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Evan Berry

@ecothought.bsky.social

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Settler on Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh territory. Sunny, but grumpy at the same time. Academic interests: environmental humanities, religion and climate change, petroculture, religious studies in public higher education, human rights 🍉🌈🏜️

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · 3h

What's with all this "climate religion" talk? I break it down in my latest post. What MAGA gets right, and wrong, about the climate movement. open.substack.com/pub/suzannec...

"A Dagger in the Heart of the Climate Change Religion"

What MAGA leaders have right, and wrong, about the climate movement

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 17h

Still find it wild how they shut down USAID with no Congressional approval

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 1d

I agree with the sentiment, but I think technology is decades ahead of policy options

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

This is a very big deal 🧵

Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 3d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 3d

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4d

Just got back from Normal, IL for a lecture at Illinois State University. Established in 1857 after this small town lawyer named Abe secured the funding. Was reminded once again that US public universities are the triumph of civilization

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 5d

Three times they had runners at second with no outs between the 10th and 14th, and not once could they trade an out for 90 feet.

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Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 5d

First question in that interview woulda been: “Will you take some extra bunting practice before Toronto?”

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Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 5d

25th amendment level delusion

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 6d

Two likes too many.

Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 6d

big same

Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 6d

This is a pretty Islamophobic way to think about religious violence

Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 6d

The United States is the home of the Klan, we need to stop pretending like religious violence is somehow foreign. The call is coming from inside the house and always has been.

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