Laura Hollister
@xenolith.bsky.social
Mother, Wife, Geoscientist, Feminist, & Educator. NAGT-TED Past President, 2009 OEST Recipient. BS /MS Env. Geoscience
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Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
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Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
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February 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The translation is "he/she/they is/are chopping it off with an axe/sharp instrument
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The translation is "he/she/they is/are chopping it off with an axe/sharp instrument
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The translation is "he/she/they is/are chopping it off with an axe/sharp instrument
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The translation is "he/she/they is/are chopping it off with an axe/sharp instrument
Today to celebrate Black History Month & the international day of girls and women in science my students made mini posters of black or women scientists- no repeats allowed.
We taped them up on the wall outside our classroom.
In Teaching little lessons can make a big impact.
🧪🧬🍎⚒️
We taped them up on the wall outside our classroom.
In Teaching little lessons can make a big impact.
🧪🧬🍎⚒️
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Today to celebrate Black History Month & the international day of girls and women in science my students made mini posters of black or women scientists- no repeats allowed.
We taped them up on the wall outside our classroom.
In Teaching little lessons can make a big impact.
🧪🧬🍎⚒️
We taped them up on the wall outside our classroom.
In Teaching little lessons can make a big impact.
🧪🧬🍎⚒️
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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Feel free to drop Gallup a line, folks! I know I DID.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Feel free to drop Gallup a line, folks! I know I DID.
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It’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We’re proud of the women who work to improve our collective understanding of the universe—from coral reefs to Earth’s atmosphere to exoplanets.
Here are a few of the #WomenInSTEM we’ve highlighted in our career issue over the years. #IDWGIS
Here are a few of the #WomenInSTEM we’ve highlighted in our career issue over the years. #IDWGIS
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
It’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We’re proud of the women who work to improve our collective understanding of the universe—from coral reefs to Earth’s atmosphere to exoplanets.
Here are a few of the #WomenInSTEM we’ve highlighted in our career issue over the years. #IDWGIS
Here are a few of the #WomenInSTEM we’ve highlighted in our career issue over the years. #IDWGIS
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“Science is full of inspiring stories,” says @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social. “Art is a really great vehicle to tell them.”
eos.org/features/luc...
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Lucia Perez Diaz: Expressing Earth with Art - Eos
A geoscientist and illustrator finds artistic inspiration in plate tectonics and geodynamics.
eos.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“Science is full of inspiring stories,” says @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social. “Art is a really great vehicle to tell them.”
eos.org/features/luc...
eos.org/features/luc...
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For decades, Kathy Jefferson Bancroft pushed agencies to see Owens Lake as a living place, not a technical problem.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.
Kathy Jefferson Bancroft, guardian of a stolen lake
In California’s interior, a long, straight aqueduct carries snowmelt south to a city that grew as if water were a birthright. Along the way it passes a valley that was once defined by water and…
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February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
For decades, Kathy Jefferson Bancroft pushed agencies to see Owens Lake as a living place, not a technical problem.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.
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Segment with brave survivor Dani Bensky on the cover-up.
What keeps getting lost is how the decades of cover-up of Epstein's crimes is the experience of so many CSA and SA survivors--in that way it is not exceptional at all. Lifetimes of justice denied and perpetrators not held accountable. 🧵
What keeps getting lost is how the decades of cover-up of Epstein's crimes is the experience of so many CSA and SA survivors--in that way it is not exceptional at all. Lifetimes of justice denied and perpetrators not held accountable. 🧵
‘Incompetence is the strategy’: Epstein Survivor slams Justice Department over Epstein Files case
YouTube video by MS NOW
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February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Segment with brave survivor Dani Bensky on the cover-up.
What keeps getting lost is how the decades of cover-up of Epstein's crimes is the experience of so many CSA and SA survivors--in that way it is not exceptional at all. Lifetimes of justice denied and perpetrators not held accountable. 🧵
What keeps getting lost is how the decades of cover-up of Epstein's crimes is the experience of so many CSA and SA survivors--in that way it is not exceptional at all. Lifetimes of justice denied and perpetrators not held accountable. 🧵
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A new report reveals Trump's policies resulted in canceled investments and significant job losses, impacting economic stability and growth.
The United States sacrificed $35 billion in clean energy projects last year
A new report reveals Trump's policies resulted in canceled investments and significant job losses, impacting economic stability and growth.
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
A new report reveals Trump's policies resulted in canceled investments and significant job losses, impacting economic stability and growth.
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i think they’re being overly optimistic regarding the canine literacy rate
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
i think they’re being overly optimistic regarding the canine literacy rate
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To celebrate Bookshop.org (US) now selling paperbacks & ebooks from trad & indie authors (& profit sharing w. indie stores😉)...
Authors: drop your book blurb, graphic & bookshop.org link! Affiliate links are welcome.
(If your ebooks via D2D aren't on Bookshop yet, bookmark this 🧵& add them later!)
Authors: drop your book blurb, graphic & bookshop.org link! Affiliate links are welcome.
(If your ebooks via D2D aren't on Bookshop yet, bookmark this 🧵& add them later!)
February 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
To celebrate Bookshop.org (US) now selling paperbacks & ebooks from trad & indie authors (& profit sharing w. indie stores😉)...
Authors: drop your book blurb, graphic & bookshop.org link! Affiliate links are welcome.
(If your ebooks via D2D aren't on Bookshop yet, bookmark this 🧵& add them later!)
Authors: drop your book blurb, graphic & bookshop.org link! Affiliate links are welcome.
(If your ebooks via D2D aren't on Bookshop yet, bookmark this 🧵& add them later!)
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
All the flags. ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
All the flags. ❤️
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Good.
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Good.
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If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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COVID literally makes people more stupid. How is this not still an emergency?
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest | CBC Radio
Researchers are trying to understand the profound effects of COVID-19 on the brain, looking at how it disrupts the blood-brain barrier, how it affects brain volume, and showing that even a mild case o...
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
COVID literally makes people more stupid. How is this not still an emergency?
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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There are so many moments in a teaching day where you can either dart to your desk to try and tackle a long list of to-do's OR you can intentionally move through the classroom to check-in and build rapport.
The latter makes a real difference over time, but of course there is that to-do list still..
The latter makes a real difference over time, but of course there is that to-do list still..
February 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
There are so many moments in a teaching day where you can either dart to your desk to try and tackle a long list of to-do's OR you can intentionally move through the classroom to check-in and build rapport.
The latter makes a real difference over time, but of course there is that to-do list still..
The latter makes a real difference over time, but of course there is that to-do list still..
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Here is the spirit of the “neighborism” that is resisting Trumpism: Solidarity with those targeted by the regime is imperative. For we bear responsibility. We are not just all at risk. We are all implicated.
Outside a city council meeting, a woman held up a sign:
“Be a neighbor, not a Nazi.”
Outside a city council meeting, a woman held up a sign:
“Be a neighbor, not a Nazi.”
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Here is the spirit of the “neighborism” that is resisting Trumpism: Solidarity with those targeted by the regime is imperative. For we bear responsibility. We are not just all at risk. We are all implicated.
Outside a city council meeting, a woman held up a sign:
“Be a neighbor, not a Nazi.”
Outside a city council meeting, a woman held up a sign:
“Be a neighbor, not a Nazi.”
Muppet theme song Academia Style! Read below. ☺️🤣
🎶It’s time to question methods
It’s time for petty fights🎶
It’s time for petty fights🎶
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Muppet theme song Academia Style! Read below. ☺️🤣
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Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
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Schiff on the SAVE Act: "Jonathan, what you've just asked is essentially, Republicans have created distrust in the elections by making claims of nonexistent fraud, and shouldn't we use the distrust they've created in order to enact a voter suppression law?"
February 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Schiff on the SAVE Act: "Jonathan, what you've just asked is essentially, Republicans have created distrust in the elections by making claims of nonexistent fraud, and shouldn't we use the distrust they've created in order to enact a voter suppression law?"
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
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Sociology is the enemy of the powerful. That's why authoritarians always come for it.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Sociology is the enemy of the powerful. That's why authoritarians always come for it.
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Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.