Lj Palmer-Moloney
drljpm.bsky.social
Lj Palmer-Moloney
@drljpm.bsky.social
Hydrogeographer,water resources consultant, climate scientist (human-environment interaction, habitat/biodiversity); environmental security; corruption & water sector; anticorruption advocate

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October 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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“In Escambia county, one of the nine school districts that have taken books off their library shelves …400 titles have been removed without review. These include I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
Hundreds of titles are being pulled from library and classroom shelves in the Republican-dominated state
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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"evidence is emerging for rapid, interacting and sometimes self-perpetuating changes in the Antarctic environment"
New review out today led by @climatenerilie.bsky.social brings together the rapid changes unfolding in the Antarctic. It's powerful, and sobering, reading.
Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment - Nature
Abrupt changes are developing across Antarctica’s ice, ocean and biological systems; some of these changes are intensifying faster than equivalent Arctic changes, potentially irreversibly, and their i...
www.nature.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Q: What happens when we lose Antarctic sea ice in the summer?
A: Bad things. A short 🧵
New research out today: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Impacts of Antarctic summer sea-ice extremes
Abstract. Antarctic sea ice plays many crucial roles in the physical environments and ecosystems of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. In this study, we sy
academic.oup.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totaling an estimated $84 billion — for the first six months of the year, according to a report from reinsurance broker Gallagher Re.
Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers | CNN Business
Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totaling an estimated $84 billion — for the first six months of the year, according to a report from reinsurance...
cnn.it
July 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Moving the shuttle to Space Center Houston would mean the shuttle would go from a museum with free admission to one that costs $30/person, so that only those with enough $$$ could afford to see it. (And then there’s the cost to the taxpayer to move it…)
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Trump’s tax bill would send an iconic Smithsonian spacecraft to Texas
The massive tax and immigration bill moving through Congress would transfer the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to a museum in Houston.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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A Trump executive order signed last night directs that it should cost more for Americans to visit their national parks. Happy 4th of July from Trump! 🇺🇸

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
July 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Yet more allegations of the far right misusing EU funds have surfaced. This time, it's about far right groups in the European Parliament circumventing procurement rules to funnel EU cash to friendly businesses and organisations.
🐶 Was machen eigentlich europaskeptische Abgeordnete von rechtsaußen mit Steuergeldern?

Ein interner Prüfbericht aus dem EU-Parlament besagt: Millionen Euro sollen an Regeln vorbei an die eigenen Leute geflossen sein. Recherche zur EU-Plünderung der Rechtspopulisten 🙀
www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
Europaparlament: Wie Rechtsaußen-Politiker die Brüsseler Parlamentskasse plünderten
Bizarre Spenden und Aufträge: Die ID-Fraktion soll 4,3 Millionen Euro verschleudert haben – an Tierschützer, Abtreibungsgegner, dubiose Firmen. Eine steht der AfD nahe.
www.zeit.de
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Italy has reportedly demanded the removal of abuse of office as a criminal offense—despite international obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.

www.occrp.org/en/news/tran...
Transparency International Urges Stronger EU Anti-Corruption Directive
As Denmark takes EU presidency, watchdog calls for action on stalled directive meant to unify anti-corruption laws across the bloc.
www.occrp.org
July 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I’m grieving, not in despair. It’s important to know what we face

Decisions to hamper understanding of extreme weather & climate change tie to money & development/economic initiatives in areas where knowing what is going on might make investment seem risky.

open.substack.com/pub/michaelr...
NOAA Proposes Permanently Closing Premier Hurricane Research Institute
In its proposed 2026 budget released Monday, NOAA closes all federally funded weather and climate research labs, including the one responsible for maintaining the nation’s top hurricane models
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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GOP Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he won't seek reelection a day after being criticized by Donald Trump
Tillis Says He Won’t Seek Reelection After Trump Primary Threats
North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis said he won’t seek reelection following a primary threat from President Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
June 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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“The war powers that Congress and the courts have over time granted the President are extraordinary. When the courts cede to the President absolute discretion to turn them on, this makes them virtually limitless.”
Judicial Deference and Presidential Power Under the Alien Enemies Act
Legal scholar discusses where judges have and should draw the line on judicial deference to the President in Alien Enemies Act litigation.
www.justsecurity.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In the late 1930s my husband’s family started Moloney Seed Company, “Growers and Distributors of High Quality Garden Seeds” in Monte Vista,CO. Relatively speaking, the valley was thriving then. Potential impacts of Medicaid cuts in San Luis Valley compound effects of economic decline.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jun 23
Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education.
In this rural Colorado valley, cuts to Medicaid would have vast ripple effects
Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education.
n.pr
June 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Woah! Such an important study published in Nature today! Quick thread with some of their key figures!
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June 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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That's right fellow Canadians and worldly citizens, this is a Mark Carney quote. Keep it in pocket for when you need it!
June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Breaking News: The Trump administration laid off more than 600 people at the federally funded news outlet Voice of America, reducing its staff to less than 200. The news organization provides independent reporting to countries with limited press freedom.
Trump Administration: Latest News and Updates
trib.al
June 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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🦈 "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Jaws! Celebrate the blockbuster that redefined summer movies with this original 1975 TV spot from our collection.

🎬 Watch: archive.org/details/jaws... #Jaws50 #Jaws
June 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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DC, you were the best!!!
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The @strictscrutiny.bsky.social live show in DC was absolutely brilliant. As an audience member I have to say it was disconcerting not to know “who said that?”—Justice Alito or Margaret Atwood in the Handmaid’s Tale!
Ah! #pun of the month goes to Melissa Murray - Justice Brett Kavanagh's "edifice" complex, coached by Josh Hawley's manhood (the book Josh wrote on boys who believe alpha titles make them feel less insecure about themselves)

Layers of double entendres 👌

youtu.be/2vpsjF-oUoc?...
The Supreme Court's Bad Decision Season Begins: LIVE FROM DC
YouTube video by Strict Scrutiny
youtu.be
June 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Ah! #pun of the month goes to Melissa Murray - Justice Brett Kavanagh's "edifice" complex, coached by Josh Hawley's manhood (the book Josh wrote on boys who believe alpha titles make them feel less insecure about themselves)

Layers of double entendres 👌

youtu.be/2vpsjF-oUoc?...
The Supreme Court's Bad Decision Season Begins: LIVE FROM DC
YouTube video by Strict Scrutiny
youtu.be
June 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Kate Shaw is awesome, and I'm so glad she is there to defend federal courts ability to ... say that the President & his policies are subject to federal law. @kateshaw.bsky.social
HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him?

KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
June 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously

But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state

Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you live in eastern NC, being caught in a downpour is not uncommon. We, the people, held up better than the paper signs, but messages were delivered!
June 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM