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Katherine Ward

@katheward.bsky.social
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desert archaeologist semi-retired, anthropology adjunct prof, environment and climate, affordable sustainable, language and evolution,(paleo)ethnobotany, rainshadow farm🌿

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 1h
Up to 80% of deep-sea species rely on bioluminescence to hunt and mate. Researchers warn that plastic pollution could disrupt these critical chemical light pathways and harm tissues, posing an emerging threat to life in the ocean's largest biome. Learn more. mongabay.cc/dz6mfF
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More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn
Plastic pollution could disrupt the bioluminescent light produced by deep-sea organisms, researchers warn in a letter in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics. When deep-sea organisms ingest…
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1h
That was the most bonkers speech I’ve ever heard. Hegseth is quite mad.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 2h
He's trying to do George C. Scott from Patton but is mostly doing George C. Scott from Strangelove.
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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 12h
Under a new Trump regime rule, if your degree won't "make enough money" you won’t be able to get a student loan. The regime is now moving to cut off student loans for tons of degrees—social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides & music, among others👇
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We Found The Voter Fraud — It Was In The Moms For Liberty All Along www.wonkette.com/p/we-found-t... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
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We Found The Voter Fraud — It Was In The Moms For Liberty All Along
Former Republican mayoral candidate Gaea Powell found guilty on eight counts related to voter fraud.
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get In Losers, We're Stockpiling Mifepristone www.wonkette.com/p/get-in-los...
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Get In Losers, We’re Stockpiling Mifepristone
Nannystaters want to take away your reproductive rights again.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know what's messed up is this is like the fourth time in twenty years I've read this exact headline
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Google Earth updated the images of Gaza. It's devastating.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
What's happening is that Republicans are priming Democrats and Democratic voters for more violent forms of transphobia. They're manipulating people into caring about something that is most likely never going to affect them.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
The trans women in sports panic has got to be one of the GOP's most successful manufactured culture war campaigns. Somehow they got a lot of people who would otherwise say they support trans rights to somehow fear "fairness" in sports. It's a non-issue.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
fucking really
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Katherine Ward @katheward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kat is right about all of this. One of the reasons that college sexual violence is uniquely devastating is because it changes the victim’s entire future.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What about her future? What about how hard she worked to be there? What is to become of her life now? What process of justice could possibly right these wrongs? And how much more will she lose in the process of trying to get it? How much more of this are we all supposed to tolerate?
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is always how it goes. The accused are allowed to ruthlessly and relentlessly smear the victims while engaging in a supposedly fair and just legal process that retraumatizes and creates fresh trauma for victims who are already supposed life altering, sometimes permanent consequences of rape
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell expelled students who were protesting genocide in Gaza, but made five of seven guys who gang raped a drugged girl for seven hours write essays. That tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about the morals of that institution.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In the WA's Goldfields, Kalgoorlie-Boulder recorded four times its normal September rainfall, while some gauges in the south of the state recorded almost 100 millimetres.
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48-hour deluge flattens crops as farmers prepare for harvest
In the WA's Goldfields, Kalgoorlie-Boulder recorded four times its normal September rainfall, while some gauges in the south of the state recorded almost 100 millimetres.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 27/09/2026
Pls send authors nice emails about their work Otherwise it's a wasteland of slopscammers and "Were is the addiobook I want addio" "Wy is ur book not for sale in my nation no one has ever herd of" "I live on Enceladus & I cannot find ur bok"
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Katherine Ward @katheward.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Almost missed International Rabbit Day!
Desert cottontail resting in late afternoon sun and shade
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Katherine Ward @katheward.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Among the good things we could have
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Katherine Ward @katheward.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mojave moonrise. Harvest Moon.
Full harvest moon, western Mojave, through a mist of clouds. Creosote bushes in front
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
48 years ago today -The Sunday Girl In Munich Debbie Harry and her band Blondie in concert, September 27, 1978 in Munich, Germany. Photo by FG/Bauer-Griffin #punk #punks #punkrock #poppunk #newwave #debbieharry #blondie #punkrockhistory
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sen. John Fetterman says he's a "lifelong Republican" before Major Garrett has to correct him
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gooooood morning!! It's a nice beautiful breezy morning here in Houston, Texas. Crews are out hanging rainbow banners along Westheimer Rd. in Montrose to replace the LGBTQ+ Pride crosswalk that was removed last October.
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 26/09/2026
what in the fuck is going on
display of cinnamon toast crunch with a grotesque new Mascot close up of the monstrosity, a leering piece of cereal pulling a vile, bug eyed face
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Six babies born w/measles in PA, a potentially deadly condition. www.nbcnews.com/video/doctor... I spoke with a pediatrician in Utah who pleaded w/parents to give their newborn antibodies - mom had measles. He pushed & pushed & may have spared that baby's life. kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
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Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah’s Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll. - KFF Health News
Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventabl...
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"[The US's at least 3,471 confirmed measles cases in 2026] already exceeds the number of cases counted in 2025, and is a 12-fold increase over the 285 cases counted in 2024. ... [S]tate health agencies have recorded at least four deaths from measles in 2026, the highest number seen since 1992."
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Katherine Ward @katheward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I spent a year and a half at U of Houston (a long time ago) where they housed an on-campus cougar. They did this until the late 1980s. I don't know whether their agreement with the Houston Zoo allows them to bring cougars to games now. Wouldn't surprise me.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There’s an argument that in many ways the human-built environment is only just barely holding the non-human world back. All our works are more tenuous than they look. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c...
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Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)
The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.
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rabagast @rabagast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
never ever tell them your real name, and on your way out turn your clothes inside out to confuse them and keep them from following you home. and if you hear someone call your name, run, don't walk, in the opposite direction.
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Katherine Ward @katheward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤣 I now understand why I've been adjunct faculty all these decades. No one told me
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And if you're on instagram, you should go to your settings and uncheck these two boxes
In your menu under sharing and reuse there is a button to click whether or not people can create with your contentThere is a button to check on that says allow your reels and posts to be featured with products
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2026
When times are as tough as they are now, the very, very least you can do is try to help people preserve their dignity and comfort! You don't even know what accommodations people need at that stage? I don't even know what to fucking say any more.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency. (Published July)
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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...
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Center for Science in the Public Interest @cspinet.org · 24/09/2026
New recall alert! Over 167,000 pounds of meat from Star Meat Delivery Inc. was recalled this week for including false USDA inspection numbers. Here's what you need to know. www.cspi.org/cspi-news/uninspected-…
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Uninspected meat recall: What you need to know
167,639 pounds of pork, beef, and goat meat from Star Meat Delivery Inc. was recalled in September 2026. Here's what you need to know.
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Grace 🏳️‍⚧️ @gemofamara.com · 25/09/2026
she's got it yeah, baby, she's got it
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 24/09/2026
Stanford University says the use of AI to alter the race and appearance of students in a promotional photo violated its policy and was “a serious error in judgment.”
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Stanford apologizes saying AI-altered photo that changed student’s gender and race violated policy
“To see me erased like that so easily was kind of very upsetting,” one student said.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Look I definitely don't know other people's addresses and phone numbers like I used to thanks to technology but I know my *own* address and phone number
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 24/09/2026
During Tuesday’s @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social hearing, Sean Murphy, the attorney for Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s family, revealed a gut-wrenching detail: One of the bullets that ICE fired at Johan Sebastián pierced his 3-year-old daughter Dulce’s car seat. Thank god she wasn’t in the car.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 24/09/2026
Remember, ICE’s justification for the shooting was Johan Sebastián posed a “threat to public safety.” The only threat to public safety is ICE and its armed, dangerous, unqualified agents on our streets. Abolish ICE.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 24/09/2026
This, for people who don't follow US soccer, is the coach of the Seattle Sounders donating to the GoFundMe of the fields director at Starfire Sports (where the Sounders used to train), who was just abducted by ICE.
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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The fields director at Starfire Sports, a beloved soccer complex outside Seattle that's hosted many US Open Cup matches over the decades, has been snatched up by ICE. Please consider helping him and his family if you are able.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration’s third-country removal policy is blocked. The First Circuit says the third-country removal final judgment from Judge Murphy is back in effect. “Consistent with this court's September 18, 2026, Judgment, the March 16, 2026, stay pending appeal is dissolved.”
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We live in up-is-down, down-is-up times. Today’s students have never had the benefit of even the limited certainty enjoyed by most of their teachers. Meanwhile, higher ed is ever more transactional. But ideas, art, originality—there is some up, some down, some clear right, obvious wrong.
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Katherine Ward @katheward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And this, so much this
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