Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼♀🎶🥾
@cepaea.bsky.social
Professor Emerit at UC Davis. Researches in the history & philosophy of biology and environmental ethics. https://www.RLM.net/
New open-access book w/ U Chicago Press: _The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_
New open-access book w/ U Chicago Press: _The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_
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The Land Is Our Community
A contemporary defense of conservationist Aldo Leopold’s vision for human interaction with the environment. Informed by his experiences as a hunter, forester, wildlife manager, ecologist, conservati...
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We can pin posts now! Here's mine—please check out my new book, _The Land Is Our Community
Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_, available for purchase or free #OpenAccess download from UChicago Press.
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Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_, available for purchase or free #OpenAccess download from UChicago Press.
🌱🐋 🌎 #EnvHist #EnvHums
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Apparent case of learned tool use by wolves.
https://youtu.be/SiuQF68tdWI?si=k7DWNrI0y5jASt-o
#EvoBio #HPBio
https://youtu.be/SiuQF68tdWI?si=k7DWNrI0y5jASt-o
#EvoBio #HPBio
Cameras capture BC sea wolf raiding crab traps in first possible ‘tool use’
YouTube video by Global News
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Apparent case of learned tool use by wolves.
https://youtu.be/SiuQF68tdWI?si=k7DWNrI0y5jASt-o
#EvoBio #HPBio
https://youtu.be/SiuQF68tdWI?si=k7DWNrI0y5jASt-o
#EvoBio #HPBio
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We have seen the Trump playbook before. In 2020 it was to pressure election officials to overturn the result of a free and fair election. Now it is to intimidate state legislatures to illegal redistrict. We defeated him the and we will do so again.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We have seen the Trump playbook before. In 2020 it was to pressure election officials to overturn the result of a free and fair election. Now it is to intimidate state legislatures to illegal redistrict. We defeated him the and we will do so again.
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NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
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🚨BREAKING: In the latest attempt to intimidate voters, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) launched a sweeping immigration-focused investigation into the signature-gathering firm behind the referendum that threatens to overturn the GOP’s mid-decade gerrymander.
Missouri AG Launches Last-Ditch Immigration Probe into Referendum that Threatens GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🚨BREAKING: In the latest attempt to intimidate voters, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) launched a sweeping immigration-focused investigation into the signature-gathering firm behind the referendum that threatens to overturn the GOP’s mid-decade gerrymander.
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This point needs to be made and frequently.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This point needs to be made and frequently.
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The Trump administration announced that starting Jan. 1, the cost of an annual national park pass for non-U.S. residents will jump from $80 to $250 more than triple the current price.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The Trump administration announced that starting Jan. 1, the cost of an annual national park pass for non-U.S. residents will jump from $80 to $250 more than triple the current price.
Putting this hatchet away to focus on other hatchets.
DOGE & Trump's billionaire agenda hollowed out & weakened our government agencies, stripping public services of the basic tools federal workers need to serve the public well. But we will keep fighting for a government that works for all people. #savepublicservices www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule
Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Putting this hatchet away to focus on other hatchets.
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I dunno. If Trump and Hegseth were only issuing *legal* orders, why should they even care that a group of Democrats reminded the military that they didn’t have to follow *illegal* ones?
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I dunno. If Trump and Hegseth were only issuing *legal* orders, why should they even care that a group of Democrats reminded the military that they didn’t have to follow *illegal* ones?
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The families of dozens of civilians killed by the U.S. in strikes on “drug smuggling vessels” would like a word.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The families of dozens of civilians killed by the U.S. in strikes on “drug smuggling vessels” would like a word.
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In a statement, Kelly said: "I have given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution."
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In a statement, Kelly said: "I have given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution."
In other words: The FBI is seeking to intimidate and silence the six former service members whose only “sin” is reminding active service members of their obligation to obey the law.
The FBI is now seeking to interview the four House Democrats and two senators who appeared in a video reminding military service members not to follow illegal orders.
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In other words: The FBI is seeking to intimidate and silence the six former service members whose only “sin” is reminding active service members of their obligation to obey the law.
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Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
This sums up a lot of important election issues clearly and quickly! I am very interested to see what happens with Texas, and, of course, Louisiana.
There are several important cases before the Supreme Court about redistricting. The Texas case -- which is awaiting a decision -- will tell us whether Donald Trump's gambit to have Texas illegally gerrymander will succeed or fail. I am proud that my law firm is in this fight!
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This sums up a lot of important election issues clearly and quickly! I am very interested to see what happens with Texas, and, of course, Louisiana.
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
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You had the power to stop RFK Jr.’s nomination, but you didn’t. These deaths are on you, too, Senator.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You had the power to stop RFK Jr.’s nomination, but you didn’t. These deaths are on you, too, Senator.
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A group of mostly Democratic senators is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to declassify and release the legal opinion underpinning the Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.
https://to.pbs.org/44ss6Le
https://to.pbs.org/44ss6Le
Democratic senators ask Trump administration to provide legal basis for Venezuela strikes
The U.S. military has carried out lethal strikes on alleged drug smugglers, which President Donald Trump has defended as a necessary escalation to curb the flow of drugs into the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A group of mostly Democratic senators is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to declassify and release the legal opinion underpinning the Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.
https://to.pbs.org/44ss6Le
https://to.pbs.org/44ss6Le
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The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
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NEW: The DOJ filed an amicus brief Monday claiming its much-criticized letter urging redistricting was NOT what prompted Texas to redraw its map immediately afterward.
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
DOJ Tries To Undo Damage of Its ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter in Texas Gerrymander Case
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
NEW: The DOJ filed an amicus brief Monday claiming its much-criticized letter urging redistricting was NOT what prompted Texas to redraw its map immediately afterward.
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
https://bit.ly/48eR7dV
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We need local authorities to step up in far greater support of the communities they serve to make clear there are consequences for violating the law, even for ICE and CBP.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We need local authorities to step up in far greater support of the communities they serve to make clear there are consequences for violating the law, even for ICE and CBP.
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On the day that DOJ and a bunch of Texas allies are trying to clean up Dhillon's last mess, she has decided to weigh in on the Comey dismissal.😂
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
On the day that DOJ and a bunch of Texas allies are trying to clean up Dhillon's last mess, she has decided to weigh in on the Comey dismissal.😂
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BREAKING NEWS: Trump's latest authoritarian attempt to persecute his political opponents has failed.
A judge dismissed the cases against James Comey & Letitia James after finding the prosecutor was illegally appointed.
This is a victory for the American people & the rule of law.
A judge dismissed the cases against James Comey & Letitia James after finding the prosecutor was illegally appointed.
This is a victory for the American people & the rule of law.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Trump's latest authoritarian attempt to persecute his political opponents has failed.
A judge dismissed the cases against James Comey & Letitia James after finding the prosecutor was illegally appointed.
This is a victory for the American people & the rule of law.
A judge dismissed the cases against James Comey & Letitia James after finding the prosecutor was illegally appointed.
This is a victory for the American people & the rule of law.
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Trump has lost independents on immigration. That carries enormous political consequences.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump has lost independents on immigration. That carries enormous political consequences.
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This is happening all across the country.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is happening all across the country.