Kathleen Kirkpatrick
@deepsouthenviro.bsky.social
☀️Sustainability Advocate 🐟 Environmentalist 🌲Catalyst 🥃 Activist ✊🏻 Organizer 🌎Southerner! LEED+SITES+Just Communities AP
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If Senate Republicans refuse to strip out the DHS bill to put real constraints on ICE — and hold hostage the vast majority of government funding — then Republicans are complicit in the chaos and own the potential government shutdown.
It’s time to stop ICE’s violence.
It’s time to stop ICE’s violence.
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
If Senate Republicans refuse to strip out the DHS bill to put real constraints on ICE — and hold hostage the vast majority of government funding — then Republicans are complicit in the chaos and own the potential government shutdown.
It’s time to stop ICE’s violence.
It’s time to stop ICE’s violence.
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Presidents have broad, virtually unreviewable discretion to invoke the Insurrection Act but there has to be a threshold that says you can’t invade a peaceful city w/fedl law enforcement, kill 2 citizens & claim resulting protests merit sending in troops www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say
The army placed units in Alaska on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates.
www.reuters.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Presidents have broad, virtually unreviewable discretion to invoke the Insurrection Act but there has to be a threshold that says you can’t invade a peaceful city w/fedl law enforcement, kill 2 citizens & claim resulting protests merit sending in troops www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
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2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million
After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.”
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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In like 2022 I wrote about how climate change would make landslides worse
December 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
In like 2022 I wrote about how climate change would make landslides worse
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Reminder if you are jumping on here for #AGU25, there's a starter pack that can help you find AGU section & committee accounts.
go.bsky.app/TXCbKjJ
go.bsky.app/TXCbKjJ
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reminder if you are jumping on here for #AGU25, there's a starter pack that can help you find AGU section & committee accounts.
go.bsky.app/TXCbKjJ
go.bsky.app/TXCbKjJ
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🎬 How do we make climate stories hit with purpose and pow?
Join local NOLA filmmakers + changemakers at #AGU25 for a fast-paced session on crafting climate storytelling that’s accurate, engaging, and drives action.
🔗 buff.ly/iuZng2v
Join local NOLA filmmakers + changemakers at #AGU25 for a fast-paced session on crafting climate storytelling that’s accurate, engaging, and drives action.
🔗 buff.ly/iuZng2v
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎬 How do we make climate stories hit with purpose and pow?
Join local NOLA filmmakers + changemakers at #AGU25 for a fast-paced session on crafting climate storytelling that’s accurate, engaging, and drives action.
🔗 buff.ly/iuZng2v
Join local NOLA filmmakers + changemakers at #AGU25 for a fast-paced session on crafting climate storytelling that’s accurate, engaging, and drives action.
🔗 buff.ly/iuZng2v
Coming to #AGU25? Join us Thurs at 6pm for the premiere of 4 short films abt @thrivingearth.bsky.social community science projects. So excited to share the story of work being done in Parrish, AL with the world! @ryancagle.com and Jubilee House are an inspiration for rural communities everywhere! 🌎🌱
#agu25 | William Richards
📺 This is a story about the infrastructure of our lives—and Parrish, Alabama’s ambitious plan to transform a disused piece of land into a garden for all. One local church group—Jubilee House (www.jubi...
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December 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Coming to #AGU25? Join us Thurs at 6pm for the premiere of 4 short films abt @thrivingearth.bsky.social community science projects. So excited to share the story of work being done in Parrish, AL with the world! @ryancagle.com and Jubilee House are an inspiration for rural communities everywhere! 🌎🌱
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🌎 THE biggest Earth & space science meeting on the planet is happening in just 10 days.
📍New Orleans is calling. Are you in? Don't let #AGU25 happen without you🫵
🤝 If you haven't already, register today and secure your attendance at AGU25: buff.ly/Cxex0O7
📍New Orleans is calling. Are you in? Don't let #AGU25 happen without you🫵
🤝 If you haven't already, register today and secure your attendance at AGU25: buff.ly/Cxex0O7
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🌎 THE biggest Earth & space science meeting on the planet is happening in just 10 days.
📍New Orleans is calling. Are you in? Don't let #AGU25 happen without you🫵
🤝 If you haven't already, register today and secure your attendance at AGU25: buff.ly/Cxex0O7
📍New Orleans is calling. Are you in? Don't let #AGU25 happen without you🫵
🤝 If you haven't already, register today and secure your attendance at AGU25: buff.ly/Cxex0O7
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Information and traveler recommendations from @agu.org for #AGU25 regarding US "Federal presence in New Orleans": www.agu.org/agu25-neworl...
New Orleans updates | AGU25
AGU is committed to a safe and welcoming Annual Meeting for everyone.
www.agu.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Information and traveler recommendations from @agu.org for #AGU25 regarding US "Federal presence in New Orleans": www.agu.org/agu25-neworl...
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We are closely following the operations ongoing in New Orleans and will continue to update this page as we have more information. You can currently find some additional guidance at the links at the bottom; we will update with more as we have it. www.agu.org/agu25-neworl...
New Orleans updates | AGU25
www.agu.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We are closely following the operations ongoing in New Orleans and will continue to update this page as we have more information. You can currently find some additional guidance at the links at the bottom; we will update with more as we have it. www.agu.org/agu25-neworl...
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I hope @agu.org is going to speak to #AGU25 attendee safety, and acknowledge the potential increased threat to some attendees based on what some morally corrupt, bigoted CPB/ICE agent thinks about how they look or where they're from.
Allow people to cancel & refund their registration $.
Allow people to cancel & refund their registration $.
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community!
September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community!
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You can also call the National Lawyers Guild federal repression hotline at 212-679-2811, for a free, privileged consultation about your rights, risks, and responsibilities, and to be connected with appropriate legal resources in your jurisdiction.
We keep us safe!
We keep us safe!
September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You can also call the National Lawyers Guild federal repression hotline at 212-679-2811, for a free, privileged consultation about your rights, risks, and responsibilities, and to be connected with appropriate legal resources in your jurisdiction.
We keep us safe!
We keep us safe!
Special election Tues the 24th! Ryan Cagle is running for ALL PEOPLE of Alabama Sen Dist 5. He can win if folks turn out to VOTE.
Walker, Lamar, Fayette, N Tuscaloosa, and a slice of W Jeff Counties this is for YOU. Check voter registration and locations at sos.alabama.gov
Cagleforthepeople.com
Walker, Lamar, Fayette, N Tuscaloosa, and a slice of W Jeff Counties this is for YOU. Check voter registration and locations at sos.alabama.gov
Cagleforthepeople.com
Cagle For The People
Cagleforthepeople.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Special election Tues the 24th! Ryan Cagle is running for ALL PEOPLE of Alabama Sen Dist 5. He can win if folks turn out to VOTE.
Walker, Lamar, Fayette, N Tuscaloosa, and a slice of W Jeff Counties this is for YOU. Check voter registration and locations at sos.alabama.gov
Cagleforthepeople.com
Walker, Lamar, Fayette, N Tuscaloosa, and a slice of W Jeff Counties this is for YOU. Check voter registration and locations at sos.alabama.gov
Cagleforthepeople.com
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Evasion of peer review is a hallmark of pseudoscience.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
May 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Evasion of peer review is a hallmark of pseudoscience.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
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Reposted by Kathleen Kirkpatrick
📣 #BIRMINGHAM and #MONTGOMERY: It’s time to take our power back 👏
The State of the People Power Tour is hitting #Alabama for two powerful days of community, action, and impact starting May 3!
Special guests. Big energy. Real change. RSVP now and let’s move together! 🔗: stateoftheppl.com/
The State of the People Power Tour is hitting #Alabama for two powerful days of community, action, and impact starting May 3!
Special guests. Big energy. Real change. RSVP now and let’s move together! 🔗: stateoftheppl.com/
April 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📣 #BIRMINGHAM and #MONTGOMERY: It’s time to take our power back 👏
The State of the People Power Tour is hitting #Alabama for two powerful days of community, action, and impact starting May 3!
Special guests. Big energy. Real change. RSVP now and let’s move together! 🔗: stateoftheppl.com/
The State of the People Power Tour is hitting #Alabama for two powerful days of community, action, and impact starting May 3!
Special guests. Big energy. Real change. RSVP now and let’s move together! 🔗: stateoftheppl.com/
Thanks to these Senators for the good info they’ve assembled to spotlight the unlawful termination of 400 EPA grants (including a couple I’m working on). There’s a link to that list of 400 along with much more here: www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
Whitehouse, Blunt Rochester Lead EPW Democrats in Demanding EPA Reverse Unlawful Termination of Grants for Clean Air and Water
New documents reveal 400 grantees are being illegally targeted for termination and expose EPA’s willful violation of congressional appropriations law, contractual agreements, and multiple court ...
www.epw.senate.gov
March 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Thanks to these Senators for the good info they’ve assembled to spotlight the unlawful termination of 400 EPA grants (including a couple I’m working on). There’s a link to that list of 400 along with much more here: www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
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This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
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Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: U.S. District Judge James Bredar issued a temporary restraining order mandating nearly 20 federal departments and agencies to reinstate new or recent hires by Monday at 1 p.m. EST. The order from Bredar came hours after a similar one from a federal judge in California.
Second federal judge orders reversal of some Trump workforce cuts • Alabama Reflector
U.S. District Judge James Bredar mandated that nearly 20 federal departments and agencies to reinstate new or recent hires by Monday at 1 p.m. Eastern.
alabamareflector.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: U.S. District Judge James Bredar issued a temporary restraining order mandating nearly 20 federal departments and agencies to reinstate new or recent hires by Monday at 1 p.m. EST. The order from Bredar came hours after a similar one from a federal judge in California.
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Before the EPA.
March 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Before the EPA.
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✨ Recognize lifetime achievement in the advancement of Diversity and Inclusion within the Earth and Space Sciences!
🕔 Nominations (& self-nominations) for Union Medals, Awards and Prizes are due 14 March.
👉 Nominate for the Lifetime Achievement Award today: buff.ly/ySdXCMq
🕔 Nominations (& self-nominations) for Union Medals, Awards and Prizes are due 14 March.
👉 Nominate for the Lifetime Achievement Award today: buff.ly/ySdXCMq
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
✨ Recognize lifetime achievement in the advancement of Diversity and Inclusion within the Earth and Space Sciences!
🕔 Nominations (& self-nominations) for Union Medals, Awards and Prizes are due 14 March.
👉 Nominate for the Lifetime Achievement Award today: buff.ly/ySdXCMq
🕔 Nominations (& self-nominations) for Union Medals, Awards and Prizes are due 14 March.
👉 Nominate for the Lifetime Achievement Award today: buff.ly/ySdXCMq
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Via @alander.bsky.social: Cagle, a nonprofit co-director, will face Republican nominee Matt Woods in the June election in the district, which has been solidly red over the last several years.
Ryan Cagle wins Democratic nomination for Senate District 5 contest • Alabama Reflector
Ryan Cagle, volunteer co-director of Jubilee House Community nonprofit, won the Democratic nomination for a state Senate seat Tuesday.
alabamareflector.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Via @alander.bsky.social: Cagle, a nonprofit co-director, will face Republican nominee Matt Woods in the June election in the district, which has been solidly red over the last several years.