Peter R. Nelson

@petnel.bsky.social

Father/husband, vegetation/lichen ecologist turned remote sensing nerd. Here to share science, social justice and news. Here to also resist fascists that are taking control of my country (US), support Ukraine and others. Dirigo Maine! Views are my own.

Want to stop the terrorism by masked ICE agents in America? Then call your Senators TODAY to demand they not pass the bill funding Dept. of Homeland Security. The House already passed the bill funding DHS.

My mind is often overwhelmed with the actions of the fascist, rapist asshole president of my country and how we should respond. I love nature and the inspiration she provides in the surprises all around us if we pay attention and remain open. So, here is a maze of vole paths in the snow in my yard.

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Maine has only one endemic plant, Furbish's lousewort. It is extremely endangered, found only along the St. John River along the northern border with Canada. Almost 10 years ago, I set out to do something useful with the University students enrolled in my Plant Taxonomy class focused on this plant.

We need a state to national movement of ballot initiatives to ban law enforcement wearing masks. The only reasons I can see they have widely adopted this practice are to intimidate and terrorize civilians and enable them to do bad things without accountability.

I am shocked every day by videos of masked ICE agents assaulting civilians with excessive force. I am shocked every day reading how the DOJ is charging people for fake charges based on their dissent against the President. If you wait to act until this affects you, it will be too late. Do something.

Hey ya'll US voters! Get out there TODAY and exercise your civic duty to elect people who stand up for you, the rule of law and vote down those people and ballot measures that seek to strip your rights away.

Meanwhile in America, the orange traitorous sexual predator inhabiting our nation's executive mansion is spending millions to build a ballroom no one needs while people lose foodstamps and access to health case because spineless congresspeople can't stand up to him. More outrage every day.

Sailing on the last day of August in Penobscot bay. A beautiful day to be on the water in a beautiful place. Need this sort of peace to balance all that is happening in the world and mustering to do something about it.

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Ever wondered what it'd look like to have your apartment hit with a large, explosive laden drone while cowering in your hallway? Check out the short video from Kyiv filmed recently. Support Ukraine defending itself from Russia's continual assault largely on unarmed civilians like this family.

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 11mo ago

They were in the hallway when a Shahed drone flew into the apartment in Kyiv: a camera captured the strike from inside the home. Despite the extensive destruction in the apartment, bottles of champagne survived.

Got 7 minutes? That is what it took to leave a message for both US Senators about their upcoming vote on whether to pull back funding for public broadcasting. Support (the Corporation for)Public Broadcasting!

Went home to western South Dakota to see family and was shocked by the morons carrying handguns at family swimming and fishing locations at a lake I grew up enjoying. I wanted to ask WTF they are keeping themselves and everyone else safe from. What happened to common sense, SD gun owners?

Support NPR and PBS today by calling your congresspeople and telling them to take the purse strings back from the President, who is trying to kill PBS and NPR by executive order just today. I called my congresspeople about this already this morning.