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collaborating to work out the burning regimes and other kinds of interactions that will revitalize cultures & languages and sustain healthy, mutually beneficial relationships among people and between people and the land, now and far into the future.

I’m weary reading of “natural” fire frequencies in forest, chaparral, savannas, grasslands, et al. as if our standard should be how fire behaves in the absence of people. I’m more interested in learning about the sustained historical burning frequencies in these places and much more interested in

Judge grants our request to temporarily halt USDA office closures, including those in the U.S. Forest Service, saying the agency has “almost certainly been violating” Congressional restrictions on use of funds. spklr.io/63328EVVIq

I wish @morethanjustparks.bsky.social would post on BlueSky, but they don’t, so here:

People across America — and the world — are paying the price for the attack on the federal civil service. We're sicker, less safe, and more financially vulnerable. Read the full report from our Civil Service Strong initiative: https://bit.ly/4k5nUtA

If you’re advising POTUS to declare martial law, or use other executive powers in an attempt to interfere with a lawful election that you’re expecting to lose, you’re a piece of shit human and an even worse American. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

This is pathetic. Ukraine tested Starlink speed restrictions in Europe and had no issues - the restrictions only exist in Ukraine. The Trump administration is actively helping Russia kill Ukrainians - and risking the lives of US and NATO advisors in Ukraine.

That Talarico town hall was a master class. No wonder Paxton is scared to debate him.

Support for keeping the Roadless Rule intact is near unanimous and universal. #roadlessrule #roadless #nationalforests #protectpubliclands #publiclands

The nice looking map must be a product of the Region 02 Forest Health Protection group. Good to see this important work continues, despite chaos inflicted over nearly two years. #StandUpForScience #VoteForScience #IWillVote www.fs.usda.gov/r02/natural-...

Paywalled. But 1 M comments, wow. “More than 99% of the submitted comments, including some from firefighters, oppose the rollback, according to an analysis by the environmental group Center for Western Priorities.” @westernpriorities.org is on Bluesky.

(waggling my eyebrows sexily at Washington State and California)

I regret to inform everyone that, I, too, did not receive a Nobel Peace Prize for accomplishments that exist only in my imagination. I ask for grace and understanding during this difficult time.

Traitor Congressman Kevin Kiley is REFUSING to condemn Donald Trump’s comments calling for Iran to nuke California.

We're actively organizing Forest Service units.

Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.

Just on time, there’s another fucking caravan. You can’t make this shit up. Anyone buying this is a complete moron

Hurting the president’s feelings isn’t a national security threat Thank you for your attention to this matter.

More importantly, why the fuck would you TELL the public where you’re storing “sniper ammo”

If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model. Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.

Four unions representing U.S. Department of Agriculture employees, joined by nonprofit organizations and local governments from across the country, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the Trump administration’s reorganization of the USDA.

If a hit on the E-W pipeline is confirmed, stuff is about to get really, really stupid. Stupid…er.*

The rest of the updated September suite of models from around the world will update around Sep 10, but at this point I would be surprised if they told a substantially different tale. We're about to find out what an extremely strong El Niño event at ~1.5C of global warming feels like.

The study found blueberry seeds digested by wolves and then deposited in their scat were between 5 and 27 percent more likely to successfully germinate and sprout into new blueberry plants. That's significant when put in the context of how many berries wolves eat.

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Bonta: To all of your audience who’s worried about this, I just want to provide them the best assurance I can. We expected this. We’re prepared for this. We’ve been planning for this. We have a great case. We think that we can block this unlawful final rule of the USPS.

Wab Kinew reacts to Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario: "You know when a rock band is really over the hill and you see them in a casino playing some song from like 50 years ago? I think that's the part of Donald Trump's presidency we're at now."

Since he likes to name things after himself…

Natalie needs new material for Trump’s tweets. This is embarrassing

Am I the only one who wakes up in the morning and immediately checks the news/obituaries? I continue to wait.

US Dept of Interior senior staff reassignments: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey #USGS, Bureau of Land Management, etc. #Burgum

In fact, the final Postal Service rule was issued late last week, though the Court seems to be ignorant of that fact. I expect that the states will file a new lawsuit and that this order will remain blocked for 2026.”

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. I see WHY you feel that way, but I think the reality is that the nation is currently being run by the dumbest fucking people on the planet.

I honestly don’t know what their strategy is here. But I’m not going to interrupt them while they’re making a mistake, either. If they want to be a vote down until January, who am I to stop them?

Somewhere between Robert Hansen and Aldrich Ames.

It's a real mystery

I'm retired US Forest Service. Ending the roadless rule won't reduce wildfires as the regime claims. Studies have shown it will lead to more fires.

Love the sign.

He can say it however many times he wants, the fact remains that Iran is still targeting vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and the situation won’t stabilize until the administration pulls their heads out of their ass.

🤦‍♂️ It’s a fucking aircraft carrier, it’s not supposed to be pretty. I don’t understand why the Navy would even entertain this nonsense. He wants the tower/command center to be closer to the front of the ship. It would cost billions and result in years of delays.

Success!  Wyden has come out against HR655 - the bill that would transfer Mt. Hood National Forest land to the City of The Dalles so Google can suck the water from the Dog River for data center expansion.

Phang: This means we’re going to get these handwritten FBI interview notes from four interviews conducted with this victim who alleges she was abused by Donald Trump.

Fuck Max Miller sideways with a porcupine