Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A bit of frustration with some online discourse about the Kennedy Center... people pitting protesting any demolition of the Kennedy Center against what should be bigger priorities such as protesting ICE... well, can't we do both? 241
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ok so this is terrifying… youtu.be/GGJSRFWALTI?...youtu.beYou Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24YouTube video by A24 000
Reposted by Emily KnightMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026happy bday Chilean writer Isabel Allende, b. 1942. “The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.” “We only have what we give.” “Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.” 1010621
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 23/07/2026🦑 I used to think I'd wouldn't ever live in another country... but I must admit anxiety that there will continue to be a place for me here... maybe that's overly dramatic but the thought now pops into my head every time I see something like this... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for UniversitiesMichael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 010
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Well @citylightsbooks.bsky.social - it’s been way too long… 081
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026🦑 Need a little beauty in your life? open.substack.com/pub/lawsonga...open.substack.comHawaii The Big Island: Rock and JunglePart two my photos from Hawaii with volcanos, lava flows, and dense forests 010
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I'm so angry I can't express it. This is happening... these are human beings and we are torturing and killing them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR-Y...youtube.comICE Admitted Its Agents Aren't Trained. Trump Overruled Them. (w/ Jon Blitzer) | Bulwark PodcastYouTube video by The Bulwark 000
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 14/07/2026“Trump first deployed the National Guard to D.C. in August of 2025 after declaring a "crime emergency" and launching the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, despite violent crime hitting a 30-year low.” This costs us all 3 million a day btw. www.npr.org/2026/07/14/n...npr.orgTrump's National Guard deployment in D.C. has been extended until 2029President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., has been extended several times. Now it's set to last until Inauguration Day 2029. 03822
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 11/07/2026He didn't even get one. "John Hall drove all the way from his home in Alabama, in what he calls his "MAGA red" Hyundai, to get one of the new passports. But he left empty-handed Monday because he couldn't get an appointment before he had to return home." www.npr.org/2026/07/08/g...npr.orgNew U.S. passports with Trump's image are available. Here's how to get (or avoid) oneThe passports feature an image of President Trump and are only available in person at the Washington Passport Agency — and only by appointment. 000
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 05/07/2026youtu.be/5LZOhEGG-_o?...youtu.beBrandi Carlile performs 'America the Beautiful' at the Statue of LibertyYouTube video by ABC News 000
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Well at least it had one positive effect. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/b...nytimes.comHow JD Vance’s New Book Helped Put bell hooks Back on the Best-Seller List 100
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 25/06/2026🦑Thank you to Poets for Science, The Nature Record, and the editors of The Nature of Our Times for inviting us contributors to record our poems! #poetry #science #nature See the gallery, including my reading: natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/videos/ 020
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 15/06/2026🦑 TODAY at noon EDT - our final webinar in our Climate Resilient Fisheries series. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #WorldOceansDay #MarineLife #Fisheries 121
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Join us in November for the first inaugural gathering of The Poets for Science. I'll be hosting a panel on This Must Be the Place: Poetry + Science = Wonder at the Natural World! poetsforscience.org/gathering-20... 🦑 #WorldOceansDay #Poetry 030
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 11/06/2026🦑 Held a great webinar yesterday for our Climate Resilient Fisheries Webinar Series - the recordings for parts 1 & 2 are coming soon... register for part 3 - this Monday, June 15 at noon EDT (GMT-4). Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #WorldOceansDay #WorldOceansMonth #SciComm #Fisheries 120
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 09/06/2026🦑 Our June newsletter features Program Officer, Dom Kone, reflecting on the 3rd Pelagic Fish International Symposium. #WorldOceansDay #WorldOceanDay #WorldOceansDay2026 mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 051
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 09/06/2026🦑 TOMORROW at 2pm EDT (GMT-4) - our second webinar in our Climate Resilient Fisheries series. Come "meet" our newest grantees at Blue Convergence Fund. You can register in our June newsletter. mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 110
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 05/06/2026🦑 In our June newsletter, Dominique Kone reflects on all he learned at the 3rd Pelagic Fish International Symposium. It's worth the read! mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 011
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 01/06/2026🦑Great event at The Writer’s Center - poems, discussion and the dignity of all people in a true democracy… great to be in community with so many who care. 020
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🦑 Join @blue-convergence.bsky.social for parts 2 & 3 of our Climate Resilient Fisheries webinar series. 📣 Part 2: June 10, 2pm ET zoom.us/webinar/regi... 📣 Part 3: June 15, 12pm ET zoom.us/webinar/regi... 030
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 27/05/2026🦑 The recording from part 1 will come soon - but join us for parts 2 and 3 (will also be recorded). 010
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 20/05/2026🦑 Happening next week (Wed, May 27) at 10am ET (GMT-4): Part 1 of our Climate Resilient Fisheries webinar series featuring project teams from our 2025 Engagement Grant RFP. Join: zoom.us/webinar/regi... 000
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 20/05/2026🦑 Our first webinar of our series for Announcing Our Climate Resilient Fisheries Projects from our 2025 Request for Proposals is next Wed, May 27. Join us! 📅 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi... 011
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Dude straight up shoving his face into the chair. I think Melville is done for the day. 010
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 14/05/2026🦑 Our May newsletter - @blue-convergence.bsky.social is inviting you to join our Climate Resilient Fisheries webinar series and sharing reflections from our Executive Director, Charlotte Hudson, on BCF's first year. mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 000
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🦑 Join us! These will be recorded so even if you can't attend please do register - get on our distribution for the recording. 010
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🦑 Our May newsletter is out featuring a reflection from Executive Director, Charlotte Hudson, on BCF's first year. Also, join us for our upcoming Climate Resilient Fisheries webinar series: mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 011
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 05/05/2026🦑 Say hi to Dom if you too are at #LaPaz2026. #SPF2026 #SmallPelagicFish 010
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 29/04/2026🦑 I really enjoyed participating in this event - thanks to the organizers for inviting me! See below for the recording. 020
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 23/04/2026🦑 Thanks to all who applied to our Ocean Biodiversity Engagement Grants. We got a wonderful turnout of proposals from Mobile Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and Puget Sound. The best to keep up with our funding opportunities is to sign up for the BCF newsletter. Sign up: blueconvergence.org/newsletter-s... 041
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 23/04/2026🦑 Projects are Tanzania and Nigeria... multiple Caribbean Island nations, North and Central America. Learn more! #EarthDay 010
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 21/04/2026🦑 For my part, I'll discussing the role of poetry... and I plan to let the poems speak for themselves - so come hear how about how poetry buoys us in these times and a few poems! 010
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 20/04/2026🦑 I'm thrilled to be part of this - for OA I was lead staff for the West Coast Panel on OA and Hypoxia... but I'll be coming to this to talk about how poetry as an art can help us face challenging - grieve what we've lost - and save what we can. 020
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 15/04/2026🦑 Closing soon - our Ocean Biodiversity Request for Proposals. 020
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 14/04/2026🦑 Every month we're producing more and more content to announce - there's also a great blog up on our website about our 11 new Climate Resilient Fisheries projects: blueconvergence.org/awarded-proj...blueconvergence.orgAwarded Projects from the 2025 Climate Resilient Fisheries Engagement Grants Request for Proposals - Blue Convergence FundOur Climate Resilient Fisheries Program recently awarded 11 new projects from the 2025 Climate Resilient Fisheries Grants Request for Proposals. These projects are the first portfolio of work to be fu... 020
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 13/04/2026🦑 We have our first cohort of projects from our Climate Resilient Fisheries Program. Projects come from North America to Central America, Caribbean nations, and Africa... learn more: blueconvergence.org/portfolios/c... 041
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 13/04/2026🦑 Just two days left - our Ocean Biodiversity Request for Proposals closes noon (ET) on Wed, April 15. Our focus is on three regions of the US: Mobile Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and Puget Sound. To learn more: blueconvergence.org/funding/ 021
Reposted by Emily Knightjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2026more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out 142227572560
Reposted by Emily KnightAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense. 251189724365
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Victor Orban lost. At least one piece of good news. 010
Reposted by Emily KnightBlue Convergence Fund @blue-convergence.bsky.social · 09/04/2026🦑 Our April newsletter is out - in it we announce 11 new projects in our Climate Resilient Fisheries program (the outcome of our 2025 Request for Proposals), and a reminder that our Request for Engagement Grants for Ocean Biodiversity closes next Wed (Apr 15) at noon ET. mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 011
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Of course we're right back here... www.yahoo.com/news/article...yahoo.comIran closes Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon, threatening ceasefireIran closed the Strait of Hormuz again Wednesday in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, casting doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire to end more ... 000
Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · 08/04/2026🦑 Now live - 11 new projects for our Climate Resilient Fisheries program. Learn all about them in our Apr newsletter. Newsletter: mailchi.mp/blueconverge... 041