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The next decade will be difficult for #nature #conservation. In a new editorial in @oryxthejournal.bsky.social, we suggest a range of things we can do to rebuild support and challenge #post-truth politics. Led by Nigel Dudley, the piece reminds us that we must not abandon hope. go.shr.lc/3YM3J8I

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Gosh, I miss reality. [Attorney General] Bondi went on to claim that Trump’s efforts to crack down on fentanyl had already saved—“are you ready for this, media? 258 million lives.” There are roughly 340 million people in America. - from The Bulwark www.science.org/content/arti...

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Judge Wilkinson's order is a fresh & firm reminder of how and why separation of powers should work. This (Republican) judge is highly respected by the "conservative" SCOTUS majority. 6 pages, double-spaced. Read it for yourself "while there is still time." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Speaking veritas to power. www.reuters.com/world/us/har...

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Great opportunities for new professionals: internships with the Protected and Conserved Areas team at the Convention on Biological Diversity. #ProtectedAreas @iucnwcpa.bsky.social #biodiversity #30x30 careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...

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154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines - a timely news explainer/reminder by @heidiledford.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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#IUCN “WCPA meets a spectrum of needs, providing the most current science-based knowledge and information on the one hand, and ensuring effective implementation on the other.” Our 2024 Impact Report is out! portals.iucn.org/library/node... #nature #conservation

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Americans filled the streets yesterday in protests across the country. @nytimes.com, how was this not front page news in the print edition, and not at all in the web edition? NB: The protests were nonviolent.

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Happy to share our new @thelancet.bsky.social comment exploring the challenges and opportunities for prevention and #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement, including solutions grounded in the text to overcome outstanding gaps in the final stages of the negotiations. bit.ly/3E7RKeu

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Our expression of support for colleagues in US Federal service to the American people and to nature (national parks, national monuments, national fish and wildlife reserves, national marine sanctuaries, and more) is now available on iucn.org/story/202503...

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From @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

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This Review will be free online for another two days - download now!

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This new publication unpacks and addresses the most common misconceptions about OECMs (Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures). OECMs are not a shortcut to meeting conservation targets—they are powerful tools only when applied correctly and intentionally. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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The White House X account features top officials with firearms & captive prisoners. @theatlantic.com shows class by not including and thereby amplifying the images, but the look is a long way from the picture Ronald Reagan painted of a shining city on a hill. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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I am interested in participating, but worry about: a) it being used as a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and b) potential violence by self-styled "militias," either as infiltrators or directly attacking peaceful protestors. The two are concerns are related. app.sosha.ai/s/6oSqEfto

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Registration is now open for the #IUCN World Conservation Congress. October 2025, Abu Dhabi. #IUCNcongress iucncongress2025.org/participate/...

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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

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A good explanation of what it means to be a “conservative.” Republicans today are not acting as conservatives—that is, conserving what works—but instead are following a radical ideology. March 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Catastrophe open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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The country is being run by two car salesmen. And whatever happened to the Hatch Act?

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Newly returned from the funeral of my brother, I am moved by this interview with the father of the first child to die from measles in a decade. Vaccines save lives. Misinformation and lies kill. 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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We support our colleagues in Federal service to the American people and to nature.

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Thoughts in this final week. "[T]he merging of pseudo-spirituality with politics represents a departure from some of our deepest principles: that logic and reason lead to good government; that fact-based debate leads to good policy; that ...🧵 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Happy Solstice. It is a comfort being reminded that—no matter what foolish things people and politicians may do—the Earth still tracks true around its star.

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🆕 New Technical Guide! “Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures” are one of two classifications (with protected areas) of in-situ conservation sites defined by the UN as eligible towards the #30x30 #biodiversity target. Both should have positive conservation outcomes—OECMs by definition. 🧵

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Pleased to have spent a week in Germany (Vilm Island) helping UNESCO consider synergies between World Heritage and the #biodiversity #GBF, with colleagues old and new. Even if I had to miss Thanksgiving with family. ☹️

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Thank you @carl201010.bsky.social for this delightful recommendation! Here's where to sign up: nature.com/briefing

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What is a "vaccine skeptic"? Albert Burneko in Defector: “A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullsh---er.” blog.medium.com/why-is-every...

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Great piece on the continuous “gambling” with HPAI in the US from @tuliodna.bsky.social [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...

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Not sure I agree with all of this but worth a quick read, especially for those of us who (as one post recently quipped) are just a few days sober from X/Twitter. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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