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Marisol❄️Maddox

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Arctic and Climate Security/ Geopolitics Specialist living in Maine Country over party 🇺🇸 Caring for Creation ✝️ Pro-democracy transatlanticist Views my own

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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The tribal governments of Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea say they’re living with the toxic legacy of Cold War military installations on their land, and this week they took their complaint to the United Nations special rapporteur on toxics and human rights.
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Leaders from Alaska's St. Lawrence Island take contamination claims to U.N.
Tribes from the Bering Sea isle say they’re living — and dying— with the toxic legacy of Cold War military installations. A U.N. special rapporteur is considering their case.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“Frederiksen on Monday said Russia had become a threat to all of Europe and called on each country to ramp up defence spending to protect themselves while also increasing their support for Ukraine.” #Denmark #NATO #Russia #Ukraine www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Denmark to 'buy, buy, buy' military gear, prime minister says
Denmark will increase its military budget by a combined 50 billion crowns ($6.99 billion) this year and next to address acute shortcomings, most notably in surface-to-air missile defence systems, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
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Council on Strategic Risks @councilonstrategicrisks.org · 13/02/2025
🎙️Tune in as CCS non-resident research fellow @marisolmaddox.bsky.social covers all things #Greenland —including its history, sovereignty issues, and #climatesecurity risks—for WOSU Public Media’s All Sides with Amy Juravich.
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Tech Tuesday: How is your digital identity preserved after you die?
We learn how your digital identity can be preserved, through emails, social media and other files, once you die.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“To have the executive basically come in & dismantle something that was legislatively created- that's outside the bounds of the executive,” she said. “So it requires us, in the legislative branch, to then assert our responsibility, which is to not cede the authority” alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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Murkowski says Congress needs to assert its authority, to limit Trump
Alaska's senior U.S. senator says Trump is overstepping as he dismantles agencies. She offered no fail-safe way to keep the president in his constitutional lane.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
😂 "We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills, and organic smørrebrød to every street corner. Rule of law, universal health care and fact based politics might apply." #Denmark #Arctic #Greenland #California www.arctictoday.com/denmark-offe...
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Denmark offers to buy California in response to Trump’s Greenland ambitions - ArcticToday
If Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland, why shouldn’t Denmark buy California? That’s the premise of “Denmarkification,” a (probably) satirical campaign launched by Danes who are flipping the script on...
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
@marisolmaddox.bsky.social provides a masterclass on Greenland, climate change, critical minerals & geopolitics in this excellent interview (she’s the story before the digital identity one).
wosu.org
Tech Tuesday: How is your digital identity preserved after you die?
We learn how your digital identity can be preserved, through emails, social media and other files, once you die.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Canada’s 12 other premiers arrived in Washington, D.C., Tuesday where they plan to present a united front and make the case over two days for strengthening Canada-U.S. relations." #Canada #tariffs #NORAD #infrastructure #Arctic nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...
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Akeeagok, other premiers arrive in Washington to counter Trump’s threats
Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Canada’s 12 other premiers arrived in Washington, D.C., Tuesday where they plan to present a united front and make the case over two days for strengthening Canada-U.S...
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Incredibly tragic loss alaskapublic.org/news/public-...
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Here’s what we know about the victims of the Bering Air plane crash
The 10 Alaskans killed in the crash near Nome include a mentor to new teachers, a school counselor and two Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium employees traveling to service a local water plant.
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It’s human nature to focus on the immediate threat. Politicians can respond in kind by downplaying down or ignoring climate for now. But doing so will hurt their voters: delaying climate action will cost more in the future - in $$, suffering, lives. We need leadership on *both* issues.
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This column should terrify US tech companies. They need to ask themselves if they are really irreplaceable in Europe? Potentially huge economic upsides for Europe in a tech decoupling. And US tech companies would lose their 2nd largest mkt. Who again is picking this fight?
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Pres. Trump announced a "joint venture with #Japan for the #Alaska #LNG Project. If it’s built, the $44 billion project would move gas from the North Slope through an 800-mile pipeline to a liquefaction facility in Nikiski for shipment overseas." #Arctic alaskapublic.org/news/economy...
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Trump announces 'joint venture' with Japan for Alaska LNG Project exports
It isn’t the first time the U.S. has announced project progress through an agreement with another country.
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benjaminpohlberlin.bsky.social @benjaminpohlberlin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
What happens in the #Arctic won't stay in the Arctic 👇 For the security implications, check out @wilsoncenter.org's @marisolmaddox.bsky.social's Climate Security Expert Network risk brief on the region: adelph.it/RiskBriefArctic
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Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: The Arctic
Climate change is manifesting in the Arctic three times faster than the global rate of change. These changes present both risks and opportunities. Without proper risk mitigation and climate adaptation...
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“President Donald Trump has terminated the head of the National Archives and Records Administration, targeting an independent agency that was involved in trying to recover documents he took to his Florida estate after his first presidential term.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Trump dismisses archivist to the United States
The National Archives became the target of Trump’s ire when the independent agency sought to retain documents from his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022.
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Yes, the desk I share with Alex Horton and Missy Ryan is one of those affected here. The Washington Post got targeted. A couple of thoughts:
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/02/2025
SCOOP: Kash Patel—whom Donald Trump has nominated to head the FBI—took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries.
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Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
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Sean Sublette @subletteweather.com · 08/02/2025
I've been a meteorologist for 30+ years. This is a horror show without precedent.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/02/2025
We've updated our tracker below with these 3 additions. If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“Despite pulling back from a total freeze on federal funding, the Trump administration is still blocking tens of millions of dollars for renewable energy and climate projects in #Maine.” www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025...
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Trump administration blocks millions of dollars in renewable energy grants to Maine
Federal agencies are withholding awards from former President Joe Biden's signature legislation.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. @noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This tracks.
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Alaskan constituents showed up at 3 of Murkowski's 6 offices today 👇
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“Inspired by new US president Donald Trump, Mironov says the #Arctic Ocean should be renamed the 'Russian Arctic Ocean' and the archipelago of Franz Josef Land - the 'Lomonosov Land.'” www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/extremi...
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Extremist lawmaker wants to rename Svalbard
Russia's ultranationalistic and xenophobic party leader Sergei Mironov proposes to Russify names and places across the Arctic, including the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Our country is not better off with hardworking families like this being broken up www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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After 24 years, an immigrant’s fate is upended in Trump’s first week
He came to the U.S. as a teenager. Now he’s a target of the Trump administration’s deportation push.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
FFS
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"A #Russian sabotage action against #Norway in 2025 is likely." - PST (Norwegian security service) chief Beate Gangås www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kom...
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Det PST-sjefen sier, er skremmende
Verden er blitt mye farligere – men hold hodet kaldt.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"Under the agreement, police from neighboring countries will be allowed to cross the border to prevent or interrupt serious crimes. This is particularly important in the #Arctic, where the nearest police station may be located in the neighboring country" www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/finland...
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Finland, Sweden boost security in North with new police cooperation agreement
An agreement between Finland and Sweden to enhance police cooperation in their shared northern border areas officially came into effect on February 1. The new agreement aims to improve response times ...
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“ #Greenland’s Parliament banned foreign and anonymous political funding on Tuesday…. Greenland’s lawmakers fast-tracked the law — an effort to protect against outside interference — before upcoming parliamentary elections.” #Arctic www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/w...
nytimes.com
Greenland, Eyeing Trump, Bans Foreign Political Funding
The law, billed as an effort “to safeguard Greenland’s political integrity,” came ahead of parliamentary elections.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 04/02/2025
Here is United States law regarding the President's attempts to close our development assistance agency in secret over the weekend. It is illegal. No ambiguity. Americans decide with their actions, today, if the US is a country of laws or—something else. —> crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
Can the President Abolish, Move, or Consolidate USAID?
Because Congress established USAID as an independent establishment (defined in 5 U.S.C. 104) within
the executive branch, the President does not have the authority to abolish it; congressional authorization
would be required to abolish, move, or consolidate USAID.
The Secretary of State established USAID as directed by Executive Order 10973, signed on November 3,
1961. The agency was meant to implement components of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA, P.L.
87-195), enacted on September 4, 1961.
Section 1413 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, Division G of P.L. 105-277,
established USAID as an “independent establishment” outside of the State Department (22 U.S.C. 6563).
In that act, Congress provided the President with temporary authority to reorganize the agency (22 U.S.C.
6601). President Clinton retained the status of USAID as an independent entity, and the authority to
reorganize expired in 1999. Congress has not granted the President further authority to abolish, move, or
consolidate USAID since.
Congressional Research Service
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have seen as a threat.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
nytimes.com
Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency
Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have seen as a threat.
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
After Svalbard’s warmest summer on record, we have shocking winter warming underway right now in the Arctic www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point
Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
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Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“A new study has confirmed what many #fisheries experts feared—northern pike, an invasive freshwater species, can traverse brackish waters, potentially expanding their reach into #Alaska’s salmon-rich ecosystems.” #foodsecurity #biodiversity www.nationalfisherman.com/northern-pik...
nationalfisherman.com
Northern pike breach saltwater barrier, endangering AK salmon
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.” Incredible details in a horrifying @nytimes.com story. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
nytimes.com
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961? Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional? Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 04/02/2025
Updated annual temperature anomalies in the #Arctic from 1950 to 2024 - wait until the last decade.. + Data from cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/rea... + Graphic at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging: 1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal. 2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
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Sarah Bauerle Danzman @sarahbauerled.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Okay, you're ready to step into the fray. This week is focused on two things: 1) getting federal level reps to push back on Elon Musk's hostile takeover of our federal bureaucracy and federal payments system (bonus points for also saying stand up to these stupid and destructive tariffs) and
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“Often described as a kind of CPR equivalent for mental health, Psychological First Aid is a training anyone can take. It relies on four principles: Prepare for providing help, look at the situation and the need, listen actively to the person to understand their feelings, and link them to services.”
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In the LA fires and the NC floods, 'CPR for mental health' treats unseen wounds
From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...
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Gen Michael Hayden @genmhayden.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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Marisol❄️Maddox @marisolmaddox.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🤯 CALL👏YOUR👏SENATORS
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 02/02/2025
record-breaking January temperatures despite the Earth not being in an El Nino. definitely not good news.
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Sarah Bauerle Danzman @sarahbauerled.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A clear explanation of how the Trump/Musk power grab will do untold harm to us all. This is a 5 alarm fire. No president, regardless of party, should have such direct control over the disbursement of federal funds. Now, a thread on what to do:
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