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What do we owe to each other? That's where action starts. Restoration ecologist- lover of wetlands, wildlife, trees, and all the cool things in between.
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Blue-spot sallies are back

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

Snow day after 62 degrees on Saturday. White-winged scaups, goldeneyes, and tons of red breasted mergansers on Lake Michigan today. One confused song sparrow and killdeer disappointed to be back early.

Reyes began by reading the ban language: "Transgender troops are disqualified from service without an exemption." The Justice Department lawyer said Hegseth was using a kind of "shorthand" and didn't quite mean the ban as written. Judge didn't buy it. www.rawstory.com/trump-transg...

We are so back, baby! It's almost froggie time

Snowfall in WI was disappointing this year, but today's rains are encouraging. Hopefully enough to bring the wetland critters out of the duff layer and into the ephemeral ponds soon.

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Let's say their names: * General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK * Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE * Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE All replaced by less qualified white guys.

Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)

Rural WI farmers in county that voted 62% Trump—his 2 signature issues: deporting immigrants/imposing tariffs—shocked not one state or national GOP legislator came to hear complaints that… tariffs & immigrant labor shortages may ruin their farms. FA’d, FO wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

#Superbowl #USAID #SaveForeignAid LINK: youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

Trying to replace doomscrolling with trash-picking. It ain't much but it's honest work.

Taking a break from nonfiction with The Furrows. Fantastic writing, fresh take on grief that resonates long after I've put the book down. #booksky #blackauthors

Part of what🐞 bugs🪲 us about the extinction crisis? The possibility of losing so many of our insect friends to things like pollution, pesticides, habitat destruction and climate change. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Learn more at ➡️ savelifeonearth.org

These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature. 🐺 Check it out from our news and ideas initiative, @the-revelator.bsky.social ⬇️

This is the mindset I'm going to keep bringing myself back to. There is work to be done, even small-seeming things are important, and I can start now.

It's a marathon not a sprint it's a marathon not a sprint it's a marathon not a sprint

I hope you have a day