cathy r
@myqntm.bsky.social
tech & data for environmental justice
|| currently: Civic Science Fellow @ OEDP
|| previously: Fellow @ Green Web Foundation, Tech @ The Engine Room, Teaching @ SVA
www.cathyr.com
|| currently: Civic Science Fellow @ OEDP
|| previously: Fellow @ Green Web Foundation, Tech @ The Engine Room, Teaching @ SVA
www.cathyr.com
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cathy r
@myqntm.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Amid takedowns of various government sites and databases, several organizations are working to preserve vital climate, health, and scientific data before it’s gone for good.
Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites
Amid takedowns of various government sites and databases, several organizations are working to preserve vital climate, health, and scientific data before it’s gone for good.
www.technologyreview.com
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I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it
October 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it
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Numbers are down across the board.
The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It
A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.
trib.al
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Numbers are down across the board.
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“You’ve got to stop the tyranny, not try and make a better case for why science should exist.” 🎯
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“You’ve got to stop the tyranny, not try and make a better case for why science should exist.” 🎯
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We're #hiring! The Open Science Hardware Foundation seeks an Executive Director to lead our growing non-profit. We seek expertise in: Executive Leadership Resource Mobilization Strategic program development Effective Communication
#openscience #openhardware
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#openscience #openhardware
minifi.ca/ZSxhj
We’re hiring: Executive Director - Open Science Hardware Foundation
Job Summary The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a U.S.-based 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to foster enabling ecosystem for open-source development of scientific instruments, eq...
minifi.ca
July 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We're #hiring! The Open Science Hardware Foundation seeks an Executive Director to lead our growing non-profit. We seek expertise in: Executive Leadership Resource Mobilization Strategic program development Effective Communication
#openscience #openhardware
minifi.ca/ZSxhj
#openscience #openhardware
minifi.ca/ZSxhj
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"Nearly 25 million naturalized citizens live in the U.S., and we are accustomed to extra scrutiny...But I had never doubted that my U.S. citizenship was permanent, and that I was guaranteed the same rights of speech, assembly, and due process as natural-born Americans. Now I’m not so sure."
A political scientist born in Brazil and adopted into the U.S. as a baby wrote, "Naturalized Citizens Are Scared."
Naturalized Citizens Are Scared
To become Americans, we promised to defend the laws of the United States. What if defending them now puts our status at risk?
www.theatlantic.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Nearly 25 million naturalized citizens live in the U.S., and we are accustomed to extra scrutiny...But I had never doubted that my U.S. citizenship was permanent, and that I was guaranteed the same rights of speech, assembly, and due process as natural-born Americans. Now I’m not so sure."
Grist created a comprehensive guide to help you stay ready and informed before, during, and after these traumatic and chaotic events, as well as where to find and build support in your community. grist.org/extreme-weat...
Disaster 101: Your guide to extreme weather preparation, relief, and recovery
From packing an emergency kit to navigating FEMA aid to finding legal services and mental health resources, this is a comprehensive guide to surviving and coping with natural disasters.
grist.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Grist created a comprehensive guide to help you stay ready and informed before, during, and after these traumatic and chaotic events, as well as where to find and build support in your community. grist.org/extreme-weat...
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The Boring Fund is back in 2025 and supporting more projects than before.
With support from Arm, we’re providing $80,000 of funding for the overlooked initiatives that create a stronger #conservationtech sector.
Learn more and apply by 19 August 2025: wildlabs.net/funding-oppo...
With support from Arm, we’re providing $80,000 of funding for the overlooked initiatives that create a stronger #conservationtech sector.
Learn more and apply by 19 August 2025: wildlabs.net/funding-oppo...
July 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Boring Fund is back in 2025 and supporting more projects than before.
With support from Arm, we’re providing $80,000 of funding for the overlooked initiatives that create a stronger #conservationtech sector.
Learn more and apply by 19 August 2025: wildlabs.net/funding-oppo...
With support from Arm, we’re providing $80,000 of funding for the overlooked initiatives that create a stronger #conservationtech sector.
Learn more and apply by 19 August 2025: wildlabs.net/funding-oppo...
“Cloudflare, along with a majority of the world’s leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for their content.” gizmodo.com/free-lunch-i...
Free Lunch Is Over for the AI That Broke the Web
Cloudflare, a company that runs 20% of the web, just flipped a switch that could end the open internet as we know it, forcing AI companies to pay for the content they’ve been taking for free.
gizmodo.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Cloudflare, along with a majority of the world’s leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for their content.” gizmodo.com/free-lunch-i...
PlasticList. 'Data on Plastic Chemicals in Bay Area Foods'. plasticlist.org. www.plasticlist.org
PlasticList
Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods
plasticlist.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
PlasticList. 'Data on Plastic Chemicals in Bay Area Foods'. plasticlist.org. www.plasticlist.org
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Email just went out from @aoc.bsky.social to her massive email community
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Email just went out from @aoc.bsky.social to her massive email community
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
- no tacky ask to sign a petition
- no craven and shameless ask donation - not even a donate button
Just laying out plainly how she believes Trump has launched an illegal war and that is grounds for impeachment.
Leader.
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Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in t
www.wilderness.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Millions of acres worth of public land would be put up for sale in the Senate version of Trump’s big, ugly bill.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
It’s a massive privatization of a public good that everyone gets to enjoy – all to finance tax cuts that predominantly flow to the super-rich.
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The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
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behold the "smarter-than-human" machines that'll soon be "too smart to control"
June 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
behold the "smarter-than-human" machines that'll soon be "too smart to control"
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USDA says it will return information about climate change to its webpages after the Trump administration took it down www.theverge.com/news/666150/...
Farmers win legal fight to bring climate resources back to federal websites
“It feels good to win one, right?”
www.theverge.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
USDA says it will return information about climate change to its webpages after the Trump administration took it down www.theverge.com/news/666150/...
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JUST IN: US immigration judge rules that deportation case against Pro-Palestinian Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil can proceed reut.rs/426ySFY
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
JUST IN: US immigration judge rules that deportation case against Pro-Palestinian Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil can proceed reut.rs/426ySFY
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From state legislatures to community groups, from tribal lands to city parks to postage-stamp backyards, people are doing quiet, vital work to confront climate change and biodiversity loss. All year, @carabuckley.bsky.social and I will be writing about these efforts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
50 States, 50 Fixes
A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
From state legislatures to community groups, from tribal lands to city parks to postage-stamp backyards, people are doing quiet, vital work to confront climate change and biodiversity loss. All year, @carabuckley.bsky.social and I will be writing about these efforts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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After wildfires burned houses and brush alike in Los Angeles, researchers have mobilized to understand the health risks posed by urban conflagrations.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3DV7GR4
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3DV7GR4
March 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
After wildfires burned houses and brush alike in Los Angeles, researchers have mobilized to understand the health risks posed by urban conflagrations.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3DV7GR4
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3DV7GR4
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Dahlia look! Now we have names of the men who were deported to a prison in El Salvador. Share far and wide so friends and family can identify them!
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Here are the names of the Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to El Salvador
CBS News has obtained an internal government list of the names of the Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador.
www.cbsnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Dahlia look! Now we have names of the men who were deported to a prison in El Salvador. Share far and wide so friends and family can identify them!
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
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Little scooplet from me: The Trump administration has a plan to remake USAID. Part of that vision? Blockchain.
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain
“It feels like a fake technological solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” says one expert.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Little scooplet from me: The Trump administration has a plan to remake USAID. Part of that vision? Blockchain.
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Hi All
We started a starter pack for those interesed in sea turtle ecology and conservation. Add a comment if you would like to be added. 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles
go.bsky.app/LkUCfem
We started a starter pack for those interesed in sea turtle ecology and conservation. Add a comment if you would like to be added. 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles
go.bsky.app/LkUCfem
November 22, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Hi All
We started a starter pack for those interesed in sea turtle ecology and conservation. Add a comment if you would like to be added. 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles
go.bsky.app/LkUCfem
We started a starter pack for those interesed in sea turtle ecology and conservation. Add a comment if you would like to be added. 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles
go.bsky.app/LkUCfem
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Just a heads-up to folks who are siloed in English-speaking BlueSky - there are starter packs for Brazilian scientists and activists
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You'll also want to update your content languages setting so you can actually see their posts:
bsky.app/settings/lan...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You'll also want to update your content languages setting so you can actually see their posts:
bsky.app/settings/lan...
October 23, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Just a heads-up to folks who are siloed in English-speaking BlueSky - there are starter packs for Brazilian scientists and activists
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You'll also want to update your content languages setting so you can actually see their posts:
bsky.app/settings/lan...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You'll also want to update your content languages setting so you can actually see their posts:
bsky.app/settings/lan...
Time for a 'Be My Eyes' type app but like 'Be My Young Person with a Computer'
Don’t tell me that Trump/Musk are not trying to destroy Social Security.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
March 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Time for a 'Be My Eyes' type app but like 'Be My Young Person with a Computer'
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Begging reporters to say whether something Trusk is doing is actually legal
March 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Begging reporters to say whether something Trusk is doing is actually legal
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Some prisons have ordered trans people to hand in gender-appropriate underwear as if it was contraband, threatening discipline if they don't. Internal memo says staff can't use correct pronouns or names. Male guards now doing pat-down searches of trans women, who say they're being groped + assaulted
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Some prisons have ordered trans people to hand in gender-appropriate underwear as if it was contraband, threatening discipline if they don't. Internal memo says staff can't use correct pronouns or names. Male guards now doing pat-down searches of trans women, who say they're being groped + assaulted
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You already f*cking own it. Bam. 💥
March 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
You already f*cking own it. Bam. 💥