Christmas Eve’s Eve in Northern New Mexico and it’s in the 60’s. As someone escaping New England’s winters I am not mad about it, but it makes me worried for the lands that raised me & summer fire season. #climatechangeishere Also— what a glorious single track trail 😍 #NMtrue

Rewatching Idiocracy and yikessss why is it so close to our political reality?! 😩😩😩 Also, they are all wearing crocs 🤣🤣

I'm in the South Florida Sun Sentinel talking about deep-sea mining! Deep-sea mining cannot ignore environmental concerns - www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/17/d...

@landdesk.bsky.social This press release seems like it fits your beat. (Silverton is part of the Colorado Mineral Belt; I don't know if the group has worked down here.)

I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering. www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...

Since we're all thinking about 2026 (goodbyeeeeee 2025), here's one thing I am looking forward to in the New Year! Excited to connect with New England POC nerds!

Wild to be in Tucson in December where it's been in 70s-80s and mosquitos are still out! I don't think I've ever experienced mosquitos in December here!

Tribal Nations are increasingly using advanced economic tools to strengthen sovereignty and long-term self-determination. Foreign Trade Zones are one such tool. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

No student should have to worry about being a victim when pursuing education. No professor or teacher should have to navigate gun violence either (thinking of past incidents at the University of Arizona and UNC, Chapel Hill). We need change now.

Super sad to have to last minute cancel #AGU2025, but a family emergency popped up. Have fun in NOLA for me! Go learn about our publishers guidelines at the Monday Town hall! TH13L - Announcing the Guidelines for Indigenous Data Governance in Scholarly Publishing agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

Brown University says there's an active shooter on campus. Emergency scanner says multiple victims, but unclear how many. Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."

When it comes to better ways of conducting science, who better than Arctic communities themselves? “Who else can do it but us? Are you going to develop something for Indigenous rights that serve our needs, and listen to and work toward the goals and the priorities of our communities?”

The most *chef's kiss* part of this story is when Instacart says it's the stores that set the prices and then the stores point the finger right back at Instacart and say they don't set the prices on the platform. truthout.org/articles/ins...

As we prepare to attend #AGU2025, important to note and prepare for the ICE occupation throughout NOLA; have all your documentation in order. This will no doubt deter international attendance www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

LOOK AT THIS TOOL DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS TOOL WHEN I WAS POLICY DIRECTOR AT A STATE ENERGY AGENCY LOOK AT IT YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT, NEW PROBLEMS THAN I DID! NO MORE OLD PROBLEMS! ONLY INFORMATION!

It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.

#AGU2025 Indigenous Geoscience and Asian American and Pacific Islander community meetup! See you in NOLA next week!

getting disappointing emails on the weekend is the surest way to make me not check my emails on the weekend 😂 #sometimesbaddiesgetsaddies

Please nominate your self and/or others to review the the United by Nature Assessment (formerly the US National Nature Assessment). Spread the word.

Dr. Lydia Jennings @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social (Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Yoeme) and Huichol (Wixáritari)) is an environmental soil scientist with a vast number of research projects.

New paper out, an epic review led by Nima Shokri. Rethinking Global Soil Degradation: Drivers, Impacts, and Solutions agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Happy to be down in Yuma for this workshop on soil health in arid ecosystems! Did you know that Yuma produces 95% of winter fruits and vegetables? You can thank Yuma for your thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.

I love mentoring all students, especially Indigenous students, but it’s really special when you get students from your own tribe 😭😍 bring on the fleet of Yaqui soil nerds 😍😍😍😍

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⚡The GBIF Indigenous Data Governance task group led by @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social is seeking inputs to help inform and define future work on Indigenous data rights, interest, governance and sovereignty. Contribute to the survey! 🔗 gbif.link/Indigenous-d... @localcontexts.bsky.social

US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month. We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office. www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s... 🔌💡

Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.

So wonderful to be back in my homelands of the Sonoran Desert 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Shout out to Regina Barber and Short Wave for doing this episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling. These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?

Today the Department of the Interior announced they will hold the six offshore lease sales across off of California. I wrote about Reagan’s Interior Secretary James Watt opening up 80 million acres of offshore waters to oil and gas about a year ago. The last offshore lease in California was 1984.

Any recommendations on academic literature or sources for better understanding the energy and water tradeoffs for data storage vs agriculture? Thanks in advance!

It's live! Impacts of Deep-sea Mining on Migratory Species: Review and Knowledge Gaps. In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report. www.cms.int/document/dee...

Good conversations with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) this morning on Indigenous data sovereignty in publishing-- a great warmup to the release of our CARE Publishing Guidelines in December. Delighted to join and learn with Dr. Janet Smylie and Dr. Catherine Chamberlain.

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including on the edge of the Amazon Basin.

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

They’ve always asked about communicable diseases on the visa forms, as well as financial status, but now consular officers can deny you a visa if they think you look fat? Or have diabetes or other common health conditions? What’s next? Everyone required to have mar-a-lago facelifts?

The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.

Epic cross country drive to get back home to the Southwest with my fur bestie! So far we’ve made stops in Carsile PA (RIP); checked out eutrophication in West Virginia, and caught a gorgeous sunset somewhere in Indiana. Always welcoming stop suggestions and podcast recommendations!

From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays

@alondra.bsky.social @kimtallbear.bsky.social @scbegonias.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social @ruha9.bsky.social groups like GIDA, USIDSN, SING warned the world about #opendataistheft but no one listened !!!! bsky.app/profile/jose...

Dartmouth’s Earth Science Department is hiring in Geobiology and/or Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry!

Cross country road trip coming up soon. What are podcast and audio book recommendations that will help me with this 2000+ mile adventure?

Lydia Jennings, PhD, is a soil microbiologist and environmental scientist. Her research focuses on soil health, cleaning up mining waste, and restoring ecosystems. https://awis.org/historical-women/lydia-jennings-phd/ #WomenInScience #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Lydia Jennings, PhD

Our Indigenous Data Governance Task Force within @gbif.org, currently represents 8 Nation States. We had our first in person gathering at the #LivingData2025 Conference in Colombia 🇨🇴 this week, along with GBIF ED Joe Miller. We are leaving feeling more connected, inspired and motivated with ideas 💡

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

Sharing for conference organizers: I’ve been part of many Indigenous science sessions at the major science organizations— Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America, and now Living Data. I’m so appreciative to be part of these communities.

Overflowing room for our session on Indigenous data governance and the @localcontexts.bsky.social labeling tools. People are eager to learn tools to support Indigenous communities governance of their data #LivingData2025

Scholars are recognising the vital importance of human-nature relationships over long timescales. Their knowledge has gone through the ultimate peer review of many generations, rather than today’s peer review process by 2-3 people. @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social #LivingData2025

2/3 of biodiversity data is from birds!! No love for soils— but let’s change that 🤩 #LivingData2025