Brian Ikaika Klein
@brianiklein.bsky.social
Asst Prof @UMich. Political ecologist & critical human geographer. Extraction, resource politics, artisanal mining, conservation, development, Africa, Madagascar. @ESPM_Berkeley PhD. ND ☘️ grad. RPCV. Hawai'i born and raised.
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“Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies” — 👏🏼
March 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies” — 👏🏼
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Make your voice heard today!
February 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Make your voice heard today!
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Tomorrow is a national protest day in the US. Protests are organized at the White House and state capitals, but if you can’t find an event or time that works for you, go when and where you can. If there is no event organizer, you are the event organizer. Announce it below,👇 hashtags #3E #USProtests
February 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tomorrow is a national protest day in the US. Protests are organized at the White House and state capitals, but if you can’t find an event or time that works for you, go when and where you can. If there is no event organizer, you are the event organizer. Announce it below,👇 hashtags #3E #USProtests
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Elon Musk’s staffers are still attempting to manipulate the Treasury payment system to halt the flow of funds following their recent losses. Reminder: U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has restricted DOGE’s read-only access. No one is above the law.
February 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers are still attempting to manipulate the Treasury payment system to halt the flow of funds following their recent losses. Reminder: U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has restricted DOGE’s read-only access. No one is above the law.
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The thing about running the federal government like a software startup is that most software startups fail www.wired.com/story/the-us...
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The thing about running the federal government like a software startup is that most software startups fail www.wired.com/story/the-us...
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This is morally indefensible and strategically bankrupt. It’s just letting people die on purpose and it makes us weaker in every way.
Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.
February 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is morally indefensible and strategically bankrupt. It’s just letting people die on purpose and it makes us weaker in every way.
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Fantastic work by Marlotte de Jong "We argue that viewing water infrastructure as “complete” and “durable” hides the inherent fragility of these systems and how they create conditions of water insecurity." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @pollenetwork.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
“We Women Are Suffering”: Fragile Water Infrastructure and Gendered Embodied Labor
One of the core tenets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 is the achievement of universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030. In Kili...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Fantastic work by Marlotte de Jong "We argue that viewing water infrastructure as “complete” and “durable” hides the inherent fragility of these systems and how they create conditions of water insecurity." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @pollenetwork.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
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I will be speaking at tomorrows event! We have to come together and we have to organize. Hope to see you tomorrow!
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I will be speaking at tomorrows event! We have to come together and we have to organize. Hope to see you tomorrow!
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February 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
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honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?
February 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
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NEW, the abbreviated (and punched up) @RollingStone version of my story today about Elon Musk's efforts to take control of the Treasury's payment system. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Elon Musk's Attempt to Control the Treasury Payment System Is Incredibly Dangerous
Donald Trump and Elon Musk could use sensitive Treasury information to punish their enemies — or they could break America’s payment system entirely.
www.rollingstone.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW, the abbreviated (and punched up) @RollingStone version of my story today about Elon Musk's efforts to take control of the Treasury's payment system. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
February 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
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This is not just a "pause." It is an unlawful destruction now.
Foreign aid is a cornerstone of national security with diplomacy and defense. USAID's work reaches 100s of millions worldwide and America will be harmed.
Here are some of the lives at stake.
Foreign aid is a cornerstone of national security with diplomacy and defense. USAID's work reaches 100s of millions worldwide and America will be harmed.
Here are some of the lives at stake.
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
February 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is not just a "pause." It is an unlawful destruction now.
Foreign aid is a cornerstone of national security with diplomacy and defense. USAID's work reaches 100s of millions worldwide and America will be harmed.
Here are some of the lives at stake.
Foreign aid is a cornerstone of national security with diplomacy and defense. USAID's work reaches 100s of millions worldwide and America will be harmed.
Here are some of the lives at stake.
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New from me: Musk and his allies seem to be doing another thing common with tech startups in their government takeover--hiring very young technical talent. We identified several those young people who appear to have very high access.
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New from me: Musk and his allies seem to be doing another thing common with tech startups in their government takeover--hiring very young technical talent. We identified several those young people who appear to have very high access.
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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