“Much like it’s taken some journalists years to admit that Donald Trump is indeed a fascist, so will others wait until we’re weeks, months or years into a war with Iran to say this needs to end. What would happen if, instead of waiting to see how this all plays out, we just say no, here and now?”
Wish I could be there. Give um hell!
A bright purple grasswidow blooms on a mossy cliff.
A bright purple grasswidow blooms on a mossy cliff overlooking Haro Straight.
Spotted a cheerful grasswidow (Olsynium douglasii) blooming on the western cliffs of San Juan Island. #bloomscrolling #SJI #PNW #nativeplants
A bumblebee lounges in the bloom of a purple crocus.
First sign of spring! #bloomscrolling
Clusters of brightly colored Orange jelly spot (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) growing on moss covered log.
Clusters of brightly colored Orange jelly spot (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) growing on moss covered log.
White, fuzzy columns of the Jellied bird’s nest (Nidula candida) growing out of small branches on the forest floor.
Fingers holding the Jellied bird’s nest (Nidula candida). The top is flipped up like a lid showing a cluster of egg shaped fruiting bodies inside.
What do you do when there’s no snow in the mountains? Head to the coast range and look at cool fungi.
#fungisky #pnw #oregoncoast
So sorry for your loss 😞
As the days get shorter, at least I have a beautiful Schlumbergera truncata to brighten things up. #bloomscrolling
A variety of fungi species are laid out on a mossy branch, ready for identification
A mushroom with a long stipe rests on a field journal
Bright purple mushrooms (Amethyst laccaria) poke out from brown and yellow leaves
The sun shines over the oak and maple forest along the Luckiamute River.
Attended the 2025 Fungi Foray, hosted by the Luckiamute Watershed Council. It was a wonderful day in the woods. #fungi #mycology #taxonomy #lifelonglearning 🧪 🍄 🍄🟫
let the gourd times roll
The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Doug fir and hemlock tower over a green forest floor
Bird nest mushroom
Sulfur tufts
Cauliflower mushroom
It’s mushroom season in the PNW! Had a great time learning from @pdxgardens.bsky.social 🍄🟫
A cute brown dog sits behind two rows of pumpkins.
This year’s harvest 🎃 #growyourown #gardensky #pumpkins
I’m most proud of my Pennywise costume from Halloween 2017.
Why the EPA matters #ScienceMatters 🧬🧪🌍
Overlooking the red cliffs of Waimea Canyon
Kauai white hibiscus (koki'o ke'oke'o), endemic to the island.
Manawaiopuna falls (aka Jurassic falls)
Overlooking the Limahuli Gardens
Hard landing on a Monday morning after a week in paradise. We squeezed a lot in during our week on the Garden Isle of Kauai. #botanistonvacation
We love you here on Bluesky. Promote away!
The Long Islander running the EPA just declared global warming a hoax.
One of my absolute favorites in the garden 💛 #cucurbitaceae #bloomscrolling
Overlooking a pool of stunning blue water.
Finally did the Tamolitch Blue Pool hike. It was more technical than I expected, and less crowded, which was nice. Since the advent of social media, this spot has become a management issue, but no outrageous incidents during my visit (other than folks not carrying water on a 90F degree day).
Huge dahlia brightening up my garden 🌸 #bloomscrolling
A focus on the futures we will lose if the WH continues to dismantle research across agencies spanning the EPA, DHS, NIH, NSF, USAID, and DoD (via NASA Watch).
When: Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
Where: Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building
nasawatch.com/congress/con...
It’s a Lizzo Summer! Been listening to MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING on repeat this weekend. Thank you @lizzobeeating.bsky.social for the summer soundtrack 😎
free my country from calamity.
A cute tan dog sniffs a large bowl of plums.
A cute tan dog proudly watches over a large bowl of plums.
Canela is pretty stoked about this year’s plum harvest. #dogsky #homegardener
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
ICE was created post 9/11 to combat terrorist threats. If they aren't combatting the number one terror threat to America - Domestic Violent Extremism and white supremacists - then they don't need to exist as an agency.
In a time when support for junior scientists is disappearing, how can you plan for a career in STEM? I think it starts by thinking of science as a big map with many routes and destinations, instead of a pipeline. 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/p/career-pla...
View from our campsite at the confluence of Canyon Creek and the Metolius River.
Water flows from a spring, feeding the crystal blue waters of the Metolius River.
A cute tan dog wades the shallows of the Metolius River.
A tall handsome man carrying photography equipment hikes a shrub-lined trail on the bank of the Metolius River.
Lovely wknd away on the Metolius.
Estuarine paintbrush and salt marsh dodder.
Estuarine paintbrush and salt marsh dodder.
Sea pinks cling to the cliff edge
A large clump of sea pinks.
I visited two very different coastal ecosystems this weekend. In the salt marsh on Yaquina Bay, the halophile goldenthread (Cuscuta pacifica) wraps around the estuarine paintbrush. On Pirate Cove, the sea thrift (Armeria maritima) paints the cliffs pink. #botany #coastal #oregonnativeplants
