Expert in climate change and children's wellbeing. Adjunct Professor of Social Policy at Hunter College. Funny IRL. Mother to wonderful humans and spoiled dogs.
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The latest nonsense about #autism from the 🧠🐛 and the 🍊🤡is hard to bear. For all the #neurodivergent people out there, know that you are not a problem to be fixed. You are beautiful. You are valued. You are the future. autismspectrumnews.org/cultural-aut...
Done! Subject line - Authoritarian Bootlicking Corporation (ABC)
😡 Frustrated over US foreign aid cuts, inaction on Gaza, and all the other nightmares consuming our country? 🗽Do you live in Lower #Manhattan or Brownstone #Brooklyn. #CongressmanDanGoldman is holding a virtual townhall Tues 9/16 Register in advance goldman.house.gov/about/events...
LeGuin is the uncelebrated antidote to the tech world's obsession with Tolkien.
It's called nihilism. gnet-research.org/2022/12/16/g...
This is one of the many, many reasons we should all condemn the celebration of political violence, as Kirk did here: You often don't get to decide when to dismount the tiger. It eats you first.
Would love to see the chapter!
Great opportunity for students and recent grads to gain hands-on experience in climate work The Constellation Fellowship has 45 positions across a range of areas (tech, communication, community engagement) But hurry! The deadline is Sept 7! www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/constellatio...
Because New York City is the Riyadh of America. www.youtube.com/shorts/EeEp8...
Now we are talking.
Thanks to the Guardian for covering our efforts. Read more here: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Follow us, support the mission, and help keep climate truth alive.
Join us for our joint screening of these climate documentary films, "Good Grief: The 10-Steps" and "Healing Lahiana" on Wednesday September 24th at 3pm at The Climate Imaginarium in NYC! Register for free here: luma.com/5h6k54y3
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! I am joking. (But maybe not.) As someone who compulsively runs risk likelihoods through my head, it sure is satisfying. Just wished they had included shark attacks🦈
Truly, there is nothing new under the sun.
How much tax do US #billionaires pay? The data and analysis is in - and the answer is "NOT ENOUGH". Just 24% of economic income compared to the average of 30% paid by most Americans. #Inequality #Taxtherich
For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
Looks like #BuyNothing groups are about to get a lot more popular
A veteran US Navy SEAL reflects on Gaza dbarkhuff.substack.com/p/i-should-b...
Two things: 1. It's heartening to see so many Americans and American organizations, including environmental, faith-based, and health groups, speaking out for climate protection and improved air quality. 2. The person at @eos.org live posting these hearings deserves a raise. Ahem, @agu.org.
Thanks Danielle! The Syllabus was an amazing resource putting together my syllabus on Environmental Change and Social Welfare @cuny.edu Silberman School of Social Work
I, for one, am ready to talk about our HOTNESS. #Menopause awareness is important!
A quick reminder that the US is the ONLY country that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - which includes the right to participation.
Time we do this in New York - and nationally as well.
$6 or $7 per pound for ground beef is still way too cheap. Without subsidies - and taking into account the massive, horrific environmental footprint of beef - it should be 6 times more expensive. @andrew.heiss.phd
💯Fully agree. And even the EO that are legal and have teeth are temporary. The next President can (and most likely will) over turn them. As the French would say, "Comme un pète dans le vent"
Yes, please.
🔥🚼 Child malnutrition links #conflict and #climatechange A new study from @fao.org and CGIAR shows that acute malnutrition – especially wasting – is an early warning signal of social breakdown in fragile settings. theconversation.com/child-malnut...
I’m teaching a GIS course Fall 2025 on wildfire activity mapping. This class will be offered through the Prof and Continuing Edu program at Eastern Washington University and you don’t need to be an EWU student to enroll! Email or DM with questions or if you’d like the syllabus!
Numbers of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists sets new record at #plasticstreaty negotiations: 234 www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2... cf this www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mine too. See you at schul.
This story in particular is a great resource to read, bookmark, and share with your networks outside of Bluesky. Let's make Lex's dream come true by clicking through and sharing widely! www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-ra...
"A climate nonprofit is planning to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters that the Trump administration formally stopped updating in May. The database - which was produced by NOAA - is set to return this fall as a product of @climatecentral.org."
Love this. Could share a link or source? Thanks
Agree. Certain left-wing #Boomers think he is one of theirs. And to a great extent he is.
✋Please STOP the #MothershipStrategies scam. We need Democratic $$$ going to Democratic candidates and causes - not disappearing into a swamp of #PACs and consultants' fees @kenmartin.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Musk’s DOGE burned $21 billion in six months. Fourteen billion paid to workers not working. Six billion more in severance. IRS cuts may cost up to $2.4 trillion. USAID slashed, food and meds spoiled. One million dead already. Trump calls it savings. The math calls it a crime.
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Part of a broader movement to bring back #childlabor
Amen. I think we can all recognize that while bikes are nowhere near as a dangerous as cars, oblivious and obnoxious cyclists make walking far more stressful for pedestrians, particularly for people with limited mobility.
Meanwhile, Mike #Signalgate Waltz was pushing "Trade not Aid" during his Congressional hearings.
New review: Cumulative exposure to urban heat can affect the learning capacity of students #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Washington Post has just published every single known name. A seminal moment.
As we rethink US #foreignaid, another compelling reason to stop #foodaid. We are pumping our Western aquifers dry to ship surplus overseas at a high cost. @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @charlesjkenny.bsky.social
Meanwhile, over on the Israeli side, NYT is dismissed as just another biased, antisemitic new source. (Learned that this weekend arguing on Buy Nothing.) @kendrawrites.com www.jns.org/why-does-the...
As a side detour, Plymouth Church on Orange Street was an important center of the abolitionist movement
Great! From the Transit Museum, I suggest walking down Montague Street towards the Promenade. Montague Diner is a great place to refuel. Plus stops along the way at Books are Magic and the Cat Cafe. Turn right at the promenade, enjoy, and follow it to Dumbo - where you can ride Jane's Carrousel!
Yes, but "The Squeakquel" has to be the most hilarious movie title ever.
A great read on how Indigenous ways of knowing align with and challenge #NatureBasedSolutions
Bravo! But as a quick aside, this moment did not start in 2019. Young people in the Pacific Islands were fighting well before then. From Mere Nailatikau using the Miss South Pacific contest as an activism platform to the Pacific Climate Warriors led by @350pacific.bsky.social
“Israel is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is responsible.” Forceful and necessary pushback to Israeli propaganda by @peterbeaumont.bsky.social
#FamiliesFirst is holding events across the US on 7/26 Bridging concern for #children🚸 and #climatechange 🌎 So of course I will be there. Care to join me? www.mobilize.us/familiesfirs...
The Big Beautiful Bill gives Meta a $15 billion check. That’s more than our federal government spends on child care in an entire year. If we invested that much in child care & early childhood education, we’d create stronger futures for everyone, not just Mark Zuckerberg.
Full debrief from World's Youth for Climate Justice, the Center for International Environmental Law, the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, and volunteers from the AO Alliance. drive.google.com/file/d/1KLQg...
The young people of the Pacific Islands did it! 🎉🏝️ 🏛️Historic #climatechange ruling at the ICJ. By a unanimous decision of the word's highest court: ⛔ Failing to phase out production, consumption, and subsidies of fossil fuels is indefensible 👩⚖️Justice and reparations are due! See 🧵for more.
❤️❤️❤️this study! A lifetime ago, as a volunteer in #Mali, I helped organize a debate between candidates on the local radio station. It was a huge success. (But I was cautioned by Peace Corps leadership - and there is a file in DC saying I was a "bad volunteer.")
A major win! 👏 The #ICJ has made it clear: states most responsible for the #ClimateCrisis have a legal obligation to protect current & future generations. Failing to do so could violate international law, which could open the door for affected nations to seek future reparations. #ICJAO
Excellent new resource on #NatureBasedSolutions in cities. For #children's #mentalhealth and learning, the evidence on contact with nature is irrefutable. The challenge is now baking nature into urban planning and polity - as a necessity and not a luxury. @uslnyc.bsky.social
Definitely people who jumped into the human gene pool when the lifeguard wasn't looking
As a researcher, I can attest to the challenge of forming relationships with local institutions versus the ease of accessing digital databases, which tips the playing field significantly (even within high-income countries).
What is wealth - and why do so few have so much? 🎙️Antisocial Economics is a new podcast about wealth, poverty & power. Sarah Kerr (@wealtherty.bsky.social) talks to interesting people about wealth as a social problem. Listen to the trailer 👇 buff.ly/HeCuayQ
Thank you @marisakabas.bsky.social for adding your voice. I am also a Jewish woman (and international humanitarian) and this is not a complex moral decision. Starving people and shooting them as they seek food is inexcusable. @repdangoldman.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice. 🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website! Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
But it reduced the likelihood of local collaboration!
Why is Trump and co. gutting FEMA, NOAA and all of our disaster management capacity? For the same reason as every other decision they make. Because it hurts the poorest people and places. @samlmontano.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
Perfectly acceptable feedback for them to receive.
Love you guys. But could you also recognize that UNICEF, WFP, UNHCR and UN Peacekeeping also face massive cuts. And these are the organizations keeping humanitarian programs running with USAID gone.
📣 UPCOMING EVENT ALERT - 🗓️ Thursday, July 17 🕒 3PM PT 📍 Online 📞 Join the call campaign to defend science. 🔗 scan the QR code or RSVP here ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/calli... #StandUpForScience #SummerFightForScience
Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.
Join a march over the Brooklyn Bridge on Aug 9 to tell her to stand up to Trump and stop the Williams pipelines! actionnetwork.org/events/no-fr...
DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. A key Senate committee has indicated that it will reject Trump’s proposed cuts to science agencies including NASA and the NSF. Keep speaking up and calling your electeds 🗣️🗣️🗣️
New from me -- We must loudly call the Republican budget bill what it is: anti-children and anti-family. If lawmakers want to be “pro-family,” they should start by acknowledging that our government should be in the business of investing in children. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/us-poli...
If you're new around here: The actions taken by the Trump administration against FEMA have made it impossible for FEMA to effectively respond to any large disaster. This is what we have been warning about for the past six months. I'll drop some links if you need to catch up. It's alot.
The trainings are virtual; you can join from anywhere in the world. Or you can reach out to your local Indivisible chapter. I will be there. Will you? @bkindivisible.bsky.social
We need to let people know that #Trump and #Rubio are redirecting their money 🌽From preventing famine to funding dictatorships 🆘Using funds intended for refugees to carry out deportations 💰Blocking global efforts to end tax dodging by tech companies and corporate oligarchs
But we need to connect the dots on what is happening at home and abroad. Whether blocking progress on #climatechange, defunding #health and #hunger programs, or stripping away disaster response capacity, it is the same cruelty is at play in the US and the 🌍
It is critical that we find our voice on #foreignaid (through fantastic initiatives like @friendsofusaid.bsky.social) But we also need to join forces for sustained organizing and impact. Indivisible delivers impact. newrepublic.com/article/1905...
Furious over the destruction of #USAID and ready to fight back? 👊 @indivisible.org is hosting 3 upcoming sessions to introduce strategic non-cooperation. The 1st session is July 16 at 8 PM. Why this matters 🧵... @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I just wrote to the organizers of the Ig Nobel , proposing an Ig Noble Peace Prize, awarded to the person (or organization) who causes the most human suffering.
I nominate Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose destruction of #USAID is expected to cause the death of 14 million people over the next 5 years. Who would you nominate for the 2025 Ig Nobel Peace Prize? @altusaid.altgov.info
It is high time we had an Ig Nobel Prize for Peace. Taking inspiration from the Darwin Awards, we can nominate the person (or organization) who reverses progress for humanity in the most spectacular manner. @atrupar.com @sundaedivine.bsky.social
Reads as an anti-thesis of everything #Trump and #MAGA stand for. And exactly why science is always in the crosshairs of authoritarians.
#UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 #UNHCR won it twice, in 1954 and 1981 So did #UN #Peacekeeping in 1988 and 2001 #WFP waited until 2020 Meanwhile #Trump is slashing US funding to these organizations to zero, while #Netanyahu has an arrest warrant from the #ICC.
After criticizing Zohran Mamdani as "utopian," Congressman Tom Suozzi says Democratic politicians "have to do a better job of communicating that we see you, we hear you"
#Climatechange is having a major impact on #mentalhealth But as this article argues, a focus on mental health and well-being can strengthen climate policy and practice @neatneuro.bsky.social @hahrie.bsky.social @iamveerabhadra.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Fact Sheet: Trump’s Rescission Request Would Slash Spending on Foreign Assistance Programs That Benefit American Interests www.americanprogress.org/article/fact...
A must read @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social beautifully describes what we lost with the destruction of #USAID.
Happy to join you!
Curious why young people helped power @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign? Get a first hand account from #TREEAge, an amazing youth-led #climateaction group in #NYC
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/a...
4. And finally, a song of hope. Because we can't just protest, we also need to light the way forward. It is time to "let all the dreamer's wake the nation" www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv-0...
3. The anthems. Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive got me through the 1st Trump administration, and isn't time that we reclaim Queen, starting with We Will Rock You
2. More of the classics. Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land (and now it is for sale), Pete Seeger and the Byrd's Turn, Turn, Turn (for #Gaza, #Ukraine and #Sudan), and this beautiful update of Eve of Destruction by 20twenties and Anneli Kamfer www.youtube.com/watch?v=REeW...
Thanks for the #Rebellion playlist @jonpareles.bsky.social (🎁link in the comments) Some suggested additions for the next protest: 1. From my Gen Z daughter, Lady Gaga's Born This Way (for #transrights) and Rihanna's American Oxygen (for #immigrants and because, #Rihanna)
🪦Yesterday marked the last day of #USAID 🥊Today it is time to join the #Resistance Over on Linked In, I share guidance on how we link the fight against Trump's authoritarian agenda, at home and abroad! @altusaid.altgov.info @bkindivisible.bsky.social @democracyforward.org
For perspective: a recent study suggested that economic savings from just a *single* well-predicted hurricane, thanks to NOAA research advancements, are on order of *$5 billion.* That exceeds NOAA's *entire proposed annual operating budget.* So much for government efficiency.
As hard as it will be for children and families in the US, in crisis-affected countries that were supported by #USAID and #UNICEF the impact of this administration will be catastrophic