Rick Godin

Digital media production for business communications from the wilderness in the Adirondack Mountains

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@NaturePhotoTips I admire a morning greatly!

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@lifeonskis_ Did it all the time as kids!

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Barack and Michelle Obama outclass Donald and Melania Trump by a long shot!

They always have and they always will!

Drop a 💙 and Repost for the Obamas if you agree!

[Carl Heilman II @NaturePhotoTips]

A panorama from Cascade Mt summit on 2/1/26, taken just after 4 PM, soon after I arrived above treeline, as clouds were starting to fill in around the highest peaks.

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@NaturePhotoTips Wow!!!

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sounds the alarm about Donald Trump — says our nation's founders were "hellbent on ensuring that we don't have a monarchy" and we could "lose our democracy."

She really didn't hold back this time...

Sotomayor said that the "first way" the founders devised to avoid the ascent of a monarch was "to give Congress the power of the purse."

She made the remarks at Miami Dade College in Florida.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been working around the clock to undermine our system of checks and balances by unilaterally gutting agencies and systems that Congress voted to fund. It's a blatantly illegal power grab.

Sotomayor said that she maintains hope "that other actors in the system, whether it’s Congress or others, will follow the law, because it’s what we all take an oath of office to do."

However, she's understandably concerned that court orders will be ignored in the short term. By ramming through illegal executive orders, Trump can cripple and gut federal organizations while the legality is battled out — or he could try to outright ignore the decisions of the courts.

"Court decisions stand whether one particular person chooses to abide by them or not," said Sotomayor. "It doesn’t change the foundation that it’s still a court order that someone will respect at some point."

She said that the court has faced challenges in the past and the system has been "tested" but thankfully the country "by and large" has "understood that the rule of law has helped us maintain our democracy."

She also warned against the Supreme Court overturning well-established precedents — something that the right-wing justices have become more willing to do, with the very notable example of overturning Roe v. Wade.

"We must be cognizant that every time we upset precedent, we upset people’s expectations and the stability of law," said Sotomayor. "It rocks the boat in a way that makes people uneasy about whether they’re protected or not protected by the law."

"We’re going to lose our democracy," said Sotomayor, unless Americans and "particularly" young people take steps to inform themselves well and combat the misinformation chaos created by the rise of the internet.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you believe that the rule of law is more important than partisan politics — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

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@jenniferwoltjen Saw you along Moody Flow but too much traffic to stop and say hello. Nice group. I’m sure they had a wonderful time.

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@LakotaMan1 Sure hope not!

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@BrianMannADK Same way I feel when I think about teaching skiing again.

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Visitors from across the country and around the world came to The Wild Center on April 8th to join in experiencing a once in a lifetime event, a total solar eclipse. Hear their reaction and stories as they shared this amazing moment.

https://t.co/yxVMtkhOZs

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We're thrilled to announce that The Wild Center has been named the Best Science Museum in the nation in USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards! Huge thanks to our incredible community for your support and showing the world what the Adirondacks are made of.

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@BrianMannADK So here’s a what-if: I break into her office, punch and bear-spray her staff, crap on her desk and turn everything upside down, then I’m not guilty of any crime? Just asking.

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@NaturePhotoTips I love it!

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Tamarack at @WildCenter

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@WildCenter @MountainLakePBS See me on camera instead of behind one.

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Places I’ve been.

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TBT - come ski with some of my great friends from Stowe to Copper mountain, Alta to Coronet Peak, NZ.

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@BrianMannADK This is not “war”, it’s inhuman savagery.

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Tell him, criminals do not have civil rights.

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I just uploaded “TanglerootFarm-fullVO” to #Vimeo: https://t.co/065fjJiDL5