Lacy M. Johnson
@lacymjohnson.bsky.social
Writer of books & things | Contributing Editor @ Orion Magazine | Curator & Founder @ Houston Flood Museum | Professor & MFA Director @ Rice U | Guggenheim Fellow 2020 | Community storyteller @ Houston, Texas, Baby.
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
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NEW ANALYSIS: For the first time in history, the US has not sent any official delegates to the annual UN climate talks #COP30
Full details from my colleagues, below, inc that with 56,118 delegates registered, COP30 is provisionally 2nd-largest
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Full details from my colleagues, below, inc that with 56,118 delegates registered, COP30 is provisionally 2nd-largest
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: For the first time in history, the US has not sent any official delegates to the annual UN climate talks #COP30
Full details from my colleagues, below, inc that with 56,118 delegates registered, COP30 is provisionally 2nd-largest
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Full details from my colleagues, below, inc that with 56,118 delegates registered, COP30 is provisionally 2nd-largest
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been telling us that for more than a decade
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been telling us that for more than a decade
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
A surprise find in the Etymonline entry for “migration”
![Screenshot of the following text: “That European birds migrate across the seas or to Asia was understood in the
Middle Ages, but subsequently forgotten.
Dr. Johnson held that swallows slept all winter in the beds of rivers, while the naturalist Morton (1703) stated that they migrated to the moon. As late as 1837 the
"Kendal Mercury" "detailed the
circumstance of a person having observed several Swallows emerging from Grasmere Lake, in the spring of that year, in the form of 'bell-shaped bubbles,' from each of which a Swallow burst forth ...." [The Rev.
F.O. Morris, "A History of British Birds,"
London, 1870]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5rhyxdp52ewtznncq7rawoap/bafkreigel6taacfroyjfet7vuhguxirtgea4wq7m6i3zqqq466w4qwrkkq@jpeg)
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A surprise find in the Etymonline entry for “migration”
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EPA has ordered scientists in its Office of Water to immediately pause almost all research & stop publishing studies. Researchers were told that, unless scientific journals had already returned proofs, studies will be subject to an additional EPA review.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
EPA has ordered scientists in its Office of Water to immediately pause almost all research & stop publishing studies. Researchers were told that, unless scientific journals had already returned proofs, studies will be subject to an additional EPA review.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:
Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?
YouTube video by PBS Terra
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:
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I am SO EXCITED about this!
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
SHIFT
jointheshift.earth
September 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I am SO EXCITED about this!
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
It’s important that the only cities Trump has sent (or is threatening to send) national guard troops to have Black mayors — LA, DC, now Baltimore, Chicago, and New Orleans.
It’s NEVER been about crime.
apnews.com/article/trum...
It’s NEVER been about crime.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump suggests National Guard could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state
President Trump suggests New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime.
apnews.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It’s important that the only cities Trump has sent (or is threatening to send) national guard troops to have Black mayors — LA, DC, now Baltimore, Chicago, and New Orleans.
It’s NEVER been about crime.
apnews.com/article/trum...
It’s NEVER been about crime.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature.
All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...
All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...
Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds
Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas
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September 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature.
All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...
All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...
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Rice is hiring!
"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
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"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
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September 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Rice is hiring!
"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
apply.interfolio.com/171781
"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
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Come work with us!
"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
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"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
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September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Come work with us!
"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
apply.interfolio.com/172836
"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
apply.interfolio.com/172836
Come work with us!
"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
apply.interfolio.com/172836
"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
apply.interfolio.com/172836
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September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Come work with us!
"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
apply.interfolio.com/172836
"Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries."
apply.interfolio.com/172836
Rice is hiring!
"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
apply.interfolio.com/171781
"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
apply.interfolio.com/171781
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September 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Rice is hiring!
"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
apply.interfolio.com/171781
"The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…”
apply.interfolio.com/171781
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re-order & get 25% off my new graphic novel A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis. Today through Friday (9/3 to 9/5) only, with @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale!
*Link in bio*
More exciting news: it was just chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection!
*Link in bio*
More exciting news: it was just chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection!
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
re-order & get 25% off my new graphic novel A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis. Today through Friday (9/3 to 9/5) only, with @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale!
*Link in bio*
More exciting news: it was just chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection!
*Link in bio*
More exciting news: it was just chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection!
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Greta Thunberg: “You do not kill journalists unless you have something to hide.
“Israel is now deliberately targeting journalists. If that is not a sign of their genocidal intent then I don’t know what is”.
“Israel is now deliberately targeting journalists. If that is not a sign of their genocidal intent then I don’t know what is”.
August 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Greta Thunberg: “You do not kill journalists unless you have something to hide.
“Israel is now deliberately targeting journalists. If that is not a sign of their genocidal intent then I don’t know what is”.
“Israel is now deliberately targeting journalists. If that is not a sign of their genocidal intent then I don’t know what is”.
Not a single panel for 2026 AWP dedicated to writing about climate change, as far as I can tell. Some panels with climate lumped in with other issues, but none appear dedicated to climate as an issue.
How does that happen, I wonder.
How does that happen, I wonder.
August 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Not a single panel for 2026 AWP dedicated to writing about climate change, as far as I can tell. Some panels with climate lumped in with other issues, but none appear dedicated to climate as an issue.
How does that happen, I wonder.
How does that happen, I wonder.
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Signal boosting this!
ATTN: Robert Wood Johnson has money to support “canceled” research on racial-indigenous health equity
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research
The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.
www.rwjf.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Signal boosting this!
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Beautiful writing. Important message. From @brdemuth.bsky.social for @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
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August 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Beautiful writing. Important message. From @brdemuth.bsky.social for @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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"Scientists have linked rapid intensification of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean to climate change. Global warming is causing the atmosphere to hold more water vapor and is spiking ocean temperatures. The warmer waters give hurricanes fuel to unleash more rain and strengthen more quickly."
UPDATE: Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean
Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said.
n.pr
August 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Scientists have linked rapid intensification of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean to climate change. Global warming is causing the atmosphere to hold more water vapor and is spiking ocean temperatures. The warmer waters give hurricanes fuel to unleash more rain and strengthen more quickly."
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California approves an unprecedented plan to protect Joshua trees from climate change threats
California approves an unprecedented plan to protect Joshua trees from climate change threats
California has approved an unprecedented plan to protect the iconic Joshua tree from climate change and development.
www.latimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
California approves an unprecedented plan to protect Joshua trees from climate change threats