I love DC... I just wish we had a leader to stick up for us or some form of representation. We're just stuck with whatever they want to do to us. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I love DC... I just wish we had a leader to stick up for us or some form of representation. We're just stuck with whatever they want to do to us. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
🦑 @blue-convergence.bsky.social just released our Aug newsletter - register to join an important webinar series on Managing Protected Areas in a Changing Ocean: mailchi.mp/blueconverge...
The Wednesday Night Massacre at #CDC. Key leaders depart after firing of Director. #RFKJr #Vought & #Trump have now destroyed the agency. Their acts will kill people. They have blood on their hands. www.statnews.com/2025/08/27/c...
🦑 I'm excited to share my poem Chrysaora quinquecirrha will appear The Nature of Our Times anthology - available for preorder now! natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org
Wow, Tim Burchett is missing out on a great, vibrant city... I spent half my day on Saturday just walking across this beautiful place... one end to the other and back.
Looking for something inspiring to read this week? Check out 2017 fiction alum @emipasbeck.bsky.social's essay "How to Safely Transport Your Wurlitzer" in the anthology SNAPSHOTS. www.bloomsbury.com/us/snapshots...
I’m so ashamed of what we’re doing to people.
Welcome Mohammed Alhammami and @emilyknight.bsky.social to our team! Mohammed will oversee the life cycle of our grants and build our operational systems while Emily will lead organizational communications. Learn more about both them in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 🦑
🦑 Check out our July newsletter from @blue-convergence.bsky.social. We have an informational webinar about our Climate-Resilient Fisheries Request for Proposals on July 31. mailchi.mp/blueconverge...
So proud to graduate from Warren Wilson Program for Writers… so many new poems, annotations of poetry, a semester dedicated to a long essay on Sheryl St Germaine and WS Merwin, and full manuscript…
Meet @emilyknight.bsky.social, a poet who's thankful for the program's cross-genre focus. 1/2
That florida concentration camp doesn't appear to have air conditioning and well putting people in temps in florida heat in summer is a recipe for death.
Denaturalization is a tactic that was heavily used during the McCarthy era of the late 1940s and the early 1950s and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
We are collapsing ourselves over grievance and entitlement. I don't even know what to say. So many people are going to be hurt. I can't stand it.
Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?
🦑Friends, Tues, July 1 will be my last day with the Lenfest Ocean Program. I will start my new position with @blue-convergence.bsky.social on Mon, July 21. For all working in policy and science, I know how hard things are. Don't give up, keep fighting, we need you now more than ever! #scicomm
Boy, the political leadership of our country really really has it in for kids...
We bomb Iran making the world exponentially more dangerous and only to set back their nuclear program by a few months. And of course war doesn't work. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
"...1987 and I didn't know it then / Reagan was selling weapons to the leaders of Iran / but it won't be the first time, baby / and it won't be the end / they were all American made..."
The bombs are All American Made... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ooI...
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
Everyone should listen to episode of @npr's Throughline: www.npr.org/2025/06/05/1...
Their American dream: That we all die from a preventable and/or treatable illness while at work in a job that doesn't pay living wage. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
Every time I get a wee bit scared I hum a little tune…
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.
So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings
Defense Attorney Shabazz: “If Kilmar is so dangerous, why did they wait 3 years to indict him on this? They’re only doing that now to justify denying him due process and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment (in CECOT).”
Seen on my walk this morning.
If I have to choose between America and California… I choose California.
This man really really wants to kill people.
This is how you normalize authoritarianism.
Politico is leveraging their role as kowtowing to an aspiring dictator in a much clearer and more urgent way than they did during his first term.
What's so screwed up is that we did this already. Backlash is one thing... but the thing I hadn't thought about before living through it is just how insanely stupid it is... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
RIP Brian. You were a legend.
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control
"Long overdue." "An awesome thing." "Great news!" Anti-vaxxers are rejoicing after RFK Jr. fired all the CDC's vaccine experts.
*true*
@fetterman.senate.gov has no business talking about the moral high ground. The LA protests are not anarchy. Ask the LAPD. Meanwhile he courts MAGA fascists. A sell out for power is a sell out for power. The weak ones show their trust colors again and again. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
What a disgusting thing for a public servant to say about any city
The thing is, when there is no penalty for lying to Congress, serial liars are going to lie to Congress.
Let this sink in. Even the Los Angeles Police Chief, Jim McDonnell, made it clear: the people protesting immigration raids were not the ones causing violence. During a Sunday evening press conference, McDonnell condemned the violence as “disgusting”
I want to report some good news from LA: ICE picked a hotel in Pasadena to be their headquarters for this side of the city. The residents of Pasadena (myself included) would not stand for this and protested all yesterday in front of the hotel until, eventually, the hotel kicked out ICE!!
This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids
Remember this from last year, where schools of dead fish were washing up along the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Our ocean is dying Billions of crabs disappeared in Alaska last year New study decline of nearly 7,000 (6,826) whales between 2012 and 2021 www.livenowfox.com/news/thousan...
Gov. Gavin Newsom said that the state would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying he violated California's sovereignty. via @kqednews.kqed.org
Climate change is driving up peak summer temperatures across the country. Las Vegas broke temperature records last summer. Now, the region is fighting the heat with a simple solution: more trees. via @knpr.org
Jesus. Everything gets worse and worse. apnews.com/article/los-... Marines deployed to LA to respond to immigration protests | AP News
My dear California. Beautiful state full of beautiful people. I can't understand why this country seems to hate you. We turn everything into a insane stereotype. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
As a funder of science, I agree.
This is the one post in this thread I disagree with... even if we did conservation justly, it still requires people to maintain it... so I think you would still have a career. :)
California.
Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there. What an unbelievable asshole.
Been in business meetings all day… deals were made. #caturday
Such important work right now and I am so proud I have two friends and fellow poets featured in this timely collection. Also, support your local bookstores! #FreePalestine
I like Simone Biles.
Many moons ago me and my family visited Syria… and bc Syrians rarely saw Americans they would assume white ladies like me were French (bc colonization) and would say Bonjour! To which I replied I’m Merican howdy partner! And they would laugh at me and that’s the story. 🙃
Nevermind about the good news... these people in power are evil... www.yahoo.com/news/kilmar-...
This song feels extremely relevant right now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2uF...
I wholeheartedly agree... should Biden have run again? No. Is it wrong his people tried to hide his decline? No. But we all knew it anyway. He's off the scene... and more than a year later, they f*cking tell us what we all knew. Given everything happening, how is this Tapper's priority??
At least a little bit of good news... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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🦑This is bittersweet... the final Lenfest newsletter as the program comes to a close after 20 years. Thank you for the last 8 years. I am so grateful for the privilege of my career as a public servant. mailchi.mp/4a8e25d22110... #scicomm
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🦑 Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️ You're daily reminder that gender fluidity is super common in the ocean and the natural world at large!
Happy pride month ❤️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Mel on a Wednesday evening…
Here's why Ross Douthat sucks like so many elitists @nytimes.com... he will never interview anyone - federal public servants or otherwise - that JD Vance hurts... but no, force us readers to understand what faith apparently means to Vance... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
🦑What we are doing to our dear planet.... 😢https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaiis-once-vivid-coral-reefs-011850440.html
Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.
Melville T Cat on the lap…
I appreciate @vanhollen.senate.gov for keeping attention on Abrego Garcia's case. www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
We are so sick here. "The Trump administration has fast-tracked their (Afrikaners) applications while pausing other refugee programs, halting arrivals from Afghanistan, Iraq, most of sub-Saharan Africa and other countries in a move being challenged in court." www.yahoo.com/news/49-whit...
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🦑 If you use the weather app on your phone you use it everyday... www.npr.org/2025/05/06/n...
Sleepy time on the lap with @melvillethebeardedwondercat on this #Caturday.
Our first Peruvian 🇵🇪 and American 🇺🇸 Pope! As Francis would ask, pray for him. We need a global voice for peace and kindness very badly right now.
On my lap where he belongs… 🙃
• Deregulated crypto after launching a crypto firm • Selling meme coins for political access to top buyers • Opening a private DC club • Cut 19 foreign business deals • Peddling exclusive investment tips Definitely stretch before listening to her mental gymnastics.
“I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters.” -Pope Francis open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Baha, I just posted the same thing.
This bodes well…
Leo?! Sorry man, no way I’m not calling you Pope Bob. 🙃
Exactly...
This fixes that insulting image...
🦑 Dear NOAA, thank you for all you do - to protect people and natural ecosystems. You make our home healthier and happier, and we are losing so much right now. Please, friends, say thank you to the civil servants in your life. They are the helpers. #NOAA www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si-R...
55 years ago today, 4 students at Kent State University were killed for protesting the Vietnam war. Allison Krause, 19 Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20 Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20 William Knox Schroeder, 19 We must stand against war, militarism, and government attacks on protest.
Dear Bruno Novelli, we’d like to offer you the exciting role of Dead Pope.
Are we great yet? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As a Catholic, given our history I don’t get offended easily… but y’all, our spiritual condition is sick and this bullshit only reinforces that. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/03/t...
Murderer. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
this is legitimately evil
I'm just gonna say it... I know I shouldn't hate anyone but I hate this man.
🦑 We don't get a lot of good news... but when we do... mailchi.mp/cfe5ba1e66b5...
RIP Jill Sobule… California Years will always be one of my favorites. Jill Sobule, singer-songwriter known for 'I Kissed a Girl,' dies at 66 www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
So: In 2017, Congress made this happen: NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still: 💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets. 📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
I struggle because so many people voted for all this… who’s addressing that?!