I think we give Swamp Thing too much credit with the whole 'gaming the market' thing. He really is just a toddler with dangerous toys.

"Forget about the curveball, Kelsey! Give 'im the heater!"

GOP/MAGA = bedwetters

"It's okay if species go extinct in the wild as long as we have a data bank of their DNA 'cause we can recreate them later on!" is techbro sci fi 🐎💩. Endangered species represent threatened ecological COMMUNITIES; it's why preserving and restoring those communities is key to species' survival.

Now here it is, your moment of zen.

Liberal minded people, members of a minority or not, urgently need to get our heads round the fact that there is ALWAYS a reaction against gains in equality and not get allowed to ourselves to be seduced by the idea that it wouldn’t have happened if the less privileged group had been more discreet.

This #PollinatorMonth, join us in applauding our recent Monarch Champions! 🦋🤝 The #MayorsMonarchPledge program designated 8 new U.S. cities as Monarch Champions to recognize the tremendous effort to enhance quality habitats for monarch butterflies. See the list on our Facebook.

We’re out on the water, in the early morning fog, with our electric trolling motor and a depth gauge, trying to locate and recover a reported ghost net. We’ll note the coordinates and mark it with a buoy for the dive team. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #SaturdayMorning

“ . . . to defend against enemies, trivial and imaginary . . . “

If a wildfire threatens your area, stay informed of evacuation orders. Leave immediately when asked to avoid being caught in fire, smoke or road congestion. Have an emergency supply kit in your vehicle and know your evacuation route. More: weather.gov/safety/wildfire

"Josh Gottheimer, the centrist pro-Israel Democrat . . . " Yeah, that's exactly who I want to hear from on "problem creators, not problem solvers." 🙄

Mexico's first woman ref in a men's World Cup match! 👑👑👑

I'm shocked - SHOCKED! - to discover racism is going on in Stephen Miller's head! 😏

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"The videos show sheriff’s deputies stopping Hispanic drivers on country roads for accusations like wide turns or failing to signal a turn early enough – minor traffic violations they would find difficult to prove. "Then, deputies handed drivers and their passengers over to [CBP] agents . . . "

Alito: "SYSTEM of justice? Rule of LAW? Not on MY watch, buddy!"

"Julia" is harvesting WA cherries. "It's slow, but I'm looking forward to when peak season hits in July. We'll have a 6-7 week window that if we work fast we could save money. We earn $4/20-25lb bucket. Ivmake 30 buckets/day now but in peak season sometimes I make 70. #WeFeedYou

I ❤️ gill-men, Deep Ones, and other humanoids from the deep . . .

At least 50 people have died in immigration detention since Trump returned to office, the deadliest period in ICE’s history. Yet Congress continues to give immigration enforcement agencies billions of dollars without requiring reform. bit.ly/4v1sMBH

In the newest episode of our Sounds Wild podcast, we travel to Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge to talk with the Center’s Elise Bennett about what the future holds for #Florida #manatees, the gentle giants of the sea. 🎧 Listen on Apple, Spotify, or at biodiv.us/soundswild

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"The previous plan was to lean on extra E-2Ds and a future of space-based sensors instead. "The war with Iran undercut that case, exposing a near-term battle management gap that satellites cannot yet fill, compelling the Pentagon to reverse course this spring."

Remember, Swamp Thing also roots for the oil companies when gas prices go up. 😒

"The temporary suspension of the team — whose duties include recovering the bodies of drowning victims — was enacted without any public announcement in mid-May, according to a copy of the notification shared with The Nevada Independent and confirmed Friday by the National Park Service." #USNPS

"Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency." Swamp Thing translation? Pass my voter suppression law and save my 🍑 first!

"For the last 50 years it has also been completely independent from the federal government. ""When we became tribally controlled," Lisa Longeteig, the school's librarian says. "That was a key piece.""

"In an ancient river channel, the rover detected complex organic carbon within and on rocks . . . . One of those detections is the first of their kind to be found on a rock the rover hadn’t drilled into." #ETLife

" . . . a Texas wealth manager with no conservation experience in charge of all national parks and wildlife refuges." What could go wrong? 🤪

The 🤬 you are, Johnson.

Translation? They know that staffing level hits are taking a toll on safety.

There’s ongoing harm from Indigenous identity fraud.

That boat is so beautiful! 🤩

Authenticity and conviction are critical, and it's so blatantly obvious who has it and who doesn't.

Remember when Joe Biden's age threatened the End of the Republic? 🙄

Your 21st century GOP, ladies and gentlemen.

"Trogloraptor" sounds like the dino-villain in the next Jurassic Park installment. 😲

And now here it is, your moment of zen.

Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people. But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. (Published Aug. 2025 with @adn.com)

That one can stand against hate directed at both Muslims AND Jews shouldn't be as shocking as it seems to be for so many people. End hate. Full stop.

Hello & welcome to Week 2 of: Haleakalā Silversword Watch! 👀 Do you see it? 👁️ One of the endemic silversword plants growing near the summit of Haleakalā Volcano 🌋 ...IS ABOUT TO BLOOM. 🌼🌸 🌼🌸 🌼🌸 It's a once in a lifetime (for the plant) event, folks. ⏳ #HaleakalaNationalPark #HaleakalaSilverswords 🩶

Also, don't expect use to listen to you or your concerns. Don't expect us to reexamine our core assumptions. Don't expect us to change as times and circumstances change. Just keep voting for us 'cause we're not Republicans, 'kay? And ignore that Third Way consultant behind the curtain! 😒

"[USFS] acknowledged that it can no longer provide funding for plague mitigation to prevent the non-native disease from wiping out prairie dog colonies, but apparently it can fund exploring methods to poison Grassland prairie dog colonies even more." #SocialEcology

To be honest, I'm surprised Dolan managed to stop short of, "I OWN your 🍑es!" 'cause you know that's where he wanted to go. 😒

JUST IN: Aliya Rahman, the Minneapolis woman whose image went viral after ICE agents inexplicably dragged her out of her car on her way to a doctor’s appointment, just hit DHS with a federal complaint alleging its officers violated disability and human rights laws. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...

The Senate's farm bill just dropped and it's not looking good. "Instead of helping Americans afford groceries or protecting clean air and drinking water, Congress is rewarding the nation’s most powerful polluters and the armies of lobbyists fighting for them," said the Center's J.W. Glass.