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Doctoral Student at Virginia Tech I study pipeline resistance.
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I want to share an article of mine published last year. Taking the MVP resistance as its case, it explores the value of radical tactics in a social movement, but also how to bridge moderate and radical factions within a movement. If anyone needs the PDF, DM me. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

wow, very excited to see my first publication out in the world... and in my dream journal no less! so thankful to my supervisor @laurenbwilcox.bsky.social and the editorial team @antipodeonline.bsky.social for helping this come into being onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

This decision is likely to significantly suppress organizational support for direct action in the future. An absolute disaster of a decision by a jury with severe conflicts of interest.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

💥The coalition is STRONG.💥

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"Pittsylvania County faces pollution risks from three proposed fossil fuel projects: a new gas plant from the developer Balico, a massive extension of the existing Transco pipelines (SSEP) and an extension of the ruinous Mountain Valley Pipeline." godanriver.com/article_a40f...

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This xmas, my partner gave me the last two @naomiaklein.bsky.social books I needed to fill out my collection. Now I have all of them!

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Israel has killed over 17,500 children in Gaza since October 2023, officials say, with the true toll likely far higher.

submitted 108 days ago • 8 comments

🔔Please amplify this. When we had a surplus of water from #HurricaneHelene recovery donations we ran a truckload to these communities and it was gone in a hurry. Cash moves quicker and the need is ongoing so please help if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/safe-water...

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment

Optimism and pessimism are forecasts about the future. Hope and despair are orientations towards that future. You can both think it is objectively likely that we are doomed, and still fight like hell to change that outcome.

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

they're more angry about the pardon than about the remorseless genocide that Biden has been arming and shielding from criticism for over a year

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Line 5 should be retired, not expanded. insideclimatenews.org/news/2911202...

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

North Carolina is facing several interconnected expansions of natural gas infrastructure: SSEP, MVP Southgate, T15, etc. insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...

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Becky Crabtree on silver linings: “Out of this, out of the horrors of it all, there has been camaraderie and a group of people who have come together,” she said. “And if you need something, or if there’s another something to face — oh my, we’ll be organized.” www.fayettetribune.com/news/a-polit...

submitted 136 days ago • 1 comment

new from Sirkka Miller in Antipode - "Knowledge(s) and Power in the Stop Line 3 Movement: From Colonial Logics to Epistemic Justice" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #geosky

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Governments are colluding with fossil fuel corporations to stamp down on climate protests. From the use of RICO laws and SLAPP suits to “critical infrastructure” bills, climate activists are facing escalating repression in the US and globally. www.thenation.com/article/envi...

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Maybe lost in the noise of all the nominations, Trump named ND Governor Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary. Burgum is a unabashed ally of oil and gas interests and notably, called for the eviction of Indigenous communities resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline. www.democracynow.org/2024/11/15/h...

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

As someone who never really did Twitter, I feel detached from the collective energy on this new platform, but I’m getting the sense that the vibes here are a bit better.

submitted 139 days ago • 2 comments