Reposted by Megan PDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of America can sort of say, ‘Ah, look at these cities.’ But we are holding a lot of your people who you fail to love and take care of.” 🥹 115125
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Definitely cooler in Ukiah today. Outdoors at our house only made it to 91°—and that only briefly in the late afternoon—whereas yesterday we saw 102° here. 010
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The scene with the zombified mob mindlessly chanting while the priest is performing human sacrifice… Truly blew open my mind in the worst way and scared/scarred me deeply. I still hate mindless mobs and am not at all entertained by zombies. 000
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It may be unseasonably hot and humid, but it is still a beautiful Sunday in Ukiah Valley. 000
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The new hiking trail near our house offers some lovely views. 😁 030
Reposted by Megan PActive NorCal @activenorcal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Klamath dam removals get the headlines, but some of the most convincing evidence that pulling out barriers works is coming from a creek most people have never heard of. Read more: www.activenorcal.com/coho-salmon-ar… 021
Reposted by Megan PProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 11838931492
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I know it’s really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but I’m bummed out that @weratedogs.com isn’t posting on Blue Sky anymore! @darthbluesky.bsky.social — do you know how we can get innocent dog content back on here? 041
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s the first day of fall and, like clockwork, we are hearing a golden crowned sparrow singing in our yard this morning! They leave in the spring and they return on the first day of autumn each year. What a marvel! 031
Reposted by Megan Psouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Briefly detained” = beat half to death 7549241648
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Biked over and got my shots today after work. I similarly felt like it was an act of resistance. 041
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Reading Annie Dillard’s writing when I was 19 changed me for the better. Thank you, Ms. Dillard. Rest easy now.nytimes.comAnnie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81 (Gift Article)Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil. 020
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“A country in which we keep failing to hear the rhymes in our different cries of pain, in which our experiences of desertion are turned into competition rather than common cause, is better at producing avengers than answers.”nytimes.comOpinion | What Happens on the Subway Doesn’t Stay on the Subway (Gift Article)How a killing that divided America revealed what it has in common. 021
Reposted by Megan PDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Fielding questions re: this article w/bizarre factual errors. First, there's no "Montecito County" in CA. Second, 2 fires are actually in *Monterey,* & 3rd in *Mendocino*. Third, 60k ac have *not* burned in either fictional Montecito nor real Mendocino.🤨latimes.comThree Montecito County fires near Big Sur have burned nearly 60,000 acresIn Mendocino County, the total area burned by three fires grew to nearly 60,000 acres on Saturday. 72845232
Reposted by Megan PJared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Why do we not want a wall? Because we are not afraid of who is on the other side. It’s us. It’s our people. It pains me when they try to divide us.” www.hcn.org/articles/toh...hcn.orgTohono O'odham fight border wall on sacred, sovereign lands - High Country NewsTohono O’odham Nation fights Southern Arizona border wall construction near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and on its reservation. 0134
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A Utah uranium mine zipped through federal review in 11 days–giving tribes only one week to weigh in. Now the U.S. wants to quadruple nuclear power by 2050. 13314
Reposted by Megan PClaire G. Griffin @polargriffin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Gettting rid of protections for 94% of wetlands and 1/3 of streams and rivers (especially out West). "Relatively permanent" as a rule from the Supreme Court is ambiguous and essentially meaningless - some of the most important ecologically waters dry up seasonally! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More WetlandsThe proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems. 03623
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Big fan of harm reduction models on diet -- most of us won't go vegan but a lot of us will go [or have gone] more vegetarian/less red meat, and I'm an even bigger fan of removing all the subsidies and gifts to the beef industry. 3675
Reposted by Megan PAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 07/09/2026If you’ve ever worked a 40-hour week, earned overtime or collected Social Security, you should know Frances Perkins. As FDR’s Labor Secretary, she helped build protections workers still rely on today and was the first woman to serve in a U.S. Cabinet. Remember her name. 🇺🇸 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance 321076485
Reposted by Megan PRyan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is a pretty big deal. More efficient use of existing resources (thanks to modern wx models) could potentially lead to water savings equal to two entire Shasta Lakes. For comparison, the new Sites Dam off-stream res (off the Sac River) will have capacity of 1.8maf at a cost of $3.9 BILLION. 1136
Reposted by Megan PThe Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 04/09/2026Nick Offerman explains how America's farms are feeding corporations more than people 9572122
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I have such good memories of gathering together with friends and strangers to celebrate the burning of Zozobra. Maybe I’ll try to have my own little Zozobra celebration and watch all my gloom and stress burn. 010
Reposted by Megan PSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem was an incurable hopeaholic and I am too. 01027
Reposted by Megan PRobert Rowley @robrow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026youtu.be/dKurj5TCrNg?...youtu.beProject Jupiter: New Mexico's massive data center and its massive water needsYouTube video by CBS News 041
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Wendell Berry, What Are People For? 121173351
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live. Ani DiFranco Son Volt Paul Simon Cake The White Stripes Nine Inch Nails Trampled by Turtles Gillian Welch/David Rawlings Wynton Marsalis The Indigo Girls 030
Reposted by Megan PBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation. 440107103484
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"I think everybody should be treated with respect," Parton says in a video posted late last week. "I don’t judge people and I try not to get too caught up in the controversy of things. I hope that everybody gets a chance to be who and what they are," she added.huffpost.comDolly Parton Dismisses Trans Bathroom Controversy In Just 14 Seconds"If I have to pee, I’m going to pee — I don’t care where it’s going to be." 119026
Reposted by Megan PCenter for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 26/08/2026The Trump administration’s move to dismantle the #RoadlessRule could hasten the extinction of more than 400 threatened and endangered plants and animals protected under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct, according to the analysis we released today ⬇️bit.lyResisting the Roadless Rule RollbackTrump’s USDA wants to undo the landmark Roadless Area Conservation Rule. That would open about 58.5 million acres of wild, unfragmented national forests to road construction, logging, and other develo... 26041
Reposted by Megan PAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping. 573153363723
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I had to say thank you.meditationsinanemergency.comIn Praise of Dolly Parton, 1946-2026, Our Goddess of KindnessWe will always love her, and there will never be another like her, this artist who came out of deep rural poverty in the 1960s to become not just a staggeringly great performer and songwriter but phil... 432843578
Reposted by Megan PKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Proust on AI, 1918. “He imagines a sort of composite of all the good books that he has read, whereas a good book is something special, something unforeseeable…” 1164176
Reposted by Megan PCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/08/2026“.. Of every $1 the US federal government collects: 19.7¢ → interest on the debt 17.9¢ → national defense .. Interest passed defense in late 2024 and hasn't looked back — 20 straight months.” @bloomberg.com 34772319
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Another unspeakably amazing (and fun!) Ani DiFranco concert last night. Super tired for the first day of school today but Ani is never not worth it. 120
Reposted by Megan PRAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 14/08/2026There is something uniquely infuriating about watching them pointlessly bulldoze Big Bend. Pristine desert destroyed for a pointless fence as part of a no-bid contract for $1.7 billion while we have record deficits. What in the living F is going on? Article: www.npr.org/2026/08/14/n... 02911
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Sacred sites. Stolen water. Stolen power. The AI boom is repeating history on Indigenous land. ictnews.org/news/data-ce... 14014
Reposted by Megan PPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A important, difficult reported Op-Ed by M Gessen. Olivia Perdue: if you do make it to Chicago, hit me up for tickets to a radio show. It’d be great to have you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)Is Kansas just the beginning? 1611325
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Back to work today after a wonderful, wide-ranging summer break. Visited my erstwhile home in the Caribbean, toured New England with college friends, went camping in the Sierras, watched a lot of soccer, and hiked all over. Settling in this week and look forward to the students returning next week! 010
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Happy anniversary! "The uprising on 10 August 1680 was one of the most successful acts of Indigenous resistance against colonialism and is sometimes called the first American revolution." My July essay on contemporary Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz and his art about past and future Pueblo revolts.lrb.co.ukRebecca Solnit · Diary: Before 1776In 1848, the US seized the northern half of Mexico, from California to New Mexico, and imposed American law and the... 327761
Reposted by Megan PHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Representative Shirley Chisholm, 1972: "[W]e have looked in vain to the Nixon administration for the courage, the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best in us, to rekindle in each of us our faith in the American dream."youtube.comShirley Chisholm: Declares Presidential Bid, January 25, 1972YouTube video by NYC Department of Records and Information Services 27744181
Reposted by Megan PHelen 🏳️⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Department of Education will no longer track the bullying of trans & non-binary kids The lack of data collection will leave harm to the children left unreported. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/depa...lgbtqnation.comDepartment of Education will no longer track the bullying of trans & non-binary kids - LGBTQ NationThe lack of data collection will leave harm to the children left unreported. 12185111
Reposted by Megan PAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The issue isn’t “trust” at all, it’s media consolidation that allows a small number of wealthy oligarchs to manipulate the entire country’s politics to their benefit and to the detriment of everyone else 332139
Reposted by Megan PHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Everyone should know who Borlaug is. This is the legacy Musk and Trump destroyed. 251226461
Reposted by Megan PAngry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026So September will be 25 years since 9/11 25 years from Pearl Harbor was 1966 which had…Massive civil unrest over racial discrimination/violence and police brutality, and an escalating war with no clear end in sight. 1344179
Reposted by Megan PRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Native Americans weren’t US citizens until 1924 and spent generations fighting for ballot access after that. Now, the SAVE Act threatens Native voters again. The act does not allow people to use their tribal IDs to register to vote. nativenewsonline.net/opinion/cong...nativenewsonline.netCongress Must Not Make It Harder For Native Citizens To VoteOverview: The SAVE America Act would impose new proof-of-citizenship requirements that could make it harder for many Native citizens to register and vote. Opinion This past week, House Republicans… 07449
Megan P @megawatts.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Just landed in Sacramento after a nourishing trip around New England with cherished college friends. Decades-long friendships are pretty incredible, as is this gorgeous country in which we get to reside. I do love the Northeast but the West is still the best for me! 041