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Laura Huenneke
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Plant ecologist/conservation biologist, professor, science fiction nerd, dog lover, gardener. In past life led large projects (LTER, Cancer Partnership) and served as university dean/VP. Focused now on democracy, climate disruption, loss of biodiversity. .. more

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Dr. Laura Huenneke is an American ecologist and former President of the Ecological Society of America. She is known for her research in public health in Arizona's Native American community, focusing on cancer prevention, invasive species, and desert ecosystems. Huenneke is the former Vice President for Research at Northern Arizona University where she continues her research studying the impact of biological diversity on ecosystems and teaching classes in Environmental Sciences. She has served on a variety of boards and review panels for ecological research journals and has received a number of awards and honors during her career as an ecologist. .. more

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 2d
I'm in total agreement! I've done election observing (polling places, tabulation) and worked at the polls in my rural county - it's super frustrating that so few friends and neighbors are willing to learn more and take on some community role in our great local system @coconinovote.bsky.social
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.

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jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com

Reposted by Laura Huenneke, Manisha Sinha

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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Sissy Rufus ❌️👑 @unkaren.bsky.social · 3d
It's horrible that as a Homeland Security Committee member, AZ Senator Gallego has only visited a Camp maybe twice, and that was because a popular Valley restaurant owner got more publicity than the thousands of other innocents who are treated like dirt for the profiteers of Racism.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
there's something unholy about the Trump administration being laser focused on "fraud" while Trump pardons an endless clown car of fraudsters and bilks taxpayers at every opportunity. it's just transparently absurd.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 6d
Not terrifying at all...
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 Trump floats the idea of nationalization of elections:
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 6d
Love @billmckibben.bsky.social The Crucial Years. Mix of grim and good news, useful prompts. "If America’s Dept of Energy wasn’t...committed to the idea... “there is no energy transition” we could begin, you know, planning." This edition has solar-powered airships!
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Thinking about lying
Climate denial taught our leaders shamelessness
open.substack.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 Trump floats the idea of nationalization of elections:
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 7d
Thanks for sharing your photos of this! With the larger political context these days, it is very hard to keep attention and effort on this truly global existential threat.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 8d
Staying active is one of my key strategies for staying sane these days. Today I ran my first race since a serious fall in Aug 2024. Well, to be more accurate, I walked/jogged a little local 5K. First in my age group! (Perhaps only…) Importance of just showing up…

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 8d
As a poll worker and an election count observer - I am VERY worried about this and several other steps underway to subvert free and fair elections.
shimanti.bsky.social Hopeful in AZ @shimanti.bsky.social · 10d
I think not enough white people are taking the voting rights issues seriously enough. They are killing people and then offering to stop killing if the state gives up the voter registration data. This should be setting off massive alarms for EVERYONE. (I’m looking at you, white people.)

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 9d
I've observed in my AZ county's Election Center as ballots are tabulated, becoming familiar with security measures that ensure safe, accurate, free, fair elections. What happened in Georgia this week is horrifying. A wake-up call for all of us! joycevance.substack.com/p/today-fult...
Today Fulton County, Tomorrow???
On Wednesday, the FBI executed a search warrant on the Fulton County, Georgia, Elections Operation Center.
joycevance.substack.com

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Hopeful in AZ @shimanti.bsky.social · 10d
I think not enough white people are taking the voting rights issues seriously enough. They are killing people and then offering to stop killing if the state gives up the voter registration data. This should be setting off massive alarms for EVERYONE. (I’m looking at you, white people.)

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 10d
I live just east of Flagstaff, and there are some strong GOP/Trump folks here. Some outrage being expressed about their kids being out of control! I salute those students standing up for humanity even against family pressure.
radlegaltakes.bsky.social Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 10d
Flagstaff kids had a walkout protest today. I’m so proud of them.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 10d
Flagstaff kids had a walkout protest today. I’m so proud of them.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 12d
I'm not in southern CA, and I'm not much of a soccer/futbol fan, but I've been fascinated by @awalkerinla.bsky.social posts about (non)progress in mega-event preparations. This particular piece really pulls in the brutal realities of where we are in this moment of the Trump administration.
awalkerinla.bsky.social Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 12d
I wrote about LA’s first World Cup hospitality house — and how it feels disingenuous to call them that at the current moment

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 12d
I wrote about LA’s first World Cup hospitality house — and how it feels disingenuous to call them that at the current moment
La Plaza is also two blocks from the Metropolitan Detention Center, where federal agencies bring kidnapped Angelenos while their family members fight for information and visitation rights. It's adjacent to Olvera Street, where vendors are too scared to stay open as raids increase in nearby neighborhoods. It's just over the freeway from the Federal Building where anti-ICE protests have basically been ongoing since June. And within hours of federal agents shooting and killing a second person in Minneapolis, it's where thousands of Angelenos gathered to condemn ICE and march to a nearby vigil.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 12d
Love this! Will use national, state, and county (even congressional district!) data both in conversations and in outreach - such as our local Master Gardeners. Not what you would think of as a rabble-rousing group, but certainly attuned to the natural world and interested in science-based efforts.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 13d
Thanks for sharing this. In the midst of <all this> I really enjoyed catching up on what’s happening at this crucial long-term ecological research site. Even though the news, for plants and rodents, is not good.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 14d
Do you have a local food bank? I know our local food center puts together 300-400 bags of fresh produce each day - they would be thrilled to get 500 or more lemons to put one in each bag for a day or two…

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15d
He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 15d
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 15d
This morning's killing in Minnesota is crushing. I've already urged my (useless GOP) Rep Crane, and both Senators @gallego.senate.gov and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social to refuse to vote for any $$$ for ICE. And chose several groups off this list in Minnesota for donations. www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 16d
Stand Up for Science stands in solidarity with our friends, colleagues, and neighbors who are united against ICE today.

We have a moral imperative to respond to human rights abuses and to link arms in solidarity against injustice.

#StandUpforScience
#ScientistsAgainstICE
A red flyer with the words “scientists against ice. Stand up for science calls for a general strike 1/23/26 Minnesota. Mobilize the fight for science and democracy”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16d
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?

[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 16d
Great piece in AZ Water Agenda explaining options in draft EIS for managing Colo River water in drier future. Though I suspect future hydrology will be even worse than pictured, this may be drastic enough to finally get the attention of people here in AZ! azwateragenda.beehiiv.com/p/the-cost-o...
The cost of inaction
The feds outlined their plans if states don’t reach a deal on Colorado River water. It’s a lot of bad options.
azwateragenda.beehiiv.com

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 16d
Looking forward to our Flagstaff event!
kyratangren.bsky.social #HandsOffAZ @kyratangren.bsky.social · 16d
For the evening crowd: Find an #ICEOutForGood solidarity event tomorrow in this AZ thread! 👇
kyratangren.bsky.social #HandsOffAZ @kyratangren.bsky.social · 17d
Tomorrow, 1/23, cities across the US will stand in solidarity with MN. Join a non-violent event, demand corporations stand up to ICE, & call on Congress to act now to rein in ICE. Below is a thread of #ICEOutForGood events here in AZ 🚫🧊
#ICEOutAZ #StopICE #AZProtests

iceoutforgood.org

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#HandsOffAZ @kyratangren.bsky.social · 16d
For the evening crowd: Find an #ICEOutForGood solidarity event tomorrow in this AZ thread! 👇
kyratangren.bsky.social #HandsOffAZ @kyratangren.bsky.social · 17d
Tomorrow, 1/23, cities across the US will stand in solidarity with MN. Join a non-violent event, demand corporations stand up to ICE, & call on Congress to act now to rein in ICE. Below is a thread of #ICEOutForGood events here in AZ 🚫🧊
#ICEOutAZ #StopICE #AZProtests

iceoutforgood.org

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 17d
Just left voicemails @gallego.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social urging votes against approps for DHS w/o strict limits on ICE, CBP. They have new bill "Stop Excessive Force in Immigration Act" which is great but they also need to use EVERY tool at their disposal and right now that is $$$$.