jayson m porter

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

teaching histories of science and technology can feel so defeating. Even from the decolonial perspectives that highlight black and indigenous perspectives, science and technology history privileges European histories and European epistemologies in so many ways. It's tiring and kind of boring.

Sometimes I feel like I learn more teaching than researching. I've read so many articles today to write next week's articles.

Black Farmers Promote Education and Awareness in the Hudson Valley Efforts to reclaim Black agricultural heritage are reshaping the landscape in the Hudson Valley's farming scene.

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WATCH: MPD collaborates with ICE D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation shows how much that's changed.

Some traffic stops in D.C. are turning into a deportation pipeline. This video investigation, published in partnership with @evidentmedia.org and @bellingcat.com shows just how MPD is collaborating with ICE:

This week in the D.C. takeover: What comes next? Trump may be giving up his control of MPD, but Congress wants way more control over the District.

Next week is going to be a big one from Trump's takeover of D.C.:
🚔 The 30-days of his commandeering of MPD is up. That means Congress needs to extend it, or control comes back to D.C.
📄 The GOP is teeing up bills that could take a huge bite out of D.C.'s home rule.

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Work With Us - Climate and Community Institute Job opportunities at the Climate and Community Institute

‼️ Join my team ‼️ @cplusc.bsky.social is hiring a Housing Policy Manager to help advance progressive housing and climate solutions alongside some of the best tenant unions, labor unions, policymakers, and researchers in the field.

Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/

Hammer & Hope A magazine of Black politics and culture

I would like to make another pitch that you support @hammerandhope.bsky.social by donating and becoming a member. They provide ESSENTIAL analysis to help us better understand the moment we are in. I am a donor/member: hammerandhope.org/membership

From Proposal to Page Workshop: A nonfiction writing workshop with Jessica J. Lee. - Orion Magazine The Course: The More-Than-Human World from Proposal to Page This nonfiction course will center on a wealth of contemporary work inspired by the more-than-human world,...

My @orionmagazine.bsky.social workshop on environmental book proposals is currently open for applications! If you'd like to write your book proposal with a like-minded group of writers while gaining some industry insights, do take a look. orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...

We Are All DC: A National March — Free DC DC communities are joyful, powerful — and we're under attack. Armed National Guard soldiers are carrying guns through our neighborhoods. ICE and FBI agents are profiling, harassing, and violently arr...

DC communities are joyful, powerful— and we're under attack.

"But, what can I do?" Glad you asked!

Check this out or check out tons of opportunities on the full calendar here ⬇️

Thank you!! My environmental writing and methods seminar already has 10 grad students!! 😅

It's official, I'm faculty. I have new "Assistant Professor" webpage at the University of Maryland. history.umd.edu/directory/ja...

Do food-sharing apps reduce waste? - TPR: The Public's Radio Apps that connect customers to discounted leftovers that would otherwise be thrown out, are a great way to reduce food waste, but when you zoom out and look at the data, how much do these apps actuall...

Food-sharing apps that connect customers to discounted leftovers are a great way to reduce food waste, but this week on Possibly we're zooming out and looking at the data. When customers use these apps, how much do they end up helping the environment?
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Thank you!! It hit me a few months ago, that going to culinary school in Mexico City is a dream of mine.

In the distant future: I think I want to do another Fulbright in Mexico City, but at a culinary school instead of a university. I want to take classes but also teach chefs-in-training various histories of food, agriculture, and the African Diaspora in Mexico.

I've always liked this shade of brown. It's like a high quality brand of dark chocolate.

What’s going on with the National Guard in D.C.? Their presence so far has been limited, but with growing numbers that could change.

Excellent explainer from @maustermuhle.bsky.social and @51st.news about what the National Guard is doing in DC right now and the legal and political issues surrounding it. #freedc

Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities The book examines non-Western frameworks in environmental humanities, critiquing dominant paradigms and advancing discourse on diverse human-environment relationships in global contexts.

I'm happy to share the open-access book "Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities", which includes my article.
Big thanks to Gabriela Jarzębowska-Lipińska, Krzysztof Skonieczny, and Paweł Piszczatowski.
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A piece of art pasted in a DC wall showing a black and white drawing of someone in a mask throwing a sandwich.

Seen around DC.

How a thrown sandwich became a symbol of D.C.’s resistance In an already surreal moment, Washingtonians have embraced bread puns, sandwich flags, and sub-themed street art as a form of protest.

Sandwich guy’s “moment of culinary resistance – he wouldn't be subservient, one could say – has become a symbol of the [DC]’s refusal to accept the situation quietly.”

@maustermuhle.bsky.social @51st.news

Gearing Up for Greatness, a project from Ms. Joyner Help me give my students the tools they need to shine on stage. With quality sound equipment and organizational supplies, our growing program will run more smoothly and boost their confidence. Our ...

Hey, y'all, check out this Donors Choose opportunity to support my partner's dance classes in Southeast DC. Thank you for clicking on and sharing this link!
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Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance Edited by Naseer Aruri and Edmund Ghareeb New Forward by Greg Thomas Yellow background with black sketch of bird, flowers, sun, and four people.

Preorder the newly reissued ENEMY OF THE SUN: POETRY OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE (Seven Stories Press) from us. All proceeds to Sameer.

It was originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of SNCC and is finally being reissued!

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The Losses: Of Archives and Arthropods Dead for centuries, the bees can help save their living descendants

"Without the work of curators and curatorial assistants like myself, the unknown will remain hidden for decades more, quietly disintegrating in the lonely darkness...even dead for centuries, the information they offer can help save their living descendants."

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I'm proofreading the intro, conclusion, and seven chapters of my first book manuscript. It's almost done 😭

Our governments are forcing us to watch Palestinians starve to death

A bipartisan endeavor

We kept saying genocide and it has been and also that can make it hard to appreciate this is a new level to it

Mass, irreversible starvation

Entrance of Fixing Our Broken Planet

Second stop (seems I can never go to just one museum/exhibition in a day…) was the Natural History Museum to see their new Fixing our broken planet exhibit.