Don Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas)
@drdonhaas.bsky.social
Director of Teacher Programming, The Center for Climate Change Education at PRI
Co-author of The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change
Deputizer of climate communicators
Thinks we should talk more about fire
https://climate.earthathome.org/
Co-author of The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change
Deputizer of climate communicators
Thinks we should talk more about fire
https://climate.earthathome.org/
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If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees
University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
Yeah. Sigh.
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yeah. Sigh.
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@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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November 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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Trick or treaters at my house will get to choose candy or fossil seashells.
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trick or treaters at my house will get to choose candy or fossil seashells.
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The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
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The report says the world’s addiction to fossil fuels causes toxic air pollution, wildfires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever, and millions each year are dying owing to the failure to tackle global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The report says the world’s addiction to fossil fuels causes toxic air pollution, wildfires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever, and millions each year are dying owing to the failure to tackle global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“A top source of young people’s hope for the future was faith in their own resilience. Which flies in the face of young people being these fragile snowflakes that crumble at the slightest pressure.”
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health
There is a lot of positive news about young people's well-being that is not receiving much attention.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“A top source of young people’s hope for the future was faith in their own resilience. Which flies in the face of young people being these fragile snowflakes that crumble at the slightest pressure.”
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us Monday at 7pm EDT for our Favorite Climate Lessons Panel of high school teachers teaching climate electives!
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Favorite Climate Lessons Panel
Mon 27 Oct, 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM [EDT]: Are you interested in teaching more about climate change? Are you interested in creating and teaching a new elective course for your school? Join us for our second...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Join us Monday at 7pm EDT for our Favorite Climate Lessons Panel of high school teachers teaching climate electives!
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GSA peeps! Join me tomorrow at 2:05 in 301B! gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects25/s...
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
GSA peeps! Join me tomorrow at 2:05 in 301B! gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects25/s...
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Another fun Jim Henson & Frank Oz pairing of Ernie & Cookie Monster from SESAME STREET’s 2nd season. The comedy feels very much in the Muppet house-style, finely honed over hundreds of TV appearances/ads. I also very much sympathize with the message - From both perspectives.
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Another fun Jim Henson & Frank Oz pairing of Ernie & Cookie Monster from SESAME STREET’s 2nd season. The comedy feels very much in the Muppet house-style, finely honed over hundreds of TV appearances/ads. I also very much sympathize with the message - From both perspectives.
Join us Thursday @7pm EDT for "We need to conserve biodiversity. Improving our teaching will help" w/ Suzanne Macey, Ph.D., Asst. Dir. for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History on Science in the Virtual Pub!
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We need to conserve biodiversity. Improving our teaching will help.
Thu 23 Oct, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM [EDT]: Suzanne Macey, Ph.D., Assistant Director for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History Headlines about the...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Join us Thursday @7pm EDT for "We need to conserve biodiversity. Improving our teaching will help" w/ Suzanne Macey, Ph.D., Asst. Dir. for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History on Science in the Virtual Pub!
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Empirical reality, determined by established facts and subject to revision on new evidence is the basis of all science since the Enlightenment.
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s anti-truth crusade is not just an attack on facts – it’s an unravelling of the Enlightenment | Polly Toynbee
The US president, JD Vance and Nigel Farage seem to believe that checking facts is a form of censorship. Nonsense: speech is only free when it is anchored in truth, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynb...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Empirical reality, determined by established facts and subject to revision on new evidence is the basis of all science since the Enlightenment.
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who's going to GSA?
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Antonio” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Antonio” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS San Antonio · No Kings
Hosted by SATX Indivisible and 50501 SATX.
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s ...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Who's going to GSA?
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Antonio” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Antonio” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I dropped my subscription when they changed their editorial direction. I do miss it, but I won't back unless they change direction back. Ugh.
Who would have thought that 25 times as many people would be getting their daily news updates from a Boston College history professor (Heather Cox Richardson, who has 2.5 million subscribers) than from the Washington Post.
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I dropped my subscription when they changed their editorial direction. I do miss it, but I won't back unless they change direction back. Ugh.
Ugh.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...
JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.
eos.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ugh.
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Renewables have overtaken coal. Now is NOT the time to turn back the clock on progress.
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Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.
ember-energy.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Renewables have overtaken coal. Now is NOT the time to turn back the clock on progress.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
Reposted by Don Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas)
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
It's hard to argue with this, but of course many will argue just the same.
Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It's hard to argue with this, but of course many will argue just the same.
Central New York educators!
Join us Saturday for Teacher Resource Day. It's going to be our biggest giveaway ever!
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Join us Saturday for Teacher Resource Day. It's going to be our biggest giveaway ever!
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Teacher Resource Day
Sat 11 Oct, 9:00 AM - Sun 12, 12:30 PM [EDT]: PRI's annual Teacher Resource Day on Saturday, October 11th, from 9 am to 12:30 pm, at the Museum of the Earth has tables full of free fossil and geologic...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Central New York educators!
Join us Saturday for Teacher Resource Day. It's going to be our biggest giveaway ever!
This educator-only event is more than just a giveaway!
See more details and register by clicking through to the event.
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#scienceteachers
Join us Saturday for Teacher Resource Day. It's going to be our biggest giveaway ever!
This educator-only event is more than just a giveaway!
See more details and register by clicking through to the event.
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A press release for the recent "Big Questions in Paleontology" paper.
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions
The involvement of around 200 researchers from over 30 different countries and more than five years’ work have resulted in 89 “Big Questions” – the most important research questions in paleontology…
www.fau.eu
October 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A press release for the recent "Big Questions in Paleontology" paper.
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
@buzbarstow.bsky.social will be joining us for the third annual STANYS/PRI Institute: Finding Climate Change Solutions From Across the Sciences! #STANYS #scienceteachers
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October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@buzbarstow.bsky.social will be joining us for the third annual STANYS/PRI Institute: Finding Climate Change Solutions From Across the Sciences! #STANYS #scienceteachers
www.stanysconference.org/special-even...
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