Editor, photojournalist & award-winning podcast producer for nonprofit news outlet @Mongabay. Member of Society of Envi Journalists & Vermont Center for Photography
Erik Hoffner
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INBOX: I'm told that columnist Jim Shaw has been forced out of the Fargo Forum, North Dakota's biggest newspaper, after criticizing the Trump administration.
Two of his final columns are "Our local leaders oppose free and fair elections" and "Cramer, Hoeven and Fedorchak ignore the Constitution".
"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS
Ok step one is to make them look less delicious
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Jim Shaw writes a farewell to readers and about his 47 years in journalism.
Once upon a time if an American president explicitly declared he was considering committing war crimes, there'd be a controversy.
“Art is the only reason for civilization to exist.”
- Cixin Liu, To Hold Up the Sky @liu-cixin.bsky.social #art
Alex Ip 葉清霖
Awful Announcing
[Nonprofit news impact] After a @mongabay.com investigation exposed a loophole in regs on hunting of Maltese falcons & other #birds, authorities reacted
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment banned hunting in two key regions, the New Valley & Lake Nasser, key areas for migratory & resident birds 🦅
Jill Twiss
A study of 38,000 people across 75 countries found that feeling connected to nature consistently predicts higher well-being, hope and resilience – regardless of wealth or national culture.
theconversation.com/a-connection...
Thanks to @mongabay.com and Mike Gaworecki for covering our new paper — asking not just "is it too hot to survive?" but "is it too hot to live?" For a growing fraction of older adults around the globe, the answer is already yes.
news.mongabay.com/2026/03/glob...
@science.nature.org
Erik Hoffner
David Corn
Last #trailcam capture of winter, two weeks ago
These porcupines live under the house size boulder in the background, that a glacier left here during the ice age
Not as exciting as the *romp of otters* I just shared here but they are also important people of the woods…
Erik Hoffner
A recent issue of Natural History magazine has a feature on tropical katydids
Incredible creatures! Hard to decide which were the most amazing, but these lichen katydids are *next level*
