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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 5h

Related on Michelle Haas & J. P. Bryan on Texas History : bsky.app/profile/texa...

Highlighted excerpt from https://www.texasobserver.org/scholars-lost-culture-war-texas-history/ (How Scholars Lost the Culture War over Texas History, Ty Cashion, 2025) :

"The tone of Bryan’s machinations found a kindred pairing with the creation of the Texas History Trust (THT), which began producing provocative videos condemning progressive scholarship. Michelle Haas, a TSHA member and editor of Copano Bay Press, narrated for THT the brief series “unMakers of Texas History.” Her combative style vilified the work of progressive scholars, even singling out some leading Texas historians for mocking derision."

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 11d

everything is falling
leaves, water, the nation
why are the crows so silent?

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

@jennbudd.bsky.social had a substack note on deleting her bluesky account: substack.com/@jennbudd/no...

excerpt from https://substack.com/@jennbudd/note/c-165321638 by Jenn Budd (Oct 11, 2025) :

"I closed my Bluesky and TT accounts. The fact that so many joined in on the beat down, then re-followed after I apologized made me realize how fair-weathered people are. If affects my suicidal ideation when they accuse me of lying about my memoir, my sa. I used my own trauma to expose the agency, but I really don’t think even these libs care about what they are doing. I know the big million dollar orgs do not. They are part of the system. Truthfully though, yesterday seeing what AIC employees think of my work and now my own followers, the whole thing is disgusting, immoral, unethical. Just don’t give your money to the big orgs. Give it to local people in need. If you are subscribing to me, feel free to take your subscription to Arturo Dominguez or Migrant Insider. "

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Some more context from this thread bsky.app/profile/pale... ,

probably worth following Jenn elsewhere: jennbudd.substack.com

Borderland Talk with Jenn Budd | Substack

Former Senior Patrol agent turned immigrant rights activist. Learn the truth about the Border Patrol created a fake invasion & gets away with criminality far worse than those they arrest. https://jen...

jennbudd.substack.com

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Jenn Budd had really insightful posts and made a mistake the other night in sharing an AI video which triggered a swarm of someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet-mob of responses, and semingly deleted (not deactivated) her account.

Not the first time I've seen this pattern on here, let's be nice.

Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 5d

This did not help any of us.

‪Jenn Budd‬ ‪@jennbudd.bsky.social‬ · 8m
I think I’m just going to delete the account. Just, unbelievable.

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Listening can also be...

youtu.be/xaPepCVepCg

Funny talking animals: Alan!.. Alan!.. Steve! | Walk on the Wild Side - BBC

YouTube video by BBC

youtu.be

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

(From asapjournal.com/tag/geoseman... )

GeoSemantics - ASAP/Review

ASAP/Review is one of the scholarly publications of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present, along with the print publication ASAP/Journal.

asapjournal.com

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

"[...]extend the limits of the perceptible in relation with the Earth, thus forcing us to “ouvir á terra” (listening to the earth). However[...] “ouvir áterra” also means “listening terrorizes”, as far as listening to the Earth risks also hearing the violence and horrors that could emerge with it."

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

All that said, yeah, perhaps we can all feel the shadows in whatever gets celebrated - from globalist appreciation to indigenous romanticism, etc.

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Fair. I'll confess my perspective biases:

- I get frustrated with eco-spiritual folks shunning vaccines while traveling far to spicier places, feels like a colonizing rhyme.

- Interplanetary human ambitions have blind spots w.r.t. finite resources on Earth...

highlighted excerpt from Thomas W. Murphy Jr's 'Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet' (https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m#page=20):

"The author might even go so far as to label a focus on space colonization
in the face of more pressing challenges as disgracefully irresponsible.
Diverting attention in this probably-futile26 effort could lead to greater
total suffering if it means not only mis-allocation of resources but perhaps more importantly lulling people into a sense that space represents a viable escape hatch. Let’s not get distracted!"

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Nope...

Highlighted excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange

"Communicable diseases of Old World origin resulted in an 80 to 95 percent reduction in the Indigenous population of the Americas from the 15th century onwards, and their near extinction in the Caribbean. "

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 3d

On monarchs in TX: " Saunders et al. (2019) [...] did find that the greenness of Texas and the surrounding region in the fall, thought to be an important nectaring area for migration success, explained some of the variation in overwintering population size but had not declined over time"

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 3d

Have a random bookmark that references www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco... (2020) and talks about 'milkweed limitation hypothesis' and possibly some issues with it...

Frontiers | Evaluating the Migration Mortality Hypothesis Using Monarch Tagging Data

The decline in the eastern North American population of the monarch butterfly population since the late 1990s has been attributed to the loss of milkweed dur...

www.frontiersin.org

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 3d

Not what you're looking for but remembered this from 2018: www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/o...

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

It is October 2025, the assault on what is left of American democracy is escalating, and one of the New York Times’ most influential formats insists on presenting one of the Trumpist regime’s leaders as a devout “small government” conservative with a great work ethic.

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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 5d

Hydrology Paper of the Day @ericagies.bsky.social on how changes in air moisture are related to climate change and a discrepancy in dryland regions: for some areas, models do not adequately capture decreases in humidity; linkages with fires and ecosystem services; and the need for realistic models.

Erica Gies / SlowWater.world @ericagies.bsky.social · Jun 20

Do plants affect global climate through water? Some climate scientists say yes, but others say plants' effect is only local or regional. If the plant-power proponents are right, it means, to solve climate, we need more than the energy transition. We also need to restore land to health. My story:

Climate science and the case of the missing moisture

Nature Water - Expected air moisture is missing over drier areas worldwide, possibly because climate models undervalue the effects of plants and other life. This finding could be a fingerprint of...

rdcu.be

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 6d

Worth noting she did this speech on "The Old World Is Not Coming Back" to The General Assembly in D.C. on Nov. 12 2024: youtu.be/TTIccKc9ZP0

Bari Weiss: The Old World Is Not Coming Back

YouTube video by The Free Press

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 6d

related: bsky.app/profile/elad...

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 6d

"Wait isnt it Menchaca, with an E?"

"🎵 Oh the MAN-Chack is a little old place where..."

www.kut.org/austin/2016-...

What's in a name? The long debate over Manchaca versus Menchaca

This story was originally published on Feb. 17, 2016. If you’ve ever lived – or even spent a weekend – in Austin, you know we’ve got a thing about street…

www.kut.org

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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: A Chicago federal judge has partially blocked President Donald Trump’s deployment of Texas troops in Illinois

More details forthcoming. #txlege
www.expressnews.com/politics/art...

Chicago federal judge partially blocks Texas National Guard deployment

A Chicago federal judge partially blocked President Donald Trump’s deployment of Texas troops in Illinois on Thursday, but did not immediately reveal the details of her order.

www.expressnews.com

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 7d

...that said, I'm aware some of the wear issues have to do with driving style, not just weight.

Hopefully state-level bans on 6PPD in tires will also help (e.g. www.ncel.net/articles/was... Washington State, Jan 2025) -> app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?... .

Washington Passes Legislation to Phase Out 6PPD | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

In March 2024, Washington enacted SB 5931, addressing the chemical 6PPD in motorized vehicle tires. This made Washington the first state to pass legislation to regulate 6PPD. The bill, sponsored by Se...

www.ncel.net

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 7d

Tire particulate emissions (and faster wear) should still be talked about, particularly on aquatic life impacts.

David Zipper's late 2023 article on this slate.com/technology/2... (Nov. 2023) references archive.ph/NBuYX (May 2023) specifically about owner concerns of faster tire wear in EVs...

There’s a Big Problem With Your Car’s Tires

Regulators—and a reluctant industry—are finally starting to deal with it.

slate.com

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 7d

Hope youre not perceiving me as 'fossil fuel industry seven figure social media' - I recently bought an EV (wanted one for 20 yrs) and was factoring in weight and battery thermal management.

Still think it should be considered when US market cars have gotten bigger.

bsky.app/profile/vive...

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 7d

Curb weight:

2011 leaf: ~3401 lbs (24kWh batt)

2019 leaf: ~3433 - 3853 lbs (40kWh - 62 kWh batt)

2026 leaf: ~4187 - 4369 lbs (75 kWh batt)

bsky.app/profile/jind...

Jind-or-Treat 🎃 @jindre.bsky.social · 7d

Bigger and heavier too

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Roland Maurice @rolandmau.bsky.social · 7d

Study of Greenland Iceberg by Robert Longo, 2020 (ink and charcoal on vellum)
#robertlongo #art #contemporaryart #drawing #climatechange

The image is a black and white, hyperrealistic charcoal drawing. The artwork depicts a massive, jagged iceberg rising from the dark water, with deep shadows and bright white areas creating a dramatic contrast.
Longo's work often addresses the human impact on nature.

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Greg Juhasz @greg-juhasz.bsky.social · 8d

Never to return

The fairy tree of Silver Lake, has since been destroyed.

Ilford FP4+, Mamiya RZ67

@ilfordphoto.com #fridayfavourites #fallfilm #bnw #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #photography #canada

Mamiya RZ67, APO-Sekor Z 350mm f/5.6, 8s @ f11 on Ilford FP4+

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