The One True Kat
@theonetruekat.bsky.social
Biologist. Californian. Madly in love with nature. Always outside. Garden nerd. Cyclist. Big fan of informed democracy. Sheltering and supporting as many people as possible. She/her/y’all All photos mine unless credited.
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Since I have to reintroduce myself after the move:
I’m Kat. California biologist, currently in Davis. Herpetologist. 15 years in private consulting (utility and infrastructure), mostly as a field nerd, doing surveys for local flora/fauna and passing on whatever niche wisdom I can.
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I’m Kat. California biologist, currently in Davis. Herpetologist. 15 years in private consulting (utility and infrastructure), mostly as a field nerd, doing surveys for local flora/fauna and passing on whatever niche wisdom I can.
🦎🐸🐟🐻🦉🐝🐍🐢🌿
Hugs to everyone who survived Thanksgiving in proximity to terrible people without going nuclear. 🦃
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Hugs to everyone who survived Thanksgiving in proximity to terrible people without going nuclear. 🦃
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Some more Salamander migration action from this weekend! Please watch out for amphibians while driving during rainstorms, especially in back roads. #herps
Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) on the left.
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) on the right.
Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) on the left.
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) on the right.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Some more Salamander migration action from this weekend! Please watch out for amphibians while driving during rainstorms, especially in back roads. #herps
Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) on the left.
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) on the right.
Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) on the left.
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) on the right.
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Thursday morning motivation: salamanders.
Salamanders are secretive, harmless creatures. Their permanent smiles and delicate little toes will win your heart.
Nova Scotia has 5 species of salamander: yellow spotted, blue spotted, red-backed, four toed, and red spotted newts.
Salamanders are secretive, harmless creatures. Their permanent smiles and delicate little toes will win your heart.
Nova Scotia has 5 species of salamander: yellow spotted, blue spotted, red-backed, four toed, and red spotted newts.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Thursday morning motivation: salamanders.
Salamanders are secretive, harmless creatures. Their permanent smiles and delicate little toes will win your heart.
Nova Scotia has 5 species of salamander: yellow spotted, blue spotted, red-backed, four toed, and red spotted newts.
Salamanders are secretive, harmless creatures. Their permanent smiles and delicate little toes will win your heart.
Nova Scotia has 5 species of salamander: yellow spotted, blue spotted, red-backed, four toed, and red spotted newts.
Self medicating ahead of hostess duties tomorrow.
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Self medicating ahead of hostess duties tomorrow.
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Loved joining Jennifer Welch on the 'I've Had It' pod!
We talked my top three campaign priorities, what connects us in IL-09, and why I’m running to make a difference: www.youtube.com/shorts/ai2tk...
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
We talked my top three campaign priorities, what connects us in IL-09, and why I’m running to make a difference: www.youtube.com/shorts/ai2tk...
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
Top 3 Campaign Issues with Jennifer Welch on the I've Had It Podcast | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
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November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Loved joining Jennifer Welch on the 'I've Had It' pod!
We talked my top three campaign priorities, what connects us in IL-09, and why I’m running to make a difference: www.youtube.com/shorts/ai2tk...
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
We talked my top three campaign priorities, what connects us in IL-09, and why I’m running to make a difference: www.youtube.com/shorts/ai2tk...
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
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When you make your plan, be aware that:
-Medicare does not cover long term care.
-If you want to avoid a guardian, you must designate a trusted power of attorney/health care agent while you are still mentally able.
-Medicare does not cover long term care.
-If you want to avoid a guardian, you must designate a trusted power of attorney/health care agent while you are still mentally able.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
When you make your plan, be aware that:
-Medicare does not cover long term care.
-If you want to avoid a guardian, you must designate a trusted power of attorney/health care agent while you are still mentally able.
-Medicare does not cover long term care.
-If you want to avoid a guardian, you must designate a trusted power of attorney/health care agent while you are still mentally able.
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This seems like a play to cut NPS profitability to make it easier to open these lands up to extraction. 35% of NPS visitors are from overseas
US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans
Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This seems like a play to cut NPS profitability to make it easier to open these lands up to extraction. 35% of NPS visitors are from overseas
This is my yearly PSA that, no matter how old you are, you should have a basic health directive and will. The forms are free online in California. The number of senior citizens in my neighborhood with no directives and no plan who are already a little off the rails is staggering. A short rant 1/
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is my yearly PSA that, no matter how old you are, you should have a basic health directive and will. The forms are free online in California. The number of senior citizens in my neighborhood with no directives and no plan who are already a little off the rails is staggering. A short rant 1/
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I had the honor of joining one of my favorite actors, Stellan Skarsgard, to explore what role art plays in a democracy, the state of global politics, and how we can avoid the "doom loop."
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/25/film-stellan-skarsgard-robert-reich-sentimental-value-artists/
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/25/film-stellan-skarsgard-robert-reich-sentimental-value-artists/
Stellan Skarsgård and Robert Reich Tell Us How to Escape the Political Doom Loop
The Swedish actor has a grim perspective on the world. We called Robert Reich—the academic and former politico—to give h
www.culturedmag.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I had the honor of joining one of my favorite actors, Stellan Skarsgard, to explore what role art plays in a democracy, the state of global politics, and how we can avoid the "doom loop."
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/25/film-stellan-skarsgard-robert-reich-sentimental-value-artists/
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/25/film-stellan-skarsgard-robert-reich-sentimental-value-artists/
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
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Despite myths and legends, the Mojave rattlesnake isn’t aggressive–it’s misunderstood. They avoid danger and defend when necessary. This beautiful desert snake plays a key ecological role and deserves curiosity, not fear.
Explore their habitat with us:
👉 savethesnakes.org/travel
Explore their habitat with us:
👉 savethesnakes.org/travel
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Despite myths and legends, the Mojave rattlesnake isn’t aggressive–it’s misunderstood. They avoid danger and defend when necessary. This beautiful desert snake plays a key ecological role and deserves curiosity, not fear.
Explore their habitat with us:
👉 savethesnakes.org/travel
Explore their habitat with us:
👉 savethesnakes.org/travel
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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I should wait until I get my photos* onto my computer but I’m too excited so here’s some I pulled onto my phone quickly
Black Skimmers are one of my favorite #birds in the entire world, I’ll never tire of them.
(*I took a mere 1800 wildlife photos today haha)
Black Skimmers are one of my favorite #birds in the entire world, I’ll never tire of them.
(*I took a mere 1800 wildlife photos today haha)
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I should wait until I get my photos* onto my computer but I’m too excited so here’s some I pulled onto my phone quickly
Black Skimmers are one of my favorite #birds in the entire world, I’ll never tire of them.
(*I took a mere 1800 wildlife photos today haha)
Black Skimmers are one of my favorite #birds in the entire world, I’ll never tire of them.
(*I took a mere 1800 wildlife photos today haha)
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Beautiful piece about a group of young people who ignored the cynics, critics and gatekeepers and just cracked on restoring nature, bringing as many people as they could along for the ride.
"Action, access and agency".
You want a rural revival? This is it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Action, access and agency".
You want a rural revival? This is it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Beautiful piece about a group of young people who ignored the cynics, critics and gatekeepers and just cracked on restoring nature, bringing as many people as they could along for the ride.
"Action, access and agency".
You want a rural revival? This is it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Action, access and agency".
You want a rural revival? This is it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Another destructive solar project approved in n CA -- “There's nothing environmentally friendly about cutting down 4,000 oak trees, the most ecologically valuable native tree in all of North America. Over 2,000 other species depend on them." 🌎 www.capradio.org/articles/202...
SMUD’s controversial Coyote Creek solar project moves forward
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the project at a packed Tuesday meeting, where over 150 people showed up to voice concerns or support.
www.capradio.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Another destructive solar project approved in n CA -- “There's nothing environmentally friendly about cutting down 4,000 oak trees, the most ecologically valuable native tree in all of North America. Over 2,000 other species depend on them." 🌎 www.capradio.org/articles/202...
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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They grow bacteria on those hairy arms and then lick the bacteria off for a delightful snack, isn't that gross and cool?
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
They grow bacteria on those hairy arms and then lick the bacteria off for a delightful snack, isn't that gross and cool?
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Why do we call it a 'turkey'?
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Why do we call it a 'turkey'?
Has #BirdoftheDay done feet pics yet? Because, you know… kinglets 🪶
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Has #BirdoftheDay done feet pics yet? Because, you know… kinglets 🪶
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Since BlueSky seems to like (or dislike enough to hit "like") snakes, here's my favorite photo of a snake I've taken:
A smooth green snake knots its tail in a last-ditch effort to avoid being consumed by a garter snake. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO.
#photography #snake 🐍
A smooth green snake knots its tail in a last-ditch effort to avoid being consumed by a garter snake. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO.
#photography #snake 🐍
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Since BlueSky seems to like (or dislike enough to hit "like") snakes, here's my favorite photo of a snake I've taken:
A smooth green snake knots its tail in a last-ditch effort to avoid being consumed by a garter snake. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO.
#photography #snake 🐍
A smooth green snake knots its tail in a last-ditch effort to avoid being consumed by a garter snake. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO.
#photography #snake 🐍