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
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"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."
-- Helen Keller
-- Helen Keller
This Pirkei Avot quote helps me feel a little less like I have to solve everything (it’s literally been thousands of years of people feeling overwhelmed!) and it cracked me up when someone stuck it on the pics of the tiny backhoe trying to dig out the EverGiven ship when it got stuck.
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 AM
"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."
-- Helen Keller
-- Helen Keller
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
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During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 AM
During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
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Amount of time devoted to MN and fallout Sunday on network newscasts:
NBC: 8.5 minutes
ABC: 7 minutes
CBS: 4 minutes
Only NBC led with the news from MN
NBC: 8.5 minutes
ABC: 7 minutes
CBS: 4 minutes
Only NBC led with the news from MN
Two and half minutes. That’s all the time the CBS Evening News thought today’s events in Minneapolis were worth. Not even time to tell viewers what Alex Pretti did for a living.
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Amount of time devoted to MN and fallout Sunday on network newscasts:
NBC: 8.5 minutes
ABC: 7 minutes
CBS: 4 minutes
Only NBC led with the news from MN
NBC: 8.5 minutes
ABC: 7 minutes
CBS: 4 minutes
Only NBC led with the news from MN
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It's a bit surprising to me that Clinton's statement goes much farther than the one released by the Obamas.
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It's a bit surprising to me that Clinton's statement goes much farther than the one released by the Obamas.
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Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
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NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight:
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 AM
NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight:
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
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Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
Moderate Sen. Jacky Rosen urges Noem's impeachment as Dem fury grows over Minneapolis shooting
Moderate Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”
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January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
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Echo's of "A Call for Unity" from the white clergy of Birmingham, King's famous letter from a Birmingham jail was respond to it.
"We further strongly urge our own Negro community to withdraw support from these demonstrations, and to unite locally in working peacefully for a better Birmingham."
"We further strongly urge our own Negro community to withdraw support from these demonstrations, and to unite locally in working peacefully for a better Birmingham."
January 25, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Echo's of "A Call for Unity" from the white clergy of Birmingham, King's famous letter from a Birmingham jail was respond to it.
"We further strongly urge our own Negro community to withdraw support from these demonstrations, and to unite locally in working peacefully for a better Birmingham."
"We further strongly urge our own Negro community to withdraw support from these demonstrations, and to unite locally in working peacefully for a better Birmingham."
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No President and no administration is above our country’s Constitution, and no one in this country is without rights.
Support your community by staying peaceful and prepared. Report federal agent misconduct to: oag.ca.gov/ReportMisconduct
Support your community by staying peaceful and prepared. Report federal agent misconduct to: oag.ca.gov/ReportMisconduct
Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
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January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
No President and no administration is above our country’s Constitution, and no one in this country is without rights.
Support your community by staying peaceful and prepared. Report federal agent misconduct to: oag.ca.gov/ReportMisconduct
Support your community by staying peaceful and prepared. Report federal agent misconduct to: oag.ca.gov/ReportMisconduct
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Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
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Authoritarianism prevails not because people stop believing the truth, but because they stop saying it aloud. If we wish to remain free, we must refuse that silence. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/lies...
Lies, violence and the American state
Trump abhors democracy because it allows ordinary Americans to reject his lies. Even worse for Trump, it allows us to reject him.
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Authoritarianism prevails not because people stop believing the truth, but because they stop saying it aloud. If we wish to remain free, we must refuse that silence. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/lies...
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Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of Alex Pretti, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.
Democrats vow to oppose homeland security funding bill. That increases the chance of a shutdown
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of Alex Pretti, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.
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In addition to rescinding every dollar of this slush fund, Democrats should demand that Noem, Lyons, and Scott are all removed.
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
In addition to rescinding every dollar of this slush fund, Democrats should demand that Noem, Lyons, and Scott are all removed.
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The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
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Tick tock… accountability is coming.
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Tick tock… accountability is coming.
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I’m not voting for one more dime for ICE or CBP.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I’m not voting for one more dime for ICE or CBP.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
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Law enforcement and legal experts warn if more agents barge into homes, everyone could be put at greater risk.
https://to.pbs.org/4k0nvqn
https://to.pbs.org/4k0nvqn
Not opening the door to ICE may no longer stop officers
Law enforcement and legal experts warn if more agents barge into homes, everyone could be put at greater risk.
www.pbs.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Law enforcement and legal experts warn if more agents barge into homes, everyone could be put at greater risk.
https://to.pbs.org/4k0nvqn
https://to.pbs.org/4k0nvqn
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Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE.
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
The 7 Democrats who voted to fund Homeland Security amid ICE crackdowns
www.the-independent.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE.
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
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Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
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@joshtpm.bsky.social: "The Trump administration's goal is submission + the strategy to achieve that goal is escalation. They think that because they have more + bigger guns, eventually those who oppose them will have to give in. I don't think that's the case."
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ICE and the Logic of Escalation Dominance
Again we have an ICE killing in which the Department of Homeland...
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January 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social: "The Trump administration's goal is submission + the strategy to achieve that goal is escalation. They think that because they have more + bigger guns, eventually those who oppose them will have to give in. I don't think that's the case."
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Christi Noem should testify under oath in Congress and explain why she lied about the facts around the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Christi Noem should testify under oath in Congress and explain why she lied about the facts around the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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@joshtpm.bsky.social: The White House's escalation is pushing state leaders to adopt the posture they should already have had: resolute defenses of local self-government and properly identifying ICE as a lawless presidential secret police.
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White House Terror Tactics Are Pushing Blue State Leaders to Active Resistance
There is another point I want to note about what has happened...
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January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social: The White House's escalation is pushing state leaders to adopt the posture they should already have had: resolute defenses of local self-government and properly identifying ICE as a lawless presidential secret police.
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It has been more than 30 days since the Department of Justice was required by federal law to make all of the Epstein Files public. According to the DOJ’s own estimates, it has released less than 1% so far. The last time the Department of Justice released any documents was Dec. 23, 2025.
The DOJ offers only excuses as the Epstein Files remain secret
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It has been more than 30 days since the Department of Justice was required by federal law to make all of the Epstein Files public. According to the DOJ’s own estimates, it has released less than 1% so far. The last time the Department of Justice released any documents was Dec. 23, 2025.