An exit stanchion in a building reads “Dramatic Exit.”

This rehearsal studio understands its customers.

text says "one of the most powerful actions you can take for earth day is adding more plant-based meals to your diet. “Pound-for-pound, gallon-for-gallon, animal-sourced foods use vastly more water and carbon to produce than plant-based foods.” UCLA Sustainability Committee."

Plant-based diets are often framed as being only about animal welfare, but environmental scientists all over the world agree that a global move away from diets heavy in animals products is a crucial step in saving our planet. sustain.ucla.edu/food-systems...

50 Books for Earth Day: Literary and Climate Fiction Celebrate Earth Day with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations. Use code Earth26 at checkout to receive 20% off these select titles.

Fifty books for Earth Day, including my Annihilation. I've blurbed or rec'd 11 of these. bookshop.org/lists/50-boo...

Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.

Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”

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Branch manager.. 😅

Hilarious.
This is definitely life with rabbits! 🫠

graphic with a photo of two goats gazing into the distance together. on the bottom there is text that says "like all animals, farm animals have feelings and deserve to be treated with kindness. sanctuaries affirm the right of animals to live in peace and dignity, and we oppose their exploitation and slaughter. we support sanctuary day and the lifesaving work of sanctuaries around he world."

Today is #SanctuaryDay. A day when sanctuaries around the world come together to honor what sanctuary truly means—safety, dignity, and lifelong care. We’re proud to stand with a global community committed to compassion, protection, and hope for animals everywhere. ❤️

Congress is often a serious, stressful place. These rooms are where high-stakes hearings happen, tough decisions get made + major fights play out. Especially these days.

Today was no different. But we also got a rare moment of respite, all in support of an important cause: protecting birds of prey.

Colorado Budget Amendment to Strip Funding for Wolf Translocations Colorado voters chose a future where wolves return to the landscape and recovery is guided by science. Now, a small number of state legislators are trying to undermine that promise by slipping an anti...

Have u sent your comment for saving wolves??
actionnetwork.org/letters/colo...?

With spring springing, why not give birds a helping hand by leaving out nesting materials?

Piles of twigs, moss & grass cuttings, or natural wool all go down well with busy nest builders! 🍃

A hedgehog crawling through a hole in a brick wall at night, under a sign that reads 'Hedgehog highway.' Ivy and dead leaves surround the hedgehog

Small gaps that make a huge difference: this is a hedgehog highway 🦔

Hedgehogs can walk up to two miles a night looking for food or a mate, but their natural highways are blocked by fences and walls. Creating safe corridors from your garden to the one next door lends hedghogs a huge helping hand.

What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war."

A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war." n.pr/4mwfLOe

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"The moment this southern right mother and calf accompanied by a pod of dolphins. As they curiously approached these surfers 4 yrs ago, still blows my mind"

Britain’s Most Iconic Fish Nears Breaking Point — Inside Climate News Rising temperatures and overfishing have seen the U.K.'s iconic cod decline for over a decade. Now, consumers are warned to “completely avoid” eating the fish.

What we do to these ecosystems—always pushing them to the brink of extinction.
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“Rising temperatures and overfishing have seen the U.K.'s iconic cod decline for over a decade. Now, consumers are warned to “completely avoid” eating the fish.”

The rainfall of Namibia, 🇳🇦 where millions of water lilies bloom all at once

Wise words from Spain's Prime Minister: “The momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The govt of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket. What is needed now: diplomacy, international law and PEACE.”

President (and retired General) Petr Pavel is a former Chair of NATO's Military Committee (CMC). He knows what he's talking about.

Crescent (partially illuminated) Moon and Earth facing the Sun. The Sun is just out of frame to the right leaving flares of light reaching out toward the left. NASA/Artemis II/Kevin M. Gill

This might be one of my favorites from Artemis II. A cinematic alignment of the Moon and Earth, each cradled within the warmth of sunbeams.

Taken from behind the Moon on April 6th.

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Juvenile desert recluse spider. CREDIT: Tom Astle (photographer).

The bite of sicariid spiders such as the brown recluse can cause tissue necrosis. Crystal structures of the Chilean six-eyed sand spider’s venom toxin reveal how the toxin breaks apart cells—information that could help develop treatments. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/u5aw50YFJlR

Good morning, Northwest Georgia!

It’s Election Day. This is your moment to be heard — for your family and your future.

I’ve spent 40 years in uniform. I know what’s at stake, and I’ll always fight to protect our kids from another forever war.

Get up. Get in line. Go vote. #GA14

Northwest Georgia — polls are open 7AM–7PM.

Scan the QR code to go straight to the GA My Voter Page and find your polling place.

Make your plan. Show up. Leadership matters. #GA14

The entire research arm of the Forest Service being killed, “Because a scientist who says you can’t log that watershed without destroying it is inconvenient. A lab that documents the damage from mining runoff or road-building or clear-cutting is an enemy. And enemies get eliminated.”

#SaveUSFS

Looking forward to seeing what you discover 😍
The weather is spectacular this week/weekend, especially after the rain showered off some of this pollen-I hope all goes well for you both!

I also hope that you have a fantastic week!🎉

Thank you very much, Luis Cordoba!! That is so sweet of you!
Sir, you definitely have made my day and have gotten my week off to a good start 😁❤️

Yeah!!❤️

Ooh, fantastic! I will definitely have to go there! Thank you for the recommendation 😁
It has been a while, but the last time I went to woody gap there were spectacular native lady slipper orchids blooming!
I look forward to seeing more of your beautiful posts- you’re my link to GA mtn dreaming 🫠

Everything feels so rigged and scam-ish now…I’m more “old school” with my shop and these tactics I’m “expected” to use in order to be successful and beat out the competition make me feel morally compromised because that is not how I enjoy serving my customers 😬