An aerial view of Shasta Dam. A federal project to enlarge the dam seems to be gaining momentum. Photo by Sara Nevis, California Department of Water Resources Headline: Why a contentious project to raise California’s Shasta Dam could move forward under Trump

Since President Trump took office for his second term, the federal government has not mounted any public effort to raise the Shasta Dam. But Trump has taken several steps in that direction, including signing executive orders... buff.ly/ImMniB4

📸 Sara Nevis

I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:

I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic

Billionaires like Trump and Musk don’t have a clue what it means for working families when it becomes too expensive to buy your kid a birthday present.

I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.

Polished petrified wood is my inclination

Meowdy do ya filthy animals.

I have waited my whole life, for this moment....