Maria Armoudian, Ph.D., @UoA, #ScholarsCircle, #NgaAraWhetu

awful.

omg

Planetary Solutions Archives

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Has anyone moved a #piano overseas? I want to bring my baby grand here to NZ but am really struggling to find a good, affordable shipping company.

Forgot to tag #HumanRights #Justice

Barriers to justice for survivors of egregious human rights violations: A transdisciplinary approach Redressing survivors of egregious human rights violations remains one of the intractable issues of our times. Based on interviews with advocates working to remedy these injustices, this article exa...

For the past year, I have focused on the University of Auckland's sustainability & Ngā Ara Whetū Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society instead of publishing. BUT with coauthors, Tim Lawler and Bethan Payne, we published this in the Journal of Human Rights. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Industry emissions have risen faster than any other sector since 2000. To decarbonize we need:
🧱 Less cement & steel use
⚡ Efficiency & electrification
🌱 New solutions like green hydrogen

More from #SystemsChangeLab: bit.ly/3TQMHDp

so sad.

Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.

Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.

This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?

well done.

Scholars' Circle - Pope Leo & Augustinian thought - June 8, 2025 What will it mean for Catholicism and the world to have the first Augustinian Pope? What were the teachings of Augustine of Hippo, who inspires the Order of Augustine? And what are Pope Leo's theologi...

In this weeks show, Leo XIV is Augustinian. Who was Augustine and what does it mean to be Augustinian. We explore this with two fabulous Augustinian scholars and discuss charity, faith and love. Give it a listen!

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@scholarscircle.org @armoudian.bsky.social

screenshot from the NSF budget request to congress showing that the number of people involved in NSF activities will drop from 330,100 to 90,000.

The bottom line with the proposed cuts to NSF is to cut the number of working scientists and disappear opportunities to train new scientists.

This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.

I don't understand why he would publish that book. Like that's the big coverup? There are so many huge coverups!

My statement on the charges filed against me:

The politics driving the mass tragedy of native species decline OPINION: Why does New Zealand have one of the highest proportions of threatened native species in the world?

If you're interested in mitigating this mass #extinction, #Biodiversity & #climatechange crises, we must change our politics. Published today to rethink, including by redefining wealth (nature = wealth) & success, cleaning campaign systems & #deliberativedemocracy. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

I even advise my mother to do that. Awful, isn't it?

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

Another terrifying prospect.

“We have the solutions –but what stops us is the disinformation campaigns & lobby power of the #FossilFuel industry. Ignoring reality, denying the laws of physics & silencing scientists can only lead to harm, & ordinary people will pay the price”

#ClimateChange scientist, Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf

Did David have evidence? I mean I wouldn't put it past this admin but I'd like to be sure w/evidence.

Totally agree. I hope they don't destroy that too.

I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books

If you're in Auckland, come along to this at 5 PM: www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025...

More terrible news for us all.

U.S. National Climate Assessment Likely Dead After Contract Canceled - Eos The Trump administration has canceled funding used to coordinate the National Climate Assessment, a major, congressionally mandated U.S. climate change report produced through the U.S. Global Change R...

The Trump administration has canceled a contract critical to the completion of the Sixth National Climate Assessment, a major U.S. climate report. 🧪

eos.org/research-and...

please link to your paper.

If you care about #HumanRights #Redress and want to know a bit of the policy history in the US, especially #universaljurisdiction, here's a piece I just published on it in the Journal of Policy History: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Or is he going into Fort Knox to be sure the gold is there so he can acquire it for himself?

another argument for why we need good government and why it matters who is in charge.