Like other federal agencies that deal in science, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been through the Trump administration wringer. Amidst the chaos, some former employees are trying to protect scientific integrity from future political assault. By @madelinevo.bsky.social

Rest in peace Bo Lueders www.instagram.com/p/DWoxNX_Aqtm/ Today's mood: Harm's Way - Wanderer www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIIl...

Exciting news in Canadian media: widely beloved editor Alison Uncles is leading a new nonprofit outlet focused on solutions journalism! Be Giant went live today:

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one of the most interesting stories I read all month tbh

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Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense, is requesting to exempt all oil and gas industry activities in the Gulf of Mexico from the ESA, though the military and industry has not proposed a specific project, or cited a conflict. “No one is asking for this,” Hartl said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Today's mood: this Converge live set www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-6O...

For the past 40 or so years, snail experts have had access to a passable manufactured snail food: a cultivated form of fungus related to air conditioner mold. Hayes equates this to french fries. “Snails eat it, but it’s not necessarily nutritionally good,” he says www.biographic.com/the-search-f...

"Hawai’i’s snails, Hayes says, have been persisting in captivity, not thriving. Unless the food question can be cracked, the snails “are going to disappear.”" www.biographic.com/the-search-f...

For the past 40 or so years, snail experts have had access to a passable manufactured snail food: a cultivated form of fungus related to air conditioner mold. Hayes equates this to french fries. “Snails eat it, but it’s not necessarily nutritionally good,” he says www.biographic.com/the-search-f...

The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat. www.biographic.com/the-search-f...

Since the closure of USAID an estimated 834,000 people lost their lives as a result of the loss of health assistance. USAID was also one of the largest contributors to conservation ($400m annually). This week on the podcast, Michelle Nijhuis @biographic.bsky.social details the situation a year on.

If you don't get bioGraphic's newsletter, you missed me bitching about how I'm still mad at the way people acted during COVID link.calacademy.org/nl3/RaLWaGbf...

This track is the ultimate grower. What a build www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3t...

A lot has happened in six years. In many ways—for good or bad, as we explore in this week’s story—the world has returned to normal. In others, it never can. www.biographic.com/lisbons-covi...

Six years ago this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Six years on, the disease’s death toll has surpassed 7 million people.

"Japan may soon join the small cohort of countries – mainly China, India, and Pakistan – whose vessels have been allowed to transit the waterway in recent days, with approval from Iranian authorities." share.google/NA2oVwFosqhV...

Lisbon’s COVID-19 Dolphin Resurgence is Coming to an End In Portugal, as around the world, the benefits of lockdown to wildlife have proved fleeting. www.biographic.com/lisbons-covi...

"Joe Kent, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned over the Iran war, saying Iran posed no imminent threat to the US." www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVfC...

"“To my knowledge, this is the first study that shows a terrestrial insect like a bumblebee being able to get their oxygen out of water,” says Harrison." www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"A sustained disruption of traffic through Hormuz would not simply constitute an energy crisis. It would also represent a fertiliser shock ... – and, by extension, a direct risk to global food security." theconversation.com/how-the-iran...

Today, @biographic.bsky.social published its first special issue: Conservation Enters a New Era One year after the Trump administration slashed biodiversity protections at home and abroad, people and organizations are figuring out where to go from here. www.biographic.com/conservation...

“They really seem like the first responders,” says Fischer. “They’re the things that are growing the most rapidly first.” So, whatever these fungi are up to—biologically speaking—likely impacts the rest of post-fire succession and recovery, she says. www.biographic.com/how-fire-fun...

I can't wait to watch all this play out on Real Housewives

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oh no the thing that has happened to every single world power in every single major conflict since the advent of modern artillery is happening again

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How “Fire Fungi” Help Put Burnt Landscapes Back Together Before plants and animals recolonize after a wildfire, fungi get to work. www.biographic.com/how-fire-fun...

After the Outbreak A northern gannet colony devastated by avian influenza is slowly recovering—and so are the researchers who witnessed the virus’s wrath. by @rheisman.bsky.social www.biographic.com/after-the-ou...

I need to live in the country just so I can finally play my music as loud as I want to

Could these strange and under-studied fungi help forests regenerate after wildfires? Had a fantastic time chatting with mycologists @mofisch.bsky.social, Matt Traxler, and Karen Hughes for this article. 🧪

"In the grand succession of life after a wildfire, the first beings to appear are neither plants nor animals, but fungi." Fungi as natural "first responders" in the wake of wildfires, by @hannahthomasy.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/how-fire-fun...

This entire series is fantastic. I put off reading it for a while because it just seemed too painful, but in addition to its useful summary of the history of the American conservation movement and where we are now, the series also looks ahead to where we can--and must--go from here.

One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn. grist.org/politics/the...

If Google's annoying new autocorrect thing is anything to go by, I have absolutely no idea how to write

Recommended read: In a four-part series, @biographic.bsky.social explored how US federal funding cuts have impacted biodiversity and conservation.

Are we still posting non-English bangers? Soave - Kill the Thrill www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIdt...

Every writer needs an editor, but overediting constantly threatens to smother a story's shine. It really is a balancing act

The Ruiner's got a lot to prove He's got nothing to lose and now he made you believe The Ruiner is your only friend And he's the living end to the cattle he deceives www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4p...

“We’re talking about an end to a whole era of conservation.” One year after the Trump administration changed how conservation around the world is funded and practiced, global leaders and local people are charting a new course—and planning for a future without U.S. support.

For over a century, the United States has largely set the agenda for global conservation--yet the country’s influence is rapidly contracting. And looking back, writes @judeisabella.bsky.social, it’s clear that US-led efforts have always been permeable to political whims and rife with contradictions

“I give the EPA employees here a lot of credit,” says Nicole Cantello, the president of AFGE Local 704 in Chicago. “They want to survive this. They want to live to … rebuild this agency.” www.biographic.com/the-fight-fo...

This Offshore Wind Turbine Will House a Data Center Underwater spectrum.ieee.org/data-center-... "The turbines will supply the power for the servers, and onboard batteries and grid connection will provide backup."

Earth dirt not so special after all www.sciencenews.org/article/chic...

Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...