Miriam Bertram
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Education, Climate, Hiking, Cooking....
What you need to know about AI and climate change yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/what...
What you need to know about AI and climate change » Yale Climate Connections
We take a hard look at the good, the bad, and the whoa of AI.
yaleclimateconnections.org
September 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What you need to know about AI and climate change yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/what...
Octavia Butler on How (Not) to Choose Our Leaders www.themarginalian.org/2020/08/23/o...
Octavia Butler on How (Not) to Choose Our Leaders
“To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.”
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June 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Octavia Butler on How (Not) to Choose Our Leaders www.themarginalian.org/2020/08/23/o...
A cautionary tale from Octavia Butler which we did not heed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Ug...
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Ug...
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool...."
Remembering Octavia Butler: Black Sci-Fi Writer Shares Cautionary Tales In Unearthed 2005 Interview
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A cautionary tale from Octavia Butler which we did not heed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Ug...
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Ug...
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool...."
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NEW REPORT: Our latest Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy report is out today. Most registered voters oppose eliminating government programs on global warming like FEMA - explore the findings here:
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2025
Americans continue to support action to fight climate change
climatecommunication.yale.edu
June 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW REPORT: Our latest Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy report is out today. Most registered voters oppose eliminating government programs on global warming like FEMA - explore the findings here:
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This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.
April 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.
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#NationalVolunteerMonth Spotlight: Joseph Rotondo has served on the AMS Board on Student Affairs Student Conference Planning Committee.
Huge shoutout to all our student volunteers—your energy, skills, and passion are what keep our mission moving forward ✨!
Huge shoutout to all our student volunteers—your energy, skills, and passion are what keep our mission moving forward ✨!
April 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#NationalVolunteerMonth Spotlight: Joseph Rotondo has served on the AMS Board on Student Affairs Student Conference Planning Committee.
Huge shoutout to all our student volunteers—your energy, skills, and passion are what keep our mission moving forward ✨!
Huge shoutout to all our student volunteers—your energy, skills, and passion are what keep our mission moving forward ✨!
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.
April 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.
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If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
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We can surrender to the forces of autocracy, bigotry, xenophobia, and minoritarian rule.
Or we can organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.
We choose to organize: indivisible.org/groups
Or we can organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.
We choose to organize: indivisible.org/groups
April 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We can surrender to the forces of autocracy, bigotry, xenophobia, and minoritarian rule.
Or we can organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.
We choose to organize: indivisible.org/groups
Or we can organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.
We choose to organize: indivisible.org/groups
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TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
April 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
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We need 3.5% of the American population to strike. If we go on strike without this, people will struggle even more. We hear you about signing up - it’s scary right now.
But if you’re someone who is adamantly against the use of the strike card, we still want to hear from you…
But if you’re someone who is adamantly against the use of the strike card, we still want to hear from you…
April 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We need 3.5% of the American population to strike. If we go on strike without this, people will struggle even more. We hear you about signing up - it’s scary right now.
But if you’re someone who is adamantly against the use of the strike card, we still want to hear from you…
But if you’re someone who is adamantly against the use of the strike card, we still want to hear from you…
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They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
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This is illegal: Musk announced in an overnight post on X that he’ll hand out million-dollar checks at a Sunday night event in Wisconsin—but only to those who voted in the state’s Supreme Court election.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
March 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is illegal: Musk announced in an overnight post on X that he’ll hand out million-dollar checks at a Sunday night event in Wisconsin—but only to those who voted in the state’s Supreme Court election.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
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NOW OPEN
Applications for REVOLUTION:
NEEDED
1) hackers
2) software engineers
3) writers
4) artists
5) musicians
6) journalists
7) photographers
8) militia members
9) safe houses
10) underground railroads
APPLY NOW!
ALL SKILLS WELCOME!
Let me know below!
I will be making a SPREADSHEET!
Applications for REVOLUTION:
NEEDED
1) hackers
2) software engineers
3) writers
4) artists
5) musicians
6) journalists
7) photographers
8) militia members
9) safe houses
10) underground railroads
APPLY NOW!
ALL SKILLS WELCOME!
Let me know below!
I will be making a SPREADSHEET!
March 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
NOW OPEN
Applications for REVOLUTION:
NEEDED
1) hackers
2) software engineers
3) writers
4) artists
5) musicians
6) journalists
7) photographers
8) militia members
9) safe houses
10) underground railroads
APPLY NOW!
ALL SKILLS WELCOME!
Let me know below!
I will be making a SPREADSHEET!
Applications for REVOLUTION:
NEEDED
1) hackers
2) software engineers
3) writers
4) artists
5) musicians
6) journalists
7) photographers
8) militia members
9) safe houses
10) underground railroads
APPLY NOW!
ALL SKILLS WELCOME!
Let me know below!
I will be making a SPREADSHEET!
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If, for example, Trump says nobody is allowed to dance, on penalty of death, he has no legal power to make that declaration and no power to enforce it, but if everyone stops dancing it's as good as if he did. Reporting as though Trump has these powers helps give him those powers.
Shocking But Not Surprising Strikes Again (and Again)
The Caprices of the Oligarchs
Shocking but not surprising is a phrase I've often reverted to in the past eight years, for things that are both hideous and predictable, maybe transgressive against the...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If, for example, Trump says nobody is allowed to dance, on penalty of death, he has no legal power to make that declaration and no power to enforce it, but if everyone stops dancing it's as good as if he did. Reporting as though Trump has these powers helps give him those powers.
Modern media and the perversion of democracy.
Can sharing this article in social media help push back? or is it those difficult conversations? all of it...all the time... Never forget "We the people.."
March 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Can sharing this article in social media help push back? or is it those difficult conversations? all of it...all the time... Never forget "We the people.."
March 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
March 5, 2025
In the gym of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, former and future prime minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill rose to deliver a speech.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Modern media and the perversion of democracy.
Can sharing this article in social media help push back? or is it those difficult conversations? all of it...all the time... Never forget "We the people.."
March 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Can sharing this article in social media help push back? or is it those difficult conversations? all of it...all the time... Never forget "We the people.."
March 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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This is an attempt to criminalize free speech and suppress dissent. If we don’t take a strong stand against this, it’s the end of our democracy, and not just higher education. Universities are the trial balloon, but it doesn’t end here. Next, it will be employers, cities and towns, and individuals.
March 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is an attempt to criminalize free speech and suppress dissent. If we don’t take a strong stand against this, it’s the end of our democracy, and not just higher education. Universities are the trial balloon, but it doesn’t end here. Next, it will be employers, cities and towns, and individuals.
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This is a pretty big attack on the First Amendment. And an encroachment on universities' powers to decide what protests to allow and who to expel.....
We need to talk about Trump’s threat to defund universities unless they arrest and expel protesters.
We’re watching classic fascistic institutional capture in real time and if this continues unabated we’re going to look up and live in a world without escape. The time to fight is now.
We’re watching classic fascistic institutional capture in real time and if this continues unabated we’re going to look up and live in a world without escape. The time to fight is now.
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is a pretty big attack on the First Amendment. And an encroachment on universities' powers to decide what protests to allow and who to expel.....
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Close your eyes. Take deep breaths. Slowly inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth. With each breath, imagine the face of someone you love, or a place you hold sacred. They are why we do this. Recommit yourself to the work. May we be strong. May we be steadfast. May we never forget.
March 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Close your eyes. Take deep breaths. Slowly inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth. With each breath, imagine the face of someone you love, or a place you hold sacred. They are why we do this. Recommit yourself to the work. May we be strong. May we be steadfast. May we never forget.
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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
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We know that many of you have been directly affected by the Administration’s actions.
AGU is offering free 2025 membership to those who suffer a job loss. We want to ensure that you have access to important career and community support during this time.
AGU is offering free 2025 membership to those who suffer a job loss. We want to ensure that you have access to important career and community support during this time.
March 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We know that many of you have been directly affected by the Administration’s actions.
AGU is offering free 2025 membership to those who suffer a job loss. We want to ensure that you have access to important career and community support during this time.
AGU is offering free 2025 membership to those who suffer a job loss. We want to ensure that you have access to important career and community support during this time.
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.