Maggie Holland (she/her)
@mbholland.bsky.social
Geography prof, motivated by issues tied to land rights & climate justice. Canoe-tripper whenever possible.
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The Trump administration took down a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the Department of Justice’s website nearly 300 days ago to comply with an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Trump administration took down a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the Department of Justice’s website nearly 300 days ago to comply with an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion.
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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24 years ago, I was on the first research cruise to the newly established Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron to map all of the shipwrecks in the area.
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
24 years ago, I was on the first research cruise to the newly established Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron to map all of the shipwrecks in the area.
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
We had a huge binder of research on all the suspected wrecks. Most of them sank in a "collision in the fog."
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Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025
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The @geographers.bsky.social is pleased to host this important event on Monday, 10/27, re the Safeguarding of Academic Freedom. Please register to join us www.aag.org/events/safeg...
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The @geographers.bsky.social is pleased to host this important event on Monday, 10/27, re the Safeguarding of Academic Freedom. Please register to join us www.aag.org/events/safeg...
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Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
October 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
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Because who needs clean air and water anyway?
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
Trump Administration Is Set To Cut 1 In 3 EPA Staffers By Year's End
The move will slash the agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water.
www.civilbeat.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Because who needs clean air and water anyway?
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
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The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Military service is about courage and sacrifice. That’s what my father, a Marine, and my mother, a Navy veteran, taught me.
But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)
But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Military service is about courage and sacrifice. That’s what my father, a Marine, and my mother, a Navy veteran, taught me.
But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)
But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)
Full on authoritarian dystopia in my neighborhood.
I’ve confirmed with a person in the neighborhood where the truck crashed that the two men were *not* “El Salvadoran gang members” as the ICE thug so confidently asserted. They’re from Guatemala and Honduras, and one of them has lived here for 15 years and has multiple children.
When a Takoma Park resident was filming the ICE officers arresting the men they chased/made crash, one officer said to her “Ma’am, do you really want to defend El Salvadoran gang members?”
Another mocked, “Thank you for filming for our safety, ma’am, I appreciate it.”
Video shared with me:
Another mocked, “Thank you for filming for our safety, ma’am, I appreciate it.”
Video shared with me:
August 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Full on authoritarian dystopia in my neighborhood.
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From the ACLU Washington, DC Chapter in case there are still laws:
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
From the ACLU Washington, DC Chapter in case there are still laws:
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6-year member of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore here to let you know that they are currently fundraising for this very program! Donate here or please share
farmalliancebaltimore.org/digging-in/
farmalliancebaltimore.org/digging-in/
July 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
6-year member of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore here to let you know that they are currently fundraising for this very program! Donate here or please share
farmalliancebaltimore.org/digging-in/
farmalliancebaltimore.org/digging-in/
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We're using the workshop to fine-tune these resources, after which they'll be available on the IndigeLab Network website. Videos of the orientation portion of the workshops will also be available there.
Everyone is welcome, even if you're not going up for promotion & don't do community work.
3/3
Everyone is welcome, even if you're not going up for promotion & don't do community work.
3/3
July 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We're using the workshop to fine-tune these resources, after which they'll be available on the IndigeLab Network website. Videos of the orientation portion of the workshops will also be available there.
Everyone is welcome, even if you're not going up for promotion & don't do community work.
3/3
Everyone is welcome, even if you're not going up for promotion & don't do community work.
3/3
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IU BA/BS in GEOG also on the chopping block 😢
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
June 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
IU BA/BS in GEOG also on the chopping block 😢
Congressionally-mandated national climate assessments = gone from public view/access.
Public access being stripped from tax payer funded research.
This data belongs to the American public.
This data belongs to the American public.
BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
June 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Congressionally-mandated national climate assessments = gone from public view/access.
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Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.
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🚨 Israeli forces have reportedly boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
Connection to the Madleen ship has been lost.
Connection to the Madleen ship has been lost.
June 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨 Israeli forces have reportedly boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
Connection to the Madleen ship has been lost.
Connection to the Madleen ship has been lost.
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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New in Area:
'The "creative thesis" in the academic "anxiety machine"' by @mutablematter.bsky.social
This paper highlights the possibilities of supporting 'creative' PhD theses within an increasingly challenging institutional environment.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'The "creative thesis" in the academic "anxiety machine"' by @mutablematter.bsky.social
This paper highlights the possibilities of supporting 'creative' PhD theses within an increasingly challenging institutional environment.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
June 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New in Area:
'The "creative thesis" in the academic "anxiety machine"' by @mutablematter.bsky.social
This paper highlights the possibilities of supporting 'creative' PhD theses within an increasingly challenging institutional environment.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'The "creative thesis" in the academic "anxiety machine"' by @mutablematter.bsky.social
This paper highlights the possibilities of supporting 'creative' PhD theses within an increasingly challenging institutional environment.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
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Last week, Linda McMahon was threatening to cut funds to NY schools because of a state ban on Indian-themed mascots.
She said she was deeply concerned that the move was “an attempt to eliminate the history and culture of Native American tribes.”
She said she was deeply concerned that the move was “an attempt to eliminate the history and culture of Native American tribes.”
NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...
www.propublica.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Last week, Linda McMahon was threatening to cut funds to NY schools because of a state ban on Indian-themed mascots.
She said she was deeply concerned that the move was “an attempt to eliminate the history and culture of Native American tribes.”
She said she was deeply concerned that the move was “an attempt to eliminate the history and culture of Native American tribes.”
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This represents a systematic dismantling of the US STEM ecosystem that will create lasting negative consequences for innovation and competitiveness.
Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This represents a systematic dismantling of the US STEM ecosystem that will create lasting negative consequences for innovation and competitiveness.
Wish I could see this in person!
Excited to be presenting some work at UCSB next week! Hope to see you there
May 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Wish I could see this in person!
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Great fun talking to the folks at This Day podcast about Roger Revelle's climate change testimony on May 13, 1957, which I think of as one of the key moments in which the science went from data to threat for the fossil fuel industry: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
An Early Climate Change Warning Ignored (1957) w/ Amy Westervelt
Podcast Episode · This Day · 05/13/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Great fun talking to the folks at This Day podcast about Roger Revelle's climate change testimony on May 13, 1957, which I think of as one of the key moments in which the science went from data to threat for the fossil fuel industry: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...