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marcel
@malser.bsky.social
Aspiring energy justice engineer
#JusticiaEnergéticaBoricua
clean energy: clean from corruption, clean from colonialism, clean from oppression, clean from imperialism
resilient power
#JurutungoPower

https://sites.google.com/a/upr.edu/marcel/
Estas semanas han sido un ataque a todo lo que sea justicia energética y cambio climático. Por eso es importante compartir esta publicación nueva en Climate Risk Management

Stakeholder engagement strategies to build resilience to compound hazards: Engaging community-based organizations in research
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Reminder that Project 2025 called for an end to all FEMA grant programs.

FEMA grants are the primary mechanism for federally funded disaster mitigation and preparedness.

Every single community has benefited from this funding. It benefits the economy and national security.
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Outstanding analysis, and great for a layperson to read. Dr. Montano is a trusted scholar of Emergency Management, and her look at the really harmful implications of what the Republican Administration is proposing, couldn't say it better myself.

Take a minute, click the link, and read.

#greysky
“The part on FEMA was only two pages”

YES!! So why didn’t you read it!!! I say to the 5000th person today as I aggressively send them my 10,000 word explainer on those two pages that are now unfolding before us!

www.disaster-ology.com/blog/2024/12...
January 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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I tweeted this eight years ago as many Silicon Valley leaders openly protested Donald Trump's ban of people from Muslim-majority countries.

Some of these same leaders celebrated Trump at his recent inauguration.
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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New 2024 data: Over 50% of GOP fundraising now comes from just 100 mega-donors.

Trump’s embrace of the billionaire class—and their embrace of him—will only supercharge this trend.
January 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hoy encontré mi color favorito en Mayagüez...
January 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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🗣️ 83% of respondents believe that scientists should communicate about science with the public.

📣 49% believe that that scientists should actively advocate for specific policies (23% disagree). 52% believe that scientists should be more involved in the policymaking process (21% disagree).
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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January 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I have heard that MIT has not received many applicants to their new Palestinian Scholars in Residence program. If you know any Palestinian scholars who have held an appointment at a Palestinian university in the last 5 years who might be interested: t.co/qi93DnMjAr
January 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Mayo 2022

Aprobada la Resolución del Senado 493 para investigar la viabilidad de extender el Tren Urbano, es importante conocer las propuestas que se estudiaron y recomendaron.

Extensiones que se estancaron en fase de diseño:
1. Santurce-Viejo San Juan
2. Aeropuerto
3. Carolina
4. Bayamón-Arecibo
January 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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🧵3/4
Pramila Patten, the UN's special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, had requested permission to investigate Hamas' alleged crimes
Israel blocks UN Hamas sexual crimes probe to avoid inquiry into abuse of Palestinians
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www.haaretz.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Every educational, academic, and cultural institution in Gaza where I studied, worked, or attended a conference or event—every theater, every archive, every historic landmark and site—has been completely destroyed. They no longer exist.
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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"This is why we must replace the Prius economy with one focused on affordable green housing, higher wages, cheap clean energy, lower commuting costs and expanded mass transit. States, cities and towns can get the ball rolling." Compelling op-ed from @aldasky.bsky.social + @triofrancos.bsky.social.
To make real climate progress, we need a green economic populism that brings immediate, material benefits to the working class—tackling both carbon and the cost-of-living crisis. We can start local rn.

Thrilled to share my NYT op-ed w @triofrancos.bsky.social!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/o...
Opinion | Biden Left Us With a ‘Prius Economy.’ It’s Time for Something Different.
Climate impacts are fueling the cost-of-living crisis, especially for the poor and working class.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Why we fighting for 15 gigawatts of public renewables by 2030? Because every gigawatt gets us closer to 100% renewables AND means more green union jobs AND means more bill relief for the working class. We need it all.
January 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The reason science works, when it works, is not thanks to protean individuals in their labs having eureka moments. It works when we create institutions & practices that use collective attention to identify the errors & blindspots that (inevitably) color any one individual's thinking.
January 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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As predictions continue to be issued while politics on the ground moves fast in Syria, it's worth reading @jasminekgani.bsky.social's reflective piece on a post-Assad Syria: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/s...
Syria after Assad
The Assad regime, which ruled over Syria for more than fifty years, has ended. The scenes of people being freed from some of the world’s most brutal and notorious torture prisons were deeply m…
jasminekgani.wordpress.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Cartoon by Phil Hands
January 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Bottom line: This analysis confirms for me that Bluesky is a more reliable platform for seeing the content you want, especially on climate topics. Its lack of algorithm means that engagement here depends on YOU!

What’s it been like for you on these platforms? Does ⬆️ track with your experience?
January 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Kigali wants to cut air pollution. Motorbikes account for 55% of all miles traveled. So the govt is introducing new policies to move to electric. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If Rwanda can see the benefit and afford to go electric, what's stopping other developing countries?
Rwanda Targets Ubiquitous Gasoline Bikes in Green-Energy Push
Rwanda seeks to replace gasoline-fueled bikes that are typically used as taxis in its capital with greener alternatives through a new policy that takes effect on Jan. 1.
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM