The #BirdoftheDay theme is #RedorDead, red somewhere in the photo, but not on the bird. Cedar Waxwing with toyon berry. 🪶
Rick Derevan
@rderevan.bsky.social
Sheltie dad. Bird and wildlife photographer. Reader of books. Retired appellate lawyer. Central Coast of California.
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
Senator Whitehouse said it better than anyone: "Climate risk makes things un-insurable. No insurance makes things un-mortgageable. No mortgages crashes the property markets. Crashed property markets trash the economy.” #wildfire #Spokane #insurance
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 3d agoThe Great Climate Insurance Collapse is beginning before our eyes. How does it happen? Gradually, and then all at once. Buckle up. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Everyone wants to yell at Democrats or "the left" but the plain fact is that Republicans are the only ones with the power to immediately save us from this nightmare. Every day they choose not to do so.
#BigBend #NationalPark — one of the United States' wildest places — is about to be transformed into an industrial construction zone so the Trump administration can build a slew of needless border barriers and roads. This must be stopped. Take action ➡️ bit.ly/4fsHiN7
Sticky traps for insects may be pesticide free but they are a death traps for bats and birds. There have been two separate incidents today (one involving a mother bat who will have a starving baby somewhere). Please share the message. Do not use these traps! #wildlife #bats #conservation
The Trump administration is seeking to loosen federal rules intended to protect historic sites, alarming outside groups who say the changes would allow government agencies and developers to pursue major projects without soliciting public input.
Trump officials seek to weaken historic-preservation reviews of projects
The Trump administration is moving to rewrite federal historic-preservation rules to give agencies broader authority to advance projects with less public input and narrower protections for historic si...
washingtonpost.com
Trump is going after the National Academy of Sciences. Gift link.
Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual (Gift Article)
The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.
nytimes.com
Nigel Goldenfeld@nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 2w ago🧪 #climate Trump has ordered a probe of the National Academy of Sciences. If the timing on his post is Eastern Time, and he actually types his posts himself, then I guess this was on his mind during the World Cup final.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Triplets. Sandhill Cranes at sunset, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California. 🪶
The #BirdofTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller, a capture where the bird takes up a large part of the image. A Red-naped Sapsucker contemplates his day. 🪶
The only election interference happening in this country is coming straight from the White House, and no amount of pathetic late night rambling from a failing, fading president will change anyone’s mind
This is the right kind of fox posting. 🦊 @aprilglick.bsky.social
April Glick Pulito@aprilglick.bsky.social · 3w agofox posting again
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Flowers, birds standing with flowers. Northern Flicker, California. 🪶
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-e... “If animals don’t have a place to live, they can’t live,” said one critic.
In 'Death Knell for America's Wildlife,' Trump Admin Guts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species | Common Dreams
Trump administration weakens Endangered Species Act, allowing corporations to destroy habitats. Environmental advocates vow legal challenges.
commondreams.org
The Graham Platner fiasco proves that the Democrat Party is far too tolerant of sexual predators. by Matt Gaetz, Roy Moore, Pete Hegseth, Jim Jordan, Dennis Hastert, Blake Farenthold, Trent Franks, Herman Cain, Cory Mills, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Donald J. Trump
The #BirdOfTheDay theme: #Lifer Capture/ captures of the last new to you bird you’ve seen. Sagebrush Sparrow, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. 🪶
Trump trying to fuck up European climate laws at the behest of US oil companies. I wonder if this will receive as much coverage & scolding as Biden blocking a few oil & gas leases on public land.
E&E News: ‘Can you help us?’: US oil execs turn to Trump to topple Europe's climate rules
Here's an inside look at how a climate regulation became a battleground between the U.S. and Europe.
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@bcdreyer.social Maybe you could talk about this? To my ears, this sounds off, and I'm curious how to determine verb choice when a country is the subject. Singular, making "gets" the word to use, would be my choice, but what do I know?
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Cutie, cute bird captures. Here's an adorable endangered Least Tern. 🪶
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Ebony&Ivory, birds that have black & white plumage, a Nuttall's Woodpecker and its fledgling. 🪶
@rennaestubbs.bsky.social Not sure if this a way to ask podcast listener question, but here goes: How do coaches feel about wearing ball caps with advertising? They look so silly in the coaching box. I hope it's worth the money.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WildMotion, dynamic wildlife behavior, freezing a second which is full of energy. Clark's Grebes, San Luis Obispo County, California. 🪶
The Trump administration is trying to permanently kill off one of the most unambiguously successful public policy instruments of the last half-century.
Trump Is Trying to Strangle Money-Saving Standards for Appliances
And not for the first time.
heatmap.news
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.