Sam Orndorff, PhD 🌹🥀🍂
@samogeo.bsky.social
Human Geographer. I investigate Indigenous land rights in the Great Basin, mining, mobility, renewables, land back. Protesting works. 🏴
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"Congress must say enough is enough and immediately open an investigation into just how deep the rot at Burgum’s Interior goes," said one critic.
Bald Corruption of Top Trump Official Exposes Interior Department 'Rot'
Ethics experts this week raised red flags over a senior US Interior Department official's failure to disclose her family's financial interest in the nation's largest lithium mine, which opponents say was illegally approved by the Trump administration.
www.commondreams.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"Congress must say enough is enough and immediately open an investigation into just how deep the rot at Burgum’s Interior goes," said one critic.
The US secretary of energy, Chris Wright, doesn’t know how climate change works. He doesn’t even know how energy works because he thinks fossil fuels are cheaper than solar and wind power. He might in fact know better but is too much of a coward to publicly say the truth. Fuck him and fuck RFK Jr.
December 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The US secretary of energy, Chris Wright, doesn’t know how climate change works. He doesn’t even know how energy works because he thinks fossil fuels are cheaper than solar and wind power. He might in fact know better but is too much of a coward to publicly say the truth. Fuck him and fuck RFK Jr.
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The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
RFK Jr. is an unqualified dumb ass. He is responsible for killing babies. Fuck him.
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
RFK Jr. is an unqualified dumb ass. He is responsible for killing babies. Fuck him.
The Greater Sage Grouse conservation plans were already bad, now they are worse www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Administration Loosens Protections for Iconic Greater Sage Grouse
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Greater Sage Grouse conservation plans were already bad, now they are worse www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
I wrote this piece after a 12-year-old was killed by a car in my city. I wanted to analyze urban planning in San Diego, but just in the few weeks it took to research and write it, another two more children were killed by car drivers.
We must de-center cars and reclaim safe urban space for youth!
We must de-center cars and reclaim safe urban space for youth!
San Diego’s Car-centered Planning is Killing Children
San Diego’s Car-centered Planning is Killing Children
Like most American cities, San Diego’s planning choices hold a gruesome legacy. Why are we okay with that?
dlvr.it
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I wrote this piece after a 12-year-old was killed by a car in my city. I wanted to analyze urban planning in San Diego, but just in the few weeks it took to research and write it, another two more children were killed by car drivers.
We must de-center cars and reclaim safe urban space for youth!
We must de-center cars and reclaim safe urban space for youth!
Anybody got a good recipe for eggplant parmesean?
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Anybody got a good recipe for eggplant parmesean?
Zero emissions vehicles don’t exist.
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Zero emissions vehicles don’t exist.
I wish I had read this article back when I was doing my PhD research acme-journal.org/index.php/ac...
View of Research as Organizing
acme-journal.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I wish I had read this article back when I was doing my PhD research acme-journal.org/index.php/ac...
This is a long shot, but I‘m looking for assistant professor and postdoc jobs in Geography/Environmental Studies, if anybody here knows of leads or openings please let me know. Thanks!
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is a long shot, but I‘m looking for assistant professor and postdoc jobs in Geography/Environmental Studies, if anybody here knows of leads or openings please let me know. Thanks!
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This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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From our archives, something to consider this #BlackFriday, #CyberMonday, etc. ⬇️
The annual Black Friday ode to commercialism and overconsumption sits at the core of our ongoing destruction of Earth’s ecosystems. We can flip the script. https://therevelator.org/extinction-friday/
Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’ • The Revelator
The annual Black Friday ode to overconsumption sits at the core of our destruction of Earth’s ecosystems. We can flip the script.
therevelator.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
From our archives, something to consider this #BlackFriday, #CyberMonday, etc. ⬇️
even “emissions” is obscure, pro-industry language to muddy the issue. I wonder if the average person even knows what it refers to: greenhouse gases and air pollution that cause climatic breakdown, biosphere collapse, and mass deaths
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
even “emissions” is obscure, pro-industry language to muddy the issue. I wonder if the average person even knows what it refers to: greenhouse gases and air pollution that cause climatic breakdown, biosphere collapse, and mass deaths
Leaders of Saudi Arabia and the European Commission were saying at COP and G20 that emissions—not fossil fuels—are the problem.
How do these fucking bozos have jobs?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How do these fucking bozos have jobs?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director ...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Leaders of Saudi Arabia and the European Commission were saying at COP and G20 that emissions—not fossil fuels—are the problem.
How do these fucking bozos have jobs?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How do these fucking bozos have jobs?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Less affluent countries need direct payments to fund climate change mitigation & adaptation — NOT loans that must be paid back with interest.
But the loan and debt trap is how COP and the international system works, basically siphoning wealth from the former colonies to the colonizers
But the loan and debt trap is how COP and the international system works, basically siphoning wealth from the former colonies to the colonizers
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Less affluent countries need direct payments to fund climate change mitigation & adaptation — NOT loans that must be paid back with interest.
But the loan and debt trap is how COP and the international system works, basically siphoning wealth from the former colonies to the colonizers
But the loan and debt trap is how COP and the international system works, basically siphoning wealth from the former colonies to the colonizers
We have to stop burning coal, petroleum, and gas. By “we” I mean everybody, every country, and every institution. It’s that fucking simple.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We have to stop burning coal, petroleum, and gas. By “we” I mean everybody, every country, and every institution. It’s that fucking simple.
Future generations will study #Cop30 as a moment when the consensus to stop burning fossil fuels was more solidified than ever. The masses are revolting to protect nature—interrupting the halls of power in Belém. Yet extractive imperialism continues to oppress and marginalize the already vulnerable.
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Future generations will study #Cop30 as a moment when the consensus to stop burning fossil fuels was more solidified than ever. The masses are revolting to protect nature—interrupting the halls of power in Belém. Yet extractive imperialism continues to oppress and marginalize the already vulnerable.
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"The lungs of the world are in your hands!" That was our message for #COP30 negotiators this week. Standing in front of a giant pair of lungs, health professionals from around the world joined our call to phase out #fossilfuels to protect health and save lives.
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
CAPE physicians unveil giant lungs to demand fossil fuel phaseout at COP30
YouTube video by CAPE | ACME
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"The lungs of the world are in your hands!" That was our message for #COP30 negotiators this week. Standing in front of a giant pair of lungs, health professionals from around the world joined our call to phase out #fossilfuels to protect health and save lives.
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
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“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
The only meaningful technological innovation of free market capitalism is in medical science. Maybe a handful of crops, trains, and telecommunication, but that’s it.
The rest is all junk making people stupid, lazy, and unhealthy.
The rest is all junk making people stupid, lazy, and unhealthy.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The only meaningful technological innovation of free market capitalism is in medical science. Maybe a handful of crops, trains, and telecommunication, but that’s it.
The rest is all junk making people stupid, lazy, and unhealthy.
The rest is all junk making people stupid, lazy, and unhealthy.
We let the right wing dominate discourse with their bad takes and rage bait. The left needs to rage bait and set the tone with hot takes. I’ll start:
Economic development is bad.
Economic development is bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We let the right wing dominate discourse with their bad takes and rage bait. The left needs to rage bait and set the tone with hot takes. I’ll start:
Economic development is bad.
Economic development is bad.