Lulie Newcomb Herigstad

Knittingcultlady said in her YouTube post that “Americans are jerks” , unlike other countries that have a culture of capitulation; we just don’t. Embrace the jerkness. Be that jerk for justice. Our inherent bad attitude and unwillingness can defeat the fascists. Oh, and take action, that’s key…..

Crocheting coasters, displayin’ on JeanLuc #craftiverse

Getting my first Emotional Support chicken to the finish line #knitsky

I don't want to be alarmist but it is really really bad and the future of this planet has never been at a more dangerous point - I just felt it important to let you all know. "

This is not some far off intangible thing, it is impacting me and literally everyone I work with in the conservation and humanitarian sector and we are feeling the very real effects of this that will continue long into the future.

fortunate really needs people to step up right now in every way possible or the outcomes will be catastrophic. If you are in the position to do anything - and if you think my work and job are important - you need to be part of the fight against them to do this.

defund, and suppress those of us that are sounding the alarm on the very very real trouble our planet and wildlife and environment is in and those attempting to protect it - all for their own economic gain and greed to benefit a small few.
The planet on which we rely and those less

really needs people to step up right now in every way possible or the outcomes will be catastrophic. If you are in the position to do anything - and if you think my work and job are important - you need to be part of the fight against them to do this. This is not some far off intangible thing,

defund, and suppress those of us that are sounding the alarm on the very very real trouble our planet and wildlife and environment is in and those attempting to protect it - all for their own economic gain and greed to benefit a small few.
The planet on which we rely and those less fortunate really

famine, disasters etc and his organization has lost about 40% of their funding and campaigns that they have worked on for 5 months they are not getting paid for and will have to stop projects and lay people off.
They are attacking universities, researchers and scientists and attempting to silence,

disaster preparedness or biodiversity loss have lost their funding. This all accounted for less than 1% of the US budget that it was deemed acceptable to cut. Joff works for the UN and UNICEF creating videos about global pandemics, famine, disasters etc and his organization has lost about 40% of

disaster preparedness or biodiversity loss have lost their funding. This all accounted for less than 1% of the US budget that it was deemed acceptable to cut. Joff works for the UN and UNICEF creating videos about global pandemic

the land to oversee them.
My friend who is the head of USGS ecological division mapping wildlife movement and conservation has lost her job and another friend who is the head lawyer for the EPA ensuring clean air and water just lost her job. All of my friends doing any research on climate change,

worked for national parks who lost their jobs and they have just opened up concessions to sell our national parks to drilling companies, the national parks will now be susceptible to resource extraction, invasive species overgrowth, human impacts and massive wildlife extinctions without stewards of

gutted and will be gutted even further - Hawaii is the endangered species capital of the US and therefore most of work falls under the ESA and they have deemed that any project under the ESA should be destroyed. I have about 15-20 friends who

will die and people here in South Africa are very scared and upset. Almost everyone I worked with in conservation projects in Hawaii has lost their jobs, and the organization I worked for (Save Our Shearwaters) has been dismantled since it falls under the Endangered Species Act which has now been

those species will very likely go extinct and local communities will fall into poverty and poaching and trafficking will run rampant.
The USAID projects that have all been gutted will no doubt cause huge spikes in poverty and AIDS in Africa, as well as elsewhere, and it is projected that millions

- likely driving local extinction, human and elephant deaths and poverty. Shannon, my best friend, lost her job where she was single-handedly providing support for about 30 organizations in Africa that will now lose money - she has assured me that without the support from her job and the funding

so all of our Thailand research and all of the community members we support will be without jobs and most of my colleagues will lose their jobs. This will have major conservation losses for the community and elephants where I work in Thailand -

"Hi family - I have to bring you up to speed as what is happening in my world. Because of the horrific, thoughtless and tyrannical proceedings that is the US government right now; the elephant organization I work for has lost about 80% of our funding,

A fired USAID community member I know has a friend whose adult daughter is currently serving overseas in endangered species protection. They are posting her update here with permission. They've made some minor edits for formatting, but otherwise it is verbatim: (more in comments)

Make those calls everyone! The “5calls”app really makes it easy

Women Forward on Substack FOR THE PEOPLE IN RED STATES - YES, CALL THOSE REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS TOO!

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I was lucky to work on the MIB special effects model crew. In the opening desert scene with the CGI bug flying around All of the 5” tall cactus are mine, and I sculpted the 15 ft long styrofoam canyon with a small chainsaw. So fun to watch what they did with our miniatures!

A moody Olympia, WA morning port photo for your scrolling pleasure

JeanLuc says hi

Doom scroll vibe cleanser

Just south of Tacoma, Wa , ‘merkuh

JeanLuc with attitude for your viewing pleasure. Thank you all you smart courageous folks in the starter-paks for all your wisdom and analysis during this creepy and ridiculous transition.