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Ecologist 🌲🦉🔥🌾🐝 Big fan of meadows, pollinators and rare trees. Currently working on addressing gaps between restoration needs and native seed availability. (Mostly) here for ecology related news and memes. ||🏳️‍🌈||

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 05/10/2026
LAST CHANCE to speak up to protect the #RoadlessRule. The public comment period closes Tuesday, Oct. 6. ICYMI: The Trump administration is aiming to undo this landmark rule and remove protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, intact, national forests and 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.
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Protect the Roadless Wild
The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, national forest and 70,000 miles o...
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Western Watersheds Project @westernwatersheds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Want to know what a public lands rancher can look like? Consider a wealthy businessman who buys an $8.5 million Colorado ranch, grazes cattle on neighboring public land, then spends $200,000 lobbying to make that land his own. www.denverpost.com/2026/09/29/c...
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A private ranch that wants 2,000 acres of federal land in Colorado has spent $200,000 to lobby a congressman
A wealthy ranch owner’s land exchange proposal would privatize thousands of acres of public land in the Roaring Fork Valley. It has rankled locals, who say the deal would sidestep normal processes.
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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can removing a dam fix an ecosystem? 🌊🧪 Habitat fragmentation is a major driver of biodiversity decline because split habitats make it harder for animals to move, survive, and reproduce.
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Biologists, ecologists, public lands and wildlife advocates, river guides, hunters and anglers: we need you to defend the West’s natural heritage from the onslaught of fossil fuels, pipelines, data centers, & other infrastructure that the Senate permitting deal will unleash!
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Five-alarm fire: Radical Senate ‘permitting reform’ bill threatens to eviscerate environmental, wildlife, water, climate laws - Western Environmental Law Center
The Republican-controlled Senate will soon formally announce a legislative “permitting reform” deal to speed the development of AI data centers and energy infrastructure. We expect the Senate will the...
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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
A winter view of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on the ground and trees
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Thomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
cover page of the linked paper
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a bat hangs upside-down from a telephone line at sunset. The bat is in front of a billboard advertising the Florida Mega Jackpot, which is valued at $5,318,008 - represented with a digital ticker. Panel 2: the POV flips to the bat’s upside-down perspective, which makes the digital numbers look like they spell “BOOBIES”. The bat appears delighted.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Attention Philly Families! It is critical that we show Drexel and city government that our enthusiasm for the Academy of Natural Sciences is going strong! Bring your kids, friends, & neighbors down to the parkway on Saturday from 2-6pm. It's a kid-friendly rally to support the academy!
dinosaurs and bugs happily party together at the Save the Academy family rally. Saturday September 26, 2-6pm 1900 ben Franklin parkway, come dressed as your favorite dinosaur, insect, animal, or just yourself! There's a duck billed dino, a triceratops, a brachiosaurus, a pterodactyl, a millipede, dragonfly, and beetle!
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The dam removals that get the most press tend to be superlative western ones, like the Klamath and Elwha—big rivers, big fish. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about some equally vital, under-the-radar projects now restoring eastern streams, one old mill dam at a time. #AlewivesAreTheNewSalmon
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just emailed 26,000 people about snail facts advent calendars. This better result in 500 snail sales. Snales. Wait that just sounds like snails. Is that a good omen?? Get a calendar here: SquidFacts.net
An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What science does biodiversity action still need? Lessons from a decade of IPBES journals.plos.org/ecosystems/a...
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What science does biodiversity action still need? Lessons from a decade of IPBES
Reflecting on a decade of IPBES assessments, the outgoing Executive Secretary identifies the scientific priorities—systems thinking, transformative change, and business engagement—needed to…
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NFFE-Forest Service Council @nffe-fsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Four unions representing U.S. Department of Agriculture employees, joined by nonprofit organizations and local governments from across the country, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the Trump administration’s reorganization of the USDA.
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Unions File Lawsuit to Halt USDA Reorganization
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Western Watersheds Project @westernwatersheds.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yesterday, Members of Congress sent letters to Western Watersheds Project and 18 other environmental groups announcing the launch of an investigation into our work to protect public lands, wildlife and through the courts. naturalresources.house.gov/news/documen...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/09/2026
Trump this month announced plans to rescind a landmark rule that has protected old-growth forests in the US for 25 years. If finalized, the rollback is expected to benefit the companies that Tom Schultz, chief of the US Forest Service, represented in his previous role as a timber industry lobbyist.
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US Forest Service chief with industry ties pushed for more logging on public lands
Trump's plan to open up protected woodlands will benefit firms Tom Schultz once lobbied for.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
you know how you can be feeling not good or serene but at least some manageable way with everything and then one thing breaks through that just makes you want to fucking die
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!
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American Rivers @americanrivers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
California's San Joaquin River is flowing onto its floodplain again. The grasslands are beginning to heal. And the communities, Tribes, and wildlife that depend on a healthy river are a little better off for it. 🎉 Read more about this success: www.americanrivers.org/2026/08/a-ri...
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A River Finds Its Way Home: Celebrating 15 Years of Work at Great Valley Grasslands State Park
The Grasslands Floodplain Restoration Project, completed in February 2026, is one of the most significant floodplain restoration efforts in California's San Joaquin Valley.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Trump administration has just announced its intent to—yet again—try and repeal the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Stay tuned for an upcoming action alert! In the meantime here's a reminder of why roadless areas matter for Wilderness preservation. wildernesswatch.org/why-roadless...
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Why roadless areas matter for Wilderness preservation - Wilderness Watch
We should all be deeply concerned about the most recent challenge to the integrity of America’s national forests—the proposed repeal of the 2001 U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Th...
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Western Watersheds Project @westernwatersheds.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The report demonstrates that ungrazed habitats had greater plant diversity and more abundant meadow vegetation than grazed sites, and contained clear, cold stream water in golden trout habitat. westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/study-find...
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Study Finds Ungrazed Sierra Nevada Meadow Healthier Than Livestock-Grazed Meadows
Recovery on ungrazed meadow in the Sequoia Nation Forest shows remarkable resilience to aid golden trout streams
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 19/08/2026
Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
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Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
Firefighters describe being pushed to limit by a brutal wildfire season, with key leadership roles going unfilled
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 18/08/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the #RoadlessRule. If finalized, this move will open pristine public lands to road construction, commercial logging, and other development across 37 states, endangering the species that depend on these forests, rivers, and streams.
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Protect the Roadless Wild
The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, national forest and 70,000 miles o...
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Do you illustrate birds? We are seeking new artists to contribute frontispiece illustrations for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, and would especially like to highlight artwork made by members of the WOS and our colleagues. Details here!
wilsonsociety.org
Call for Bird Illustrators for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology!
Do you illustrate birds? We are looking for frontispiece illustrators for our journal!
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“It’s just devastating. They’re bulldozing a brand new road through the most beloved stretch of the park.” www.publicdomain.media/p/bulldozers...
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Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park As Trump’s Border Work Surges Ahead
Video footage shows heavy machinery operating in the famous Santa Elena Canyon amid outcry over new border infrastructure in Texas's most beloved park.
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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“At the start of what is becoming an intense wildfire season this year, federal officials warned of a 15 percent decrease in available “hotshot” teams.” Open access article: Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/c...
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Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight (Gift Article)
The Trump administration pushed out thousands of veteran U.S. Forest Service staff. An ‘extraordinary’ fire season is testing those who are left.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Animorphs (1/3)
Page 1, 3 panels. Panel 1: group of friends in a public party setting. A guy asks one of the girls, “you’ve really never heard of Animorphs?” The girl laughs, “never!” Panel 2: later, the girl is now alone and unlocking the door to her apartment. Panel 3: as she enters the apartment, she morphs into a wildebeest. She thinks to herself, “no one can know.”
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NFFE-Forest Service Council @nffe-fsc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Huge win today! It will go into effect in 30days and applies to all pay series (gs, gw, wg). www.nffe.org/press-releas...
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After Years of Union Advocacy, NFFE Achieves Victory in Providing Hazardous Duty Pay for Prescribed Fire Activities | National Federation of Federal Employees
The rule was proposed after the NFFE legal team and Forest Service Council (NFFE-FSC) approached OPM about providing hazard pay for prescribed fire activities, originally in 2022.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel! "There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home."
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report, August 6, 2026:

Jeff Vandermeer's ABDICATION, the last novel in the Southern Reach series, in which an ornithologist exiled to a remote coast stumbles on a terrifying secret,  a self-proclaimed king pursues a mystery hidden in a strange weather station, and a man who can become a cormorant is tasked with a deadly mission through a future landscape transformed by Area X, for publication in October 2027, in a significant deal, to Jenna Johnson at Farrar, Straus, by Joseph Veltre at the Gersh Agency and Alex Kohner at Yorn Levine (world).
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has defined “harm” as not just injury to individuals but to the habitat on which they depend. By narrowing that definition, the Trump administration is leaving hundreds of species at risk of extinction, Ted Williams writes.
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For America’s Rarest Wildlife, Survival May Hinge on a Single Word
For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has defined "harm" as not just injury to individuals but to the habitat on which they depend. By narrowing that definition, the Trump administration is leaving...
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 05/08/2026
Sunrise reveals a Pacific Northwest overwhelmed with wildfire smoke. Combined with rising temperatures in the region, any outdoor activities should be limited as much as possible. weather.gov
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Jacob Gellman @jacobgellman.com · 04/08/2026
There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
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As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions
Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause
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Bird Alliance of Oregon @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Urgent: A botulism outbreak at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is already killing hundreds of birds, and without immediate action, tens of thousands more could die. TAKE ACTION: birdallianceoregon.org/take-action/...
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Urgent: Water Needed at Klamath to Avoid Deaths of Thousands of Birds
Urgent: A botulism outbreak at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is already killing hundreds of birds, and without immediate action, tens of thousands more could die. Please urge the Bureau of Reclam...
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The emergency response to Spokane fires has been exemplary and heroic. We also need to remember this isn’t the limit of our ability to reduce wildfire risk. After 100 years of strict fire suppression, millions of acres of WA forest need fuel reduction treatments like prescribed fire & thinning.
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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I am beyond excited to share that our paper, "Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces" has been published! A 🧵incoming because this paper is so special to me and the co-authors. doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces
Abstract. Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
ah so *that's* why avocado toast is the symbol of millennial decadence they mock so much
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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
How is this going to get done? Where is the money going to come from? “The [reforestation] strategy calls for streamlining planning, prioritizing projects tackling critical human safety concerns and ecosystem issues like water supply, and increasing the supply of seeds, seedlings and workers…”
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California is losing its forests faster than it can replant them — and no one has enough seeds, staff, or money to catch up
California needs to ramp up reforestation to keep pace with wildfires — instead, funding and staff keep shrinking.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The extraordinary wildfire outbreak across Oregon, eastern Washington, and southern British Columbia has become even more alarming amid critical fire weather conditions. Over 500,000 acres have already burned in OR & WA alone, and that number could be >1 million acres by Mon.
An alarming snapshot from NOAA Wildland Fire Portal depicting numerous large smoke plumes and large heat signatures from many wildfires burning across Oregon, Washington, and British Colubmia.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵
A photograph of multiple fire service vehicles parked on moorland. In the background, white smoke from multiple fires is rising.
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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 25/07/2026
HR 9621 would permit culling seals and sea lions in WA State in the name of salmon recovery Learn why we oppose this bill via this link and by listening to the new @afterthebreach.bsky.social podcast episode with a guest from @sr3sealife.bsky.social www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/orca-updates...
A photo of two harbor seals with the text "Shooting seals is not a salmon recovery strategy"
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Mummy (1999)
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I read through this, and it's remarkably autocratic, almost Soviet-style vision for science in the United States.
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OSTP Director Releases Landmark Report and Recommendations for Renewing American Scientific Discovery
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios
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BugsBugsBugs @mostlybugsandstuff.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So, this is a possibility I’ve worried would come to fruition. I left the agency in January. I have done field work where they were held hostage. Im just so upset this is how everything has turned out, glad those two are ok.
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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH FIRES? We have a giant fire ecology/Indigenous fire ecology ep on that: www.alieward.com/ologies/fire... with Dr. @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social & Dr. @amycardinal.bsky.social (follow them!)
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Fire Ecology (WILDFIRES & INDIGENOUS FIRE MANAGEMENT) Mega Encore with Dr. Gavin Jones & Dr. Amy Christianson — alie ward
As wildfires burn across L.A. — and my neighborhood evacuates — we thought it would be a good time to encore these Fire Ecology episodes so I can literally catch my breath. First Dr. Gavin Jones bring...
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Weird times call for weird measures....
from the southern reach reddit, not AI but photoshopped Matthew McConaughey smoking a joint reading Area X: Southern Reach Series
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Jim Whittington🔥 @jimwhittington.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The PNW is now at PL4 after heavy initial attack on a spate of starts. As of this morning, there were 6 new large fires across WA/OR, but expect that number to climb as today will see additional fires get established. More lightning today along with dry winds through the Gorge & Cascade gaps. 1/
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The One True Kat @theonetruekat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Good Morning frens. Spend a few seconds with this freshly-dug kit fox burrow, amid the annual grasslands. Soon, this will be covered with solar panels. And people will clap over how “environmentally friendly” it is. Yet right here, right now, this patch of grassland is thriving. #fieldwork
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“teenage geniuses and their billionaire backers aren’t going to save us, and they’re going to take us on a wild and expensive ride along the way,” says @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social about the Ocean Cleanup. My latest for @therevelator.org therevelator.org/why-ocean-cl... 🧪🦑🌎
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Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
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