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amplifying WaSH Water Sanitation Hygiene SDG6 Water Security Waste Water Management & Reuse publications & posts in the tiny hope of advancing the flow of information from one to another Cambridge Massachusetts (+ Ground water Hydrology Heath issues)
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When I moved across the country to my PhD program, I visited the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and met some wonderful researchers that gave me a tour and talked with me about their work. I’m devastated to hear about the proposed dismantling. #SaveNCAR
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
When I moved across the country to my PhD program, I visited the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and met some wonderful researchers that gave me a tour and talked with me about their work. I’m devastated to hear about the proposed dismantling. #SaveNCAR
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They call it 'The Cloud' to make you think it floats.
In reality, it drinks.
By 2030, these 'clouds' will consume a trillion liters of water a year. Two-thirds of new data centers are being built in drought zones.
It's not atmospheric; it's parasitic. We are trading aquifers for autocompletes.
In reality, it drinks.
By 2030, these 'clouds' will consume a trillion liters of water a year. Two-thirds of new data centers are being built in drought zones.
It's not atmospheric; it's parasitic. We are trading aquifers for autocompletes.
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
They call it 'The Cloud' to make you think it floats.
In reality, it drinks.
By 2030, these 'clouds' will consume a trillion liters of water a year. Two-thirds of new data centers are being built in drought zones.
It's not atmospheric; it's parasitic. We are trading aquifers for autocompletes.
In reality, it drinks.
By 2030, these 'clouds' will consume a trillion liters of water a year. Two-thirds of new data centers are being built in drought zones.
It's not atmospheric; it's parasitic. We are trading aquifers for autocompletes.
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🧵ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
🧵ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
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Ten years on, taking a look back at my book Water is For Fighting Over. What did I get right? Wrong? With my excellent colleague Rin Tara: www.buzzsprout.com/2465964/epis...
7: Is Water for Fighting Over? - Water Matters!
Guest: John FleckA decade ago, the Utton Center's Writer in Residence John Fleck published his book Water is For Fighting Over and Other Myths About Water in the West, an exploration of water governan...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Ten years on, taking a look back at my book Water is For Fighting Over. What did I get right? Wrong? With my excellent colleague Rin Tara: www.buzzsprout.com/2465964/epis...
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Breaking News: Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as mayor, choosing a Democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years.
Eileen Higgins Wins Miami Runoff Election to Become City’s First Female Mayor
Eileen Higgins, a former Miami-Dade County commissioner, will also be the city’s first female mayor and the first non-Hispanic mayor since the 1990s.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Breaking News: Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as mayor, choosing a Democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years.
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I spoke with a current Interior Department staffer about Trump’s “day one” freeze on new wind permits. A judge found it “unlawful.”
They said, essentially, the damage’s already been done.
“It’s sad,” they told me, explaining how wind companies laid off staff and mothballed projects.
New from me:
They said, essentially, the damage’s already been done.
“It’s sad,” they told me, explaining how wind companies laid off staff and mothballed projects.
New from me:
Judge strikes down Trump’s order blocking wind farm approvals
A coalition of 18 attorneys general prevail in their lawsuit, saying Trump's freeze will raise their states' energy costs and jeopardize climate goals.
www.canarymedia.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I spoke with a current Interior Department staffer about Trump’s “day one” freeze on new wind permits. A judge found it “unlawful.”
They said, essentially, the damage’s already been done.
“It’s sad,” they told me, explaining how wind companies laid off staff and mothballed projects.
New from me:
They said, essentially, the damage’s already been done.
“It’s sad,” they told me, explaining how wind companies laid off staff and mothballed projects.
New from me:
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🗺️ This is for everyone who has a #government that does horrible things in their name, who voted for a campaign promise but got nothing or the opposite, who has been disappointed repeatedly, who feels unheard, or who never even got a chance to vote at all!
#Politics #Design #CC0 Madeindex.org
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March 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🗺️ This is for everyone who has a #government that does horrible things in their name, who voted for a campaign promise but got nothing or the opposite, who has been disappointed repeatedly, who feels unheard, or who never even got a chance to vote at all!
#Politics #Design #CC0 Madeindex.org
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#Politics #Design #CC0 Madeindex.org
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The biggest little scandal in Washington right now? How bad Kash Patel is at his job.
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now? How bad Kash Patel is at his job.
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‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows
British American Tobacco has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” for lobbying against tobacco control measures in Africa that are already in place in the UK.
A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from the company’s subsidiary in Zambia to the country’s government ministers, asks for plans to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship to be abandoned or delayed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
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madness & daycare workers feared for their lives… www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/d...
Immigration agents take day care worker from inside North Center facility
In a video circulating on social media, agents in vests can be seen dragging the woman out of the school building shortly after 7 a.m.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 AM
madness & daycare workers feared for their lives… www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/d...
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No food aid for the poor.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
No food aid for the poor.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
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Here's a tease:
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Here's a tease:
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
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Want an example of how we're going to lose the education race by eviscerating our universities?
I've been invited to help develop a course on Water and Civilization.
To be taught to 10,000 students.
In one university.
In China.
I've been invited to help develop a course on Water and Civilization.
To be taught to 10,000 students.
In one university.
In China.
October 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Want an example of how we're going to lose the education race by eviscerating our universities?
I've been invited to help develop a course on Water and Civilization.
To be taught to 10,000 students.
In one university.
In China.
I've been invited to help develop a course on Water and Civilization.
To be taught to 10,000 students.
In one university.
In China.
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There are literally no decent republicans
It’s still hard to grasp that there aren’t 4 GOP Reps (who will otherwise be forgotten forever after retiring & likely defeated next year anyway) aren’t interested in going down in history as all-time 🇺🇸 heroes by caucusing with the Dems & giving them the majority to impeach Trump & save the Republic
Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him
October 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
There are literally no decent republicans
Texas’ congressional delegation wants Trump to punish Mexico for missing key water deadline. #water #internationaborders #Mexico #Texas www.texastribune.org/2025/10/25/t...
Lawmakers to Trump: Punish Mexico for missing water deadline
The state’s citrus industry is at risk, farmers say, after Mexico failed to deliver water it owes Texas as part of a 1944 treaty.
www.texastribune.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Texas’ congressional delegation wants Trump to punish Mexico for missing key water deadline. #water #internationaborders #Mexico #Texas www.texastribune.org/2025/10/25/t...
Lawmakers to Trump: Punish Mexico for missing water deadline
The state’s citrus industry is at risk, farmers say, after Mexico failed to deliver water it owes Texas as part of a 1944 treaty.
www.texastribune.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Texas’ congressional delegation wants Trump to punish Mexico for missing key water deadline. #water #internationaborders #Mexico #Texas www.texastribune.org/2025/10/25/t...
An expert is warning that without "fast changes" the UK could run out of drinking water in the future. #UK #water #watershortage youtu.be/JAcqPJ1IJGY
Is Britain running out of water?
YouTube video by Sky News
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October 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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It has been said before, but it bears repeating: the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security aren’t bankrupting America. It’s tax-evading billionaires like Trump who are bleeding this country dry.
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It has been said before, but it bears repeating: the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security aren’t bankrupting America. It’s tax-evading billionaires like Trump who are bleeding this country dry.
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My god, he really is just flat out destroying the People's House
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My god, he really is just flat out destroying the People's House
Microbes for sustainable Wastewater Treatment:
Nature’s Cleanup Crew www.biology-journal.org/fulltext/v40...
Nature’s Cleanup Crew www.biology-journal.org/fulltext/v40...
www.biology-journal.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Microbes for sustainable Wastewater Treatment:
Nature’s Cleanup Crew www.biology-journal.org/fulltext/v40...
Nature’s Cleanup Crew www.biology-journal.org/fulltext/v40...
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Reem Hammad, 21, was at the graveside in Deir al-Balah as the bulldozers lowered bodies into the ground.
“It’s unbearable to watch,” she said. “I can’t imagine how it feels for a mother to stand here, unsure if one of these bodies is her son.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...
“It’s unbearable to watch,” she said. “I can’t imagine how it feels for a mother to stand here, unsure if one of these bodies is her son.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...
At a Mass Burial in Gaza, Palestinians Mourn the Unknown Dead
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Reem Hammad, 21, was at the graveside in Deir al-Balah as the bulldozers lowered bodies into the ground.
“It’s unbearable to watch,” she said. “I can’t imagine how it feels for a mother to stand here, unsure if one of these bodies is her son.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...
“It’s unbearable to watch,” she said. “I can’t imagine how it feels for a mother to stand here, unsure if one of these bodies is her son.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...
Effect of Preventive Interventions on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Schistosomiasis among Primary School Children in Osun State, Nigeria: A Quasi- Experimental Study - f120dd75-7f73-4a3b-9d99-fe103b14edc4.pdf assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-760...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Effect of Preventive Interventions on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Schistosomiasis among Primary School Children in Osun State, Nigeria: A Quasi- Experimental Study - f120dd75-7f73-4a3b-9d99-fe103b14edc4.pdf assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-760...
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"In Gaza, women are not asking for boardroom seats or missions to Mars. They are asking for bread. For water. For soap. For a sanitary pad. For their children to wake up in the morning. If our feminism cannot hold space for that who is it really for?" Nadine Quomsieh
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
A feminism that cannot name Gaza is not feminism | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"In Gaza, women are not asking for boardroom seats or missions to Mars. They are asking for bread. For water. For soap. For a sanitary pad. For their children to wake up in the morning. If our feminism cannot hold space for that who is it really for?" Nadine Quomsieh
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
UNC Water and Health Conference Collection - Collections bringing together a range of research articles and narrative pieces published in PLOS Water and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation from the annual UNC Water and Health Conferences. collections.plos.org/collection/u... @plos.org
UNC Water and Health Conference Collection
This collection reflects the ongoing partnership between the Water Institute at UNC and PLOS, bringing together a range of research articles and narrative pieces published in PLOS Water and PLOS Susta...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
UNC Water and Health Conference Collection - Collections bringing together a range of research articles and narrative pieces published in PLOS Water and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation from the annual UNC Water and Health Conferences. collections.plos.org/collection/u... @plos.org