Kim Diana Connolly
@kimdianaconnolly.bsky.social
Law prof (environmental, A2J, restorative practices), lawyer, momma, cohabiter with felines, Unitarian Universalist, antiracist, collaborator & imagineer on environmental and restorative policies locally to internationally, weaver of resilience, she/they
A New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...
A New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party
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June 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...
@LegBaskin & @Karen4NY leading on automatic Early Intervention for lead-poisoned kids—protecting them & saving NY long-term costs in education, health, & social services. @UBLawClinic enviro student attys research = key! #LeadFreeKids #EarlyIntervention
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Baskin bill to provide early help for children with lead poisoning comes full circle
In 2019, as chair of the Erie County Legislature, now-State Sen. April Baskin introduced a resolution calling on the state to allow early intervention services for children with lead poisoning. Six ye...
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June 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
@LegBaskin & @Karen4NY leading on automatic Early Intervention for lead-poisoned kids—protecting them & saving NY long-term costs in education, health, & social services. @UBLawClinic enviro student attys research = key! #LeadFreeKids #EarlyIntervention
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In honor of Law Day 2025, a link to an article that concludes "History remembers not just the laws that were passed or the orders that were signed, but who stood by them and who stood against them. The legal profession must be a bulwark against authoritarianism, regardless of party or power."
Speaking Truth to Power: The Biglaw Response to Executive Orders and the Emerging Resistance
Camille Stell | Silence sends a message. So does courageous, principled resistance. Here are steps every lawyer can use to speak up and push back.
www.attorneyatwork.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In honor of Law Day 2025, a link to an article that concludes "History remembers not just the laws that were passed or the orders that were signed, but who stood by them and who stood against them. The legal profession must be a bulwark against authoritarianism, regardless of party or power."
Wetlands offer countless ecosystem services, including regulating water cycles, mitigating climate change and supporting diverse species.
Without healthy wetlands, toxic chemicals flow unchecked into our wetlands, threatening ecosystems and human health.
@brsconventions.bsky.social
#BRSCOPs2025
Without healthy wetlands, toxic chemicals flow unchecked into our wetlands, threatening ecosystems and human health.
@brsconventions.bsky.social
#BRSCOPs2025
April 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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US states sue to block Trump from dismantling AmeriCorps reut.rs/3ELe4uK
US states sue to block Trump from dismantling AmeriCorps
Democratic-led states on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration had effectively dismantled AmeriCorps by abruptly canceling grants and cutting 85% of the workforce of the federal agency for national service and volunteering.
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April 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
US states sue to block Trump from dismantling AmeriCorps reut.rs/3ELe4uK
As a former VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) and someone who (as a law student) researched the first time this program was targeted, I still stand with service! AmeriCorps makes a difference.
🚨KICK-OFF CALL APRIL 30, 8 P.M.🚨
Join us TOMORROW, at 8 P.M. ET for our kick-off organizing call to STAND WITH SERVICE.
Register Here:
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Join us TOMORROW, at 8 P.M. ET for our kick-off organizing call to STAND WITH SERVICE.
Register Here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stand with Service - Organizing Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
We've got 53 days to save AmeriCorps. Join a new rapid-response organization of AmeriCorps current and former service members, alumni, sponsors, and supporters as we talk about where we're at, what we...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
As a former VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) and someone who (as a law student) researched the first time this program was targeted, I still stand with service! AmeriCorps makes a difference.
Glued to the Canadian returns!
April 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Glued to the Canadian returns!
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Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
Thinktank says solar has been fastest-growing energy source for last 20 years, but remains dwarfed by hydro power
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April 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
All the nerds are googling Federalist #51… founders.archives.gov/documents/Ha...
Founders Online: The Federalist No. 51, [6 February 1788]
The Federalist No. 51, [6 February 1788]
founders.archives.gov
April 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
All the nerds are googling Federalist #51… founders.archives.gov/documents/Ha...
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"If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love Her enough.”
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
April 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love Her enough.”
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
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Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing.
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
U.S. Senate
The Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He previously served as Acting Attorney General during the first Trump Administratio...
www.c-span.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing.
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
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Assigning Sen. Thurmond’s “longest filibuster” of the Civil Rights Act to the dustbin of history is a powerful part of the story.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!
April 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Assigning Sen. Thurmond’s “longest filibuster” of the Civil Rights Act to the dustbin of history is a powerful part of the story.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
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April 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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27 religious groups are suing the federal government in response to the Trump administration's policy giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at "sensitive locations" like churches.
27 religious groups sue administration over immigration enforcement policy
27 religious groups are suing the federal government in response to the Trump administration's policy giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at "sensitive locations" like churches.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
27 religious groups are suing the federal government in response to the Trump administration's policy giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at "sensitive locations" like churches.
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore certain public health webpages and datasets that federal health agencies had wiped from the internet in recent days.
Health information wiped from internet by Trump administration must be restored online, judge rules | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore certain public health webpages and datasets that federal health agencies had wiped from the internet in recent days.
cnn.it
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore certain public health webpages and datasets that federal health agencies had wiped from the internet in recent days.
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The UUA proudly joins a multifaith coalition & the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection in opposition to the federal government's rescission of ICE’s sensitive locations policy, which violates the 1st Amendment & the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. More at bit.ly/uuworld-immi... #UU
February 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The UUA proudly joins a multifaith coalition & the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection in opposition to the federal government's rescission of ICE’s sensitive locations policy, which violates the 1st Amendment & the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. More at bit.ly/uuworld-immi... #UU
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The House Science Committee is now adopting its rules, authorization, and oversight plan, and introducing their new staffers. Immediately following, there will be a hearing on the future of U.S. science with the president of AAAS and two former Trump officials in academia and Trump operative.
Adoption of Committee Rules & Approval of Authorization & Oversight Plan
YouTube video by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
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February 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The House Science Committee is now adopting its rules, authorization, and oversight plan, and introducing their new staffers. Immediately following, there will be a hearing on the future of U.S. science with the president of AAAS and two former Trump officials in academia and Trump operative.
Data matter.
"Developed in 2021 by the U.S. Digital Service and the [CEQ], the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool ... dashboard consolidates hundreds of data points to establish a community’s level of economic and environmental risk, taking into account [many] metrics..."
"Developed in 2021 by the U.S. Digital Service and the [CEQ], the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool ... dashboard consolidates hundreds of data points to establish a community’s level of economic and environmental risk, taking into account [many] metrics..."
‘Canary in a Coal Mine’: Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump - Inside Climate News
As one of its first acts, the Trump administration removed the online data tool used to allocate money to environmental justice communities. In two days, a coalition of data scientists had restored it...
insideclimatenews.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Data matter.
"Developed in 2021 by the U.S. Digital Service and the [CEQ], the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool ... dashboard consolidates hundreds of data points to establish a community’s level of economic and environmental risk, taking into account [many] metrics..."
"Developed in 2021 by the U.S. Digital Service and the [CEQ], the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool ... dashboard consolidates hundreds of data points to establish a community’s level of economic and environmental risk, taking into account [many] metrics..."
On #WorldWetlandsDay2025, celebrate Wetlands for Our Common Future! Wetlands sustain communities, cultures & ecosystems—playing a key role in climate resilience.
Let’s #ActForWetlands to protect these vital landscapes for generations to come!
🔗 Learn more: www.ramsar.org | www.worldwetlandsday.org
Let’s #ActForWetlands to protect these vital landscapes for generations to come!
🔗 Learn more: www.ramsar.org | www.worldwetlandsday.org
February 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
On #WorldWetlandsDay2025, celebrate Wetlands for Our Common Future! Wetlands sustain communities, cultures & ecosystems—playing a key role in climate resilience.
Let’s #ActForWetlands to protect these vital landscapes for generations to come!
🔗 Learn more: www.ramsar.org | www.worldwetlandsday.org
Let’s #ActForWetlands to protect these vital landscapes for generations to come!
🔗 Learn more: www.ramsar.org | www.worldwetlandsday.org
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I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
#ClimateJustice planning and implementation is essential!
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again.
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#ClimateJustice planning and implementation is essential!
Boarding at SFO for a work trip to Singapore! What is a must- see there?
December 1, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Boarding at SFO for a work trip to Singapore! What is a must- see there?
Shopping and Wicked with beloveds today, and the tree is up! However, now paying for it packing after midnight for a morning airplane involving a working week away.
November 30, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Shopping and Wicked with beloveds today, and the tree is up! However, now paying for it packing after midnight for a morning airplane involving a working week away.
Next week at this time I will be on a plane … heading to an academic conference in *Singapore* (traveling from Buffalo through NYC/San Fran)!
Seeking your best ideas for:
(1) surviving long haul economy flights &
(2) cool things to check out in Singapore!
Seeking your best ideas for:
(1) surviving long haul economy flights &
(2) cool things to check out in Singapore!
November 24, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Next week at this time I will be on a plane … heading to an academic conference in *Singapore* (traveling from Buffalo through NYC/San Fran)!
Seeking your best ideas for:
(1) surviving long haul economy flights &
(2) cool things to check out in Singapore!
Seeking your best ideas for:
(1) surviving long haul economy flights &
(2) cool things to check out in Singapore!