Mez Baker-Médard
@mezbaker.bsky.social
Feminist political ecologist, parent, lover of the ocean. Author of Feminist Conservation @YUP. Prof @Middlebury College, PhD @UC Berkeley
Excellent nuanced piece in Vox that is worth a read! www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.
www.vox.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Excellent nuanced piece in Vox that is worth a read! www.vox.com/climate/4650...
We may feel isolated- but the global movement for basic needs, access, dignity, and respect is real. 🤎🤍💙
Demonstrators in Madagascar decry corruption, daily power cuts and water shortages as tensions with authorities rise.
Madagascar anti-government protesters take to the streets for third week
Demonstrators in Madagascar decry corruption, daily power cuts and water shortages as tensions with authorities rise.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We may feel isolated- but the global movement for basic needs, access, dignity, and respect is real. 🤎🤍💙
Brilliant scholar and superb human being wrote this book! Congrats @mmendoza.bsky.social !!
I’m pleased to announce that my forthcoming book, _Deadly Divide_, will be out in spring 2026 with @uncpress.bsky.social with the help of my fabulous editor Cate Hodorowicz (@catehodorowicz.bsky.social).
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Brilliant scholar and superb human being wrote this book! Congrats @mmendoza.bsky.social !!
We shall rise again, are you with me?
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August 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
We shall rise again, are you with me?
The retaliation right now against justice movements is such a deep expression of Sara Ahmed’s quote “We become a problem when we describe a problem.”
People may point to you as the “problem” when you call out injustice- hella hegemonic. Keep on speaking your truth!
People may point to you as the “problem” when you call out injustice- hella hegemonic. Keep on speaking your truth!
August 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The retaliation right now against justice movements is such a deep expression of Sara Ahmed’s quote “We become a problem when we describe a problem.”
People may point to you as the “problem” when you call out injustice- hella hegemonic. Keep on speaking your truth!
People may point to you as the “problem” when you call out injustice- hella hegemonic. Keep on speaking your truth!
“Arbitrary and capricious” aka bigoted, racist, sexist NIH “woke research” purge policy.
Yay for this win!! A small bucket of water dousing the otherwise raging fire that is our political landscape. #celebrate 🕺 www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-r...
Yay for this win!! A small bucket of water dousing the otherwise raging fire that is our political landscape. #celebrate 🕺 www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-r...
Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity | ACLU
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive ...
www.aclu.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“Arbitrary and capricious” aka bigoted, racist, sexist NIH “woke research” purge policy.
Yay for this win!! A small bucket of water dousing the otherwise raging fire that is our political landscape. #celebrate 🕺 www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-r...
Yay for this win!! A small bucket of water dousing the otherwise raging fire that is our political landscape. #celebrate 🕺 www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-r...
NSF cuts also means less money for undergraduate and graduate students, the US public and communities worldwide that benefit from research.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
NSF cuts also means less money for undergraduate and graduate students, the US public and communities worldwide that benefit from research.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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By @alejandrabee.bsky.social
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
By @alejandrabee.bsky.social
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
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EPA freezes environmental justice grants as Zeldin defends budget cuts before Congress - The Daily Climate www.ehn.org/epa-freezes-...
EPA freezes environmental justice grants as Zeldin defends budget cuts before Congress
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drew bipartisan criticism in a contentious Senate hearing over whether the agency defied federal law by halting billions in climate and environmental justice g...
www.ehn.org
May 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
EPA freezes environmental justice grants as Zeldin defends budget cuts before Congress - The Daily Climate www.ehn.org/epa-freezes-...
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50+ higher ed groups just sent a letter blasting Trump’s attacks on universities, urging an end to political funding freezes, and defending academic freedom, diversity, and free speech for all. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
50-Plus Groups Protest Trump's Attack on Higher Ed
Dozens of higher education associations publicly called on President Donald Trump to restore the “historic compact” between American universities and the federal government—the latest sign of growing ...
www.insidehighered.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
50+ higher ed groups just sent a letter blasting Trump’s attacks on universities, urging an end to political funding freezes, and defending academic freedom, diversity, and free speech for all. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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"The world’s wealthiest 10% are responsible for two-thirds of global heating since 1990... a powerful argument for climate finance and wealth taxes" www.theguardian.com/environment/... #taxtherich #yyj #climatejustice
Two-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%, study suggests
Paper in Nature Climate Change journal reveals major role wealthy emitters play in driving climate extremes
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"The world’s wealthiest 10% are responsible for two-thirds of global heating since 1990... a powerful argument for climate finance and wealth taxes" www.theguardian.com/environment/... #taxtherich #yyj #climatejustice
A wonderful colleague just sent me this. They say “While it is impossible for private philanthropy to close the gap left by federal funders, we can provide modest grants to mitigate some of the impact on scholars, projects, and project teams.” Y’all are our MVPs ! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A wonderful colleague just sent me this. They say “While it is impossible for private philanthropy to close the gap left by federal funders, we can provide modest grants to mitigate some of the impact on scholars, projects, and project teams.” Y’all are our MVPs ! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Very helpful. Also check in with SPOs and program officers (if they haven’t been fired 😬) for specifics.
There’s some inaccurate NSF information spreading and causing extra panic. New increments on existing awards are paused. But: to the best of my knowledge, drawdown (reimbursement) on existing increments is not paused. ACMS is still accessible. Could change at any moment, though. Please share.
May 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Very helpful. Also check in with SPOs and program officers (if they haven’t been fired 😬) for specifics.
NSF is stopping all future and suspending all existing grants!!! Oh hell no…. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NSF is stopping all future and suspending all existing grants!!! Oh hell no…. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The saying here in Vermont is “April snow helps May flowers grow” ❄️=🌷
April 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The saying here in Vermont is “April snow helps May flowers grow” ❄️=🌷
Thank you Harvard Professors for leading the way ❤️: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Harvard Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Threat to Cut Funding
The administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that the university receives.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thank you Harvard Professors for leading the way ❤️: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Erosion of knowledge is an erosion of self: “Until we understand the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves.”— adrienne rich
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Erosion of knowledge is an erosion of self: “Until we understand the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves.”— adrienne rich
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With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.'
With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
www.npr.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.
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“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks.
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Letter to Faculty on Self-Censorship and Boldness (opinion)
In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation.
www.insidehighered.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks.
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Bouquets of gratitude to Jade Sasser, Catherine Corson, Ingrid Nelson & Dan Suarez #AAG2025 for your brilliant insight and critique of my book.
March 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Bouquets of gratitude to Jade Sasser, Catherine Corson, Ingrid Nelson & Dan Suarez #AAG2025 for your brilliant insight and critique of my book.
brilliant captivating #tiffmassey #DIAmuesum
March 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
brilliant captivating #tiffmassey #DIAmuesum