DannoVta
@dannovta.bsky.social
retired academic, conservationist and avid outdoor enthusiast, Episcopalian, Ventura resident and native Californian
Something to brighten your day amidst all the other darkness. Breaching humpbacks off Channel Islands National Park. 🌎🐋
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Something to brighten your day amidst all the other darkness. Breaching humpbacks off Channel Islands National Park. 🌎🐋
Let this be a warning to any troublemakers who think it’s ok to care about child safety
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Let this be a warning to any troublemakers who think it’s ok to care about child safety
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
Want to see where there are Flock traffic cameras tracking your location? Check out this website deflock.me/map#map=17/3...
DeFlock
Spot, map, and resist automated license plate readers (ALPRs) near you.
deflock.me
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Want to see where there are Flock traffic cameras tracking your location? Check out this website deflock.me/map#map=17/3...
Who needs to hear about sciency stuff anyway? 🌎https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/23/hancock/hancock-environment/acadia-removes-signs-climate-change/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANBi5BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpFrk9FgmfqvVZ87eTOzeI8bg5_0DQ4tU0iNMxyB02DTq4QKYsFaJTgwXlKS_aem_4vuhzufMGt5qvoUVajHoRw#mfyt652cc2t9wg529z9
www.bangordailynews.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Who needs to hear about sciency stuff anyway? 🌎https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/23/hancock/hancock-environment/acadia-removes-signs-climate-change/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANBi5BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpFrk9FgmfqvVZ87eTOzeI8bg5_0DQ4tU0iNMxyB02DTq4QKYsFaJTgwXlKS_aem_4vuhzufMGt5qvoUVajHoRw#mfyt652cc2t9wg529z9
The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary.
George Orwell
George Orwell
September 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary.
George Orwell
George Orwell
It won’t be long before they start revising the rest of the public displays to fit view of what science should look like www.facebook.com/100064681689... 🌎
George Wright Society
Trump's purging of historic documents and interpretations of history he doesn't like at NPs has begun. At Fort Pulaski NMon, USNPS is being ordered to take down a famous photo of a whipped enslaved.....
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September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It won’t be long before they start revising the rest of the public displays to fit view of what science should look like www.facebook.com/100064681689... 🌎
175 year and going strong
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
175 year and going strong
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Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
Don’t worry “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects” was overrated. The founders surely never intended for people to be able to have secure encrypted messages. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Don’t worry “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects” was overrated. The founders surely never intended for people to be able to have secure encrypted messages. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Join us if you are in Ventura on Monday
August 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Join us if you are in Ventura on Monday
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Corp. for Public Broadcasting shuts down after federal funding cuts
Corp. for Public Broadcasting shuts down after federal funding cuts
The Corp. for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal dollars to NPR and PBS stations, has long been a target of Republicans.
www.latimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Corp. for Public Broadcasting shuts down after federal funding cuts
Tom Lehrer - Send the Marines
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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July 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You can help record the signage of the National Park Service before it is erased 🌎
www.linkedin.com/posts/george...
www.linkedin.com/posts/george...
In a response to Trump's "tattletale" signs in NPs, a group is asking visitor to take photos of park signs and upload them to an archive in case they are adversely edited. | George Wrigh...
In a response to Trump's "tattletale" signs in NPs, a group is asking visitor to take photos of park signs and upload them to an archive in case they are adversely edited. https://buff.ly/aUGAdTw
www.linkedin.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
You can help record the signage of the National Park Service before it is erased 🌎
www.linkedin.com/posts/george...
www.linkedin.com/posts/george...
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.
- Ray Bradbury
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www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
- Ray Bradbury
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www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War
Among the books flagged for possible removal were “The 1619 Project” and a book about former Interior secretary Deb Haaland.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.
- Ray Bradbury
🌎
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
- Ray Bradbury
🌎
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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My research findings were clear: mental wellness in the face of ecological distress was anchored not in thoughts, but in action
Action is the antidote to ecological grief and climate anxiety – an ecotherapist explains
My research findings were clear: mental wellness in the face of ecological distress was anchored not in thoughts, but in action
tcnv.link
July 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My research findings were clear: mental wellness in the face of ecological distress was anchored not in thoughts, but in action
1984 has finally arrived in 2025. Real history can sometimes be messy and make some people sad. That is doubleplus ungood and the ministry of revisionist history needs your help to make sure that the only stories we tell ourselves about our past are happy ones. 🌎
June 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
1984 has finally arrived in 2025. Real history can sometimes be messy and make some people sad. That is doubleplus ungood and the ministry of revisionist history needs your help to make sure that the only stories we tell ourselves about our past are happy ones. 🌎
5,500+ celebrating No Kings Day in Ventura, CA
June 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
5,500+ celebrating No Kings Day in Ventura, CA
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A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can't be revoked.
Justice Department says Trump can cancel national monuments that protect landscapes
A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can't be revoked.
n.pr
June 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can't be revoked.
Trump is planning a military parade in DC on June 14, but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. I'm rallying at the Ventura County Government Center on No Kings Day to reject strongman politics and corruption. app.sosha.ai/s/XwlubaRS
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Trump is planning a military parade in DC on June 14, but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. I'm rallying at the Ventura County Government Center on No Kings Day to reject strongman politics and corruption. app.sosha.ai/s/XwlubaRS
Amidst all the other chaos around us, enjoy a few pictures of island fox pups from Channel Islands National Park. 🌎
May 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Amidst all the other chaos around us, enjoy a few pictures of island fox pups from Channel Islands National Park. 🌎
Great crowd, including Neil Young, supporting democracy in Ventura today
April 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Great crowd, including Neil Young, supporting democracy in Ventura today
