Opinion | At Times Like These, My Advice: Take a Hike!

Always a good idea to explore our true national and state treasures... we're stewards of these great spaces and "America's Best Idea."

Enjoy a park. Leave no trace. Volunteer there to do even more good. 🫶🏞️

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...

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A hatchling condor on a white towel. it has downy feathers and it's head skin is kinda wrinkly

With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of:

TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!

Fish flee for their lives in rare, chilling video of bottom trawling The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

Looking forward to the new Nat Geo documentary "Ocean with David Attenborough" this weekend.

The danger and sheer waste of life due to trawling...

www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

Agapanthus in morning sun with water droplets on the light violet petals.

Some beauty for a random Tuesday morning... #Flower #Agapanthus #Inspire

Get Creative

THIS is true... Change a recipe, grab your favorite instrument, draw, etc.

Also highly recommend Tom Vanderbilt's book Beginners.

#KeepLearning #Creativity #Inspiration

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/b...

😂 So true. Ours were experts at it... miss them.

This campaign needs you now STOP THE FLORIDA BLACK BEAR TROPHY HUNT!!!

Fellow FL residents:

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Trump fires top US copyright official Democrats are alleging foul play.

Soon after firing the Librarian of Congress, Trump has fired the nation’s top copyright official as well. Rep. Joe Morelle says Trump acted after the copyright official “refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.”

“And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust…shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

— what was once the Constitution of the United States, Article One, Section 9

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Cicero

YouTube video by Ryan Goodman The Actual Threat: Attacks on Habeas and Citizenship Rights

1/ I dissect Stephen Miller

- Why only Congress can suspend habeas

- Justice Amy Coney Barrett's helpful 2014 scholarship

- How Miller goes beyond undocumented migrants

- Why Miller’s remarks should be self-defeating (courts rejecting "invasion" claims)

- Why this matters to everyone in the US

The Story Behind “Silent Spring”: How Rachel Carson’s Countercultural Courage Catalyzed the Environmental Movement “It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to have the opportunity to speak out — to many thousands of people — on something so important.”

www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/27/r...

I loved the moment Carson describes when she finishes her manuscript and hugs Jeffie (her cat) as she allows the emotions to overwhelm. Beautiful.

Gorgeous plumage!

DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.

"In the few months since the second Trump administration began, the federal government’s efforts to control silicosis have been destroyed," David Michaels and Gregory Wagner write:

Wildr Score - Powered by PlanitWild Wild or mild? Take this 5-minute quiz and find out whether your property is a thriving wildlife haven or an opportunity waiting to bloom. See how you compare to neighbors and discover easy ways to boo...

Every yard can make a difference. See if your place is helping Nature thrive.

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Adorable -- thank you for this smile. We lost our sweet kitty yesterday and needed these kinds of posts. ♥️

Thank you. ♥️

Thank you for your kindness. We know her bro, Shakes, was there for her at the bridge. 🌈 ♥️🐾

Black cat curled up napping on chair.

A sad day for us, as we lost our beautiful kitty. Rest in peace, smart-caring-brave-pretty girl. You were a blessing to us for 18 years. Love you always, Hem. 💔

“One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences.”
— Augustus by John Williams

*From Ryan Holiday's Daily Stoic newsletter. Thank you, @ryan-holiday.bsky.social

Opinion | ‘Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of’ (Gift Article) The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the “parents’ revolution” on smartphones that his book “The Anxious Generation” has started.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/o...

Opinion | Standardized Tests Let Us Know if Our Kids Are Learning (Gift Article) Trump wants to give power back to the states. Some states are lowering standards.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.

ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries

Thank you, @booker.senate.gov. I hope you are resting and taking care today. Well done.

Millions of you, around the world, have put the lessons I wrote in #OnTyranny in late 2016 to good use. It has been humbling to learn how from courageous and creative dissenters, protestors, and oppositionists. I was honored when John Lithgow volunteered to read them aloud.

Now Is the Time to Stand Up for Press Freedom Bad-faith lawsuits, ugly smears, and even violence against journalists are becoming more common. To that, we must all say, ‘Enough.’

Whether it comes from mayors or presidents, threats against press freedom are threats against freedom in general. We all have a duty to support journalism against the authoritarian impulse. ICYMI Bill Lueders: www.thebulwark.com/p/press-free...

Hundreds of muscle car drivers rally around bullied Alabama boy When a mother desperate to show her 10-year-old son that people care and life can be joyful put out a small request on social media, hundreds of muscle car drivers heeded the call. Steve Hartman has t...

What it means to show up and love one another: ♥️
www.cbsnews.com/video/hundre...

How cuts to the National Parks could impact visitors The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 employees with the National Park Service, from park rangers to maintenance workers.

"A Park Service staff person may be hired to do interpretation but because high visitation they're managing traffic and cleaning bathrooms... We can't stand for this anymore. We need these jobs restored." -NPCA's Kristen Brengel on @WBUR

YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning A government worker's message for Elon Musk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvr...