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White-tailed Jackrabbit, on the Bishop Pass Trail, Inyo NF. He didn’t zoom away at 70 mph like they usually do. In Dusy Basin I had a Belding’s Ground Squirrel, usually a really shy species, come stand on his hind legs right next to me as I was eating dinner (I didn’t give him any).
This pika outweighs every data center, every product of AI, every mega-millionaire in this country by so much for me that all of them wouldn’t even make a sound as they plummet into the void. Just to make clear where I stand.
“Dozens of chemicals are used on federal #PublicLands each year for every imaginable reason,” Burd said. "Sometimes they're creating ‘seral’ habitats. Sometimes they're clearing piñon-juniper. Sometimes they're killing grass. Sometimes they're encouraging grass.” Coverage by @sierraclub.org ⬇️
Why Is the Federal Government Dumping Toxic Chemicals Onto Public Lands?
These spraying programs are creating “virtual dead zones” in wild places
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Habitat destruction is the number one threat to endangered species and Trump’s decision is a death sentence for America’s wildlife. It will leave imperiled species at even greater risk of going extinct. We're going to fight back with everything we have. Help support our fight. ⬇️
Fight like the wild depends on it
Together we can save species great and small, and protect the habitat they need to survive.
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Straight from Project 2025. Join the 98,000+ people who have submitted comments to stop this rule — which would be the end of American global leadership in science. Friends at @standupforscience.net make it easy to leave a comment. Don't wait. fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163...
Phil Rocco@philiprocco.bsky.social · last mo.I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...
Join us on Monday at 2pm EST in partnership with @standupforscience.net for a last chance to submit comments against the OMB's proposed rule! Use your voice to help us save scientific research! Register below: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...
OMB Deadline Day Rally - The Fight is Just Beginning
OMB’s latest proposed rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” would place political ideologues over scientific experts in federal research funding decisions. Say goodbye to cancer treatme...
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Media reporting indicates that next Monday President Trump will sign two presidential proclamations/executive orders attacking Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, both of which lie in the heart of redrock country in southern Utah. More info: suwa.org/suwa-stateme...
President Donald Trump has claimed repeatedly that the career workers his minions drove out are “getting private sector jobs” and making “twice as much money, three times as much money.” The numbers tell a completely different story.
DOGE ended on July 4, but the workers whose lives Musk upended are still reeling
“It’s hard to explain. Like, this is not a normal job loss.”
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The ABA supports the longstanding interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 1995 ruling, prohibiting significant modification or degradation of habitat for endangered species.
Internal documents from the National Park Service obtained by the Washington Post say that people in the area should “remain indoors as much as possible during and after the show” and “wear an N95 mask when outdoors” to prevent “irritation symptoms.”
Trump is using your money to pollute our air this July 4th
The National Park Service said that people should “remain indoors as much as possible” during and after the fireworks show.
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“We don’t tax wealth, we tax income. For people who have a huge amount of property and are ultrawealthy, they can avoid having very much income.” Unrealized gains are, essentially, income—just ask the bankers who accept them as collateral. But Congress has never touched them.
How to tax a billionaire
America's oligarchs guard their hoards jealously—but there may be a way in.
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I knew record amounts of glyphosate were being sprayed in California’s forests, much of it in the wake of the megafires that have hit the state in recent years. But it was hard to fully get a sense of the scale of the destruction until I saw it from the sky.
I'd seen it from the ground, but wait until you see it from the sky
A birds-eye view of California’s Roundup-sprayed timberland.
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TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...
Alpine Groundsel, near Saddlebag Lake, CA. Inyo National Forest. Not helped by glyphosate or dirt bikes. #publiclands #realworld
Water for its own sake, not our robot overlords. Or LADWP either. Lee Vining Creek, June 2026.
Regarding academic freedom, I self censor because I know there will be concurrently enrolled high school kids in my class. This is a huge push in CA now. So we’re not going to look at nude art, we’re going to dial it down when talking about queer identities, because there are literal children here.
Academic freedom assessment across the world. The US is on a steep decline, below >120 countries www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
Desert calico is so tiny you can barely see it… especially on a dirt bike or while scraping the land for industrial use #realworld
So many reasons why we need the Roadless Rule. Mt Langley, just over the SEKI border, taken on Inyo NF. #publiclands #realworld
Tiny, fragile Desert Calico in Joshua Tree National Park. Would not survive off-road vehicles. #publiclands #realworld
The negative health impacts of PFAs have been well established. But as our communities grapple with contaminated drinking water, the Trump administration has decided to weaken federal protections against these forever chemicals. zurl.co/dUFeU
About half of California waterways contaminated with Pfas, pesticide analysis finds
Review detects ‘forever chemicals’ in many of the state’s tested streams and rivers, including drinking water sources
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Beautiful… but the Sax-Zim area is currently devoid of its iconic Great Grey Owls. Hard not to worry about them.
