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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · 9d

Here you go: www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall’s Second-Greatest Talent

She knew how to wield her fame to protect the animals she loved.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · 10d

A bittersweet pleasure to stay up late last night thinking about Dr. Jane Goodall for @theatlantic.com. She was truly one of the greats. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall’s Second-Greatest Talent

She knew how to wield her fame to protect the animals she loved.

www.theatlantic.com

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Aug 11

New post at Conservation Works about gratitude, darkness, going forth, and the legacies of Joanna Macy and my friend Nathan Suter.

#ecogrief #biodiversity #conservationscience 🌍🌎🌏

Photo from Amanda Stronza's Animal Memorials series.

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The Work That Reconnects

How conservationists get through it.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Jul 21

I’ve observed plenty of dialogues intended to resolve deep-seated disputes over wildlife, and only rarely have I seen them produce anything but frustration. The National Wolf Conversation was different.

conservationworks.substack.com/p/more-than-... 🧪🌍 #biodiversity #goodgreennews #conservation

More Than a Conversation

The National Wolf Conversation was a glimpse of a better future.

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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · Jul 6

Michelle Nijhuis @nijhuism.bsky.social on what we choose to save and what we leave behind

Saving Graces | Michelle Nijhuis

What we conserve and why—art, heirlooms, animals, even the planet—are increasingly urgent questions.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Jun 30

So many respected conservationists have no role in the book! I had to make painful choices.

rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · May 29

Block, bridge, build: a conservation strategy for the foreseeable future. New from me at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #conservation #ecology #restoration #biodiversity

Block, Bridge, Build

A conservation strategy for the foreseeable future

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Adam M. Sowards @adamsowards.net · May 16

The always-incisive @nijhuism.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com gets it exactly right on #publiclands.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

Conclusion: Though the management of public lands remains imperfect, Americans have learned over several generations to take the past, present and future into account. Those who wish to abandon the experiment of the public lands may see them as simply assets on a balance sheet; the rest of us know that they are, above all, the landscapes that hold us together.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · May 12

Fiction can distract us from climate reality; it can also help us face it. New post at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #climate #biodiversity

Any Apocalypse but Our Own

When reality requires a leap of imagination

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · May 5

If only Trump had taken the Alcatraz audio tour and learned about the three guys who escaped through the air vents after widening them with spoons www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison

Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been a tourist spot for decades.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Apr 17

Morrissey sucks but this 2023 Glastonbury set of Smiths covers from Rick Astley and Blossoms is the joy I need right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxtr...

Rick Astley - Smiths - FULL SET - Glastonbury Blossoms Live

YouTube video by Justin Whiting

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Apr 11

"De-extinction" is a marketing term, those "dire wolves" are designer dogs, and extinction is still forever.
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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Apr 9

Abundance: I read it, and I have some thoughts. Tell me yours! substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Scarcity in "Abundance"

Hand me the star pills.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Mar 23

Bill kindly provided a thorough and interesting answer—I put your question and his answer in the comments on my post.

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · Mar 20

Grateful to the incomparable @nijhuism.bsky.social (author of BELOVED BEASTS) for moderating the launch event for WARBODY by Joshua Howe (left) and Alexander Lemons (right, borrowing my hat), a new book on the "slow violence" of war and the health issues millions of military veterans face.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Mar 21

The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked in 1941. My neighborhood is still healing from the wounds. New post at Conservation Works: conservationworks.substack.com/p/when-alien...

When "Alien Enemies" Are Your Neighbors

The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked in 1941. The wounds haven't healed yet.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Mar 13

Good question. I'll ask!

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Mar 13

Can a human represent the interests of wolves? I spoke with ethicist Bill Lynn about his role as a "wolf trustee" in the recent National Wolf Conversation.

New post from Conservation Works, including links to resources and reporting on the ongoing attacks on public lands. Thanks for reading.

What’s It Like to Speak for Wolves?

A conversation with ethicist and wolf trustee Bill Lynn.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Feb 27

“If you are feeling uncertainty, frustration, or loss, you are not alone. These are real and valid emotions that I have been feeling, too.” — Randy Moore, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in his Feb. 26 farewell email to employees 🌲

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · Feb 26

Went for a bike ride on the Potomac River & saw 3 pairs of nesting peregrine falcons & they asked me to spread the word that as soon as their chicks fledge, they will sharpen their beaks & talons, fly to DC & gouge out the eyes of anybody who says wildlife conservation is wasteful

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Feb 26

... published just before the section's turn to "personal liberties and free markets" ... 🐺

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Feb 26

What happens when you spend quality time with your political opponents? Last month, I had a chance to find out. My column on the National Wolf Conversation @postopinions.bsky.social : wapo.st/41u2bBY

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Feb 26

Welp, please take this opportunity to read my piece in today's Post Opinions. It's not about personal liberties OR free markets! It's about wolves — and people. Gift link: wapo.st/41u2bBY #conservation #coexistence

Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Feb 26

SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thought this was a smart, if tragic, point on @nijhuism.bsky.social's newsletter this morning: Obviously firing probationary employees is a blunt, convenient tool, but, for the agency-haters, it also serves the purpose of knee-capping future leaders.

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rhymes with my house @nijhuism.bsky.social · Feb 6

Yes, so true. In January 2017 I read the Claudius books and Dan Jones' book on the Plantagenets—perversely comforting in just the way you describe. The extra pleasure of Wolf Hall is getting to watch Cromwell's and Mantel's brilliant brains at work.

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