The fault lies with tax cuts for the rich and the systematic dismantling of public education by the Republican party. richardconniff.substack.com/p/another-na...
@richardconniff.bsky.socialRichard Conniff
@richardconniff.bsky.social
Author, magazine feature & NY Times essayist, about wildlife, public health, poetry, museums, & other topics. National Magazine Award. Guggenheim Fellowship. Latest book, "Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion" from MIT Press. .
@richardconniff.bsky.social@richardconniff.bsky.socialOh, canopies.
@richardconniff.bsky.socialThe fault lies with tax cuts for the rich and the systematic dismantling of public education by the Republican party. richardconniff.substack.com/p/another-na...
@richardconniff.bsky.socialFirst we pay with our wallets, & later with our lives. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-deadly...
@richardconniff.bsky.socialWhat do you mean by "solar panels on covers"?
@richardconniff.bsky.social@richardconniff.bsky.socialIn so many ways.
@richardconniff.bsky.social@richardconniff.bsky.socialOh, yeah, it's definitely energy from the sun that's undependable. Oil & Gas be so clean, cheap, & there when you need it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/b...
@richardconniff.bsky.socialAlso he thinks "pretend that I am running" will induce voters to take the bait-and-switch. Doesn't he see the polls?
@richardconniff.bsky.socialBecause what's another trillion dollars tacked onto the national debt?
@richardconniff.bsky.socialA president so pathetic he has to offer an illegal $5000 bribe to every US citizen of voting age, payable only if his party wins. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
@richardconniff.bsky.socialU.S. Government "aesthetically terrified" by a painting of "a picnic in a park with flowers and some lesbians." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/a...
@richardconniff.bsky.socialShutting down the oldest natural history museum in North America? It feels like Drexel University just decided to join Trump's war on science. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-na...
@richardconniff.bsky.social👍I highly recommend Libby, the ebook and audiobook app available from most public libraries.
@richardconniff.bsky.socialSo sorry to hear it. I thought Canada would know better. (The USA, not so much.)
@richardconniff.bsky.socialIf Drexel cannot maintain the current museum, how does it plan to raise $25 million to relocate and properly store the collection of 19 million specifimens?
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@richardconniff.bsky.socialYou have less than a month to visit one of North America's great nature museum.
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@richardconniff.bsky.socialMy Very Bad Day Being Quoted by Trump
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