Amy Wilhelm
amymidwest.bsky.social
Amy Wilhelm
@amymidwest.bsky.social
Nature and animal lover, watcher of cat and donkey vids, seeking private place to ride out the insanity of the current administration in US.
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I met a giant toad today. These are rare in Missouri.
Reposted by Amy Wilhelm
Trump's deep sea mining order raises eyebrows of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) 🌎🦑🌿 #deepseamining

www.cmscoms.com?p=43923
Head of intergovernmental body raises concerns over Trump's deep-sea mining order - Ocean and Coastal Futures
Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.
www.cmscoms.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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The Merlin Bird ID app wouldn’t exist #WithoutNSF. 🪶
I've been taking early walks in the park to watch and listen to birds for my sanity, and the Merlin Bird ID app has been indispensable for identifying bird songs.

Merlin was funded by a grant from the NSF, the science funding agency that Trump is trying to destroy.

www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
May 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reposted by Amy Wilhelm
“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.”

Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.

The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.

www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Today’s Executive Order directing @noaa.gov to expedite permitting for deep-sea mining flies in the face of NOAA’s mission to protect, not imperil, our ocean.

Our statement on this dangerous action: oceanconservancy.org/news/ocean-c...
Ocean Conservancy Condemns Deep Sea Mining Executive Order
Directing NOAA to open the floodgates for seabed mining — in defiance of international consensus — will harm our ocean and our country
oceanconservancy.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I met a giant toad today. These are rare in Missouri.
April 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM