👀ICYMI: "Universities have a choice: do they engage with these complexities and learn together with other urban residents – or stand back and risk defining their own irrelevance to the immediate communities around them?" #CivicUniversities #AcademicSky

Ted Lieu: “Were there any underage girls at that party or any party that Trump attended with Epstein” Pam Bondi: “There is no evidence that Trump has committed a crime” Ted Lieu: “I believe you just lied under oath”

The SAVE Act would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person just to register to vote. Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple. Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121

I'm skimming through mentions of Trump in the Trump-Epstein Files, and there's one thing that I'm thinking over and over: All we had to do was believe the women. There are dozens of stories in here that make me ill. Do you really believe these are all lies?

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

The EPA plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting air pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show. 🧪🌎 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... #environment #health

"on Jan 6, 2021, a violent mob [of Trump supporters] stormed the Capitol building" After, over 100 major companies spoke up against it & promised to stop giving $ to those who condoned it Unfortunately, most backtracked Here are 10 who didn't; good info to have as you decide where to spend your $

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?

What is your favorite way to get grad students to read and discuss papers in class? Tricks, tips, and "don't do that" please. I'll add mine in the comments too! #Ecology #Evolution #Conservation #AcademicSky

The application deadline is approaching for the Tatter Family Entomology Graduate Fellowship at MSU! This fully funded opportunity supports M.S. and Ph.D. students with a stipend, tuition and research support. Apply by Nov. 21, 2025: www.canr.msu.edu/ent/graduate... #Entomology #Ecology 🌎🧪🍁

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... Get in touch if you want to chat!

Tonight was a very bad night.

“Women are often hired and promoted based on past accomplishments, while men are hired and promoted based on future potential...” swe.org/magazine/wom...

##BirdOfTheDay American dipper on #rocks

I’m just going to say it… It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.

It's November 1st, which means millions of Americans are logging onto healthcare.gov to get covered. But this year, they’re being hit with skyrocketing premiums all while SNAP benefits lapse because congressional Republicans refuse to act.

Trump continues to attack public education and our ideals of fairness and decency.

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted Wednesday that he doesn’t have “sufficient” evidence that pregnant people’s use of Tylenol can cause autism in their children.

Thoughts and prayers… but I doubt that is enough. We must rise. We must fight. We must not give up. This country, this world— needs us to provide checks and balances. We need to act. www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner. This is a danger to us all.

#Corvids are my favorite! Here are three #BirdOfTheDay from my trip to Edmonton for The Wildlife Society conference. Canada jay, common raven, and black-billed magpie.

Laying plain the lies of the Speaker of the House.

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

This is the Canada ad Trump lost his mind over. Shocker, he’s lying—it is Reagan’s real voice. He’s now cutting off trade with Canada because he’s scared it could mess with the Supreme Court case over his “reciprocal” tariffs.

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

ABC News released before-and-after satellite images of the White House demolition.

This #raptor #BirdOfTheDay was sitting above my chicken and duck coop. Smaller than most of my flock, this coopers hawk was soon mobbed by crows and went of its way. One of the many reasons why my domestic flock has an enclosure to keep them safe and to keep wildlife safe.

White House changes course and will now be demolishing the entire East Wing.

DOI Layoffs Via court docket (see the appendix by bureau and function. For FWS: Hardest hit is those who were consolidated to the Department (Office of Sec). RIF summary for current FWS: Migratory Birds, 35 Off Cons Investment 14 Fisheries 48 Eco Serv 13 RD Offices 8 Refuges 24 Off Law Enf 1

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

My first contribution to #BirdoftheDay is a #Colorful Black-billed Magpie!

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil. The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips. Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms. If this isn't corruption, what is?

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA. More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket. 45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

BREAKING: Los Angeles County has just declared a STATE OF EMERGENCY over the federal ICE raids. Only in Trump’s America does a county have to declare an emergency because of what the federal government is doing. #BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #California #ICE #AbolishICE

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that exceed all other estimated climate costs combined. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/wild...

25 years ago I saw the Athabasca Glacier for the first time and could walk right up to it. Now the only way you can reach it is to pay for a ice truck to drive you there. In front of it, a glacial lake grows 💔

After attending TWS in Edmonton, my partner and I spent the rest of the week exploring Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, Jasper, and Elk Island National Parks in Canada! 🤍❤️

Look at that huge jump in Trump's wealth in 2025. Americans can't afford groceries or health care. But the Trump presidency is working out great for Donald Trump. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive: 2015: 332 2016: 383 2017: 347 2018: 335 2019: 414 2020: 611 2021: 689 2022: 644 2023: 659 2024: 503 So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days. We do not have to keep living like this.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

It shouldn’t be considered far left to believe in decency & democracy.