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Name one right you enjoy that didn't come from protesting. Do you enjoy the weekend? Protests. Do you enjoy basic civil rights? Protests. Women's right to vote? protests. The United States? That also came from protests. Our rights, and the rights of all, require free speech and right to protest.

The signal chat made clear that whether or not to bomb (and when) was a political calculus (to look strong, to send a message), more than something necessary for national security. Similarly, the failure of Republicans to demand accountability is choosing party and politics over security. Full stop.

PSA: Do not trust AI to do your bibliographies for you! I have now witnessed two instances where AI simply makes up references--citing things that do not exist. This is supremely sloppy. RAs/students -- this is not a good time saving option!Double check all references before submission

If I were a chickenhearted Republican senator who’s kinda unhappy about all the crazy but also kinda spineless - groupchatgate is the excuse I need to raise a fuss abt Hegseth et al putting American soldiers in harm’s way, being unpatriotic etc w/o directly opposing Trump.

More than 1,000 people have been detained amid escalating protests over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. wapo.st/4kSmvVr

This is precisely why I will not review or publish for MPDI. They just published a piece in the journal Water. It cites a piece that does not exist: Simms, R.; Harris, L. Indigenous water governance and sustainable practices. J. Indig. Stud. 2018, 42, 415–436. [Google Scholar].

Today in dystopia: "The Trump administration plans to eliminate the E.P.A.’s scientific research arm and fire as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists and other scientists." (NYT)

As many of us (likely most of us) still understand the value of DEI initiatives, I wanted to share this amazing work and some key data points from colleague at UW Madison Manuel Teodoro. Many has done some careful longitudinal work looking at diversity of the workforce in the water field.

Is Musk's long-held dream of populating Mars going to be the thing that pushes aside all of our dreams of living in peace, enjoying nature and good health, and feeding our families?

There are Stand up For Science events in 31 cities this Friday. Details here: standupforscience2025.org/@standupfors...

Idle No More! Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, The Women's March, Standing Rock, Fridays for the Future, Stonewall, Anti-Vietnam protests, '64 March on Washington. We need all of that energy, AND MORE, now! Plus the #Voters rights, #freedom, and #democracy that countless others have died for

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Idle No More! Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, The Women's March, Standing Rock, Fridays for the Future, Stonewall, Anti-Vietnam protests, '64 March on Washington. We need all of that energy, AND MORE, now! Plus the #Voters rights, #freedom, and #democracy that countless others have died for

Advice from Prof Kai Chan on pitching your idea for grad student admissions. For my part, much of this applies and I prefer to start hearing from students in July for December deadlines!: chanslabviews.blogspot.com/2025/02/pitc...

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#WaterJustice colleagues. Please check out this new trailer from the ANU Water Justice Hub. We were able to premier the film at last week's Inaugural Water Justice Day. Amazing film. Follow the Hub for news on upcoming full release! @DecolonizingWater @ires.ubc.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B5N...

Ayla's first day of school in Australia! Pittwater High, grade 10.

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Remember when people were saying it wouldn't be good for democracy to sentence an incoming president or to pursue a sitting president? ..... Well, there are apparently it is worse for democracy when you don't do those things

Now available open access: Routledge Handbook of Gender and Water Governance. Eds Acevedo-Guerrero, Bossenbroek, Leonardelli, Zwarteveen, Kulkarni www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi....

River co-learning arenas: principles and practices for transdisciplinary knowledge co-creation and multi-scalar (inter)action Daniele Tubino de Souza, et al. Local Environment. 2024, 30, 1. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Repost from @MelissaBeresford. '...Water sharing is a major way that households cope with inadequate water globally. But can water sharing help advance household water security? We review the past 14 years of water sharing scholarship to address this question. Environ Res Letters: lnkd.in/gF9ENejw

Research Fellowship Opportunities at Project Drawdown! Here are some great opportunities to work on the front lines of climate solutions. Please pass along to your colleagues. drawdown.org/careers/rese...

Justicia Hidrica documentary Water and Sugar. Free to download. Considers the effects on water in the Cauca valley, Colombia with extensive monoculture of sugar cane production. justiciahidrica.org/documentary-...

www.routledge.com/Doing-Politi... Ebook and paperback now on sale> Doing Political Ecology (eds) Gregory L. Simon, Kelly Kay

Doors of Tangier....