Danielle Zoe Rivera

The appearance of the sky blue Puerto Rican flag is most moving of all, given its meaning and how it was criminalized for so long. To carry it with hundreds of millions watching on national TV is certainly an important moment in Puerto Rican history and culture.

Photo of Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show: holding the Puerto Rican independence flag.

Photo of Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show: in a simulated sugarcane field with jíbaros.

Photo of Ricky Martin at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Photo of Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show: in a Puerto Rican wedding and family celebration.

These scenes capture so much about the histories of our families: both the pains we've experienced as Puerto Ricans, but also the bonds that carried/carry us through. That they were shown on such a powerful national stage, and in solidarity with other communities with similar pains, is so moving.

X post screenshot explaining how current outcry focuses extensively on the white folx killed by ICE, but not any of the Black/Brown/Asian folx.

As a result, posts that appear as solidarity are often not: there is not enough awareness of what Black and Latinx peoples have and continue to deal with, what we hear in our communities is rarely reflected in the news... The post below makes this point, and those are just recent names too...

And they've been happening for two decades, since the patrol was formed (and the Rangers before them). One reason I've stayed away from this app in the past months is that the discussions around ICE are often highly racialized and invisibilize the long history of Black/Brown struggles.

As many teachers are completing syllabi for the coming semester/quarter, a reminder that this resource is free and available to all!

Alice Wong, a woman in a wheelchair with dark hair, poses in a pink and orange outfit and berry lipstick. A headline reads: "Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51." Photo via John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water Nature Water - Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is influenced by various socioeconomic factors. A survey of a large number of California water systems shows how different...

This article is an amazing reconceptualization of rural water capacities! First-authored by an awesome colleague of mine! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.

A California wildfire wiped out this little-known ancient forest of massive trees just before major fire-prevention work was set to begin.

“I am sad because this old-growth forest is no more. I am angry because this outcome was a choice.”

www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

I'd respond: "Which time?" 😆

Absolutely horrifying...

a, Total incidence of TCs on CONUS by month. Bar height is sum of average maximum wind speeds for all state-by-storm events. Colours correspond to decades. b, Stacked overlapping excess mortality responses to each storm for all of CONUS. Each storm response aggregates state-level responses nationally, accounting for state-level population and adaptation. Outline colours correspond to the decade when the TC occurred. The upper envelope is the total estimated mortality burden for CONUS resulting from all TCs occurring during the prior 172 months (see Supplementary Fig. 3). c, Official deaths directly resulting from TCs for each month according to NOAA National Hurricane Center and NOAA National Weather Service6,7. The y-axis scale is the same for b and c.

This is pretty crazy, study models millions of indirect hurricane deaths potentially driving/contributing to the life expectancy disparity in the US:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Texas floods showed why many rural communities feel abandoned in a crisis Almost a third of Americans live in unincorporated communities beyond city limits, where disaster aid can confuse and frustrate.

At Grist, Laura Mallonee has just published a critically important article on the Texas flood recovery and how unincorporated boundaries are impacting equitable recovery. I was happy to chat with Laura about my ongoing research on these issues in Texas and California.

grist.org/extreme-weat...

Holy moly... our NIH grant wasn't canceled! I'm so thrilled! But that also means I now have TWO intense community-engaged research projects scheduled for Spring/Summer 2026...!

🧿 Wish me luck 🧿

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A series of three photographs showing a Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar grow and turn into a chrysalis.

Life is chaotic right now, but watching this little Swallowtail caterpillar on my fennel plant grow and transform has been so thrilling this past week!

I blame the massive hills and steep paths! I'm constantly stumbling around campus too!

You got this! I'm looking forward to reading the papers!

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Yep, I need to refill our back-up water supply!

Yes! It seems to keep going, rattling the windows at the end of the work day today!

they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements

I think so!

Right near our neighborhood, woke us up with the house swaying and a frenzy of alarms going off!

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Calls on Syracuse University to Fire Professors Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk's Murder or Face Loss of Federal Funding September 17, 2025 | Press Release Washington, DC - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today issued the following statement after reports surfaced o that two professors at Syracuse University mocked the brutal murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk: "While Americans across the country are mourning the tragic murder of Charle Kirk, two Syracuse University professors, Jenn Jackson and Farhana Sultana, used their platforms to celebrate and mock his death," said Congresswoman Tenney. Their appalling remarks included comments such as 'rest in piss, 'give him what he valued: no empathy, referring to him as 'trash, and even thanking a so-called 'witch' for cursing his life." = tenney.house.gov

We'll deliver breaking news directly to your inbox. Sign up today. By Mark Weiner | mweiner@syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse University said Wednesday it had taken swift action to address an uproar over social media posts made by two professors about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In a statement, the university implied it had placed both professors on leave and promised to treat the matter "with utmost seriousness.

Hey, people who work on climate especially, you should know this is happening.

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

UC Berkeley betrayed their own faculty, including Jewish academics like Judith Butler, to the Trump administration

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It was ultimately realizing that this work I do is entirely invisible to all but one of my coworkers and the anger that generated inside of me. I'm tired, I know from our mentorship community that we all are tired and don't have energy for academic games right now.

I broke today. It wasn't what happened today, it was the Supreme Court ruling yesterday, and turning to my Black/Indigenous/Latinx mentees not knowing what to say to them. It was silence from white colleagues. It was having to tell my mentorship community one of our heroes passed away last weekend.