Janet K. Swim

Bryant Avenue Is Amazing Bryant Avenue in South Minneapolis demonstrates promising potential for innovative street and bikeway designs — if we let them get built.

Had the occasion to ride all the way down the Bryant Ave bikeway today while doing an alleycat for a friend's birthday. Can again confirm that as @lauragmitchell.com and I wrote about last year, Bryant Ave is amazing.

1925 Peace Dollar The Story Behind the 1925 Peace Silver Dollar The 1925 Peace Silver Dollar is more than just a coin; it’s a symbol of hope and a reflection of a pivotal moment in American history. Struck during...

Perhaps the silver dollar commemorating peace after WWI From the web: www.currencyandcoin.com/rare-coin-re...

NSF announced that research on dis/misinformation is terminated (avoiding free speech violations). It lists science education as one of its seven research priority. But It is essential to explain science dis/misinformation to teach science. Did anyone else catch this inconsistency?

Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

The American Meteorological Society has issued this dire warning of "disastrous consequences" for America's ability to predict lethal weather:

"The administration's 2026 budget... would close all of NOAA’s weather, climate, and ocean Laboratories."

www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

Whats going on in the realm of nature connectedness and relational values? Check out my recently published review of the recent trends in research on the psychology of human–nature relationships. Its on the academic side of things, but rather short so hopefully a quick read doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Is the loneliness epidemic reducing climate action? Our new paper (w/ @janetkswim.bsky.social) suggests maybe so!

We find that social support is associated with greater action hope, which is associated with more climate action. Open access article: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We’re launching a #ThankYouBrigade for federal public servants starting today. Call or email any federal office that’s mattered to you. National Park. EPA. Local Social Security office. National Forest. Just say thanks for serving. Nothing else. No politics. Nothing that would cause trouble. 1/2

Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment.

"Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research" by @scottpwaldman.bsky.social for #EENews: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

New American Climate Perspectives Survey ecoAmerica's latest survey reveals that Donald Trump's victory has sparked growing climate concern, even among his supporters. Read more.

ecoamerica.org/american-cli...

First the Montana Supreme Court victory and now this: tremendous. We all know it’s gonna be hard - state by state. But this is what it can look like …

Early Access Prints — Society for Human Ecology Preprints

Preprints of Human Ecology Review v. 28 #2 are now available online open access at:
www.societyforhumanecology.org/preprints
Table of Contents
Linda Kalof and Thomas Dietz’s Contributions to Human Ecology: A Celebration of Two Esteemed Careers
There are 12 papers. We are grateful to everyone!

In a new interdisciplinary Nature Climate Change Perspective paper, led by me, @lisgilmore and Rachael Shwom, we offer a critical perspective on #climate and social “tipping points.” 🎁: rdcu.be/d2gBC 🧵

Sociology and the climate crisis: A momentum surge and the roots run deep Click on the article title to read more.

Given how amazing these starter packs are, for folks following me that might be curious about sociology's contributions to research on the climate crisis, you might find this invited commentary of interest: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#ClimateCrisis #Sociology #Climate #PoliticalEconomy

Looking at fig 2, it seems there are measures of type or degree of negative anticipatory emotion (worry,anxiety,fear) and cognitive or physical markers of stress. Is that fair characterization?

Meta to End Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump a...

Remember facts? Yeah, that’s no longer a thing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021 After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their po...

1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years

But we've identified 10 promise keepers:

Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft

Could you add me?

I often talk silently to myself but swear out loud. Does that count?

New paper in BJSP! We (me, JanetSwim & JohnFraser) explore how social support can promote climate action. We find that those receiving more social support have more hope about taking action, and this action hope predicts more intended and self-reported behavior. Read here: shorturl.at/HiZHt

I've just published an article in @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social on logic-checking as a complementary approach to fact-checking. Logic-checking can tackle misinformation that fact-checking struggles to address, & seamlessly leads to logic-based corrections skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/the-...

Yes. Let's do this.

The climate-crusading lawyer who sued Switzerland over global warming — and won Cordelia Bähr is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024.

I love that the lawyer who connected climate attribution to health risk science is one of @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s 10 people who shaped science in 2024.

She led the lawsuit against the Swiss govt for violating the rights of older women by failing to take steps to prevent climate change.

Montana supreme court upholds right to ‘stable climate system’ for youngsters Court rules in favor of 16 young people who said their health and prospects were being imperiled by climate crisis

A phenomenal outcome.

Bravo to the incredible Lise Van Susteren @vansusteren.bsky.social, who was an expert witness on the harms of climate change on young people’s mental health.

“The 6-1 decision [was] the first of its kind by a US state supreme court…”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Make up of congress by race, gender, and religion

Anyone notice a pattern here?

Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...

PennDOT is developing a “connector” highway next to our house. The have been expanding highway 322 for decades. The section next to our house is the last part,“connecting” two end that have already been expanded. The word connector used here and evidently other places makes it sound inevitable.

Penn State will be hiring an associate or full tenure-line professor with tenure in the Bellisario College of Communications. The review of applications will begin Jan. 13. 
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This is in addition to our hire in communication engagement
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“Whataboutism” is certainly something I’ve encountered.

Assistant/Associate Research Professor - Penn State Climate Consortium APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

@climatena.bsky.social The Penn State Climate consortium is advertising to hire a community engagement for climate solutions research faculty position at the assistant or associate level. Please see the following link, apply, and/or share with others.
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