Kendra Maas, PhD
@dnakendra.bsky.social
Queer scientist mom r nerd gardner she/her
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Do you live in the United States and enjoy drinking water? Ask your elected representatives to ensure your drinking water utility is climate resilient. There's a good chance the utility faces climate risks and they are not doing much about it.
ICYMI: our new paper on climate risk to US drinking water utilities. Climate impacts threaten water utilities across multiple hazards: fire, drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, & other hazards. But many long-term utility bonds don’t mention the risks: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Do you live in the United States and enjoy drinking water? Ask your elected representatives to ensure your drinking water utility is climate resilient. There's a good chance the utility faces climate risks and they are not doing much about it.
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Protection of groundwater is no longer a “must.” Rather, companies must give “consideration” to “avoiding or minimizing” radioactive contamination.
Trump cuts requirements for security at the #nuclear reactors, loosen protections for groundwater and environment, cuts back keeping records, raises amount of radiation a worker can be exposed to before an official accident investigation is triggered.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Protection of groundwater is no longer a “must.” Rather, companies must give “consideration” to “avoiding or minimizing” radioactive contamination.
Once in yellowstone i had a great grey owl fly (barely) over my head. I can not overstate how silent they fly. It was giant and silent and beautiful.
February 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Once in yellowstone i had a great grey owl fly (barely) over my head. I can not overstate how silent they fly. It was giant and silent and beautiful.
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This government is OURS.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This government is OURS.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
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Renee Good's widow shared this statement with us today. It's absolutely heart-wrenching. 💔
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Renee Good's widow shared this statement with us today. It's absolutely heart-wrenching. 💔
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NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
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I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
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This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
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Someone recently asked what wealth inequality and oligarchy has to do with fascism and why we should focus on regulating billionaires and balancing the wealth inequality and not fascism. So I’m going to create a thread explaining how wealth inequality helps drive the fascism. It’s connected. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Someone recently asked what wealth inequality and oligarchy has to do with fascism and why we should focus on regulating billionaires and balancing the wealth inequality and not fascism. So I’m going to create a thread explaining how wealth inequality helps drive the fascism. It’s connected. 🧵
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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NEW: Records also show DHS rushed Mobile Fortify out after abandoning its own facial-recognition oversight rules. Central privacy review was sidelined under orders from a Project 2025–linked former Heritage Foundation lawyer now serving as DHS chief privacy officer.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
February 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
NEW: Records also show DHS rushed Mobile Fortify out after abandoning its own facial-recognition oversight rules. Central privacy review was sidelined under orders from a Project 2025–linked former Heritage Foundation lawyer now serving as DHS chief privacy officer.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
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Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
I can not think of many more overtly self destructive moves for a university than "pivot to ai". This is the MOOC crazy but with zero humans teaching rather than very few.
Students aren’t putting themselves into massive debt so they can learn to use AI or be taught by it. Universities wake the fuck up.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I can not think of many more overtly self destructive moves for a university than "pivot to ai". This is the MOOC crazy but with zero humans teaching rather than very few.
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Students aren’t putting themselves into massive debt so they can learn to use AI or be taught by it. Universities wake the fuck up.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Students aren’t putting themselves into massive debt so they can learn to use AI or be taught by it. Universities wake the fuck up.
Yelling at electeds can move them. Keep yelling.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Yelling at electeds can move them. Keep yelling.
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NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
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Every American must watch Aliya Rahman’s testimony. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Every American must watch Aliya Rahman’s testimony. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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The Justice Department’s application-via-DM-slide posts on Saturday and call for loaning out attorneys from elsewhere on Monday adds context to Julie Le’s, uh, let's call them courtroom struggles on Tuesday
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Exhausted DOJ Lawyer to Federal Judge: “What Do You Want Me to Do? This Job Sucks”
The Trump administration cannot find enough lawyers who are willing and able to defend its fascism in court.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The Justice Department’s application-via-DM-slide posts on Saturday and call for loaning out attorneys from elsewhere on Monday adds context to Julie Le’s, uh, let's call them courtroom struggles on Tuesday
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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I included Rosa Lee in my No Selves to Defend Project - noselves2defend.wordpress.com - you can read about her in the zine.
No Selves to Defend
The Legacy of Criminalizing Self-Defense and Survival
noselves2defend.wordpress.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I included Rosa Lee in my No Selves to Defend Project - noselves2defend.wordpress.com - you can read about her in the zine.
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ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society.
"You can’t just measure the value of something in terms of 'whether or not it makes everything worse for everyone.' The world is much more complicated than that."
Please Don’t Say Mean Things about the AI That I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In
“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo - - — Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a s...
buff.ly
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM
There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society.