Susan M. Gaines
@susanmgaines.bsky.social
Novelist & long-lapsed organic geochemist
Books: ACCIDENTALS, CARBON DREAMS, ECHOES OF LIFE
https://susanmgaines.com
#birds #climate #geoscience #SciComm #LitSci #booksky
Novel-in-progress: #history Austrian Galicia #envhist
Books: ACCIDENTALS, CARBON DREAMS, ECHOES OF LIFE
https://susanmgaines.com
#birds #climate #geoscience #SciComm #LitSci #booksky
Novel-in-progress: #history Austrian Galicia #envhist
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Susan M. Gaines
@susanmgaines.bsky.social
· Feb 11
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I use Bsky to:
- track science & history posts relevant to novel-in-progress
- keep abreast of friends and colleagues activity
- chat about science, birds, climate, and books
- #StopTheCoup #RESIST
The essay "An Anthropocene Ménage à Trois" tells all:
tinyurl.com/SciNatLit
- track science & history posts relevant to novel-in-progress
- keep abreast of friends and colleagues activity
- chat about science, birds, climate, and books
- #StopTheCoup #RESIST
The essay "An Anthropocene Ménage à Trois" tells all:
tinyurl.com/SciNatLit
Exciting opportunity to do biomarker research and study greenhouse gas cycling in some of the world's largest tropical wetlands!
If I were 40 yrs younger, I would go for this. You can do a bit of birding on the sly.
#biogeochem #geochem #climate #orgchem #organicgeochemistry
If I were 40 yrs younger, I would go for this. You can do a bit of birding on the sly.
#biogeochem #geochem #climate #orgchem #organicgeochemistry
The first position is focused mainly on organic geochemistry and biomarker reconstructions and is based in my group. Link here: www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/113...
PhD Position in Tropical Organic Geochemistry: Modern and Ancient Microbial Drivers of Biogeochemical Cycling
www.jobs.ethz.ch
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Exciting opportunity to do biomarker research and study greenhouse gas cycling in some of the world's largest tropical wetlands!
If I were 40 yrs younger, I would go for this. You can do a bit of birding on the sly.
#biogeochem #geochem #climate #orgchem #organicgeochemistry
If I were 40 yrs younger, I would go for this. You can do a bit of birding on the sly.
#biogeochem #geochem #climate #orgchem #organicgeochemistry
Tired of underwriting fascists? Here's a good list.
Hard to quit all, but there are alternatives like OpenOffice.org , signal.org, Ecosia.org , Bookshop.org ETC. And NO ONE NEEDS ChatDBT-- don't use it and it will disappear #resist
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Hard to quit all, but there are alternatives like OpenOffice.org , signal.org, Ecosia.org , Bookshop.org ETC. And NO ONE NEEDS ChatDBT-- don't use it and it will disappear #resist
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Resist and Unsubscribe
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Tired of underwriting fascists? Here's a good list.
Hard to quit all, but there are alternatives like OpenOffice.org , signal.org, Ecosia.org , Bookshop.org ETC. And NO ONE NEEDS ChatDBT-- don't use it and it will disappear #resist
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Hard to quit all, but there are alternatives like OpenOffice.org , signal.org, Ecosia.org , Bookshop.org ETC. And NO ONE NEEDS ChatDBT-- don't use it and it will disappear #resist
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Brave people, small successes to inspire small hopes...
By the way, please CALL @schumer.senate.gov AND @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and TELL them TO DEMAND cuts to DHS's $190 billion slush fund #ICEOUT
By the way, please CALL @schumer.senate.gov AND @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and TELL them TO DEMAND cuts to DHS's $190 billion slush fund #ICEOUT
A US man removed ICE with a 5 second constitutional lesson;
“You violated my 4th Amendment, and I’ve got my 2nd. Get the fuck off my property.”
The thugs complied and left. #3E #FuckICE #GoodVsEvil
“You violated my 4th Amendment, and I’ve got my 2nd. Get the fuck off my property.”
The thugs complied and left. #3E #FuckICE #GoodVsEvil
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Brave people, small successes to inspire small hopes...
By the way, please CALL @schumer.senate.gov AND @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and TELL them TO DEMAND cuts to DHS's $190 billion slush fund #ICEOUT
By the way, please CALL @schumer.senate.gov AND @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and TELL them TO DEMAND cuts to DHS's $190 billion slush fund #ICEOUT
Thanks Bruce, for hanging in there with the new #protestsong. Now lets pump up some of the younger folks' songs , since it's their dystopian lives we're talkin about here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeI6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeI6...
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Thanks Bruce, for hanging in there with the new #protestsong. Now lets pump up some of the younger folks' songs , since it's their dystopian lives we're talkin about here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeI6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeI6...
Tiny signs of progress in tiny places: The notable thing in this story is that the police, for a change, UPHELD THE RULE OF LAW and supported the protestors rights. #ICE #1stamendment #ruleoflaw
I love Vermont! There is an ICE facility in Williston and community elders participated in a sit in protest! Local police were called and asked if they would leave and when they said “No” the police left saying they are not breaking the law and are protected under 1A! www.reddit.com/r/vermont/s/...
From the vermont community on Reddit: Honored elders protest ICE lawlessness, police refuse to arrest them because they aren't breaking the law
Explore this post and more from the vermont community
www.reddit.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Tiny signs of progress in tiny places: The notable thing in this story is that the police, for a change, UPHELD THE RULE OF LAW and supported the protestors rights. #ICE #1stamendment #ruleoflaw
A useful site to mark on your phone, no matter where you live in the US. You can easily report suspected ICE sightings and also see where they are active #ICE #MN #CA #LosAngeles #Maine #TX #NY #https://iceout.org/en/
People Over Papers - Report ICE Activity
Report and track ICE activity in your community. A community-driven platform to document immigration enforcement.
iceout.org
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
A useful site to mark on your phone, no matter where you live in the US. You can easily report suspected ICE sightings and also see where they are active #ICE #MN #CA #LosAngeles #Maine #TX #NY #https://iceout.org/en/
"Much of the mainstream media has struggled to frame Trump’s actions as part of a fascist seizure of power, choosing instead to normalise, sanitise, or present ‘both sides’." #fascism
Ben Worthy (Sept 2025) “After more than six months in office, Trump already has the full apparatus of fascism: concentration camps, a secret police, a loyal elite, and a weakened opposition. Like Mussolini, he is now simply waiting for the final crisis.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 25, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"Much of the mainstream media has struggled to frame Trump’s actions as part of a fascist seizure of power, choosing instead to normalise, sanitise, or present ‘both sides’." #fascism
In the words of John Lewis, it's time for "good trouble."
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
In the words of John Lewis, it's time for "good trouble."
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
In the words of John Lewis, it's time for "good trouble."
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
A reminder to people being tear-gassed by ICE, protesters in Hong Kong used leaf blowers to lessen the impact of the irritant.
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
No, duh. What did we expect would happen when we put a psychotic, narcissistic real estate mogel with progressive dementia and no relevant experience besides six bankruptcies (despite inherited wealth) in charge? www.wired.com/story/donald...
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
No, duh. What did we expect would happen when we put a psychotic, narcissistic real estate mogel with progressive dementia and no relevant experience besides six bankruptcies (despite inherited wealth) in charge? www.wired.com/story/donald...
Worried about what loss of scientific institutions, data & expertise means for health, disaster preparedness, education, etc? The Trump regime's war on science also has a huge social toll: tens of thousands of scientists are unemployed or unable to do their jobs for lack of funds #science
Read @dochfroehlich.bsky.social's story. Only 3.7% of people worldwide live outside the country of their birth. US science has to be pretty shattered for someone to leave a beautiful part of California with great weather and a familiar funding system for a cold foreign country with a new system.
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Worried about what loss of scientific institutions, data & expertise means for health, disaster preparedness, education, etc? The Trump regime's war on science also has a huge social toll: tens of thousands of scientists are unemployed or unable to do their jobs for lack of funds #science
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
"Es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass es Populisten gelingen könnte, die Kontrolle über deutsche Universitäten zu übernehmen, die von Bundesländern verwaltet werden. Das hier soll durchaus eine Warnung sein: Wir brauchen eine präventive Verteidigung unserer Institutionen."
www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/steve...
„Das politische System der USA zerfällt, sagen zwei der wichtigsten Politikwissenschaftler des Landes. Ein Gespräch mit Daniel Ziblatt und Steven Levitsky über fatale Fehleinschätzungen und darüber, wann es zu spät für eine Rettung sein könnte.“
„Das politische System der USA zerfällt, sagen zwei der wichtigsten Politikwissenschaftler des Landes. Ein Gespräch mit Daniel Ziblatt und Steven Levitsky über fatale Fehleinschätzungen und darüber, wann es zu spät für eine Rettung sein könnte.“
US-Wissenschaftler zu Trump: „Derzeit haben wir unsere Demokratie fast verloren“
Ein Gespräch mit Steven Levitsky und Daniel Ziblatt, zwei der wichtigsten Politikwissenschaftler der USA, über die Lage ein Jahr nach Beginn der zweiten Trump-Amtszeit.
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 AM
"Es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass es Populisten gelingen könnte, die Kontrolle über deutsche Universitäten zu übernehmen, die von Bundesländern verwaltet werden. Das hier soll durchaus eine Warnung sein: Wir brauchen eine präventive Verteidigung unserer Institutionen."
Hey world. Want to save your countries from fascism? Then please help shut down the US. Boycott our tech companies, cancel your vacations, conferences, meetings, urge your governments to place #sanctions. Stay away from the #WorldCup. And, while you're at it #BoycottFIFA altogether.
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Hey world. Want to save your countries from fascism? Then please help shut down the US. Boycott our tech companies, cancel your vacations, conferences, meetings, urge your governments to place #sanctions. Stay away from the #WorldCup. And, while you're at it #BoycottFIFA altogether.
TODAY. Call/email/text your Congressmembers! Demand they vote NO on appropriations and funding bills that include funding for ICE/BP and DHS. Republican? Great, pls call now. Live in New York? Schumer and Jeffries really need to hear from you #ICEOUT
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was a direct result of unchecked violence, impunity, a...
act.indivisible.org
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
TODAY. Call/email/text your Congressmembers! Demand they vote NO on appropriations and funding bills that include funding for ICE/BP and DHS. Republican? Great, pls call now. Live in New York? Schumer and Jeffries really need to hear from you #ICEOUT
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
🚨 BREAKING: Over 100 clergy at Target HQ in Downtown Minneapolis demanding justice #ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutForGood #ReneeGood
🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”
🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”
🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Over 100 clergy at Target HQ in Downtown Minneapolis demanding justice #ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutForGood #ReneeGood
🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”
🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”
🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
Just a biologist's random Adelie penguin video to brighten the dystopian panorama... #birds
Waddle or slide: which one are you today? 🐧 I’m definitely the one in the back just trying to keep up! These are Adélie penguins, one of the two species I get to see almost every day while working in Antarctica.
#adeliepenguin #penguinlove #antarctica #naturephotography #oceanlife
#adeliepenguin #penguinlove #antarctica #naturephotography #oceanlife
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Just a biologist's random Adelie penguin video to brighten the dystopian panorama... #birds
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
In small towns across America, vigils just like this one have been taking place all weekend ❤️❤️✊️✊️
Happening NOW in the small Adirondack community of Chestertown, NY.
#ICEOutForGood
@indivisible.org @indivisible-adk.bsky.social
#ICEOutForGood
@indivisible.org @indivisible-adk.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
In small towns across America, vigils just like this one have been taking place all weekend ❤️❤️✊️✊️
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
Dear World,
Please place sanctions on the U.S. federal government. It will hurt less than the world war the Trump regime is unleashing.
Yours truly,
A desperate U.S., sometimes expat, citizen
#sanctionUS #resist
Please place sanctions on the U.S. federal government. It will hurt less than the world war the Trump regime is unleashing.
Yours truly,
A desperate U.S., sometimes expat, citizen
#sanctionUS #resist
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Dear World,
Please place sanctions on the U.S. federal government. It will hurt less than the world war the Trump regime is unleashing.
Yours truly,
A desperate U.S., sometimes expat, citizen
#sanctionUS #resist
Please place sanctions on the U.S. federal government. It will hurt less than the world war the Trump regime is unleashing.
Yours truly,
A desperate U.S., sometimes expat, citizen
#sanctionUS #resist
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
Congress won't remove Trump--but a 3rd impeachment is necessary "to uphold the rule of law," fill the media with "a kaleidoscopic panoply of Trumpian misdeeds" & hinder the regime by calling attention to misconduct and lawlessness
newrepublic.com/post/205118/...
newrepublic.com/post/205118/...
The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump
No, Democrats don’t have the votes to convict. But they should brandish their convictions in the court of public opinion.
newrepublic.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Congress won't remove Trump--but a 3rd impeachment is necessary "to uphold the rule of law," fill the media with "a kaleidoscopic panoply of Trumpian misdeeds" & hinder the regime by calling attention to misconduct and lawlessness
newrepublic.com/post/205118/...
newrepublic.com/post/205118/...
#resist NOW
We the People will not sit by while our communities are terrorized and violence goes unanswered.
Find a peaceful protest or vigil this weekend to demand accountability for ICE’s horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913... #ICEOutForGood (video via NBC10 Philadelphia)
Find a peaceful protest or vigil this weekend to demand accountability for ICE’s horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913... #ICEOutForGood (video via NBC10 Philadelphia)
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
#resist NOW
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
#PORTLAND - ICE agents are pretending to be utility workers to kidnap people. Stay vigilent. Verify. #fuckICE
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
ICE officers impersonating utility workers, Oregon lawmaker says
NW Natural issues notice telling public how to ID its employees and contractors.
www.oregonlive.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
#PORTLAND - ICE agents are pretending to be utility workers to kidnap people. Stay vigilent. Verify. #fuckICE
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Susan M. Gaines
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR - #Minneapolis
🚨 CODE RED 🚨
ICE is going door-to-door downtown Minneapolis by the football stadium. DO NOT open the door for them.
Monarca: 612-441-2881
Immigration Law Center Detention Line: 651-641-1011
Warrants labeled "Form I-205" or "Form I-200" are *NOT* judicial warrants.
ICE is going door-to-door downtown Minneapolis by the football stadium. DO NOT open the door for them.
Monarca: 612-441-2881
Immigration Law Center Detention Line: 651-641-1011
Warrants labeled "Form I-205" or "Form I-200" are *NOT* judicial warrants.
January 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR - #Minneapolis