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Clark Gray

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Professor of Geography and Environment, UNC-Chapel Hill https://clarkgray.web.unc.edu/

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · Dec 3

Advisee brunch at Carolina Coffee Shop!

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Jasmin Abdel Ghany @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · 1h

While the recent interim funding by the Gates Foundation for the DHS Program buys time for data collection of selected surveys and data availability, many countries don't benefit and the future of new surveys remains uncertain. Read the updated version of our preprint that got 1,000+ views now here:

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Dr Bev Gray @drbevgray.bsky.social · 3h

Many thanks to @caitlinmyers.bsky.social for sharing her brilliance with @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social listeners this week!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Abortion on the moon

Podcast Episode · Outlawed · 10/10/2025 · 51m

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · 7h

The real invasion

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · 19h

Folks, climate change is not "one of two major factors driving modern migration". Migration is not much more common than in the past, and trapping of migrants by climate is just as common as displacement:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 22h

Fareed Zakaria points to 2 major factors driving modern migration:

1. globalization & 2. climate change

Plus crises like those in Syria and Ukraine led to major movements, which he says have made migration such an important issue in Western countries in recent years

Migration Policy Institute @migrationpolicy.bsky.social · 23h

Delighted to have @fareedzakaria.bsky.social as keynote at our #immconf

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 21h

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

dailytarheel.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 22h

Migration Policy Institute @migrationpolicy.bsky.social · 23h

Delighted to have @fareedzakaria.bsky.social as keynote at our #immconf

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Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 1d

nothing like watching a presentation about ed tech tools to radicalize you against them

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NBER @nber.org · 1d

Studying whether changes in violent conflict and economic growth caused by warming could interact to degrade economic opportunities and trap African countries in poverty, from Joel Ferguson, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel, and Solomon M. Hsiang www.nber.org/papers/w34320

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 1d

At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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NBER @nber.org · 2d

Characterizing the potential and limits of using satellite imagery and machine learning technology to measure ground conditions, from Proctor, Carleton, Chong, Fransen, Greenhill, Katz, Murayama, Sherman, Tseng, Druckenmiller, and Hsiang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34315

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Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Lisa W. Fazio, Elizabeth Saunders , and 11 more Kim L. Scheppele, Lisa W. Fazio, Elizabeth Saunders, James Q. Wilson, Will Jennings, Gavin A. Schmidt, Simon Chapman, Juan Cole, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, David R. Miller, Scott A. Imberman, Brian Keegan, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Clark Gray

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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Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info · 2d

We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...

Statistics Adviser (Demography)

Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...

careers.spc.int

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 4d

At its peak, about 1 in 7 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa caused by HIV/AIDS. It is now one in 20. PEPFAR takes a lot of credit. Since the launch of PMI in 2005, death rates from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa are down by a third. This is the time to double down, not walk away.

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · 4d

Postdoc w/Miyuki Hino

Post-Doc Research Associate

This full-time position will contribute to projects on natural hazards and disasters.The primary projects will focus on extreme weather events and their impacts to communities in the Southeastern US. ...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 5d

The weedy #rhinopias (Rhinopias frondosa) is a holy grail species for any fish nerd, and I returned to shoot this guy several days in a row.

#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 6d

Every day is #UKFungusDay for me.

Caloboletus calopus - Bitter Beech Bolete

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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 6d

🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year!

"Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)."

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7d

The reality is that the US Department of Homeland Security has been openly seized by unapologetic white nationalists who freely indulge in neo-Nazi rhetoric and use their huge and growing paramilitary army to mount massive attacks on communities of color in the US in a campaign of racist oppression

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 8d

University of Texas leaping to the top of the rankings of higher ed institutions most eager to cozy up to the authoritarian, taking over the top spot from previous leader, Columbia University. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Rafiuddin (Rafi) Najam @rnajam.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting news. We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Public Policy. Focus areas: environmental policy, international development, or poverty.
Link:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025.
Don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Assistant Professor

This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 8d

New: UNC has paid nearly $1 million for PR support since last year, with some work focused on the university’s reputation.

The firm found stakeholders believed “Carolina has lost its ‘Way.’”

With @shelbyswanson.bsky.social & @jwatsonfisher.bsky.social: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

UNC has paid nearly $1M for PR help since 2024, in part to find its ‘Way’ again

“Over the last 10 years, there’s been a degradation of what UNC stands for,” said one interviewee who the consultant interviewed last fall.

www.newsobserver.com

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Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social · 8d

NC State University sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination. NC State alleges Monsanto marketed PCB mixtures to the building industry as being safe despite knowing they were toxic. (Via @koriedean.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced

NC State sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination

Poe Hall has been closed for nearly two years after the toxic chemicals were discovered.

www.newsobserver.com

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Nathan Harness @nathanharness.bsky.social · 9d

I found this rove beetle friend on the rainforest floor. They are so so fast, you can imaging me chasing it around with my camera just rolling around in the leaf litter. Just unbelievable colors. In person the rainbow iridescence is stunning. It’s hard to say much here beyond just wow.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 9d

There were several nice bursts last night. The first was around 930pm (what an early treat!). This is another bigger one about 125am. This timelapse covers about 5 minutes of time.

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 10d

Widespread disruptions to the delivery of lifesaving US foreign assistance including antiretrovirals and malaria medicines laid out in this:

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10d

Sharing. Because we need to know. Also because “John Brown Gun Club”.

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d

One fascinating new paper published in REHO shows that there is a positive relationship between daily temperature and incidence of domestic violence (using administrative data from Brazil)
link.springer.com/ar...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 11d

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

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