GarrettMAA
@garrettmaa.bsky.social
Climate-conflict scholar and lecturer at Barnard College.
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GarrettMAA
@garrettmaa.bsky.social
· Jan 9
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Hello and welcome! I'm Garrett,
www.garrettalbisteguiadler.com
Hi! I'm Garrett Albistegui Adler. Belatedly checking this place out. I'm a quantitative social scientist/applied environmental scientist studying human impacts of climate stress, especially climate-conflict links. Check out more here: www.garrettalbisteguiadler.com
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The US Administration has chosen to obliterate huge swathes of our scientific research.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The US Administration has chosen to obliterate huge swathes of our scientific research.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
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Happy Festivus Eve.
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Happy Festivus Eve.
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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In the Weiss Room
Bad girl Bari's media operation is a strange brew and it's spread more COVID misinformation than Eric Clapton. Some say CBS News is at a crossroads, but even if she doesn't look too wonderful tonight, she'll probably stay in the sunshine of Donald Trump's love.
by Maureen Dowd
Bad girl Bari's media operation is a strange brew and it's spread more COVID misinformation than Eric Clapton. Some say CBS News is at a crossroads, but even if she doesn't look too wonderful tonight, she'll probably stay in the sunshine of Donald Trump's love.
by Maureen Dowd
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
In the Weiss Room
Bad girl Bari's media operation is a strange brew and it's spread more COVID misinformation than Eric Clapton. Some say CBS News is at a crossroads, but even if she doesn't look too wonderful tonight, she'll probably stay in the sunshine of Donald Trump's love.
by Maureen Dowd
Bad girl Bari's media operation is a strange brew and it's spread more COVID misinformation than Eric Clapton. Some say CBS News is at a crossroads, but even if she doesn't look too wonderful tonight, she'll probably stay in the sunshine of Donald Trump's love.
by Maureen Dowd
Anyway, yay for the @ny-knicks.bsky.social!
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Anyway, yay for the @ny-knicks.bsky.social!
Man, I really might have to keep Twitter for a while longer. I've scrolled on here for a few minutes and no one besides @jztidecat.bsky.social poking fun at us has even mentioned the @ny-knicks.bsky.social are bringing home the NBA Cup!
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Man, I really might have to keep Twitter for a while longer. I've scrolled on here for a few minutes and no one besides @jztidecat.bsky.social poking fun at us has even mentioned the @ny-knicks.bsky.social are bringing home the NBA Cup!
What a horrific way to wake up on the morning before the first night of Hanukkah. Two mass shootings on opposite sides of the world, each targeting one of my communities (of very different sorts). As a Jew, and a Brown University alum, this is just too much.
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
What a horrific way to wake up on the morning before the first night of Hanukkah. Two mass shootings on opposite sides of the world, each targeting one of my communities (of very different sorts). As a Jew, and a Brown University alum, this is just too much.
Jeez, this is in one of the libraries during finals week (or therabouts). Looks like maybe the SciLi (though both major libraries have this brutalist architecture, so I'm not certain). So scary.
Footage from inside Brown University
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December 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Jeez, this is in one of the libraries during finals week (or therabouts). Looks like maybe the SciLi (though both major libraries have this brutalist architecture, so I'm not certain). So scary.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
Oh my goodness.
No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Oh my goodness.
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Maybe It’s because I have a personal connection to both attacks - I’m Jewish and a Brown alum - but these mass shootings are hitting especially hard, even by the grim standards of our time
December 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Maybe It’s because I have a personal connection to both attacks - I’m Jewish and a Brown alum - but these mass shootings are hitting especially hard, even by the grim standards of our time
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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“The policy mix of the Trump administration feels similar to Brexit. It is likely slowing growth down and lowering living standards relative to what would have been achieved without this policy mix.”— Martha Gimbel, executive director of the Yale Budget Lab
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“The policy mix of the Trump administration feels similar to Brexit. It is likely slowing growth down and lowering living standards relative to what would have been achieved without this policy mix.”— Martha Gimbel, executive director of the Yale Budget Lab
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
If it's so core to their marketing that it appears it this email, they need to pay the K-Pop Demon Hunters folks more money.
We’ll Always Have Duluth: A Casablanca Extended Universe Film
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If it's so core to their marketing that it appears it this email, they need to pay the K-Pop Demon Hunters folks more money.
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This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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From my experience studying electoral autocracies, campaigning against corruption and promising to clean up a corrupt mess resonates more with voters than campaigning “for democracy “.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
From my experience studying electoral autocracies, campaigning against corruption and promising to clean up a corrupt mess resonates more with voters than campaigning “for democracy “.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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What it’s like to be a social scientist
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What it’s like to be a social scientist
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Blending family and governance
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blending family and governance
And my remote control.
Wish I had a Find My Phone function for my glasses.
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
And my remote control.