Another island tour day! Gonna do a public one on August 29: DEATH, SCANDAL & THE ISLANDS Just meet at the Hanlan’s Point ferry docks on the island at 4pm! We’ll end at the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse around 6:30. Pay what you like!

Dodo fans unite! We have a new paper out on the brain and sensory abilities of the Dodo and Solitaire showing that the Dodo has several unusual features. #ornithology #birds

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🦤 What do we really know about the Dodo? The dodo was likely nocturnal and, less surprisingly, its telencephalon was perfectly normal for a pigeon of its size. This paints a very different picture of one of history's most misunderstood birds. @evoneuro.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1093/zool...

#DBCalert: Highway 1 Both directions | Closure | Between Toll Rd and Jackass Summit for 64.1 km | 3 km south of Jackass Mountain Summit to Yale | There is a wildfire. Road closed. Highway 1 is closed due to a wildfire burning north of Hells Gate in close proximity to the...

As wildfires force residents from their homes across the Spokane area, a local animal shelter is stepping in to care for the pets left behind by evacuating families.

Spokane animal shelter opens doors to evacuees' pets during wildfire crisis

SPOKANE, Wash. — As wildfires force residents from their homes across the Spokane area, a local animal shelter is stepping in to care for the pets left behind by evacuating

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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

This is such bullshit. During the pandemic, we were down here reporting on how the University of Mississippi Medical Center had to turn its PARKING GARAGE into a makeshift ICU to handle the COVID surges. Lying about history I lived pisses me off. www.mississippifreepress.org/ummc-preppin...

UMMC Prepping Garage For Field Hospital, Requesting Federal Support To Staff It (Updated)

UMMC is clearing out space in a parking garage for a field hospital as the delta wave of COVID-19 continues to batter Mississippi.

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Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

“Quilpituk Creek Wildfire West Kelowna, B.C. – An EVACUATION ORDER has been issued for properties in the La Casa area (including La Casa Lakeside Resort and La Casa Cottages).” www.coemergency.ca/updates/quil... - Central Okanagan Emergency Management #BCWildfire #LaCasa #QuilpitukCreekWildfire

“STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. -- Spokane Tribal Police has issued Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations from the Fort Spokane bridge to Enterprise Road.” www.kxly.com/news/level-3... via @kxly.com #FortSpokane #Spokane #StevensCounty #WashingtonState

Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations issued for wildfire north of Fort Spokane in Stevens County

STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. -- Spokane Tribal Police has issued Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations from the Fort Spokane bridge to Enterprise Road.

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“People south of Head of the Lake should go to the Emergency Support Reception Centre at the Westbank Lions Club address is (2466 Main Street), West Kelowna.” www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/... - @castanet.net #BCWildfire #BradleyCreekWildfire #OkanaganIndianBand #WestKelowna #Wildfires

Entire OKIB reserve under evacuation order due to wildfire

UPDATE 7:55 p.m. The Okanagan Indian Band has ordered the complete evacuation of OKIB IR 1 due to the Bradly Creek FSR wildfire.

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#DBCalert: Highway 97, Kamloops-Vernon Highway 97 Both directions | Closure | Starts: In Spallumcheen Old Kamloops Rd Ends: At Salmon River Road | #Spallumcheen | Wildfire. Closed. | Next update Sat, Aug 1, 2026, 11:15 PM PDT

The Okanagan Indian Band has issued an Evacuation Alert for Desert Cove & Lawrence Heights due to the Bradley Creek wildfire (K41351). Anyone in the affected area must be ready to leave on short notice. Westside Road is closed in both direction due to #BCWildfire. More info: okib.ca #BC #Okanagan 1

Home - Okanagan Indian Band

Okanagan Indian Band The Okanagan Indian Band is part of the Okanagan Nation, which comprises seven Indian Bands, including Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Upper Similkameen Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian...

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#DBCalert: Chaumox Road, Cho-mox Road Both directions | Closure | Starts: Boston Bar At Boston Bar Station Rd and Chaumox Rd and Riverside Rd Ends: 4 Barrel Rd | Boston Bar | Wildfire. Closed. | Next update Tue, Aug 4, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT

State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan to pre-position firefighting resources to respond to potential wildfires in 13 counties.

State fire resources mobilized for potential wildfires in 13 Washington counties

Olympia, Wash. – State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan to pre-position firefighting resources to respond to potential wildfires in 13 counties.

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Level 1 (GET READY) evacuations have been put in place for a wildfire near Rathdrum in Kootenai County.

Level 1 (GET READY) evacuations issued for wildfire near Rathdrum

RATHDRUM, Idaho -- Level 1 (GET READY!) evacuations have been put in place for a wildfire near Rathdrum in Kootenai County.

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It's launch day for ON COURAGE! Maddow: “INVALUABLE. A CLASSIC OF OUR TIME.” In the dark early days of Trump II, @juliaangwin.com and I were interviewing dissidents on 5 continents, learning what Americans could do to save our republic. Where books are sold: www.harpercollins.com/products/on-...

As temperatures rise and streamflows fall, government officials partially or fully close regional blue-ribbon trout streams to fishing.

Angling restricted on two dozen rivers in Montana, Yellowstone National Park

As temperatures rise and streamflows fall, government officials partially or fully close regional blue-ribbon trout streams to fishing.

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I put a call out for mural walls yesterday and I got a lot of VERY good walls for projects of a variety of scales. Unfortunately I have only sold enough shirts this summer to cover 2 of those walls. This means more people need to buy shirts. Thems the breaks. More shirts more art. SquidFacts.Net

OREGON: “The extension applies to households in Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Jackson, Jefferson, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wasco and Wheeler counties.” www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20... - @oregonian.com #CrookCounty #DeschutesCounty #GilliamCounty #JacksonCounty #JeffersonCounty #ORFire #Oregon

SNAP replacement deadline extended for wildfire losses

Those who lost food because of recent wildfires have until Aug. 14 to report the loss.

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Skip the net. Researchers at UBC find that releasing coho salmon without a landing net dramatically improves survival odds. Most angler-caused injuries are preventable with simple gear changes. Read more ⤵️ news.ubc.ca/2026/07/fish...

Simple changes to fishing gear and handling can greatly improve survival of released coho salmon

Landing nets were the leading cause of injuries linked to deaths in released coho. UBC researchers say most of those injuries can be avoided.

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#DBCalert: Highway 5 Northbound | Major incident | Between Exit 202: Portia and Exit 217: Zopkios Brake Check for 8.4 km | 2 to 11 km south of Great Bear Snowshed | Vehicle fire. Roadway reduced to one lane. Expect Major delays due to congestion. One lane of northbound...

🌊 ROV Mantis descending through 500 meters on the way to the bottom ~2200 m at the Endeavour hydrothermal vent field in the northeast Pacific. @oceannetworks.ca deploying and retrieving instrumentation. Watch live! #ONCabyss www.oceannetworks.ca/expeditions/...

FIREWATCH: Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations issued for Upper Smith Creek Fire in Boundary County.

Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations issued for Upper Smith Creek Fire in Boundary County

BOUNDARY COUNTY, Idaho — Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations have been issued for the Upper Smith Creek Fire in Boundary County.

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Despite underspending on health care, Alberta ALREADY has among the highest per person private spending in the country—& growing! Yet the Premier expects us to believe that MORE privatization is the solution?? If it were, it would have worked by now🤷 Read from @policyalternatives.ca

Public versus private health care spending in Canada | CCPA

Canada already sees a higher portion of private health care spending than a lot of countries, and it needs to change

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Thread. Must be 18-30 years old. Grants up to $5k USD to locate taxa not seen in more than a decade.

Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · last wk.

🧵 The Search for Lost Birds is looking for young, adventurous birders to lead expeditions to find “lost” bird species. Currently, 121 birds lack any scientific documentation for a decade or longer (70+ are entirely missing from the Macaulay Library!) Continued... searchforlostbirds.org

Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.

Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · last wk.

A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.

This is my partner’s dog. He is an anxious boy who has made incredible strides and is very smart and trainable. He’s just not able to live with another dog right now. We would give so much support to the people and home able to take him in.

Judge Judy and Executioner@judgyjudes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sibling has to surrender their dog because he keeps attacking another dog in the house because of his anxiety. The shelter they reached out to said he isn't a candidate for adoption but he is for euthanasia and I wish a very fuck you forever that Boston-area shelter. Look at this good boy.

John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way. Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.” (Published December 2025)

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

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Thanks to @kevinmilligan.bsky.social et al for this study on the impact of universal childcare on women's income - Long run impact on women's earnings far beyond the childcare years - Increased tax remittances, reduced social insurance - Recoups 75-117% of program costs www.nber.org/papers/w35514

Interesting swirls and shapes in the aurora above black spruce trees in Fairbanks, Alaska

Marine biologists in Northeast Greenland used an ROV to observe, for the first time in the wild, a mature female bobtail squid (Rossia moelleri) and her egg masses. This Arctic species is present and reproducing even in subzero waters! 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...