Sandra Maddox
sbmaddox.bsky.social
Sandra Maddox
@sbmaddox.bsky.social
Here: climate people, comedy, podcasts, food, 🌅, 📑,🐕, 🐈, 🦆,🏉, + related. Academic advisor & admin for environmental sci and bioresource engr undergrad students at the Univ of Wash in Seattle, WA, 🇺🇸.Views my own not my employer.
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SHARE THIS: Here's a great Youtube playlist from @africansus.bsky.social explaining immigrants' rights in 10 African languages including Amharic, Fulani, Wolof, Swahili, and others. Help your neighbors, help yourself. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The world is terrible, and @joshgondelman.bsky.social’s new comedy special will help restore your faith in people. Thank you @nevernotfunny.bsky.social for having him on to plug it.
youtu.be/RAvNlgpdKKo
Josh Gondelman - Positive Reinforcement [2025] | FULL SPECIAL
YouTube video by Blonde Medicine
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July 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
That's it! Problem defined, now time to figure out how to fix it. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I'm really going to miss Danny Care 😢. What an amazing career, and all with one team. #quins #rugby
Never in doubt, a fitting farewell 🥹

#COYQ #HARvEXE
May 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Americans, please go comment (it’s quick and easy) about the proposed politicization of the federal civil service open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services
Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F
open.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reminder to all: 2 of every three Nursing Home residents in the USA have their care paid for by Medicaid because they no longer have the money to pay the stratospherically high monthly premiums, www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Com...
April 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Important action item
The Trump Administration is trying to undo protections in the Affordable Care Act while using federal power to target immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, and working-class families.

But you can help us fight back from your phone or computer in just a few minutes. 🧵
April 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Useful for academic folks
Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving.

Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.
April 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Best young Mighty Girl at the Hands off Seattle protest today ❤️
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Y’all if you are looking for a great resource for making nice protest posters, this site has you covered substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Signs for Democracy!
Vigils, demonstrations, marches, sit-ins. We have to hit the streets and here's some signs to make our voices heard!
substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Pure Evil. God help us all.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yes, this is terrifying
March 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What an insane nightmare.
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.

This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Very cool stuff here 💡
March 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Pulsing with life that sustains us all, forests hold the Earth's memories and humanity’s future in their roots.

On tomorrow’s #ForestsDay and every day, let's all pledge to protect these vital, irreplaceable ecosystems: www.unep.org/topics/forests
March 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wonderful health news
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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March 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM