Younger daughter & I found these fossilised crinoid rock stars (segments of the ‘stem’ of Jurassic feather stars/sea lilies, related to starfish & sea urchins) in the gravel on the edge of a lake nr Peterborough UK. She used them to make an ammonite:

An awful example of how our legal immigration system is getting progressively worse.

Today @who.int declared a PHEIC—a public health emergency of international concern—for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in DRC/Uganda without convening an Emergency Committee. That is unprecedented. The situation is catastrophic. Six experts explain why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKag...

New Ebola outbreak in Ituri province, DRC has killed 87 people and infected over 300

In our just published #openaccess paper in @natcomms.nature.com (lnkd.in/g5wRBXwU), we provide a comprehensive #global assessment of how background #climate & #urban #morphology jointly shape the #UrbanHeatIsland effect across 2,213 cities, & how these interactions may evolve in the future. 1/n

There have been over 100 cases of hantavirus in Argentina this past year & no reports of person-to-person transmission. It’s a rare phenomenon, but it happens. Looking at studies, these experiences give reason to believe what is happening on the ship will be self-limited. Full Q&A ow.ly/PxBl50Z0bTw

Released today: Part 1 in an upcoming video series on agroforestry. Excited to share this project and I hope it inspires!

Hi Build Soil is in need of help to make it to our next phase. Since wrapping up our effort to give away 18,000 chestnut trees and support community solutions to crises, we've been conducting interviews to release as a podcast. We need to raise funds asap in order to bridge the gap

Version 3. I've extended the orange-shaded area to cover the full 45 days (WHO number) and indicated each week since the date post-onset of Case 1's symptoms (dpo). May 10th was a day when 2 people became symptomatic and also tested positive. I've used green

I've been poking around a bit on the (unstudied) question of whether recharge zones of East Austin's natural springs may be connected, and ran across a 1976 study of soil patterns in the area. Note the light yellow sliver up the Tannehill Branch from Boggy Creek bisecting around 12th Street. 🧵

The fight for the New York State Caste Bill is here. After California's veto in 2023, New York could become the first state in the U.S. to legalize caste protections with its passing. Read about why this bill matters in New York. My latest in @prismreports.org 🔗 and 🧵below.

🧪 Calling on agro-ecology experts to weigh in on this whole conversation—and see all the replies—about growing bamboo as a feedstock for bioplastics on a large scale. 👇

An 18 yr old high school senior with no criminal record, working 40 hrs weekly—including late shift at Popeye’s. This is the type of hard working neighbor we need. Yet instead of graduation, he’s in detention thanks to Abbott & Trump.

The topic of gas tax (and noticing democrats like Talarico calling for temporarily suspending the gas tax) has been on my mind the past week. This is a nice primer on its political history...

This Is Not A Drill is out and free to watch on Patagonia's Youtube channel. @txsharon.bsky.social is one of three activists featured in the film.

Put a 3rd grader in charge! Meanwhile, Ken Paxton, Atty General, indicted felon and serial adulterer, is traveling all across TX (but mostly to blue cities) to make sure schools have posted the 10 commandments in all classrooms.

My colleague @stephseifertphd.bsky.social just published new groundbreaking work on hantaviruses in the United States as part of our shut down @viralemergence.org project. Want to prevent hantavirus outbreaks here? Fund her work. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Can we just all chill and meet at the lake? youtu.be/SswzcpQdJX0?...

it's been five months since the United States has admitted a refugee that is not a white South African

My dad told me to read this article about the end of a Pennsylvania dairy farm, and he was right. I was amazed to learn that in the 1970s, the US had 700,000 dairy farms, and it now has... 25,000. I've observed this massive consolidation from multiple vantage points. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/u...

I find it deeply grotesque seeing politicians mark this May 4 as Star Wars Day and not as the anniversary of Kent State. We are still living in Kent State's aftermath - the complexity of nonviolence, the impunity of state murder, the leadership of students in protest, the uncertainty of struggle.

A River Running Though You is a book for children, but also for the adults that read with them. An opportunity for us to relearn, to be guided by the extraordinary ability of both rivers and young minds to connect, explore and wander/ wonder.

Re folks' optimistic takes about the UAE's departure from OPEC: While it's a good sign for intl political economy of transition that the OPEC long-term-extraction consensus is breaking down, an early 20th c. style race to produce could in turn subsidize new oil consumers. This is a dangerous moment.

This is correct. And coupled with the attacks on people of color in the workplace, colleges, and the military, we are likely to see a profound resegregation across American society.

How bad is the developing Colorado River crisis? Early work by my team at USF & Berkeley suggests the worst. More to come soon.

Our Statement On Austin’s Decision to Comply with Abbott's Immigration Demands:

My new report for @ewgofficial.bsky.social released today: in a first ever map and analysis, we found that over 6,000 community water systems had nitrate at or above 3 mg/L in their drinking water- serving 62.1 million people, or just under 1 in 5 Americans. 1/4 www.ewg.org/research/dri...

At the first Earth Day at San Jose State in 1970, students raised money, bought a brand new Ford Maverick, and pushed it to campus to be entombed.

The squeeze: if I short N this spring to save $, I get no growth this summer=no blossoms next spring (2027) = no fruit in 2028. Budget savings must come elsewhere.

So the Supreme Court limits Presidential power when Obama tries to regulate the Fossil Fuel industry. BUT they expand Presidential power when Trump consolidates FF industry power and profits. Too bad for all of us that the FF industry is essentially the 4th branch of the U.S. government. 2/3 🎁🔗

Can we retire the “Roberts is an institutionalist” line now? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Happening now! I'm talking about Silicon Valley's long history of militarism on the @notechforapartheid.bsky.social "techlash" stream. fired50.org/techlash/

I wrote a thing dept: A 1970 antiwar protest in Austin right after Kent State could have turned out bloody. It didn't, thanks to a group of unsung UT law students. law.utexas.edu/magazine/202...

The feds are moving forward with plans to wall off the Big Bend region. Some reports say walls are "off the table" in the state park, but DHS hasn't canceled construction contracts or restored the legal protections they stripped. Nobody is crossing here. Look at those cliffs.

Report below estimates that the average household is spending $8.41 of their tax bill on the 2025 Iran bombing (with 2026 campaign yet to be tallied), $57.86 on aid to foreign militaries (genocide in Gaza), $79.19 on CBP and $39.91 on ICE. www.ips-dc.org/2026-tax-day...

"Outdoor recreation often slips into what I call an achievement-based relationship with nature. I’ve been guilty of it myself. Whether it’s “bagging peaks”, racing to finish the AT, or stamping the land with machines and monuments, the focus shifts from ecology to ego."

🧵. Not sure what to make of Austin Council Member Ryan Alter's quote in the first article:

Some of my friends and community members at UT speak on their experiences here.

Interesting model outside of the realm/limitations of non-profit orgs. Wonder if such a thing could work in more politically mixed suburban areas.

Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Troutdale, Oregon, said they were told to keep working as a colleague lay dying on the floor. “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work,” Sam recalled the manager saying.

Turn on 2FA in your settings, too.

The impacts of #urban areas on #clouds & #precipitation are complicated due to multiple competing pathways. In our new @agu.org paper (doi.org/10.1029/2025...), we explore how the #Houston metropolitan area influences summertime cloud formation & #convective storms using both models & observations.

New book on the private life of caste in India www.ucpress.edu/books/the-mo...

Residents from across #Texas convened in San Antonio recently to learn from one another in their fight against water- and power-hungry #datacenters ushering in a new economic era expected to displace millions of workers. deceleration.news/critical-tex...

When Tesla CEO Elon Musk set up his 2,500-acre Tesla Gigafactory in East Austin, he promised to create at least 5,000 jobs and an “ecological paradise.” Read the full story here: austinfreepress.org/terra-bite/

“ICE: What everyone should know” is live! It is a primer book, less than 100 pgs on who they are, what they can legally do & what we can do about them. Only available on Amazon e-books at the moment: a.co/d/0i1AfY0v

Israel hit all over Beirut. Strikes were in nearly all the neighborhoods surrounding my house. Reports saying many injured and dead. Israel seems to be intensifying before a ceasefire is implemented

Left: Earthrise: Apollo 8, December 24, 1968 Right: Earthset: #Artemis II, April 6, 2026