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Hollie Oakes-Miller (she/they)

@geohols.bsky.social
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One of Gaia's minions, life partner, mother, Earth Science teacher, mutable, truth & justice seeker, community organizer, and labor leader.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We didn’t get here by accident. This is the outcome of a war designed to undermine education as a public good. Public education has shifted from a fundamental right to “woke indoctrination,” a framing that’s coming from the highest levels of government. College is a now a financial burden by design.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The attack on education in the US is not new, but the slow fuse that arguably started with Reagan is now setting off detonations across K-12 and higher education that are going to be incredibly difficult to walk back if we don’t treat this like the urgent crisis it is.
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PSU AAUP @psuaaup.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Solidarity with @pccffap.bsky.social! Per OPB this is the first strike to occur among any of the state’s 17 community colleges. Even a HECC commissioner and lots of community solidarity on the massive Sylvania strike line! Strike fund: www.pccstrike.com/community-su...
Solidarity with @pccffap.bsky.social! Per OPB this is the first strike to occur among any of the state’s 17 community colleges.

Even a HECC commissioner on the Sylvania strike line! 

Strike fund: https://www.pccstrike.com/community-supportSolidarity with @pccffap.bsky.social! Per OPB this is the first strike to occur among any of the state’s 17 community colleges.

Even a HECC commissioner on the Sylvania strike line! 

Strike fund: https://www.pccstrike.com/community-supportSolidarity with @pccffap.bsky.social! Per OPB this is the first strike to occur among any of the state’s 17 community colleges.

Even a HECC commissioner on the Sylvania strike line! 

Strike fund: https://www.pccstrike.com/community-supportSolidarity with @pccffap.bsky.social! Per OPB this is the first strike to occur among any of the state’s 17 community colleges.

Even a HECC commissioner on the Sylvania strike line! 

Strike fund: https://www.pccstrike.com/community-support
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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 15/02/2026
the Black Panthers were right
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK 
JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK.
AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS.
THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES.
IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.
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Jeff Galvin @docgalvin64.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/02/2026
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at councilor.green@portlandoregon.gov
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/02/2026
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Like many have said, the gassing outside ICE today was really bad, and it impacted a huge group of people. I heard multiple people say they felt like they were going to throw up as they tried to leave the area. (I experienced similar effects.) It followed a peaceful protest led by labor groups.
A cloud of tear gas outside the Portland ICE facility. A person in a shark costume emerging from the cloud.
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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
"We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. This unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, ..
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC. It didn't matter. Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
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Megan E. Human * free Link @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Sorry still on about the "big tent" thing I want to remind people there were people in Germany who believed the way to fight the Nazis was to try to compromise w/ them & to try to influence them "from the inside" & to try to appeal to their supporters All they accomplished was helping the Nazis
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Fun fact (or terrifying one), today’s AWS outage took down Canvas, the #1 learning management system used by 4,000+ U.S. colleges and millions of students worldwide. One data center hiccup and half of higher ed disappears.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/10/2025
One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends. #NoKings #Manhattan
Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Protesting/mobilizing isn't enough - we need to organize and build power. But there are some moments when it's really important to just show up. And this was one.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
operationinflation.com
OPERATION INFLATION
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Brendan Hay @bhay.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
In case this wasn't already clear:
Beautiful art that reads Trans People Belong Everywhere
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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Next it’s 2 million acres of Oregon national forests land, and another 56M in 39 other states, under the Administration’s “gun” as they move to rescind the “Roadless Rule”. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/28/t...
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Trump officials plan to remove protections on 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would open up 58 million acres of national forest land across the country to logging and development.
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
At least one of the firefighters detained by immigration officers this week was from Oregon.
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Firefighter from Oregon detained by Border Patrol while fighting wildfire
Attorneys representing the firefighter said they have not been able to locate him since he landed in federal custody.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 19/08/2025
“We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy. But the converse isn’t absolutely true. Higher ed alone cannot save democracy, but we’re a critical part. We need a broader societal movement to save our country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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AAUP President: “Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy”
More than a year into his presidency of the American Association of University Professors—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector”...
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OPB @opb.org · 14/08/2025
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said he has a hard time believing the administration's requests are "sincere." Instead, he sees them as attempts to intrude on state elections and "justify conspiracy theories that they've been peddling."
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The Trump administration is seeking Oregon elections data
Secretary of State Tobias Read says he’s not inclined to share information with the feds.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
If you're trying to make sense of what's happening in D.C., orient yourself in this moment, and figure out what to do next, you may want to read my latest piece.
organizingmythoughts.org
You Must Protect Anyone Chased by the Fascists
"We have to define the politics of opposition."
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13/08/2025
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream. to.pbs.org/45dmhSW
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Alaskan glacier ice dam releases floodwater toward downstream homes
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream.
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Rhashanna Jasmine Grant @rhashanna.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Try and make it through this. Really watch. youtube.com/shorts/tEVFP...
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Do Not Look Away
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I'm thinking still about yesterday's announcement by the AFT leadership of its new initiative for facilitating the insinuation of AI into our educational labor, and I'm realizing again just how badly we need to have direct election by the working membership for all of the AFT national officers.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Rather than simply talking about horrible responses to the flooding in Texas, let's share some vetted and trusted avenues for support, and donate if we can. Hands Off Central TX is raising funds and resources for mutual aid including housing, food, transportation (gas), and medical needs.
handsoffcentraltx.org
Hands Off Central TX
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sunna @inkingtwice.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
No real American should be able to tolerate the existence of this.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Instead of meeting politically activated people in all of the odd and imperfect places they might happen to be, some of you want them to audition for you. Let me know how that goes.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A scientist told me the real story is the unfolding of climate change. And a doctor told me the real story is the ongoing pandemic. And an activist told me the real story is the rise of fascism. And a historian told me the real story is that these are all the same story.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
It’s organized labor, not the Democratic Party, that is stepping up to fight against government overreach. This is not a surprise, labor is where the movement for our collective liberation will come from. Workers will lead the way. Join a union.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 09/06/2025
Scientists have published a study showing that another “planetary boundary,” or barriers that ensure the Earth is a “safe operating space for humanity,” has been crossed. “Ocean acidification isn’t just an environmental crisis — it’s a ticking time bomb for marine ecosystems and coastal economies.”
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New Study Says Oceans Are Acidifying Beyond Planetary Thresholds
Scientists wrote that “the average global ocean conditions had already crossed into the uncertainty range.”…
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Spencer M Ross @srossmktg.com · 07/06/2025
Another civil war due to white supremacy because this country failed to reconcile with its original sin for two reconstructions.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
All of these violent, lawless ICE officers terrorizing communities and hiding their faces weren't just hired this year. It's why dismantling ICE as an agency was so important and remains so. These people are unfit to be public servants if they hate the public.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This is the cycle: raid, escalate, criminalize the response, send in troops. ICE raids are not neutral, they’re psychological warfare on communities, and now they’re using military backup. This isn’t enforcement. It’s state-sponsored intimidation.
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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
And this is the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic Party, this is how corrupt they are 🤮🤮🤮
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 06/06/2025
An American citizen and Los Angeles native, @seiucalifornia @seiuusww President David Huerta was injured and detained when ICE terrorized a working neighborhood. We demand his immediate release!
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx
Map of local National Weather Service office "areas of responsibility" modified (using polygons with black outlines and red fill) to indicate where recent/expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS have resulting in understaffing so extreme that some offices can not longer operate on a 24/7 basis.
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Prepping the volcanoes lecture for my natural hazards class, so obviously I have to include one of my favorite tweets of all time:
Screencap of tweet from @USGSVolcanoes reading "Relax. If there was something actually alarming happening at Yellowstone, you would not be learning about it for the first time from Joe Rogan."
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Exciting 🌊 news via @whoi.edu: recent increase in earthquake activity at Axial Seamount. If an undersea eruption does occur (& OOI remains funded!), they may be able to witness AND live stream the event, a scientific first! www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/s... ⚒️ 🦑 🧪
cnn.com
Underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon could erupt soon, scientists say | CNN
One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one day. Here’s what scientists are saying.
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I have had two non-disaster people in my life this week ask me what is going on with Yellowstone. Nothing. Nothing of concern is going on. What/ who is posting. Stop it. As always: if there is a problem with Yellowstone you will know about it immediately, I assure you. 🌋
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Hollie Oakes-Miller (she/they) @geohols.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Hey all, an active community member who is a single parent needs some help this month after missing work due to a bad tooth infection. Kiddo’s online school requires power and internet and they are behind on both payments. $72.30 is needed for internet and $208.60 is needed for electricity. 1/2
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
"This is not just a little haircut for a large federal agency—it’s grabbing the scissors and stabbing the agency through the heart." - Eric Morgan & Ralph Keeling (yes, that Keeling)
thebulletin.org
How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve
How the Trump administration's dismantling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration threatens the Keeling Curve, an iconic measure used in climate change research. As explained by the so...
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