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Alexandra Sasha Wright

@sashajwright.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at University of Minnesota EEB, Ecologist, Tlingit, interdependence is the norm in the natural world

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m a proud Minneapolis Public Schools alum and parent. After talking with MPS families, I’m deeply concerned about the district’s current plan to close 14 or more schools.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good morning with good news: Solar was the single largest source of electricity in European Union in July 2026! Solar was 24.8% of EU power in 7/2026, compared to 21.3% in 7/2025. Wind & solar were 39.1%. Solar rose 21% to 55.3 TWh from 45.8 TWh in 7/2025. It was vital in July heatwave #energysky
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My former lab manager is looking for a job in ecology in Southern California. HE IS EXCELLENT. He built multiple drought experiments with newly engineered humidity manipulations. He is excellent with native species. Here is a nice article about him: cbs.umn.edu/blog-posts/b...
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Bringing humidity down a notch | College of Biological Sciences
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 21/08/2026
Anyway read this article where I was among the folks that said that NOAA is cool and good and we should fund it because it belongs to us www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
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DOGE Broke America’s Weather Machine. Now Fishermen, Insurers And Farmers Are Paying For It
Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My former lab manager is looking for a job in ecology in Southern California. HE IS EXCELLENT. He built multiple drought experiments with newly engineered humidity manipulations. He is excellent with native species. Here is a nice article about him: cbs.umn.edu/blog-posts/b...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
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Maria E. Orive @meorive.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The point is to move public funds to private, for profit companies.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Well, would ya look at that! NSF is going to send >10% of its current budget to industry (read: tech start ups) instead of universities…it’s as if the admin is trying to dismantle our basic science mechanism and use it as a start up fund for private companies 💁🏻‍♀️ www.nsf.gov/tip/updates/...
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NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.
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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🌿 New study analyzes 111 papers focused on the relationship between Indigenous Peoples' lands and conservation outcomes. 75% show that Indigenous lands deliver conservation outcomes that are at least equal to state protected-areas. 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/D41kpCz
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I'm very happy to share with you the results of a collaborative experiment between the Catawba Indian Nation and faculty, staff, and students at Davidson College. Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters🌽🫘🎃 A few take home points:
(a) The raised beds on June 15, 2023. (b) The Three Sisters planting design typically forms a large circular shape with maize/bean mounds interspersed with squash. In our study, the Three Sisters were established in raised beds by planting four maize seeds in a 6-in. (15.2 cm) square each with a bean plant 3 in. (7.6 cm) toward the edge of the bed on a diagonal with the center of the maize square. Maize/bean squares were spaced 4 ft (1.2 m) apart within each row. Squash seeds were planted in pairs between each maize/bean square.
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Interesting. Modulation of microphysical environments by the plant biodiversity. At least at smaller scales, environment&biodiversity relations are bidirectional. 🧪 ⚒️ #Ecology #Geology #Botany
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Claudia Guimaraes Steinicke @cguistei.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Prof. Alexandra Weigelt, Prof. Alexandra Wright and I are delighted to invite colleagues to submit an abstract to our session 1 at the CBC Conference, in Leipzig, Germany. Abstract submission by April 21st lnkd.in/dz-bHADa lnkd.in/dq3ZUztV
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Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🧪🌎 This needs to be a bigger news story than just seeing it as a social media post! More science under attack.
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions - Wright - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions
Climate change is increasing global temperatures, increasing atmospheric drying, and driving more severe and frequent drought. Plants can cool and humidify microclimates through sensible and latent h...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com
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Adrian Brown @adrianbrown.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Alder catkins, dog’s mercury, wood spurge, red dead nettle #WildFlowerHour #SignsOfSpring @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Alder catkinsDogs mercuryWood spurgeRed dead nettle
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/6) Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fig. 1 We measured relative humidity every 5 min during the growing season in the Biodiversity, CO2, and Nitrogen (BioCON) experiment in central Minnesota in 2012.
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CBC Conference @cbc-conference.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🌎 The 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 that the 𝗖𝗕𝗖 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 will have the honor of presenting is 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗷𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 (𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 @w-u-r.bsky.social)
A photo of Prof. Liesje Mommer and the text below:
"Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Liesje Mommer is Professor of Belowground Ecology at Wageningen University & Research and a leading expert on plant-soil interactions and biodiversity. Her research focuses on how belowground processes - particularly root interactions, soil microbes, and pathogens - shape ecosystem functioning, productivity, and resilience.Poster for the CBC 2026:
Conference on Connecting Biodiversity, Climate and Human Behaviour
Sept 21-24, 2026
Leipzig, Germany
Organized by:
UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Universität Leipzig
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I am helping coordinate one of these sessions on biodiversity and microclimate, please submit abstracts and join us! Our new review paper on this subject is out today: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
They should cut a deal with Weinstein to testify against every single one of them in court. It’s a house of cards.
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Eos @eos.org · 06/02/2026
Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
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Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Remember like 3 months ago when NSF said we aren’t allowed to fund programs that serve protected groups but we are allowed to serve unprotected groups.
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21st Century Cicero @21stcenturycicero.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
There have been 3 total firearms homicides in Minneapolis this year, 2 of them when citizens were killed by feds, per Star-Tribune
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If initial reports are true, they shot someone who they'd wrestled to the ground. Potentially an observer. These agents must be arrested and brought to justice.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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NPR @npr.org · 22/01/2026
Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined and stressed. Across the Twin Cities, kids are anxious and afraid. n.pr/45ThqWO
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The ICE surge is fueling fear and anxiety among Twin Cities children
Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined and stressed. Across the Twin Cities, kids are anxious and afraid.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
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Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The most popular sled at today’s Art Sledding event in Minneapolis.
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Ms. K tweets @whatmsksaid.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
✊💙 Cedar Riverside is organized. from Somali youth to grandmas, DSA to West Bank businesses, Mixed Blood to Augsburg students. it’s a beautiful thing to bare witness to.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 17/01/2026
"It was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening." - Alice Valentine of St. Cloud, pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors
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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I donated 100$ to the Minneapolis general strike fund. Join me?
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Minneapolis public schools are closed today and tomorrow. Friday should be a general strike. We need collective action.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
if you tried to do this in the us, you'd have a billion dollar conservative moms group lobbying against it 12 hours later and credulous news articles taking their claims seriously in 24 bsky.app/profile/davi...
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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New: Trump’s ICE Has A Troubling Target: At-Risk Teenagers In recent months, federal agents have arrested dozens of teenagers who at one point were in government custody as unaccompanied children. Some were arrested on their 18th birthdays– at government shelters. www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...
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Trump’s ICE Has A Troubling New Target
The teens spent time in government-contracted shelters. Now, the feds are putting some of them behind bars.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃
Boxing up the NSF at Eisenhower Av for the forced relocation. Boxes have “Details Matter” signage.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
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Alexandra Sasha Wright @sashajwright.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#EcologyLetters doesn't publish facilitation papers. On average, Ecology Letters publishes FOUR (4) papers that include the word facilitation in any indexed field in the paper per year. This is a helpful tip for anyone in the field, it's not usually worth sending work there, they won't review it.
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