Steve Pennings
stevenpennings.bsky.social
Steve Pennings
@stevenpennings.bsky.social
Community ecologist. I work mostly in salt marshes and mangroves.
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So I wrote a bit more about it on the other site after I wrote this "tweet" (?) here. I couldn't help myself. Thought I'd replicate it here.
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Well, here are my two cents
Either Witkoff is playing games he learned in NY real estate (shifting goalposts so far into insanity that capitulation looks “reasonable”) or this plan is a classic 🇷🇺 psyop, hoping to make 🇺🇸 negotiate with itself & walk away looking humiliated nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
The Ukraine ‘peace plan’ distracts from the real issue: why Russia’s desperate to keep fighting
Say what you will about President Trump’s methods, but his wish to end Russia’s war is genuine. The problem is Moscow doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants Ukraine in pieces. Every time the White…
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November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Want climate fairly considered in Congress? Stop Big Oil’s multi-billion dollar campaign of dark-money corruption and lies. Start by pointing out the largest fraud and corruption campaign in U.S. history.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Want innovation on fossil fuel emissions? Give innovation a revenue proposition by stopping “pollute-for-free.” “Pollute-for-free” was always wrong morally and economically; it has now become actually dangerous.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The thumb on the economic scale is huge. IMF analysis shows a subsidy over $700 billion every year in the U.S. alone from “pollute-for-free.” $700 billion. No wonder there's so much dark money corruption and climate denial fraud.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Soil is one of the most important parts of our ecology and most people do not give soil the respect and admiration it deserves.

For those who love soil, go and follow soil ecologist @frankashwood.bsky.social for beautiful photos and informative posts about soil ecology:
It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies & feeding, to do some macrophotography!

The highlight was this Oribatid mite (N. spinulosa) sporting long defensive spines, which I've nicknamed the Hellraiser mite!

#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Congratulations!
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM