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Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...

Amidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲

“One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.”

www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...

Former ICE Detainees Find Healing, Companionship in New Support Group - Documented Dozens of New York area immigrants come together monthly to relive — and heal from — their experiences in detention centers.

The emotional trauma inflicted by ICE on our immigrant neighbors is devastating — and often neglected.

So it’s really beautiful to see @envfreefund.bsky.social create this support group. (1/2)

TurboTax and H&R Block spent $7 million lobbying the Trump administration to kill Direct File.

Both companies donated to Trump's 2024 campaign and inauguration committees.

itep.org/88-profitabl...

The 'eyelashes' on a southern ground hornbill would make a model envious, but here's a neat trick:
Those AREN'T eyelash hairs. They're modified FEATHERS.

Let's take a look at these specialized structures & why the southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) needs these long velvet veils.

I’m really excited for this SF! With it we’re trying to combat the positive bias in publishing - how we and reviewers are inclined to only lift up research that goes as expected. But we all know there are so many lessons to be learned when you get unexpected results, or when things don’t work. 🧪

This flew under the radar: Trump's new acting AG Todd Blanche shut down major DOJ investigations into crypto companies, dealers, and exchanges as Pam Bondi's second-in-command — all while holding at least $159,000 in crypto assets himself.

The fox is guarding the hen house.

Our colleague needs your help keeping a 1,200-year dataset alive!

If you have botanical expertise or are based near Arashiyama, Kyoto — DM her or email tuna@ourworldindata.org.

Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years

New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecuador study finds tropical rainforest biodiversity rebounds over 90% in 30 years 🌎

phys.org/news/2026-04...

Emperor Penguin now Endangered!🐧

Our new IUCN Red List assessment reveals the shocking impact of climate change.🌍

Drastic declines and erratic changes in sea ice in Antarctica are projected to cause the Emperor Penguin population to halve by the 2080s.📉

Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/emperorpenguin

The United States has signed and ratified the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Articles II and III define punishable acts, including "conspiracy to commit genocide" and "direct and public incitement to commit genocide".

Trump has done both.

Lunar Flyby - NASA

Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)

Billionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.

Don't fall for their fearmongering.

A one-time, 5% tax on their excessive wealth is essential to funding what millions of Californians need — and to preserving our democracy.

I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool

Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request to Congress

I am shocked to see this language from the NSF.

“The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

I was about to go to bed and then saw this... Now I have been playing for a couple of hours hahaha

Trump is asking Congress for even more money for war, offset by billions in cuts to domestic and social safety-net programs.

It makes this 1970s anti-war PSA all the more relevant today.

Priorities.

Applications are now open for our #BasicR Course followed by the two week #Animove workshop @mpalarc.bsky.social. Perfect for African-affiliated students and researchers-with funding available for eligible participants! 👉 Apply now: animove.org/basic-r-cour...
See you in Kenya! 🇰🇪
#AfricanResearchers

every few months i come back to this animation by @livingcardsmtg.bsky.social, and since quandrix has been on the mind...

Screenshot from the Atlantic covering yesterday’s protest, showing a woman dressed as lady liberty being arrested. The caption reads Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains, following clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Center during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.

Her grin knowing how this arrest looks

(Published in The Atlantic today)

Migration Is An Earth Right Sweatshirt Ecosystems depend on interconnection. We're honoring immigrant communities—neighbors, families, workers, and leaders who are integral to our shared world.

I feel like basically every Bird Collective design is targeted toward me but my goodness look at this one www.birdcollective.com/products/mig...

Big hit today at the Museum of Biological Diversity open house

A new paper in Science measured the prevalence of social sycophancy across 11 leading large language models. The model’s responses were nearly 50% more sycophantic than humans’, even when users engaged in unethical, illegal, or harmful behaviors.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

Funded PhD: Using mathematical models to predict the impact of climate change on pollinators at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Funded PhD: Using mathematical models to predict the impact of climate change on pollinators at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

Interested in understanding how bumblebees are responding to climate change?

Well look no further than a competition funded PhD position with me and Rachael Dudaniec at Macquarie University, Sydney 🇦🇺

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Punch the monkey has taken over the internet. But why?

Primatologist Christine Webb chats with Flora about how anthropomorphism makes us so invested in the social life of a monkey in Japan.

Listen to this and more from 2-4 pm ET on your local public radio station. Happy Science Friday! 🐒