Jason Hafstad
@jhafstad.bsky.social
Ecologist and botanist from New Jersey. Biodiversity, species conservation, plants, moss, fungi, lichens, forests, wetlands, bees, dragonflies, moths, fireflies
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Our cartoonists are doing the job our journalists are afraid to.
March 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Our cartoonists are doing the job our journalists are afraid to.
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GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
January 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
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#Throwback to our original #BillNye collab 💅
Before he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and before he launched his show Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill Nye got his feet wet (literally and figuratively) by partnering with us to help teach the state about wetlands!
Before he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and before he launched his show Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill Nye got his feet wet (literally and figuratively) by partnering with us to help teach the state about wetlands!
January 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#Throwback to our original #BillNye collab 💅
Before he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and before he launched his show Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill Nye got his feet wet (literally and figuratively) by partnering with us to help teach the state about wetlands!
Before he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and before he launched his show Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill Nye got his feet wet (literally and figuratively) by partnering with us to help teach the state about wetlands!
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Big win! The Fish & Wildlife Service will expand Okefenokee Refuge by up to 22,000 acres, protecting it from a proposed titanium mine. Nearly 30,000 public comments showed how special Okefenokee is to people everywhere. Thank you to everyone who spoke up!
January 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Big win! The Fish & Wildlife Service will expand Okefenokee Refuge by up to 22,000 acres, protecting it from a proposed titanium mine. Nearly 30,000 public comments showed how special Okefenokee is to people everywhere. Thank you to everyone who spoke up!
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Here’s how CNN is covering Donald Trump’s threats against our allies:
December 24, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Here’s how CNN is covering Donald Trump’s threats against our allies:
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BREAKING NEWS: The Federal Highway Administration today announced a $25 million grant for North Carolina to build wildlife crossings that will help save critically endangered Red Wolves.
More info: biodiv.us/3BuLzjr
More info: biodiv.us/3BuLzjr
December 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The Federal Highway Administration today announced a $25 million grant for North Carolina to build wildlife crossings that will help save critically endangered Red Wolves.
More info: biodiv.us/3BuLzjr
More info: biodiv.us/3BuLzjr
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Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
December 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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New—86 days ago, 103 members of Congress sent a letter demanding independent investigation into IDF killing of 26-year-old American Ayşenur Eygi.
State Dept finally responded:
"We continue to urge the Gov't of Israel to complete a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation."
State Dept finally responded:
"We continue to urge the Gov't of Israel to complete a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation."
December 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM
New—86 days ago, 103 members of Congress sent a letter demanding independent investigation into IDF killing of 26-year-old American Ayşenur Eygi.
State Dept finally responded:
"We continue to urge the Gov't of Israel to complete a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation."
State Dept finally responded:
"We continue to urge the Gov't of Israel to complete a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation."
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Cory Booker took a smiling photo in his office with former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, wanted by the ICC for war crimes, in front of a picture of Frederick Douglass.
December 15, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Cory Booker took a smiling photo in his office with former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, wanted by the ICC for war crimes, in front of a picture of Frederick Douglass.
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Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!
December 15, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!
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The 88-mile short-line railroad would connect Utah’s largest oil field to the national rail network, sending tanker cars full of oil on a route that runs directly through some of Colorado’s most environmentally fragile and densely populated places.
Via @coloradonewsline.com
Via @coloradonewsline.com
How Utah’s oil train project and its Colorado opponents ended up at the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case that could determine the fate of a Utah oil train project opposed by Colorado communities — and possibly reshape a key federal environmen...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:05 PM
The 88-mile short-line railroad would connect Utah’s largest oil field to the national rail network, sending tanker cars full of oil on a route that runs directly through some of Colorado’s most environmentally fragile and densely populated places.
Via @coloradonewsline.com
Via @coloradonewsline.com
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Amid the backdrop that more than a dozen members of Trump's Cabinet are billionaires, a reminder that this is what happened to income inequality in this country once the tax rate for top earners was slashed after 1980. Trickle down does not work and top earners' priority is themselves.
December 8, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Amid the backdrop that more than a dozen members of Trump's Cabinet are billionaires, a reminder that this is what happened to income inequality in this country once the tax rate for top earners was slashed after 1980. Trickle down does not work and top earners' priority is themselves.
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The last mature håyun lågu tree, or Serianthes nelsonii, on the island of Guam has died.
The tree was badly hurt by the U.S. military’s clearing of limestone forest for a machine-gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz — then dealt a fatal blow by last year’s Typhoon Mawar.
The tree was badly hurt by the U.S. military’s clearing of limestone forest for a machine-gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz — then dealt a fatal blow by last year’s Typhoon Mawar.
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December 6, 2024 at 6:35 PM
The last mature håyun lågu tree, or Serianthes nelsonii, on the island of Guam has died.
The tree was badly hurt by the U.S. military’s clearing of limestone forest for a machine-gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz — then dealt a fatal blow by last year’s Typhoon Mawar.
The tree was badly hurt by the U.S. military’s clearing of limestone forest for a machine-gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz — then dealt a fatal blow by last year’s Typhoon Mawar.
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Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.
December 6, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.
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🚨BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, arrested civilians, and ordered staff and patients to evacuate on foot to the west of Gaza City, medical sources in northern Gaza tell Drop Site News.
December 6, 2024 at 6:09 AM
🚨BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, arrested civilians, and ordered staff and patients to evacuate on foot to the west of Gaza City, medical sources in northern Gaza tell Drop Site News.
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Our democracy was bought by a manbaby with a ketamine addiction.
December 6, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Our democracy was bought by a manbaby with a ketamine addiction.
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“Everything’s changing...The solution can’t be to drill more oil and pump more oil through the pipeline. It’s suicide.”
news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/the-hug...
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@oilandgaswatch.bsky.social
The huge new oil project in Alaska that is escaping national attention
Last year, environmentalists criticized the Biden Administration for approving a large oil drilling project on public land in the Alaskan Arctic called the Willow project. However, a similar petroleum...
news.oilandgaswatch.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:27 PM
“Everything’s changing...The solution can’t be to drill more oil and pump more oil through the pipeline. It’s suicide.”
news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/the-hug...
@oilandgaswatch.bsky.social
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The policy had been set to go into effect in at least three states. The company's reversal comes a day after the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot dead in New York.
www.democracynow.org/2024/12/5/he...
www.democracynow.org/2024/12/5/he...
Anthem Insurance Plans to Stop Paying for Anesthesia If Surgeries Run Past Time Limit
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has announced it will stop paying for patients’ anesthesia for the full length of surgeries if the procedure goes over an allotted t...
www.democracynow.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:33 PM
The policy had been set to go into effect in at least three states. The company's reversal comes a day after the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot dead in New York.
www.democracynow.org/2024/12/5/he...
www.democracynow.org/2024/12/5/he...
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Canadians United on Nature Protection, But Overlook Personal Impact
->The Energy Mix | #Nature | More info from EcoSearch
->The Energy Mix | #Nature | More info from EcoSearch
Canadians United on Nature Protection, But Overlook Personal Impact
Canadians widely recognize the importance of nature in supporting life and habitats, but fewer see its direct connection to their personal physical and mental well-being, a new survey reveals. It also finds that, similar to their views on climate change,...
www.theenergymix.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
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New research shows alarming levels of online illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam
->Traffic | #WildlifeTrade | More info from EcoSearch
->Traffic | #WildlifeTrade | More info from EcoSearch
New research shows alarming levels of online illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam
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December 4, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Response to Ramaswamy’s Tweet
To Mr. Ramaswamy and Mr. Musk,
The Altnps Coalition strongly opposes your celebration of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. 1/6
To Mr. Ramaswamy and Mr. Musk,
The Altnps Coalition strongly opposes your celebration of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. 1/6
December 3, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Response to Ramaswamy’s Tweet
To Mr. Ramaswamy and Mr. Musk,
The Altnps Coalition strongly opposes your celebration of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. 1/6
To Mr. Ramaswamy and Mr. Musk,
The Altnps Coalition strongly opposes your celebration of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. 1/6
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Florida panther deaths have surged this year. What can be done to save this endangered species?
->WPTV | #EndangeredSpecies #Biodiversity #Extinction | More info from EcoSearch
->WPTV | #EndangeredSpecies #Biodiversity #Extinction | More info from EcoSearch
Florida panther deaths have surged this year. What can be done to save this endangered species?
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Florida panther is the state's official animal, but 2024 has been a deadly year for the endangered species. So far, 30 panther deaths have been reported in the state, which is more than double...
www.wptv.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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Officials celebrate the near-eradication of invasive creature in Great Lakes: 'This is an unprecedented victory'
->The Cool Down | #GreatLake | More info from EcoSearch
->The Cool Down | #GreatLake | More info from EcoSearch
Officials celebrate the near-eradication of invasive creature in Great Lakes: 'This is an unprecedented victory'
Getting rid of an invasive species is not an easy feat — that's how they came to be called "invasive species" after all. In the Great Lakes, however, National Geographic reported officials are declaring victory over the invasive sea lamprey...
www.thecooldown.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here's how it fuels climate change
->Los Angeles Times | #Food #ClimateChange | More info from EcoSearch
->Los Angeles Times | #Food #ClimateChange | More info from EcoSearch
Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here's how it fuels climate change
Each day, an army of trucks delivers tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to Mexico City’s Central de Abasto, one of the world’s largest wholesale food markets. Most of the produce finds its way to people’s...
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:29 AM