Mary (geographile)
@geographile.bsky.social
Natural/scientific pantheist, I homeschool, I am an earth sciences fan if I define earth science to also include the science of things on the Earth and in the cosmos.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Pinned
Once again I ask activists and allies to watch this documentary. It's on Netflix in the US, find it where you can. It is so well done and shows you what we're fighting for.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
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It's clearly a cover up, and they think we’re all stupid and won't notice.
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
It's clearly a cover up, and they think we’re all stupid and won't notice.
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At each end of that highway that snaked through the mountains between Knoxville and Asheville, there was a little cluster of law offices to represent the folks who had car accidents on the tricky road. When the interstate opened, all but one went out of business.
I'm obsessed with this pre-interstate road map of Kentucky, Tennessee, and adjoining states
From Mapping Outside the Lines at the Newberry Library, which ended today
From Mapping Outside the Lines at the Newberry Library, which ended today
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 AM
At each end of that highway that snaked through the mountains between Knoxville and Asheville, there was a little cluster of law offices to represent the folks who had car accidents on the tricky road. When the interstate opened, all but one went out of business.
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When we call the system “broken,” we imply malfunction. We imply the system is trying to help and failing. We imply that fixing it means adjusting mechanisms, replacing parts.
But what if it’s running fine? What if it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do?
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
But what if it’s running fine? What if it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do?
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
Stop Calling It Broken
A System Working Exactly as Designed
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
When we call the system “broken,” we imply malfunction. We imply the system is trying to help and failing. We imply that fixing it means adjusting mechanisms, replacing parts.
But what if it’s running fine? What if it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do?
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
But what if it’s running fine? What if it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do?
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
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Fuck trump & his love of fossil fuels... & money. He told polluters if they donated $1B, he'd kill EPA regs & new green energy initiatives.
His repeal is going to lose in court due to previous SCOTUS ruling & lower courts' refusal to hear legal challenges to it.
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www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
His repeal is going to lose in court due to previous SCOTUS ruling & lower courts' refusal to hear legal challenges to it.
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www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Fuck trump & his love of fossil fuels... & money. He told polluters if they donated $1B, he'd kill EPA regs & new green energy initiatives.
His repeal is going to lose in court due to previous SCOTUS ruling & lower courts' refusal to hear legal challenges to it.
1/
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
His repeal is going to lose in court due to previous SCOTUS ruling & lower courts' refusal to hear legal challenges to it.
1/
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
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100+ more Google employees have signed since yesterday
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
100+ more Google employees have signed since yesterday
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I voted for Bernie and then Clinton, for Warren and then Biden, and I voted for Harris because she was the one with a shot.
If fellow Dems don't want me voting for Newsom, they need to join me in voting for a better candidate in the primary.
If fellow Dems don't want me voting for Newsom, they need to join me in voting for a better candidate in the primary.
February 14, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I voted for Bernie and then Clinton, for Warren and then Biden, and I voted for Harris because she was the one with a shot.
If fellow Dems don't want me voting for Newsom, they need to join me in voting for a better candidate in the primary.
If fellow Dems don't want me voting for Newsom, they need to join me in voting for a better candidate in the primary.
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The center of Cyclone Gezani moved along the western edge of the forecast cone of uncertainty from the JTWC forecast, resulting in the western eyewall impacting the peninsula where Inhambane, Mozambique is situated. Automated satellite estimates indicated the intensity was in the 90-100 kt range.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The center of Cyclone Gezani moved along the western edge of the forecast cone of uncertainty from the JTWC forecast, resulting in the western eyewall impacting the peninsula where Inhambane, Mozambique is situated. Automated satellite estimates indicated the intensity was in the 90-100 kt range.
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Decent odds that they’re doing this specifically because NIAID is the institute that Anthony Fauci led.
Scoop: The NIH infectious-diseases institute (NIAID) will soon scrub “pandemic preparedness” and “biodefense” from its web pages, according to e-mails I obtained.
The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.
The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Decent odds that they’re doing this specifically because NIAID is the institute that Anthony Fauci led.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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FYI: Washington State. In your own backyard. It continues with very little pushback. It’s shameful.
Last night February 12th around 7:27PM, La Resistencia volunteers who observe the deportation flights informed us about the number of people deported from and transferred from Northwest Detention Center
February 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
FYI: Washington State. In your own backyard. It continues with very little pushback. It’s shameful.
Oooo
Koh: I wish that Kristi Noem had as much passion for homeland security as she has passion for Corey Lewandowski.
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Oooo
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
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Turns out “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Turns out “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.
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Writers, this is pretty important.
The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Writers, this is pretty important.
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White foodways are being erased y'all.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
White foodways are being erased y'all.
I blocked someone who responded to this, because I looked at her other replies and she seemed to be searching for the word veteran and trashing everybody who had ever been in military service for basically being complicit in wiping out third world nations.
It's complicated.
It's complicated.
I know someone who is a veteran, who is also queer / non-binary / disabled. They voted for Trump because he said he would treat veterans well.
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I blocked someone who responded to this, because I looked at her other replies and she seemed to be searching for the word veteran and trashing everybody who had ever been in military service for basically being complicit in wiping out third world nations.
It's complicated.
It's complicated.
I do not need a correct answer to this by any means, I don't think I want one. But I love the discussion.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
February or March: when does spring really begin?
Within the Celtic calendar, spring is defined as beginning on February 1st; however, climatological frameworks place its onset in March. This discrepancy raises the question of which perspective is
www.maynoothuniversity.ie
February 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I do not need a correct answer to this by any means, I don't think I want one. But I love the discussion.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
Whom do you think will run against Gavin in the primary?
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Whom do you think will run against Gavin in the primary?
Oh jfc. Would that be the former governor of California who was okay with everybody having guns until the Black Panthers got them, and then he went all gun control honest? (TBH he did some good things with regard to local environmental protections. But mostly meh or ick.)
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Oh jfc. Would that be the former governor of California who was okay with everybody having guns until the Black Panthers got them, and then he went all gun control honest? (TBH he did some good things with regard to local environmental protections. But mostly meh or ick.)
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Just remember, vote for the person you love in the primaries, but unite to vote Blue in the national election, because a 3rd party or no-vote is a vote for MAGA.
February 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Just remember, vote for the person you love in the primaries, but unite to vote Blue in the national election, because a 3rd party or no-vote is a vote for MAGA.
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There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
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Unsurprising but still shocking.
Gift link.
Gift link.
Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Unsurprising but still shocking.
Gift link.
Gift link.
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Gift link. There is so much in this. How do you survive, how do you go on? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...
‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Gift link. There is so much in this. How do you survive, how do you go on? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...