The following article on censorship has a very narrow context around yarn and fiber festivals but it’s still a good read. Let me know. I stuck it on Medium. medium.com/@threefatesy...

I'm headed off to the 2025 AASHE Conference & Expo! Join my joint-session on Thursday on STARS 3.0. We'll be diving into measuring sustainability in higher ed. This event is packed with inspiring keynotes and opportunities. See you in MSP! #AASHE25 #SustainabilityLeader www.aashe.org/conference/

I’m only part of the way set up but I’m wiped out. I’ll see you this weekend at Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival. All #nokings protesters are eligible for free swag on Sunday while supplies last.

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

. ‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster | Climate crisis | The Guardian Find out more: www.theguardian.com/news/20... #ClimateAction

Just a reminder. people.com/jimmy-kimmel....

Hear directly from me, Beaverton Mayor Beaty, City Council President Kimmi, and Deputy Consul General Park as we discuss strengthening community relationships and addressing anti-Asian hate. Watch the full video to learn more 🎧⬇️

I want to praise the foresight of whomever agreed to Kimmel's contract - it thoroughly protected his right to free speech. Comedians everywhere need this. They will cross the line again and again. And hopefully for the best of reasons.

"Make cities better" may be the best direction for climate action in these grim times. 80% of Americans live in urban areas. Creating neighborhoods with reliable, frequent public transit, protected active transit, and dense, affordable housing could make US cities *so much better to live in* while..

OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

🔔 #goodclimatenews alert 🔔 The renewable revolution is picking up speed. All across the globe, we’re seeing unprecedented growth and investment in clean energy – displacing fossil fuels and helping to reduce planet-heating emissions.

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Glad to see Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. I understood why folks wanted to unsubscribe from Disney + & Co; at the same time I worried about who was buying up the stock for cheap.

Here's a Harvard U source on who owns what media, though it's dated 2021. Would love a more recent source. futureofmedia.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

Okay this article isn't behind a paywall. "https://fair.org/home/as-ellison-buys-out-tiktok-us-moves-toward-one-party-media/"

The issue of free speech is a whole lot bigger than Jimmy Kimmel. Cancelling Disney plus isn't going to do anything with these kind of antics: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o....

There's some kind of rumor that the public comment period for this is 21 days, which seems short. Anyone want to shed some light on that? Second: www.hcn.org/articles/how...

www.opb.org/article/2025... - "The cuts could make it harder for disabled students and their families to access help, especially in some of Oregon’s poorest rural communities." Way to go after rural Republicans. Will this put the spotlight on administration's falsehood's about DEI?

Worry when politicians tout one existential threat is bigger than another instead of collaborating. It means they have a personal stake re: climate change as an existential threat and AI also as part of the problem and solution vs. a world where AI is the only existential threat.

My bad it was raised to $26 billion in August from $21 billion in March.

What’s happening to CBS News is neither complicated nor subtle. www.mediamatters.org/cbs/how-cbs-...

@ecology101.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol... $21 billion dollar and counting in foreign investment in living wage jobs down the drain, because foreign investment requires that we be welcoming to foreigners. Here I thought some of these IRA projects were fool proof. Who knew? The irony.

Curious what we are all about? Click the link: www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...

Can't get your #pickabrick? Someone should make a dating app for that. #lego

Haven't posted in a while. "ICE" putting a halt to firefighting to conduct an ID check is a double blow to humanity and the environment. www.opb.org/article/2025... (www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-ne...)

Game on.

EPA plans to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos that kills 40,000 Americans annually and is banned in more than 50 countries. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

These are important case studies to learn from we can co-solve- check out the linked report. “Now the climate innovations in subsidized housing are inspiring the private market as well, Hofstetter says. "The subsidized housing has such high quality.” www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...

I just need you to look at these graphs, remember that fascism runs on fossil fuels, and come to some conclusions that involve collective action items:

Hmm, here's hoping the nearest waste to energy plant continues to exceed the federal pollution standards mercury. (Reworld). In the mean time, this is why there's no such thing as clean coal...

Reposting an earlier photo. Edited in case of privacy issues.

Missing my father today. He would have been 79.

I'll be honest, this article from CNN is a bit better. www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/h...

I used to think, "TGIF," now I think "WTF," and live in existential dread.

BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.

As someone who works on equity in climate action planning, I'm looking forward to taking a look!

People forget too easily that some areas, like Los Angeles and Denver are prone to smog due to their geography and climate. Environmental standards should be flexible in part because people should have right to same air quality everywhere (and a condition for the pursuit of happiness.)

If my analysis of my social media trends is right, in three years, all my government employed friends will be working in the private sector as consultants, or working as sustainability managers in the liquor industry and I will be retired or an ex-pat "writing a book." Funny what feeds show you.

Service grants were abruptly cut for over 32,000 AmeriCorps members last night, including the one that I was part of in 2007. It serves rural Oregon communities annually bringing technical assistance at a high level at low cost. For more and to help: amsc.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...

From @drrobertbullard.bsky.social grist.org/equity/thirt...

It’s going to be a bumper crop. Remember to take care of yourself in all of this chaos. May the fourth be with you.

Mahmoud Khalil. Yunseo Chung. Rümeysa Öztürk. Three students who have been targeted by the Trump administration just for exercising free speech. But their stories are not just their stories. As Ramzi Kassem who represents these students says: "There is a larger threat looming here"

Thanks for the article. It should have become a human movement from the get go. We all need to reflect on the reasons it hasn't been been one.

Let's be clear. Oregon, Washington and Nevada have stake in the state's rights fight over EVs too. We all do. www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n.... It's not "one state," it's seventeen, including both New York and California.

Read the full post @dorfonlaw.bsky.social to get the legal down. In the mean time, I'm going to roll my eyes some more and the second sentence, which equates equality under the law with equal opportunity. I wonder how having had a sibling or being a parent influences a person's sense of justice.

#EarthDay assignment: Choose any of these “key actions” listed here and expose the lie, the corruption, and the misinformation within it. Influencers, reporters, organization comms teams, climate people, GO! www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

happy earth day.