The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

welcome to THE BIG BEAUTIFUL RAPTURE* *brought to you by Advil

Minding one’s own business is not a thing in the Idiocracy:

Beautifully reasoned: The Triumph of the Book in Nature open.substack.com/pub/chasingn...

This.

From a distance, I thought I was seeing a new species of butterfly. It’s my beloved Giant Swallowtail ovipositing on Zanthoxylum fagara with her entire hind wings bitten off!

And natives help us “Rethink Pretty” (Benjamin Vogt, Monarch Gardens LLC) #gardening 🌱 #NativePlants #Rewild #Pollinators #Butterflies #EcosystemGardening #Bees #Birds #FoodWeb

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was a scientific illustrator most famous for her 'Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium'. In this book filled with beautifully illustrated plates she explored the then poorly understood concept of insect metamorphosis.

What is the bird's-eye view of your yard and your community? Bird-friendly landscapes have less lawn, more native habitat, & will have no landscape-wide applications of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. #BuildHabitat For guidelines, read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2022/10/habi...

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I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? Robert Redford

"They're politicians, what are they supposed to do? Literally fight in the streets?" Unashamed to say this made me cry.

Worth the read, worth the thought. 🎁 article.

PSA: If you haven’t yet, it may be a good idea to get your COVID shot this week. Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition. The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.

So beautiful.

Dear Bluesky, I don’t know what to say—other than thank God you gave us the nuclear block:

Cheers for Sen. Ron Wyden.

Bluesky is my place to enjoy nature’s magic, human sanity, creativity, wit, humor. But guys, that Birthday Book (and everything, really) is impossible to block out. 🙏Thanks to these women for standing up and speaking up last night in D. C. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-din...

Florida’s wildlife agency confirmed it issued a special license to capture the ray--a federally-protected endangered species--for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. Now state legislators are seeking to revoke that permit and any similar permits going forward. #environment #nature #sealife #oceans

News from the universe of tiny, hidden, “creepy” non-human beings: Why Webspinners Earn the Prize for Nature's Best Raincoat entomologytoday.org/2025/09/08/w...

“It’s important when you’re changing the world to have a good time while you’re doing it.” Thanks for this @w8nsee.bsky.social

Slow-mo of Giant Swallowtail ovipositing on Wild Lime, Zanthoxylum fagara, in a hell strip wildlife garden. Miami’s daily rains bring new growth, and a new wave of Autumn butterflies. This species can use citrus as a host and adapts to the urban-scape. #gardening #nativeplants #butterflies #rewild

You don't get to live in a civilization which bombs, destabilizes, exploits and extracts from the global south and then bitch when the victims of the bombing, destabilization, exploitation and extraction move to your country to get away from the misery your society caused them.

Fixed it

I really, REALLY wish people would internalize the absolute stranglehold voter suppression and gerrymandering have over many red states with high BIPOC populations (who reliably vote blue) before consistently writing off these entire states and saying shit like “they deserved it”.

Every day is “Lord of the Flies” but so much worse. So here is an account to visit—and revisit—for evidence “There lives the dearest freshness deep down things.”

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

Is either statement true? 1)Large-flowered, showy, exotic plants are the most beautiful. 2)Inconspicuous, small-flowered plants, native to an eco-region are most beautiful. Chiococca parvifolia—Florida Keys Snowberry, Shortleaf snowberry #gardening #nativeplants #habitat #butterflies #ecosystem

South Korea's former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been indicted for aiding ex-president Yoon's attempted coup last year, joining Yoon's wife, defense minister, military leaders, and police who have all been arrested. America, this is how to hold an entire administration accountable for treason.

Monarez is playing her weak hand perfectly, and should be a model for institutional resistance for the next four years: 1. Make them fire you 2. Don’t go along to get along 3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role 4. Always escalate the conflict

🚨☎️ American friends: tomorrow morning, pls. call your two Senators & demand that they hold hearings on Kennedy’s profoundly reckless behavior as Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services. Then call your Representative, and demand that the House bring articles of impeachment against him.

YES. This is what courage looks like.

Tattered, worn, drinking and swaying in the hell strip. I feel you, Wildness. #InvertiFest #Invertebrates #Butterflies #NativePlants #Gardening #Rewilding #Conservation #StingsandWings

Inspired by the Miccosukee and Seminole tribes of South Florida—fiercely punching above their weight, still unconquered. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

A huge "Thank You" to the Miccosukee Nation! #GoodbyAlligatorAuschwitz #GoodbyAlligatorAlcatraz

Journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera were killed.

We can stop this. 🛑 Pesticides kill butterflies. Butterflies are a canary in our existential coal mine. Nature protects and sustains butterflies, humans. Pesticides are a marketing scam. #Butterflies #Gardening #NativePlants #EcologyandConservation #Flowers www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Heat extremes attributable to climate change have led to a 25–38% average reduction in monitored tropical bird populations since 1950, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3UIIpP7 🧪

From @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social: “If you’re under 65 and not high risk, the window to get a Covid-19 vaccine is right now—before the FDA label changes (possibly this Friday). Once it happens, access will be limited immediately.”

Have you thanked a plant today? Most of life on Earth depends on both sugar & oxygen produced through photosynthesis. When absorbed through respiration, it's equal & opposite of photosynthesis. This caterpillar gains energy from my parsley, but if a bird eats it, sugars move up the food chain.

Anything this kid wants or needs, I’m down. Parents too.

Fantastic ways for kids to learn concepts and processes as they make the origami.

“For evil men, profit is greater than justice.” “κακοῖς τὸ κέρδος τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερον.” (Euripides “Hypsipyle” fr. 760a = 758 Nauck/Stob. 3.10.26) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

Throws a sandwich. “Deeeeep staaaate!” Uses 5 guns to fire 500 bullets at CDC and actually kills a cop: *fucking crickets.

People working in or visiting museums in DC: Please use your phones to record politically/racially/sexuality/gender sensitive exhibits before the Trump administration desecrates them with its white supremacist heteronormative propaganda. Because we will need to fix them when he’s gone to Hell.