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TX➡️MD • queer biologist • naturalist + wildlife artist • he/they • ABOLISH THE POLICE//PROTECT BLACK TRANS LIVES

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

The record gliding distance of the southern flying squirrel is about 100 yards. On average, they are 10ish inches long. If one southern flying squirrel can hurl their body a distance 360 TIMES ITS SIZE,,, you can get through this week. Crazier things have happened.

[Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager]

Ultra-green Sweat Bee 💦🧡🐝

[People's City Council - Los Angeles @PplsCityCouncil]

PACKED HOUSE at UPS “practice” strike this morning in Los Angeles:

340,000 UPS workers are preparing to walk off the job when their union contract officially expires July 31. This will be one of the largest labor actions in U.S. history.

[LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @lacontroller]

Our Office is investigating the tree trimming that occurred outside Universal Studios where workers, writers, and actors are exercising their right to picket.

The trimmed trees are LA City managed street trees.

(Before and after photos below)

[UAW Local 5810 @UAW5810]

In an unconscionable move by the UC, University of California Police arrested 3 workers on felony charges and confiscated their possessions for writing messages in chalk and washable paint calling on UC to stop underpaying workers.🧵

[Tim Jonas @TimothyJonas]

A Sawfly larva giving me the beady eye.

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

The Atlanta City Council, after hearing over 15 hours of public comment against Cop City, passed an astonishing $67 million in funding for the project by an 11-4 vote. The people are incredible and there isn’t democracy in Atlanta.

[Allium @snacklesbian]

Final tally: 4 pro, 234 against. 98.32% of public comment against cop city.

[Blue Ridge Wildlife Center @BRWildlifeCtr]

This is your reminder to check before you mow!

This time of year, a large proportion of our patients come in due to lawnmowing & weedwhacking accidents. Box turtles are among the most severely affected.

[Wyatt Gordon @yitgordon]

“Urban density is essential for conserving biodiversity by minimizing sprawling suburbs. We can make housing available to more people and spare nearby forests from our impacts. Housing policy is conservation policy.” 🏬🌳@MaxRLambert @UrbanistOrg
https://t.co/nkfO6q5cqO

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A man in Virginia who illegally caught and sold turtles across the U.S. has pleaded guilty to trafficking the animals in a scheme that sent many of them to Asia, the Justice Department said. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
https://t.co/aX4ttpTVJx

[AP Climate @AP_Climate]

Pennsylvania must minimize its outsized role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay, according to a proposed settlement agreement that would subject the state to increased oversight from federal environmental officials. https://t.co/Z87BqXc1o9

[colin robinson’s familiar 🪫 @lonesometoast]

losing it 😂💜

[Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose_]

No ordinary shirt. Allan Brown’s incredible project is complete. He took wild nettle, flax & hemp, which he hand processed, spun, plant-dyed, wove & stitched. The buttons were made from apple branches.
"it’s a shirt and it fits and it feels amazing!"
https://t.co/JtpUgPvodF

[X @Pteroterror]

Glad to see Pleistocene ice-age megafauna doing well ☺️

[it's me, syd @Adabear_Art]

i don't remember if i've said this before or if it would even surprise those who don't already know but culling is kinder than TNR and cats were done a disservice when the leash law movement missed them

[Dr. T is for Trouble, Good Trouble @curly_scientist]

WhY dO wE eVeN neEd BlAcK iN mArInE sCiEnCeeeeeeee

I’m not sure, you tell me 😩🥺