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Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D.
@hydrocycler.bsky.social
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I just want the many ecosystems of the Earth to thrive. Why is that so much to ask, Homo sapiens? Why?

Watershed Resilience Nonprofit Director, Artist, Naturalist, Birder, Podcaster (H2whOa!), Hell-Raiser Extraordinaire, DEI Ally and LGBTQ-r-us
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hydrocycler.bsky.social
This raven pair was hard at work starting their nest, chattering back and forth from field to tree. They're in the large conifer nearest the huge swale at the entrance to the #AlbanyBulb. I think a RTH nested there last year - at least its progeny spent a lot of time there.
#birds #nesting
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
The under-the-chin feathers are so dramatic.
#birds #allens #hummer
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Don't look away. Data centers are eating the earth alive.
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d
JFC. Three gigawatts of fossil-fuelled power for a new Amazon data centre

@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
A Northern Indiana Public Service Co. affiliate — called NIPSCO Generation, or GenCo — plans to build up to 3 GW of gas-fired generation and battery storage to serve planned Amazon data centers, the companies said Monday. Combined with electric transmission to be built by NIPSCO, the companies expect to spend about $7 billion. Under the arrangement, GenCo plans to build two 1.3-GW gas-fired power plants and a 400-MW, 4‐hour battery storage system to serve the data centers, according to filings at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. In comparison, NIPSCO expects its non-data center load in 2028 will be about 2.3 GW. The IURC on Nov. 19 reaffirmed a September decision to approve the GenCo framework, which is designed to ensure that NIPSCO’s existing customers don’t pay for infrastructure needed to serve hyperscalers like Amazon. Under the framework, GenCo will own and operate power plants for large load customers. NIPSCO, a NiSource subsidiary, expects its 15-year deal with Amazon will produce about $1 billion in savings for its ratepayers. Those savings will be reflected as a credit on customers’ electric bills, according to a Nov. 7 filing by NIPSCO and NIPSCO Generation at the IURC. Residential customers will receive roughly $7 in monthly savings, according to the utility. Also, the 2.6-GW of gas-fired generation GenCo plans to build at its coal-fired Schahfer power plant site could produce nearly four times the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that the existing Schahfer coal plant emitted in 2023, according to Inskeep.
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Reposted by Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D.
cardonebrian.bsky.social
Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Snipes are edgy at heart!
#birdoftheday #wilsonssnipe #edgyorbust #whatsinthemudanyway?
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Remembering a spider friend I met in Penobscott, Maine last summer.
#spiders #jumpers #Maine
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Not just a pause. Hit "STOP" until further notice. We need more teeth, Indivisible.
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Audubon's Warbler, being the cutest button on the wire.
#birdoftheday #birds #yellowbuttrising
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Just suggested this to the many people in Oakland I know opposing Home Depot and ICE.
victinibcn.bsky.social Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 6d
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Pop Up Dance for the local nICE folks!
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Strange wire fellows
#birdoftheday #birds #busywire #RTH
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Israel, ever the cheater
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
What are folks using as a music alternative to Spotify? I've built some significant playlists I don't want to lose but I gotta dump their butt.
a skeleton is standing on the ground holding a bottle of water .
ALT: a skeleton is standing on the ground holding a bottle of water .
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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rp-photographic.bsky.social
Green-tailed Towhee singing the dawn atop a throne of dead sagebrush. Outside of Reno, NV

#BirdOfTheDay
#singing
A twisted and split branch of grey rises against a blurred background of desaturated earth tones. The bird sings with a red Mohawk punctuating its open-mouthed call. Bright yellow tail feathers stretch downward.
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Is anyone missing some geese? I think I found them.
#birds #lostyourgeese?
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Have I ever met a Thrush? Dangit, I HAVE, I have met a #thrush - right on my own front porch!
#birdoftheday #birds #hermit #sofuckingcool
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
This little one kept climbing onto my foot in a remote corner of Idaho.
#birdoftheday #blob #birds #tananger
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
So dang marbled.
#birdoftheday #godwit #birds #mudflats
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Hey #Engineers Explain to me how my #puppy got this 6' bamboo through the dog door. 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
No time to search for staring birds today, so instead you get this lovely Oystercatcher I saw oh so briefly yesterday.
#birds #oysters #birdoftheday #AlbanyBulb #migration
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D.
fkearns.bsky.social
I cannot bear to think we have to wade through all this sexual assault and violence news AGAIN and in the end it will just be the same old sigh and move on. But the breathless news coverage of these vile people and what they did with so little attention to the victims leaves me little hope.
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
I’ve noticed in the last two weeks that all the cyber trucks are hitting the road again after being too scared to drive around. I make sure to give them all the finger and take photos of them to intimidate them. #FuckElon #CyberTruck #Tesla #EatTheRich
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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kortduce.bsky.social
A red-winged blackbird perches on an Indian tipi at the High Plains Environmental Center in Loveland, Colorado.

#FlyDay #BirdOfTheDay #posts
#ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW
#BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #blackbird #blackbirds
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reposted by Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D.
climatechang.bsky.social
Feels accurate
A piece of street art depicting a gas canister labeled “AI” lighting the Earth on fire
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
hydrocycler.bsky.social
Can't we pretend it's a BIG duck?
#Birdoftheday #birds #notduck #attitude
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM