Molly Shaw
@molly1000.bsky.social
All about teaching science in K-12 classrooms
UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz
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Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social , I learned that there are 52,000 elected offices up for election on 11/4. That’s 52000 chances to vote in candidates who share our values and who will protect the constitution.
I voted and returned my ballot.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
I voted and returned my ballot.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social , I learned that there are 52,000 elected offices up for election on 11/4. That’s 52000 chances to vote in candidates who share our values and who will protect the constitution.
I voted and returned my ballot.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
I voted and returned my ballot.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
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My favourite lines…
On exploring and better connecting with the city: “It’s like London was invisible to me until just this past year.”
On getting healthier, especially mentally healthier: “I’m not adding anything into my schedule. This is just a way of getting around!”
On exploring and better connecting with the city: “It’s like London was invisible to me until just this past year.”
On getting healthier, especially mentally healthier: “I’m not adding anything into my schedule. This is just a way of getting around!”
WATCH & SHARE: This is very good. A prominent youtuber is actually giddy (but also very thorough in covering the joys, advantages, issues and challenges) about how trying biking for transportation in London has changed his life.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
I Cycled 2500km in London — Here's How It Changed My Life
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
youtu.be
August 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My favourite lines…
On exploring and better connecting with the city: “It’s like London was invisible to me until just this past year.”
On getting healthier, especially mentally healthier: “I’m not adding anything into my schedule. This is just a way of getting around!”
On exploring and better connecting with the city: “It’s like London was invisible to me until just this past year.”
On getting healthier, especially mentally healthier: “I’m not adding anything into my schedule. This is just a way of getting around!”
Doing everything they can to further disenfranchise people of color.
"A Hispanic Texan has one-third the political value of a white Texan under this plan, and a Black Texan has one-fifth."
Just now…
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Doing everything they can to further disenfranchise people of color.
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Trump just vowed to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines, citing debunked lies about voter fraud.
Anyone that wants to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anyone that wants to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump pledges to scrap mail ballots and voting machines before 2026 midterms
Announcement on Truth Social comes after Putin told Trump US elections were rigged because of postal ballots
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trump just vowed to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines, citing debunked lies about voter fraud.
Anyone that wants to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anyone that wants to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.
The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
August 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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60 years ago today, the signing of the Voting Rights Act ensured representation for every community in the nation.
Trump is attempting to violate that law now to roll back our progress.
This isn't just about Texas – this is about America.
I'm proud to stand for our democracy.
Trump is attempting to violate that law now to roll back our progress.
This isn't just about Texas – this is about America.
I'm proud to stand for our democracy.
August 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
60 years ago today, the signing of the Voting Rights Act ensured representation for every community in the nation.
Trump is attempting to violate that law now to roll back our progress.
This isn't just about Texas – this is about America.
I'm proud to stand for our democracy.
Trump is attempting to violate that law now to roll back our progress.
This isn't just about Texas – this is about America.
I'm proud to stand for our democracy.
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60 years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. But today, it is under threat across our nation. As Republicans and far-right courts attempt to turn back the clock, we must not stop fighting to deliver on its promise. It’s time we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
August 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
60 years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. But today, it is under threat across our nation. As Republicans and far-right courts attempt to turn back the clock, we must not stop fighting to deliver on its promise. It’s time we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
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one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
August 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
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He might as well be defending the horse and buggy. Solar is already cost-competitive and rapid progress is being made on electricity storage www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
July 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
He might as well be defending the horse and buggy. Solar is already cost-competitive and rapid progress is being made on electricity storage www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
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In a world of endless bad news, one huge possibility:
Solar can be Liberation
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Solar can be Liberation
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Solar Is Liberation
Solar is the only scalable way to slow down the climate crisis — and it will free us from the power of billionaires too.
www.rollingstone.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In a world of endless bad news, one huge possibility:
Solar can be Liberation
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Solar can be Liberation
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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"If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares"
Imagine 3 billion more hectares for fully wild ecosystems.
Diet is THE elephant in the room when it comes to reversing nature collapse.
ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
Imagine 3 billion more hectares for fully wild ecosystems.
Diet is THE elephant in the room when it comes to reversing nature collapse.
ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares
We could reduce the amount of land used for grazing and croplands used to grow animal feed.
ourworldindata.org
January 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares"
Imagine 3 billion more hectares for fully wild ecosystems.
Diet is THE elephant in the room when it comes to reversing nature collapse.
ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
Imagine 3 billion more hectares for fully wild ecosystems.
Diet is THE elephant in the room when it comes to reversing nature collapse.
ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
One more brick in our structural cruelty. www.propublica.org/article/scot...
Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor
As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the mos...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2024 at 9:09 PM
One more brick in our structural cruelty. www.propublica.org/article/scot...
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New York State is the twelfth-largest economy on earth, and now it's going to demand that Big Oil pay for the climate damages it has caused. This is how the tobacco industry met its match
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
A (successful) test of the state-by-state approach!
A day-after-Christmas present for the planet from Albany, New York
billmckibben.substack.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM
New York State is the twelfth-largest economy on earth, and now it's going to demand that Big Oil pay for the climate damages it has caused. This is how the tobacco industry met its match
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
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Reposting this because it is a total gem and you should definitely watch it, if you can.
Oh this is wonderful. A 1957 documentary about life on Rathlin, the small island off the north coast of Northern Ireland.
Rathlin: The Island Betwixt and Between: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025qt7
Rathlin: The Island Betwixt and Between: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025qt7
100 Years of BBC Northern Ireland - Rathlin: The Island Betwixt and Between
An exploration of everyday life on Rathlin Island. The film was first broadcast in January 1957 and shows the island’s inhabitants at home, school, work and leisure.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Reposting this because it is a total gem and you should definitely watch it, if you can.
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Love the idea of this - the latest in the Alternatives series: a housing development where half your land must be devoted to growing food.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property
In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulation
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Love the idea of this - the latest in the Alternatives series: a housing development where half your land must be devoted to growing food.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Did you know that every French parking lot is going to be covered with solar panels? That Indonesia said it will close down its coal plants? That Nest is building a giant 'virtual powerplant' in Texas
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
Tart but sweet
Thanksgiving, even this year
billmckibben.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Did you know that every French parking lot is going to be covered with solar panels? That Indonesia said it will close down its coal plants? That Nest is building a giant 'virtual powerplant' in Texas
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
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They say climate *protesters* are disruptive.
Valencia today.
Valencia today.
October 30, 2024 at 10:07 PM
They say climate *protesters* are disruptive.
Valencia today.
Valencia today.