Hollie Oakes-Miller (she/they)
@geohols.bsky.social
One of Gaia's minions, life partner, mother, Earth Science teacher, mutable, truth & justice seeker, community organizer, and labor leader.
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Checking in here after 12 years on Twitter. I currently teach geology and general science at Portland Community College. I am a member leader in my local there and the VP of Political Action at AFT-Oregon. I am also a community organizer in Salem, Oregon. #FreePalestine
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"We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. This unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, ..
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. This unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, ..
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
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Sorry still on about the "big tent" thing
I want to remind people there were people in Germany who believed the way to fight the Nazis was to try to compromise w/ them & to try to influence them "from the inside" & to try to appeal to their supporters
All they accomplished was helping the Nazis
I want to remind people there were people in Germany who believed the way to fight the Nazis was to try to compromise w/ them & to try to influence them "from the inside" & to try to appeal to their supporters
All they accomplished was helping the Nazis
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sorry still on about the "big tent" thing
I want to remind people there were people in Germany who believed the way to fight the Nazis was to try to compromise w/ them & to try to influence them "from the inside" & to try to appeal to their supporters
All they accomplished was helping the Nazis
I want to remind people there were people in Germany who believed the way to fight the Nazis was to try to compromise w/ them & to try to influence them "from the inside" & to try to appeal to their supporters
All they accomplished was helping the Nazis
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Fun fact (or terrifying one), today’s AWS outage took down Canvas, the #1 learning management system used by 4,000+ U.S. colleges and millions of students worldwide. One data center hiccup and half of higher ed disappears.
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Fun fact (or terrifying one), today’s AWS outage took down Canvas, the #1 learning management system used by 4,000+ U.S. colleges and millions of students worldwide. One data center hiccup and half of higher ed disappears.
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One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
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Protesting/mobilizing isn't enough - we need to organize and build power. But there are some moments when it's really important to just show up. And this was one.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Protesting/mobilizing isn't enough - we need to organize and build power. But there are some moments when it's really important to just show up. And this was one.
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Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
OPERATION INFLATION
www.operationinflation.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
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Pick one or two lanes and keep at it. You are one person and cannot do everything or take 10 actions a day.
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pick one or two lanes and keep at it. You are one person and cannot do everything or take 10 actions a day.
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In case this wasn't already clear:
September 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In case this wasn't already clear:
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Next it’s 2 million acres of Oregon national forests land, and another 56M in 39 other states, under the Administration’s “gun” as they move to rescind the “Roadless Rule”.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/28/t...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/28/t...
Trump officials plan to remove protections on 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would open up 58 million acres of national forest land across the country to logging and development.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Next it’s 2 million acres of Oregon national forests land, and another 56M in 39 other states, under the Administration’s “gun” as they move to rescind the “Roadless Rule”.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/28/t...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/28/t...
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At least one of the firefighters detained by immigration officers this week was from Oregon.
Firefighter from Oregon detained by Border Patrol while fighting wildfire
Attorneys representing the firefighter said they have not been able to locate him since he landed in federal custody.
www.opb.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
At least one of the firefighters detained by immigration officers this week was from Oregon.
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“We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy. But the converse isn’t absolutely true. Higher ed alone cannot save democracy, but we’re a critical part.
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
AAUP President: “Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy”
More than a year into his presidency of the American Association of University Professors—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector”...
www.insidehighered.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy. But the converse isn’t absolutely true. Higher ed alone cannot save democracy, but we’re a critical part.
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said he has a hard time believing the administration's requests are "sincere." Instead, he sees them as attempts to intrude on state elections and "justify conspiracy theories that they've been peddling."
The Trump administration is seeking Oregon elections data
Secretary of State Tobias Read says he’s not inclined to share information with the feds.
www.opb.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said he has a hard time believing the administration's requests are "sincere." Instead, he sees them as attempts to intrude on state elections and "justify conspiracy theories that they've been peddling."
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If you're trying to make sense of what's happening in D.C., orient yourself in this moment, and figure out what to do next, you may want to read my latest piece.
You Must Protect Anyone Chased by the Fascists
"We have to define the politics of opposition."
organizingmythoughts.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you're trying to make sense of what's happening in D.C., orient yourself in this moment, and figure out what to do next, you may want to read my latest piece.
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A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream. https://to.pbs.org/45dmhSW
Alaskan glacier ice dam releases floodwater toward downstream homes
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream.
www.pbs.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream. https://to.pbs.org/45dmhSW
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Try and make it through this. Really watch.
youtube.com/shorts/tEVFP...
youtube.com/shorts/tEVFP...
Do Not Look Away
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Try and make it through this. Really watch.
youtube.com/shorts/tEVFP...
youtube.com/shorts/tEVFP...
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I'm thinking still about yesterday's announcement by the AFT leadership of its new initiative for facilitating the insinuation of AI into our educational labor, and I'm realizing again just how badly we need to have direct election by the working membership for all of the AFT national officers.
July 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm thinking still about yesterday's announcement by the AFT leadership of its new initiative for facilitating the insinuation of AI into our educational labor, and I'm realizing again just how badly we need to have direct election by the working membership for all of the AFT national officers.
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Rather than simply talking about horrible responses to the flooding in Texas, let's share some vetted and trusted avenues for support, and donate if we can. Hands Off Central TX is raising funds and resources for mutual aid including housing, food, transportation (gas), and medical needs.
Hands Off Central TX
www.handsoffcentraltx.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rather than simply talking about horrible responses to the flooding in Texas, let's share some vetted and trusted avenues for support, and donate if we can. Hands Off Central TX is raising funds and resources for mutual aid including housing, food, transportation (gas), and medical needs.
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No real American should be able to tolerate the existence of this.
NEW: I wrote about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the deranged Trump and DeSantis collab to imprison thousands of migrants in tents surrounded by deadly wild animals, the speed-running of mass deportation and the language of extermination.
Alligator Alcatraz immigrant prison camp is Florida's sadistic 'one-stop shop' for mass deportation
Trump will attend the opening on Tuesday with Gov. DeSantis and DHS Sec. Noem.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
No real American should be able to tolerate the existence of this.
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Instead of meeting politically activated people in all of the odd and imperfect places they might happen to be, some of you want them to audition for you. Let me know how that goes.
June 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Instead of meeting politically activated people in all of the odd and imperfect places they might happen to be, some of you want them to audition for you. Let me know how that goes.
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A scientist told me
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A scientist told me
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
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It’s organized labor, not the Democratic Party, that is stepping up to fight against government overreach.
This is not a surprise, labor is where the movement for our collective liberation will come from.
Workers will lead the way. Join a union.
This is not a surprise, labor is where the movement for our collective liberation will come from.
Workers will lead the way. Join a union.
June 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It’s organized labor, not the Democratic Party, that is stepping up to fight against government overreach.
This is not a surprise, labor is where the movement for our collective liberation will come from.
Workers will lead the way. Join a union.
This is not a surprise, labor is where the movement for our collective liberation will come from.
Workers will lead the way. Join a union.
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Scientists have published a study showing that another “planetary boundary,” or barriers that ensure the Earth is a “safe operating space for humanity,” has been crossed. “Ocean acidification isn’t just an environmental crisis — it’s a ticking time bomb for marine ecosystems and coastal economies.”
New Study Says Oceans Are Acidifying Beyond Planetary Thresholds
Scientists wrote that “the average global ocean conditions had already crossed into the uncertainty range.”…
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Scientists have published a study showing that another “planetary boundary,” or barriers that ensure the Earth is a “safe operating space for humanity,” has been crossed. “Ocean acidification isn’t just an environmental crisis — it’s a ticking time bomb for marine ecosystems and coastal economies.”