Sarah Anne Stevens
@sarahasteve.bsky.social
Political ecologist and PhD candidate at Leiden University focused on global governance, forests, and (pluralist) socio-ecological transition. From the U.S. South.
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I am new to the Bluesky world and trying my best to hear from critical academics and field organizers in my neck of the woods, so please don’t mind the silent follow!
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A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
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From today's @theguardian.com An article about the fight in #Brazil to get land back from timber giants and their "green desert" eucalyptus plantations - and the victories people are having! @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social @gmwatch.bsky.social @grain.org @annegjep.bsky.social
‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood-pulp giant
Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantations
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
From today's @theguardian.com An article about the fight in #Brazil to get land back from timber giants and their "green desert" eucalyptus plantations - and the victories people are having! @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social @gmwatch.bsky.social @grain.org @annegjep.bsky.social
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I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
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Now on the Energy Dept’s banned words list: “Climate change,” “green” and “emissions.”
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POLITICO Pro: Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Now on the Energy Dept’s banned words list: “Climate change,” “green” and “emissions.”
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There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
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Someone finally wrote the data-center/electricity inflation story.
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
August 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Someone finally wrote the data-center/electricity inflation story.
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
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"Our Genocide": Israeli Human Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
“Our Genocide”: Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
For the first time, two leading Israeli human rights groups — B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel — have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. B’Tselem’s report, “Our...
www.democracynow.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Our Genocide": Israeli Human Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
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Ouch.
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ouch.
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
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Forest protectors are defending mature forests from logging after dam removal and restoration on the Elwha River.
Forest Protectors Launch Tree Sit and Lawsuits to Stop Ecocidal Logging in WA
Forest protectors are defending mature forests from logging after dam removal and restoration on the Elwha River.
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July 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Forest protectors are defending mature forests from logging after dam removal and restoration on the Elwha River.
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“I am sick to my stomach as I write this because I've spent 20 years developing a pedagogy that's about wrestling with big ideas through writing and discussion, and that whole project has been evaporated by for-profit corporations who built their systems on stolen work. It's demoralizing.” Yep.
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“I am sick to my stomach as I write this because I've spent 20 years developing a pedagogy that's about wrestling with big ideas through writing and discussion, and that whole project has been evaporated by for-profit corporations who built their systems on stolen work. It's demoralizing.” Yep.
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For the record the correct response to the state is “the school is prepared to back you legally if the government tries to kidnap you”
March 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
For the record the correct response to the state is “the school is prepared to back you legally if the government tries to kidnap you”
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If you are an academic who supposedly opposes the Trump regime, especially one with the privilege of tenure, and you are not loudly and publicly advocating for the release of Mahmoud Khalil right now, why? What are you waiting for? What are you afraid of?
March 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you are an academic who supposedly opposes the Trump regime, especially one with the privilege of tenure, and you are not loudly and publicly advocating for the release of Mahmoud Khalil right now, why? What are you waiting for? What are you afraid of?
I am new to the Bluesky world and trying my best to hear from critical academics and field organizers in my neck of the woods, so please don’t mind the silent follow!
January 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I am new to the Bluesky world and trying my best to hear from critical academics and field organizers in my neck of the woods, so please don’t mind the silent follow!