Clement Loo
@ckloo.bsky.social
Incessantly talks to folks about equity and sustainability. Makes bad jokes to long suffering students. Writes stuff on occasion. Servant to two dog overlords. Host and co-creator of the Just Sustainability Podcast.
https://just-sustainability.com/
https://just-sustainability.com/
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We should reject the idea that the best way to prepare students for careers is to create programs tailored for specific job outcomes. It doesn’t work to “teach for the test,” so why would this work? Real life, real careers are messy, require problem solving. A disturbing trend for a dying economy.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We should reject the idea that the best way to prepare students for careers is to create programs tailored for specific job outcomes. It doesn’t work to “teach for the test,” so why would this work? Real life, real careers are messy, require problem solving. A disturbing trend for a dying economy.
I know that future me will thank current me if current me can manage to finish putting together the syllabuses and Canvas sites for my spring courses prior to the beginning of winter break.
But, current me is having a hard time not giving in to the end of the semester post-grading desire to loaf.
But, current me is having a hard time not giving in to the end of the semester post-grading desire to loaf.
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I know that future me will thank current me if current me can manage to finish putting together the syllabuses and Canvas sites for my spring courses prior to the beginning of winter break.
But, current me is having a hard time not giving in to the end of the semester post-grading desire to loaf.
But, current me is having a hard time not giving in to the end of the semester post-grading desire to loaf.
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Every one of you: post at least once a day about some small thing that makes you happy that has nothing to do with politics. This is a hard and fast rule. I won’t be keeping a spreadsheet or anything but if you don’t do it, I’ll know.
I think, for those of us on the political left, we need to address morale as a real and pressing issue that will fuck up our ability to fight if left unaddressed. We *need* to figure out a way to keep people feeling at least minimally good about things even in shitty situations.
October 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Every one of you: post at least once a day about some small thing that makes you happy that has nothing to do with politics. This is a hard and fast rule. I won’t be keeping a spreadsheet or anything but if you don’t do it, I’ll know.
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Publicly-owned grocery stores can be structured to prioritize community benefit over profit, enabling lower prices, better food access, and stronger local sourcing, and may operate independently or in partnership with non-profits, cooperatives, or private operators. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Could government-owned grocery stores be coming to Boston?
Two Boston City Councilors are proposing a hearing to consider publicly owned grocery stores in Boston.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Publicly-owned grocery stores can be structured to prioritize community benefit over profit, enabling lower prices, better food access, and stronger local sourcing, and may operate independently or in partnership with non-profits, cooperatives, or private operators. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
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Morris, Minnesota, has set aside traditional partisan debates to invest in clean energy and innovative conservation opportunities that can help the town remain economically secure and build long-term community wealth:
The Morris Model is helping a Minnesota prairie town go green and avoid partisan divides | Brookings
Morris, Minnesota, a rural place on the edge of the prairie, is at the forefront of environmental sustainability. In this episode, Tony Pipa visits Morris to discover how its residents and local…
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October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Morris, Minnesota, has set aside traditional partisan debates to invest in clean energy and innovative conservation opportunities that can help the town remain economically secure and build long-term community wealth:
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Congratulations to Troy Goodnough and Clement Loo on receiving the James Farrell (Re)Cognition awards from the Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS).
z.umn.edu/UMACSawards2025
#UMNMorrisProud #Sustainability
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#UMNMorrisProud #Sustainability
October 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Congratulations to Troy Goodnough and Clement Loo on receiving the James Farrell (Re)Cognition awards from the Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS).
z.umn.edu/UMACSawards2025
#UMNMorrisProud #Sustainability
z.umn.edu/UMACSawards2025
#UMNMorrisProud #Sustainability
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Just got the beautiful cover design of @alisonhopealkon.bsky.social and my companion to our 2011 'Cultivating Food Justice' published by @mitpress.bsky.social It's due out in February next year. Mark your calendars!
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just got the beautiful cover design of @alisonhopealkon.bsky.social and my companion to our 2011 'Cultivating Food Justice' published by @mitpress.bsky.social It's due out in February next year. Mark your calendars!
Does anybody else feel like they've been beaten with a bag of wet laundry?
May 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Does anybody else feel like they've been beaten with a bag of wet laundry?
I don’t normally post pet pictures but, c’mon, how could I not post this one?!?
April 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I don’t normally post pet pictures but, c’mon, how could I not post this one?!?
There are many reasons why Christopher Moore is one of my favorite authors. The below is one of them.
Your Daily Affirmation:
I am lifted by the spirit of the Giant Invisible Success Marmot as she ushers me through my day, watching over me and protecting me in her magical ANTIFA marmot pants, which are totally a thing. #AlsoWaffles
I am lifted by the spirit of the Giant Invisible Success Marmot as she ushers me through my day, watching over me and protecting me in her magical ANTIFA marmot pants, which are totally a thing. #AlsoWaffles
April 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
There are many reasons why Christopher Moore is one of my favorite authors. The below is one of them.
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Check out my post in the APA's Public Philosophy Blog on the idea of "responsive science"--addressing science's obligations to society by combining diversified professional participation and increased public participation in science. #philsky #philsci #scicomm #science
Science and the Public
I was awarded my Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2007. Early in my Ph.D. program, I mentioned to a more senior graduate student that I was interested in how science relates to society. This student explained t...
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April 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Join UMN Ecology,Evolution&Behavior Club on 17 Apr 5-6pm for “MoreThanOurGenes: A Q&A AboutScience&Society with Dr. Ruth Shaw” focused on scientificðical probs w/contemporary research linking genomic variation to complex human traits.RSVP. z.umn.edu/MoreThanOurGenes
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RSVP for More Than Our Genes: A Q&A About Science and Society with Dr. Ruth Shaw
You are invited to join the University of Minnesota's Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Club from 5-6pm on Thursday, April 17 in Coffman Memorial Union Room 303 for More Than Our Genes: A Q&A About…
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April 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I invented a game. It’s called 4 x 3.
It’s like connections except that there are three words in each category, there are four categories, and one word is in all four categories.
Easy mode is when you know the special word. Hard is when you don’t.
It’s like connections except that there are three words in each category, there are four categories, and one word is in all four categories.
Easy mode is when you know the special word. Hard is when you don’t.
April 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I invented a game. It’s called 4 x 3.
It’s like connections except that there are three words in each category, there are four categories, and one word is in all four categories.
Easy mode is when you know the special word. Hard is when you don’t.
It’s like connections except that there are three words in each category, there are four categories, and one word is in all four categories.
Easy mode is when you know the special word. Hard is when you don’t.
Just Sustainability #podcast new episode alert! Listen to Shane Epting tell me about philosophy of the city and the role of philosophers in public scholarship:
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Just Sustainability, Re-Post Episode 28A: Shane Epting on philosophy of the city
A while back the order of Just Sustainability episodes got a bit disrupted and I skipped posting episodes 28B and 28C. Episodes 28B and 28C are now ready for posting but, since there’s been q…
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March 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just Sustainability #podcast new episode alert! Listen to Shane Epting tell me about philosophy of the city and the role of philosophers in public scholarship:
just-sustainability.com?p=479
just-sustainability.com?p=481
just-sustainability.com?p=486
just-sustainability.com?p=479
just-sustainability.com?p=481
just-sustainability.com?p=486
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Any Audre Lorde nerds in DC should go to Second Story Books and try to set eyes on this signed first edition of Lorde’s rare first book, The First Cities.
When she signed this in 1968, she was 34, a librarian with 2 small kids in an unhappy marriage. She had never taught or given a public speech.
When she signed this in 1968, she was 34, a librarian with 2 small kids in an unhappy marriage. She had never taught or given a public speech.
March 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Any Audre Lorde nerds in DC should go to Second Story Books and try to set eyes on this signed first edition of Lorde’s rare first book, The First Cities.
When she signed this in 1968, she was 34, a librarian with 2 small kids in an unhappy marriage. She had never taught or given a public speech.
When she signed this in 1968, she was 34, a librarian with 2 small kids in an unhappy marriage. She had never taught or given a public speech.
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Stopping deforestation is the one of the largest, fastest, cheapest, and most effective climate solutions we have.
Not to mention it’s the best way to stem biodiversity loss, too.
But we don’t give it nearly enough attention.
Let’s change that!
Not to mention it’s the best way to stem biodiversity loss, too.
But we don’t give it nearly enough attention.
Let’s change that!
Friday food for thought: Roughly 11% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation. To put this in perspective, the emissions from the entire United States are roughly 10% of the world’s total. drawdown.org/insights/how...
How stopping deforestation is a powerful “emergency brake” climate solution
When people think of climate solutions, they often focus on smokestacks, tailpipes, and other artifacts of our fossil-fueled economy. That’s fitting since roughly two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse ...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Stopping deforestation is the one of the largest, fastest, cheapest, and most effective climate solutions we have.
Not to mention it’s the best way to stem biodiversity loss, too.
But we don’t give it nearly enough attention.
Let’s change that!
Not to mention it’s the best way to stem biodiversity loss, too.
But we don’t give it nearly enough attention.
Let’s change that!
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Employing a biographical and genealogical methodology, this article shows the ways that Black cultural production is a spatial expression: Black placemaking. It also offers insight into the cultural persistence of Black urban communities during the 20th century. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the block to the world: Black placemaking in New York City over three generations
Following scholars of Critical Race Theory and Black Geographies, this article employs a biographical and genealogical methodology to trace trajectories of social, cultural, and political change in...
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March 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Employing a biographical and genealogical methodology, this article shows the ways that Black cultural production is a spatial expression: Black placemaking. It also offers insight into the cultural persistence of Black urban communities during the 20th century. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I think folks need to realize (or remember) that spending on research isn't a liability it is an investment.
STEM is so hard hit. As a patient with a rare cancer I have a vested interest in this research starting up again.
March 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think folks need to realize (or remember) that spending on research isn't a liability it is an investment.
Poem of the day from the Poetry Foundation:
star poem by Manny Loley
night drapes
stars emit light
around the north star-fire
stars journey
in their wake
stories extend
star poem by Manny Loley
night drapes
stars emit light
around the north star-fire
stars journey
in their wake
stories extend
March 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Poem of the day from the Poetry Foundation:
star poem by Manny Loley
night drapes
stars emit light
around the north star-fire
stars journey
in their wake
stories extend
star poem by Manny Loley
night drapes
stars emit light
around the north star-fire
stars journey
in their wake
stories extend
I hadn’t realized that Sandra Harding died recently. Nearly all of my scholarship applies research and theory that was directly informed by her work. The world is certainly poorer without her on it.
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SANDRA HARDING Obituary (1935 - 2025-03-05) - Amherst, MA - Boston Globe
View DR. SANDRA G. HARDING's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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March 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I hadn’t realized that Sandra Harding died recently. Nearly all of my scholarship applies research and theory that was directly informed by her work. The world is certainly poorer without her on it.
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
Does anybody else suspect that all the kids who might have benefited from going to Derek Zoolander’s School for Kids Who Don’t Read Good and Stuff, didn’t get that Heinlein, Huxley, and Orwell were writing warnings not road maps?
March 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Does anybody else suspect that all the kids who might have benefited from going to Derek Zoolander’s School for Kids Who Don’t Read Good and Stuff, didn’t get that Heinlein, Huxley, and Orwell were writing warnings not road maps?
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
The Onion: killing it as always.
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Onion: killing it as always.