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Biodiversity scientist bringing people together & making connections for nature, conservation & the common good in #California @calacademy.bsky.social + @baynatureinstitute @togetherbayarea boards she/her
I am so excited to announce the First America Indigenous Futures Writing Workshop Series as part of a project I’ve been working on for the past year. Please share with any Indigenous youth that you know!
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Here is a direct link to the first full draft of the National Nature Assessment on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife that was started under the Biden administration but canceled by Trump before it could be published. 🌎
naturerecord.org/chapters
The draft Nature Record National Assessment is now open for comment!
Take a look and tell us what we got right, what we missed, and what changes you’re seeing where you live.
Your perspective will help shape the final record of nature in the U.S.
naturerecord.substack.com/p/the-draft-...
PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.
What a beautiful reminder of the power of actors to tell stories that shape how we see ourselves and our world
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I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval — both
congresscalllist.com
“How many of these gentle people have I helped to kill just by paying my taxes?" June Jordan, 1984
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
He loves to graphically share the trauma of others, especially that of girls and young women. It’s disgusting.
Last weekend.
This weekend.
@washingtonpost.com
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"Many of us who work at universities, not just NYU, have watched in confusion and horror at the way our administrations have approached generative AI and its integration into the systems that we use to teach."
AFT has said AI must be a mandatory subject of bargaining.
“All children held in immigration detention should be immediately released, and these facilities should be permanently shuttered.”
A California Biodiversity Network (CBN) working group conducted a biodiversity assessment of California’s natural lands and freshwaters to evaluate the state’s progress toward its 30x30 initiative.
👀 Check out the report to learn more: www.cnps.org/artemisia-jo...
this is my entire reply to the guy who was like "the left isn't happy with AI"
Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
We need to rein in ICE and CBP.
We need to call out the avalanche of lies.
And most importantly, we need to stand up for our communities—because they are being terrorized by their own government.
The American people are demanding Congress meet this moment.
Rev. Jesse Jackson was a voice of morality and justice — a giant who inspired me and so many others to fight for justice and never give up. (1/3)
CFA Works with Lawmaker on Bill to Limit CSU Executive Pay:
CFA-sponsored AB1831, would limit the pay CSU executives receive, generally preventing executives from getting raises when student tuition increases, & require the BoT to repeal recently approved executive raises.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
A child looks at a fish in its habitat. Text reads: Free Admission for SFUSD Students. Details in caption.
Two students and their caregiver look at butterflies in our Osher Rainforest.
Two students sit and look at fish under the glass in our Philippine Coral Reef.
A student and her family walks past the entrance to the California Academy of Sciences.
In support of our local community and San Francisco’s youth, we’re offering free non-holiday weekday general admission for SFUSD students and discounted admission for caregivers during school closures.
More information on free admission here: bit.ly/4tnhI…
Raskin: To promote justice for the people, you've got to listen to the victims like the women seated behind you today. Those are just some of the hundreds of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's global sex trafficking ring. You still haven't with them.
“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
This thread!
If you have a problem with a performance that ended with THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE - well, you’re a bad person
SAME!
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
