Erin Johnson

Joan has been on an amazing journey for the past 7 weeks.

“The constant flow of water is pushing those heavy metals towards town. We’re sitting ducks for having our groundwater withdrawn and polluted.”

Dam removal restores aquatic ecosystem within three years | Cornell Chronicle Water resource managers are increasingly investigating removing dams to restore connectivity and improve aquatic habitats, water quality and fish passage.

Dam removals work. More proof news.cornell.edu/stories/2025... #undammed #damremoval

Fair. Sometimes you just have to do what feels right.

I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.

Editor here. Two spaces are a relic of monospaced typewriters. Electronic word processors eliminated the need. The Chicago Manual of Style (18th ed., 2:11): "A well-structured electronic document will never include more than one consecutive character space." Still, always good to have an alibi.

Drone footage of Santa Barbara April 5 protesters spelling out "Hands Off!" on West Beach

Santa Barbara strong.

Protest marchers with sign, "So bad even introverts are here!"

Hands off protesters with sign, We Will Overcomb

Hands off protesters marching with signs and chants, Santa Barbara.

Hands off protesters with signs and chants, West Beach, Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara turned out for April 5 Hands Off March and the tourists cheered. Even the introverts showed up!

Excellent advice, today and every day.

There's always room for another book if you get creative with your shelving!

Love all those Island Press books. :)

Iconic cartoon with people looking at a long list of public benefits connected with climate action, asking “What if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

Two brown baby squirrels. One on top of the other in a tree hole

Everything is too stressful. Here are some baby squirrels #sqrlpix

“Drill, Baby, Drill” = “Burn, Planet, Burn”

Urban jungle kitty!

I want to live there too! Nice job!

Presents Island Press's $4.99 ebook sale, available at most ebook retailers, through March 2.

It's that time again for Island Press's $4.99 ebook sale!

Island Press ebook sale. All ebooks $4.99 through March 4. Featured is "Hazardous Seas," edited by Louise K. Comfort and Harkunti P. Rahayu, which presents cutting-edge research on tsunami detection and warning.

Science supporters concerned with tsunamis and coastal hazards, here's a chance to download game-changing research that can save lives.

Please be careful out there. Hilarious posts about bookstores appearing in my feed out of nowhere.

The SIFT method - STOP, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims, quotes & media

Information hygiene request - please circulate & take action.

I’m getting bombarded with frantic fragments.

Information flow is crucial right now, and every link in the chain matters. This is a concrete place where you can play a massive role in improving transmission.

Start with SIFT method:

I'd be okay with Denmark buying us. I love Solvang!
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Word of the day.

It's time to resurrect the Tom Bihn t-shirt from 2001. There was a unspoken consolation to wearing it then that I need now.

@elizabeth928.bsky.social l love your profile pic!! Badass 🚴

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.

Bike ride!

The Santa Barbara Channel from Gibraltar Road in Santa Barbara. Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands on the horizon. Hawk catches the updrafts.

To get out of the house and away from today's headlines, I took myself on a little ride up Gibraltar, overlooking the Santa Barbara Channel. Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands on the horizon, as a hawk lazily catches the updrafts. The world always looks better from up here.

A comforting quote on a soulless day. Keep eyes on the prize and settle in for the long haul.

Totally.

I love science facts!