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Laura Huenneke

@lfhuenneke.bsky.social
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Plant ecologist/conservation biologist, professor, science fiction nerd, dog lover, gardener. In past life led large projects (LTER, Cancer Partnership) and served as university dean/VP. Focused now on democracy, climate disruption, loss of biodiversity.

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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 3h
Hurrah! Thanks for letting the community know. #FlagstaffLife
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m very appreciative that AZ Senators @gallego.senate.gov and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social both supported this resolution.
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Sissy Rufus ❌️👑 @unkaren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👏 @formerpreznez.bsky.social
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Save Our Schools Arizona @sosarizona.org · 29/09/2026
The AZ voter registrations deadline is ONE WEEK away! Have you checked your voter registration yet⁉️ ✅ First time voter? ✅ Moved recently? ✅ Changed your name? ✅ Changed your party preference? ✅ Forgot to vote in a while? 🗳️EVERYONE should check their voter registration before Oct. 5th: bit.ly/azvr
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 28/09/2026
Here's to the journalists "who carry on after layoffs, who start independent publications on shoestrings, who keep reporting in the face of legal threats, who unionize and strike, who write true things even when those things are politically unpopular or formally banned."
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The Free and Unfree Press
Journalism, and its adversaries.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Gilded Age!!
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you love stationary and based on sales, I think a lot of people do. Here's a gentle nudge to move past "collecting" and to actually USE the stationary. Write letters to friends and family. Send thank you notes. Write actual cards and MAIL THEM.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was planning to approach this gardener in our area to interview her for our Master Gardeners’ weekly newspaper column - but the AP beat me to it! #FlagstaffLife
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've been pushing my little local network of friends and family to make their voting plans and to consider volunteering for poll observing or other aspects of voter protection. Ran across this graphic about the Vote Early campaign by No Kings and Indivisible - love it!
Image of a voting booth with a voter's legs peeking out below the closed curtain, with the message "Introverts Vote Early" and a reference to NoKings.org and October 17th (when events promoting early voting will take place across the nation).
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seeing the impact of SNAP cuts and other reductions in benefits here in AZ. As I went to my volunteer shift at Flagstaff Family Food Center this week, the line of cars waiting for the daily food box/bag distribution stretched for several blocks - and cars kept coming for the entire two hours.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My county just tipped over to High prevalence. I am very grateful that this information remains available to us - even if most of my friends don’t want to hear it.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan...pretty darn exciting! Might be worth trying to catch some more games on TV the rest of this season...
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hello @gallego.senate.gov !
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thank you for speaking out so clearly!
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
From the fake electors of Jan 6, to the laughably unprofessional “audit” by the CyberNinjas, to the current fraudulent Green Party candidates, the Arizona GOP gives us many demonstrations of attempted election fraud!
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I do a volunteer shift here once a week or so. Sorry to have missed you! It’s great to see a candidate and campaign doing some community work.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2025
In his own district, Eli Crane is allowing rural hospitals to be crippled while over 50,000 of his constituents lose healthcare. And somehow he still found time to help hide the Epstein files. For the good of Arizona, Eli Crane cannot remain in Congress.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I have helped several friends and family members submit comments - some retired scientists and university people, but also some “regular” people who appreciate public health, cancer research, emergency response, and so much more.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I would like just one aspect of our culture and our lives that this motherfucker doesn’t have to get his greasy, corrupt hands on. Just something somewhere that can be enjoyable and unsullied.
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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If you know anybody who's trans, first of all you're lucky. Secondly contact them today and see how they're doing. They may need help and you could provide it, Please wait for an answer you may save a life. thank you and repost this please if you're on our team
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Coconino County Elections Department @coconinovote.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
First-time voters! 🗳️ Ready for the July 21 Primary? 1️⃣ Check your status at my.arizona.vote 2️⃣ Bring valid ID to the polls (like an AZ driver’s license) 3️⃣ Use a black/blue pen & fill in the oval COMPLETELY—no checks or Xs! No✔️✖️ Yes!⚫️🖊️ ✨ #CoconinoVotes
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A happy and courageous 4th of July to all who believe in the great potential of the U.S. as a voice for liberty, justice, and respect for Earth.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Wow…so happy (not) to hear the thoughtful, mature way the mayor of Williams is assessing risk. The heavy smoke we are currently dealing with is a clear reminder for most of us in the region. #FlagstaffLife
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The low temperature of 84F at New York City Central Park ties the all time record warmest low temperature (1869-present). The low of 87F at Newark is a new all-time warmest low temperature (1843-present). It's as if something has changed. 🤔
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I try to stay respectful of others’ differing worldviews and starting points. But honestly - how can ANYONE justify this degree of harming their followers ( and the rest of us)??
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Finally - first bumblebee I have seen this year, foraging on my native Monarda (bee balm). Looked more like nevadensis than the Morrison’s we’ve seen in prior years. Did not wait for me to get a photo for iNaturalist…
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
That feeling when the familiar Watch Duty notification dings and you glance at it and it’s a new fire about 1/2 mile from your house. 🔥😫
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Well, the planned power outage for this weekend (due to high winds, extremely low humidity, and dry forest fuels) has now begun. Basement freezer is on backup battery (with solar panels for recharging), solar lanterns are charged for use indoors tonight, and - most exciting - (1/2)
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Sissy Rufus ❌️👑 @unkaren.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A coalition of 15 local Indivisible chapters across AZ CD2 has officially endorsed former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez for U.S. House. The coalition, which spans rural and tribal communities across northern and eastern Arizona, provides critical grassroots support to unseat Eli Crane.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Oh, I wish I could count on this happening!!
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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Flying home to #ABQ, it’s both scary and heartbreaking to see the Rio Grande completely dry. What will become of us here in the desert?…
Aerial view of the Rio Grande River , with no water.
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Calairie 📷🏳️‍🌈🌲🏔️🦌🌊🦭 @calairie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy Pride from Flagstaff! #photography #pride #flagstaffpride #flagstaff #arizona #downtownflagstaff #pride2026 #lgbtq
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Growing up in the American midwest, the Arctic was both the home of exciting wildlife (polar bears! walrus! Arctic fox!) and a symbol of (seemingly) untouched wilderness. This change in climate is inexpressibly sad - and also enraging. We must fight for our neighbors on this planet!
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I was feeling a bit complacent after some good rainfall this past week, but now the Pocket Fire south of town reminds us that it’s fire season. Evacuation orders for Oak Creek Canyon, from north Sedona to south of Flagstaff. #FlagstaffLife
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hurrah for the testing, and hurrah for the outcome!
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OldLadyInAZ 🌵 @oldladyinaz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Oh for the love of god, she even lied on her bio to show she was qualified to be the ambassador to Jamaica (which of course she's not). www.azfamily.com/2026/06/11/p...
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Producer: Kari Lake never won a Billboard award
A music producer is setting the record straight about Kari Lake’s music career.
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Jonathan Nez @formerpreznez.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Proud to have Sec. Pete Buttigieg in this Fight with Us. Let’s Warrior Up and Flip AZ-02!
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Just registered for this...collecting info and suggestions for ways of protesting and stopping the massacre of US science.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Finished reading Goliath's Curse by @lukekemp.bsky.social about a month ago - has really stuck with me. Final chapter is great reminder of sticking to the basics of 4 actions we all can and should take: don't be a dick (pledge not to personally work for agents of doom); (1/2)
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It’s telling how many of the large news organizations who are flush with money aren’t sending journalists to cover ICE (and now state trooper) violence overnight outside Delaney Hall and the independent outlets with far less financial and insurance coverage are braving it.
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A great summary. Will be very helpful for people like me residing in communities where there continues to be skepticism about the feasibility, affordability, or true benefits of transitioning NOW to clean renewable energy! open.substack.com/pub/leahy/p/...
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Clean Energy Progress Summary
At least 12 Need-to-Know Facts
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
At this point I don't see how I could in good conscience advise any graduate student or academic researcher with other options to take up a position in the United States.
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World Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🐄 Livestock experience heat stress above 25°C 🌾 Crop yields decline above 30°C 👩‍🌾 Extreme heat is are taking a toll on farmers The latest WMO- @fao.org report details how heat stress is impacting agriculture — and what can be done to reduce these risks. ↪️ bit.ly/49pZUuZ
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Awful. Reading this lovely tribute instantly took me back to the wonderful worlds encompassed in the stacks of the U Missouri, Cornell, and Stanford - places where I learned so much more than I could have dreamed - and the libraries of NM State and N AZ, where students grew in mind and talent.
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Stacy Pinkston @stacypinkston.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
warrior up! ✊🏽🗳️ jonathannezforaz.com #VoteYourAZoff #AZ02
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Jonathan Nez for Congress | Putting the needs of rural Arizonans over DC politics
Born in Tuba City Arizona and raised in Shonto Arizona, Jonathan Nez, is Áshįįhí (Salt People) born for Ta’neeszahnii (Tangle clan). His maternal grandfather’s clan is Tódích’íi’nii (Bitter Water Clan...
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
As a poll worker I have just made arrangements for the training and the Election Day assignment for the July primary. Let’s go!
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The @CorpCommAZ Chair says they “can’t just say no” in a rate case. AND an ACC attorney recently argued affordability isn’t even relevant. Is this about people or corporations? We deserve rate cases that put customers first. 📢 Read more: bit.ly/4tO8Fqb #UtilityAccountability #RateHike #Arizona
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APS rate case kicks off with hours of protest over 14% rate increase | Arizona Capitol Times
Before packing two Arizona Corporation Commission hearing rooms for nearly four hours of public testimony, local advocacy groups and utility ratepayers gathered outside of the commission’s downtown Ph...
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Laura Huenneke @lfhuenneke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I am so excited to read this UN report on how best to measure the well-being of a society www.un.org/en/beyondGDP... I was once part of a Coconino County sustainability group that worked on indicators of the long-term well-being of our community - surprisingly challenging to find reliable metrics.
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Documents | United Nations
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