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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️

@cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social

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PhD student in Environmental Sociology, Pacific Northwest, but born and raised in the DMV, badass trans woman, kid of an immigrant, hater of bigots, etc etc Will sportspost on occasion

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · Nov 22

Finally an introduction post for this account! I'm a trans woman named Cassie, who is currently getting her PhD in Sociology! I do research in environmental sociology (focusing mainly on climate change and conservatism), but I'm also interested in topics like LGBT+ and indigenous issues!

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Profit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 5h

~40% of the ENTIRE corn crop of the US is used to make ethanol. This gets blended with gasoline to power well under 10% of our vehicle miles. If we converted 100% of our vehicles to EVs installing solar on a small fraction of the land this corn is grown on would power them all.

US domestic corn use graph from 1980 to 2020. The orange bar representing "Alcohol for fuel use" (aka ethanol) starts growing in early 2000s, explodes before 2010 and stays huge through the graphs 2022 end. This explains most of the increased corn production in the US.

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 3h

MIT’s response to The Compact invitation

The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core beliefs. That scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2h

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

theonion.com

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 2d

If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 2d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 2d

Trump is taking money from universities that enroll large numbers of Latino students and funneling it to high-profile HBCUs. It’s a cynical ploy designed to divide marginalized communities. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/YjYbSmg

Competing for Crumbs

While adding funding for historically Black colleges and universities, Trump’s Education Department is simultaneously cutting funding to colleges that primarily serve minorities.

trib.al

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 1d

For me I struggle with that just because it tends to happen at such a deep level for me. Like, I can’t explain why folk artist A’s vocals connect to the deepest parts of my soul while folk artist B’s vocals sound boring to me. If I can’t explain it to myself it’s even harder to explain it to others

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Juni! 🥰 @literallyjustadog.online · 2d

if ur like me and feeling like shit cause u can't be on the front lines of the protests for any number of reasons (work/income, health, safety, distance)
just remember

queer joy is a protest
loving your neighbor is action
participating in community strengthens us

shit sucks, but we will win

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 2d

Saw a quote from an anonymous G5 coach about how their school and UNC kept running into each other on the recruiting trail and that this was how said coach knew UNC would suck this season because no competitive P4 school would be going after so many of the same guys. So, not promising on recruiting

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Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans just removed Miami Beach's famous pride crosswalks. They could have painted them, but instead used bulldozers to destroy the bricks. Pride crosswalks are a tiny, symbolic gesture. But they are still important symbols of the political climate.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 2d

The Constitutional crisis you've been waiting for is here.

The right moment to speak up—that moment of clarity you've been waiting for—that's here too.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 2d

In a just world this would lead to the end of the academic and medical careers of everyone involved who had even an inkling of knowledge about the methodology, and probably even the ones who didn’t. This is a horrific breach of academic standards even before you get to everyday fucking morals

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 2d

Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 2d

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

Oslo universitetssykehus felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner

Forskere ved Oslo universitetssykehus har forsket på transpersoner uten godkjenning. Nå er de felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

www.forskning.no

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like ASA could fit in the first or the third slot lol

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 2d

U of Chicago-style ethnographer, environmental sociologist, and gender theorist

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 2d

I would be down for some “I’m the video game girl! I’m the one who wins!” merch though

Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t often tend to feel the same way about music as he does but he’s always generally seemed like a solid enough figure in the community. Certainly infinitely better than the garbage you’d get out of Pitchfork

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

You can't fix offsets, because they're not really broken

They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities

As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist

Good paper! -->>>

Are Carbon Offsets Fixable?

This article provides a systematic review of the literature on carbon offsets. A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their p...

www.annualreviews.org

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 3d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Cassie 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiopeiacrow.bsky.social · 4d

Damn I picked a good time to get into a country artist for the very first time

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