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Rainforest Restoration - @phoenixconservancy.bsky.social Birder. Ecologist. Based in Pullman, WA. Opinions my own. Photography and Cartography - https://www.natureexperienced.com/
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Trump regime tweets this wordless video—nothing but the hum of an engine & the clanking of chains—comprised of closeup shots of a human being shackled for deportation. This is, no hyperbole, fascist fetish porn.

Completely forgot about this type of person in this mess. Anarchists must be having a great time right now (comment from a TikTok video I posted about federal workers being good people dedicated to service)

I have no patience for "that's what they get" replies. I don't care the fuck anybody voted for or didn't vote for. The people whose lives are being destroyed by Trump are not my enemies. Period. I don't want anyone harmed. I want the harm to stop.

"The layoffs included hundreds of workers at the Bonneville Power Administration, a self-funded entity in the Pacific Northwest that controls more than 75% of the region’s high-voltage transmission lines, as well as the flow of electricity from 31 federal dams and one nuclear power plant."

What kind of water-wise, Green New Deal nonsense is this? He should be replace it with a live putting green that requires over a million gallons of water each year to maintain and provides no habitat for pollinators.

‼️worth repeating: if you're a Forest Service employee in the West who's being impacted by layoffs or has insight into wtf is going on and how ops/landscape/people will be changed, I can be reached on Signal at 509-953-7883.

Because of four decades of bad faith narratives by rich folks who want your taxes to go up and their taxes to go down, most folks don’t know this: career federal workers are heroes who work extremely hard every day and go above and beyond all across America to improve your lives.

I can practically hear the Vasa Parrots and Cuckoo Rollers

Incredibly tired of the "well, they'll get what they asked for/deserve" in response to *insert any piece of news.* No one deserves any of this. Anti-vax people don't deserve to die for having bad ideas about public health. Farmers don't deserve to lose their farms. Suffering is always BAD.

Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.

Every day things get worse, but every day we get closer to spring

Maybe the ultimate intention, but this could make recipients of fed money question whether they should accept payments in the first place. This kind of move on an NGO could be fatal.

Deep breaths

Rat Map I made a map of rodent inspections in New York City. This is a heatmap of all the places where "Rat Activity" was found. Can anyone help interpret

Inside scoop is that I took this photo last year 🤫, but it's too good not to use

Throwback to the bitter cold snap we had last year, which produced one of the most stupendously beautiful sunrises I've ever had the privilege of witnessing.

1. I keep saying this, but it’s important to try to slow things down. It’s something that the Democrats really don’t get. You can win a war by losing every battle slowly.

As soon as you leave the western world, Mandarin starts popping up everywhere. China has filled voids left by (justified) decolonization that turned into abandonment and socioeconomic suppression by former colonial powers.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

Conservation still matters. It is essential and always will be. I understand people in the field cannot focus on their work if they are constantly tuned in to the news, but I worry that shutting out information will ultimately lead to acceptance of unacceptable circumstances.

i’m beginning to think putting the billionaires in charge of the news media was the wrong idea

Trump is openly violating the law on a vast and unprecedented scale and everyone is acting like it's normal. NPR had a long story about finding a rare shrew. NYT said he was disregarding "legal niceties." This is an attack on the Constitution as profound as the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

Hi @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov, what are you doing to stop the ongoing coup being carried out by Elon Musk and his unelected, unappointed, non-federal goons? They're keeping government workers out of their own buildings and taking over federal computer systems. Do something, PLEASE.

Boundaries between ecosystems are rarely so defined. Rainforest meets grassland in southeastern Madagascar. I get to call this place my office a couple times a year. Can't wait to get back to Ivohiboro.

An unelected billionaire is disassembling the administrative state while a demagogic former reality show host blames minorities for disasters, signs papers on television, purges potential opponents, and solicits protection payments from media companies and oligarchs. Happening right in front of us.