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Philip Bell may refer to:Philip Bell (1590–1678) Philip Alexander Bell (1808–1889), American newspaper editor Philip Ingress Bell (1900–1986), British barrister… more

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saskajanet.bsky.social
Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿
Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.
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ssteingraber1.bsky.social
🧪 NEW STUDY: Air pollution increases risk of Lewy Body Dementia, the 2nd most common dementia after Alzheimer’s*

Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.

*linked to air pollution in previous studies

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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants
Evidence links air pollution to dementia, yet its role in Lewy body dementia (LBD) remains unclear. In this work, we showed in a cohort of 56.5 million individuals across the United States that fine p...
www.science.org
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rickharp.bsky.social
VANCOUVER! Whatcha doing Fri Oct 24? Come see our free public panel, "Beyond Fire & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes," part of a larger invitational gathering of climate-related storytellers, hosted in MOA Great Hall at UBC!

sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
pictographic for "Beyond fires and floods: Indigenous narratives in an era of extremes," a free public panel featuring veteran journos Tanya Talaga, Mark Trahant, Judy Kochon and Paul Seeseequasis, moderated by me! October 24th, 6:30 PM, Museum of Anthropology, UBC.
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Anna O. Law, Nathan P. Kalmoe

reuters.com
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.
reut.rs
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booksarelit.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social

A good read that gives important background as to what Signalgate clown is saying.

I WOULD like to include the official Oglala Sioux Tribe response to this.

I shared before, separately, but I feel this piece should be here as well.
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propublica.org
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.

See what changes are in store for your county 👇
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...
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by Philip Bell

philipbell.bsky.social
It is vital to understand climate change as a multispecies justice issue. Here's how SCIENCE mag covered this new study in @pnas.org:

"CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS ALASKAN RIVER TOXIC: The Salmon River, long a symbol of Alaska's untrammeled wild beauty, is now an emblem of Arctic climate change."
grosseguido.bsky.social
Guido Grosse @grosseguido.bsky.social · 27d
A new PNAS study links #permafrost thaw and water toxicity levels from metal concentrations. This is bad news for Arctic rivers, their ecosystems, and food chains: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10..... Salmon River in NW Alaska, once praised for its pristine waters, has turned toxic to aquatic life.
Wild, scenic, and toxic: Recent degradation of an iconic Arctic watershed with permafrost thaw | PNAS
The streams of Alaska’s Brooks Range lie within a vast (~14M ha) tract of protected wilderness and have long supported both resident and anadromous...
www.pnas.org
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Katharine Hayhoe, Dustin Mulvaney , and 1 more

billmckibben.bsky.social
If you're housebound today (or in South Dakota, where there's no event), join us for a virtual Sun Day extravaganza!
actionnetwork.org/events/think...
Think Global, Act Local! A Sun Day Climate Action Party
Sun Day is a global day of action on September 21st, 2025, celebrating the unstoppable rise of clean energy. We’ll come together to showcase the power of the sun and wind, the energy sources that can ...
actionnetwork.org
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Meredith Broussard, Stephen R. Carpenter , and 22 more

mikeyearworth.bsky.social
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Katharine Hayhoe, Laura Huenneke , and 1 more

sundayofaction.bsky.social
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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highcountrynews.org
Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.
How to build a food sovereignty lab - High Country News
Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.
buff.ly
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Neil Selwyn

charleswlogan.bsky.social
New @civicsoftech.bsky.social book club!

I'm leading a discussion of @neilselwyn.bsky.social's new book "Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures" on Tues, Nov 11, from 8-9pm ET. Dr. Selwyn will be joining us too.

Register at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
A photograph of me holding the book "Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures" by Neil Selwyn.
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by Guido Grosse — Reposted by: Philip Bell

grosseguido.bsky.social
A new PNAS study links #permafrost thaw and water toxicity levels from metal concentrations. This is bad news for Arctic rivers, their ecosystems, and food chains: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10..... Salmon River in NW Alaska, once praised for its pristine waters, has turned toxic to aquatic life.
Wild, scenic, and toxic: Recent degradation of an iconic Arctic watershed with permafrost thaw | PNAS
The streams of Alaska’s Brooks Range lie within a vast (~14M ha) tract of protected wilderness and have long supported both resident and anadromous...
www.pnas.org
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seeds4equity.bsky.social
Please reach out if cost or inability to travel will prevent you from attending. We are working on possible scholarships if this is a large need for our community (more info soon). Further, we are open to making accommodations for presenters who are unable to travel. Visit our website for more info.
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Rewilding doesn't just help nature and the planet fight back.

It's more beautiful than words.
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by Philip Bell

philipbell.bsky.social
Here's the link to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's fabulous new book (which is currently on sale). I've learned so much by doing a contemplative read of it after hearing her talk about it in June.

Simpson explores: What might it mean to truly listen to water?
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2533-t...
Theory of Water
www.haymarketbooks.org

by Philip Bell

philipbell.bsky.social
Today I've been exploring one of the longest standing Indigenous blockades in Canada. I learned about this Anishinaabe resistance fight as I read Leanne Simpson's THEORY OF WATER (which is powerful!)

You can learn about the Grassy Narrows resistance here:
www.indigenouswatchdog.org/update/for-m...
For Monday: Half a century of resistance: Inside Grassy Narrows’ toxic relationship with mercury pollution - Indigenous Watchdog
APTN News: Seemingly endless rows of Spruce and Pine hug the narrow roadside, guiding the way to Grassy Narrows. Each twist and turn is a reflection of the community’s own journey towards environmenta...
www.indigenouswatchdog.org
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by Philip Bell

philipbell.bsky.social
“The men&women who have joined CDC across generations have done so not for prestige or power, but because they believe deeply in the call to service. They deserve an HHS secretary who stands up for health, supports science & has their back. So, too, does our country.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
My latest must-reads list and my final thoughts for the week. Here, I talk about the first AI-involved murder in the US (that we know of), how the guardrails of reality are being tampered with or removed, and the need to anchor ourselves to each other if we're going to survive these times.
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on Living on the Edge of Reality
"Will we all be sitting ducks, siloed behind our screens?"
organizingmythoughts.org
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sesp-nu.bsky.social
Professor Shirin Vossoughi was named co-editor of the journal Cognition & Instruction. 👏 🎉

Read her transition letter: ➡️ spr.ly/6185fAihV
Shirin Vossoughi
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Lisa W. Fazio

davidimiller.bsky.social
🚨 Major shake-up in NSF funding for K-12 STEM ed:

Caps proposals at $750K max for 3 years. Prior cap used to be $5M up to 5 years for some programs.

Archives several existing programs (DRK-12, AISL, CSforAll, TD, parts of ECR:Core). Combines into broad program with much lower expected # of awards.
NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12)
www.nsf.gov
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by Philip Bell

philipbell.bsky.social
To all academics and writers, you may want to join this potential class action lawsuit if your IP was sucked into AI training without your express permission. I have dozens of pieces in the LibDem database.

(There is a gift link to the Atlantic article in the thread.)
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
ruthejbooth.bsky.social
Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · Aug 14
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
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by Philip Bell

philipbell.bsky.social
“Greenhouse gas emissions generated by humans may have ‘locked in’ a climate pattern responsible for long-term megadrought across the U.S. West, a new study [in Nature] has found.”
thehill.com/policy/equil...
thehill.com
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ruthejbooth.bsky.social
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
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seeds4equity.bsky.social
Hello SEEDS community
🌱 We are excited to host you all in a few months in Philadelphia. Registration for our 2025 conference is live. Go to our website to register & for lodging information. You need to log in to your SEEDS account to see this). sefedasj.wildapricot.org/Sys/Login?Re...
Science Educators for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice - Authorization required
sefedasj.wildapricot.org
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by Philip Bell

philipbell.bsky.social
The #OneMillionRising webinar happening online right now about Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism. Live feed and more info on the initiative here… come join in!
www.nokings.org/rise
One Million Rising — No Kings
www.nokings.org
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indivisible.org
TOMORROW: It’s time to plug into a new phase of national campaign work. You’ll learn to plan and execute a non-cooperation campaign, and how to coach others to do the same. We’ll also share specific actions you can take to put pressure on institutions enabling Trump: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Safiya U. Noble, Marc Lynch , and 7 more

dangaristo.bsky.social
Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."
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Reposted by: Philip Bell, Luisa N. Borrell

carlbergstrom.com
Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."

Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
“Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation,” the statement reads. “Humans are not divided biologically into distinct continental types or racial genetic clusters. Instead, the Western concept of race must be understood as a classification system that emerged from, and in support of, European colonialism, oppression, and discrimination.” “It thus does not have its roots in biological reality, but in policies of discrimination,” the statement says. “Because of that, over the last five centuries, race has become a social reality that structures societies and how we experience the world. In this regard, race is real, as is racism, and both have real biological consequences.”
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meadekrosby.bsky.social
The federal workers I've spoken with emphasize it isn't just their substantive work that's suffering - basic organizational functions like payroll and IT are breaking down.

This comment from a recent NYT article haunts me. "It was only when he left that we truly realized his value..."
I’ve spent over 30 years managing large government operations. One lesson I carry with me comes from the retirement years ago of an employee most would have considered “obscure.” He was a quiet man — arriving each morning with his sandwich, working steadily, and leaving without much fanfare. To many, he seemed part of the furniture. It was only when he left that we truly realized his value. Over the years, he had accumulated deep, almost invisible knowledge. He had taken on countless menial but essential tasks simply because he had the experience to do them well. He was, in many ways, the oil in the machine. His departure forced us to scramble. We suddenly saw how many small, critical pieces he had been holding together — pieces no job description had captured, and no system had tracked. Since then, I’ve often thought of him when I see organizations subjected to blind cuts. The true cost of such decisions is rarely visible on a balance sheet: it’s in the loss of quiet expertise, institutional memory, and the small acts of continuity that keep complex systems running.
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