This you, Kristi?

A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.

The Florida panther, whooping crane, and manatee are some of America’s most vulnerable species, Lois Parshley reports. Now the Trump administration's proposed changes may drive them to extinction.

The process to the demise of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act. Jane Davenport from @awionline.org, pithy and accurate as usual: “The overall thrust is going to essentially put a stake through the heart of the statute.” 🐳🌍🦑

Praying in the House, while preparing to vote away benefits for seniors, children, and the sick. Hypocrisy at its finest.

Targeting a private educational institute because it won’t conform its governance and curriculum to what the state wants is…communist.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

I got lots of advice, some very specific. But one thing I heard again and again: America, you are running out of time. Here is what I learned: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Support any institution or nonprofit that comes under attack by the White House.

SETI Tech On Earth: DolphinGemma: How Google AI Is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication astrobiology.com/2025/04/seti... #astrobiology #SETI #CETI #language

There we go.

Trump's executive orders targeting law firms are unconstitutional and threaten judicial independence. Firms should sue to stop them, Adam Unikowsky argues.

She’s just a folksy woman of the people. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Exciting new work with Google and decoding dolphins www.facebook.com/share/p/1Vrp...

Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.

There really ought to be a Pulitzer for protest signs.

The ultimate check on Trump's abuses will be in the hands of the people, Cecillia Wang writes. "The constitutional system of checks and balances is still holding—for now":

Fareed is right. Corruption is the point. www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...

This!

Katherine Clark: "What they are doing here is wrecking the infrastructure of Social Security so they can rob the benefit ... it is an outrageous ripoff of the American taxpayer that we are seeing from this administration."

"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order" from @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

WHAT. AN. IDIOT!

It's hilarious and pathetic seeing Fox News hosts who make several million dollars a year telling viewers to accept the pain and not worry about their 401ks plummeting.

MASSIVE SHIFT Pro-democracy channels on YouTube are now growing faster than right-wing channels for the first time. MeidasTouch is proud to lead the way as the fastest-growing YouTube channel in Q1 2025. Keep this momentum going: YouTube.com/@meidastouch

They have our business!

Musk lies brazenly to hide his own conflicts.

Pay attention to who he is hurting most with these cuts.

I think a case could be made that we're witnessing the fastest onset of authoritarianism in a western government since Hitler. In fact, Trump, as @anneapplebaum.bsky.social has pointed out in the below v. good piece, is moving much faster than Orban did in Hungary www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

‘For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law’ meanwhile January 6 insurrectionists who brutalized Capitol piece roam free

Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...

Chris Murphy has confirmed he’s joining Cory Booker in solidarity on the Senate floor all night to protest Trump’s lawlessness and corruption.

Man: *very slow* “If you want to speak Mexican, go back to Mexico. In America, we speak English.” Woman: “Sir, I was speaking Navajo. If you want to speak English, go back to England.””

In House Rules Committee hearing, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) rips the GOP for moving forward with the SAVE Act, a bill that makes it harder for eligible voters to register to vote. "The SAVE Act is a voter suppression bill," he says. "That's all it is."

House GOP puts judges on ‘Wanted’ posters. Elon Musk pays voters to attend his WI rally. Trump floats a 3rd term. The world realigns on trade—without the U.S. And much more. Catch up on a wild day in politics:

Even if no one in the administration will say it out loud, the Greenland thing is a climate thing. By @brettvsimpson.bsky.social; gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Trump acts as if climate change does not matter. But the security concerns he raises about Greenland are global-warming issues, Brett Simpson writes.

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #conservation "Marine protected areas stage of establishment and level of protection are good predictors of their conservation outcomes" Horta e Costa et al.

He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

Our new coffee table book is here and ready for your home! It will be available for purchase at our annual Wild Ocean Science event this Saturday. Don't miss the chance to get a signed copy from Dr. Denise Herzing herself! We'll also have other books, t-shirts, and merchandise available for sale.

I am excited to announce that @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition on "Cognition in the Wild". Submissions are due by June 15. We are excited to see the amazing work you have been doing! link.springer.com/collections/...

Do not miss your chance to see Her Deepness, Sylvia Earle, in person at our annual Wild Ocean Science event at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, FL. Be sure to get your tickets now! More info 👇 www.wilddolphinproject.org/media/wos2025/

It was great to have Dr. Cindy Elliser & Kat White from @pacmam.bsky.social on the #WhaleTalesPodcast to share their results from the paper Resident Harbor Porpoises in the Salish Sea: Photo-Identification Shows Long-Term Site Fidelity, Natal Philopatry, & Provides Insights into Longevity & Behavior

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Timeless advice

As a scientist who has done work in the region, I intend to use the internationally accepted name. Scientists is the US uses meters instead of feet and Celsius instead of Fahrenheit in part because these are globally understood. The Gulf of Mexico is the same way. 🧪

New publication alert! Did you know that harbor porpoises in the Salish Sea can show long-term site fidelity up to 11 years and animals at least 14 years old can have calves? Find out this and more in our recent open access publication! www.mdpi.com/2673-1924/6/...

📚 A nice little review of "Why Animals Talk" bookmunch.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/a...