@karllong

deep digital strategist, UX architect, gamer, spoken word performer, green optimist.

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The Science for Public Good Fund is back! Apply for funds up to $1500 for your science advocacy project through Jan 6. Here are some initiatives that received the funds for the 2021 version of the award. Check them out! Apply here: act.ucsusa.org/3G9PEsB
The Kentucky Academy of Science developed two online Science Student Action Workshops for students pursuing science degrees in KY on becoming effective advocates for public policy issues related to science. Website: https://kyscience.org/ Twitter: @KYScientists IG: @KentuckyScience

ALT The Kentucky Academy of Science developed two online Science Student Action Workshops for students pursuing science degrees in KY on becoming effective advocates for public policy issues related to science. Website: https://kyscience.org/ Twitter: @KYScientists IG: @KentuckyScience

Salton Sea Environmental Timeseries Data Dashboard In a collaboration between Alianza Coachella Valley, Loma Linda University, and AGU Thriving Earth Exchange; the Salton Sea Environmental Timeseries developed a citizen scientist project in the Eastern Coachella valley where volunteers assisted in collecting data and samples from the Salton Sea. A webinar was held to present the findings of the community science project and the research and advocacy priorities of residents of environmental justice communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Website: https://saltonseascience.org/

ALT Salton Sea Environmental Timeseries Data Dashboard In a collaboration between Alianza Coachella Valley, Loma Linda University, and AGU Thriving Earth Exchange; the Salton Sea Environmental Timeseries developed a citizen scientist project in the Eastern Coachella valley where volunteers assisted in collecting data and samples from the Salton Sea. A webinar was held to present the findings of the community science project and the research and advocacy priorities of residents of environmental justice communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Website: https://saltonseascience.org/

SciPol-Detroit, an action group led by graduate students in Detroit, MI, organized for 14 of its members to attend workshops to prepare for meetings with decision makers. These members also were able use their skills to travel to Capitol Hill and meet with Rep. Rashida Tlaib's staff. Website: https://scipoldetroit.wixsite.com/wayne Twitter/IG: SciPolDetroit

ALT SciPol-Detroit, an action group led by graduate students in Detroit, MI, organized for 14 of its members to attend workshops to prepare for meetings with decision makers. These members also were able use their skills to travel to Capitol Hill and meet with Rep. Rashida Tlaib's staff. Website: https://scipoldetroit.wixsite.com/wayne Twitter/IG: SciPolDetroit

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Two-part @ForTheWild_ podcast from 2015 if you missed it: Stephen Harrod Buhner on Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm forthewild.world/listen/step… forthewild.world/listen/step…

STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER on Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Part One — FOR THE WILD

Stephen is the senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian studies, described as a bardic naturalist, he is the award-winning author of 19 books, including The Lost Language of Plants, The Secret...

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Yawning Beech or Beech needs coffee. #ThickTrunkTuedsday #ForestWalk #Fungus
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#thicktrunktuesday - #Richmond Park’s Royal Oak enduring the frost earlier this week. I wonder how many frosts it has endured.
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📢Free trees available!🌳 We're partnering with @WoodlandTrust again to deliver free tree packs to student groups. You can order up to 420 native British trees to plant in the Spring of 2023. Students for Trees will also be sharing a range of resources to help you plant! (1/2)
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Replying to @mikejason73
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I have no confidence in Boris Johnson as prime minister or as an MP. RT, then Copy and paste.
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You’d be forgiven for thinking this is some crackpot fascist dictator bringing in yet more draconian powers and yet, this is the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom. It’s a fucking travesty.
Priti Patel MP
@pritipatel11 May 2022
The Public Order Bill will put a stop to the dangerous, highly disruptive tactics of a selfish few. We're taking action to support ordinary working people because we are on the side of the responsible majority. This is what the Bill will deliver 👇🏽
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After shooting Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh dead, Israeli snipers continued to fire on other journalists and people trying to rescue her from the scene. Barbarism on a level that one would only expect from the Israeli military. xitter.cf/i/status/1524339890036…
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Lee Anderson MP, who today said poor people forced to use foodbanks 'cannot cook or budget properly' claimed £222,000 in expenses in 2020/21 - including £4,100 on travel and 'subsistence'
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Johnson will be remembered as the PM who first destroyed the UK before dismantling it #StopTheRot
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Shoutout to all the Moms who have to work on Mother's Day...
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Sign at a Camden polling station this morning.
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Worse than coal Utter madness EU/UK is deforesting Southern USA of its forests and calling it Green, fueling even more #climate change and warming Today, biomass energy provides nearly 60% of the EU’s renewable power generation capacity Remember Enviva aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/3/…

How Europe’s biomass appetite is harming the US south

To meet their climate goals, EU countries are relying on a controversial ‘renewable’ energy source.

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✅ Green councillors help to keep Labour accountable. ✅ We are a truly independent, hard-working voice for local communities in London’s one-party states. ✅ Greens are the team who will stand up for your area. Make your votes count: VOTE GREEN for your local council on 5 May
Drawing of balance scale with overflowing red balls weighing down one side and green balls adding to in the upper part, symbolising the huge Labour majorities and need for constructive opposition in many London councils. Caption: London's Labour councils need more balance. Strapline: Vote Green on 5 May, on a ballot paper image with a Green Party logo and green cross.

ALT Drawing of balance scale with overflowing red balls weighing down one side and green balls adding to in the upper part, symbolising the huge Labour majorities and need for constructive opposition in many London councils. Caption: London's Labour councils need more balance. Strapline: Vote Green on 5 May, on a ballot paper image with a Green Party logo and green cross.

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10/ The jury convicted Amy Denny and Rose Cullender, after which Hale sentenced both women to hang. Thirty years later, Hale’s handling of this trial, preserved in written record, served as model in Salem, Massachusetts, in the infamous witch trials of 1692.
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9/ But that wasn’t Hale’s only legacy. In 1662, at Bury St. Edmunds, Hale presided at the trial of two women accused of witchcraft. Hale instructed the jury that witches were real, saying Scripture affirmed as much.
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In Justice Alito’s draft opinion reversing Roe, he writes about “an unbroken tradition of prohibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment,” up until Roe in 1973. He cites, as historical authority, Sir Matthew Hale. Let me tell you about Hale & his views toward women. THREAD
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SciFi Saturday! Until I get bored of it I'm going to do a twitter thread every Saturday about a science fiction novel or series that resonated with and influenced me. Week 1 is the Uplift cycle by David Brin. amazon.com/Startide-Rising-U… 1/1

Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga Book 2)

We are not alone. Humanity's explorations have revealed galaxies inhabited by millions of intelligent species interacting under ancient traditions. Foremost among said traditions is , which requires...

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Surely one of the greatest headlines ever written.
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