The Journal of Geophysical Research universe is getting out of hand.

Finally back in North Carolina after a wonderful trip to UConn to speak about my book & meet amazing folks like Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan (@napaaqtuk.bsky.social). And it was an honor to be part of their decades-long Teale Lecture series.

Excited to be part of this event with Kirsten Squint next month, hosted by Erica Abrams Locklear as part of UNC Asheville’s Rising Waters series. Come join us! Registration link: www.unca.edu/events-and-n... #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

En route to Hartford for @uconn.bsky.social’s Teale Lecture series where I’ll share stories & lessons from ON THE SWAMP. Excited to reconnect w/ colleagues and meet new folks! events.uconn.edu/institute-of... #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #OnTheSwamp

Intriguing new article by Danielle Purifoy, James Bryan, & Sara Smith examining the Landback Abolition Project at UNC & asks ‘how do faculty, students, staff, & community of a 234-year-old colonial institution create the conditions for a structural shift in our relations toward land & education?’

Mom has 3 paintings in the 9|9 Native South art show, & one sold already at tonight’s opening! She is a lifelong artist but only recently began sharing her work publicly. I’m so proud of her! If you’re in Pembroke, check out the exhibition at UNCP’s Old Main. www.uncp.edu/news/2025/mu... #EasternNC

Michael Whatley is an former oil & gas pipeline lobbyist. He was Exec. VP of Consumer Energy Alliance, a group that promoted major #fossilFuel pipelines—including Keystone XL, DAPL, & ACP—often through astroturf ops & greenwashing campaigns disguised as education programs. #ncpol #ClimateChange

Alumni profile of Kerry Bird (Lumbee, Sisseton-Wahpeton), director of North Carolina’s American Indian Heritage Commission. Kerry is an inspiring leader, a dedicated public servant, and an all-around great person! withyou.washu.edu/profile/kerr... #Indigenous #WUSTL #NCpol

Failed Atlantic Coast Pipeline still serves as a useful case study for policy research. Here's a new one. "The clear fact is that Dominion & Duke Energy’s litigation budget could not handle the variety and diversity of various independent private nonprofit budgets." ppar.thebrpi.org/vol-12-2025-...

It’s back to school time - what are you reading? For the next 2 days, On the Swamp and other titles are 50% off at the publisher’s new website. Use discount code 01NEWSITE50. uncpress.org/978146967832... #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #OnTheSwamp @uncpress.bsky.social

I gave a keynote talk yesterday at the International Cartography Conference in Vancouver. I shared stories and lessons from my work on mapmaking for Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice. This week, I’ve met mapmakers from around the world & learned about cutting edge cartographic theory & tech. #ICC2025

Forest health in the Rocky Mountains declines, which is why we looked into drought resilience via in situ stable isotope measurements of soil & tree waters on daily basis. We found that aspen are adjusting their water uptake dynamics within days to water availability changes. doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Thanks to @massybooks.bsky.social for hosting a great book talk and signing thing evening in #Vancouver! Largest Indigenous book selection of any bookshop I’ve visited. It was cool seeing #OnTheSwamp shelved in the “Indigenous Politics” subsection—and right next to Nick Estes (whose book I teach).

Many Lumbee people correctly predicted this outcome back in January. I was one of them. In fact, Lumbees have called out Trump’s offensive pandering from the beginning, even as some of our politicians have gone all in on him. bsky.app/profile/wate...

Please check out my book talk next Tuesday at Massy Books in Vancouver, BC! #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

Read this carefully researched and thoughtfully written story by @lisasorg.bsky.social on local water pollution in Durham. Sorg weaves together many concepts covered in my #EnvironmentalJustice course at Duke. I will definitely incorporate this article into my syllabus for the upcoming term!

not all gyros wear capes

Sorry to Anthony Adams but that photo of Trump is giving serious meme vibes.

“for barack, who dared the sky” you wore your Black like a morning suit— creased with hope, stitched in fire, made the mic a pulpit and the White House a choir. they called it impossible. you called it tuesday. made yes we can sound like truth on a school day. your walk? pure South Side sermon.👇🏾

One zombie factoid is so pervasive in my field that I knew a corrective footnote in my book wouldn’t suffice. So last year I published a whole article debunking & explaining how it undermines #Indigenous knowledge. It’s bad already; LLMs will make it worse. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... #pocosin

Five years ago this month a loosely-knit coalition of grassroots organizations, environmental groups, & everyday people defeated the Atlantic Coast Pipeline—an $8 billion fracked gas project that energy companies had long called a "done deal." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... #EnvironmentalJustice

Extremely important effort here to document NPS signage to try to save it sites.google.com/umn.edu/save... Please spread the word through your networks that may be close to parks @learothawms.bsky.social @waterpotential.bsky.social @drangelasutton.bsky.social 1/2

I will be in Vancouver next month for a book talk and signing! 7-8:30PM on Tuesday, August 19 at Massy Books (@massybooks.bsky.social). Please stop by! Details 👇🏽 www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-swa... #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

You can read about how this approach to mental illness and homelessness is linked to white supremacy in this book I wrote uncpress.org/book/9781469... Jim Crow in the Asylum | Kylie M. Smith | University of North Carolina Press

I showed up here a day later—unaware of what happened—to collect ADCP measurements. After learning of the incident from folks gathered (one of whom shared a video of truck in river), I spent hours pointing out the spot to a steady stream of visitors. www.wbtv.com/2025/07/22/m... #hydrology #scicomm

Morning traffic report in RobCo - my Lester Fallsapart impression. #EasternNC #OnTheSwamp

My book, ON THE SWAMP, was shortlisted for the 26th Susanne M. Glasscock Prize, an award for books that appeal to both academic and general audiences. Read about all six finalists below.👇🏽 liberalarts.tamu.edu/glasscock/fi... #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #Hydrology #ClimateChange #ncpol #EnvHist

🧵 Insightful #NativesInSTEM thread… being, doing, mentoring.

Cumulative impacts (i.e., converging environmental, socioeconomic harms) are part of policy discussions & public discourse on #EnvironmentalJustice. What can swine biogas & other false #climate solutions teach us abt cumulative impacts? New commentary 👇🏽 www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/... #OpenAccess

Researchers - Submit an abstract by Jul 30 to the #Indigenous Science to Action session at the 2025 AGU Fall Meeting! Session theme is "Transforming Geoscience Through Indigenous Knowledge Systems & Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous Peoples." Details 👇🏽 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr... #AGU25

I'm recruiting via ISU's new EPSCOR Grad Training Program! If you want to write an NSF GRFP this Fall and come to ISU, let's connect. Students who get an Honorable Mention this year (or did in the last 3 years) are eligible. Program funding rates are same as GRFP! Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...

Gift link to new paper in @natwater.nature.com: "Surface waters in socially vulnerable areas are disproportionately under-monitored for nutrients in the US South Atlantic-Gulf region" rdcu.be/ewiYs #EnvironmentalJustice #geosky #WaterSky

Check out this year's #AGU25 session on runoff generation processes, which has a long tradition and two great invited speakers in the line up already: @mcmillanhydro.bsky.social and @lytarasova.bsky.social

Every North Carolinian who grew up with The TV Cart has to give the same response. It’s like the “Deep in the Heart of Texas” ritual but less catchy to sing in unison, and we don’t clap.

Join our project! Temporary program coordinator for Tribal Coastal Resilience Connections, a collaboration w/ NC Department of Environmental Quality & Albemarle-Pamlico Nat'l Estuarine Partnership around climate resilience and #Indigenous communities. More 👇🏽 www.governmentjobs.com/careers/nort...

#Lumbee Homecoming 2025 appreciation post.

A few of my photos from Saturday's Lumbee homecoming parade in Pembroke, North Carolina. The high temperature barely exceeded 90 degrees F (32.5 deg C)—cooler than average for recent years but warmer than average since homecoming began in 1968. #EasternNC #OnTheSwamp #ClimateChange

New piece about misclassification of Indigenous people in North Carolina's vital records—a big problem for public health research & policy. Features interviews with Lumbee researchers & community leaders. www.wunc.org/health/2025-...

I learned recently that this year’s Envirothon (high school academic competition) focuses on Indigenous Rights. How cool is that? Our local team asked me to help them prep for their upcoming event in Calgary! We spent today discussing UNDRIP, Indigenous Science & Lumbee perspectives on land & water.

I can’t get enough em dash. It’s the crossover dribble of punctuation.

Hydrology Paper of the Day @waterpotential.bsky.social on salinization of coastal aquifers in the Anthropocene: Hydrologic connectivity, flowpaths and human modifications; civil engineering, groundwater pumping and changes on the East Coast of the USA; and the need for sensors and data fusion.

Reminds me of the accoutrement pack & play at restaurants in Japan. It’s the table side accessory I never knew I needed.

Climate change & infrastructure alter the flow of sea water through freshwater-dependent coastal landscapes. New commentary in @agu.org Water Resources Research lays out challenges & next steps for research and water management. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... #SWISLR 🌎 🧪 ⚒️

I am not at #NAISA2025 this year, but my book and publisher are there! #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

2nd Helen Maynor Scheirbeck Memorial Lecture delivered this week by Nancy Strickland Chavis, director & curator at Museum of the Southeast American Indian. Scheirbeck played a pivotal role in US Indian affairs for decades as Chavis, her protégé, recounts here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmn... #Lumbee

Also, we’ll learn about a swamp with connections to Indigenous people going back thousands of years. On the homelands of the Nansemond Indian Nation in Virginia, the Great Dismal Swamp was a safe space for tribes. It also became a refuge for Black freedom seekers escaping slavery.

Blocked faster than I could come up with something witty to say about it.

Thread 🧵 with updates on NSF Division of Earth Sciences.

Such a great insight on how work in the "real world" can affect and improve teaching & research in academia. We need more of this!

I see my sign!