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Currently listening to economists and social psychologists discover sociology from 75 years ago (with all its faults). This is the indignity every sociologist lives every day.

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Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · 23d

Obsolete performance artist

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24d

U.S. policy changes mean Canadian children with cancer are losing access to clinical trials #Canada
As U.S. ends funding for brain tumour research group, Canadian doctors worry about impact on young patients

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

U.S. policy changes mean Canadian children with cancer are losing access to clinical trials | CBC News

Canadian researchers say they've had to stop offering kids with cancer places in some clinical trials because of funding and policy changes in the United States.

www.cbc.ca

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 24d

Forged signatures. Flawed assessments. Night bulldozing.

Mongabay’s investigation in Nepal exposed a hydropower project 90x bigger than reported—threatening red pandas, snow leopards & Indigenous yak herders.

Independent journalism matters. 🌍 Support our work: www.mongabay.org/donate.

Report drives scrutiny of planned hydropower project in Nepal opposed by Indigenous communities, wins award

Tucked between mountains sacred to Indigenous peoples in eastern Nepal, a conflict has been brewing between a hydropower company and yak herders. In August 2024, Mongabay published an investigation…

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 25d

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.

barharborstory.substack.com

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Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 19

People who can’t define gender are policing those who can.

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Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 17

A toxic pipeline designed to send NY taxpayer dollars to Tulsa.

Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 17

Rather than trying to reproduce species we have already driven to extinction, we might put our efforts into preventing the extinction of existing species that we have driven to the brink.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 14

Billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk owns X.

Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.

With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison.

Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.

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Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 14

The Mets, the US, and the biosphere competing for fastest collapse.

Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 13

Don’t undersell Rupert Murdoch

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 12

Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.

Insect populations drop even without direct human interference, a new study finds

Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.

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Ben Johnson @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social · Sep 11

5- alarm fire for academic freedom in Texas, should be of concern to all. The kinds of attacks on teachers and restrictions on content matter (esp. race and gender) we see in K-12 are invading universities. This week 2 faculty, a chair, and a dean were fired. /1

www.oah.org/2025/02/05/o...

OAH | OAH Issues Statement on Executive Order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling”OAH | OAH Issues Statement on Executive Order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling”

www.oah.org

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Don Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas) @drdonhaas.bsky.social · Sep 12

Part of the problem starts before college. Most legislators across the country had their last formal exposure to Earth science education in the 8th grade. We need to fix that. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... See this piece from @kendrawrites.com (With some quotes from me)

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Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

If it were remotely true we’d have serious gun control laws.

Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oklahoma City

Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

His late 70s work and performances were awesome.

Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

We got you

Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 9

Bearing false witness is his jam

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