Ivan J. Ramirez

Yes, #RogerPielkeJr is now literally writing hit pieces for a Koch-funded (www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Na...) antiscience right-wing disinformation site:

4-year fully funded PhD position in 'Climate-related health impacts on children' @hydr-vub.bsky.social. Apply now:

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Leaders and advocates gathered in Alabama for the Bridge Crossing Gala, hosted by the NAACP Alabama State Conference.

The SPLC was proud to sponsor the evening and connect with partners from across the state ahead of the annual Selma bridge crossing.

The work continues. And so does the legacy.

"This bill doesn't make us safer. It makes our campus an unpredictable space where the threat of violence is always part of the curriculum."

Hey, Buffalo nerds and people who believe in, you know, vaccines and clinical trials and all that excellent stuff. Come on out this weekend! #StandUpForScience

"Colorado oil and gas regulators dropped a bombshell in 2024 when operators reported to the state that their third-party contractors had purposefully falsified thousands of data points for hundreds of wells, fudging pollution numbers and other data related to well remediations."

#OTD we recognize Zero Discrimination Day. Discrimination still limits access to housing, education, health care and the ballot. Zero discrimination requires systemic change. #TheMarchContinues

During testing the past two weeks, students completed a Black History Month activity. They randomly selected a career card and researched a historical or modern figure connected to that field, listed key facts or achievements, and shared a quote or reflection on that person’s impact on society. 📚💻🧐

Quakertown Police Chief/Borough manager Scott McElree has been placed on administrative leave/"out with workman's comp injuries."

Denver Community responds to Coresite data center YouTube video by Rocky Mountain PBS

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Invalidating ID cards based on gender is literally a key plot point in The Handmaid’s Tale. This is horrifying.

Quote and photo by middle school teacher Lois Hammond. (Update: Now teaching in Maryland.)

Hiram Revels' story is one of countless examples of why we need to #TeachReconstruction.

Check out our report: “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”

See full report with state assessments & resources:
teachreconstructionreport.org

As a faculty member of UT's distinguished African and African Diaspora Studies Department, I am angry at the disingenuous way UT is characterzing us and our scholarship. But as an alum of UT (MA, JD, PhD) I am sad to see my alma mater debase itself to curry favor with the ignorance of the right.

House passes bill banning ‘leftist indoctrination’ and LGBTQ+ teaching in public schools • New Hampshire Bulletin New Hampshire House Republicans are moving forward with a new attempt to regulate teaching on race, history, and LGTBQ+ issues in public schools. On Thursday, the chamber passed a bill that would ban ...

NH state house passes "CHARLIE Act," which bans teaching, I kid you not, "critical consciousness" & "prohibited world-views," such as that queer people exist, or that slavery involved race, or, implicitly, that the Nazis murdered Jews based on identity. newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/19/h...

US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling A cable seen by Al Jazeera says the US 'strongly objects' to the island nation seeking support for the ICJ's ruling.

Bullies have to bully: US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling aje.news/16b4li

Bright announcement for ICPSR Summer Program scholarships with a March 1 application deadline and over $400K available.

Scholarship applications the 2026 ICPSR Summer Program close Sunday! Over $400k in scholarships available! Apply by March 1. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships

#SumProg26 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies #DataScienceEducation #ResearchTraining

CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.

My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity

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Project 2025 says (re: weather & climate) that "emphasis on prediction & management seems designed around the fatal conceit of planning for the unplannable." But it's clear that broader federal bureaucracy is being forcibly dismantled to prevent anticipation or mitigation of foreseeable future harm.

State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.

The SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly women

It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport

If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match

The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications

They don’t want certain people to vote

Excellent book! One of my favorites last year.

Some good news today!! Also Denver Public Library is amazing!

Not surprised about the prize though - the book is really good!!

Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policies

Heartland Institute ^ is one of Atlas Network’s hundreds of partners that has worked hardest to destroy consensus on climate.

Merchants of Doubt describes many Atlas partners’ work. Protecting dirty industry is a big job & it pays.

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Hey folks, tried putting together a letter in direct response to the NSF unprompted decision. Feel free to offer suggestion or to add your name as a signatory, and thanks to those that did it alredy! Current text follows (errors all mine!)...

brave students standing up for their neighbors

NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 12 AP:
After Natl Park Service takes pride flag down from flagpole at NYC's Stonewall National Monument, city leaders -- including Manhattan Borough President -- and 100 activists & residents show up to raise it again.

Even when we shut these concentration camps down, the damage itself cannot be undone
Every day it continues, our future generations are further damaged

Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.

At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.

Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:

The E.P.A. Is Barreling Toward a Supreme Court Climate Showdown

Public opinion is not cited in this @nytimes.com story, but repealing the endangerment finding would likely be quite unpopular. Our most recent survey report finds that 74% of American registered voters support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
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it's wild how much time and energy is dedicated to threatening people with AI destroying their livelihood as opposed to actually demonstrating how AI could benefit anyone. it really is all about sticking it to those smug [checks notes] passenger attendants

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude