Shah Selbe

Amazing job alert:

If you need some talking points to share with your elected officials, I wrote some here and got dozens of scientific professional societies to sign on

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🧪 @ucs.org

Restoring a dredged river.
Awesome result!
#RiverRestoration #ChalkStream #conservation #habitatrestoration

They will try to tell you, “Resistance is futile.” It is never so.

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls. That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents sho

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

I wish things like this would actually damage the power of this administration, instead of just disappearing into the news cycle like everything else.

I am not a conspiracy theorist and never really gave much thought to the Epstein murder one (especially since he had enough motive to kill himself) but this is pretty sketchy.

The worst chief justice of all time Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.

“American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices & disgraceful decisions. But Chief Justice Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion.” @atrupar.com
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An informational image comparing "Myth" versus "Reality" about biodiversity impacts. The left side labeled "Myth" states "Humans have minimal impact on global biodiversity." The right side labeled "Reality" contains a statement from the IPBES Global Assessment that reads "Human activities, such as deforestation, pollution and overexploitation, are major drivers of biodiversity loss."

❌ Myth: Human activities don’t harm biodiversity!

✅ Fact: Human actions have already driven at least 680 vertebrate species to extinction since 1500, including the Pinta Giant Tortoise in the Galapagos in 2012.

— @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment 🌏🧪

 

Let’s turn the tide #ForNature!

Headed on a @fieldkit.bsky.social expedition with @jlewallen.bsky.social to the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon for work we do with @ioes.ucla.edu. Thanks to NorthFace for the perfect rainforest bags full of sensors, tree climbing gear, and expedition supplies.

Who is at #ICCB2025 in Brisbane this week? Let’s meet up and talk conservation technology!

I am so proud of LA for standing up against this fascist bullshit.

Trump to Send National Guard to LA to Quell Immigration Protests: Live Updates Federal immigration officials squared off with protesters in Los Angeles County on Saturday using tear gas and flash-bang grenades. The unrest comes just a day after raids were conducted through the city of Los Angeles.

The Trump administration said it would deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles as immigration agents clashed with protesters for a second consecutive day. Follow live updates. https://trib.al/hNUn74W

Quite possibly one of the most important websites ever created: owlsintowels.org

Sustainable financing for open source conservation tech - Open Source Solutions + Funding and Finance Community Meeting | WILDLABS Join us to discuss the challenges and opportunities for open source tech for conservation!

Curious how to make open source tech financially sustainable?

Join the WILDLABS Open Source Solutions and Funding & Finance community meeting on May 15 at 5pm UTC to discuss financial challenges + opportunities, featuring talks from @fieldkit.bsky.social and Addax AI!

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You cant ruin services for Americans, research infrastructure, core scientific funding, support for small businesses, and nearly everything else that makes the US effective just because you’re dumb and racist and don’t feel like reading.

I am so far past giving a shit about what the MAGA/conservative crowd thinks anymore. I get that some of you think “you messed up” but all of the information to see that before voting was available. It is fucking infuriating.

Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders Expected on Earth Day - Inside Climate News Environmental groups say they are preparing for the worst—and preparing to fight back.

He is such a fucking asshole.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202...

flashback to how americans acted the last time federal agents started kidnapping their neighbors

From The Onion: Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

This is treason www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

There are so many deeply dumb people on social media that have strong opinions about federally funded research at universities and manufacturing facilities for American companies without having the faintest idea of how either of those things work.

I know. It makes me feel so old 😭😭

YouTube video by hankschannel They Didn't Make Dire Wolves, They Made Something…Else

If you’re interested in the dire wolf story, please watch @hankgreen.bsky.social’s video here to understand what actually happened here: youtu.be/Ar0zgedLyTw?...

they should invent podcasts you can read

I am so sorry, Jer.

Good morning.

Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.

It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

Hope you’re doing well! You coming to the 25 year reunion? I think I convinced Jacob to go.

Hahah sorry man, I don’t usually pay attention to follows so I missed it.

This is what a critically endangered Red Wolf looks like. If we work together, we can save them 🐺

nywolf.org