As @jahwaiian.bsky.social (Dr. Johnson) said in the online panel “Our Oceans in Peril,” this push is less about nickel & cobalt than power,exercised over territories whose people have no vote in Congress. #Colonialism #OceanJustice

Hauʻoli Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea! Some tunes for the day ✊🏽 paʻi aʻa: n. root system, rootlets, small branches (Pukui-Elbert); incipient arteries or veins of an embryo branching out from the heart (Andrews) #Hawaii #SovereigntyRestorationDay #UaMauKeEaOKaʻĀinaIKaPono open.spotify.com/playlist/7KU...

I completed my 1st week of training for the 2025 #NewYorkCityMarathon! I'm running on behalf of @surfrider.org whose mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves, and beaches for all to enjoy! This work is critical as the ocean faces unprecedented challenges due to policy backsliding. is.gd/8JYTSF

Hafa adai bsky! There is one week left to speak out against the push to advance deep-sea mining in American Samoa. As a U.S. territory, American Samoa lacks the political leverage to oppose this federal action alone. Please support #PacificVoices #OceanJustice docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

As #UNOC3 approaches its end, I want to highlight two important perspectives from the Pacific Islands. First, a note on the threat #deepseamining poses to the Pacific and our planet's wellbeing. Beautifully written by the President's of Mā’ohi Nui and Belau. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Happy #WorldOceansDay! Almost all my friends are descending or have been in Nice for #UNOC and #OOS, which is giving me big time FOMO. To combat that, I've decided to announce that I'll be running the 2025 NYC Marathon to support @surfrider.org! www.surfrider.org?form=FUNTVWN...

"The best way to protect coral reefs is to address the root cause of climate change. And that means reducing the human emissions that are mostly from burning of fossil fuels." apnews.com/article/cora... @apnews.com

Such a joy to be in conversation with #scicomm LEGEND @samanthayammine.com to chat climate change, Moananuiākea, and relationality!

🫠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Another blink, and example of corruption—the biggest firms able to get exemptions. Small/medium sized businesses—SOL.

“Institutions that stood up are remembered for standing up to that power & that coercion, they're remembered for their acts of bravery. Institutions that capitulated are remembered for their willingness to cave to autocratic demands.” — Risa Lieberwitz, president of the Cornell chapter of the AAUP

Essential read, especially given the gutting of GCRP and the attacks on NCA6 this week. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Read the #ScientificAmerican op-ed: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum... #StandUpForScience #SciencePolicy #AGUAction

I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel

Colonialism is a messy business. US Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19, Ch 1, Part 7.2b: "Importations into...the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are not governed by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or the regulations contained in this chapter" www.mvariety.com/news/local/u...

Amazing sneak peek of upcoming book from Juliana Hu Pegues. Unsettling the American feminist narrative. #CornellAIIS

Calm in the storm: such insightful lessons from Stephen Henhawk and Kurt Jordan on the importance of place names for decolonizing and unsettling space. #CornellAIIS

This is not a drill. This is not just Sunday. This is the ’dictator for a day’ guy publicly announcing on a storied legacy media outlet that he plans to overturn the US Constitution and American democracy as we know it.

Aloha kakahiaka! For those of you at #AAG2025 looking for an engaging chat on inclusive climate adaptation, @lbnaylor.bsky.social is facilitating an awesome panel discussion on the topic (230 in 413A). Honored to be one of many voices on this topic.

I'm speaking at #IAmTiakiMoana in a few minutes In my remarks I reference this paper I wrote with @jahwaiian.bsky.social www.angelovillagomez.com/2022/11/john...

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go

South Carolina has 175 fires roaring. Let's check to see what the President is doing about it....

Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)

The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections. Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):

The "large scale social deception" contract Musk is conspiracizing about was: * first awarded under Trump * paid to Reuters' data division, not the newsroom * for researching *defenses* against deception * not revealed by "DOGE investigations" and was a public record, visible online for many years

I put this into a post. Please feel free to share. Call your R reps and tell them "I DIDN'T VOTE FOR CANCER!" - and demand they restore funding to the N.I.H. now. 202-224-3121 gregpak.net/2025/02/08/c...

Folks are getting worked up about my recent claim that U.S. National Weather Service costs $3-4 per person/year. Well, some math: NWS budget of ~$1.3 billion, ~160 million tax returns, & ~345 million Americans means ~$8/taxpayer, or (indeed) ~$3.75/person. That's...quite a deal.

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

If you can go, go. 5pm today. Last night's cutoff of federal funding by 47 doesn't just mess with the recipients, it violates the Constitution and seizes powers that belong to Congress. It's a dictatorial attempt at consolidation of power in the presidency. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...

10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands. Here’s a thread: grist.org/indigenous/p...

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences (AAPIIG) will be at #AGU24. We welcome all community members who self-identify as AAPI or individuals of Asian- and/or Pacific Islander-descent working in US-based institutions. Pod discussion Tues/Thurs, & offsite mixer on Wednesday Dec 11!

The US claims "about one third" of the ocean is protected -- but 40% of that number is in the Pacific Remote Island monument Designated in 2009 -- it still lacks a final management plan @jahwaiian.bsky.social and I attribute this to colonialism and racism www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10....

Shekóli, Bluesky! New here + wanted to introduce myself. I’m Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas, an Oneida & Seneca PhD student at Cornell with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. My research explores impacts of Cultural Fire + prescribed burns on insect diversity & Indigenous data sovereignty in ecological research 🐜🔥

speaking of pardons.... President Biden still has the power to free Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.

I haven't seen a conservation social sciences starter pack so I decided to make one #ConSocSci #MarSocSci I am sure that I have missed people... please help me identify more people to add and let me know if you'd like me to add you! go.bsky.app/AdXdpZd

He lā hauʻoli kēia no ka lāhui! #lākūʻokoʻa #ea #eiaaʻenokākou #kūʻē

Exciting news! The 7th International Marine Conservation Congress #IMCC7, which will be held in October in Cape Town, is now accepting abstracts! If you're not a member and not getting our emails, details on how to submit are on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/whysharksmat... 🦑🌎🧪🐟

Problem with academia is that people talk like they're on an episode of Planet Earth, but behave like they're in an episode of Succession.

I am excited to announce that the 1st-ever US Nat'l Nature Assessment is accepting author nominations! This is an amazing opportunity to lean in and contribute to a landmark assessment that will make a difference for nature and people. Consider nominating yourself & spread the word! t.co/hvfRT0jnhB