Erik Hoffner
@erikhoffner.bsky.social
Editor, photojournalist & award-winning podcast producer for nonprofit news outlet @Mongabay. Member of Society of Envi Journalists & Vermont Center for Photography
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Erik Hoffner
@erikhoffner.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Indigenous leaders killed as narco airstrips cut into their Amazon territories
Mongabay and Earth Genome detected 67 clandestine airstrips used for transporting drugs in the Peruvian regions of Ucayali, Huánuco and Pasco. The analysis used artificial intelligence (AI) and satell...
news.mongabay.com
Our Latin America bureau @mongabaylatam.bsky.social won the Global Shining Light award last night 🏆 💯
One of the highest honors in investigative journalism, it's given at the annual @gijn.org conference
Their winning project moved Peruvian officials to protect land defenders in the Amazon:
One of the highest honors in investigative journalism, it's given at the annual @gijn.org conference
Their winning project moved Peruvian officials to protect land defenders in the Amazon:
Mongabay's terrific 2025 documentary about the fearless activism of Mother Nature Cambodia is screening at two US film festivals soon 🎥 🎬
American Conservation Film Festival already named it the winner of its 🏆 Green Spark Award 🏆 recognizing films that illuminate conservation heroes:
American Conservation Film Festival already named it the winner of its 🏆 Green Spark Award 🏆 recognizing films that illuminate conservation heroes:
Mongabay documentary wins award, screens at two film festivals - Environmental Journalism and Education
The Clearing is a 2025 Mongabay documentary by filmmakers Andy Ball and Marta Kasztelan about young Cambodian activists fighting for environmental and social justice. It centers around a group of acti...
mongabay.org
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Mongabay's terrific 2025 documentary about the fearless activism of Mother Nature Cambodia is screening at two US film festivals soon 🎥 🎬
American Conservation Film Festival already named it the winner of its 🏆 Green Spark Award 🏆 recognizing films that illuminate conservation heroes:
American Conservation Film Festival already named it the winner of its 🏆 Green Spark Award 🏆 recognizing films that illuminate conservation heroes:
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Wondering how many cusses on Bluesky relate to ICE, Greenland, the trumps, democrats that support the trumps, Gaza, or the 'bored of peace' idea after this trash-fire of a week?
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
SwearSky
Bluesky profanity, as it happens
swearsky.bagpuss.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Wondering how many cusses on Bluesky relate to ICE, Greenland, the trumps, democrats that support the trumps, Gaza, or the 'bored of peace' idea after this trash-fire of a week?
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
Wondering how many cusses on Bluesky relate to ICE, Greenland, the trumps, democrats that support the trumps, Gaza, or the 'bored of peace' idea after this trash-fire of a week?
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
SwearSky
Bluesky profanity, as it happens
swearsky.bagpuss.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Wondering how many cusses on Bluesky relate to ICE, Greenland, the trumps, democrats that support the trumps, Gaza, or the 'bored of peace' idea after this trash-fire of a week?
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
Hear all the colorful language here in real time via SwearSky:
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The second week of The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s trial against the RCMP is nearing its end — with three more weeks to go. thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
The Narwhal’s press freedom case against the RCMP, explained
Stay informed about The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s lawsuit against the RCMP as we fight for press freedom in B.C. Supreme Court
thenarwhal.ca
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The second week of The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s trial against the RCMP is nearing its end — with three more weeks to go. thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
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"if Europe and China and India are all headed towards renewables, where does that leave America? It leaves it as a flailing state, whose leaders try to intimidate reason." @billmckibben.bsky.social
We interrupt the madness for a note from the rational world
And an encouraging one, at that!
billmckibben.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"if Europe and China and India are all headed towards renewables, where does that leave America? It leaves it as a flailing state, whose leaders try to intimidate reason." @billmckibben.bsky.social
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New estimates put Africa’s solar at 63GW, shattering previous counts of 23GW. Driven by flood of off-the-radar imports, Africa went from zero to 63 GW in under a decade
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
January 22, 2026 at 5:58 PM
New estimates put Africa’s solar at 63GW, shattering previous counts of 23GW. Driven by flood of off-the-radar imports, Africa went from zero to 63 GW in under a decade
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
"Strangler figs are ecological keystones.” - author @mikeshanahan.bsky.social
Terrific feature on religious taboos that serve an ecological & food sovereignty function
Protecting fig trees which serve as crucial wildlife habitat & food sources has multiple benefits, news research reiterates:
Terrific feature on religious taboos that serve an ecological & food sovereignty function
Protecting fig trees which serve as crucial wildlife habitat & food sources has multiple benefits, news research reiterates:
Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo
When a young boy went missing near his mother’s rice field in Indonesian Borneo, the entire village searched for him. After nearly a day, he was found near a large strangler fig tree. The boy insisted...
news.mongabay.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
"Strangler figs are ecological keystones.” - author @mikeshanahan.bsky.social
Terrific feature on religious taboos that serve an ecological & food sovereignty function
Protecting fig trees which serve as crucial wildlife habitat & food sources has multiple benefits, news research reiterates:
Terrific feature on religious taboos that serve an ecological & food sovereignty function
Protecting fig trees which serve as crucial wildlife habitat & food sources has multiple benefits, news research reiterates:
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Our media keeps calling it “immigration enforcement” even as ICE is kidnapping legal immigrants off the street with no due process
ICE agents in Maine kidnapped a college student after a minor car crash. They ran his plates, shoved him into a car, and shipped him down to Burlington, Massachusetts. ICE agents refused to let him call a lawyer.
ICE detains 18-year-old USM student in Westbrook
Sandrine Koumba said she doesn’t know why her son, who has no criminal record, was detained after a minor car crash Tuesday.
www.pressherald.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Our media keeps calling it “immigration enforcement” even as ICE is kidnapping legal immigrants off the street with no due process
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Carney's speech was eloquent but there are big holes in it. It feels entirely aimed at Europe ("middle powers"). That's not enough. If you want a non-aligned movement you need to talk to the Brazils, South Africas, Kenyas, and Vietnams of the world. And you better have something to offer.
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Carney's speech was eloquent but there are big holes in it. It feels entirely aimed at Europe ("middle powers"). That's not enough. If you want a non-aligned movement you need to talk to the Brazils, South Africas, Kenyas, and Vietnams of the world. And you better have something to offer.
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Why the interest in Greenland?
It's just seasteading 2.0, but on land with added creepiness:
Tech bros & neocons want to create new crypto-friendly countries in a neo-colonial effort to lay claim to existing countries, re-write their legal frameworks, and extract all the wealth & resources
It's just seasteading 2.0, but on land with added creepiness:
Tech bros & neocons want to create new crypto-friendly countries in a neo-colonial effort to lay claim to existing countries, re-write their legal frameworks, and extract all the wealth & resources
A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build the "Next Great City" in Greenland
Funded to the tune of $525 million, Praxis aims to “revitalize Western Civilization” through a techno-libertarian city upon a hill
www.insidehook.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Why the interest in Greenland?
It's just seasteading 2.0, but on land with added creepiness:
Tech bros & neocons want to create new crypto-friendly countries in a neo-colonial effort to lay claim to existing countries, re-write their legal frameworks, and extract all the wealth & resources
It's just seasteading 2.0, but on land with added creepiness:
Tech bros & neocons want to create new crypto-friendly countries in a neo-colonial effort to lay claim to existing countries, re-write their legal frameworks, and extract all the wealth & resources
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The Trump regime has finally admitted that DOGE stole Social Security information and shared it with an advocacy group focused on overturning election results. This comes after it blatantly lied about not doing this and persuaded the Supreme Court to issue an emergency ruling giving DOGE access.
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
wapo.st
January 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The Trump regime has finally admitted that DOGE stole Social Security information and shared it with an advocacy group focused on overturning election results. This comes after it blatantly lied about not doing this and persuaded the Supreme Court to issue an emergency ruling giving DOGE access.
Shrinking #coffee harvests effect more than our daily fix
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
The knowledge to save coffee already exists, now it’s in one e-library
Roughly half the world’s arabica coffee-growing regions will become unsuitable for cultivation of the crop by 2050 due to the effects of climate change. The consequences of a shrinking coffee harvest ...
news.mongabay.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Shrinking #coffee harvests effect more than our daily fix
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
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How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
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“An Irish man responsible for leaking the identities of thousands of US immigration enforcement officers has said he will continue…until the #Trump administration stops targeting immigrant communities…his website #ICE List has received millions of views”
#spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
#spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Irish man risks US retaliation for unmasking thousands of Ice officers online
Dominick Skinner started publishing identities last year and is assisted by over 500 volunteers across America
www.irishtimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 PM
“An Irish man responsible for leaking the identities of thousands of US immigration enforcement officers has said he will continue…until the #Trump administration stops targeting immigrant communities…his website #ICE List has received millions of views”
#spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
#spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
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Silvopasture is a highly recommended climate solution and it’s slowly gaining momentum in South America.
Read the full article: news.mongabay.com/2026/01/silv...
Read the full article: news.mongabay.com/2026/01/silv...
Silvopasture gains momentum in the Amazon, but can it shrink beef’s footprint?
In the rolling hills of Iñapari, a remote town in the Peruvian Amazon on the tri-border with Bolivia and Brazil, cattle ranchers are ditching grass monocultures, which have been shown to harm biodiver...
news.mongabay.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Silvopasture is a highly recommended climate solution and it’s slowly gaining momentum in South America.
Read the full article: news.mongabay.com/2026/01/silv...
Read the full article: news.mongabay.com/2026/01/silv...
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People can make of all this what they will. But teaching kids the true course of events is *never* a bad idea.
Personally, I don't think knowing what actually happened automatically makes you "hate America." Maybe it's revealing that Musk apparently does.
Personally, I don't think knowing what actually happened automatically makes you "hate America." Maybe it's revealing that Musk apparently does.
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
People can make of all this what they will. But teaching kids the true course of events is *never* a bad idea.
Personally, I don't think knowing what actually happened automatically makes you "hate America." Maybe it's revealing that Musk apparently does.
Personally, I don't think knowing what actually happened automatically makes you "hate America." Maybe it's revealing that Musk apparently does.
Pretty pottery made by people of northern Mesopotamia ~6,200 to 5,500 BC is painted w/ flowers that have 4, 8, 16 or 32 petals, some show arrangements of 64
These show a clear understanding of symmetry & spatial division long before written numbers came into use, researchers now argue:
These show a clear understanding of symmetry & spatial division long before written numbers came into use, researchers now argue:
This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math
Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and crops, archaeologists say.
www.sciencenews.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Pretty pottery made by people of northern Mesopotamia ~6,200 to 5,500 BC is painted w/ flowers that have 4, 8, 16 or 32 petals, some show arrangements of 64
These show a clear understanding of symmetry & spatial division long before written numbers came into use, researchers now argue:
These show a clear understanding of symmetry & spatial division long before written numbers came into use, researchers now argue:
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[free download] #Agroforestry combines useful trees w/ shrubs, crops & livestock in a system that supports #biodiversity, builds soil horizons & water tables, and sequesters #carbon
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
From jungle rubber to Rubber Agroforestry Systems - History of rubber agroforestry practices in the world - (EAN13 : 9782759239351) | Quae Open Acess
From jungle rubber to Rubber Agroforestry Systems - History of rubber agroforestry practices in the world - (EAN13 : 9782759239351)
www.quae-open.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
[free download] #Agroforestry combines useful trees w/ shrubs, crops & livestock in a system that supports #biodiversity, builds soil horizons & water tables, and sequesters #carbon
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
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America has tried to be a real multiracial democracy for just over 60 years and that attempt has been contested at every step along the way.
The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
Indiana University in Indianapolis canceled a dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. hosted annually in January by the Black Student Union, Mirror Indy reported.
www.insidehighered.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
America has tried to be a real multiracial democracy for just over 60 years and that attempt has been contested at every step along the way.
The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
[free download] #Agroforestry combines useful trees w/ shrubs, crops & livestock in a system that supports #biodiversity, builds soil horizons & water tables, and sequesters #carbon
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
From jungle rubber to Rubber Agroforestry Systems - History of rubber agroforestry practices in the world - (EAN13 : 9782759239351) | Quae Open Acess
From jungle rubber to Rubber Agroforestry Systems - History of rubber agroforestry practices in the world - (EAN13 : 9782759239351)
www.quae-open.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
[free download] #Agroforestry combines useful trees w/ shrubs, crops & livestock in a system that supports #biodiversity, builds soil horizons & water tables, and sequesters #carbon
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
An ancient system, even rubber has been/is still grown this way, here's a free book published by @cirad.bsky.social
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[New just-in-time arrival]
"How to Live Under Fascism: New Poems" by @andreicodrescu.bsky.social
"A guide to living in the dictatorship of the new American plutocracy. I was born and raised in Romania...where poetry was always a nightmare for the state, and a lifeline to the terrified citizen."
"How to Live Under Fascism: New Poems" by @andreicodrescu.bsky.social
"A guide to living in the dictatorship of the new American plutocracy. I was born and raised in Romania...where poetry was always a nightmare for the state, and a lifeline to the terrified citizen."
January 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
[New just-in-time arrival]
"How to Live Under Fascism: New Poems" by @andreicodrescu.bsky.social
"A guide to living in the dictatorship of the new American plutocracy. I was born and raised in Romania...where poetry was always a nightmare for the state, and a lifeline to the terrified citizen."
"How to Live Under Fascism: New Poems" by @andreicodrescu.bsky.social
"A guide to living in the dictatorship of the new American plutocracy. I was born and raised in Romania...where poetry was always a nightmare for the state, and a lifeline to the terrified citizen."
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This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
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Sustainable pirarucu fisheries in Brazil’s Amazonas are restoring once-depleted populations of this freshwater giant, thanks to community-led management systems and sales to brands overseas.
Jenny Gonzales on @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/cowb...
Jenny Gonzales on @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/cowb...
Cowboy boots made from pirarucu leather fund Amazon’s sustainable fishery
A massive Amazonian fish yields the unique and once overlooked leather prized by luxury brands and Texas cowboys.
news.mongabay.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Sustainable pirarucu fisheries in Brazil’s Amazonas are restoring once-depleted populations of this freshwater giant, thanks to community-led management systems and sales to brands overseas.
Jenny Gonzales on @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/cowb...
Jenny Gonzales on @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/cowb...
It's a scramble for Ottawa which hopes to keep its iconic 7km skating corridor viable ❄️
Robots & such being debated vs the inevitable creep of #climatechange via Canada's own fossil fuel policy
Canal opened early this year but is now closed again due to a warm spell, bringing unsafe conditions 😑
Robots & such being debated vs the inevitable creep of #climatechange via Canada's own fossil fuel policy
Canal opened early this year but is now closed again due to a warm spell, bringing unsafe conditions 😑
The Rideau Canal Skateway’s climate change challenge
Science, engineering and consistent cold are all factors in ensuring the world’s largest rink opens to skaters each winter
canadiangeographic.ca
January 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
It's a scramble for Ottawa which hopes to keep its iconic 7km skating corridor viable ❄️
Robots & such being debated vs the inevitable creep of #climatechange via Canada's own fossil fuel policy
Canal opened early this year but is now closed again due to a warm spell, bringing unsafe conditions 😑
Robots & such being debated vs the inevitable creep of #climatechange via Canada's own fossil fuel policy
Canal opened early this year but is now closed again due to a warm spell, bringing unsafe conditions 😑