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A reminder that life springs up in unlikely places, that life finds a way. My last Terra Affirma column for YES! Magazine www.yesmagazine.org/environmenta...

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How beautiful 😍

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A reminder that life springs up in unlikely places, that life finds a way. My last Terra Affirma column for YES! Magazine www.yesmagazine.org/environmenta...

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The Trump administration is quite transparently using anti-semitism as a pretext for authoritarian crackdowns on speech & association, and some Jews are saying "no thanks."

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Hey all! My book talk is happening today! 3:30pm UW Allen Library, Petersen Room Hope to see you there! 🤓📚🐛🗃️

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“The number one thing they need to survive en masse,” says Gurarie, “is freedom of movement over large landscapes.”

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my latest little wee bb for @biographic.bsky.social

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"Subject has no criminal history" would seem to contradict the "not a very innocent guy" line? But I guess when you've been found guilty of 34 felonies by one judge and jury and adjudicated a rapist by another judge and jury, it's hard to assess the innocence of others.

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If you get funky when the beastie boys shout "HEY LADIES!" then you're a lady.

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All new research grants have been frozen at the National Science Foundation, Nature reports, as DOGE considers canceling 200 existing grants flagged for terms associated with diversity, equity and inclusion. Story by @dangaristo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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For some 10,000 years, migrating caribou reliably crossed the Kobuk River at a place called Paatitaaq. But by 2020, many had stopped crossing the Kobuk to reach their wintering grounds. A new study suggests one reason for the migratory change: caribou memory. By @sarahmgilman.bsky.social

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It's always a delight to edit @sarahmgilman.bsky.social, who has a knack to infuse even short, science-driven news stories with poetry and beauty. Highly recommend giving this a read 👇

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Another great example of the kind of "animal culture" Carl Safina really dives into in his book "Becoming Wild." We're not the only species making experience-driven decisions! Thanks for this story.

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Find out more about one of the major projects threatening the herd's mobility in Alaska in my illustrated feature about the proposed Ambler mining road for @sierramagazine.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...

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This observation, by naturalist David McKelvey, quoted by Emily Hahn decades ago in The New Yorker, fascinated me enough that I copied it down. It reads like a line of poetry to me: "The sound of the ankles of caribou keeps the herd together in the snow."

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Find out more about one of the major projects threatening the herd's mobility in Alaska in my illustrated feature about the proposed Ambler mining road for @sierramagazine.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...

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As the climate shifts and winter range becomes less hospitable, members of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd are relying on experience to make the best of a bad situation. But they can only do so with free rein to roam, and vast, intact habitat. Me on new research for @biographic.bsky.social

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As the climate shifts and winter range becomes less hospitable, members of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd are relying on experience to make the best of a bad situation. But they can only do so with free rein to roam, and vast, intact habitat. Me on new research for @biographic.bsky.social

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"Between the red-tailed hawks perched on the electrical wires that lope beside the county road and the coyotes that sing on the hill, the life expectancy of a chicken is not long here. One hopes for life, but expects death." A+work in @orionmagazine.bsky.social by my friend and neighb, Chris Solomon

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“I share this with you not to say that ‘we don’t know anything,’ but I’m saying that things are happening so fast through this Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE … none of us understand the half of it,” Murkowski said. “It’s literally piecing it together.”

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heartsick today

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A log of everyday resistance for @thelwon.bsky.social. Yarrow through the driveway, spring beauty through the burn scar, and a lichen takeover. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/04/11/l...

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Log of Everyday Resistance, by @sarahmgilman.bsky.social www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/04/11/l...

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A log of everyday resistance for @thelwon.bsky.social. Yarrow through the driveway, spring beauty through the burn scar, and a lichen takeover. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/04/11/l...

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Finally, some sign that DOGE is being held to account for its smash and burn and theft of sensitive data: www.wired.com/story/gao-au...

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I just learned that my neighbor is being held in an ICE facility and facing deportation. He's lived in my town most of his life and is just a nice guy who takes care of his family and works hard and is a part of this community. This is institutional kidnapping with no positive outcome for anyone.

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Mistakenly deported after being stopped by ICE in Maryland while driving with his 5-year-old autistic son No criminal history, came to the U.S. as a teen in 2011 Now Trump is asking Supreme Court to block return “Our entire family is broken,” wife said www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Yes, Sofia! It's such a wonderful story. Great work!!!

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#squad

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For generations, Indigenous people along the Koyukuk and Kobuk rivers have resisted a copper-mining road proposed across the roadless ancestral lands that sustain their wild food. In 2024, they won again. Now, activists face one of the hardest fights of all. Story + art @highcountrynews.bsky.social

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📣 Starting now, @HighCountryNews will provide free digital access to all of our reporting to any federal employee, including those who have recently lost jobs due to government layoffs. 📣

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An important read!

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Excellent reporting by the always excellent Sarah Gilman here.

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For generations, Indigenous people along the Koyukuk and Kobuk rivers have resisted a copper-mining road proposed across the roadless ancestral lands that sustain their wild food. In 2024, they won again. Now, activists face one of the hardest fights of all. My latest words and art, in Sierra Mag:

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"If I needed to, I would put my life on the line to stop this road." Really admired this nuanced, beautifully illustrated story on the Ambler saga by the inimitable @sarahmgilman.bsky.social; must-read if you care about Alaskan resource politics. #roadecology www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...

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For generations, Indigenous people along the Koyukuk and Kobuk rivers have resisted a copper-mining road proposed across the roadless ancestral lands that sustain their wild food. In 2024, they won again. Now, activists face one of the hardest fights of all. My latest words and art, in Sierra Mag:

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For generations, many Indigenous people along the Koyukuk and Kobuk rivers have resisted a road proposed across roadless land south of the Brooks Range, to develop remote copper mines. In 2024, they won again. Now, activists face one of the hardest fights of all. Me for @sierramagazine.bsky.social

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Been working on this story and paintings for months, and following this industrial road proposal for years. At last, here's a brief tale of tribes' generations-long fight to preserve the integrity and connectivity of their ancestral lands and waters, and the wild foods that they sustain.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included the editor in chief of The Atlantic two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said. It was an extraordinary breach of U.S. national security intelligence.

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need emotional release? compare notes about your sweet old ailing dog with a friend like @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social who has the same, and get all boogery and weepy about how lucky and sad and wonderful it is, to share life with a being who doesn't live nearly long enough & is also the BEST person

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I heard my first western meadowlark of the season this weekend 💛

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I would love to see more stories like this, about holding the line, in line with the law. A bright spot from today's news: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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