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Dr. Prakash Kashwan
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Env & Climate Justice Prof | Author Decolonizing Environmentalism https://tinyurl.com/3v2fysfr | Editor @environmentalpol.bsky.social | GoogleScholar https://tinyurl.com/PKGSChlr | Ex-Chair @isaess.bsky.social | Dad, Husband .. more

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Dec 10
Hi, BlueSky! Delighted to📣 Decolonizing Environmentalism (bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) is hitting the virtual book-shelf later this month & the bookstores in the new year. We wrote it esp. for the youth environmental & climate activists. Plz help spread the word. www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
Decolonizing Environmentalism
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…
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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 15h
Feel like saying unbelievable but we live in mad times!

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20h
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 2d
We have those heating coils installed at the edge of the roof. Made very little difference in this recent freeze : (

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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 2d
I wrote about the first 100% transparent climate risk tool. You can look up your home's wildfire risk, w/ all underlying data, methods, and code available to dl. The hope is to get this info out of black box models and invite public/scientific scrutiny and collaboration. heatmap.news/adaptation/c...
This New Wildfire Risk Model Has No Secrets
CarbonPlan has a new tool to measure climate risk that comes with full transparency.
heatmap.news

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 2d
How often does a Super Bowl half-time show include stinging commentary on energy policy and the US' broken promises to a community that has been abused and neglected for decades? @earthjustice.org
Why Was Bad Bunny Singing on Top of a Broken Utility Pole at the Super Bowl?
Bad Bunny’s 13-minute performance at the big game was an ode to Puerto Rico — and its energy woes.
earthjustice.org

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 3d
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We’re being turned into an energy colony’: Argentina’s nuclear plan faces backlash over US interests
Push to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources
www.theguardian.com

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 3d
The National Park Service is studying whether some Los Angeles-area beaches should be designated a national seashore: www.latimes.com/california/s... via @ianjames.bsky.social
Should some L.A. beaches be a national park? It's being studied. Here's how you can weigh in
The National Park Service is embarking on the Los Angeles Coastal Area Special Resource Study, focusing on the coastline and adjacent areas along Santa Monica Bay from Will Rogers State Beach to Torra...
www.latimes.com

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 3d
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”

The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d
"How would you feel if, out of the blue, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny called to ask you a favor? Last December, that’s what happened to Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, a University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professor of Latin American & Caribbean history." #PuertoRico news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d
Cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins: “I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty, and respect for others...For everyone out there caring for others, protecting their neighbors & meeting people with love, every single step is for you."
A photo of cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins, who said in a social media post, that her motivation comes from the people she believes represent the country’s best values. She stressed that her focus is on compassion and inclusion. “I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty, and respect for others. I do not stand for hate or violence or discrimination," she said. "I get to decide who I’m racing for every single day, and how I want to live up to my values. For everyone out there caring for others, protecting their neighbors and meeting people with love - every single step is for you." Diggins concluded by saying, "You are the ones who make me proud to carry the flag, and I hope I can bring you joy over these next few weeks."

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 4d
This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career — from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship — cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism. Trump is not profound. He has been the same person this whole time. The question is why so many others have refused to see what he has never bothered to hide.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d
"Abundance liberalism" is quite "illiberal" at its core! (ofc recognizing the fifty shades of liberalism)

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
Tech bro incompetence meet offshore worker exploitation. So much brilliance at once is difficult to fathom. #Waymo
kevinjkircher.com Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 5d
"Instrument cars so low-wage offshore workers can remote-control them, displacing drivers" sounds a bit less cool than "build self-driving cars." How many cars does an offshore worker have to remote-control for the cost savings from putting drivers out of work to outweigh the instrumentation cost?
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 5d
"Instrument cars so low-wage offshore workers can remote-control them, displacing drivers" sounds a bit less cool than "build self-driving cars." How many cars does an offshore worker have to remote-control for the cost savings from putting drivers out of work to outweigh the instrumentation cost?

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
Takaichi staked her premiership on a bet that the country would embrace her bluntly-spoken conservatism, promises of a new era of prosperity and expansive spending pledges. The opposition bloc offered an alternative to voters nervous about Takaichi’s right-wing politics. www.ft.com/content/0456...
A photo of Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi at her party’s headquarters on Sunday © Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
"...as Europe’s political class moves to address its shame[ful] ties with the convicted sex offender, it’s inadvertently highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S... Wagons have been circled around the prominent political figures whose names have surfaced in the Epstein files."

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 5d
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
www.politico.com

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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 5d
EU reflection and revision after #cop30

“We're in a new era which is more transactional," one EU diplomat said, adding that some governments also wanted a clearer EU line on when to reject future COP deals that it deems too weak”

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: EU rethinks climate diplomacy after bruising COP30 summit, document shows
The European Union is mulling a new strategy in its diplomatic efforts on climate change after a bruising U.N. summit last year where it struggled to rally support for faster, more ambitious action to...
www.reuters.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 6d
The weekend "Netflix & Heal" plan 🫂✊🏼

Michelle Obama’s 2020 documentary Becoming, which followed the former first lady in the wake of her hit book, saw a rise in views of more than 13,000% over the past weekend, with 47.5m min viewed, says the Hollywood Reporter. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Michelle Obama documentary rises 13,000% in views as Melania film opens
Becoming garners 47.5m minutes viewed on same weekend as current first lady’s documentary released in cinemas
www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 7d
Congratulations for this impactful work.

I have a question or two about your choice of journal in this case. Could I DM you about that?

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 7d
I'd love to know more about your work in this regard. Would appreciate your pointing me to an article or a podcast/interview!

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 7d
Please correct this headline @apnews.com. All humans are primates. That’s a biology.

What Trump posted was a depiction of the first Black U.S. president and First Lady as chimpanzees. That’s racist.

(Please repost to get an AP editor’s attention on this.)
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Ob...
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 8d
In honor of Bad Bunny's victories at this year's #Grammys, we dropped the paywall for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's review of THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS:

“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text
Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.
f.mtr.cool

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 8d
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pkashwan.bsky.social Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 8d
This survey may be poorly sampled, but it is too important to leave to the insurance companies. We need a national/global conversation to rethink our current risk/insurance paradigms. Attempts to privatize climate risks bail out the industry at the expense of homeowners. 360info.org/burned-out-h...

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 8d
This survey may be poorly sampled, but it is too important to leave to the insurance companies. We need a national/global conversation to rethink our current risk/insurance paradigms. Attempts to privatize climate risks bail out the industry at the expense of homeowners. 360info.org/burned-out-h...

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The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · 8d
Brian Callaci, CHAINS OF COMMAND, and Sandeep Vaheesan, POWER IN DEMOCRACY, discuss how we can and should rethink state capacity. Read on below:
Rethinking State Capacity
Yes, we should demand that government move faster. But the impediments aren’t limited to bureaucrats and NIMBYists.
buff.ly

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8d
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 9d
"...after pushing through an order to release a juvenile from detention, she realized that she could affect positive change from the inside. I’m still here because I’m trying to make sure that the agency understands how imp it is to comply with all the court orders.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE attorney to judge: ‘This job sucks’
A federal judge admonished DHS for repeatedly defying court orders to release detainees, as government lawyers described widespread noncompliance during Minnesota’s immigration crackdown.
www.mprnews.org

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 9d
"America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame. Those who dealt with Epstein on money, tax or non-iniquitous connections are a far larger universe than his circle of alleged sexual abusers. Epstein’s ordinary buddies/his enablers abandoned shame."
www.ft.com/content/3f82...
The Epstein rot goes deep
America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame
www.ft.com

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Secular Moi @secularmoi.bsky.social · 10d
‘It is possible’: this tiny First Nation’s big renewable energy strategy:

On the tip of Vancouver Island, the sun, wind and tides will power Quatsino First Nation into the future

#QuatsinoNation #RenewableEnergy #indigenous #canpoli #bcpoli

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Quatsino leads the charge on renewable energy | The Narwhal
On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is completing a 150-kW solar project, piloting tidal power and partnering with a wind farm in its push for renewable energy
thenarwhal.ca