Kim Landsbergen Ph.D.

Tuesdays are for Iggy and the Stooges 🧡

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If we’re lucky, a few months from now, after most colleges & universities refuse to sign this thing, we’ll see stories like, “Vidal Sassoon Cosmetology College, The Connecticut School of Broadcasting, and ITT Technical Institute have refused to sign Trump’s compact.”

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Happy Sunday friends

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Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to someone who is NOT a FASCIST “VERY STABLE GENIUS”!
María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

American freedom sometimes means making #outsider #art in the medium of #lawn ridicule. As much as ‘mericans worship #conformity, perfection & #monoculture, this #ecologist does what she can to find #creative #joy as our nation celebrates kicking #monarchy and #fascism’s ASS 🇺🇸

plot comparing global surface temperature observations ("Berkeley Earth" project--red) with IPCC ("CMIP6") climate model simulations (black is average over all models; blue shading shows spread among models)

Here's the latest comparison of global surface temperature observations (red) with IPCC climate model simulations (through March 2025, via @hausfath.bsky.social):

The warming is steady and global temperatures will continue to increase until we bring carbon emissions to zero.
#TheTruthIsBadEnough

Fixed Yer Headline, @washingtonpost :

“Wounded by a failed birthday parade and No Kings Day, oligarch puppet presidenr pushes war button and imperils us all for the sake of his fragile yet planetary-sized ego.”

“Subheadline: And the Nation Stands Idly By”

‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behind

We are so cooked part one billion
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Man sits with chairs and his sign: ‘You are not alone. I will listen.’ “I am available to listen,” said Paul Jenkinson, who sets up chairs and a table in public places. “But only if you want me to.”

@djjohnrichards.bsky.social "you are not alone" wapo.st/4j9ltSQ

America has to one of the only countries in the world that will try to turn a story about crippling medical debt into a feel-good story.

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong. The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

“The fact that we don’t have a government framework for dealing with these issues is not just an Alaska problem, it’s a national problem,” one climate adaptation consultant told us.

Read the full story here (w/ @washingtonpost.com‬ & KYUK):

“There’s one in every car”

Bad Blood Champion Jack Dupree · Blues From The Gutter · Song · 1958

you got bad blood,
i believe you need a shot…
climb up on the table baby,
let the doctor see what else you got

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Happy Workers Day!
Good people what are we waiting on?
Tear those fascists down!

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EPA orders staff to begin canceling research grants Agency targets programs that award up to $40 million annually

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Wearing my #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet @moby shirt today in honor of #EarthDay. Thanks @refurbished_rach for the excellent tie dye updo!

And yes, these frames are literally called “Thelma” (from ScoobyDoo)

Thank you to my college President Jane Fernandez @antiochcollege for being a part of this

A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U A Call for Constructive Engagement

NEW TODAY: 200 college and university presidents band together to condemn “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education and reaffirm the “essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom.” www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Happy Earth Day - do something joyful for yourself and for Pacha Mama today (Tuesday April 22nd) 🫶

Statue = American Democracy

JD Vance just broke apart the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy on live television.

#Wisconsin, I love you ❤️
#FelonElon #DumpTrump

Wisconsin supreme court race: Liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

"I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped"
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USDA Promised Loan Relief, Then Repealed It. Black Farmers Are Fighting Back Four growers hope a judge will overturn a ruling dismissing their claims that Congress failed to fulfill its promise regarding a $4 billion debt relief program.

Four growers hope a judge will overturn a ruling dismissing their claims that Congress failed to fulfill its promise regarding a $4 billion debt relief program. capitalbnews.org/black-farmer...

Soooo many crabs

Farms, Food Banks Cut Off Guard By Spending Cuts (Gift Article) Promising a return to “fiscally responsible initiatives,” the Agriculture Department ended two Biden-era programs that paid farmers to provide food to schools and low-income families.

For the GOP, cruelty is the point. Shame on them and on anyone who supports making people go hungry. The GOP has cut funding to pay farmers to provide FOOD for schools and food banks. (We’re not talking corn & soy)

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...

How to Transition From a Democracy to an Autocracy Transitioning from democracy to autocracy is challenging for anyone .  Whether you’ve moved to autocracy because of a military coup, or because a r...

"Whether you’ve moved to autocracy because of a military coup, or because a racist populist trampled over the norms of decency, or because your senators were too cowardly to do their job by impeaching a traitorous buffoon, it's tough."