RogueScholar
@roguescholareval.bsky.social
Program & Systems Change evaluation: science ed, food, health, enviro justice.
Here for thoughtful exchange, not max followers - I don't auto-follow back and do block click farmers, OF/porn, fundraisers, sales. No DMs from strangers.
Here for thoughtful exchange, not max followers - I don't auto-follow back and do block click farmers, OF/porn, fundraisers, sales. No DMs from strangers.
Sending everyone warm and cozy greetings.
December 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sending everyone warm and cozy greetings.
@angeladavismpr.bsky.social's voice on my radio - such a lovely gift this morning.
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@angeladavismpr.bsky.social's voice on my radio - such a lovely gift this morning.
Just a thought. What if a panel of Epstein survivors were appointed to determine what gets screened and redacted 'to protect the victims' instead of DOJ attorneys (as Tood Blanche stated on Meet the Press)?
December 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Just a thought. What if a panel of Epstein survivors were appointed to determine what gets screened and redacted 'to protect the victims' instead of DOJ attorneys (as Tood Blanche stated on Meet the Press)?
Apropos of nothing important - it's episode 8. How does the woman on Pluribus still have short hair?
December 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Apropos of nothing important - it's episode 8. How does the woman on Pluribus still have short hair?
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My collaborator and friend Chris Piecuch's new paper confirms: despite what the Department of Energy claimed, sea-level rise is indeed accelerating around the contiguous US
Rebutting a Trump report, study shows U.S. sea-level rise is accelerating
“It’s not politics. That’s what the data say,” said the study’s author, who examined 70 tide gauges around the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My collaborator and friend Chris Piecuch's new paper confirms: despite what the Department of Energy claimed, sea-level rise is indeed accelerating around the contiguous US
In the absence of anything resembling leadership from our legislature, Walz takes executive action on gun control. No acts of moral courage here - they are quite literally the least we can do. Yet still apt to prompt rabid backlash.
Live: Walz signs executive orders in latest effort to address gun violence
The governor’s push to reform gun laws after the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School hasn’t gained traction in the divided Legislature.
www.startribune.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In the absence of anything resembling leadership from our legislature, Walz takes executive action on gun control. No acts of moral courage here - they are quite literally the least we can do. Yet still apt to prompt rabid backlash.
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See Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) research at #AGU25!
See MACH research presentations at AGU in New Orleans! | Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH)
coastalhub.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
See Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) research at #AGU25!
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We do not have to live like this.
It is a choice that we, the American People, are making together.
If you’re sick of living fear — at school, at concerts, at places of worship, at movie theaters, parks, supermarkets, and malls, at parties, in traffic, and in your home — speak up.
Demand change.
It is a choice that we, the American People, are making together.
If you’re sick of living fear — at school, at concerts, at places of worship, at movie theaters, parks, supermarkets, and malls, at parties, in traffic, and in your home — speak up.
Demand change.
BREAKING: 2 dead, 8 critically injured in a mass shooting at Brown University during finals.
Suspect still at large. Students sheltering. Families terrified.
How many more? Congress must act now to pass responsible gun safety laws that save lives. No more excuses.💔🇺🇸 #BlueSky #LawSky #NewsSky
Suspect still at large. Students sheltering. Families terrified.
How many more? Congress must act now to pass responsible gun safety laws that save lives. No more excuses.💔🇺🇸 #BlueSky #LawSky #NewsSky
2 dead, 8 critically injured in shooting at Brown University; shooter at large
Two people died after a shooting near the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
www.wcvb.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We do not have to live like this.
It is a choice that we, the American People, are making together.
If you’re sick of living fear — at school, at concerts, at places of worship, at movie theaters, parks, supermarkets, and malls, at parties, in traffic, and in your home — speak up.
Demand change.
It is a choice that we, the American People, are making together.
If you’re sick of living fear — at school, at concerts, at places of worship, at movie theaters, parks, supermarkets, and malls, at parties, in traffic, and in your home — speak up.
Demand change.
We all knew it was happening and saw lists of words rumored to trigger rejections. But this is the first I've seen of an official list of 200+ words to avoid provided BY feds to applicants. (word list is in the embedded doc - an exhibit in the suit - p31-36)
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We all knew it was happening and saw lists of words rumored to trigger rejections. But this is the first I've seen of an official list of 200+ words to avoid provided BY feds to applicants. (word list is in the embedded doc - an exhibit in the suit - p31-36)
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
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The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
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Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
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The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
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". . . they appear to measure their safety in chains and corpses.” - James Baldwin (1970)
www.nybooks.com/articles/197...
www.nybooks.com/articles/197...
An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis | James Baldwin
One might have hoped that, by this hour, the very sight of chains on black flesh, or the very sight of chains, would be so intolerable a sight for the American people, and so unbearable a memory, that...
www.nybooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
". . . they appear to measure their safety in chains and corpses.” - James Baldwin (1970)
www.nybooks.com/articles/197...
www.nybooks.com/articles/197...
Why did ABC Martha Raddatz spend SO much time trying to make Slotkin ID specific "illegal orders" the video was referring to? They have said that was not the purpose - the intent was to be sure service members know their rights/responsibility to reject illegal orders given the admin's policies.
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Why did ABC Martha Raddatz spend SO much time trying to make Slotkin ID specific "illegal orders" the video was referring to? They have said that was not the purpose - the intent was to be sure service members know their rights/responsibility to reject illegal orders given the admin's policies.
Tim Kaine talking about how getting an agreement to offset the impacts of the shut down and some of the things the administration was only able to do because of the shut down was reason to vote to end the shut down. Okayyyyy
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tim Kaine talking about how getting an agreement to offset the impacts of the shut down and some of the things the administration was only able to do because of the shut down was reason to vote to end the shut down. Okayyyyy
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AGU is calling on Congress to finish full-year appropriations for science agencies—and we need your voice.
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
Don’t Just Reopen Government. Recommit to Science.
The United States has just come through the longest government shutdown in its history—a period of deep uncertainty that exacerbated hardships for the nation. Some scientists still reported for duty…
fromtheprow.agu.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
AGU is calling on Congress to finish full-year appropriations for science agencies—and we need your voice.
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
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Just out: new New Jersey state sea-level rise assessment
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
NJ Sea Level Rise Reports – New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center
njclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just out: new New Jersey state sea-level rise assessment
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
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Mesmerizing lake ice. Sound on for the full effect 🌿
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Mesmerizing lake ice. Sound on for the full effect 🌿
She posts the right things - hope she votes the right way.
We do - as one of your constituents in S. Mpls, I hope this post means you will NOT be capitulating to the Rs by voting for this "deal." DO NOT throw the folks who've endured the SNAP debacle or kept neighbors fed under the bus and make it all for nothing by caving on healthcare/ACA affordability
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
She posts the right things - hope she votes the right way.
Wonderful profile of someone doing important work that I have the good fortune to support through learning & evaluation.
A nice profile from Planet Forward of my wonderful colleague and MACH executive director Lisa Auermuller:
Teaching climate resilience on New Jersey’s coast
Coastal climate resilience begins with strong communication and educating the next generation of environmental scientists.
planetforward.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wonderful profile of someone doing important work that I have the good fortune to support through learning & evaluation.
Not-yet-seated AZ rep makes the point all Ds should be making. The Rs had months to negotiate ACA credits before and did not bother. It's bad faith to claim they will post reopening. There's no universe where that happens if the Ds give up the only leverage they have - however poorly they wield it.
October 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Not-yet-seated AZ rep makes the point all Ds should be making. The Rs had months to negotiate ACA credits before and did not bother. It's bad faith to claim they will post reopening. There's no universe where that happens if the Ds give up the only leverage they have - however poorly they wield it.
Just watched a government of Ontario-paid ad with Reagan's voice reading his rationale for opposing tariffs and pursuing free trade. Surreal.
October 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Just watched a government of Ontario-paid ad with Reagan's voice reading his rationale for opposing tariffs and pursuing free trade. Surreal.
Our cynicism and/or apathy is deliberately cultivated and serves someone's interests. We are not those "someone"s.
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Our cynicism and/or apathy is deliberately cultivated and serves someone's interests. We are not those "someone"s.
"Most people think of ideas as fixed. Ideas have their power because they are not fixed. Once they're fixed they are already dead." - Grace Lee Boggs
October 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Most people think of ideas as fixed. Ideas have their power because they are not fixed. Once they're fixed they are already dead." - Grace Lee Boggs
Watching JD talk about people "dying of murders" and "violating crimes" all morning. It's almost like he's not a lawyer and doesn't know the most basic legal terms. 🤔 (...before he even gets to the point of advocating violations of the constitution - which he does. Blatantly and frequently.)
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Watching JD talk about people "dying of murders" and "violating crimes" all morning. It's almost like he's not a lawyer and doesn't know the most basic legal terms. 🤔 (...before he even gets to the point of advocating violations of the constitution - which he does. Blatantly and frequently.)
Well - here's something from 2018 I think applies...
"...the worst moments in American history generally arise from white men wanting to make sure they retain the ability to do what they want with bodies that aren't their own."
- KendraJames
"...the worst moments in American history generally arise from white men wanting to make sure they retain the ability to do what they want with bodies that aren't their own."
- KendraJames
October 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Well - here's something from 2018 I think applies...
"...the worst moments in American history generally arise from white men wanting to make sure they retain the ability to do what they want with bodies that aren't their own."
- KendraJames
"...the worst moments in American history generally arise from white men wanting to make sure they retain the ability to do what they want with bodies that aren't their own."
- KendraJames
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October 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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