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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The fault lies with tax cuts for the rich and the systematic dismantling of public education by the Republican party. richardconniff.substack.com/p/another-na...

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Another Nature Museum Faces Death

Kansas is killing a centerpiece of state and world history. Follow the money.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The fault lies with tax cuts for the rich and the systematic dismantling of public education by the Republican party. richardconniff.substack.com/p/another-na...

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Another Nature Museum Faces Death

Kansas is killing a centerpiece of state and world history. Follow the money.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

First we pay with our wallets, & later with our lives. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-deadly...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What do you mean by "solar panels on covers"?

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also he thinks "pretend that I am running" will induce voters to take the bait-and-switch. Doesn't he see the polls?

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Because what's another trillion dollars tacked onto the national debt?

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

U.S. Government "aesthetically terrified" by a painting of "a picnic in a park with flowers and some lesbians." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/a...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Shutting down the oldest natural history museum in North America? It feels like Drexel University just decided to join Trump's war on science. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-na...

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A Great Nature Museum Closes Its Doors

A university “saved” a major center of American science. Now it means to kill it.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

👍I highly recommend Libby, the ebook and audiobook app available from most public libraries.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So sorry to hear it. I thought Canada would know better. (The USA, not so much.)

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If Drexel cannot maintain the current museum, how does it plan to raise $25 million to relocate and properly store the collection of 19 million specifimens? richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-na...

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A Great Nature Museum Closes Its Doors

A university “saved” a major center of American science. Now it means to kill it.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A column I wrote in 2007 that's only become more relevant to our world. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-rich-a...

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The Rich Are More Oblivious

And this is why they so often act like bloody, feckin’ idiots

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Oh, right. He hates children, too. But, you know, make america great.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The truth is that even Paris is not doing nearly enough to restore streets for pedestrian use, and it’s the pedestrians, not the drivers, who should be furious. richardconniff.substack.com/p/city-stree...

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City Streets Are for People First, Not Cars

We've let traffic rules urban life. Now walkers and cyclists need their turn.

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Ben Wurst @benwurst.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

East coast ospreys are in decline. They are resilient and will survive. What happens to the many other *unseen* wildlife that depend on abundant menhaden is of greatest concern. We need more adaptive management of forage fish that accounts for localized depletion along the entire coast.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm hoping osprey lovers and striped bass fishermen will band together on behalf of the menhaden, before Omega Protein turns this fish into the next passenger pigeon. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-wi...

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A Great Wildlife Success Story Crashes Down

On the Atlantic Coast, ospreys are suddenly in grave trouble

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

That makes sense. Deer visit the location. Thank you.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The location is Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I realize pretty pictures are more the thing on social media, but can anyone help me identify the animal responsible for this poop? 🌿

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Find four bats in this 1611 painting by Jan Breughel--and describe the astonishing thing one of them is doing. (Or just read the story.) substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Somewhere in this 1611 Breughel painting there's a behavior scientists only figured out eight months ago. Can you find it? (Or just read the story.) richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The difference between Madison Grant & Donald Trump? Grant at least accomplished some good in his life, as a wildlife conservationist, before turning utterly bad. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...

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The All-American White Supremacist Role Model

To understand the dark side of American history--& Donald Trump--meet Madison Grant.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

You can travel 10,000 miles for a good wildlife story. But sometimes it just turns up in your living room. (Story by Richard Conniff, Photo by Joel Sartore) richardconniff.substack.com/p/how-a-flyi...

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How A Flying Squirrel Made a Fool of Me

OK, it wasn't hard. But did it have to happen in my own house?

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

At the #KennedyCenter, down comes the "D," the beginning of the end for Donald Trump's pathetic celebration of himself. (Photo: Cliff Owen/Associated Press)

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"Intelligent machines and their hulking data centers seem to be everywhere, taking our jobs, our electricity, our water supply, and our world down a giant suckhole into whatever grim future they imagine for us" richardconniff.substack.com/p/what-the-l...

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What Made the First Luddites Fighting Mad?

Companies were turning technology against their workers. Sound familiar?

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Such a weird Kobe Bryant + “Kill Bill” + black mamba story that I had to add it as an update here. richardconniff.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

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How to Get Bitten by a Black Mamba

Plan carefully, and keep your camera close at hand.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Everything in James Dwight Dana's life, including his friendship with Darwin, prepared him to become an evolutionist, except his religion. richardconniff.substack.com/p/dana-and-t...

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Dana and the Rock of Ages (Conclusion)

Faith, Friendship, and Science

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Backyard chickens are the key to stop people from eating their way down the wildlife food chain. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Trump economics: His IRS budget cuts reduce federal spending by an estimated $46 billion over 10 years--but, oops, cost $643 billion in lost revenue. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/wea...

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A Weakened IRS Has Significant Consequences

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

When did right-wingers get a monopoly on the word "populist"? Politicians who need to rig the electoral system--like Hungary's Victor Orban--are not populists (especially when they still end up losing). The correct word is "authoritarian" or "right-wing." www.npr.org/2026/04/12/n...

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Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in historic Hungary election

Hungarians turned out in historic numbers to vote against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's and his Fidesz party. NPR's Rob Schmitz discusses with reporter Esme Nicholson and political scientist Abel Boja...

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

"For scientists, the La Brea death trap matters because the animals entombed here, now mostly extinct, are remnants of a lost North America. Not long ago, big scary animals, both predator and prey, dominated the landscape." richardconniff.substack.com/p/tales-from...

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Death Trap Tales

La Brea Tar Pits tell life-or-death true stories in a town hooked on make-believe.

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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"A wooden crate stands open, revealing what looks like a crude sculpture roughly five feet tall. It’s a tableau of death, a cataclysmic mix of blackened ankles, teeth, femurs and skulls jammed together ..." (Photo: Michael Christopher Brown) open.substack.com/pub/richardc...

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