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Alan MacEachren

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Emeritus Geographer, Cartographer, Visualization Researcher … and beyond the career - active birder

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/12/2025
Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027. With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027.
 
With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
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Alan MacEachren @alangeog.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Do air quality alerts work? Penn State researchers podcast provides insights! www.psu.edu/news/researc... #environment #riskcommunication #wildfire #airpollution #geography
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‘Growing Impact’: Strengthening public response to air-quality warnings | Penn State University
In the latest episode of "Growing Impact," a research team at Penn State is exploring how people in the Northeast receive, interpret and trust air-quality alerts to identify ways to make smoke-related...
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Alan MacEachren @alangeog.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Had a very accommodating Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at the suet feeder yesterday on the coldest morning of the fall/winter thus far ... sharing with three "friends" -- Downy Woodpecker, then Hairy Woodpecker, then Northern Flicker. #birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #birdwatching
This composite of three photos shows a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the left side of a suet feeder in all three images. The left image has a Downy Woodkpecker on the right of the feeder, the middle image has a (larger) Hairy Woodpecker on the right, and the right image has a Norther Flicker on the right.
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Alan MacEachren @alangeog.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A great story about some innovative GeoAI research by a stellar international team: www.ems.psu.edu/alumni/stay-...
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Charting a new frontier with AI-integrated geographic information systems | Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Over the past fifty years, geographers have embraced each new technological shift in geographic information systems (GIS)—the technology that turns location data into maps and insights about how place...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/11/2025
Have you heard about this? "As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash." h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
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NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
Donnie dipshit between the announcers in the Fox booth on November 9, record 40th day of the GOP shutdown
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/10/2025
Because of Republicans' health care cuts, families will be forced to the brink of bankruptcy from one bad medical diagnosis. That's what this shutdown fight is about. Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress own this government shutdown.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2025
Under Donald Trump, 688 prescription drugs have gotten MORE EXPENSIVE. And last night, he shut down the government to avoid lowering Americans’ health care costs. Donald Trump is making your life more expensive.
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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Sarah Simeonoff at CU Boulder provided a wonderful review of this book for the AAG Review of Books journal. Available online now, and publishing in the next issue (insider tip: the editor selected it for open access)
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
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‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This is exactly right. Vaccination is a national security issue and with every anti-vaccine step RFK Jr. takes, the United States is rendered more vulnerable to bioterrorism.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
On his decision to end $500M worth of research on mRNA vaccines, RFK Jr. said: “The the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu”. These vaccines saved 3.2M lives in the U.S. He is running a disinformation op against Americans.
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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
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Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There
“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/07/2025
Netanyahu's government has created an epic disaster in Gaza. 6,000 food trucks are lined up at the border, children are starving, and still Netanyahu blocks help. History will remember this moment.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New: I spoke with Bill Siemering, who co-founded NPR a half-century ago, on what might be lost if public radio gets defunded www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
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A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/07/2025
At the very beginning of their professional lives, some young people have had their summer internships derailed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Collateral Damage in Federal Work Force Cuts: Summer Interns
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Ahem. @aoc.bsky.social was an Intel Science Fair National Prize Winner. She studied the influence of antioxidants on aging in C. Elegans. qz.com/1481551/alex...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a prestigious science-fair prize for research involving free radicals
Newly elected lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is known for being the youngest woman ever voted into Congress, speaking up for immigration reform, and pushing for Democratic socialism.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/07/2025
With costs already out of control, the Trump Administration is choosing to restart interest charges for 8 MILLION student loan borrowers. I'm pushing Secretary McMahon to stop throwing working people under the bus and reverse course immediately.
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Warren slams Trump policy restarting interest on millions of student-loan borrowers
Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE repayment plan are set to see their balances start growing again in August
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15/07/2025
Democrats worked to remove medical debt from credit reports — because getting cancer or going to the ER doesn’t make you financially irresponsible. A Trump judge just threw out our rule, hurting millions who have debt just from getting sick. apnews.com/article/cfpb...
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Federal judge reverses rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports
A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized ruled by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.U.S.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
In one fell-swoop, TACO turned DOJ into his personal law firm. It’s job now is to defend him personally, and go after his enemies. How on earth can ANYONE be shocked that DOJ is coving for him in the Epstein thing? That is precisely why he picked a spineless sycophant to be AG!
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Ben Adida @benadida.com · 11/07/2025
One thing that's misunderstood is that voter lists are known, so it is easy to investigate claims of non-citizen voting. Laramie County in Wyoming just did that, and found 0 cases of non-citizen voting and 2 cases of people with felonies voting, out of 35,000. www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_n...
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Investigation reveals two cases of voter fraud in Laramie County
CHEYENNE — Out of 24 individuals flagged by the Laramie County Clerk’s Office for potential voting violations, two were found to have voted illegally last year, according to the Laramie
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Tim Stebbins @timstebbins.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Carlos Santana passes Earl Averill for sole possession of fifth in franchise history in HR with a two-run laser beam to left-center. 109.3 mph. 4-2 Guardians.
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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Yesterday, July 8th, House Democrats held a science fair of canceled grants in D.C., to call attention to research projects that the Trump administration has defunded. Hear from AAG Member & professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Julie Cidell, on her defunded research with the EPA.
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Julie Cidell @jlcidell.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I’m the tall woman gesticulating expansively at her tall poster about her team’s no-longer-funded-by-the-EPA research on freight vehicle electrification, air quality, and human health.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/07/2025
RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is hurting America's kids.
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U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/07/2025
Donald Trump just signed a bill into law that'll kick 17 million people off their health care and make it harder for families to put food on the table. Republicans sold you out so billionaires can get even richer. We won't let them forget.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 03/07/2025
Update: The Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave today and launched an investigation into their signing of an open letter criticizing agency leadership. See our initial reporting. ⬇️
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/07/2025
1/6 RFK Jr. says “working scientists” aren’t part of his staff cuts. That’s a lie. Scientists are quietly being forced out of CDC and NIH through Title 42 contract lapses - with no public announcement and no plan to replace them. 🧵
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Skilled scientists at these government agencies are quietly being let go, union reps say
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged that scientists are not part of his workforce reduction efforts. But many scientists recruited for their expertise at the nation’s...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
🧪 USA hurricane forecasting capabilities diminished because cuts to an important data source stream. I guess we will see how it goes this summer. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’
Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after irreplaceable program is slotted to be shuttered
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 29/06/2025
Imagine North Carolina having a more pro human rights senator than Pennsylvania??? 😭
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Hailey Robertson @haileyrobertson.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
A bit different from my usual writing, but excited (despite the circumstances) to share my op-ed in the Topeka Capital-Journal! I discuss recent NSF funding cuts and what they mean for Kansans, both now and in the future. 🌻 www.cjonline.com/story/opinio...
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Topeka scientist says NSF funds critical to infectious disease forecasting | Opinion
Planned budget cuts for 2026 would deepen damage to STEM education, jobs, and public access to taxpayer-funded data.
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I cannot overemphasize how mind-bogglingly, brain-meltingly, galactically stupid it is to burn coal for electricity
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 29/06/2025
The Senate Republican budget policy: Tax breaks for billionaires are FREE! But health care costs money, so CUT! It’s magic math — and cruel hypocrisy.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/06/2025
Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry.
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G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/06/2025
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/06/2025
Budgets aren't just numbers—they’re about values. We can grow our economy by investing in child care, housing, and health care that helps families. But ripping away health care from those who need it to fund giveaways for billionaires and corporations? That's morally bankrupt.
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Budgets aren't just numbers—they’re about values.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.
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National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos
Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Everyone should pay more attention to this story.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/06/2025
Americans didn't vote for another endless war in the Middle East. What Donald Trump has done in Iran is unconstitutional. This week, the Senate must make clear to the world that the U.S. is not going to war with Iran.
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Americans didn't vote for another endless war in the Middle East.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Dipper dance! A fledgling American Dipper practices its new moves. #birds #bird #nature #wildlife
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20/06/2025
Israel's Prime Minister may think no one will notice what he's doing in Gaza while he bombs Iran. People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food. The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
We’re thrilled to unveil the winners of the 2024 #IIBAwards! These works stand out not just for their mastery of #dataviz and storytelling, but for their impact and innovation. See the winners: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/680-ann...
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Kenneth Field @kennethfield.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I'm really not convinced holding the International Cartographic Conference in 2027 in Tel Aviv is a good idea 🤦
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13/06/2025
Lawmakers in Congress should not be buying, trading, and owning individual stocks. Period. It’s long past time to BAN Congressional stock trading.
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Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher @eileenforco.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I served in the United States Navy for 34 years. My father for 37. My grandfather was a frogman in WWII. Service to my country is in my blood. So when I realized the people of CO-04 were not being served by Lauren Boebert, I felt that call of service once again.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/06/2025
A NEW REPORT just revealed that the Big Beautiful Bill is even worse than we thought. It'll rip away health care from 16 MILLION Americans, just so Jeff Bezos can buy a third yacht.
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A NEW REPORT just revealed that the Big Beautiful Bill is even worse than we thought.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
#DYK in 2024, the Bureau of Labor Stats estimated the median wages for geographers was $97,200? Hundreds of jobs require the skills of geographers as the diversity of career opportunities for graduates grows every year. Learn how exciting & meaningful a career in geography can be.
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