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Dr. Maya Weeks
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Feminist political ecologist, artist, grazier-in-training. I live on YTT Northern Chumash & Salinan land. Affiliated researcher at UC Davis Feminist Research Institute & lecturer at Rutgers University; views mine. mayaweeks.com
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Call for Applications: Press On’s Freedomways Reporting Fellowship is accepting applications for its 8-month fellowship from March to Oct 2026, for 6 reporters and storytellers from the South. form.jotform.com/252935798928...
Call for Applications: 2026 Freedomways Reporting Fellowship // Convocatoria de solicitudes: Beca de Periodismo Freedomways 2026
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
every week i feel so lucky to read what my students submit for their assignments
the status water bottle performs the same role in united states culture that the car does
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Please be a part of our November food drive collab with Faction Brewing to help support our East Bay community:
www.oceanhoptimism.org/thanksgiving
i went to read an article on a university of california website about the blue humanities and it turned out i had written it when i was a grad student lmaoooooo
sitting in the sun in the morning while i am writing is the highlight of this time change
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Currently (ha ha, river joke) out at the Tuolumne River in recently restored gravel beds upriver of La Grange. This is by far the most salmon I’ve ever seen at one time in my adulthood. Every riffle has 6-20 salmon. I think I’ve seen well over 100 today as a low end estimate.
bonus: saw a scrub jay carrying an acorn around 🫡
today has involved working on scholarship, writing poetry, AND encountering a goat..... a wonderfully balanced day 🥹
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Occasional reminder: I’m on the policy job market! If you’re looking for, or know anyone who’s interested in and wants to pay money for, the brain-to-mouth/-keyboard output of a PhD with expertise in cattle methane and microbial biotech and a bit of state level policy experience in CA, let me know.
sending this to my mom, who raised me in public libraries 🥲
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What if we could work with our public libraries to create + sustain convivial infrastructures for local news, local 🎶, digital equity, and more? I wrote abt lots of communities that are doing this work, bldg networks of solidarity + resistance, modeling alternatives to extractive commercial systems.
"[T]hey confirm that states have legal obligations that include prevention, mitigation, adaptation and reparation for climate damage" 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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FREE Food in Oakland resource list! 📣
Worried about SNAP or CalFresh benefits being on hold? Looking for a food bank or giveaway in the Oakland area? Here are some resources for you and your family.
oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
"Plutonium-239 is a highly radioactive material used to create nuclear weapons and reactors. Breathing in tiny particles is dangerous and over time can cause issues including lung cancer, cellular damage and radiation sickness."
just blending in, texture-wise
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nature is healing
Overall social media use is declining.

Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.

A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
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Yesterday we also had a new hire in Geography for the School approved for this job cycle. I will share that job ad when it is written and posted. #academicbluesky
The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...
San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies
jobs.sjsu.edu
sending condolences to you and your partner, marina 💔
i love how much i learn while teaching 🥹
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www.terrain.org/submit/sowel... @terrainorg.bsky.social & @texastech.bsky.social University Press invites book-length manuscript submissions of nonfiction (essays, memoir, etc) in English on themes about & related to the natural world by writers who have published no more than one book in any genre.
Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Submission Guidelines - Terrain.org
The 2024 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize seeks a book of poetry. Submissions are open from September 15 - November 15.
www.terrain.org
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If you are in Davis and will be affected by the SNAP benefits cut, go to Central Park at 9 pm on weekdays for the Night Market. It’s run by good people, I’ve checked it out and gotten a couple of things from it myself, and there was plenty of food - they collect surplus food from nearby restaurants.