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Research Justice and Participatory Media
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Research Justice and Participatory Media
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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S is for SOLIDARITY—let’s help the Sesame Street workers as they fight the expropriation of kid’s media! Sign the below and spread the word! @kimkelly.bsky.social @ericblanc.bsky.social @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social
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Solidarity with Sesame Workers
The recent unjust layoffs of dedicated Sesame Workshop workers following their announcement to form a union with OPEIU Local 153 contradicts the core principles of the community that Sesame Street cla...
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March 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
S is for SOLIDARITY—let’s help the Sesame Street workers as they fight the expropriation of kid’s media! Sign the below and spread the word! @kimkelly.bsky.social @ericblanc.bsky.social @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social
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Potential revised Muslim Ban coming. @aaup.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Potential revised Muslim Ban coming. @aaup.bsky.social
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ALLIES: You may have heard about stores hosting "sip-ins" to show union solidarity with baristas.
Now, we're asking for your help in spreading the sip-in love to your communities from March 8th-11th!
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Now, we're asking for your help in spreading the sip-in love to your communities from March 8th-11th!
Learn more + Sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
ALLIES: You may have heard about stores hosting "sip-ins" to show union solidarity with baristas.
Now, we're asking for your help in spreading the sip-in love to your communities from March 8th-11th!
Learn more + Sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Now, we're asking for your help in spreading the sip-in love to your communities from March 8th-11th!
Learn more + Sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The people that get paid off indirect funds are the secretaries, maintenance workers, security guards, HVAC techs etc. It’s the pool of money that pays for the blue collar stuff, and that’s who they will have to lay off.
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The people that get paid off indirect funds are the secretaries, maintenance workers, security guards, HVAC techs etc. It’s the pool of money that pays for the blue collar stuff, and that’s who they will have to lay off.
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
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Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
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Building codes matter. All of SoCal lives on the San Andreas fault, but we have earthquake building codes that mitigate potential losses. WUI building codes only went into effect in CA in 2007, so older homes were not built to resist fire. New homes are much more resistant thanks to better science.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Building codes matter. All of SoCal lives on the San Andreas fault, but we have earthquake building codes that mitigate potential losses. WUI building codes only went into effect in CA in 2007, so older homes were not built to resist fire. New homes are much more resistant thanks to better science.
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Why am I making this point? Because as usual, the discussion over "letting people live in high fire risk areas" has begun. It's my job to point out that people have lived here for millennia, and because they knew the fire risk, they managed the fuel. Limited fuel = limited fire.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why am I making this point? Because as usual, the discussion over "letting people live in high fire risk areas" has begun. It's my job to point out that people have lived here for millennia, and because they knew the fire risk, they managed the fuel. Limited fuel = limited fire.
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This is not a forest. You can't just rake the leaves. It's a shrubland that used to be a lot more grassland when it was burned by the original Indigenous people and grazed during the ranching era. With climate change, increasing drought that intersects with Santa Ana winds is the recipe for fire.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is not a forest. You can't just rake the leaves. It's a shrubland that used to be a lot more grassland when it was burned by the original Indigenous people and grazed during the ranching era. With climate change, increasing drought that intersects with Santa Ana winds is the recipe for fire.
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Over time, vegetation grew. Fires burned, again and again, but not everywhere because we suppressed them. Recreational users liked being in nature with tall shrubs and trees along canyon bottoms to block out the hot sun. Homeowners liked nature and privacy, and they planted landscaping that matched.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Over time, vegetation grew. Fires burned, again and again, but not everywhere because we suppressed them. Recreational users liked being in nature with tall shrubs and trees along canyon bottoms to block out the hot sun. Homeowners liked nature and privacy, and they planted landscaping that matched.
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Until the 1960s, much of Santa Monica Mountains was still ranched, including what is now Topanga State Park that surrounds Pacific Palisades. Ranching is an active land use where grazing animals consume fine fuels and reduce shrub growth. That stopped when the SMMNRA and Topanga SP were established.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Until the 1960s, much of Santa Monica Mountains was still ranched, including what is now Topanga State Park that surrounds Pacific Palisades. Ranching is an active land use where grazing animals consume fine fuels and reduce shrub growth. That stopped when the SMMNRA and Topanga SP were established.
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So what's different this time? Why the disaster? Most homes in Pacific Palisades are 40-100 years old, why haven't they burned before? Two key factors: heavy fuel load from changing land use and decades of effective fire suppression, and an extremely strong, very dry Santa Ana and anomalous drought.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So what's different this time? Why the disaster? Most homes in Pacific Palisades are 40-100 years old, why haven't they burned before? Two key factors: heavy fuel load from changing land use and decades of effective fire suppression, and an extremely strong, very dry Santa Ana and anomalous drought.
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"The smoke is a toxic soup. It’s not just the brush that’s burning, but homes are burning and homes contain plastics that are built from petrochemical compounds." - California Professional Firefighters president on CNN today.
January 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"The smoke is a toxic soup. It’s not just the brush that’s burning, but homes are burning and homes contain plastics that are built from petrochemical compounds." - California Professional Firefighters president on CNN today.
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This. When Santa Cruz was on fire a few years ago, this was the app to have. #SoCalFires
January 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This. When Santa Cruz was on fire a few years ago, this was the app to have. #SoCalFires
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California lawmakers, by and large, are a labor-friendly bunch and, as in past years, they passed a host of new workplace protections that took effect when the new year struck.
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In labor-friendly California, 2025 ushers in more worker protections. Here's what to know
California lawmakers, by and large, are a labor-friendly bunch and, as in past years, they passed new workplace protections that take effect this year.
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January 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
California lawmakers, by and large, are a labor-friendly bunch and, as in past years, they passed a host of new workplace protections that took effect when the new year struck.
By @suhauna.bsky.social
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Starbucks workers are on strike at OVER 300 stores today. 5,000 baristas have walked out. I’ll post updates here throughout the day!
December 24, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Starbucks workers are on strike at OVER 300 stores today. 5,000 baristas have walked out. I’ll post updates here throughout the day!
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Sir, we’d barely begun. Thank you for your music, your wisdom, your kindness, and your massive influence on our world.
🙏🏾🕊️
Zakir Hussain
1951-2024
🙏🏾🕊️
Zakir Hussain
1951-2024
December 16, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Sir, we’d barely begun. Thank you for your music, your wisdom, your kindness, and your massive influence on our world.
🙏🏾🕊️
Zakir Hussain
1951-2024
🙏🏾🕊️
Zakir Hussain
1951-2024
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Congratulations to the UMN Graduate Labor Union-UE for ratifying its first collective bargaining contract--a historic victory and a model for higher ed unions. Now they need the Board of Regents to move quickly and approve the contract. See their webpage for details on how to support them umnglu.org
UMN Graduate Labor Union
UMN-GLU: UE Local 1105
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December 16, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Congratulations to the UMN Graduate Labor Union-UE for ratifying its first collective bargaining contract--a historic victory and a model for higher ed unions. Now they need the Board of Regents to move quickly and approve the contract. See their webpage for details on how to support them umnglu.org
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Yikes, .8-3” of sinking, 2016-2023.“Globally, similar subsidence within such a large area has never been reported…this could be a sign that rising sea levels [are] accelerating the erosion of the limestone on which South Florida is built.” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
Dozens of luxury condos, hotels in Miami sinking at ‘unexpected’ rates, new study reveals
First-ever observation of continuous subsidence shows as much as 70 percent of high-rises affected in some areas of Miami
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December 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Yikes, .8-3” of sinking, 2016-2023.“Globally, similar subsidence within such a large area has never been reported…this could be a sign that rising sea levels [are] accelerating the erosion of the limestone on which South Florida is built.” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...