This is not a Democracy, this is a kleptocracy where a few at the top get most of the wealth. Who's doing this - Trump and his GOP MAGA Cult. Time to vote these GOP scoundals out of office.

Good morning Bluesky. Dawn Redwood. Edwards Gardens, Toronto, Ontario.

Who supports this kind of cruelty? Please commit to help vote the real problem people here out of office - the GOP MAGA Cult of Wanna Be Dictator Trump.

What was lost with recent federal defunding of 3 out of 9 regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs), written by leaders/staff from Northeast, South Central and Pacific Islands CASCs. We haven't given up on getting their funding restored, along with other cuts to the rest of the network.

Trees help create healthy neighborhoods by removing pollution from the air, reducing stormwater runoff, reducing heat island impacts, providing wildlife habitat, and promoting mental and physical health by encouraging people to get out and walk in their neighborhoods.

Camellia blooming in November

🦠 Wastewater testing can act as an early warning of disease outbreaks,“By sampling what communities flush away, scientists can detect traces of disease weeks before patients reach clinics.” The same approach can apply elsewhere, e.g. detecting measles to identify where there may be community spread

Definitely going backward. We are one world and all in this together.

Trump is making buying and operating a car more expensive while also increasing climate pollution. Definitely going backward and not great for our health and country.

A great loss for United States research and development needed in many areas for addressing needs of a growing population, loss of nature and knowledge needed for maintaining a healthy sustainable life amid climate change, resource exploitation, depletion, and threats to survival of life on earth.

Vaccines didn’t just save lives—they shaped society! From ancient variolation to mRNA, discover key breakthroughs, hidden heroes, and why vaccine innovation matters more than ever. Are you ready for the next chapter? 👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/

Attempts to silence dissent of nonprofits grows under Trump’s MAGA world.

Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025 Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦

Fall colors on display at the Seattle Arboretum.

July 2025 - "SB 5184, which was adopted by a wide majority in both houses, exempts all homes smaller than 1,200 square feet from parking mandates. “The average new apartment in the United States is 904 square feet, and even the typical two-bedroom averages only 1,097 square feet."

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 : Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn** Don't believe the wind power haters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UN assessment of 60 countries' submitted plans for climate action show only a 10% cut in greenhouse gas emissions Nowhere near what is required for sticking to 1.5C As climate change-fuelled hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica you wonder what could shift the dial www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Eighty to ninety percent of issues urban trees face,” Erwin told me, “come from problems in the growing place.”

New Yorker. By Paul Noth.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold. Credit: Roger P Hangarter

This week: -Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact -Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video -30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.

Going backward - not forward, in addressing climate change. Trump is stuck in the early previous century & before when coal was burned, now rightly viewed by as a significant source of carbon pollution. It's all about the money, not the future of our planet. Lost in the past. Not great! Pathetic!

Old-growth western larch (tamarack) is among the rarest forests in North America. Once scattered across Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and into BC, nearly all were logged for their durable wood. What remains are scattered relics.

We live on a finite planet. For life on our planet to be sustainable, we must live within boundaries that are sustainable. Some boundaries may be modified and grow but others may actually decrease. It requires a balancing act.

Almost 200k Americans commented on Trump’s proposal to nuke the policy that protects roadless areas. Over 99% opposed!!! www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...

Don't know where your other response went but the article you referenced in Tree PAC was from 2005 on ADU, was under a previous Chair & was from an individual Board member. It is not the current position of Tree PAC and hasn't been for a long time. We are for increased housing and protecting trees.

Strip mining our forests of large trees providing the most environmental services and climate mitigation is going back to the Robber Baron days. The forests are public forests and should benefit us long term, not just corporate loggers.

Removing environmental protections for rivers and our forests in going backward to an era of unfettered exploitation of our natural resources to benefit the new Robber Barons of the GOP Maga Cult and their self appointed Dictator. Time to support removing them from office in elections this year.

What we get when people under our current administration really don't know what they are doing. Shutting down government to turn more things over to private enterprise or just shutting things down is not the answer. Vote to put Democrats back in charge.

Mt Rainier National Park's Paradise area is without water after a storm and the termination of the park's only plumber as part of the DOGE layoffs. Guests at the Paradise Inn are apparently being given gallon jugs of water to flush their toilets. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Phasing out coal burning is critical to reducing air pollution, saving lives and reducing climate impacts. Trump and GOP MAGA Cult are pushing the opposite way to increase coal mining and burning. Only idiots keep their pedal on the gas rather than slamming on the brakes as they head toward a cliff.

Trump & his GOP MAGA cult are intent on going back to some imaginary past that does not exist while the world is moving toward a climate tipping point for sustainability. It is pure insanity of blind men focusing on personal profit rather than the scientific reality of an impeding crisis.

Wildfire smoke is spreading pollutants more widely than ever before. @marshallburke.bsky.social spoke with @emilypont.bsky.social of @heatmap.news about what’s driving the increase, and what can be done to prevent and mitigate the risks: ow.ly/5ILx50WIv7w

KFF Health News: At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

The power of concentrated money in the hands of a few can overrule the people. In the US it was magnified by the US Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United which said corporations & others could freely send money in elections was free speech. "Citizens United" was really a corporate front group.

President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ includes a provision to defund the organization. “It’s about abortion. It’s about controlling people and their ability to make decisions and decide when to have a family,” Clegg said.

Shareholders scared of old man Wanna Be Dictator Trump still living in the last century? Seems like it.

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Trump’s sweeping tariffs have no legal basis. Neal Katyal represents the businesses that initiated the tariff lawsuit against Trump.

"Today at least 406 wild bird species and 51 wild mammals globally have been infected. Australia is the only continent to remain free of the virus. ... “What’s emerged is just this really complex picture,” says Brian Millsap, a raptor ecologist at New Mexico State University. ..."

And I am the world's foremost astrophysicist ballerina who invented the piano, aspirin, and appetizers.

Thesis: Trump is ticking off his authoritarian to do list quickly Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort

We’re 7 months in, and “Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago” is a headline in the Washington Post. And because it’s city number three, we’re already numbing to it. If you read this about any other democracy in the world, you’d conclude that it was well on the road to a dictatorship.

In case anyone is still wondering why Bolton was raided

A cult of personality. What could go wrong?

If there is a GOD he or she is expecting you to respond and fix things, not just be "praying". That is not action but dereliction of responsibility or accountability for things you can do to help reduce or end things like gun violence or war or starvation or lack of health care or poverty and more.

The Ocean as the Final Judge We can destroy the ocean, not in a single storm, but in many careless acts Every net that strips life from its depths, every pipe that leaks poison, every policy that treats the sea as a dumping ground The verdict is simple: Protect it, or lose the world it sustains

Tune in to this short conversation with the Monterey Bay Aquarium as Donielle Stevens chats with Margaret Spring, our chief conservation and science officer about what the global plastics treaty means for our ocean and our future: mbayaq.co/46jt8cX