Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Would societies govern themselves better if political institutions systematically reduced the influence of male status competition, dominance behavior and reproductive competition on the selection and behavior of leaders? 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cognitive empathy is understanding and concern for what others are thinking. But what about people who are not thinking? 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If AI had existed In 1763 it would’ve told colonists to work within the British system and avoid risk of violence. Same for France 1788, and so on! 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026AI is already well on its way to becoming the preeminent tool for teaching and enforcing social conformity. A big immediate bonus is that devalues labor. Devalue labor and repress dissent - a perfect combination . AI is simply being manipulated in accordance with existing incentives. 110
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Homo sapiens declares that the fate of unborn generations does not matter, provided the living suffer no consequences in their own lifetimes. 011
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The North American Model performs an old moral trick: appoint the killer as guardian, call his preference “science,” and rename domination “stewardship.” Then offer the killing itself as proof that wildlife is being saved.rwg2056.substack.comUnprocessed Fury”: From Psychopathology to the NAM Sheltering Wildlife Killersby Anja Heister, PhD Co-founder & Executive Director of Footloose Montana 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Political buffoonery drives up gas and diesel prices. People drive less, burn less fuel, and emit less carbon. So the politicians calling global warming a hoax may be unintentionally fighting it after all—through sheer incompetence. 110
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“AI May Kill Us All!” Isn’t it strange how much news coverage that gets? We never see “Climate Change May Kill Us All” or “Environmental Destruction May Kill Us All” or “Miscalculations by Lunatics May Lead To War That Kills Us All.” 131
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A politician who knowingly rejects facts deceives the public. More obscene is one who does so unknowingly—so captive to ideology, vanity or applause that falsehood feels like truth and incoherence like reason. The first manipulates reality; the second is unfit to govern it. 000
Reposted by YowlumneWestern Watersheds Project @westernwatersheds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A psychoanalyst answers the question: Why does anyone kill a wolf? www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/08/w...counterpunch.orgWhy Does Anyone Kill a Wolf? A Psychoanalytic ContributionPaul Fielder, a Montana State Representative, and a promoter of the killing of wolves, has likened wolves to wasps. If wolf pups die directly or indirectly due to Fielder’s actions, he is not troubled... 186
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Attempting to represent unborn generations in government decision making is important. 011
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What is the dollar value of a species, sacred landscape, human dignity, friendship, cultural continuity, or irreversible ecosystem loss? 001
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The genius of right-wing populism: Convince people who lost ground in the economic order that their enemy is the cultural elite, then persuade them to hand power to the economic elite who prospered from that same order. And call it a revolt against the elites. 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Hats off to Senator King. At least he writes it down so future generations will know of the grotesque obscenity.king.senate.gov 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 05/09/20261995, about half of Americans lived in counties with at least 25 days a year when the heat index topped 90°F. By 2025, it was roughly 70%. —NYT Editorial Board We are the frogs in the boiling water. But we lit the fire. Every other species is just trapped in the pot with us. 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Meta is worth 1.43 trillion dollars. It just settled litigation arising from the lifetime harm their algorithm caused children for $17 billion payable over years. Our government let them off of the hook for 1.19% of their valuation. 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Carissa Veliz is a brilliant intellect with a unique perspective on the AI narrative (and scare), as propaganda in service to big tech and illiberal governmentcarissaveliz.com Prophecy - Carissa Veliz 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026People who worry about the sex characteristics of others might find this article distressing.theconversation.comBiological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensionalEach person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness. 031
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The only people who apply and are hired for jobs as game wardens are avid hunters. The institutional bias toward “harvest” is immense. 030
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026In case you haven’t seen this article, it has a hopeful message. Could it really be that people who support climate action are not aware a majority of people agree? 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A wolf crosses our world like a messenger from the unnamed, revealing that beneath human meaning, existence far exceeds us. 140
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Comments sought to help defend Yampa River wilderness. This is happening so often it feels like shoveling sand against the tide. Why is a war on wilderness a good idea?conservationlands.orgDefend America's Wilderness | Conservation Lands FoundationTake action today to tell the Department of the Interior to uphold wilderness policies and guidance. 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Darkness is a critical ecological resource, why not destroy it too along with the climate and natural habitats ? 121
Reposted by YowlumneScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This is on you, Jared Polis.mediamatters.orgTina Peters and other election deniers claim they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan” 25825
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The toll of climate change on other species (who have not contributed to it) is under studied and under reported.bbc.comAfrica's camels are dying from extreme heat as temperatures soarHerders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat. 063
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Mankind is the only species capable of understanding environmental destruction. We choose not to.insurancebusinessmag.comSlow-onset climate perils are outpacing the insurance market: Moody'sThe firm projects physical risk losses could hit $41.4 trillion by the mid-2040s, with much of it going uninsured 020
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If this works, why is it only used to protect billionaires? 030
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026A soul finds redemption. No religion needed.substack.comRhett Ayers Butler (@rhettayersbutler)Sitesh Ranjan Deb turned a hunter’s knowledge to saving wildlife The bear came out of the forest with enough force to kill him. It mauled the hunter badly and cost him an eye. During three months in ... 031
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The oldest friendship in human history may never have been between humans and dogs. It may have begun with wolves. New archaeological evidence suggests ancient people transported, fed, and cared for wolves thousands of years ago. Perhaps we’ve forgotten more than we’ve learned.sciencedaily.com5,000-year-old wolves found on remote island rewrite what we know about domesticationScientists discovered ancient wolves on a tiny Baltic island where they could only have been brought by humans, suggesting an unexpectedly close relationship between people and wolves thousands of yea... 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 10/07/2026What is wealth for? Aristotle distinguished between wealth as a means and wealth as an end. Natural acquisition satisfies life. Unlimited acquisition mistakes the means for the goal. 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A civilization that cannot tolerate its own ecological regulators is a civilization in denial of biological law. 000
Reposted by Yowlumnescha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency. Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." Harry Truman 472683878
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I hope this is a sign of things to come.cbc.caQuebec town recognizes trees as living beings with rights | CBC NewsA small town west of Montreal has decided to officially recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own, in what an environmental organization describes as a first in Quebec and Canada. 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Universal Basic Capital is the idea that the public, through the government, should own a substantial equity stake in AI companies. The most fundamental question is not “Who owns AI?” but “What world is AI asking us to become?” 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026New pole finds 47% of Americans are now less gullible.ground.newsAmericans' Pride in US History and Democracy Drops, and Fewer Are Proud to Be American, Polls FindWASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have grown less proud of their country's history or the way its democracy works over the past decade, according to a new AP-NORC poll. 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Eco-Socialism: Advocating for democratic control of resources and production to prioritize people and planet over profit. 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Democrats arguing about whether the party is capitalist or socialist obscures that something new is struggling to be born. 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Climate change is what becomes visible when a civilization repeatedly encounters the limits of its own assumptions. 020
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Curtailing the agricultural use of growing hay to feed cows would restore enough water to save the fish.steamboatpilot.comLow flows prompt voluntary fishing closure on part of Yampa RiverColorado Parks and Wildlife is issuing a voluntary closure of the Yampa River to fishing until further notice. The voluntary closure, which begins Friday, is due to extremely low flows and high water ... 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Democrats are not always progressive and greenwashing isn’t just a MAGA thingsubstack.comThe Affordability Illusion: How Democrats Avoid Talking About WagesAnd Betray The Environment 010
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The first ally came not on horseback or under a flag, but out of the darkness on four paws. 011
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A state has a governance problem when environmental legislation must first clear an Agriculture Committee. It means the industry most likely to be affected is positioned to decide which environmental ideas even get a hearing. 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 15/06/2026W Social, the new Euro platform, mistakes the venue for the problem. Social media’s flaw is that open discussion inevitably attracts actors willing to manipulate information, incentives, and attention to control the narrative and thereby control society. 000
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Europe: decades of conservation science. Also Europe: “A politician’s pony died, so let’s revisit the entire wolf policy.” That’s the world we live in.observer.co.ukUrsula and the wolf: doubt cast over von der Leyen’s stor...The killing of the European Commission president’s aged pet, which has led to protected wolves being reclassified as ‘huntable’, is being questioned by experts 020
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026“The misery of nations is caused not by particular persons, but by the particular order of Society under which the people are so bound up together that they find themselves all in the power of a few men, or more often in the power of one single man: 100
Yowlumne @yowlumne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026What if capitalism is not a human invention but an emergent property of intelligence itself? Any sufficiently advanced species may discover that the relentless conversion of matter, energy, and information into advantage becomes the dominant organizing force of its civilization. 100
Reposted by YowlumneMidwestHedonist @midwesthedonist.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth 3581998514801