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Dr. Laura Huenneke is an American ecologist and former President of the Ecological Society of America. She is known for… more

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Whether she's finding beauty amidst the horror, or the other way around, there's no one writing about the immensely important AND the deeply personal quite like @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
The United States of Flying Carp
The stupidest way to get injured.
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And one of my personal heroes. A primatologist and a prime example of how to human. RIP, Dr. Jane Goodall.

Thanks for living up so supremely to your surname. What an inspiration. I'm glad I've lived when you were alive. Such a loss to our planet. Our hearts with her loved ones tonight. 🌍🐒🌏🦍🌎
(Quote and image credit: Jane Goodall Institute) Image of world renowned primatologist and humanitarian, Dr. Jane Goodall, sitting in the shade of trees wearing a green shirt and gazing upwards. The text for the quote by her says: "Somehow we must keep hope alive - a hope that we can find a way to educate all, alleviate poverty, assuage anger, and live in harmony with the environment, with animals, and with each other." RIP to my queen who died today at 91 years of age. October 1, 2025.
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Democrats need to stand firm and fight for a funding bill that keeps families on their health care.
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."
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Thank you for sharing this! A great assessment - for me it started slowly but builds to a damning indictment. Worth reading for all, especially my open-minded friends and colleagues…
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9d
YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
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chanda.blacksky.app
YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
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Just received my flu shot and COVID vaccination! Grateful to our governor for ensuring that people in AZ don't need prescriptions, grateful to supermarket pharmacy for making these accessible to people. I'm old enough to also be grateful that we even HAVE such things as MMR and hepatitis vaccines.

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These are sad times for media, for journalists, and for the First Amendment. "Stories are not being knocked out of the news: news is getting knocked out of the stories, because people are afraid to tell it." Fantastic piece by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social . sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
Tunnel Vision
Do you remember September 9?
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A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19

What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us?
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U.S. naval forces have sunk a fourth suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, Trump says
U.S. naval forces have conducted another lethal strike on a vessel President Donald Trump said was tied to a designated terrorist organization involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean.
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TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth
Today is Sun Day 9/21 - sunday.earth
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
Yes, I don't think that'll work, because the oligarchs leading the worst political initiatives have finances that exist outside the normal economy and even outside the economy of the 1%. Boycotts won't work as well when they WANT to destroy everything. Building new things is a better strategy now.
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Thank you Canada and FDT.
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House Dems should drop a “Charlie Kirk Gun Safety Act” on the floor just to make the Republicans go on record voting against it.
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by Laura Huenneke

I am excited about serving as a poll worker in our local election this fall!
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Stand Indivisible AZ ❌👑 @standindivisible.bsky.social · Sep 8
#AZindivisibles
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#AZindivisibles
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Quote from here: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-times-of-academia?utm_medium=email&utm_content=post
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People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
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A fantastic new piece by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social I am a retired academic - while I personally loved my higher ed / science career, and admired its supposed ideals, even at the time it fell far short. And now there is almost nothing left of the opportunity and the idealism.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Sep 5
New article! On the authoritarian attack on higher education and the exploitative practices that preceded it: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-ti...
The End Times of Academia
"It was the non-existent future that I was working toward that was the problem."
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
New article! On the authoritarian attack on higher education and the exploitative practices that preceded it: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-ti...
The End Times of Academia
"It was the non-existent future that I was working toward that was the problem."
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That’s despite fossil fuels getting nine times as much government consumption subsidies as renewables. (Global fossil fuel subsidies amounted to $620 billion in 2023, compared to $70 billion for renewables, according to the United Nations.)"
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"Renewables—solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy and geothermal—have become astonishingly cheap in the last few years, and batteries to store renewable energy are getting amazing. Today, solar is 41 percent cheaper than fossil fuels, and offshore wind is 53 percent cheaper...
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by Laura Huenneke

I'm tardy in acknowledging this content from Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social in the newsletter "Heated" - but will be sharing this with my county government officials to remind them why I and others are pushing for fleet electrification, more sustainability efforts for county operations, etc.
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It is beyond wild to me that there is zero coverage of "Workers over Billionaires" rallies anywhere on The New York Times or The Washington Post right now.

This is a colossal failure in journalism. Mainstream media can't just pretend that hundreds of thousands of protesters don't exist
U.S. World Business Arts Lifestyle Opinion Audio Games Cooking Wirecutter The Athletic New York Times - Top Stories Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington G.O.P. governors who have mustered troops for duty in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention brings crime down. 5 min read Crackdown in D.C. Shows Trump Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns If President Trump intended to drive a wedge between Democratic leaders and their constituents, he has also exposed a division in his own coalition. 5 min read Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times Trump Administration Tariff Tracker Trump’s Tariffs Invalidated Redistricting Push Trump-Kennedy Alliance Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights President Trump, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security. 5 min read Man Who’d Served His Time in U.S. Is Deported to an African Prison 5 min read He Burned a Flag and Won an American Right. He Worries It’s at Risk. 4 min read Edwin Osorio, president of Local 3369, the union representing the Social Security Administration, speaking at a news conference in New York last month. Juan Arredondo for The New York Times Xi, Modi and Putin Clasp Hands in a Rare Show of Unity At a summit, the leaders of China, India and Russia projected an alternative to U.S. global leadership, even as serious differences among them remain. 5 min read India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That. 5 min read Hannah Yi BREAKING Nestlé Dismisses Chief Executive Over Relationship With Subordinate The world’s largest food company named Philipp Navratil, a longtime employee, to replace Laurent Freixe. 2 min read A close-up of Laurent Freixe looking ahead. He is standing in front of a blue background. Yves Herman/Reuters Got a Tip? The Times offers several ways… The Supreme Court has expanded Trump’s power. He’s seeking much more. The president’s firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and other cases could serve as major tests of how far the high court is willing to go. By Justin Jouvenal (Jabin Botsford/The Post) Five burning questions about Trump, Democrats in this fall’s elections On WWII anniversary, China seeks to erase U.S. role in victory As it celebrates the 80th anniversary of Japanese surrender, China is trying to recast wartime history by downplaying U.S. help while emphasizing Moscow’s role. By Niha Masih and Lyric Li China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order (AP) A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across an area near Gaza City. (AP) Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars’ association says The resolution, by the International Association of Genocide Scholars, added to a growing chorus from academics and human rights organizations concluding that Israel is committing genocide. By Kareem Fahim and Gerry Shih1 hour ago More than 800 dead after earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan, Taliban say The 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck near Jalalabad injured 2,800 others, the Taliban-run government said, and was felt as far as neighboring Pakistan. By Haq Nawaz Khan, Rick Noack and Grace Moon Play Video 0:33 (Alisa Shodiyev Kaff/The Post) Even before earthquake, hospitals struggled in Afghanistan amid U.S. aid cuts (City of Foster City) This California city plans to spend nearly $400,000 to get rid of its geese Foster City is ready to pull out all the stops to chase its geese away. By Angie Orellana Hernandez (Illustration by Bianca Bagnarelli for The Post) Medical Mysteries: After a fall, he had no appetite and liver trouble. Doctors were stumped. Extra-strength acetaminophen helped a Wisconsin farmer cope after he broke two ribs. Despite taking no more than four pills a day — which is considered safe — he developed a series of unusual…
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Not the largest crowd we’ve had, but loud and energetic. Everyone from “elderly hippies” to a young boy who brought his own #NoKings sign to wave before rushing off to his baseball game! Lots of support from passing vehicles for #WorkersOverBillionaires
Crowd with American flag and pro-democracy signs on green lawn of Flagstaff AZ City Hall. Crowd of peaceful demonstrators on green lawn of City Hall, Flagstaff AZ.
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Looking forward to our local #Flagstaff demonstration later today!
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 1
We the People — the workers, immigrants, families, Americans — are PISSED and we are rising, with over 1,000 actions across the U.S. today! ❤️‍🩹

#FamiliesOverBillionaires
#WorkersOverBillionaires
#WeThePeopleArePISSED

Find your local protest at www.FiftyFifty.one.

#50501movement #SolidaritySeptember
Graphic shows people at the forefront of a massive protest wearing union insignia embracing. Bold text overlays says: “FAMILIES FIRST, NOT BILLIONAIRES” at the bottom, in smaller text it says “50501, LABOR DAY 2025”
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We the People — the workers, immigrants, families, Americans — are PISSED and we are rising, with over 1,000 actions across the U.S. today! ❤️‍🩹

#FamiliesOverBillionaires
#WorkersOverBillionaires
#WeThePeopleArePISSED

Find your local protest at www.FiftyFifty.one.

#50501movement #SolidaritySeptember
Graphic shows people at the forefront of a massive protest wearing union insignia embracing. Bold text overlays says: “FAMILIES FIRST, NOT BILLIONAIRES” at the bottom, in smaller text it says “50501, LABOR DAY 2025”
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by Laura Huenneke

I am America. First-gen college grad from land-grant universities…benefited from NSF and other agencies as student and practicing scientist. Was state employee in public uni’s. Now give back as election worker, volunteer. Inspired by Constitution, Bill of Rights, vision of equitable future for all.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Aug 20
An idea:

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An idea:
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On the call for #onemillionrising! Had a great community meeting with friends a couple of days ago. Looking forward to hearing suggestions for our next steps in defiance!
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