personal gripe, but I'd love to see a day where definitions about traditional ecological knowledge don't cite a non-Indigenous scholar (Berkes) who is seen as the main expert in Indigenous knowledges.
Lydia Jennings, PhD
@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social
Pascua Yaqui soil scientist, runner, science communicator, Indigenous data warrior & assistant professor. 🌵baby in NE😅 Learn more about me: https://nativesoilnerd.com See: Run to Be Visible, my 50 mile honor run: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLTUUPugIc
This is a really moving and thoughtful interview
Man in viral D.C. Metro photo says he was ‘terrified’ as masked white nationalists surrounded him
Roswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history.
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Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last mo.“In his Instagram post, Encina thanked Gomez, the Getty photographer, whose presence on the train he said was ‘quietly reassuring.’ In the interview, he said seeing a photographer there gave him some comfort because someone was documenting what was happening.”
Dr. Tiana Bruno and I share our experiences as early career Black & Indigenous scholars on practices and how we aim to shape the future of our fields. "Forging a Sustainable Future Together: Conversations in Black-Indigenous Ecological Solidarity" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️
It's the End of American Science As We Know It
We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.
news.chanda.science
I'm drowning in emails.... academics, how do you stay on top of them?! What's your strategy?
Online “Teachers on Tech” conversation, Tuesday, May 26, at 6 PM: “Indigenous Data: Challenges Of IP, AI, And Data Sovereignty” with Angelo Baca, RISD, and @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Lydia L. Jennings, Dartmouth College. Register via Zoom to RSVP. risd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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TEACHERS ON TECH: "Indigenous Data: Challenges of IP, AI, and Data Sovereignty" Angelo Baca, Assistant Professor, History, Philosophy, And The Social Sciences, RISD In conversation with: Lydia Jenn...
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Looking forward to participating in the INVISIBLE IMPACTS SOCIETY & LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM CHANGE symposium at @hubbardbrook.bsky.social next month! iisymposium.criticalecologylab.org
Invisible Impacts: Society and Long Term Ecosystem Change
A virtual symposium bridging social analysis and long-term ecological data. June 2026.
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Hi! I definitely recommend checking out Dr. Suzanne Pierre's work at the Critical Ecology Lab Also this paper is pretty good!: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Plantation Soilscapes: Initial and Cumulative Impacts of Colonial Agriculture in Antigua, West Indies
This paper examines physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and sediments from landforms in eastern Antigua, West Indies, to better understand the long-term consequences of colonial ...
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Professor @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social says AI may help Indigenous communities with language preservation or synthesizing information, but cautions Indigenous data AI systems may be co-opting information without consent and data centers may pose risks to tribal lands and water resources.
War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegat
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remember, if its free, it means your data is for sale. what implications does this mean for communities fighting mining projects, pipeline projects, etc. when LLMs can perform attacks that would not have previously been possible, due to the lack of structured data or features.
NativeBio Data Consortium@nativebio.bsky.social · 5mo agoImportant for Tribal sovereignty in so many areas. But especially data collected with "altruistic intent" such as health research data and environmental monitoring data. These "soft" policy venues are also "soft targets" for bad actors. arxiv.org/html/2602.16...
Horrifying and unsurprising move by this administration to rollback tribal consultation: tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/ene...
Interior NEPA rollback shifts procedures to internal handbook, raising tribal consultation concerns
The Interior Department finalized a rollback of its NEPA regulations, shifting procedures to internal guidance in a move tribal leaders say could weaken consultation and cultural protections.
tribalbusinessnews.com
Help! Next week I am doing the very very very long road trip back to NH from NM.... suggestions on sites/museums/towns to see along the way to break it up? Podcasts are always welcome too!
"Calling it ‘imposter syndrome’ hides the fact that oppressive systems teach many of us to actively suppress and hate ourselves. It’s not imposter syndrome, it is the consequences of oppression" www.theeduledger.com/tenure/artic...
Imposter Syndrome: A Buzzword with Damaging Consequences
Like many racially minoritized faculty who engage in work for equity and social justice, we are no strangers to the daily manifestations of systems of oppression and oppressive behavior in academia. R...
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Great article for hiring committees and T&P committees.... But I'd also love to see breakdown by ethnic categories. I saw a talk a few years ago at WEPAN.org that said on average, papers led by a Black woman took 6 months to 3 years longer! (the longest she saw was 7!! years).
Peer Review Timelines Show Gender Gap, Large Study Reports
A study of millions of life science papers revealed that manuscripts with women in key authorship roles spent longer between submission and acceptance.
the-scientist.com
We are now offering the GBIF survey on Indigenous Data Sovereignty considerations in Spanish and Portuguese! We want to capture your thoughts, concerns are considerations across languages. Please share with your networks!
GBIF@gbif.org · 6mo agoAyúdanos a definir la gobernanza de datos indígenas en biodiversidad Comparte tus perspectivas en una breve #encuesta sobre la gobernanza y soberanía de datos indígenas, y ayuda a promover los #PrincipiosCARE en toda la red de GBIF. ⭐ ¡La encuesta ya está disponible español! gbif.link/Indigenous...
It’s Monday. We gotta work. But damnit i will be watching that 13 min halftime show of pride, culture, and stunning visual storytelling on repeat. Thank you Benito for inspiring me through the month 🫶🏽
Anti-choice extremists in Indiana are trying to force the release of records for the very few legal abortions in the state (146 in 2024). The purpose is to intimidate patients and providers and expose them to harassment, arrests, and violence.
Anti-Abortion Groups Try a New Intimidation Tactic: Make Abortion Records Public
Abortion rights opponents want Indiana to use reporting rules to expose abortion providers and recipients to targeting.
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LOVE seeing the work on @nativebio.bsky.social and @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social highlighted in the NYT. More good news of Indigenous data champions! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
He Built a Server to Protect Indigenous Health Data
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Appreciate having some of my work highlighted in this youth accessible publication! Thanks so much @snexplores.bsky.social and @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Looking forward to continuing to build this work out, as well as building new relationships.
Dartmouth Arts and Sciences@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 6mo agoEnvironmental studies professor @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social works to repair the rift between science and Indigenous knowledge. Combining different ways of understanding the world “make science better for everyone,” she says, via @snexplores.bsky.social.
I learned today that I cannot in fact take good videos of myself running, while running with my phone, and instead face planted. But damn was it a beautiful run! Proud of you influences for having better spatial awareness and making it look easy 😂
Proud to share the second policy brief emerging from the Past, Present, and Future Indigenous Data Sovereignty Needs in Agriculture Workshop. indigenousdatalab.org/wp-content/u...
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A fun article that highlights some of my past and present work with Indigenous communities around data and land relations. I also loved learning about the other projects using dance and music! www.snexplores.org/article/scie...
Linking science to dance, culture and more expands who can take part
Through movement, sound, culture and community, some researchers are expanding the ways we learn, think about and communicate science and engineering.
snexplores.org
I just spent the last half hour laying on the concrete in the sun, in all black, soaking up the sunshine like a damn lizard 🦎 I love the desert 🌵 😭 AZ winters are the bestttttt
“Just-shoring insists on a reordering of power in the extractive sector, centring the rights and interests of those whose lands and livelihoods bear its costs.” Professor @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social co-writes an opinion piece in @natenergy.nature.com on how to achieve global energy transition goals
Client Challenge
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a study spanning multiple continents involving 50+ co-authors has found that the oceans added a record amount of heat in 2025—the energy equivalent of 12 atomic bombs going off in the ocean, one of the authors told me it's the eighth year in a row that the oceans have broken heat records like this
The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.
wired.com
1st paper of 2026 is out! A just energy transition requires just-shoring critical materials www.nature.com/articles/s41...
