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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 19m

One of my fave songs!

Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 10h

Personally I think Sisyphus and the boulder should get to switch places every once in a while. As a morale booster

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 7d

Saturday mood:

Woman with long hair looking excited as she says “I wanna do nothing for a whole day!” A guy watching her make this declaration notes “You’re already doing that.”

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 13h

Standing in solidarity with colleagues at the CDC who were fired as part of yet another RIF wave.
We are all less safe without their expertise and dedication.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1d

Every hope is lifesaving—still. So although support has massively slowed down for these six families—despite ongoing famine, all their homes destroyed, impending cold, a baby due soon (‼️)—we’ll still be here every hour or two.

23 hours left ⚠️ 7/879: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine rivers with the same rights as corporations?

“When it all comes down to it, the river is my grandfather," said CRIT Councilman Tommy Drennan. "I am made of this river."

#AZWater #coloradoriver

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Colorado River Indian Tribes may grant personhood rights to 'living' river

The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon give their eponymous river personhood status, following moves by other tribes and Indigenous peoples.

www.azcentral.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Traveling halfway across the world & packing into a room for a conference panel on the theme of resisting eugenics.

But not wearing a respirator during a surge in the ongoing pandemic.

What a fun way to show how the research & scholars you’re there to ostensibly listen to mean jack shit to you.

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 1d

I know the LPSC community has been so close knit for so many years. If you take your cohort to a different meeting you can help create and continue that sense of community.

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 1d

Planetary scientists - we have a continual lament that goes like, waaah we have too many meetings how can we work and put in so many abstracts! Here's a solution! Choose a different meeting!

Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

It's really disheartening to try to talk to colleagues about boycotting a conference that removed all its records of abstracts pertaining to DEI, only for the response to largely be "I don't want to go, but..." But what??? Each of us has agency! You can choose not to go!

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

an unnamed man in a hot dog costume tries to pretend he is not the one who has crashed a hot dog-shaped car, saying "we're all trying to find the guy who did this"

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

Vin Diesel at the end of Furious 7 (the seventh Fast and Furious movie) looking out the window of the Dodge Charger he's driving. He is labeled "LPI putting together an “alternative careers” panel." Kermit the Frog looks back at him from behind the window of his own car, making a frustrated face. He is labeled "Me" (as in the post author).

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

The second round of high school exams is ongoing, and Spark Space is staying open to provide a critical spot for students to safely take them! They need our help to keep providing internet and electricity to their community in need, so please share and donate if you can! chuffed.org/project/spar...

🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!

In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken in...

chuffed.org

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

LOL my reaction as well

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 1d

NOVEMBER 8: Join Dean Spade for "STICKING TOGETHER IN ROUGH TIMES," where participants will learn how to identify some common patterns of emotional activation and conflict that emerge in organizing, as well as tools for how to work through them. Register: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/sti...

Sticking Together in Tough Times — Workshops 4 Gaza

Step 1: Donate to Wesam Water Project here (suggested $40) Step 2: Register for “Sticking Together in Tough Times” here We are all feeling the stresses of state repression, worsening li...

www.workshops4gaza.com

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 1d

With another fragile ceasefire hanging over us, we need to be working MORE not LESS to support Palestinians on the ground. Thread of upcoming workshops, 100% of proceeds go to Palestinians in Gaza 🧵

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

As the saying goes:

A little cat coming from around a corner, with their front left paw outstretched to take a step. The text above the cat reads: small steppy is better than no steppy

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

"Adeene, is it okay if I do nothing to take action or help those taking action, but I feel guilty about it?" Please listen to yourself when you talk!! No it's not!! You can start small, but you gotta start.

Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

So, to those who tell me "I don't want to go, but..." and then go anyway - I understand that you want me to absolve you of your choice, but I don't!! Sorry! It is not my job to find your backbone.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

If you go, you better be loud. You better call attention who's not there, and who can't be there, and why. That is the LEAST you can do.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

So, to those who tell me "I don't want to go, but..." and then go anyway - I understand that you want me to absolve you of your choice, but I don't!! Sorry! It is not my job to find your backbone.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

"Going to LPSC" is not an inevitability, and treating it like some kind of cost incurred for participation in the field at large is absurd to me! We can change that, and it would not be hard to do. And to go, but go guiltily, and tell me how bad you'll feel for going, doesn't help anyone.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

It makes me so sad to talk to people I like and respect only to have them say that they're not interested in the inconvenience incurred by trying to build solidarity and stand with the people in the field who need our support the most.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

LPSC is already in a state that's unsafe for large portions of the community, and now the conference itself is erasing traces of marginalized groups and efforts to make the field better. We could let them know how much we dislike those choices! We could demand our scientific organizations help us!

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 1d

It's really disheartening to try to talk to colleagues about boycotting a conference that removed all its records of abstracts pertaining to DEI, only for the response to largely be "I don't want to go, but..." But what??? Each of us has agency! You can choose not to go!

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1d

10 hours left 🚨 Please refocus—support STOPPED. These six families & a camp STILL desperately need urgent help.

The immediately need is food & supplies—and soon, transportation, costs of rebuilding, and more in the next, uncertain days.

Click “weekly” if you can! 81/640:

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

chuffed.org

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