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Professor of Geography and Environment, UNC-Chapel Hill https://clarkgray.web.unc.edu/

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · Dec 3

Advisee brunch at Carolina Coffee Shop!

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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 5h

I slowed down this vid in the beginning, but let it get to its actual real speed - crazy!
Admittedly, I kept wondering how this #polychaete #worm would be in a marinara sauce, covered in pecorino romano🤤
Shot in #Okinawa.
#marineworm #polychaeteworm

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Sam Huckstep @samhuckstep.bsky.social · 10h

Woah- this is outside my normal field of vision, but the expulsion of 770,000 migrants from Russia would have big consequences. Most are from Central Asia- and some of these countries are highly reliant on remittance flows from Russia.

770,000 migrants told to leave Russia

Speaker of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on October 13 announced that 770,000 migrants, who largely hail from Central Asia, ...

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 18h

The Department of Environmental Studies at CU-Boulder is searching for a new Assistant Professor in the area of energy and environmental policy, with an emphasis on sustainability and decarbonization. #EnergySky

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies

jobs.colorado.edu

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · 2d

NC OBX storm status: People are driving in the ocean 🌊

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 3d

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Ian Timaeus @iantimaeus.bsky.social · 3d

Demography may be unique in needing the insights of both those who think involution is about the history of rice cultivation in Java and those who think it's f(f(x))=x.

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Jasmin Abdel Ghany @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · 4d

While the recent interim funding by the Gates Foundation for the DHS Program buys time for data collection of selected surveys and data availability, many countries don't benefit and the future of new surveys remains uncertain. Read the updated version of our preprint that got 1,000+ views now here:

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Dr Bev Gray @drbevgray.bsky.social · 4d

Many thanks to @caitlinmyers.bsky.social for sharing her brilliance with @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social listeners this week!

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Abortion on the moon

Podcast Episode · Outlawed · 10/10/2025 · 51m

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · 4d

The real invasion

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · 4d

Folks, climate change is not "one of two major factors driving modern migration". Migration is not much more common than in the past, and trapping of migrants by climate is just as common as displacement:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 5d

Fareed Zakaria points to 2 major factors driving modern migration:

1. globalization & 2. climate change

Plus crises like those in Syria and Ukraine led to major movements, which he says have made migration such an important issue in Western countries in recent years

Migration Policy Institute @migrationpolicy.bsky.social · 5d

Delighted to have @fareedzakaria.bsky.social as keynote at our #immconf

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 4d

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

dailytarheel.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 5d

Migration Policy Institute @migrationpolicy.bsky.social · 5d

Delighted to have @fareedzakaria.bsky.social as keynote at our #immconf

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Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 5d

nothing like watching a presentation about ed tech tools to radicalize you against them

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NBER @nber.org · 5d

Studying whether changes in violent conflict and economic growth caused by warming could interact to degrade economic opportunities and trap African countries in poverty, from Joel Ferguson, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel, and Solomon M. Hsiang www.nber.org/papers/w34320

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 5d

At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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NBER @nber.org · 6d

Characterizing the potential and limits of using satellite imagery and machine learning technology to measure ground conditions, from Proctor, Carleton, Chong, Fransen, Greenhill, Katz, Murayama, Sherman, Tseng, Druckenmiller, and Hsiang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34315

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info · 6d

We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...

Statistics Adviser (Demography)

Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 8d

At its peak, about 1 in 7 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa caused by HIV/AIDS. It is now one in 20. PEPFAR takes a lot of credit. Since the launch of PMI in 2005, death rates from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa are down by a third. This is the time to double down, not walk away.

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Clark Gray @clarklgray.bsky.social · 8d

Postdoc w/Miyuki Hino

Post-Doc Research Associate

This full-time position will contribute to projects on natural hazards and disasters.The primary projects will focus on extreme weather events and their impacts to communities in the Southeastern US. ...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 9d

The weedy #rhinopias (Rhinopias frondosa) is a holy grail species for any fish nerd, and I returned to shoot this guy several days in a row.

#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 10d

Every day is #UKFungusDay for me.

Caloboletus calopus - Bitter Beech Bolete

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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 10d

🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year!

"Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)."

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11d

The reality is that the US Department of Homeland Security has been openly seized by unapologetic white nationalists who freely indulge in neo-Nazi rhetoric and use their huge and growing paramilitary army to mount massive attacks on communities of color in the US in a campaign of racist oppression

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 12d

University of Texas leaping to the top of the rankings of higher ed institutions most eager to cozy up to the authoritarian, taking over the top spot from previous leader, Columbia University. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Rafiuddin (Rafi) Najam @rnajam.bsky.social · 12d

Exciting news. We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Public Policy. Focus areas: environmental policy, international development, or poverty.
Link:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025.
Don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Assistant Professor

This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 12d

New: UNC has paid nearly $1 million for PR support since last year, with some work focused on the university’s reputation.

The firm found stakeholders believed “Carolina has lost its ‘Way.’”

With @shelbyswanson.bsky.social & @jwatsonfisher.bsky.social: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

UNC has paid nearly $1M for PR help since 2024, in part to find its ‘Way’ again

“Over the last 10 years, there’s been a degradation of what UNC stands for,” said one interviewee who the consultant interviewed last fall.

www.newsobserver.com

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Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social · 12d

NC State University sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination. NC State alleges Monsanto marketed PCB mixtures to the building industry as being safe despite knowing they were toxic. (Via @koriedean.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced

NC State sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination

Poe Hall has been closed for nearly two years after the toxic chemicals were discovered.

www.newsobserver.com

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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 13d

an amazing Habronattus jumping spider known only from a single spring in the bottom of an impossibly isolated and lonely desert valley

jumping spider with large central eyes, a white diamond sitting directly between the central eyes, all surrounded by a striking red mask which flows to the sides of the face, itself expanded laterally

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