not enough to qualify for the new pay-as-you-go discount, you might want to consider getting a 10-trip pack before they’re eliminated. By my math, the fare for my regular Poughkeepsie-NYC trip goes up **23.5%** without the 10-trip option.

Having the best day wandering the Smithsonian museums. Public funding for scientific and cultural institutions is good, actually!!!

Longest single-span escalator in the Western Hemisphere appreciation post.

Another great BSky to IRL meetup! (This time w @dayvyd.bsky.social )

Deeply regretting not getting a second, personal loaf of babka for the train.

Good morning exclusively to the Clean Water Act. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Spontaneous adventure Saturday. First time visiting Opus 40, a massive sculpture hewn out of an abandoned bluestone quarry in Saugerties, NY. Photos don’t really convey the experience of walking through it. A monumental, profound piece of art.

I just finished this a few days ago. It was beautiful, wonder-inspiring, and the kind of book I needed right now—about adaptability, resilience, looking closely, and being in community.

The rare and perplexing felt crummy all day/nevertheless had a really good lift combo.

Ready for fall but not yet ready for the end of stone fruit and tomato season.

NEED the MTA to do this with some of its vacant retail in subway stations. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Considering both finishing the Bear and starting the new season of Bake Off tn in order to experience the absolute total spectrum of food-related human emotions.

Who wants to do a roadtrip this fall centered entirely around the New England cider donut map? www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...

Intellectually: the equinox is the 22nd, we still have nearly three weeks of summer left. Emotionally: planning stews, plotting Halloween costumes, listening to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on repeat for two days straight.

Gay camping for the weekend, please send warmth. ☀️

AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...

I *know* not to go to the grocery store hungry but I wish someone had warned me of the profound emotional and budgetary crisis that is going to the grocery store just before your first camping trip in a decade.

If you also need a dollop of hope today you're welcome to join me in hanging out with this baby monarch.

This weather was caused by Florence’s new single, obviously. ❤️‍🔥

Happy first cool drizzly day in August where you can finally get away with an autumn outfit to those who celebrate.

No YOU are so metabolically and psychically confused after the red-eye home you’re having soft serve at 9:30 AM.

A major food takeaway I've had from this trip is: tapioca crepes.

I hope the largest oyster found in New York Harbor in a hundred years is having a great day. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/n...

Experienced some architecture.

Anyway, today is a good day to talk to someone you know about why DC statehood is an imperative for a most just and democratic United States.

Put more queer museums in the middle of major metro stations!!!

Until next time, Salvador. ❤️

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

🎶Almost heaven, ANV V\EF0INA🎶

Furthest I’ve been: N: Skagway, US E: Taveuni, Fiji S: São Paulo, Brazil W: Taveuni, Fiji Crossed the 180° meridian, so my easternmost and westernmost places are the same!

Determined to try every fruit in Brazil I am unfamiliar with via icy treats.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

I just think that beach.

Perhaps this is peak transit.

Is this peak transit?

Arrived in Rio and almost immediately MET A CAPYBARA, BEST DAY EVER.

Municipally-owned food markets are good, actually.

Especially given the federal hostility to renewables, one of the best things we can do for the climate right now in the US is to remove state and local obstacles to solar.

São Paulo’s Minhocão, an elevated highway closed to cars on the weekend. An amazing way to experience the city.

Boa tarde, São Paulo!

Joanna Macy’s work has meant a lot to me. A map for navigating the ecological and social crises we face with resilience, love, and grounded hope. ❤️

Coming across a wooden house in Manhattan always feels like a glitch in the Matrix.