As a not-American, I'm just gonna say that it is actually okay to not lead the world. There are so many cool and innovative and community building things you can do without *leading the world* like some gigantic narcissist. Collaboration not competition.

I just remembered this and found it. Online is forever. This is about my college biology textbook, from 20+ years ago. It was being used in an honors high school biology class in Knoxville. www.facebook.com/FoxNews/vide...

Late in the afternoon on Friday (yesterday), HHS/NIH did 2 things: 1) They RIFd more employees (despite the extreme staffing shortages). 2) They sent announcements to supervisors letting them know people in their chain of command will be moved to the career/policy “at will” status. 🧵1/3

#birders Is there an easy way to look up the approximate nesting season for each of 25 bird species in a specific location? Utility wants to remove or trim trees and replace a pole (where birds are nesting) and I want to be able to show that nesting is ongoing and they should wait a few months.

95% of people in the Trump administration are semi-illiterate and they wouldn't dream of paying anyone to read their stuff before they say it.

What me, procrastinate? Life expectancies of current SCOTUS justices.

The Supreme Court issued a stay pausing the 5th Circuit's order that would have required in-person appointments to get mifepristone. That's great news!! But that's not the whole story. It never is. Would it surprise you that Donald Trump Jr.'s turkey-hunting buddy is involved? I explain:

Strange How All These Women Keep Accusing GOP Ohio Rep. Of Domestic Violence www.wonkette.com/p/strange-ho... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social

Do you all understand what we've lost, culturally, to climate change?

Good morning. As we await Rob’s BOTD themes today, I thought I’d post for #InsectThursday #Butterfly #ColorADay #YellowThu #photography #ECK

In the last couple weeks, we've seen a remarkable number of food recalls due to salmonella contamination. So many, in fact, that it's worth our time to take a deeper look at some of the reasons why. 1/10

For folks who say that recent patterns of warming “prove” the climate models are broken, and other forces are “accelerating” the warming. Nope. Warming is as expected and within the range of estimates. Thanks to @michaelemann.bsky.social and team for this. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I made a programme about the global warming generated by the amount of flying we do right now … before the Irish government lift the Dublin Airport passenger cap. Listen here: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Sun sets in western ghats #nature #landscape #photography 📷

Two years ago my BBQ ascended to a higher plane.

"🇨🇳 Scholars see a form of phased subjugation for the island: an immediate security crackdown neutralising political opponents; institutional restructuring beyond what has taken place in HK; and a decades-long psychological re-engineering project so Taiwanese come to identify with the CCP’s China."

Thank you so much. I do think my awareness about disparities and focus on inclusivity are things that sets me apart from the other candidates. #mepolitics

Gustav Klimt, Pond at Attersee Castle, 1910 #art

With 'Israel and Palestine' trending at #1 on Mother's Day, let me say James Baldwin had it exactly right: "The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." 🧵

"The observed flow of non-Iranian crude through Hormuz has slumped to an average about 500,000 barrels a day since the start of March, tanker tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show. In the two months prior to the war starting, it averaged about 13.6 million a day." www.latimes.com/environment/...

Whenever I say this people are like well my tastebuds just don't get it. I love bitter foods. I love radicchio. I love dark chocolate. I love red wine. I love bitter melon. IPA's taste like a homework assignment and the people who love it have Stockholm syndrome

Physically locking a PI out of their laboratory. This is horrifying.

At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

Went for a bit of a ramble in the Wissahickon today

I've just been called "a shill of the oligarchy." I had the temerity to argue that climate change is damaging the biosphere. Time for a walk at Elkhorn Slough with an old friend.

Leaving aside campaigning in red states, the argument that Democrats should drop climate is wrong. 1) It is dumb to drop a platform that the majority support & that your opponent is absolutely terrible on. 2) We do need to get to net zero now in order to halt heating at a relatively safe level. 🧵

Latest update from Moss Landing is that Vistra will retire the 100 MW battery that wasn’t involved in the fire, saying future revenues won’t exceed the cost to recommission it. That phase was also inside of a building and doubtful it could pass more recent fire codes or spacing rules.🔋🔌💡

Hot off the press. A well referenced high quality statement from the International Hantavirus Society. High level: - Andes strain is different - some spread will occur - pandemic potential is tremendously low - lots to learn - what happens next is up to us zenodo.org/records/2007...

Last fall, this deep sinkhole appeared at one of our field sites, with ground collapse happening in just a few weeks. This is what abrupt permafrost thaw looks like, with implications for soil stability, erosion, and methane emissions. Will be curious to see what happens here this summer.

Great synopsis of Ezra Klein interviewing the five leading Democratic candidates for governor of California. Topic was housing and homelessness. Venue: Oakland. The two Republican candidates were invited but didn't come.

Colorado lawmakers race to counter “right to natural gas” ballot measure

“We show that in almost every case where you use these fibers, this could be a privacy concern.” Nice story by @elisecutts.bsky.social for @science.org

"Is there a risk to the public?" Likely not. From the article: ** “There is no information that the California residents are ill or infected,” Barsanti told the news outlet. “At this time, the risk to public health in California is low.” ** Please don't worry people, @latimes.com.

I'm on a mailing list for science journalists in NYC and they have a get together coming up and one of the "guests" is Steven Pinker in 2026. That man, imho, is a eugenicist and a scientific racist.

The thing that’s relevant about this question is that the California legislature passed a law to fast-track 2,000 oil wells in Kern County last fall (in exchange to keep three offshore platforms off-line and some other restrictions). Signed by the Governor.

Restoring fish passage to spawning habitat is one of the most cost-effective ways to recover salmon runs. The Tulalip Tribes are leading the way in the Snohomish watershed. 🐟 🎥 This new film shows how that works—and why it's important to all of us. nwtreatytribes.org/passage/

Chilling. And accurate. by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "A whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hooray for Julie K. Brown! She's a national hero.

Beyond proud to have gotten to work with these incredible reporters, editors and photographers on this project and to continue to work with this inspiring staff every day!

This is just another handout to the industry for government contracts as they scramble to find a way to profitability while simultaneously feeding the fascist agenda to cripple real public education and robbing students of learning how to learn.

Warnock: "I know that there are those who are tired of the remedy. I'm tired of racism. I think it's a strange position to be more concerned about the medicine than you are about the malady."

Also good for the economists of the past to learn (assume a time machine): www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... Also at: archive.ph/2ByHj

Got frustrated with my hummingbird painting so instead of taking a break from painting all together I decided to try something completely different: California Poppy work in progress!

Ran across this Ruffed Grouse today, pretending to be a Road Runner avoiding a Coyote with Acme products. Kananaskis, Alberta #birds #birding #birdoftheday

man literature in translation is such an easy way to read good books. no one translates the bad ones

90% of Americans live within 10 minutes of a Walmart. Walmart is adding EV charging stations to all of their properties so please stop spreading disinformation on the behalf of the fossil fuel industry or at least don't do that in my replies.

‪A climate toy. An app that lets you choose how to slow climate change. Here are my choices, which omit carbon capture because it has yet to happen as useful scale and I'm not holding my breath on CCS. climatewedges.com/build.html?5...

Mifepristone is safe. Mifepristone is safe. Mifepristone is safe. Moreover, the risk of dying during and after a pregnancy is 44 to 70 times the risk of dying from an abortion. — JAMA Network Open, 1/26

Especially this: "... attacks on science or scientists are rarely driven organically; nor are they caused by confusion, error or poor science communication. ..."

This LOVELY article and app illustrate similarly-scaled policies or technologies ("wedges") for climate mitigation. For example, aviation demand reduction is one wedge. Compared to Drawdown or EnRoads, the strict linear wedges may be too simple for some scientists and yet tractable for teaching.