Reposted by Liz KoslovShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I had the tremendous pleasure of co-advising Burcu’s diss, which provided the foundation for this ✨ book. Bldg on yrs of ethnographic research, Burcu offers an important + timely cautionary tale abt technosolutionism’s inevitable disappointments + destruction, and the power of community knowledge 14113
Reposted by Liz Koslovashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/02/2026Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed. 2116171155
Reposted by Liz KoslovDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 31/07/2025In "Homesick," Nicholas Shapiro examines the US government's distribution of over 120,000 toxic trailers following Hurricane Katrina, their devastating health effects, and the need to create new forms of accountability and change. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/MiN6Otd 0138
Reposted by Liz KoslovLizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 12/07/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c... 28485753658
Reposted by Liz KoslovDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025The second is that the NWS historically has done a very good job at that forecast contextualization (outreach to local governments, emergency managers, outdoor recreation facilities, etc.). But that's one of the first things to go away when offices are critically understaffed. 5500104
Reposted by Liz KoslovDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Predicting such storms is at the cutting edge of science right now, and the stakes are rising in a warming world in which they are intensifying. Yet this is precisely the kind of research that NOAA/NSF have funded in the U.S. over decades that is at imminent risk of disappearing. 241194
Reposted by Liz KoslovKate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I spent the week talking to UPS Teamsters from around the country about what it’s like to deliver hundreds of packages in a heatwave, in trucks that still aren’t air conditioned, in a country without federal workplace protections for heat newrepublic.com/article/1972... 1429299
Reposted by Liz KoslovDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 25/06/2025IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO POST YOUR CUOMO LOSS HOT TAKE, STAY IN LINE 568282
Reposted by Liz KoslovAccuWeather @accuweather.com · 23/06/2025Video captured the moment a road buckled and sent a car flying as a heatwave impacted Missouri on Sunday. 1442590918
Reposted by Liz KoslovKate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event 428166386717
Reposted by Liz KoslovDanya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025This is a great explanation, going straight onto my syllabi 310119
Reposted by Liz KoslovToby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The arrest of union leader David Huerta is galvanizing a new element—solidarity: “Right now, just in the last 14 hours, labor unions are joining together from far and wide, communities are reaching out in ways I’ve never seen,” Orr told me. “Something is different.” www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comCommentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec... 171801656
Reposted by Liz KoslovMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 22/05/2025I taught close-reading for the first time in awhile recently and I enjoyed seeing how revelatory it felt for some students: a secret language, right under the surface! As Dan writes, "Learning to see what lies hidden before our eyes is part of the magic of close reading." 2529
Reposted by Liz KoslovUCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @luskininnovation.bsky.social · 15/05/2025As wildfires & floods threaten LA, is managed retreat necessary for resilience? #UCLA LCI’s panel ft. @koslov.bsky.social & other experts debate this climate adaptation strategy & equitable alternatives. Watch the recording: innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/04/29/u... #UCLALuskin 042
Reposted by Liz KoslovVeena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"Beyond the absurdity of sending a battalion of riot police to seize a screen consisting of a sheet & 2 poles, the constant & extreme police..presence on campus since last April has made [it] nearly unrecognizable as a university." www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comUCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a UniversityA police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning. 211854
Reposted by Liz KoslovRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 12/05/2025good morning divaaaa!! 512412
Reposted by Liz KoslovPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Look at this video: a *huge* crowd of Vermonters swaying alongside Mohsen right after he was freed, singing "We Shall Overcome" Signs reading "Hands off our students" & "free speech" are peppered in between large Palestine flags 3634901042
Reposted by Liz KoslovRobin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 29/04/2025I'm working on a paper and I was hit with the realization that there will just be HUGE gaps in the literature (coming out of the US) in a few years. All of this defunding - just no citations from the folks who used to the work. No new work. Lines of inquiry just stopped. 516637
Reposted by Liz KoslovBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/04/2025NASA is canceling the lease of its New York City climate science unit that has occupied the same Columbia University-owned building since the 1960s.bloom.bgNASA Cancels Columbia University Lease for Climate Science UnitNASA is canceling the lease of its New York City climate science unit that has occupied the same Columbia University-owned building since the 1960s. 1512775
Reposted by Liz KoslovLaura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025If you’re a Barnes & Noble rewards member, you can preorder MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK today for 25% off! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/make-your-...barnesandnoble.comMake Your Manuscript Work: A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Writers|PaperbackFrom the bestselling author of The Book Proposal Book, a practical, step-by-step approach to mastering the four pillars of scholarly writing for authors, editors, and publishing professionalsDevelopme... 082
Reposted by Liz KoslovDEF-G @scriban.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Love to live under a government that asks "are you Jewish?" on forms. 02917
Reposted by Liz KoslovJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Eliminating due process in order to imprison and deport people based on ethnic background and political views: famously good for Jews 362142392
Reposted by Liz KoslovNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Mahmoud Khalil asked for permission to attend the birth of his child under any conditions. His request was denied within 30 minutes. apnews.com/article/mahm... 310451
Reposted by Liz KoslovJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/04/2025NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present. “This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."nytimes.comMahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article)Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour. 132151734716
Reposted by Liz KoslovShobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 21/04/2025My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.nsf.gov NSF Award Search: Award # 2240343 - Constructing Credible Knowledge and Expertise in Air Pollution Regulation and Monitoring: The Problem of Quantification Lock 452195949
Reposted by Liz KoslovCarolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 20/04/2025“Deputies are stopping Hispanic drivers for minor, unprovable traffic violations like veering left of center, then handing them over to Border Patrol agents who are sometimes already at the scene.” www.syracuse.com/news/2025/04...syracuse.comInside Trump’s Upstate NY migrant hunt: Border Patrol’s meaner tactics snare workers and families“It’s scary,” said a woman whose relatives have disappeared. “You can be followed just for being Hispanic.” 411170697
Reposted by Liz KoslovAmy J. Ko @amyko.phd · 19/04/2025My NSF CS for All grant was just terminated (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...). Nationwide, we were: • Improving the quantity + quality of K-12 CS teachers • Ensuring the sustainability of K-12 CS teacher prep programs • Ensuring all youth in the U.S. have access to great CS teachersnsf.gov NSF Award Search: Award # 2318257 - Collaborative Research: An Equitable, Justice-Focused Ecosystem for Pacific Northwest Secondary CS Teaching Lock 28283108
Reposted by Liz KoslovLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale 14230681363
Reposted by Liz KoslovLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 17/04/2025INBOX: over 50 NYU professors are taking their classes off-campus for the next week in a "Solidarity Picket" to protest "the University’s lack of commitment to protect international students in the face of the Trump admin’s attacks." some profs moved to in-person "sanctuary spaces," others online. 12904241
Reposted by Liz KoslovJonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025In the biggest move to weaken the power of the Endangered Species Act yet, the Trump administration is proposing a change to how the word "harm" is interpreted. Under the proposed rule, harming habitats wouldn't count as harming species. www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...npr.orgDestroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump ruleThe Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk. 11512
Reposted by Liz KoslovJosh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 15/04/2025CDNC is a genuinely irreplaceable resource - and one that costs practically nothing. Like Katie, I depended on its archive to write my dissertation, and saw it save endangered newspapers first-hand. It costs 1¢ per Californian to operate. Give your state reps a call! (And consider donating!) 1104
Reposted by Liz KoslovKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15/04/2025I recently received an e-mail from a Canadian university I'm affiliated with containing 3 lengthy attachments advising that "Canadian university researchers are advised to be extra careful when traveling to US," discussing recommended safety precautions and advice re cancelled collaboration funding. 24878183
Reposted by Liz KoslovEmily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Teaching kids about climate change is not what causes climate anxiety. *Not doing anything about climate change* is what causes climate anxiety. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming. 8588179
Reposted by Liz Koslovn+1 @nplusonemag.com · 09/04/2025New online: Tenant organizer Chelsea Kirk on mobilizing against rent-gouging in Los Angeles after the fires. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comDiary of a Spreadsheet | Chelsea KirkWhat scares them is something else: the realization spreading across Los Angeles that the private housing market isn’t just failing wildfire victims—it’s failing by design. That the inability to meet ... 032
Reposted by Liz KoslovNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth." No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...commerce.govEnding Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton UniversityOn Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the... 731980830
Reposted by Liz KoslovJulian Agyeman @julianagyeman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025A “climate justice imaginary” offers a way forward, rooted in everyday concerns, centering solidarity and care, creating free space for an inclusive democratic process, contrasting with the populist imaginary advanced by the proponents of post-political critique. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comHow (Not) to Politicize the Climate Crisis: Beyond the Antipopulist Imaginary - Politische VierteljahresschriftWhen populism is seen as “the biggest obstacle to tackling climate change,” a depoliticized climate policy managed by elites—rooted in an antipopulist imaginary—can seem to be the most feasible respon... 053
Reposted by Liz KoslovLissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 04/04/2025this is how I found out the three-year FEMA grant my tiny rural Catskills town only just got awarded to do flood resilience work isn’t paused, it’s been trashed 1419276
Reposted by Liz KoslovMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/04/2025"Should we do something? It feels like we should do something. Hopefully, I’ll feel more like I can dedicate the brain space to that just as soon as I finish my work, which is tuning this glockenspiel."mcsweeneys.netI’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can’t shake. It’s only Tuesday, but what a we... 4412138
Reposted by Liz KoslovA.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025If universities can’t protect our students what is even the point? thecrimsonwhite.com/120415/news/...thecrimsonwhite.comUA student reportedly detained by ICEThis is a breaking news story and will continue to be updated. A UA student was reportedly detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning. Alireza Doroudi, a doctora... 8360110
Reposted by Liz KoslovEmily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 21/03/2025At least 25 of my pieces. At least some of which are under licenses that prohibit commercial use. 0181