i feel like more than 700 homes burning down in spokane should be a bigger news deal

if you’re getting behind on administrative tasks — car registration, doctor appointments, dental cleanings, passport renewal, organizing the house — I cannot recommend enough ✨writing a novel✨

As we launch Survey 2, in the past year I've worked with NPHS in LA County to support three manufactured housing communities (MHCs) impacted by the 2025 Palisades Fire. Our report from Survey 1 helped support two senate bills in CA for MHC disaster recovery: www.just-environments.org/2026-mhcs-po...

2026 Post-Palisades Fire MHC Survey 1 — Just Environments Lab

This research brief analyzes our first survey of manufactured housing (MH) residents in three manufactured housing communities (MHCs) impacted by the 2025 Los Angeles Fires. All three were impacted by...

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I am having so much trouble believing this is real. He was one of the most generous and kind scholars. My heart is broken.

harmodio@harmodio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.

And it features stellar new work from many of your climate justice favorites, including @aldasky.bsky.social, @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, @akirarodriguez.bsky.social, @danielle-rivera.bsky.social, and many others. cup.columbia.edu/book/buildin...

Building Postcarbon Futures | Columbia University Press

What would a postcarbon future look like? How would a more just, decarbonized world require us to change the way we live? What would it take to build this wo... | CUP

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The amazing, letter-perfect performance of NASA this week is a ferocious rebuke to the right-wing fools who constantly tell us that for-profit businesses always do a job better than the government.

Emergency officials in Hawaii ordered people near a dam in the northern part of Oahu to evacuate on Friday and warned that it was in danger of failing after heavy rain overnight pushed the reservoir to critically high levels. nyti.ms/4spFbiE

There are at least three major news stories about sexual assault and abuse of power by men in prominent positions this week. Government, labor, academia; the culture is everywhere, and women disproportionally bear the weight of the consequences. If this week feels extra heavy, be kind to yourself.

These scenes capture so much about the histories of our families: both the pains we've experienced as Puerto Ricans, but also the bonds that carried/carry us through. That they were shown on such a powerful national stage, and in solidarity with other communities with similar pains, is so moving.

And they've been happening for two decades, since the patrol was formed (and the Rangers before them). One reason I've stayed away from this app in the past months is that the discussions around ICE are often highly racialized and invisibilize the long history of Black/Brown struggles.

Max Granger@maxgranger.info · 6mo ago

Something you won't hear about on national news. Two people killed by Border Patrol in a vehicle chase. Just one example of the everyday violence of the border. maxgranger.substack.com/p/breaking-b...

As many teachers are completing syllabi for the coming semester/quarter, a reminder that this resource is free and available to all!

Danielle Zoe Rivera@danielle-rivera.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Finishing a syllabus for a class on environmental and/or climate and/or disaster justice? Check out The Syllabus for resources! We are adding more readings and databases every day! Open and free to everyone! www.just-environments.org/the-syllabus

Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

This article is an amazing reconceptualization of rural water capacities! First-authored by an awesome colleague of mine! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water

Nature Water - Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is influenced by various socioeconomic factors. A survey of a large number of California water systems shows how different...

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A California wildfire wiped out this little-known ancient forest of massive trees just before major fire-prevention work was set to begin. “I am sad because this old-growth forest is no more. I am angry because this outcome was a choice.” www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out

Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.

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This is pretty crazy, study models millions of indirect hurricane deaths potentially driving/contributing to the life expectancy disparity in the US: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

At Grist, Laura Mallonee has just published a critically important article on the Texas flood recovery and how unincorporated boundaries are impacting equitable recovery. I was happy to chat with Laura about my ongoing research on these issues in Texas and California. grist.org/extreme-weat...

Texas floods showed why many rural communities feel abandoned in a crisis

Almost a third of Americans live in unincorporated communities beyond city limits, where disaster aid can confuse and frustrate.

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Holy moly... our NIH grant wasn't canceled! I'm so thrilled! But that also means I now have TWO intense community-engaged research projects scheduled for Spring/Summer 2026...! 🧿 Wish me luck 🧿

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Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 10mo ago

Breaking: Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show. “What I'm feeling goes beyond myself,” he said. “This is for my people, my culture, and our history.” Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Life is chaotic right now, but watching this little Swallowtail caterpillar on my fennel plant grow and transform has been so thrilling this past week!

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements

Right near our neighborhood, woke us up with the house swaying and a frenzy of alarms going off!

Quake Alert - Earthquake Monitor@earthquakes.live · 11mo ago

Felt #earthquake: 4.5 #quake 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA, 10 minutes ago - 518 reports so far. Did you feel it? Send a report!

Hey, people who work on climate especially, you should know this is happening.

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

UC Berkeley betrayed their own faculty, including Jewish academics like Judith Butler, to the Trump administration www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

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I broke today. It wasn't what happened today, it was the Supreme Court ruling yesterday, and turning to my Black/Indigenous/Latinx mentees not knowing what to say to them. It was silence from white colleagues. It was having to tell my mentorship community one of our heroes passed away last weekend.