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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Of all the great people I interviewed for the Orion magazine podcast, Leon Botstein was the *only* rude stuffed shirt, acted like our award-winning forum was below him So it tracks perfectly to learn of his deep #EpsteinFiles connections Black hat seems fitting in light of the latest revelation:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Picked a good day for a quick reporting trip in northern Vermont

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Love seeing this as I worry whether we’ll have much of a winter due to El Niño & #climate My longest running (25 years!) & most popular #photography series celebrates people and nature — ice fishing holes that refreeze & create abstract beauty like this, m.youtube.com/watch?v=RSve... Requires ice!

Vermont teacher requesting my photos for her classroom

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NGOs & #climate activists are saying #COP31 in November is too expensive for a robust civil society representation Accommodations in Türkiye are eye watering Researchers examined 208 properties listed on the official website, costs will push advocates out of Antalya: cop31radar.com/research/the...

What the official accommodation platform tells us about the cost, distance and visible availability of staying in Antalya for climate COP31

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Grammy-winning neighbor Ray LaMontagne celebrated 20 years since his breakout record “Trouble” last night at Springfield Symphony Hall with an incredible backing band

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Glad you enjoyed it, here’s a romp of these otters from earlier this year in a spot nearby 😍 www.instagram.com/reel/DWBjIp2...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

124 more land defenders lost: New Global Witness figures bring the total killed & disappeared since 2012 up to 2,375 Colombia & Brazil accounted for 52% of the 2025 figure 3/4 of those killed were small-scale farmers, Indigenous, or Afro-descendant peoples: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

An Indigenous activist holds smoke bombs, tear gas canisters and other projectiles used by Guatemalan state authorities to prevent peaceful protest against a hydro-electric project. Photo: James Rodriguez / Global Witness

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Came upon some live news after a hike last night 👀 Trailer full of hay had caught fire so I helped keep traffic away & keep burning bales out of the woods before it got totally out of control with tires blowing out as fire trucks arrived & police closed the highway

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nice news that my entry for the Ashfield Film Festival has been *selected* for screening 🥂💥 "The Storm" chronicles #wildlife movement forced by a nor-easter that dumped 5" of rain on our region This clip shows just a bit of what I captured via #trailcam on a beaver dam, watch as the water rises:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Most powerful image of 9/11 I've ever seen Top documentary #photographer Dona McAdams was at jury duty & dismissed in time to see this scene, pulled out her camera She'd never exhibited or shown it until recently, seemed too painful Relevance of the billboard message to what came next is wild:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A guy from Boston wants to sink #datacenters in the deep strait next to Eastport Maine, homeland of the Passamaquoddy people and where minke #whales, humpbacks, seabirds & lobster boats have other ideas Public comment period is open: www.quoddytides.com/ferc-begins-...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Trail camera below the house shows this bruin passed by at 9:05am during its Monday morning commute:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Backyard bolete bonanza ~ now have 2 groups of delicious porcinis growing under spruce & fir near the house Second fruiting this rainy summer 💯 Buried spores in soil here from gills of ones foraged elsewhere ~ this #fungi species is symbiotic w/ trees & prefer evergreen ones

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Terrific short video exploring the sudden rise in #octopus numbers in England through various perspectives #scicomm 🧪 From research to fishing communities, kitchens and coastal waters, each scene tells a wider story about adaptation & change: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEK8...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Boardwalk imaged on 120 infrared film via extreme fisheye lens for dreamlike effect Totally manual camera I used adds to the drama — guessing at the settings & focus feels free vs the super automatic kits we typically shoot with these days See more here: www.instagram.com/erikhoffner

Boardwalk imaged on 120 infrared film via extreme fisheye lens for dreamlike effect (c) Erik Hoffner 2026

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New research models the #SpaceX plan for putting a million-AI-satellites in orbit --> Key finding: This for-profit project *no one asked for* could dominate the naked-eye sky at many times, almost everywhere on earth: spacedaily.com/t-one-millio... That's an #astronomy killer & beauty assassin 🔭⭐💫

A 2026 preprint models SpaceX’s filed million-satellite orbital data-centre system and finds that its assumed 800 m² spacecraft could dominate the naked-eye sky at many times.

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Researchers want people #fishing the fall run to remember "30" 🧪 i.e. the max seconds to keep a #fish out of the water before release, to give it the best chance at survival ~ useful Globe article, www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/28/s... ...featuring a photo of the *worst* way to release a striper:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A Kathmandu-based @mongabay.com news team colleague says if you are looking to support flood relief efforts in #Nepal you can contribute directly to the Prime Ministers Disaster Relief Fund Each contribution supports relief & recovery efforts for affected families & communities: pmdrf.nchl.com.np

If you are looking to support flood relief efforts in Nepal, you can contribute directly to the Prime Ministers Disaster Relief Fund.

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Fat Marmot Week is here Fun new wildlife contest that also aims to boost donations for long term ecological research funding that was recently cut by the regrettable US government 🧪 So if you missed fat bear week, get fat over here: sites.google.com/view/fatmarm...

The largest of the true hibernators, marmots bulk up all summer to survive the winter. Fat Marmot Week is an opportunity to get folks excited about yellow-bellied marmots, one of our favorite alpine residents, and to share the science behind their weight gain.

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sunset waves on rich rockweed garden & 400+ million-year-old pink granite, drone view of rising tide on Great Wass Island The latest footage for my photo series on intertidal ecology 🧪 see more here: www.instagram.com/erikhoffner

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

North America's white ash trees -- like this #oldgrowth one near me in the image -- have been decimated by emerald ash borers But new research reveals hope that many lingering trees show resistance & their genes may boost the future of the species: research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/8... 🌲

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Emma Turner (1867–1940) was a highly respected, early authority on UK #birds A pioneer of “rubbish heap” #photography she hid for hours under leaf piles This was so effective that one time a snipe settled down & probed its bill into her ears, @btobirds.bsky.social says: www.bto.org/about/histor...

Screenshot of BTO page about Emma Turner, a pioneer of bird photography

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Extreme fisheye lens in the intertidal zone exposes the messy majesty & ecology of the shore 🧪 my ongoing photo series documents it all on b&w film and color digital, above and below water, and via drone See more new images from Maine’s Great Wass Island here: www.instagram.com/erikhoffner

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Happy birthday to the legendary mad farmer The contrary poet, agrarian and occasional activist Wendell Berry turns 92 today 🎂

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My ongoing photo series “Intertidal”documents the messy majesty of the shore via b&w film and color digital, both above and below water, and via drone — See the latest additions to this project from Great Wass Island on Maine’s beautiful bold coast here: www.instagram.com/p/DbQiB8zEbhK/

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Heard a popular & progressive podcast host talk about taking a "bufo" trip & how his guide said it was "humanely extracted" Incorrect ~ "milking" Sonoran desert toads stresses a wild species in decline, & hurts its habitat People can stop pressuring wild toads & use synthetic 5-MeO instead, please

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

New underwater photo session captured unfurling water lily #flowers & new leaves in states of splendor Water lilies only send green chlorophyll to leaves when they reach the surface, so underwater it’s an autumnal landscape of stunning reds & oranges Full set here: www.instagram.com/erikhoffner

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Grew edible chicken of the woods #mushrooms in 2025 by shoving bits of ones I'd foraged elsewhere into a slowly dying red oak's bark for a couple years Now a new clump appeared this week (pic 2) 🥂 😍 Also works w/ chanterelles, just stuff stem ends & gills into soil under trees they're symbiotic w/

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content, Reece Rogers reports for @wired.com ~ www.wired.com/story/meta-n... As a photographer & journalist, I see inappropriate uses of my work often enough, but it's extra rude when driven by a platform

Screenshot of article at Wired: "Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content"

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Loon on a floating nest with a patch of grass, caged against eagles or to provide shade Water level in this reservoir fluctuates & these #birds don’t move well on land so biologists build these to prevent failed nesting attempts Hot day, she’s not singing in this picture but panting to stay cool

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Yes they underperformed but the last straw for the German FA was probably Nagelsmann’s terrible choice of hats

Nagelsmann must rethink his terrible choices in terms of hats

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Nagelsmann also needs to rethink his terrible choices in terms of hats

Nagelsmann needs to rethink his terrible choices in terms of hats

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Great #restoration success: Whippoorwills are increasingly rare & prefer barrens habitats Mass biologists used fire & saws to restore such an area that was overgrown by red maple & it’s now 1 of the northeast’s main breeding areas for these #birds who sing on full moon eves like on Monday, listen:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Best ad in a recent print edition of @theonion.com This product hits the market too late to help millions of hikers across the Austro Pacific but when in the territory of a cassowary, be wary and carry a can:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Always special when these giant silk moths visit Luna moths lack mouths since they only live 7 to 10 days, seems a shame for such a work of art to be so ephemeral

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Otter pup chirps anxiously for mom as family rests, pups make bird-like chirps when hungry, cold, or separated like this—turn the sound up to hear the cuteness and then peaceful quiet of the reunion 🦦 #trailcamera I put in this magic spot also showed a bear family & a duckling troop recently:

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

“We search for a less extractive and polluting economic order, so that we may fit agriculture into the economy of a sustainable culture [so] community becomes the locus and metaphor for both agriculture and culture.” Happy birthday to Wes Jackson, the sustainable ag pioneer turns 90 on June 15

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Great to hear that Canada has moved to welcome Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan to officiate #worldcup matches there He was denied entry into the US by border agents, which was a real "own goal" by that administration & another black eye for its policies, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Somali international referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan / AFP

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Great piece by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social today at @mongabay.com about #wildlife crossings on roads --> a global effort to reconnect ecological corridors so animals can find food, water, a mate — and escape increasingly frequent wildfires & extreme weather events: news.mongabay.com/2026/06/the-...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Heads-up Maine, NH & VT: feds may move to open up areas to mining Appalachian #lithium deposits are claimed by a new USGS report at 300+ years of import supply Much of that's in Maine but as @livescience.com reports it's toxic & can harm habitat & #biodiversity: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

NASA has shared new maps showing how light pollution has changed between 2014 and 2022, improvements in purple: “LEDs and energy conservation measures coincided with reduced light pollution in Paris and throughout France (a 33% dimming), the U.K. (22% dimming), and the Netherlands (21% dimming).”

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Morels are metal but in b&w they’re goth too, found a troop of these among our ash trees Been a good season w/ friends reporting harvests of these quasi-symbiotic, semi-detritivore gnome stools across our region Full photo set here at Insta: www.instagram.com/erikhoffner #fungi #mushroomhunting

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The @thirdactorg.bsky.social convenes monthly calls on #datacenters re: legal, corporate, political & narrative resistance On Monday: Michael Richardson w/ @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social & others linked w/ @billmckibben.bsky.social will discuss recent tactical wins: thirdact.org/events/fight...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This big beautiful bug bonked into my parked car & expired 😞 Vertical diving beetles are up to 4-5cm long like this, are major predators in ponds Their larvae get even longer & super predatory, called "water tigers" they are big enough to eat tadpoles but they also max a lot of mosquito larvae

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Glad to say @mongabay.com is a finalist for a #podcast award for this episode on how outdoor adventure can boost #conservation “We harness the collective power of the tens of thousands of people that are outside every day to benefit conservation.” Listen here: news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Jack in the pulpit in woods below the house 2 weeks from spikes to spadixes in these pics Jacks are pollinated by fungus gnats, which find their way under the overlapping ‘pulpit’ — they’re weak flyers, so the flowers accommodate them with an exit hole at the base Evolution is amazing 🤩

Jacks are pollinated by fungus gnats, which find their way under the overlapping pulpit

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Clear weather last night brought many migrating #birds flying by moon & stars to my land Scarlet tanagers, chestnut sided warblers & yellowthroats new among the choir, check your forecast here birdcast.org/migration-to... Building owners, pls turn night lights off to avoid collisions w/ glass! 🐦‍⬛

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Day 3 of a local #Indigenous community creating a dugout canoe, now carving details of traditional foods & medicines like fiddleheads & sassafras ~ mishoons were traditionally made like this by many Northeastern groups:

Nipmuc Indigenous community members carving details in a new dugout canoe

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Nipmuc people are making a fire-burned dugout canoe all weekend here in western Massachusetts Mishoons were traditionally made like this by many Northeastern #Indigenous communities The tradition is resurging lately as @culturalsurvival.org reports, www.culturalsurvival.org/news/resurgi...

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

North Atlantic right #whales calving season has produced the highest number of births since 2009 “It is hopeful to see 23 new calves born this year, but their survival into adulthood is still a long journey ahead in an ocean with many dangers and obstacles.” - Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life

North Atlantic right whale mom “Millipede” (Catalog #3520) seen with her calf in Cape Cod Bay on April 9, 2026. CREDIT: New England Aquarium, taken under NOAA Permit #25739-01

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