tell me five classes you took in college: ecosystem ecology environmental geology limnology (freshwater ecology) stream monitoring biogeochemistry environmental ethics (all are among my favorite classes and have led me to where I am. also, I'm cheating because I can't narrow it to 5)

the people in mn standing up for their friends and neighbors gives me hope in a way that has been hard to come by lately

"It is not too much to ask our country to not murder us, to not kill mothers and call them 'domestic terrorists,' to not use force against anyone that disagrees with you. We don't want your racist terror agenda, and any democrat should be willing to say the same."

You can read the full account here. It’s heartbreaking. Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. Justice for Renee Good. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...

I watched this video (don't recommend) and it hasn't left me. ICE preventing a doctor from helping the victim as she's dying, saying they have their own medics but they're nowhere in sight. Fuck.

Finished Mr. Robot for the second time a few days ago and I can't get the final moments out of my mind. Left me sobbing. Two other favorite endings: The Leftovers and Station Eleven.

“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”

A hearty "fuck, yeah" to this whole thread, up and down. I've felt pretty depressed today, but the vision here is a good counter to that.

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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton. I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

We've become numb to genocidal rhetoric around trans people.

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

Good thread!

Whatever happens in the courts, this is a worrying moment for residents of the nation's capitol. A politicized law enforcement apparatus is seizing control over local police and demanding that the will of the voters be tossed aside.

"Yep" #MildHorror

Hey, go do this, please. I have health insurance through the ACA, and if this rule went into effect, it would mean that while I'd still be paying a ridiculous amount in premiums, the plans I'd be able to get wouldn't actually cover my health needs.

as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination

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These are very good points. I'm trying to avoid worrying too much.

Good thread on why you should get the updated covid vaccines if you are able — they’re really very helpful! Getting vaccinated does good things for you and for everyone!

It's because they want to privatize weather. They tried doing it under his last administration but many people didn't really notice beyond the weird hurricane drawing he did. It's also why they cut (or at least tried to it's been a minute since I read that stuff) a bunch of NASA Earth's funding too

“What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike” by Mosab Abu Toha:

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