@joshuaebrown.bsky.social
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Did a Michigan Sea Grant training or program make a lasting impact? Did a staff member leave a positive impression? Did Michigan Sea Grant help advance your research or education goals? Let us know through this quick feedback survey! buff.ly/Cek9qmi (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Did a Michigan Sea Grant training or program make a lasting impact? Did a staff member leave a positive impression? Did Michigan Sea Grant help advance your research or education goals? Let us know through this quick feedback survey! buff.ly/Cek9qmi (1/2)
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Ever wonder how some billionaires can get away with paying such low tax rates compared to working class Americans? Here’s their secret playbook and what we can do about it.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ever wonder how some billionaires can get away with paying such low tax rates compared to working class Americans? Here’s their secret playbook and what we can do about it.
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Check out this Stanford Report article (http://bit.ly/4nHUiSf) to learn about California Sea Grant-funded researcher Matthew Savoca's efforts to track how microplastics move from land to sea and into marine animals 🐋
#caseagrant #microplastics #bluewhales #research
#caseagrant #microplastics #bluewhales #research
Tracking microplastics from sea to body
Stanford researchers are uncovering the journey of microplastics in our environment and their effects on human health, while developing practical solutions to mitigate their impact.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Check out this Stanford Report article (http://bit.ly/4nHUiSf) to learn about California Sea Grant-funded researcher Matthew Savoca's efforts to track how microplastics move from land to sea and into marine animals 🐋
#caseagrant #microplastics #bluewhales #research
#caseagrant #microplastics #bluewhales #research
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These paddlers understood the assignment: stay safe, look good doing it. 🛶💅
Congrats to our 2025 #PaddleSafe Photo Quest champs!
📸 Diana Jones — “Morning Boarding”
📸 George Peterson — “Protected Paddling on Saganaga Lake”
📸 Josh Kempf — “Nor Shor”
Stay buoyant out there, folks.
Congrats to our 2025 #PaddleSafe Photo Quest champs!
📸 Diana Jones — “Morning Boarding”
📸 George Peterson — “Protected Paddling on Saganaga Lake”
📸 Josh Kempf — “Nor Shor”
Stay buoyant out there, folks.
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
These paddlers understood the assignment: stay safe, look good doing it. 🛶💅
Congrats to our 2025 #PaddleSafe Photo Quest champs!
📸 Diana Jones — “Morning Boarding”
📸 George Peterson — “Protected Paddling on Saganaga Lake”
📸 Josh Kempf — “Nor Shor”
Stay buoyant out there, folks.
Congrats to our 2025 #PaddleSafe Photo Quest champs!
📸 Diana Jones — “Morning Boarding”
📸 George Peterson — “Protected Paddling on Saganaga Lake”
📸 Josh Kempf — “Nor Shor”
Stay buoyant out there, folks.
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Last month, two paddleboarders had to be rescued in Lake Superior, two miles from shore. One had never paddleboarded before -- neither wore a life jacket. Thankfully their story had a happy ending. Increase your odds of a safe paddling trip by learning to evaluate/respond to weather:
Flipping your kayak or paddleboard in open water not always a laughing matter
Knowing basic safety skills will help paddlers stay safe no matter what type of water they venture on.
buff.ly
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last month, two paddleboarders had to be rescued in Lake Superior, two miles from shore. One had never paddleboarded before -- neither wore a life jacket. Thankfully their story had a happy ending. Increase your odds of a safe paddling trip by learning to evaluate/respond to weather:
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"Corruption is why hedge funds get to buy up all the houses in your neighborhood, driving you out of the market and then your corporate landlord ignores your calls during a gas leak." - @ossoff.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"Corruption is why hedge funds get to buy up all the houses in your neighborhood, driving you out of the market and then your corporate landlord ignores your calls during a gas leak." - @ossoff.bsky.social
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The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.
The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.
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Just five media companies control 90% of our media market.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just five media companies control 90% of our media market.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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Very cool! Michigan has four species of native lamprey -- and not all are parasitic. As @solomonrdavid.bsky.social says, native parasitic lamprey species are smaller than invasive sea lamprey and take less of a toll on the fish they feed from, increasing the odds of survival. A healthy balance!
Bloodsucking parasite, but it’s a native fish!
Check out this native lamprey (compared to invasive Sea Lamprey) on a Northern Pike in a Minnesota River.
Parasitic lamprey species attached to hosts, rasp a hole and suck blood (but native species don’t typically cause death). Both fishes released!
Check out this native lamprey (compared to invasive Sea Lamprey) on a Northern Pike in a Minnesota River.
Parasitic lamprey species attached to hosts, rasp a hole and suck blood (but native species don’t typically cause death). Both fishes released!
September 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Very cool! Michigan has four species of native lamprey -- and not all are parasitic. As @solomonrdavid.bsky.social says, native parasitic lamprey species are smaller than invasive sea lamprey and take less of a toll on the fish they feed from, increasing the odds of survival. A healthy balance!
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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The new Center for Great Lakes Literacy website is brimming with resources for educators!
Explore the ever-expanding resource library full of data-driven lessons, curriculum packages, success stories, videos, storymaps, and more. buff.ly/EqWx1QR
@uwiscseagrant.bsky.social @mnseagrant.bsky.social
Explore the ever-expanding resource library full of data-driven lessons, curriculum packages, success stories, videos, storymaps, and more. buff.ly/EqWx1QR
@uwiscseagrant.bsky.social @mnseagrant.bsky.social
Center for Great Lakes Literacy website brimming with resources for educators | Michigan Sea Grant
Sep 9, 2025 | News
www.michiganseagrant.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The new Center for Great Lakes Literacy website is brimming with resources for educators!
Explore the ever-expanding resource library full of data-driven lessons, curriculum packages, success stories, videos, storymaps, and more. buff.ly/EqWx1QR
@uwiscseagrant.bsky.social @mnseagrant.bsky.social
Explore the ever-expanding resource library full of data-driven lessons, curriculum packages, success stories, videos, storymaps, and more. buff.ly/EqWx1QR
@uwiscseagrant.bsky.social @mnseagrant.bsky.social
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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"There is no longer 'news' in the US: only speculation, propaganda in oligarch-run newspapers, dark money posts disguised as articles, the occasional well-researched but paywalled piece, and independent reporting blocked by algorithms."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
Tunnel Vision
Do you remember September 9?
sarahkendzior.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"There is no longer 'news' in the US: only speculation, propaganda in oligarch-run newspapers, dark money posts disguised as articles, the occasional well-researched but paywalled piece, and independent reporting blocked by algorithms."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
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They are telling you you "can't tax capital gains" while they fly private jets from their yacht in the South of France to their third home in Aspen.
Stop buying it.
They live off their capital gains the same way we live off our income.
The difference is, we pay our fair share.
Stop buying it.
They live off their capital gains the same way we live off our income.
The difference is, we pay our fair share.
September 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They are telling you you "can't tax capital gains" while they fly private jets from their yacht in the South of France to their third home in Aspen.
Stop buying it.
They live off their capital gains the same way we live off our income.
The difference is, we pay our fair share.
Stop buying it.
They live off their capital gains the same way we live off our income.
The difference is, we pay our fair share.
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Join us on Saturday to hand-deliver tiny dinosaurs (aka baby lake sturgeon) to their new homes in the Saginaw Bay river system! We have four public release celebrations on Sept. 20 at various times from 11-2:30 in Midland, Chesaning, Flint, and Frankenmuth: buff.ly/xkyaEEZ
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Join us on Saturday to hand-deliver tiny dinosaurs (aka baby lake sturgeon) to their new homes in the Saginaw Bay river system! We have four public release celebrations on Sept. 20 at various times from 11-2:30 in Midland, Chesaning, Flint, and Frankenmuth: buff.ly/xkyaEEZ
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The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
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I feel it’s important to once again remind everyone that the greatest movie ever made was released in 1908 and everything else is just battling for distant second
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908)
YouTube video by BFI
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I feel it’s important to once again remind everyone that the greatest movie ever made was released in 1908 and everything else is just battling for distant second
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
youtu.be/qApoxM41NGQ
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When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
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If you agree, please share!
June 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you agree, please share!
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Every year it’s the same:
Cut services. Blame the poor. Protect the powerful.
But we know where the money is.
It’s in corporate profits, real estate empires, and tax loopholes.
Let’s go get it.
Cut services. Blame the poor. Protect the powerful.
But we know where the money is.
It’s in corporate profits, real estate empires, and tax loopholes.
Let’s go get it.
May 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Every year it’s the same:
Cut services. Blame the poor. Protect the powerful.
But we know where the money is.
It’s in corporate profits, real estate empires, and tax loopholes.
Let’s go get it.
Cut services. Blame the poor. Protect the powerful.
But we know where the money is.
It’s in corporate profits, real estate empires, and tax loopholes.
Let’s go get it.
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THIS WEEK: House Republicans are deciding how many families and senior citizens they’ll kick off Medicaid, SNAP, early education, and countless other programs that working families rely on — all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks
indivisible.org
May 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
THIS WEEK: House Republicans are deciding how many families and senior citizens they’ll kick off Medicaid, SNAP, early education, and countless other programs that working families rely on — all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
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Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.