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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 16h

Speak for yourself Billy Joel, we absolutely started the fire.

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 16h

"Fire is medicine."

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 16h

The visuals from @byaliceli.bsky.social are just excellent, especially the drone timelapse of the Orleans burn we were all on. Keep in mind that there were people - including teenagers - close to this. I understand why people fear fire, but more fire is the way out of our current wildfire crisis.

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 16h

A must-read from the @washingtonpost.com's @sadbumblebee.buzz on the cultural burning resurgence taking place in N California. We have a terrible relationship with fire, but the Karuk, Yurok and others show us that a better relationship is possible.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

How indigenous practices can help protect forests

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Daniel Wolfe @sadbumblebee.buzz · 16h

Traditional knowledge tells us fires have been a part of the landscape for millennia. Burn scars data show but a slice of that history of fire in the forests until Western colonization all but snuffed it out starting in the 19th century 📊:

This chart shows burn scar data from every year starting in the 1600s to 2015 based on research from Alan H. Taylor, Valerie Trouet, Carl N. Skinner, and Scott Stephens. There are solid lines indicating presence of fire starting in the 1600s. The lines fade in the 1900s when the U.S. began a total fire suppression model for managing forest fires.

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Daniel Wolfe @sadbumblebee.buzz · 17h

In June, the @washingtonpost.com sent me and @byaliceli.bsky.social to witness cultural burns in California. We learned how they encourage beneficial vegetation, reduce wildfire risk, and provide traditional food and craft sources for tribes in the Klamath region.

🎁: wapo.st/3J7BQTL

How indigenous practices can help protect forests

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

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Daniel Wolfe @sadbumblebee.buzz · 16h

An unforgettable moment was the conclusion of the burn on Tishaniik Farm. After burning the perimeter, practitioners, volunteers, community members (ahem @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social), let the fire take over the field. At an unbelievable clip. @byaliceli.bsky.social caught the action:

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 11d

"Prescribed burns are on hold during shutdown while logging continues." 🌍

Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 11d

Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - www.hcn.org/articles/shu... || #PublicLands

Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - High Country News

Prescribed burns are on hold during shutdown while logging continues.

www.hcn.org

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

A bronze-colored statue depicting Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein holding hands and kicking up their legs in apparent merriment has returned to the National Mall, a week after the National Park Service removed it. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/48fvUlU

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 12d

“We need to shift from this reactive mode of emergency wildfire suppression to a proactive mode of intentional ecological fire management. We have to increase and facilitate the use of beneficial fire...[and] "there’s little indication of the shift he sees as necessary."

Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 12d

Talked to some smart folks about the many federal wildfire changes on tap www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...

Federal fire agencies take first steps toward consolidation, other reforms

Over the summer, an executive order from President Trump called for the consolidation of federal wildfire programs “to the maximum degree practicable.” The secretaries of Interior and Agriculture rece...

www.boisestatepublicradio.org

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 12d

Talked to some smart folks about the many federal wildfire changes on tap www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...

Federal fire agencies take first steps toward consolidation, other reforms

Over the summer, an executive order from President Trump called for the consolidation of federal wildfire programs “to the maximum degree practicable.” The secretaries of Interior and Agriculture rece...

www.boisestatepublicradio.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent, thanks!

Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 12d

Hey there! I think this would make for a great radio spot. Would you or any of your co-authors have some time to discuss?

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 12d

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

www.science.org

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12d

The Canadian government has updated its travel advice to say it can not guarantee gender-neutral passport holders will be granted U.S. entry.

Under the Trump administration, the U.S. now only recognizes two sexes.

Canadians with ‘X’ passports warned they could face problems at U.S. border

Canada said it could not guarantee gender-neutral passport holders would be granted U.S. entry. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. now only recognizes two sexes.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 13d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Zeb Palmer @zebpalmer.com · 13d

Federal Employees (firefighters, air traffic control, 🧊...) are all working for free right now. In past shutdowns everyone got back pay the moment the shutdown ended. If I were still a federal employee I'm not sure I'd count on that this time...

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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 13d

Senators demand reinstatement of a critical wildfire preparedness program knpr.org/2025-09-30/s...

Senators demand reinstatement of a critical wildfire preparedness program

The Women in Wildfire (WIWF) Bootcamps program has been eliminated, and Democratic Senators want an explanation

knpr.org

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege.

The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla

The massive flotilla, which Italian and Spanish ships shadowed until it approached Gaza, is the fourth one attacked in the last year.

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 13d

You are the public. We are your media. We have always depended on you, but never as much as we do now. And many of you have decided to answer the challenge of these unprecedented times, declaring that you don't just want us to survive but THRIVE. If that's not you yet, please join them!

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks!

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Zeb Palmer @zebpalmer.com · 14d

For the record, those in power will say that Wildland firefighting won't be affected by a government shutdown.

As a former Wildland fire guy who went through a few government shutdowns, I can assure you that is absolute bullshit.
#IdahoFire

a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

ALT: a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 13d

Where'd you see that on the page? Not seeing the same text...

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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 13d

Cool, cool.

"Because of the federal government shutdown, NIFC.gov is not being updated and will not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted."

Welcome to the Nation's Logistical Support Center | National Interagency Fire Center

Welcome to the Nation's Logistical Support Center. Located east of the Boise Airport, a 55-acre campus is home to the National Interagency Fire Center, or NIFC.

NIFC.gov

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