Max M.
@ambystomax.bsky.social
PNW Ecologist | community ecology 🦉🦌🐸 | bioacoustics 🦇🐦 | forest systems 🌲🗻🌱 | refusing to submit to despair | B.Sc. from UF WEC | views my own | 🏳️🌈 he/him
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National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
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asking the doge guy to send me 5 bullet points on what he accomplished this week
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
asking the doge guy to send me 5 bullet points on what he accomplished this week
Morning walk in the drizzly foggy mossy forest.
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Morning walk in the drizzly foggy mossy forest.
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Federal science
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Federal science
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
Dude it's almost 9pm and it definitely sounds like someone is leafblowing outside. We might truly be cooked as a society.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Dude it's almost 9pm and it definitely sounds like someone is leafblowing outside. We might truly be cooked as a society.
Welp, no chance of seeing the aurora in my overcast corner of the PNW, so here's some photos of the one I got to see in May of 2024 instead
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Welp, no chance of seeing the aurora in my overcast corner of the PNW, so here's some photos of the one I got to see in May of 2024 instead
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November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
An assortment of waterfalls
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
An assortment of waterfalls
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Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)!
At first I thought I found a big, fuzzy gall. But it was a wonderful little snoozing bat! (May 2021)
At first I thought I found a big, fuzzy gall. But it was a wonderful little snoozing bat! (May 2021)
November 27, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)!
At first I thought I found a big, fuzzy gall. But it was a wonderful little snoozing bat! (May 2021)
At first I thought I found a big, fuzzy gall. But it was a wonderful little snoozing bat! (May 2021)
In case you didn't think these a-holes could stoop any lower.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In case you didn't think these a-holes could stoop any lower.
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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Listen to Mamdani last night.
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about."
Fuck yes. That is the democratic socialism I believe in.
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about."
Fuck yes. That is the democratic socialism I believe in.
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Listen to Mamdani last night.
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about."
Fuck yes. That is the democratic socialism I believe in.
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about."
Fuck yes. That is the democratic socialism I believe in.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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"He presents [NYC] as a fundamentally good place...He makes it sound as if people are a part of something, and as if they have the ability to make that thing better. If anyone's searching for a winning way to talk about democracy, they could try to do the same." www.indignity.net/politics-is-local/
Politics is local
Indignity Vol. 5, No. 194
www.indignity.net
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"He presents [NYC] as a fundamentally good place...He makes it sound as if people are a part of something, and as if they have the ability to make that thing better. If anyone's searching for a winning way to talk about democracy, they could try to do the same." www.indignity.net/politics-is-local/
Fall in western Oregon is unmatched 🍂🍁🍄 with bigleaf maple doing the heavy lifting.
November 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Fall in western Oregon is unmatched 🍂🍁🍄 with bigleaf maple doing the heavy lifting.
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The policy being weaponized to inflict pain on the marginalized is intended to keep retailers from charging SNAP customers more than they charge non-SNAP customers.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The policy being weaponized to inflict pain on the marginalized is intended to keep retailers from charging SNAP customers more than they charge non-SNAP customers.
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Once again, THANK YOU JUDGE ILLSTON!! Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs of federal employees
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
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Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs noting human toll
A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Once again, THANK YOU JUDGE ILLSTON!! Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs of federal employees
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
My lovely PNW rain, it's so good to see you again.
This is not sarcasm, I genuinely appreciate our rainy foggy winters.
This is not sarcasm, I genuinely appreciate our rainy foggy winters.
October 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My lovely PNW rain, it's so good to see you again.
This is not sarcasm, I genuinely appreciate our rainy foggy winters.
This is not sarcasm, I genuinely appreciate our rainy foggy winters.
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Under the stormy skies this morning.
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Under the stormy skies this morning.
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In Corvallis, Rev. Jennifer Butler created a microshelter program at her church despite neighborhood complaints. Butler is one of a handful of Corvallis residents working toward service and shelter options in Oregon's most rent-burdened city.
Challenging the idyllic image of Corvallis are the more than 500 people experiencing homelessness in Benton County
The most rent-burdened city in the state struggles with limited shelter beds and neighborhood complaints, while some work toward homelessness solutions
www.streetroots.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
In Corvallis, Rev. Jennifer Butler created a microshelter program at her church despite neighborhood complaints. Butler is one of a handful of Corvallis residents working toward service and shelter options in Oregon's most rent-burdened city.
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Too funny.... I think I'll shoot my own posters, though.
Today's view, beautiful hike/walk at Goat Marsh...on the last of the sunny days for a while here in the Pacific Northwet.
Today's view, beautiful hike/walk at Goat Marsh...on the last of the sunny days for a while here in the Pacific Northwet.
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Too funny.... I think I'll shoot my own posters, though.
Today's view, beautiful hike/walk at Goat Marsh...on the last of the sunny days for a while here in the Pacific Northwet.
Today's view, beautiful hike/walk at Goat Marsh...on the last of the sunny days for a while here in the Pacific Northwet.
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If you are a federal scientist in the US and have a been served a RIF notice during the shutdown, experts say this is illegal. you can contact Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) confidentially via the Science Committee Democrats’ Whistleblower form democrats-science.house.gov/contact/whis... 🧪.
Science & Tech Whistleblower | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you are a federal scientist in the US and have a been served a RIF notice during the shutdown, experts say this is illegal. you can contact Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) confidentially via the Science Committee Democrats’ Whistleblower form democrats-science.house.gov/contact/whis... 🧪.
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New federal policy on historic preservation: better to ask forgiveness than permission?
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New federal policy on historic preservation: better to ask forgiveness than permission?
The turn of the season is seen in the death of the fireweed and the vine maple's changing colors, but the rhododendron doesn't seem to mind. Nice work day in the woods.
October 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The turn of the season is seen in the death of the fireweed and the vine maple's changing colors, but the rhododendron doesn't seem to mind. Nice work day in the woods.