Carolyn McGrath
@carolynmcgrath.bsky.social
educator, artist, climate/justice, pro-liberation/anti-oppression, earthling, views are my own, she/her
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Educator's Guide to Climate Emotions
This guide will help K-12 Educators address the emotional needs of their students as they learn about climate change and climate justice.
www.climatepsychology.us
For k12 teachers struggling to figure out how to talk to kids about the climate crisis (hottest year, breaching 1.5) + the impacts of a Trump presidency, An Educator's Guide to Climate Emotions may be of assistance. www.climatepsychology.us/educators-gu...
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There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.
June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.
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I volunteer w/a safe space organization for queer teenagers. It has been an extremely hard day for our trans students. If you could spare a thought, prayer, or good vibe for them tonight, they really need it. The cruelty of this decision is a lot to process. Their supportive families need care, too.
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I volunteer w/a safe space organization for queer teenagers. It has been an extremely hard day for our trans students. If you could spare a thought, prayer, or good vibe for them tonight, they really need it. The cruelty of this decision is a lot to process. Their supportive families need care, too.
Call your reps.
UPDATE — At least *37* members of Congress have now signed on to efforts against the Trump-Vance administration's moves towards war on Iran.
+5 since yesterday.
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows Americans strongly disapprove of US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran: 16-60
+5 since yesterday.
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows Americans strongly disapprove of US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran: 16-60
June 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Call your reps.
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We must oppose war with Iran with all possible vigor.
June 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We must oppose war with Iran with all possible vigor.
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I talked with @ejeris.bsky.social about fascism, coalition building, and the compassion and shared knowledge we need to create safety and justice in these times. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or access a transcript + audio here:
Fascism Isn’t Coming — It’s Here. Now What?
“We don’t get to choose the people who show up for us and who save us sometimes,” says Ejeris Dixon.
truthout.org
April 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I talked with @ejeris.bsky.social about fascism, coalition building, and the compassion and shared knowledge we need to create safety and justice in these times. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or access a transcript + audio here:
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3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
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Per President Holloway, multiple Rutgers students have had their immigration status terminated without explanation.
We Support Our International Community at Rutgers
www.rutgers.edu
April 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Per President Holloway, multiple Rutgers students have had their immigration status terminated without explanation.
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Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...
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It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
If you are NJ-based and looking for some hyper-local action, get behind the protection of the Sourlands, one of the largest contiguous forests in the state. It's a huge carbon sink, home to rare and endangered species, and cleans the water of thousands of residents! www.change.org/p/stand-up-f...
Sign the Petition
Stand Up for the Sourlands
www.change.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you are NJ-based and looking for some hyper-local action, get behind the protection of the Sourlands, one of the largest contiguous forests in the state. It's a huge carbon sink, home to rare and endangered species, and cleans the water of thousands of residents! www.change.org/p/stand-up-f...
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Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
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President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
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This is my student, your student, every professor’s student.
There's no allegation that she did anything other than participate in a lawful protest. This is madness. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation
Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Immigration agents visited residences looking for her.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is my student, your student, every professor’s student.
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The Department of Education exists to ensure every child, no matter their zip code, has access to a quality education. Without it, this administration will weaken civil rights enforcement, jeopardize special education funding, and cut off college affordability for millions of our youngest Americans.
March 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Department of Education exists to ensure every child, no matter their zip code, has access to a quality education. Without it, this administration will weaken civil rights enforcement, jeopardize special education funding, and cut off college affordability for millions of our youngest Americans.
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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
March 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
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The EPA's Office of Environmental Justice has helped communities overburdened by pollution for more than 30 years. Lee Zeldin just dissolved it.
We will keep fighting for environmental justice. www.law360.com/energy/artic...
We will keep fighting for environmental justice. www.law360.com/energy/artic...
Trump Admin Shutters EPA's Enviro Justice Office - Law360
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday dissolved its more than 30-year-old environmental justice and civil rights office, the latest in a string of EPA actions targeting efforts to ease p...
www.law360.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The EPA's Office of Environmental Justice has helped communities overburdened by pollution for more than 30 years. Lee Zeldin just dissolved it.
We will keep fighting for environmental justice. www.law360.com/energy/artic...
We will keep fighting for environmental justice. www.law360.com/energy/artic...
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tesla car vehicles will have more legal protections than trans people
March 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
tesla car vehicles will have more legal protections than trans people
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Tomorrow (Tuesday 3/11), 8pm, @carolynmcgrath.bsky.social & I will give you some guidance for working with students' emotional responses to world events. We started with climate anxiety, but these strategies are helpful for kids & teachers facing any massive threat. actionnetwork.org/events/menta...
Mental Health and Climate Change
Please note that the US is now on Daylight Savings Time (GMT-4). Please check a time zone converter for your local time. The Climate Crisis has spawned a Mental Health Crisis - particularly among you...
actionnetwork.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Tomorrow (Tuesday 3/11), 8pm, @carolynmcgrath.bsky.social & I will give you some guidance for working with students' emotional responses to world events. We started with climate anxiety, but these strategies are helpful for kids & teachers facing any massive threat. actionnetwork.org/events/menta...
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This is the guide that @carolynmcgrath.bsky.social, I, & many others worked on thru @climatena.bsky.social -- our workshop on 3/11 at 8pm Eastern (linked above) will prepare you to use it & adapt it for your students. www.climatepsychology.us/educators-gu...
Educator's Guide to Climate Emotions
This guide will help K-12 Educators address the emotional needs of their students as they learn about climate change and climate justice.
www.climatepsychology.us
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is the guide that @carolynmcgrath.bsky.social, I, & many others worked on thru @climatena.bsky.social -- our workshop on 3/11 at 8pm Eastern (linked above) will prepare you to use it & adapt it for your students. www.climatepsychology.us/educators-gu...
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Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
February 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
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It's hard for people in the Global South to focus on dealing with climate change when they don't have adequate electricity, water, sanitation, and transportation infrastructure. It turns out it's also hard in the Global North to focus on climate change when there's not a functioning democracy.
February 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's hard for people in the Global South to focus on dealing with climate change when they don't have adequate electricity, water, sanitation, and transportation infrastructure. It turns out it's also hard in the Global North to focus on climate change when there's not a functioning democracy.
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As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
"activist leaders have told him and colleagues that they fear protests against Trump might eventually be used as a predicate for declaring martial law. Other House Democrats echoed this privately"
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Democrats confront their powerlessness as Trump flexes authority | CNN Politics
Amid Democrats’ shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much should they rel...
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.