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Mira Anand

@miraanand.bsky.social
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PhD student VU Amsterdam | usually making maps, thinking about water, & eating fruit 🥭 she/her 🌱

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Carney government is sending reps to participate in Washington's international summit to target anti-fascists as a major terrorism threat. Meanwhile PM Carney refuses to say anything about a Canadian judge being targeted for sanctions for investigating war crimes. For fuck's sake.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
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Fire clouds over Collins, Ontario as community members flee their homes by boat
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
Posted while First Nations communities in Northern Ontario are literally being incinerated and the skies above Canada’s biggest cities are glowing orange
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 16/07/2026
elbows up (against essential parts of the public service)
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
He says it would be too expensive to meet our climate targets…so who is saving money when we don’t? The people whose houses burn down in forest fires? Those who lose homes to flooding? The people who die in heat domes?
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“In 2015, when the Liberal government was elected, they promised to end all water boil advisories. It is now 2026 and, in addition to not fulfilling that promise, they have now confirmed that they do not even recognize clean drinking water as a human right for First Nations,” Gazan said.
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Liberal government tables First Nations drinking water legislation
The Liberal government’s new First Nations water bill will “advance the critical work of addressing long-term drinking water advisories,” Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty said on Tuesday,...
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Eliminating luxury taxes on yachts & private jets reduced Carney government revenues by roughly the same amount as they "saved" by being cruel to vulnerable refugees. It says so very much about our banker in chief's "values."
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Campaign Carney: Canada is not for sale. Actual Carney: Everything must go!
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
police expenditures in Canada are over $20 billion annually.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/04/2026
- Increases and prolongs reliance on fossil (so next crisis hurts even more) - Often doesn't pass through to consumers (fossil co's just pocket it) - Benefits enjoyed more by the rich (who drive bigger cars longer distances) - Decreases gov't revenue so you end up paying for it in different ways
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Mira Anand @miraanand.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Not me opening my phone to this right at the 41 minute mark of today’s Sandy & @nolore.bsky.social 🫠
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
(1/) Prime Minister Carney’s silence while Trump openly threatens genocide against millions of people is abhorrent. Real leadership isn’t complicity and cowardice, it means speaking out against Trump’s horrific threats, which channel the rhetoric of fascist dictatorships.
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Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Canada is closing the door to asylum seekers while ramping up deportations. This is racist state violence. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Canada’s immigration bill may compromise rights, UN committee says
Report takes issue with Bill C-12, says Canada should ensure asylum seekers have “unfettered access” to its territory.
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Robert Reinecke @reinecke.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Are you working on groundwater related research? We just published a dataset of >200.000 groundwater time series tagged with multiple data flags and combined with meteorological, hydrological, geophysical, vegetation, and anthropogenic variables. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A Global-Scale Time Series Dataset for Groundwater Studies within the Earth System - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A Global-Scale Time Series Dataset for Groundwater Studies within the Earth System
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The gap between what most Canadians think Carney is doing (strengthening the country so we can stand up to the US) and what he's actually doing (hollowing out our best chance at standing up to the United States) is something to behold.
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Mira Anand @miraanand.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My middling hopes for the Carney govt have been absolutely crushed. Selling the country off for scraps and turning us into a US military outpost (but he's making a nice speech here and there and a little smirk when Trump speaks so it's fine I guess?)
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Charlotte Prong @charlotteprong.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
15,000 new jobs in defence and military, cuts everywhere else. This is essential reading about a government that is short sighted and conservative in all but name.
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
You absolutely cannot separate the artist and the art without contributing to the persecution of trans people. Boycott everything Potter.
Advocate: J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization.
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Mr. Carney in Davos pledged Canada must act consistently on the world stage. He said we must call out international breaches equally by allies as well as adversaries. Criticizing Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz but not the US blockade of Cuba is flat-out hypocrisy.
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Frederik Kratzert @kratzert.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Excited to announce Groundsource - an open-source dataset of historic flood events! This has easily been one of the coolest projects I've worked on recently! Thread 🧵 for details and all relevant links. 1/n
A worldmap of the spatial distribution of extracted flood events in the Groundsource dataset. The map displays the total number of flood events extracted by the LLM-based pipeline aggregated per grid cell. The data are visualized using a Robinson projection, with event counts represented by a logarithmic color scale. Red points indicate the spatial centroids of reference flood events from the GDACS database.
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Mira Anand @miraanand.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Me, justifying shipping a cubic metre of books across the ocean 🐛
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Tyler Shipley @shipster.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Robot meets bollard. Nothing beats the #WorldBollardAssociation
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Thiago Nascimento @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Working with large-sample hydrology datasets and curious about how maps with varying levels of detail influence the identification of geology–streamflow relationships? Check out our latest preprint at HESS! #Hydrology #CatchmentHydrology #LargeSampleHydrology #Eawag #hightlightpaper #HESS
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How do geological map details influence the identification of geology-streamflow relationships in large-sample hydrology studies?
Abstract. Large-sample hydrology datasets have advanced hydrological research, yet the impact of landscape map details on identifying dominant streamflow generation processes remains underexplored. Th...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media. The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters. They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters. Israel is once again breaking international law
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Climate Reality / Réalité climatique Canada @realityclimatique.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
In Port Morien, a persistent hum from the Donkin mine is undermining residents’ health and daily lives. The Cow Bay Environmental Coalition is transforming this noise into a call for public health and a just energy transition. 👉 Read their story: loom.ly/lcJhMns
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 26/08/2025
"These damn bicycles are taking over the streets!" NEW MCGILL STUDY: Hard facts from #Montreal to set things straight. Cars now get 79.6% of the infrastructure area (roads) in the city. Pedestrians (sidewalks): 18.3% Micromobility (lanes for bikes, scooters etc.): 1.57% 🧵
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Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
ALWAYS give to Sameer Project. They're in Gaza, they're Palestinian, and they provide with dignity and respect. Gazans often say that it's generally best to donate to individual fundraisers, that prominent orgs are nowhere to be seen in Gaza!--Except the Sameer Project which is consistently active.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/07/2025
There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
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Dozens of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacks near food aid distribution site, medics and witnesses say
Witnesses describe people shot in head and torso near sites run by Israeli-backed US organisation Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Hydrology Paper of the Day @olefeldt.bsky.social on how a new version of the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database was calculated from freely-available satellite and ground based observations: capturing seasonality and classes; integration of wetlands and peatlands; and robust validation.
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Mira Anand @miraanand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Happy to share the new GLWD v2! This product maps the global distribution of 33 distinct wetland and waterbody classes, covering 18.2 million km2. I'm excited that it's ready for use in conservation efforts, large-scale modelling, & more 🌍🌏🌎 doi.org/10.5194/essd... #geosky #water #wetlands
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Mapping the world's inland surface waters: an upgrade to the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD v2)
Abstract. In recognition of the importance of inland waters, numerous datasets mapping their extents, types, or changes have been created using sources ranging from historical wetland maps to real-tim...
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Mira Anand @miraanand.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Had a great time at #EGU25 last week surrounded by interesting people and research! I really enjoyed discussions at my poster session, plus HydroLAB reunions, celebrating a birthday by the river, ECS/first-time attendee networking events and a mini food tour with @turbulentflo.bsky.social
Presenting my poster STRENGTH AND PERSISTENCE OF STREAMFLON
MEMORY ACROSS EUROPEGroup dinner at a winery Five people + me on a rooftopSitting in the grass with cake
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable
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Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This is where your Harry Potter money goes
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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Eye On Palestine @eyeonpalestine.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
War crimes.
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Mira Anand @miraanand.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
beauty really is all around
List of "the 10 most beautiful crags in the Netherlands". The first is an artificial outdoor wall, the second is a cobblestone wall, and the third is an overpass.
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Emily Dische-Becker @emilydische.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The arrest of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, a greencard holder, without due process is a structure test to see what they can get away with. If his deportation holds, we will see the mass dissappearing of dissenting voices. Freedom for Mahmoud and eternal shame on the enablers shorturl.at/fMiLA
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Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The main DEI page from @agu.org has been modified to take diversity out of the title. Glad to see it's not deleted entirely, but hey AGU, we're watching what you do and remembering the big game you once talked about supporting your diverse membership. Today vs. January
Screencap of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) reading "Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "AGU Ethics & Equity Center" link below it.

https://www.agu.org/learn-about-agu/about-agu/diversity-and-inclusionScreencap Wayback Machine archive version of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) from January 04 2025, reading "Diversity & Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at AGU" section below it, with link to "Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan"
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here's a lesson for all of us that the universities are relearning today: Staying silent in the face of fascism will not protect you.
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Christopher Curtis @titocurtis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
As Montreal loses its wetlands at an alarming pace, locals are fighting to get the province to enforce its own environmental laws. Excellent piece by Natalia Rivero Gómez. therover.ca/why-are-queb...
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Why Are Quebec's Wetlands Disappearing – The Rover
In Montreal, where 80 per cent of wetlands have disappeared, locals are fighting to make Quebec enforce its own environmental laws.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Palestinian babies are not spontaneously freezing to death. They are being deliberately subjected to conditions calculated to terminate life. In other words, they are being murdered. The cause of death is not the cold, but the genocide being perpetrated by Israel and the US.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Major new research finds “shockingly” fast changes to flows of Earth’s c. 3 million rivers, mapped across 35 years. “Rivers are dynamic and beautiful beasts & humans should never take them for granted or squander the resources they provide us with.” (Hannah Cloke) www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
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Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes | CNN
The flow of water through the planet’s nearly 3 million rivers is changing rapidly, with potentially drastic implications for everything from drinking water supplies to flood risks, according to a new...
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This is so horrible. This needs to stop. kitchener.ctvnews.ca/university-o...
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University of Waterloo says two PhD students killed in Gaza airstrike
The University of Waterloo says twin sisters, who were set to start their PhD studies at the school, were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Amnesty International has officially concluded that a genocide is being committed by Israel.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 19/01/2024
"It looks like a controlled demolition... And you have nothing to say ...it takes a lot of planning and preparation to do and if there was a threat from this particular facility, they wouldn't have been able to do it." The chyron says it's Matt Lee from the AP www.aljazeera.com/program/news...
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Journalist questions bombing of Gaza university
A reporter questions the US State Department about Israeli justification for destroying Israa University in Gaza City.
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