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megawatts.bsky.social
Social worker, school counselor, hiker, biker, naturalist, reader, camper, griever. Mom to kids, dogs, tortoise. Widow and wife. Listening, learning.
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Microplastics are facilitating antibiotic resistance journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.... open-access

March 9, 2025

As we watch the selling continue on Wall Street today (futures down 400 as I type, but could bounce back!) it’s crucial to understand this Trump Administration’s approach to the stock market, which is dramatically different from his first term.

Irises! #flowerreport

Had a great time at the @sacrepublicfc.bsky.social home opener last night! So wonderful to see kids running around together, excitedly cheering for their team. And the @sacbattalion.bsky.social sounded great! Vamos, Republic!

Lovely lupine! #flowerreport

“Successfully fighting a wildfire requires more than people digging line or cutting fire breaks with chainsaws. It also involves people who call grazing lessees to tell them to evacuate their cows, provide food for firefighters in the field & map the resources that the firefighters need to protect.”

Friday #flowerreport

Saxifrage! #flowerreport

What privatization does.

“Creating a firehose of news until people became overwhelmed by the task of trying to figure out what was real and simply tuned out… This system replaced the concept of voters choosing their leaders with the concept of voters rubber-stamping the leaders they had been manipulated into backing.”

Can’t wait. @wkamaubell.bsky.social www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788713...

McMahon confirmed. Bleak.

#tortoisereport

Everything’s fine

To be clear, the "menace" Trump is railing against was the single most important anti-corruption reform in decades. The "invasive" rule merely asked the owners of shell companies to divulge their identities to the Treasury Dept.

Checker lilies have bloomed! And it’s a gorgeous blustery winter day. Happy Sunday! #flowerreport

The BLM office here in Ukiah is on this list.

Several in California

Corrupt? Sure. But also directly dangerous? And how! FAA has done careful, long testing /study of new tower-communication system. Now a rush to switch to system that *just happens* to be owned by Mr. Efficiency himself, Elon. (Has he even been to an ATC facility? Probably like Vance re Ukraine)

Still savoring magnolia season. #flowerreport

February 28, 2025

#flowerreport

The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

#flowerreport

No! bigbendsentinel.com/2025/02/26/m...

The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming. 1/11

Tortie’s just-emerged-from-hibernation look gives peak Monday morning vibes. #tortoisereport

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

#flowerreport (I try to stick to native wildflowers for my flower reports, but I do really love magnolia season.)

Slow movement on this misty Monday.

I have probably listened to this soundtrack 300+ times since age 11 and this song gives me goosebumps each time, but in this context: even more so.

Hound’s tongue while out walking the hounds. #flowerreport

Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

Super fun outing this afternoon with Russian River Rail Bikes, followed by a scrumptious lunch at Wolf House Brewing. 😁 #cloverdalereport

#bluebirdreport

Trump’s focus on the California coastal commission is another example of how “permitting reform” discourse undermines environmental law. YIMBYs always complain about it. Alas, there will no additional housing by eliminating the CCC. But there will definitely be lost access to public beaches.

Our little dandelion fiend begins to emerge on this warm and sunny Friday afternoon. #tortoisereport

Took a quick break to walk over to Low Gap Park to check on the wildflower situation there. Milkmaids were abloom. #flowerreport

THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

Due to President Trump’s hiring freeze, regional monitoring for northern spotted owls either won’t occur or will be greatly reduced. This leaves conservation agencies without crucial information needed to prevent the imperiled owls from sliding into extinction. Details ➡️ biodiv.us/3QrHZdx

"[Musk] is trying to gut everything good in America for his own private profit. This is the culmination of what oligarchy is all about...the fusion and the capture of the billionaire class of our democracy." - @aoc.bsky.social with @fedworkersunited.bsky.social today #SaveOurServices

I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.

I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc