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Laura Huenneke
@lfhuenneke.bsky.social
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Plant ecologist/conservation biologist, happily retired professor and academic administrator. Now seeking as a private citizen to bring rational approach to bear on the huge challenges of our time - democracy, climate disruption, loss of nature's richness. .. 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

Environmental science 53%
Agriculture 17%
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Porcupine
Elk
Bobcat
Amazon pink river dolphin
African elephant
(Also African leopard, African wild dog, Bison, Badger)
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 15d
Crane is a reasonable target because a while back he WAS calling for full disclosure. Urge him to go back to his initial stand!
indivisiblenaz.bsky.social Indivisible Northern AZ ❌👑 @indivisiblenaz.bsky.social · 15d
KEEP UP THE PRESSURE TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES:
Use the toolkit or call Rep. Eli Crane (R): (202) 225-3361 or   (928) 286-5338
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell your GOP representative to vote YES on releasing the Epstein Files
indivisible.org

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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Indivisible Northern AZ ❌👑 @indivisiblenaz.bsky.social · 15d
KEEP UP THE PRESSURE TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES:
Use the toolkit or call Rep. Eli Crane (R): (202) 225-3361 or   (928) 286-5338
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell your GOP representative to vote YES on releasing the Epstein Files
indivisible.org

Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 16d
Welcome back - so pleased to see you in this timeline again. You yourself have warned us to prepare for the disappearance of references, history, important voices, even music. The outcry from your readers shows that many of us will work hard to follow you wherever you go!
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 18d
We found it extremely easy - and satisfying! - to move our music elsewhere and cancel our Spotify premium accounts. Put your money where your beliefs are!
indivisible.org Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19d
Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
(around the Spotify logo) GET ICE OUT OF SPOTIFY ICE DOESN’T NEED A PLAYLIST. IT NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY. • Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify removes all ICE ads • Demand Spotify immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts. • Urge artists and podcasters to speak out.

Reposted by Laura Huenneke, Jesús García

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19d
Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
(around the Spotify logo) GET ICE OUT OF SPOTIFY ICE DOESN’T NEED A PLAYLIST. IT NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY. • Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify removes all ICE ads • Demand Spotify immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts. • Urge artists and podcasters to speak out.

Reposted by Laura Huenneke, Timothy D. McBride

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Lorenz Lorenz-Meyer @lorenzlm.bsky.social · 19d
If Sarah Kendzior is indeed blocked on @bsky.app, this is a completely unjustified and highly questionable move. Sarah Kendzior is among the best voices of knowledge-based critical journalism in the US. See to it that this is corrected immediately and with an apology, @pfrazee.com!
Bluesky
Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.
bsky.app

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 19d
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Laura Huenneke, Timothy D. McBride

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 19d
Find her here substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I’ve been suspended from BlueSky. I don’t know why. I wasn’t online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explana...
substack.com

Reposted by Philip Nel, Laura Huenneke

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19d
Hello @support.bsky.team why has
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended without explanation?????

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 20d
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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Stand Indivisible AZ ❌👑 @standindivisible.bsky.social · 21d
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
I’m a constituent that voted for you. Do not cave to open the government that does not include reinstating subsidies for those that are enrolled in the ACA/Obamacare. Courts are requiring F47 to fund SNAP. Citizens need affordable health insurance! Do not cave!
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 21d
This is great to hear - hope some of the “squishy” folks think twice!
monaburns.bsky.social Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 21d
Dem Senator Ruben Gallego is a no on the CR:

“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 21d
Dem Senator Ruben Gallego is a no on the CR:

“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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Judy Stahl @judyblueeyes.bsky.social · 21d
I have called both of my Senators today, Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, on a Sunday, to tell them there must be NO agreement that would open the government *until and unless* Senate Republicans protect ACA healthcare subsidies ROCK SOLID. In writing. Guaranteed. For a year.

Done with weak Democrats!

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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Stand Indivisible AZ ❌👑 @standindivisible.bsky.social · 21d
#AZindivisibles

www.threads.com/@standindivi...
Stand Indivisible AZ (@standindivisibleaz) on Threads
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 21d
I do think he might be a weak link…often proposing the “bipartisan” position, voting for Trump nominees, etc.
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 21d
A scene from yesterday’s warm afternoon run. Certainly not the glorious colors of a New England fall, or the golden aspens of our nearby mountains. But I love the subtle gold and silver of Rabbitbrush and Winterfat at this time of year.
An open shrubby area with some shrubs covered in dried gold flowers, others with plumes of silvery gray, with a dark green juniper in the background under a bright blue sky.

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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 21d
@ossoff.bsky.social

Are you caving? The Suspect List includes you:

Jean Shaheen
Jon Peters
Jon Ossoff
Mark Kelly
Peter Welch
Tammy Baldwin
Elissa Slotkin
Sens. John Fetterman
Catherine Cortez Masto
Angus King

If you cave, forget getting further donations from me. #Fight
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 21d
I just called @gallego.senate.gov and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social - very worried about them.

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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 21d
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social

Please don't listen to Chuck Schumer. DO NOT CAVE. Listen to your constituents. Don't settle!
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 22d
You don’t need to change anything - as a fan of all runners, from our neighborhood Girls on the Run to our Flagstaff elite pros and Olympians, I am very appreciative of you and @fastwomen.bsky.social
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 23d
I was always proud of being a Cornell PhD alum - admired the philosophy/ideal of educating any person in any discipline. But this capitulation by Cornell means that ideal has been extinguished.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23d
BREAKING: Cornell caved.

Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
SIGNATURES For Cornell University: Michael I. Kotlikoff President of Cornell University Office of the President 300 Day Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Ben the Winited States (including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Servives and the U.S, Department of Education): /N istant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 For the Department of Health and Human Services: Paula Matana S Paula M. Stannard Director, Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Effective Date: 14/7/2025.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23d
BREAKING: Cornell caved.

Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
SIGNATURES For Cornell University: Michael I. Kotlikoff President of Cornell University Office of the President 300 Day Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Ben the Winited States (including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Servives and the U.S, Department of Education): /N istant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 For the Department of Health and Human Services: Paula Matana S Paula M. Stannard Director, Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Effective Date: 14/7/2025.

Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 25d
Driving home late last night from a long day serving as a poll worker/election worker in a (very small!) rural district in my huge rural county...from here to New York City, it's clear that commitment to integrity in local elections can make all the difference. @coconinovote.bsky.social

Reposted by Gernot Wagner, Laura Huenneke, Zen Faulkes

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26d
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:

"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."

Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26d
Generative AI being 'wrong' in the information it produces, and being unethical in how it steals human labor are both overlapping issues and it's important to show a bit of damn solidarity even if you're not a scientist, or information worker, or a writer, or an artist, or a photographer
Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 27d
You are so right! My first spouse was a journalist (newspaper reporter, editor) - We had front-row seats to the destruction of local and metropolitan newspapers - first by corporate consolidation, then by private equity and, at same time, destruction of many of the revenue sources by technology.

Reposted by Laura Huenneke

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27d
Breaking news: The Trump administration will release enough funds to pay for half of November's SNAP benefits, following a court order to avoid food insecurity for nearly 42 million Americans.
Trump administration says it is paying out half of November’s SNAP benefits
The Trump administration will release enough funds to pay for half of November's SNAP benefits, following a court order to avoid food insecurity for nearly 42 million Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Drew Peltier

Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · Oct 31
I had missed this article earlier. An example of what we're losing, in terms of science that could make a difference for people in this time of climate crisis. Just one relatively small research group at one university (my own #NorthernArizonaUniversity). Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities
www.nytimes.com