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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12d

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · 13d

A surprise find in the Etymonline entry for “migration”

Screenshot of the following text: “That European birds migrate across the seas or to Asia was understood in the
Middle Ages, but subsequently forgotten.
Dr. Johnson held that swallows slept all winter in the beds of rivers, while the naturalist Morton (1703) stated that they migrated to the moon. As late as 1837 the
"Kendal Mercury" "detailed the
circumstance of a person having observed several Swallows emerging from Grasmere Lake, in the spring of that year, in the form of 'bell-shaped bubbles,' from each of which a Swallow burst forth ...." [The Rev.
F.O. Morris, "A History of British Birds,"
London, 1870]”

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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 18d

EPA has ordered scientists in its Office of Water to immediately pause almost all research & stop publishing studies. Researchers were told that, unless scientific journals had already returned proofs, studies will be subject to an additional EPA review.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say

Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 18d

Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:

Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?

YouTube video by PBS Terra

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · 28d

Sending love to her and you.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 29d

I am SO EXCITED about this!

Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.

Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.

jointheshift.earth

SHIFT

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · Sep 6

#FreeDC Mass march hitting the streets of DC now.

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 5

As a reminder: this is the full page ad he bought in Newsday in 1989 calling for the execution of five Black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting a jogger in Central Park (they were later exonerated and are now known as the Exonerated Five):

archive.org/details/6131...

Trump's Central Park Five ad in Newsday : Newsday LLC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Donald Trump placed advertisements in several prominent newspapers, including Newsday, in 1989 calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty so that the...

archive.org

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s important that the only cities Trump has sent (or is threatening to send) national guard troops to have Black mayors — LA, DC, now Baltimore, Chicago, and New Orleans.

It’s NEVER been about crime.

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump suggests National Guard could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state

President Trump suggests New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime.

apnews.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 5

Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature.

All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...

Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds

Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Rice is hiring!

"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Come work with us!

"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Come work with us!

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Rice is hiring!

"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Sep 3

re-order & get 25% off my new graphic novel A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis. Today through Friday (9/3 to 9/5) only, with ‪@barnesandnoble.com‬ preorder sale!
*Link in bio*
More exciting news: it was just chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection!

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Aug 29

Greta Thunberg: “You do not kill journalists unless you have something to hide.

“Israel is now deliberately targeting journalists. If that is not a sign of their genocidal intent then I don’t know what is”.

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 21

Not a single panel for 2026 AWP dedicated to writing about climate change, as far as I can tell. Some panels with climate lumped in with other issues, but none appear dedicated to climate as an issue.

How does that happen, I wonder.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Aug 20

Signal boosting this!

Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · Aug 20

ATTN: Robert Wood Johnson has money to support “canceled” research on racial-indigenous health equity

www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research

The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

www.rwjf.org

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · Aug 17

Beautiful writing. Important message. From @brdemuth.bsky.social for @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth

The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the

www.nybooks.com

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · Aug 16

"Scientists have linked rapid intensification of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean to climate change. Global warming is causing the atmosphere to hold more water vapor and is spiking ocean temperatures. The warmer waters give hurricanes fuel to unleash more rain and strengthen more quickly."

NPR @npr.org · Aug 16

UPDATE: Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Aug 16

California approves an unprecedented plan to protect Joshua trees from climate change threats

California has approved an unprecedented plan to protect the iconic Joshua tree from climate change and development.

www.latimes.com

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Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 13

““Nature connectedness is now accepted as a key root cause of the environmental crisis,” said Richardson. “It’s vitally important for our own mental health as well. It unites people and nature’s wellbeing. There’s a need for transformational change...””

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

www.theguardian.com

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · Aug 12

In 2025, the U.S. saw wildfires, floods & more, but these aren’t isolated events. In this episode, @farhanasultana.com explains how colonial history & inequality shape who suffers most from climate disasters, in the U.S. & globally. #ClimateChange

🎧Listen now: scholars.org/podcast/uneq...

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Hopi Tribe in Arizona has to tell 650 households that the electricity they were getting through the $7 billion Solar for All program was canceled. "It feels like we stepped back 100 years," Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma said of the government's broken promise. tinyurl.com/ym959wcu

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