Entre medio la censura, el facismo y genocidio, se me van los días observando estas hermosas cuncunas. Ya salió la primera mariposa ayer
#swallowtail #papiliopolyxenes #cuncuna #butterfly
the feeling of powerlessness combined with the craven, evil behavior i'm witnessing -- ppl destroying food for Gazans, blocking them from speech now of all times -- is really making it hard to keep going, honestly.
SCOOP: After weeks of murkiness about who is funding the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, sources reveal top Trump officials are *forcing* USAID to send up to $210 million to GHF.
Read @premthakker.bsky.social's article:
zeteo.com/p/scoop-usai...
Lovely not-surprising surprise when we log on to write.
#friendswhowritetogetherstaytogether #palestino
Gracias totales #SLACA2025! Excelentes investigaciones y ponencias, compañerismo antropológico, conversas, risas y calidez panameña. Justo lo que se necesita estos días.
#antropologia #latinoamerica #caribe #anthropology #socialsciences #research #panama #museodelcanal
Can’t wait to see you soon! Just arrived
there’s this very american idea that everything we do to fight facism must be “productive” and “results-driven” in order for it to be meaningful as if the act of calling out injustice is not worthwhile on its own.
Page 228 of “Wintering: the power of rest and retreat in difficult times” by Katherine May (2020). About singing and the power of song.
Hard cover of book “Wintering: the power of rest and retreat in difficult times” by Katherine May. Peach/salmon colored cover with a white leaf in the background and white dots. Laying on a wooden table.
“We sing because we must… like the robin, we sometimes sing to show how strong we are, and we sometimes sing in hope of better times. We sing either way.”
por eso sigo cantando
#singing #choir #canto #wintering #rest #descanso
so important. great volunteer opportunity
Photograph showing snowy landscape at a small college campus. Snow covered walkways, earth, benches, and frozen lake. The sun is setting and trees are bare against the blue sky.
Starting the semester con frío, nieve y mucho ánimo.
#highered #chicagoland #academicsky
An arrangement of spring flowers in various old ink & poison bottles & a tiny old jam jar, including primulas, cowslip, forget me not, anemone blanda, cow parsley leaves, pulmonary, daisies & saxifrage.
Recently I missed a couple of weeks of posting my photos here due to really bad mental health but I hope to make up for that.
I design my photos using recent research into the shift in brain activity from fight/flight to rest &relaxation triggered by looking at plants/at something we find beautiful.
A photo of groundcherries (Alkekengi) in a garden in winter. The round, orange, cherry tomato-like fruits are suspended in the center of pendulous, vaguely heart-shaped husks made of networks of dried beige veins. The husks have a delicate, skeletal, lattice-like structure, reminiscent of laser-cut papercraft.
In winter through early spring, you can sometimes find unspoiled, still-bright groundcherries sitting in the latticed remnants of their husks, like hearts suspended in paper ribcages
Mutual aid, sanctuary spaces, sharing pantries, freedom schools, reading collectives, childcare collectives, shared gardens. Just a few ideas of how we keep us safe. We don’t have to give up. But we need to commune. Peace in the struggle. Joy in the fight.
Ok. Then let’s vote that in though.
One after another, the billionaire media and social media bosses - Bezos, Zuckerberg, Soon-Shiong, Benioff - bend the knee to Trump. No wonder Trump himself is bragging about having "tamed" the US media. For once, he's not lying.
Some migrant laborers I've photographed picking crops in CA and living in canyons to avoid detection. Brutal work.
Experts have made it clear that mass deportations as promised will not only destroy lives, but cripple corporate and small agriculture and drive food inflation. #immigration
Hermoso
Beyond wage and employment considerations, policy makers and the general public are interested in the impact that an expanding population, and immigration in particular, has on public finances and the sustainability of government programs. All population subgroups contribute to government finances by paying taxes and add to expenditures by consuming public services—but the levels differ. On average, individuals in the first generation are more costly to governments, mainly at the state and local levels, than are the native-born generations; however, immigrants’ children—the second generation—are among the strongest economic and fiscal contributors in the population. Estimates of the long-run fiscal impact of immigrants and their descendants would likely be more positive if their role in sustaining labor force growth and contributing to innovation and entrepreneurial activity were taken into account.
Since immigrants (and their children) are a frequent topic of discussion, I thought I'd remind folks that the U.S. National Academies studied the effects of immigration on the U.S. and published a free report. Here's one finding that stands out to me. 1/4
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2355...
Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
55 Years Ago Today, Police Murdered Fred Hampton. His Activism Lives On. truthout.org/articles/50-...
Ordered your books, excited to read them!
Poem by Ross Gay A Small Needful Fact Is that Eric Garner worked for some time for the Parks and Rec. Horticultural Department, which means, perhaps, that with his very large hands, perhaps, in all likelihood, he put gently into the earth some plants which, most likely, some of them, in all likelihood, continue to grow, continue to do what such plants do, like house and feed small and necessary creatures, like being pleasant to touch and smell, like converting sunlight into food, like making it easier for us to breathe.
poets.org/poem/small-n...
I curated a list of really smart scientists (and me) of Latin American and/or Hispanic background to follow… Still trying to figure out Bsky, so I apologize if there’s already one going around. Please help spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added.
go.bsky.app/ReQgt2H
A list of candidates for the Best Independent book publishers: Haymarket Books, Half Letter Press, Long Day Press, Northwestern University Press, Okpara House, Rose Metal Press, and Tortoise Books
Proud to be defending our title as “Best independent book publisher” in the Chicago Reader’s annual “Best of Chicago” poll. Go vote! bestof.chicagoreader.com/arts-and-cul...
#IQRMI for early career faculty, application coming soon kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/IQRMI
I highly recommend the Intersectional Qualitative Research Methods Institute. I attended 2 years ago, a fantastic experience of learning, community, and growth. They have one for doctoral students and another for early career faculty.
#qualitativemethods #intersectionality #research #highered
"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky