Lydia Jennings, PhD
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social
Pascua Yaqui soil scientist, runner, science communicator, Indigenous data warrior & assistant professor. 🌵baby in NE😅
Learn more about me: https://nativesoilnerd.com
See: Run to Be Visible, my 50 mile honor run: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLTUUPugIc
Learn more about me: https://nativesoilnerd.com
See: Run to Be Visible, my 50 mile honor run: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLTUUPugIc
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Finding research funding can be tough—AGU made easier.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Finding research funding can be tough—AGU made easier.
AGU Grant Finder, a powerful resource that suggests funding options based on your research profile or lets you search by keyword/funder, exclusively for AGU Members. Join today: agu.org/membership
👉 buff.ly/nISSCx0
AGU Grant Finder, a powerful resource that suggests funding options based on your research profile or lets you search by keyword/funder, exclusively for AGU Members. Join today: agu.org/membership
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⚡The GBIF Indigenous Data Governance task group led by
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
⚡The GBIF Indigenous Data Governance task group led by
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty.
Contribute to the survey! 🔗
gbif.link/Indigenous-d...
@localcontexts.bsky.social
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US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month.
We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month.
We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
🔌💡
We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
The data center boom in the desert
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state.
www.technologyreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
So wonderful to be back in my homelands of the Sonoran Desert 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
So wonderful to be back in my homelands of the Sonoran Desert 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
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Shout out to Regina Barber and Short Wave for doing this episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
SNAP Delays: The Science Of Hunger And Food Insecurity
Podcast Episode · Short Wave · 11/24/2025 · 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Shout out to Regina Barber and Short Wave for doing this episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling.
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
Rep. Stansbury: The GOP is trying to strip Tribal communities of their rights
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling.
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
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Today the Department of the Interior announced they will hold the six offshore lease sales across off of California. I wrote about Reagan’s Interior Secretary James Watt opening up 80 million acres of offshore waters to oil and gas about a year ago. The last offshore lease in California was 1984.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Today the Department of the Interior announced they will hold the six offshore lease sales across off of California. I wrote about Reagan’s Interior Secretary James Watt opening up 80 million acres of offshore waters to oil and gas about a year ago. The last offshore lease in California was 1984.
Any recommendations on academic literature or sources for better understanding the energy and water tradeoffs for data storage vs agriculture?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Any recommendations on academic literature or sources for better understanding the energy and water tradeoffs for data storage vs agriculture?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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It's live! Impacts of Deep-sea Mining on Migratory Species: Review and Knowledge Gaps.
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
25.2.3 Deep-Sea Mining | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
www.cms.int
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's live! Impacts of Deep-sea Mining on Migratory Species: Review and Knowledge Gaps.
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
Good conversations with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) this morning on Indigenous data sovereignty in publishing-- a great warmup to the release of our CARE Publishing Guidelines in December. Delighted to join and learn with Dr. Janet Smylie and Dr. Catherine Chamberlain.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Good conversations with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) this morning on Indigenous data sovereignty in publishing-- a great warmup to the release of our CARE Publishing Guidelines in December. Delighted to join and learn with Dr. Janet Smylie and Dr. Catherine Chamberlain.
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Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including on the edge of the Amazon Basin.
Global Rush for Copper Hits the Amazon - Inside Climate News
Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including on the edge of the Amazon Basin.
insideclimatenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including on the edge of the Amazon Basin.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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They’ve always asked about communicable diseases on the visa forms, as well as financial status, but now consular officers can deny you a visa if they think you look fat? Or have diabetes or other common health conditions?
What’s next? Everyone required to have mar-a-lago facelifts?
What’s next? Everyone required to have mar-a-lago facelifts?
Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas
New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
They’ve always asked about communicable diseases on the visa forms, as well as financial status, but now consular officers can deny you a visa if they think you look fat? Or have diabetes or other common health conditions?
What’s next? Everyone required to have mar-a-lago facelifts?
What’s next? Everyone required to have mar-a-lago facelifts?
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The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
Epic cross country drive to get back home to the Southwest with my fur bestie!
So far we’ve made stops in Carsile PA (RIP); checked out eutrophication in West Virginia, and caught a gorgeous sunset somewhere in Indiana.
Always welcoming stop suggestions and podcast recommendations!
So far we’ve made stops in Carsile PA (RIP); checked out eutrophication in West Virginia, and caught a gorgeous sunset somewhere in Indiana.
Always welcoming stop suggestions and podcast recommendations!
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Epic cross country drive to get back home to the Southwest with my fur bestie!
So far we’ve made stops in Carsile PA (RIP); checked out eutrophication in West Virginia, and caught a gorgeous sunset somewhere in Indiana.
Always welcoming stop suggestions and podcast recommendations!
So far we’ve made stops in Carsile PA (RIP); checked out eutrophication in West Virginia, and caught a gorgeous sunset somewhere in Indiana.
Always welcoming stop suggestions and podcast recommendations!
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From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
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@alondra.bsky.social @kimtallbear.bsky.social @scbegonias.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social @ruha9.bsky.social groups like GIDA, USIDSN, SING warned the world about #opendataistheft but no one listened !!!! bsky.app/profile/jose...
Old 2007 paper w/ a wonderful line up Duster, Nelson, Reardon, TallBear, & Ossorio. Huge names in Minority & Indigenous Restorative Justice. Unfortunately the commercial landscape became more predatory, not less. Especially w/ the Public/Private partnership nonsense. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing
At least two dozen companies now market “genetic ancestry tests” to help consumers reconstruct their family histories and determine the geographic origins of their ancestors. More than 460,000 people ...
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@alondra.bsky.social @kimtallbear.bsky.social @scbegonias.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social @ruha9.bsky.social groups like GIDA, USIDSN, SING warned the world about #opendataistheft but no one listened !!!! bsky.app/profile/jose...
Dartmouth’s Earth Science Department is hiring in Geobiology and/or Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry!
New Assistant Professor Posting:
@dartmouthears.bsky.social @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and/or Geobiology
apply.interfolio.com/176517
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@dartmouthears.bsky.social @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and/or Geobiology
apply.interfolio.com/176517
🧪🌎
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Dartmouth’s Earth Science Department is hiring in Geobiology and/or Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry!
Cross country road trip coming up soon. What are podcast and audio book recommendations that will help me with this 2000+ mile adventure?
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cross country road trip coming up soon. What are podcast and audio book recommendations that will help me with this 2000+ mile adventure?
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Lydia Jennings, PhD, is a soil microbiologist and environmental scientist. Her research focuses on soil health, cleaning up mining waste, and restoring ecosystems.
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#WomenInScience #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Lydia Jennings, PhD
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#WomenInScience #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Lydia Jennings, PhD
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Lydia Jennings, PhD, is a soil microbiologist and environmental scientist. Her research focuses on soil health, cleaning up mining waste, and restoring ecosystems.
https://awis.org/historical-women/lydia-jennings-phd/
#WomenInScience #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Lydia Jennings, PhD
https://awis.org/historical-women/lydia-jennings-phd/
#WomenInScience #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Lydia Jennings, PhD
Our Indigenous Data Governance Task Force within @gbif.org, currently represents 8 Nation States. We had our first in person gathering at the #LivingData2025 Conference in Colombia 🇨🇴 this week, along with GBIF ED Joe Miller. We are leaving feeling more connected, inspired and motivated with ideas 💡
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Our Indigenous Data Governance Task Force within @gbif.org, currently represents 8 Nation States. We had our first in person gathering at the #LivingData2025 Conference in Colombia 🇨🇴 this week, along with GBIF ED Joe Miller. We are leaving feeling more connected, inspired and motivated with ideas 💡
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Sharing for conference organizers: I’ve been part of many Indigenous science sessions at the major science organizations— Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America, and now Living Data. I’m so appreciative to be part of these communities.
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sharing for conference organizers: I’ve been part of many Indigenous science sessions at the major science organizations— Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America, and now Living Data. I’m so appreciative to be part of these communities.
Overflowing room for our session on Indigenous data governance and the @localcontexts.bsky.social labeling tools. People are eager to learn tools to support Indigenous communities governance of their data #LivingData2025
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Overflowing room for our session on Indigenous data governance and the @localcontexts.bsky.social labeling tools. People are eager to learn tools to support Indigenous communities governance of their data #LivingData2025