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Trying to force yourself into something you’re not is a waste of the person you actually are. 💜

Yup’ik masks are expressive shamanic ritual masks made by the Yup’ik people of southwestern Alaska, and one of the most popular forms of native Alaskan art.

Yup’ik people, Complex Mask, ca. 1890–1905
Yup’ik Wolf Spirit Mask 1850-75

"When you combine that with America's appetite for unaerodynamic pickups, the result is enormous battery packs. An extended-range F-150 Lightning needs 131 kWh to hit 300 miles, and the Hummer EV increases that to 212 kWh—enough to build more than six electric Mini batteries."

FFS!

arstechnica.com/cars/2023/01/t

This week a young female #MexicanGrayWolf ran into northern New Mexico, passed over the arbitrary Interstate 40 boundary, and is continuing on her way toward Colorado, breaking records for the recovery program’s geographic extent and giving conservation groups a reason to celebrate. #GoAsha!

ladailypost.com/conservationis

Round and Round
(photo by International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Chu/J. Pollard)

#RunFreeAsha

Mexican wolves like this one need to be allowed to roam wherever they choose. We're rooting on her progress into northern New Mexico and beyond the arbitrarily imposed recovery zone.
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westernwatersheds.org/2023/01/

Some progress on the astronomy part of the problem. Nothing yet on orbits potentially becoming unusable.
noirlab.edu/public/announcemen

Wear a mask in crowded spaces. Social distance when possible. Advocate for remote work if you can. Is being mask-less in a crowded place really worth your life? Covid appears to be here to stay until all of us realize the risk and make constant effort to stop it.

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Click bait sucks, but 2023 click bait aimed at '90s aviation conspiracy nerds grudgingly gets a golf clap.

“The whole process of this rule is to devalue #PublicLand,” Grijalva said. “You’re basically handing [land] over to the industries, whichever they might be … and all the protections that are in place under federal law, in terms of siting those and getting permission for those [lands] disappears, and that changes the complexion of it completely.”

#HereWeGo

thehill.com/policy/energy-envi

From our own #Colorado Director Michael Saul, "We in Colorado now have the opportunity, in wolf restoration, to begin reversing an ecological mistake of historic proportions. It’s time to tell our Wildlife Commission to tighten up CPW’s draft plan, eliminate scientifically unjustifiable loopholes for wolf killing and make that promise into a reality."

#Wolves #Biodiversity #Restoration #Conservation

dailycamera.com/2023/01/01/gue

WWP was at this hearing and can attest that this news release from #LithiumNevada is complete spin. #ThackerPass will be protected. You can't mine your way out of a climate crisis. #PeeheeMuhuh finance.yahoo.com/news/lithium

Since it's I'd like to highlight the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus). With a wingspan of up to ten feet and excellent vision, one of the places it can be found is Cerro Pachón, Chile - home to other large things with excellent vision.
(Andean Condor photo by The Rainforest Alliance)
(Cerro Pachón photo by International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Rutten)

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