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Dr. Shaina Sadai

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Climate scientist and critical physical geographer. Works on climate and sea level projections, corporate accountability, climate litigation, and climate justice. Queer, disabled, vegan🌱🌈 She/her Views expressed here are mine

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Dr. Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social · Mar 18

🚨New paper🚨
We attribute present day air temperature and sea level rise, as well as future projected sea level rise to the Carbon Majors, the 122 largest industrial fossil fuel and cement producers…more details below! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1/n
🧪 #scicomm #ClimateSky #ClimateChange

Global mean temperature rise (left) and global mean sea level rise (right) compared across the control scenario (which has full historical emissions forcing) and the three counterfactuals where emissions from the Carbon Majors are removed. All counterfactual scenarios have lower temperature and sea level at present day. The 1854 and 1950 scenarios are similar and have the lowest present day temperature and sea level. Image via Sadai et al., 2025

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Erika Anderson @andersonmineral.bsky.social · 4d

It’s Geodiversity Day & Mineral Monday!! So I wanted to show you a rare mineral called carletonite, which is usually bright blue but seen here with a pink zonation. It was discovered here in Canada, at the mineral species rich Mont Saint-Hilaire. #GeodiversityDay #MineralMonday #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪

Specimen of carletonite with prisms of blue and pink all around. There is one large square crystal with a small blue square in the middle with pink on the outside on the upper right side of the specimen. It sits on a black background. At the Canadian Museum of Nature.

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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 11d

also got the story in spanish:

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/cuan...

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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 11d

as new hurricanes swirl in the atlantic (the caribbean is likely to be hit), let's not forget a storm that changed everything last year: hurricane helene.

i wrote about the anniversary for @climateconnections.bsky.social w/ a lens on immigrants

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/when...

When Helene hit, they lost their homes. Under Trump, they could lose even more. » Yale Climate Connections

One year after massive flooding hit western North Carolina, immigrant families are rebuilding with little more than grit, neighbors, and community organizing – under an increasingly hostile government...

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 13d

This person is quoted in Museum of Degenerates in the backgrounder to this drawing:

שקמה ברסלר Shikma Bressler
@ShikmaBressler
Benjamin Netanyahu does not represent me and the vast majority of Israelis.
11:52 AM · Sep 26, 2025
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https://x.com/ShikmaBressler/status/1971603892879364239

Incomplete/error-riddled paste from Preview:
Jenin
July 7, 2023
In early 2023, mass demonstrations erupted in Israel to
protest the efforts of Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coali-
tion of authoritarians, religious extremists, and avowed
terrorists to push Israel further into tyranny through
"judicial reform." Despite the protest movement's unity-
ing demands for democracv, its leadership consistentl
sidelined the small but growing anti-apartheid bloc, on
at least one occasion prohibiting it from participating in
the main demonstrations. Brandishing Israeli flags as
a symbol of patriotism against Netanyahu's assault on
Israeli
Givi
society, demonstrators repeatedly scuffled
with their anti-apartheid peers waving Palestinian flags.
The demonstrations continued throughout the yea
even as Israel escalated the dally terrors of its Illegal oc
cupation of the West bank into open wartare. In early
July, Israel launched its most expansive airstrikes on the
West Bank in two decades, sending at least 1,000 troops
into the Jenin refugee camp, killing twelve Palestinians,
wounding dozens. and at least temporarilv disDlacing
thousands in scenes that evoked visual echoes of the
Nakba. The contradictions of a movement that stood
for democracy while participating in apartheid were re-
inforced on July 3, in the midst of the assault on Jenin,
when protest leader Shikma Bressler declared that Israel
must preserve democracy in order to protect "the heroes
who are now waging war in Jenn from exposure to pros
ecution in The Hague.
This drawing, with its mass of refugees moving away
trom the reader toward no clear destination. encansulates
much of the art that precedes it. Mirroring motits of dis-
dlacement. it relterates not onlv the themes of democracv's
struggle against authoritarianism but also the ongoing
crises of ethnic cleansing, demagoguery, and the target-
ing of vulnerable communities throughout the world. The
note is ambiguous: we don't know where this is heading.
hut in the abs…

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 13d

All latitude bands were warmer than average over the last 3 months. This was particularly notable across the Antarctic around the South Pole (austral winter).

Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, where latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data using their 1951-1980 baseline

Bar graph showing zonal mean surface air temperature anomalies for the period of June-July-August 2025. All latitude bands observed above average temperature anomalies.

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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 13d

ISS astronaut Jonny Kim just shared this snap of Humberto's eye today. You can actually see the seafoam taper off between the eyewall and the eye. Amazing stuff.

Looking down Humberto's eye from the side, you can see white seafoam on the ocean surface beneath the eyewall, fading to relative calmness within the eye itself.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 16d

Good to see. Let's hope they actually reinstate this professor.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 16d

The 2025 Faculty in the South Survey asked if faculty had syllabi or curriculum choices questioned by their school. Almost 20% in Georgia said yes. That is hardly a ringing endorsement of the university system's proclaimed commitment to academic freedom. www.ajc.com/education/20...

Georgia faculty survey fairly captured concerns about academic freedom

Matthew Boedy, an associate professor at the University of North Georgia, responds to criticism of a survey of university professors in the South.

www.ajc.com

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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 16d

With the missing alt text

The court concludes that Hook spoke as a citizen and his speech was on a matter of public concern. While at home and off work, Hook made the first post on his private Facebook page. Docket 42; see Docket 4-2. Defendants note that Hook's Facebook page identified himself as a professor at the University of South Dakota, Docket 9 at 2-3, but this alone does not show that a post made on his personal Facebook account is speech that arises from Hook's duties as a professor. See McGee, 471 F.3d at 921. Hook's first post also constitutes speech on a matter of public concern. Hook's first post discussed the murder of a public figure-Charlie Kirk-and went on to question the difference in reactions between the murder of Kirk and other recent public murders and shootings. See Docket 4-2 (comparing the public reaction to Kirk's murder to the public reactions to the murders of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, the attempted murders of Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, and the shootings at Evergreen High School in Colorado). This is speech that can "be fairly considered as relating to any matter of political,
social, or other concern to the community." Lane, 573 U.S. at 241. At the TRO

CONCLUSION

Based on the above, it is ORDERED:

1. Hook's motion for temporary restraining order (Docket 3) is granted. Defendants are required to temporarily set aside their determination to place Hook on administrative leave. Defendants shall reinstate Hook's position as a Professor of Art at the University of South Dakota, retroactive to September 12, 2025, to remain effective until the preliminary injunction hearing on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in Sioux Falls Courtroom 2.

2. Defendants are not restrained from holding a personal conference with Hook on September 29, 2025.

3. This temporary restraining order shall remain in effect until October 8, 2025.

Dated September 24, 2025.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Karen E. Schreier

KAREN E. SCHREIER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16d

"Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece."

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Spain's PM says he will send warship to protect Gaza aid flotilla

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece.

www.reuters.com

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Dr. Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social · 16d

"not the first time Israeli forces attacked a family that has been recently evacuated...A couple of days ago, a tent was struck, killing a family.

Despite these endless evacuation orders from Israeli forces telling Palestinians to leave Gaza City...they are still being targeted wherever they go"

Dr. Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social · 16d

"There has been relentless bombardment across the Gaza Strip and Israeli tanks are advancing in Gaza City. The situation is beyond anyone’s imagination, beyond what Palestinians can tolerate. And that is why we are seeing Palestinians on the move."

-Hind Khoudary

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Updates: Israel kills 85 Palestinians in Gaza strikes

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Wednesday, September 24.

www.aljazeera.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Nov 9

"You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage."

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Nov 9

Regular reminder that the literal 1st full conversation in ALIEN is a contract negotiation, & that everything that goes wrong throughout those movies happens because the Weyland-Yutani Corporation programmed all of its "AI" systems to put any possibility of profit over & above the lives of the crew.

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Dr. Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social · 17d

"The repeated raids on Birzeit, like the destruction of universities in Gaza, are calculated attempts to crush academic freedom, break the spirit of our students and faculty, and erase the foundations of Palestinian intellectual and cultural life."

Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 17d

Scholasticide is happening not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank:
right2edu.birzeit.edu/birzeit-univ...

Birzeit University Under Attack: Fifth Invasion Amid Ongoing Genocide and Scholasticide

At midnight of September 22, 2025, Israeli occupation forces once again stormed Birzeit University. Israeli Soldiers violently assaulted campus guards before raiding several university buildings, i…

right2edu.birzeit.edu

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 17d

Just a video of Alaa finally freed and at home with loved ones

I so needed this

www.instagram.com/reel/DO78R4c...

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 18d

Now’s a great time to pick up Alaa’s book, folks. It is perfectly titled: you have not yet been defeated

Alaa was not defeated!

YOU HAVE
NOT YET BEEN
DEFEATED
ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 17d

Chilling dispatch from Mario Guevara, the journalist trapped in ICE detention for...doing his job.

Journalist Mario Guevara Speaks - Letter from ICE DETENTION FACILITY — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

The only journalist detained by ICE on US soil, sends a letter to The Bitter Southerner.

bittersoutherner.com

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 17d

anyway here’s @vivmccall.bsky.social with some extremely good and extremely fucking sobering reporting on the recent surge in random hate crimes directed at trans women in Seattle. Please be careful, everyone. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Seattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups of Men

Earlier this month, three trans women were beaten by a group of young men in Seattle's gay neighborhood. According to the county prosecutor's office, there's been at least four more group beatings sin...

www.thestranger.com

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Dr. Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social · 17d

Truly wonderful news! Welcome home, Alaa!

Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 18d

علاء علي الاسفلت!!!!

Alaa is HOME and FREE!!!

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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 18d

My book, The Future That Was, is about the extraordinary rise of global research on women.

It also about the attacks on & starvation of gender research today by universities who leave only the shell intact, dismantling entire fields of knowledge built by women

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

press.princeton.edu

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 18d

Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson

Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

www.thecrimson.com

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Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · 18d

they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements

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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 18d

BREAKING: Construction on Revolution Wind will resume after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction today against the Trump administration

Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · Sep 5

"There’s no basis in the law to stop construction on a project that has been fully permitted" @theclf.bsky.social's Kate Sinding Daly told me

Now the Trump admin's stop work order is facing legal challenges, from both the project developer & from RI & CT

www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump...

The Trump Administration’s Campaign Against Renewable Wind Reaches a New Phase

Environmental advocates say that stop work orders will raise consumer prices and risk energy shortages

www.sierraclub.org

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 19d

As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer:

1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors!

2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy

3) Language learning via Mango

💙📚 And:

Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · Jan 12

Want to read ethically by ditching Audible/Amazon, Spotify, &c? 💙📚

1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks

2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks

3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops

4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies

Queer Liberation Library

Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...

www.queerliberationlibrary.org

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Sep 7

In this short piece, I lean on embodied cog sci to argue that we should refuse & resist llms in education (pp. 53-58) unesdoc.unesco.org/in/documentV...

"the classroom is an environment where love, trust, empathy, care & humility are fostered & mutually cultivated through dialogical interactions"

But what iseducation? Embodied and enactive cognitive sciences remind us that knowledge is not something discrete that an individual possesses and passes down but an inherently dynamic and evolving endeavour that develops in the process of embodied, curious and engaged interaction through dialogue. The pinnacle of cognition, particularly ‘human knowing’, is inextricably interwoven with interactions we engage in

with each other and the physical, cultural and social world we inhabit, ‘so much so that individuals are not thinkable outside of their interactions and embeddedness in their (social) world’ (De Jaegher, 2019). Dialogic models of knowledge and education emphasize that interactions between a student and teacher and/or peer provide ‘scaffolding’ for how that child understands the world. The always in flux, active and continually transforming nature of human cognition necessitates that education be fundamentally an ongoing activity. Far from the reductionist view whereby ‘formal knowledge’ can be packaged and acquired from an LLM, the classroom is an environment where love, trust, empathy, care and humility are fostered and mutually cultivated through dialogical interactions

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