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juvenile great horned owl with its foot up showing off it's impressive talons.

You know you're being too chatty when you get the "talk to the hand" gesture from a baby great horned owl.

#owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #birding #nikon #greathornedowl

I saw photos of some in Korea

Big brother (on the left) is getting used to having his baby sister around.

As predicted these clowns are planing to fire sale the nations public lands.

My bet is they transfer most of whatever they gain to themselves.

Call your reps and raise hell.
202 224 3121

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Our standing policy is we don't show his ugly mug on our page.

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Here's a shot of a stellar sunrise from Meredith, New Hampshire. This is Indian Island and sits about 100' from shore. When all of the trees have lost their leaves, the statue of Chief Chocorua is so prominent.

“Man, was I wrong.”

Colorado, seven other states sue Trump administration after abrupt end to teacher training grants Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser called the halt of the federal grant funding “a body blow to rural Colorado” where districts frequently struggle to recruit educators

Colorado, seven other states sue Trump administration after abrupt end to teacher training grants

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The woman interviewed for the story (pictured here) was a co-worker of mine. It's hard to describe the sacrifice required to move out to rural Alaska. These people are deserving of our gratitude; instead, they were shoved, quite literally, out into the cold.

There's literally a volcano fixing to erupt in Alaska now.

Mt Spurr.

There's actually reportedly an uptick in volcanic activity.
Know how we know?

Beautiful!

General Dunwoody in uniform in front of a portrait of Ulysses Grant

In honor of Women's History Month and before this gets erased, here is General Ann E. Dunwoody, the first woman to reach a 4-star rank in the US armed forces in 2008.
Only 9 others have followed her and as of quite recently there are no women serving with 4 stars.
www.army.mil/article/8560...

43 pounds.

Attorney General James Wins Landmark Victory in Case Against Donald Trump NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after Justice Arthur F. Engoron of New York State Supreme Court ruled

By the way, if we want to talk about fraud… guess who has businesses convicted of fraud?

By the way this press release is written, I guess that means we shouldn’t trust him with federal funding?

ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

I am ANGRY & SAD.
They have no right to destroy national artifacts.

Trump administration drafting executive order to initiate Department of Education’s elimination | CNN Politics The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order that would kick off the process of eliminating the Department of Education, the latest move by President Donald Trump to swiftly carry ou...

Well, America's experiment with free and public education had a nice run:

My Woodhouse Scrub Jay says hi

She’s a little Spitfire! She walked in like she owned the place and her poor big brother was cowering under the bed. We can talk tomorrow.

A tall faulty apricot crotch vessel, with azurite filling the cracks.

#art #woodturning #vessel #hollowform #apricot #azurite

Scrolling through Bluesky I saw that vessel and thought that looks like one of my brothers… And then I looked up at the name. It’s beautiful Rick!

Mama bear wrestling with her cub. She's got him by the rear paw, nibbling on his toes I guess. They're in spring grass with a tree on the left.

Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.

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Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.

I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...

Trump administration layoffs hit NOAA, agency that forecasts weather, hurricanes The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.

Love you too!

Have a great Dar, Horty!

The 1946 tsunami from Alaska killed ~170 people in Hilo (red line, 26 ft/8m). A tsunami originating from the 1960 Valdivia quake killed 61 (white line, 15 ft/4.6m). One of those people was the grandparent of a current student.

The firing of PTWC scientists will have deadly consequences for us.

For those who missed it!! #Altgov had a story written about them!!