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dchungyalpa.bsky.social
Env strategist, bridge builder, ecofeminist, Himalayan. Working on inner + community + planetary resilience w/ faith & Indigenous leaders on environmental & climate efforts at @LokaInitiative, UW-Madison. Personal account - views are my own. She/ her.
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Madison folks, here we go! March 7th, 2 E Main St, Madison, WI 53702. Time: 12-3 PM. Science is for everyone.

I’m struck by how much the most vehement theocrats behave like they don’t fear the judgment of an angry God

Let me debunk this rq bc you're def going to hear this junk again: 1) The Court installed Bush in 2000 2) Johnson (right libertarian) got 3x more votes than Stein in 2016 3)Biden is responsible for orders of magnitude more C19 harm to date The system is the problem, not leftists/any voters tbh.

Bravo, @coveringclimatenow.org! Fantastic! Climate psychology tells us that underneath “business as usual” grief, helplessness, rage, overwhelm … anything but indifference. Instead of adding to the overwhelm, journalism can help tap the love & yearning that undergirds support for climate action!

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

This is what obeying in advance looks like. The NSF fires 10% of its total staff in a move that went beyond what was requested by the current regime. The NSF is the flagship of US basic research infrastructure. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Context for what’s happening here. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

USA - economic blackout day scheduled

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

Pass it on.

Mass #surveillance in the US has historically targeted racial and ethnic minorities. Experts warn this pattern could intensify under a second Trump term, with a focus on people of color and immigrants. @curlyprofessor.bsky.social @raqueldelerme.bsky.social @usc.edu #deportation

Hey Folks! Did you know Loka has a monthly newsletter full of inspiring stories, updates & partner highlights?? Sign up at explore.wisc.edu/loka! This month we're proud to offer a nourishing interview ft. our dear friend, Kaira Jewel Lingo - check out the Feb. 25' issue at go.wisc.edu/fgee4w 🌎

We're in dire need to keep raising money because of the expenses of keeping all of the eSIMs topped up. For the latest about our project: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/01/29/c...

Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures theguardian.com/environment/...

If you need help coming up with a 'hypotheses' you shouldn't be a scientist. Every scientist I know has 100 project ideas and lack time to get to them. No on is sitting around twiddling thumbs without an interesting question to ask. We are in the dumbest timeline.

Huge implications with this one!

Lord Elon is making a new acquisition: Wisconsin. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

Wisconsin Rep Derrick Van Orden tried to troll Lake Michigan. He failed. #Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI03 #DVO

so many people fucking forget that "self care" was coined by a black queer woman who was fighting for equality while also dealing with cancer and yes self care is fucking resistance go read Audre Lorde & stop preaching to & overlooking to the black women/queers who HAVE BEEN doing the work.

So many of us are experiencing overwhelm freeze (also referred to as task paralysis) right now, where we are so psychologically overwhelmed with all the things we know we should do, we end up doing none of it. How do we overcome this paralysis? How do we melt the freeze?

One of the reasons I take time out of Loka's project work to give public talks for communities of faith, including my own Buddhist faith, is because these communities infuse me with joy & energy. I am reminded how similar we are regardless of race, geography, nationality, religion & return renewed.

Our military will soon be asked to make a very stark choice. There will be mass unrest in this country as these disastrous changes take effect. Trump will invoke the insurrection act at some point. You will be ordered to inflict violence on your fellow citizens. Think through this before it happens.

So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.

Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

This is fascism.

This does away with awards based on underrepresentation, student support services based on race, scholarships, etc. Let me explain, pre coffee (wrote this morning, no time to update, you're getting a cut n paste), why this is a bad idea. 🧵 www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

Most people in the US have no idea about the attacks on federally funded science or our government institutions. Many (or most!) of your family, coworkers, neighbors, and friends have no idea. My own MAGA dad thinks DOGE is just identifying waste, and that nothing has been cut. We have to tell them.

Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?

Similar feeling when I see vast expanses of tea plantations in India!

NOW DOGE DOES ECOCIDE NOAA staff has been told to search their existing grants for terms that include “climate science,” “climate crisis,” “clean energy,” “environmental quality” and “pollution.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...

Anti-racist white people, here's a good opportunity to plug into existing and ongoing organizing.

Democracies do not "punish" journalists

Do you know what's the oldest form of government globally & baked into our societal dna? Monarchy. Democracy is basically an infant experiment. So, if we want to be more than serfs in the near future, we're going to have to do something about it. Organize. Mobilize. Get loud. Silence is compliance.

Married women, your right to vote is at stake if the SAVE Act passes into law.