ergolarry
@ergolarry.bsky.social
Independent scholar in environmental policy and law, wildland fire policy; writer, etc.
"One day we must sit in a holy place. A pub will do."
-- Renaldo Fisher
-- Renaldo Fisher
December 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"One day we must sit in a holy place. A pub will do."
-- Renaldo Fisher
-- Renaldo Fisher
Unbelievable…
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Unbelievable…
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We had great fun!
SUCH a timely topic, to say the least: Democracy in America.
SUCH a timely topic, to say the least: Democracy in America.
Last night, LOA LIVE welcomed four distinguished scholars for a scintillating discussion of Alexis de Tocqueville’s masterpiece of political thought, Democracy in America. Watch the full panel featuring @jbf1755.bsky.social, Steven Hahn, James T. Kloppenberg, and Olivier Zunz on our YouTube channel.
Reading Democracy in America Now
YouTube video by Library of America
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We had great fun!
SUCH a timely topic, to say the least: Democracy in America.
SUCH a timely topic, to say the least: Democracy in America.
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Trying to "align" the Smithsonian w/DJT's preferences is part of an attack on knowledge
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
August 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trying to "align" the Smithsonian w/DJT's preferences is part of an attack on knowledge
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
Changes ahead..
Richmond bridge bike lane access to be reduced starting this fall
The change to Thursday afternoons through Sundays, starting in October, lets transportation officials test the impact on traffic congestion.
richmondside.org
August 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Changes ahead..
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Forest Service to Abandon Nine Regional Offices mountainjournal.org/forest-servi...
Forest Service to Abandon Nine Regional Offices - Mountain Journal
As Washington continues slash-and-burn policies for federal agencies, USDA announces consolidation of offices responsible for 193 million acres of public land
mountainjournal.org
July 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Forest Service to Abandon Nine Regional Offices mountainjournal.org/forest-servi...
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Here come and sit, where never serpent hisses,
And being , I’ll smother thee with kisses
And being , I’ll smother thee with kisses
June 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Here come and sit, where never serpent hisses,
And being , I’ll smother thee with kisses
And being , I’ll smother thee with kisses
Ah...
Four Apples, 1881 #artbots #cezanne
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12305
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12305
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ah...
The falconer cannot hear the falcon..
May 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The falconer cannot hear the falcon..
Spring! Spring spring!
March 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Spring! Spring spring!
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Please read this thread
It’s the 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at Selma, and thus the 10th anniversary of President Obama’s speech there, my favorite of all his public oratory, although it reads differently now. 🧵
time.com/3736357/bara...
time.com/3736357/bara...
Read the Full Text of Obama's Speech in Selma
The President spoke on Saturday in Selma, Ala.
time.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Please read this thread
Indeed
Vance is a school boy talking about diplomacy and placating Russia. This emboldens Putin. Where is this legendary Trump strength and fight?
February 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Indeed
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February 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Last night at Cal, just before Heather Cox Richardson's stunning lecture and conversation
February 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Last night at Cal, just before Heather Cox Richardson's stunning lecture and conversation
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Let us speak of this & help
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Let us speak of this & help
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
@robertmacfarland.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Fire risk vs. proposed small apartment building in Moraga, and more..
L.A. fires fuel opposition to new Bay Area housing development
Wildfires are reshaping local housing fights in California, putting building requirements in conflict with residents worried about new homes in risky areas.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Fire risk vs. proposed small apartment building in Moraga, and more..
Totally agree. It’s gotta be coming.
I know you will think me naive, but I still have hope that there will eventually be a “Have you no shame?” moment
January 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Could not shake this guy
January 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Could not shake this guy
IM Michael Longley
Michael Longley: Tributes paid to 'a Prince of the English language who transcended the narrow categories of ‘Irish’ and ‘British’ after his death
Queen’s University Belfast has said it is ‘saddened to hear of the passing of one of Ireland's great poets and Honorary graduate Michael Longley CBE’.
www.newsletter.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
IM Michael Longley