#EndangeredSpecies: only 51 Rice whales remain in the Gulf of Mexico.
“It’s tragic that the Rice’s whale, which has lived in this planet’s oceans for millions of years, could now go extinct because of a small man’s petty indifference”
– @bretthartl.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“It’s tragic that the Rice’s whale, which has lived in this planet’s oceans for millions of years, could now go extinct because of a small man’s petty indifference,” said @bretthartl.bsky.social, the Center's Government Affairs Director.
We're in court fighting back.
Trump officials use ‘God Squad’ to yank endangered species protections for Rice’s whales
https://www.europesays.com/us/695781/
In the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico lives one of the world’s rarest and most elusive…#us #news #usnews
The Trump administration plans to convene the so-called God Squad, a high-level federal panel that has the power to override protections under the Endangered Species Act, for a meeting related to oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. nyti.ms/4ryiffG
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
Screenshot of a map and table listing ICE warehouse purchase data.
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Great Horned Owl on a nest
Have a great Superb Owl day everyone!
"This is why people don't like Democrats. The Democrats are constantly going, 'How can we talk to Republicans?'... Your attitude needs to be 'How do we beat Republicans?'"
The one and only Jennifer Welch on the 'We're Not Kidding' podcast with me today.
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
After diving into the frigid San Francisco Bay and paddling more than a mile, a coyote surfaced on Alcatraz Island. One video shows the coyote struggling onto the rocky shore.
It is the first documented coyote on Alcatraz since the island was transferred to the National Park Service in 1972.
Senate Dems should shut down government, but remember what @schumer.senate.gov said last year
“I believe it is my job...to minimize the harms to the American people. Therefore, I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down."
At least he's learning...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
If only you had a spine to do something. Dont fund ICE. Shut down the government. Or is keeping the government open to let Trump kill more people more important. You chickenshit coward
There are no penguins in Greenland. Gotta wonder about the imbeciles running the government right now.
These House Democrats just voted with Republicans to give ICE more money: Jared Golden (ME-02) Don Davis (NC-01) Tom Suozzi (NY-03) Laura Gillen (NY-04) Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) (Indivisible logo)
Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Frame by Frame Analysis: How Minneapolis Woman Exercised Her Rights in ICE Encounter
@weissmann.substack.com analyzes with me the viral video.
Topics: Everyone's legal rights and scope of federal agents' authority during this "immigration check"
Our full analysis here: youtu.be/uSO4-05Gvas?...
This is NOT symbolic. If Dems adopt this position as a caucus, ICE get reined in. Full stop. Not after Trump, not after the midterms - NOW. Call your Dem rep and senators and tell them to back this play today.
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on her party to "read the room" and begin appealing to a wider swath of the working-class public by keeping a stringent focus on the economy. https://cnn.it/4pHs9L7
Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”
IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
Who could have guessed that the pesticide industry improperly influenced a “scientific” study on the safety of pesticides? 🙋🏻♂️
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
"2025 was tough. It was painful. This was the year that America broke open. Now the seedy interior of what lies within so many structures of power in our country has been revealed. It is not pretty." -- @sifill.bsky.social
An adult gray wolf looks directly at the camera. The wolf is standing in snow, and behind it is a wall of snow-covered trees.
Wolves had some big wins in 2025!
In response to one of our lawsuits, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had broken the law when it denied our petition to protect #wolves across the U.S. West under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct.
bit.ly/49zkcTe
