Bruno Seraphin
@brunomarzipan.bsky.social
Asst prof, anthro and NAIS, UConn. Climate justice. Indigenous sovereignty. Fire. Film. Settler. Hot take not-haver.
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Colossal Wreck review – sharp-eyed dispatch from the Kubrickian weirdness of Dubai during Cop28
Colossal Wreck review – sharp-eyed dispatch from the Kubrickian weirdness of Dubai during Cop28
Josh Appignanesi’s documentary follows the film-maker to the Kubrickian city built on oil money as it hosts the 2023 climate change summit
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Colossal Wreck review – sharp-eyed dispatch from the Kubrickian weirdness of Dubai during Cop28
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Exclusive: The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
n.pr
August 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Exclusive: The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
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In light of Pride month I'm fundraising for Point of Pride, an incredible trans-led nonprofit that provides direct gender affirming care & things like HRT to trans ppl in need.
Please, please donate any small amount that you can. Every bit makes a major impact! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...
Please, please donate any small amount that you can. Every bit makes a major impact! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...
June 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In light of Pride month I'm fundraising for Point of Pride, an incredible trans-led nonprofit that provides direct gender affirming care & things like HRT to trans ppl in need.
Please, please donate any small amount that you can. Every bit makes a major impact! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...
Please, please donate any small amount that you can. Every bit makes a major impact! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...
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More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. When the California gold rush began, the tribe lost 90% of its territory despite having lived along the Klamath for millennia.
Yurok Tribe Celebrates the Largest Landback Deal in California’s History
The tribe says they will initiate restoration projects on the 17,000 acres taken from them during the gold rush.
buff.ly
June 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. When the California gold rush began, the tribe lost 90% of its territory despite having lived along the Klamath for millennia.
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The ‘spiral of silence’ blocking climate action and how to end it
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The ‘spiral of silence’ blocking climate action and how to end it
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ryan Coogler is what happens when someone steeped in LA Rebellion film aesthetics is given access to all of resources of the Hollywood blockbuster machine. Sinners crystallized this for me.
filmlifestyle.com/what-is-la-r...
filmlifestyle.com/what-is-la-r...
What Is LA Rebellion Film Movement? The Essential Guide
LA Rebellion was a movement of young filmmakers and artists who created new and innovative work that defied Hollywood conventions.
filmlifestyle.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ryan Coogler is what happens when someone steeped in LA Rebellion film aesthetics is given access to all of resources of the Hollywood blockbuster machine. Sinners crystallized this for me.
filmlifestyle.com/what-is-la-r...
filmlifestyle.com/what-is-la-r...
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Unthinkable just 10 years ago:
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
April 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Unthinkable just 10 years ago:
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
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BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
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Wow, these four simple climate solutions also have tremendous benefits to biodiversity and human well-being.
drawdown.org/insights/fou...
drawdown.org/insights/fou...
Four climate solutions with surprising benefits for biodiversity and human well-being
There are a few things that are non-negotiable for all life on Earth, among them, water, food, and shelter. Unfortunately, human activities are driving widespread habitat loss and degradation, destroy...
drawdown.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Wow, these four simple climate solutions also have tremendous benefits to biodiversity and human well-being.
drawdown.org/insights/fou...
drawdown.org/insights/fou...
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A useful tool is back: Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it #extremweather #droughts #floods #hurricanes #FEMA #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A useful tool is back: Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it #extremweather #droughts #floods #hurricanes #FEMA #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
(this looks like a cool job) Wildfire Studies - Assistant or Associate Professor: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
Search Jobs - University Affairs
universityaffairs.ca
March 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
(this looks like a cool job) Wildfire Studies - Assistant or Associate Professor: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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👀 Applications open for a graduate student summer workshop, June 9-15, on videographic criticism at Notre Dame University! Organized by @arielavissar.bsky.social, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, Matthew Payne, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social . Deadline Mar 28 Please share!
sites.google.com/view/reframi...
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Reframing the Argument
Videographic Criticism as Graduate Research Practice
June 9-15, 2005
sites.google.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
👀 Applications open for a graduate student summer workshop, June 9-15, on videographic criticism at Notre Dame University! Organized by @arielavissar.bsky.social, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, Matthew Payne, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social . Deadline Mar 28 Please share!
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sites.google.com/view/reframi...
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The latest episode of Writers on Film is a discussion with Marya E Gates on her book CINEMA HER WAY.
It’s great. @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2d38...
It’s great. @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2d38...
Marya E Gates talks Cinema Her Way
Writers on Film · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The latest episode of Writers on Film is a discussion with Marya E Gates on her book CINEMA HER WAY.
It’s great. @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2d38...
It’s great. @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2d38...
Our new piece in American Quarterly: "How Ecofascism Creeps" (unfortunately relevant) muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... DM if you need access!
Project MUSE - How Ecofascism Creeps
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muse.jhu.edu
March 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Our new piece in American Quarterly: "How Ecofascism Creeps" (unfortunately relevant) muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... DM if you need access!
Powerful conversation with the always-brilliant @amycardinal.bsky.social, Vikki Preston, and Monique Wynecoop; cutting through the fluff to go deep on the issues that matter in Indigenous fire management+sovereignty
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Healing Trauma Through Burning with Vikki Preston and Monique Wynecoop
Podcast Episode · Good Fire · 03/06/2025 · 1 sec
podcasts.apple.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Powerful conversation with the always-brilliant @amycardinal.bsky.social, Vikki Preston, and Monique Wynecoop; cutting through the fluff to go deep on the issues that matter in Indigenous fire management+sovereignty
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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An estimated 3,400 U.S. Forest Service employees were fired this week.
@jjreport.bsky.social reports what it means for California
@jjreport.bsky.social reports what it means for California
BLM confirmed it had stopped all plans to clear hazardous overgrowth on public lands across the country if the projects were to be paid for through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
A USFS spokesperson said that no wildland firefighting or other public safety positions were cut in staff reductions.
A USFS spokesperson said that no wildland firefighting or other public safety positions were cut in staff reductions.
Trump’s spending freeze halts key California wildfire work: ‘We can’t even buy the rakes’
Trump’s spending freeze halts key California wildfire prevention work: ‘We can’t even buy the rakes’
www.sfchronicle.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
An estimated 3,400 U.S. Forest Service employees were fired this week.
@jjreport.bsky.social reports what it means for California
@jjreport.bsky.social reports what it means for California
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The new issue of American Ethnologist (@amethno.bsky.social, 52.1, Feb 2025) features a forum titled "I was Wrong" featuring contributions from Veena Das, Hugh Gusterson, Carole McGranahan, Gil Hizi, Erin Routon, Meredith G. Marten, and Laura A. Meek. 1/3
#AnthroSky #Anthropology
#AnthroSky #Anthropology
American Ethnologist | AAA Ethnology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the title to browse this issue
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The new issue of American Ethnologist (@amethno.bsky.social, 52.1, Feb 2025) features a forum titled "I was Wrong" featuring contributions from Veena Das, Hugh Gusterson, Carole McGranahan, Gil Hizi, Erin Routon, Meredith G. Marten, and Laura A. Meek. 1/3
#AnthroSky #Anthropology
#AnthroSky #Anthropology
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What an amazing reading list to be part of! I've read, recommended, and cited a few of these books. Will have to check out the others.
lakotalaw.org/news/2025-01...
lakotalaw.org/news/2025-01...
Lakota Law's 2025 Decolonized Reading List
This "Top 25 for 2025" list of nonfiction books focuses on a variety of topics, including BIPOC-centered histories of Native America, resistance movements, and the decolonizing work of reconnecting us...
lakotalaw.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What an amazing reading list to be part of! I've read, recommended, and cited a few of these books. Will have to check out the others.
lakotalaw.org/news/2025-01...
lakotalaw.org/news/2025-01...
These are the 13 films I am teaching this semester in ANTH 1001W: Anthropology Through Film boxd.it/DENfm
Anthropology Through Film Spring 2025
These are the 13 films I am teaching this semester in ANTH 1001W: Anthropology Through Film (Spring 2025)
boxd.it
January 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
These are the 13 films I am teaching this semester in ANTH 1001W: Anthropology Through Film boxd.it/DENfm
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Since it’s becoming obvious that Trump’s mass deportation plan will wind up being an updated version of the Japanese internment of WWII, we need to be asking exactly what goals they hope to achieve with this, since that is central to the postwar understanding of the earlier episode. 3rd thread, 1/21
January 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Since it’s becoming obvious that Trump’s mass deportation plan will wind up being an updated version of the Japanese internment of WWII, we need to be asking exactly what goals they hope to achieve with this, since that is central to the postwar understanding of the earlier episode. 3rd thread, 1/21
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While the right obsesses over imaginary water declarations and DEI initiatives, actual solutions get pushed aside. That’s not an accident: It’s the point.
The Right’s Wildfire Lies Spread Faster Than the Flames
As Los Angeles burns, Trump and his allies are exploiting tragedy to push their favorite grievances about “diversity” and water management.
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
While the right obsesses over imaginary water declarations and DEI initiatives, actual solutions get pushed aside. That’s not an accident: It’s the point.
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
"With the dams now gone, the river is flushing itself clean, and for the first time in 100 years, salmon are spawning above the former dam sites. This restoration is a major step toward healing both our land and our people, and in no way impacts water supplies in the rest of California..."
www.nativenewsonline.net
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"With the dams now gone, the river is flushing itself clean, and for the first time in 100 years, salmon are spawning above the former dam sites. This restoration is a major step toward healing both our land and our people, and in no way impacts water supplies in the rest of California..."
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As LA burns, conspiracy peddlers lie about—and celebrate—the danger we’re living through
The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.
The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.
As LA burns, conspiracy peddlers lie about—and celebrate—the danger we’re living through
The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
As LA burns, conspiracy peddlers lie about—and celebrate—the danger we’re living through
The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.
The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.