Via Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion & Inside Climate News: With the Bessemer City Council scheduled to vote Tuesday on a “hyperscale” data center, challenges from an environmental group and the Alabama Department of Transportation present potential obstacles for the project. https://ow.ly/YQAk50XrPy6

#AltGov stands with @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social Please take a moment to show her some love today. ❤️

Please be gentle w/ yourselves and your colleagues as you return to work. All have been in a pressure cooker of different types of strain and worry. Hate to be a broken record, but feel at a loss as to what else to share: FS workers can reach out at any time for “in-the-moment care” to the EAP.

If you need additional time to report back, work with your supervisor.

On average 30% of our colleagues are veterans- thank you for choosing to care for the land and serve the people.

Old (2023) data, but handy for a note of appreciation for colleagues who served: “Of the 37,485 total employees in the Forest Service, there are currently 5,555 individuals who identify as veterans, making up 14.8% of the agency’s workforce.” Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice.

The federal workforce was shut down and shut out of our work for no reason at all. Workers endured fear & hardships in hopes healthcare could remain affordable. Hard choices and serious consequences befell federal workers and their loved ones. A month and a half of suffering, to get nothing.

This is important. Where these minerals lie, this admin will aggressively use taxpayer money to find. Extraction will enrich members of this admin, their corporate enablers. This is what we are up against. All of these entities working together to profit from the fall of democracy and demise of law.

Significant cave nomination form. cc: @democrats.senate.gov

Taking a wild guess there was no “Special Use” permit authorizing seizure of part of Coronado National Forest. cc: @altdhs.altgov.info

Mike “IDK” Johnson has not sworn in a duly elected House member for over 45 days now. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.

2026?

The guy who kept calling Joe Biden ‘Sleepy Joe’ was in another coma yesterday during his pharmaceutical meeting in the Oval Office.

Hey, so SNAP still isn't funded, despite being ordered to by a judge, and we're one week past when folks needed to get their money. Our friends, neighbors and community members are in need, some may be literally starving and they may now have to choose between food and electricity.

“Federal employees are experiencing disruptions in the workplace at a rate far higher than the national average — and that’s leading to increases in stress and loneliness, as well as a decline in employee engagement, according to new data from Gallup.” federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

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We've had some questions about the omission of the furlough pay provisions in the recent shutdown notices. Here's language you can include w/signature acknowledging the new notice that ensures you aren't waiving your rights. #yourworkmatters #bettertogether #holdtheline #nffestrong #UnionsMatter

Not sure about all yall but we're tired of being shut out by Congress. There's work to get done. #ourworkmatters #saveourservices #holdtheline #nffestrong #UnionsMatter

Department of the Interior is going to comply with the federal judge. There will not be a reduction in force (RIF) during the shutdown. @altfws.altgov.info @resistancerangers.altgov.info @altblmatinterior.bsky.social @altwasonps.bsky.social @altacadia.bsky.social @altdoi.altgov.info

Deeply satisfying public challenge to Mike “IDK” Johnson.

Just say no Why doesn't he stop? resist.bot/petitions/PR...

I remembered I wanted to re-post this. Seems especially relevant today 💚

Hope is alive and well.

Always nice to see USFS R&D authorship in the wild. Third author’s affiliation: USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Western Wildlands Environmental Threat Assessment Center

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Fellowship in Reno, Nevada! Way to go @nffe-local125.bsky.social 💚

There’s still time to vote— Go vote! Your vote is your voice. Your voice is your power. Never give up your vote, your voice, your power ✊ “We are being tested, and what is remarkable about America is it gives us the power, as citizens, to change this country.” #Resist #AllOfUs #AltCitizen

Vote CA!

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If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

Vote!

Do you doodle? Do you want to? Humor, storytelling, and cartoons are all tools to #Resist. #KilroyWasHere

What are we doing?

As always, the cruelty seems to be the point.

ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW in several very important races across the country, including here in PA. So don't forget to go vote and bring ALL your friends!

The #CaptitolChristmasTree2025 is from our local this year! First time ever that Nevada is contributing it.

White House doubling down on Hatch Act violations. Real .gov White House web page. And the Hatch Act is a real law: federal workers cannot use government resources for political purposes. I’m clearly 💯 on board with mocking political opponents— But *breaking the law to do it* is unacceptable.

Feels like the USDA Economic Research Service might be interested in this trend.

Every year, a different national forest provides the majestic Christmas tree that's installed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, also known as "The People's Tree." This year, that tree is a 53-foot red fir from Nevada's Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. #publiclands #nationalforests #christmas

Authorities search for missing hunter in Mount Hood National Forest; gunshots heard overnight

Trump hosted a "the Great Gatsby" themed Halloween party at Mar-A-Lago, with the actual tagline "A little party never killed anyone," while Congress remains shut down and SNAP funding remains uncertain. It's like they're re-creating the Balfour drawing.

Sigh.

30+ days of partisan messaging that drives a needless, harmful wedge between the public and the Forest Service. Please continue to report this Hatch Act violation to the Office of Special Counsel and communicate to your Congressional delegation that this is not just inappropriate, but harmful.

Help with the 'e' words.

Make a plan to vote, Virginians!