Or perhaps fostering the national pride we used to have in science? Folks are stoked on NASA right now, and justifiably so, which probably adds some level of protection for that agency. Other fed research institutions deserve the same support, but alas
The consensus that the gov needs to be better about communicating success (e.g., IRA) extends all the way to the quiet workhorses generating baseline scientific knowledge like USFS research stations.
These folks care deeply about our country, its natural resources, & spending taxpayer $ responsibly
Appreciate the link!
Legacy Museum in Montgomery, AL* I don't think there's another one, but just to be specific haha
If you ever get the chance to visit the Legacy Museum (run by the Equal Justice Initiative), please do! By far the most visceral and informative learning experience about slavery, Jim Crow, and ongoing anti-black racism I've experienced
Buddy, let me tell you. I graduated undergrad as a wildlife ecologist from the biggest program in ALABAMA in 2019 and not ONCE did anyone mention any of this. I've had to put the pieces together myself with reading, museums, and social media (cheers). This shit is very much ongoing systemically
This structurally, as well as the broader permissibility of white folks acting violently toward any perceived "theft" of "resources." White bathrooms. White diners. White towns. White ponds. White women. White government. The sense of entitlement transcends everything but race.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime without sushi, unless you also give him a flash freezer to kill all the parasites
It certainly makes me feel crazy, a plausibly not dumbass
A Redband Rainbow Trout, which is greenish yellow with a reddish line down the middle of its flank, rests in a net partially submerged in clear water
It's Friday, which means I have an alliterative reason to post fish! Got away from the computer yesterday for some highly underrated (shhhh) desert flyfishing in Washington
Inside me there are two wolves
Great piece, thanks for sharing!
So many places, if they had been left intact, could easily rival Yellowstone today. I shudder to think about what the Snake River Plain and all its side valleys used to look like, for example.
The bottom of that line marks the top of the homosphere, which is where we're doing most of the damage. That band of gasses is about 55 miles thick. That's the straight line distance from Manhattan to Trenton, NJ.
It's so much harder to believe that emissions /couldn't/affect the atmosphere
Does this include clicks to start the video and then returning after a pause?
Writing grant proposals today feels almost silly, but the work has to get done! It's all important
Washington Post Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die’ if Iran doesn’t make a deal The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don’t comply. April 7, 2026 at 9:22 a.m. EDT26 minutes ago 2 min
Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.
A suburban street lined with similar-looking single-family homes with minimalistic, bland yards. Rolling hills of the Palouse Prairie appear in the background, green and uniformly smooth in texture. The sky is slightly overcast. The entire scene is bathed in the warm yellows and oranges of sunset.
Accidentally walked into a Windows screensaver last night
#Photography #Landscape #Washington #PNW
Bumping the ISO up like Tom Cruise testing the speed of the Darkstar in Top Gun: Maverick
A Madagascar Buzzard perches on a large branch of a dead tree. The hawk's mottled brown colors blend in perfectly with the trees twisted bark. Lush green rainforest appears in the background.
I don't normally think of hawks as being particularly camouflaged, but this Madagascar Buzzard said otherwise (aside from the screams).
📍Ivohiboro, Madagascar
📸Sony A7III
#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Birding
A Ring-tailed Lemur clings to the back of a Moose as it runs through the Palouse Prairie.
🚨STAY ALERT🚨
All #Washington residents are in danger! We accidentally introduced Ring-tailed Lemurs to the Palouse after returning from a trip to Madagascar.
We regret to inform the community the lemurs have tamed local moose with the intent of forming a calvary with which to conquer the area.
If you go back 5 million years, you'd find relatives living as far south as Baja 😅 best I can do to make you feel better
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A small freshwater crab from Madagascar being held between the fingers of a person
Fully, completely unrelated, but since you brought up crabs, check out this little freshwater forest crab I found a couple weeks ago
Sunlight illuminates a small stream under the dark, lush canopy of rainforest in Ivohiboro, Madagascar
Shaded streams always find me when I leave my tripod behind 🤦♂️
📍Ivohiboro Forest, Madagascar
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#Photography #Nature #LandscapePhotography
Mole skulls are crazy, so keep your eye out for the inevitable pellet that might have the bones in it lol
Verraux's Sifaka lemur, a white monkey-like primate with babish long tail and dark face and top of head, clinging to a narrow tree trunk with green forest in the background
Crossed off a lifelong dream animal today! Meet the Verraux's Sifaka (not Zoboomafoo). Stunning species from southern Madagascar
📷 Sony A7III
#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Madagascar
Vibrant oranges and yellows illuminate sky and silhouette clouds as the sun sets over the hills and grasslands near Ivohiboro, Madagascar
Ain't no sunset like an Ivohiboro sunset
A view of the city of Antananarivo in Madagascar
Back in Madagascar. Back at home 🇲🇬
I went through Seattle today and security took maybe 5 minutes lol
Demonstrates disdain for humanity itself. The politicians responsible for these atrocities hate people. They're anti-human. It is the only explanation for how anyone could look at this level of suffering and continue inflicting it on the world.
Every nation on Earth has an obligation to ensure people are not dependent on the food they are able (or not) to grow. Subsistence ag should largely be a relic of our past in the same hunting and gathering is. We must do better. To romanticize subsistence like this is to romanticize starvation.