🥰🐝 This is true. Native plants level up the cute in your yard/park

Sam@sjberger.bsky.social · 2w ago

Longhorn bee sleeping in a partridge pea flower Plant native plants, host adorable bee naps #NativePlants 🌱 #inverts #Minnesota

This week in the garden: Glittering green cuckoo wasp graces dried leaf Bumblebee traffic jam among the Nasturtium Astata wasp surveys domain from poppy perch Longhorn bee fits, thus sits

Sound on! 🔉

🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦@joycomes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hoopoe Europe, Asia, Africa Madagascar Their curved beak probes the ground for insects and larvae Nest in tree hallows, female incubates, the male feeds her, once the chicks are born both parents feed their young for about a month.

The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.

For no reason whatsoever, I checked my voter registration today, and if you are a US citizen I encourage you to do the same/update that voter registration if necessary/register to vote if you have not already done so: www.vote.org

Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org

Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.

vote.org

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

🌱 💐 📸 Echenachia (cone flower) are so beautiful and mesmeric at all their stages. Each morning now is an absolute treasure. #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

Ooooh happy #WorldSnakeDay here’s a few. Big headed snail eating snake, Amazon tree boa, rainbow snake, barons racer.

In case you also needed tiny friends.

Woodland Park Zoo@woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's berry season and you have the tiniest friends. These critically endangered babies are Egyptian tortoises that hatched on July 4 and 6, 2026. Currently, our Egyptian tortoises are living behind the scenes in a warm and cozy habitat with lots of attention from their dedicated animal keepers.

‘Scuse me! Coming through!

Re: OMB comments, @standupforscience.net has a great action center to help you get started. You don't have to be a scientist (or expert of any kind) to comment! fight2win.standupforscience.net

Stand up for Science

Stand up for Science

fight2win.standupforscience.net

The proposed OMB rule will impact every organization that gets federal funding. It goes way beyond academics and side-steps Congress' power of the purse. Forbes outlined the issues (www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...) Three days left to speak out against it. Please do!

The New Trump OMB Rule: Organizations And The Public Raise Concerns

The new White House Office of Management and Budget rule would give Trump and his administration significantly more power to select, award, cut and terminate grants,

forbes.com

Lisa Schiff@lschiff.bsky.social · 4w ago

Excellent Scholarly Kitchen post today from @kawulf.bsky.social detailing how the proposed #OMB regulations impact the #Humanities. So important to remember this is a fight for all disciplines!!! #DefendResearch scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/10/t... #Academia #Science

Excellent Scholarly Kitchen post today from @kawulf.bsky.social detailing how the proposed #OMB regulations impact the #Humanities. So important to remember this is a fight for all disciplines!!! #DefendResearch scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/10/t... #Academia #Science

The OMB Guidance Revision Threatens All Research - The Scholarly Kitchen

The OMB proposed revision is about all research — and humanities research is just as vulnerable as STEM.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

These absurdly cute mice live at higher altitudes than any other mammal—here’s how they do it www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...

These absurdly cute mice live at higher altitudes than any other mammal—here’s how they do it

Living at altitudes with less than half the oxygen at sea level, these mice have adapted to their environment in unique ways

scientificamerican.com

The first fan mail for Sharks in Kansas! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #TLchat #TLSky #Skybrarian #educhat #kidlit

IMPORTANT: Two websites for US food access. Please spread the word. This is a great, easy to use site to find free food near you:

This would be really, really, really bad. Yet another reason to comment on the OMB Rule that would, among other things, prevent collaboration between US scientists and those in other countries and prevent US researchers for sharing their findings with, well, anyone.

Colin Schultz@colinschultz.bsky.social · 4w ago

"For the first 30 years we considered this a low likelihood event — I would have said a 5 percent chance of occurring. It’s more like 50/50 now. I would even say more likely than not.” e360.yale.edu/features/amo...

I have some exciting news to share. Bark! Fest, the book festival for animal lovers, will return in September with some incredible authors of books about dogs, cats, and other animals. Details coming soon!

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Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 4w ago

Monday, July 13th is the LAST DAY that you can leave a public comment on Russell Vought's science-destroying OMB Grant Proposal. Join us from 2 - 3PM ET to learn what comes next, hear from experts, and learn how the proposal will affect you. Register at the link in our bio or go here:zurl.co/tH8hn

Congratulations to @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social for being nominated for an Emmy!

🚨APS has submitted formal comments to the Office of Management and Budget urging it to withdraw proposed sweeping changes to the federal research grant funding process. More on the full comments and how to make your voice heard: https://ow.ly/AG8C50ZlbSP #FightForPhysiology #SciPol #Advocacy 🧪

TODAY’s ACTION ITEM: Please click on the link below and send an email or make a call to SAVE SCIENCE from these morons. And grab a friend and get them to do it too! Thanks 🔬

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last mo.

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 13 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/VGfwO

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek WHEN BEAVERS MOVE IN by @alisonpstevens.bsky.social + Natasha Donovan (Godwin/ @alisonpstevens.bsky.social ): "While sympathizing w/ the humans...this engaging + effective book focuses on Indigenous solutions that benefit the ecosystem" sbee.link/pujw4gnxb8

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! 🎉🏆🌊 We're blown away at the spectacular submissions we received to this year's Photo Contest. 1,000+ of you shared your ocean and wildlife photos, and we're in awe! ⬇️ oceanconservancy.org/blog/2026/06...

2026 Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest Winners

See the stunning photos that captured the hearts of judges, staff and fellow ocean lovers and won Ocean Conservancy's annual Photo Contest.

oceanconservancy.org

EXCELLENT!!

@rprobbins.bsky.social · last mo.

Great news for the American people 💯🎯

JOURNALISTS! WE NEED A SIGNAL BOOST ON THIS! I'm not sure how many people realize how dangerous the proposed federal rule on grantmaking is & how it could fundamentally reshape ALL federal funding. Join the @healthjournalism.org webinar WEDNESDAY July 1 at 3pm to find out what it could mean.

How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science

Join us for a discussion on the potential impacts of a Trump admin plan to overhaul how federal research grants are awarded and administered.

healthjournalism.org

TRUE STORY: During his training as an architect, Antoni Gaudi’s teachers wondered: is he a “genius or a fool?” But Gaudí was simply ahead of his time. 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #kidlit #bornonthisday #Gaudi #truestory GAUDI: ARCHITECT OF IMAGINATION amzn.to/3R2x1PF

Playing pinball with the moon seems fun.

Did u know? To combat the harmful effects of heat during our ever hotter summers, let your plants grow large & spread out, cheek-by-jowl, creating an uninterrupted cool canopy that protects small souls who shelter in its depths; it also traps moisture in & keep temps down - Looks fab too. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐸🦔🐦‍⬛

OK, people. It takes 2 minutes to write a letter to Congress, a few extra if you personalize it. Russ Vought's attempt to take over ALL federal grant funding is anti-democratic and dangerous. We need MORE letters. Let's tip it over 2000 today. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

actionnetwork.org