Julie Libarkin
@holdingupthesky.bsky.social
Access, inclusion, equity, and justice - ALWAYS. Lives among the Anishinaabe peoples on occupied lands
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I am feeling more and more my grandmother’s family story - disability saved them. She immigrated before WW1 but everyone else stayed. Her grandfather was deaf and had been sent as a youth to school in the city (maybe Vilna). 1/4
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In almost 18 months, Trump has implemented 92% of Project 2025’s recommendations for the White House.
This should be alarming to everyone.
A total destruction of our institutions from within — so they work less efficient for YOU.
This should be alarming to everyone.
A total destruction of our institutions from within — so they work less efficient for YOU.
May 30, 2026 at 2:10 AM
In almost 18 months, Trump has implemented 92% of Project 2025’s recommendations for the White House.
This should be alarming to everyone.
A total destruction of our institutions from within — so they work less efficient for YOU.
This should be alarming to everyone.
A total destruction of our institutions from within — so they work less efficient for YOU.
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Very disappointing if this is the current NSF stance.
Postdocs are the path to research (and many other) careers. We need these investments to train future generations and to remain relevant and competitive.
Postdocs are the path to research (and many other) careers. We need these investments to train future generations and to remain relevant and competitive.
#nsf canceled #geoscience postdocs. That’s nifty. Let’s pretend we aren’t messing up the planet and be super sure to stop training people who can help. eos.org/research-and...
NSF Eliminates Geoscience Postdocs - Eos
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has eliminated its postdoctoral fellowship funding for Earth scientists.
eos.org
May 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Very disappointing if this is the current NSF stance.
Postdocs are the path to research (and many other) careers. We need these investments to train future generations and to remain relevant and competitive.
Postdocs are the path to research (and many other) careers. We need these investments to train future generations and to remain relevant and competitive.
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Tough world for new geologists out there.
Even what I do takes at least three other geologists of similar licensing to vouch for your experience before you can even sit for the licensing exam, so the criteria becomes tighter as the candidate pool continues to shrink.
Even what I do takes at least three other geologists of similar licensing to vouch for your experience before you can even sit for the licensing exam, so the criteria becomes tighter as the candidate pool continues to shrink.
#nsf canceled #geoscience postdocs. That’s nifty. Let’s pretend we aren’t messing up the planet and be super sure to stop training people who can help. eos.org/research-and...
NSF Eliminates Geoscience Postdocs - Eos
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has eliminated its postdoctoral fellowship funding for Earth scientists.
eos.org
May 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Tough world for new geologists out there.
Even what I do takes at least three other geologists of similar licensing to vouch for your experience before you can even sit for the licensing exam, so the criteria becomes tighter as the candidate pool continues to shrink.
Even what I do takes at least three other geologists of similar licensing to vouch for your experience before you can even sit for the licensing exam, so the criteria becomes tighter as the candidate pool continues to shrink.
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Indeed, you cannot.
May 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Indeed, you cannot.
#nsf canceled #geoscience postdocs. That’s nifty. Let’s pretend we aren’t messing up the planet and be super sure to stop training people who can help. eos.org/research-and...
NSF Eliminates Geoscience Postdocs - Eos
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has eliminated its postdoctoral fellowship funding for Earth scientists.
eos.org
May 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
#nsf canceled #geoscience postdocs. That’s nifty. Let’s pretend we aren’t messing up the planet and be super sure to stop training people who can help. eos.org/research-and...
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ABSOLUTELY…. How far have we fallen
Anyone Jewish or Muslim or atheist or simply non-Christian has no dflifficulty taking this as the implicit threat it is intended to be
May 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
ABSOLUTELY…. How far have we fallen
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This is the start of “Stories Where Bad Things Happen”….
May 19, 2026 at 10:32 AM
This is the start of “Stories Where Bad Things Happen”….
“I’m shocked!” said No One.
‘We’re not ready’: US lags on pandemic preparedness after Covid, experts say www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘We’re not ready’: US lags on pandemic preparedness after Covid, experts say
Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public health
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
“I’m shocked!” said No One.
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Tennessee NAACP goes to court to stop "late-decade Congressional redistricting," and the law sure looks to be on their side.
May 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Tennessee NAACP goes to court to stop "late-decade Congressional redistricting," and the law sure looks to be on their side.
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virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling
May 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling
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I keep reading posts like this and my brain glitches because US, UK, and Australia (among others) are all being led by arseholes
CN: racism
Looking forward to weeks of media coverage about Reform’s racism problem. Hello? Hello?
Looking forward to weeks of media coverage about Reform’s racism problem. Hello? Hello?
The state of it
May 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I keep reading posts like this and my brain glitches because US, UK, and Australia (among others) are all being led by arseholes
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Pretty cool how one side gets to cheat and the other isn’t allowed to win fairly
May 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Pretty cool how one side gets to cheat and the other isn’t allowed to win fairly
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“we have to fight back by voting” when we just VOTED and had that taken from us is INSANE
May 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“we have to fight back by voting” when we just VOTED and had that taken from us is INSANE
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“Mariska Hargitay and the Joyful Heart Foundation are celebrating a major achievement. After 16 years, the organization's End the Backlog initiative — which was created to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits…successfully achieved reform in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.” 🫡
May 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
“Mariska Hargitay and the Joyful Heart Foundation are celebrating a major achievement. After 16 years, the organization's End the Backlog initiative — which was created to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits…successfully achieved reform in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.” 🫡
Are the women in the kitchen chained to the radiator?
I don’t know what’s real anymore. Apparently this is real.
May 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Are the women in the kitchen chained to the radiator?
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“The Black Hills remain the spiritual center of the Great Sioux Nation, and they are not for sale, lease, or exploitation by energy companies” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nine...
Nine Native American tribes sue US Forest Service over approval of drilling at sacred site
Nine Native American tri
www.newsfromthestates.com
May 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM
“The Black Hills remain the spiritual center of the Great Sioux Nation, and they are not for sale, lease, or exploitation by energy companies” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nine...
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The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.”
- Barack Obama
- Barack Obama
May 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.”
- Barack Obama
- Barack Obama
The culmination of Reagan’s dream to abandon our most vulnerable people with disabilities. My brother has a severe mental illness. He is very poor. He needs the very little money he receives - and he is on a waiting list for affordable housing.
A grim example from @propublica.org: The Trump admin plans to punish people with disabilities living with their parents by reducing their SSI benefits.
They are also going to drown them in administrative burdens, including for people w intellectual disabilities.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
They are also going to drown them in administrative burdens, including for people w intellectual disabilities.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
April 30, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The culmination of Reagan’s dream to abandon our most vulnerable people with disabilities. My brother has a severe mental illness. He is very poor. He needs the very little money he receives - and he is on a waiting list for affordable housing.
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The US military said it attacked another boat in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, killing three people, per @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
These strikes aren’t one-off incidents, they’re part of a pattern of using military force where the law does not permit it, over and over again.
These strikes aren’t one-off incidents, they’re part of a pattern of using military force where the law does not permit it, over and over again.
April 30, 2026 at 9:16 AM
The US military said it attacked another boat in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, killing three people, per @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
These strikes aren’t one-off incidents, they’re part of a pattern of using military force where the law does not permit it, over and over again.
These strikes aren’t one-off incidents, they’re part of a pattern of using military force where the law does not permit it, over and over again.
Do large professional societies deserve our membership? AGU takes in over FIFTY MILLION in #$US each year. AGU gutted its equity programs - ended BRIDGE and fired staff working on critical mentoring - to comply w/ current political climate and, most important, without asking members what we wanted.
Reupping this due to revisionism on what the hell AGU was doing last year and the role that AGU's membership criticizing them played in getting the org to align with its professed values.
After outcry from the membership, the pages returned. there was little explanation for why that removal had occurred. AGU Pres, Pres. Elect, and CEO sent a brief explanation to volunteer leaders via email that indicated a legal requirement for such take-down and review. To quote...3/
April 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Do large professional societies deserve our membership? AGU takes in over FIFTY MILLION in #$US each year. AGU gutted its equity programs - ended BRIDGE and fired staff working on critical mentoring - to comply w/ current political climate and, most important, without asking members what we wanted.