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It's genuinely difficult to feel happy or hopeful about anything in the world right now. But I did feel some of those things when I wrote this essay about superblooms--an amazing natural phenomenon that I have had the pleasure of witnessing firsthand cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/02...

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Webinar: What Scientists Are Telling Us About Radiation that Nuclear Boosters Won't Feb. 20 - 12pm EST Updates in research about public health impacts of ionizing radiation with Dr. Amanda Nichols (UCSB) + Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear). Mary Olson (Gender + Radiation Project) moderating

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Melbourne Uni has curated a collection of Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers & Thought & Practices from the Global South of 677 items. Two years in the making. Humbled to feature in it; can't believe my luck to share space w/ folks I hold in high esteem. omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decolonialit...

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We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

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Register now for this episode of ASLE Spotlight on the theme REPRODUCING ANIMALITY Friday, Feb 21, 1pm EST on Zoom forms.gle/GZgZ4GFuEMmA... #envhum #academicsky

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Every paragraph is alarming but the explanation of the "network state" ambition, to create a sovereign cryptocurrency nation, is especially enlightening. This is not just another hot take. theconversation.com/efficiency-o...

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#santabarbara Hey everyone in Santa Barbara heads up and share the info. ICE is here and going door to door and stopping cars. Know your rights - Do not open your door, do not say anything, for help go to www.805inimigrante.org #ICEactivity

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"What do you do with a region that has long fixated on the apocalypticism that slumbers in its everyday, at a moment when the apocalypse becomes normalized the world over?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Check out my latest publication: www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...

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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

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"Very bipartisan" support for geoengineering from a Congress with a significant number of climate change deniers. Interesting. The New Climate Gold Rush: Scrubbing Carbon From the Sky www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...

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🚨 NEW STUDY 🚨 Microplastics are everywhere and a new study links them to colon and lung cancer, as well as harm to digestive, respiratory, and reproductive health. While governments wait, exposure increases. We need a strong #PlasticsTtreaty, now.

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UCSB attractions.

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... and a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in a prickly pear tree 🎶

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Science says potentially globally disastrous, but "inherently incredibly cool"!! 🙄 Drop the coolness and back away. slowly. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/s...

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Didion: "To live with the Santa Ana is to accept, consciously or unconsciously, a deeply mechanistic view of human behavior ... The winds shows us how close to the edge we are." www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/cms/lib5/CA0...

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Climate chaos invites populism and fascism, exacerbating climate chaos. Rinse, repeat. theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

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ISSR CFP: "Ecology between Religions and Sciences: Minds and Bodies in Nature" 30 June – 3 July 2025 Swindon, UK. Plenary speakers include Mike Hulme, Niels Henrik Gregersen, Susan Bratton, Lisa Sideris, Peter Scott and Panu Pihkala Mar 1 deadline for submissions www.issr.org.uk/issr-stateme...

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Giving new meaning to Christmas cactus.

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Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

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Well, I already called myself out for curmudgeonliness, but OK. blueskyroast.com/roast/lsider...

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Things that almost keep me from losing it.

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So a reminder: It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom. It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president. It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child. For the record.

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If you are near Santa Barbara this Monday, please come by UCSB and join us for a lively conversation! Much gratitude to the Iris Committee, the Nature, Ethics, and Technology Program, Lisa Sideris (@lsideris.bsky.social), and the Walter H. Capps Center. 🌎

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Real birbs of Santa Barbara

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Finally returning home from #AAR on the Surfliner train after MC-ing a reception, presiding over a session, and giving 3 presentations. It wasn't perfect, but I did it.

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What are we going to do about all the plastic in the oceans, in our air, in our bodies, in breastmilk, in newborns, in our food, in the bodies of our nonhuman kin? Is progress possible under the incoming fascist regime? Please tell me what's possible and how I can help. news.ucsb.edu/2024/021690/...

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Are you ready for para-environmentalism? @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social explains why you should be. Thought-provoking piece on the weird state of environmental politics in the US.

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