Tim Van Deelen's Avatar

Tim Van Deelen

@trvandeelen

Wildlife Ecology Prof. Deer nerd and plain member. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Opinions my own, not my employer's. Adult-onset birder.

716
Followers
2,071
Following
28
Posts
26.09.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Tim Van Deelen @trvandeelen

Post image Post image Post image Post image

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

01.02.2026 15:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 67306 ๐Ÿ” 16095 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2571 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1828

God bless these people.

31.01.2026 08:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 9366 ๐Ÿ” 2170 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 186 ๐Ÿ“Œ 85

Yes we did.

31.01.2026 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itโ€™s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 97509 ๐Ÿ” 40891 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4302 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5363
Post image

From internships to full-time positions, find your next opportunity on The Wildlife Society's job board! ๐Ÿ“ฃ

Explore the latest openings at https://careers.wildlife.org/

28.01.2026 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

23.01.2026 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 16358 ๐Ÿ” 20418 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 218 ๐Ÿ“Œ 351
Post image

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good
at the site of her murder

08.01.2026 03:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 14367 ๐Ÿ” 3394 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 153 ๐Ÿ“Œ 130

Itโ€™s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the publicโ€™s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

03.01.2026 18:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 10749 ๐Ÿ” 3824 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 416 ๐Ÿ“Œ 215
Preview
UW sustainability courses range across many fields of study The University of Wisconsinโ€“Madison in 2025 boasts more than 500 courses that cover environmental topics within their curriculum. Students can explore sustainability-focused courses that intersect wit...

UWโ€“Madison boasts more than 500 courses that cover environmental topics, ranging from Climate Crisis Literature in the Department of English to Green and Sustainable Development in the Department of Real Estate & Urban Land Economics.

21.11.2025 21:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eager to have a look at this one.

07.10.2025 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Drove through there yesterday. With the hot wind out of the south, it was a Yikes! moment.

06.10.2025 16:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Good morning, Madison.

22.09.2025 15:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Debating the aesthetics of #wind & #solar is a luxury. The real crisis is climate changeโ€”threatening billions with deadly heat & catastrophic ecosystem breakdowns โ™จ๏ธ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿ”ฅ Green #energy is a necessity๐Ÿƒ Challenges exist (noise, land use) but are manageable - biggest risk is inaction #dkpol #climatechange

21.09.2025 09:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 152 ๐Ÿ” 47 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Welcome back!

03.09.2025 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Scientists decry Trump energy chiefโ€™s plan to โ€˜updateโ€™ climate reports: โ€˜Exactly what Stalin didโ€™ Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governments

Scientists decry Trump energy chiefโ€™s plan to โ€˜updateโ€™ climate reports: โ€˜Exactly what Stalin didโ€™ [yeah, that was me] | Mark Oliver for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

08.08.2025 14:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 298 ๐Ÿ” 141 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Preview
Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations The lawsuit challengesย Secretary of State Marco Rubioโ€™s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportableย based on the content of their speech.

Stanford Universityโ€™s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubioโ€™s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.

07.08.2025 02:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1565 ๐Ÿ” 404 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62 ๐Ÿ“Œ 89
Preview
Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.

HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.

Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.

02.08.2025 02:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1179 ๐Ÿ” 614 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117 ๐Ÿ“Œ 182
Preview
Refugia Newsletter #96 Ocean conservation, women and climate action, epistemic anthropology, farm refugia, and climate art

Besides the usual stuff, two great books, two great interviews, and a killer graph. Plenty of inspiring and clarifying goodies this time!
refugianewsletter.substack.com/p/refugia-ne...

30.06.2025 13:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
โ€˜This is a fight for lifeโ€™: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther

Spot on, as usual, from @doctorvive.bsky.social...

"We need to correct a false narrative that the #climate threat is under control. These enormous risks are potentially catastrophic. They would undo the connections between human & ecological systems that form the basis of all of our civilisation"

25.06.2025 11:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 83 ๐Ÿ” 48 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Bird joy. Dexter is is the best.

08.06.2025 15:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me too. Join us.

21.05.2025 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Scientists have been publishing climate models since ~1970.

A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes.

It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:

14.05.2025 23:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 418 ๐Ÿ” 187 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

This is an extraordinarily important piece and all ๐Ÿงชโš›๏ธ๐Ÿ”ญ should read it.

13.05.2025 12:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 258 ๐Ÿ” 76 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Preview
UW-Madison professor emeritus honored for groundbreaking gene variation research Today, James Dahlberg, professor emeritus of biomolecular chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was highlighted in the Bayh-Dole Coalitionโ€™s 2025 โ€œFaces of American Innovationโ€ report for his pioneering gene variation research, which has enabled the creation of diagnostic tests for numerous serious illnesses.

Congratulations to James Dahlberg, professor emeritus at @uwmadison.bsky.social and @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social, on being named one of the Bayh-Dole Coalition's 2025 Faces of American Innovation! #WisconsinInnovates

12.05.2025 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Post image

A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies.

TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trumpโ€™s Executive Order.

10.05.2025 02:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 934 ๐Ÿ” 316 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

Adding the brilliant and kind Ankur Desai to the panel to talk about what is happening to research about climate change.

15.04.2025 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Something to look in to.

04.04.2025 17:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didnโ€™t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.

02.04.2025 01:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 57309 ๐Ÿ” 10863 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3065 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1087

1. One of capitalismโ€™s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that โ€œthere is no alternativeโ€. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. ๐Ÿงต

28.03.2025 08:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2076 ๐Ÿ” 677 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53 ๐Ÿ“Œ 114