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Mitchell Owens

@mcowens.bsky.social

Water + policy geographer. Technically a bug taxonomist. Currently a Hoosier. Eclectic music enthusiast. Unrepentant Hornets/Rays/Tar Heels sicko.

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RACE CALL:

All three North Carolina Democrats (Shelly Willingham, Nasif Majeed, & Carla Cunningham) who voted to overturn Governor Josh Stein's vetoes have LOST their respective Democratic primaries

04.03.2026 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1527    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 73

lmfao get wrecked

04.03.2026 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3537    πŸ” 448    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 3

When someone says β€žScientists do not want you to knowβ€œ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

03.03.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6911    πŸ” 3027    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 125

Welp I guess there’s no way to earn the votes of young men other than by courting and vocally backing the three fraudulent industries that are absolutely ruining their lives.

04.03.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1322    πŸ” 260    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œβ€˜I am one of the last few standing. It’s crisis all around. As the taxonomic community ages, we are not being replaced. You cannot get the grant money. There are almost no university or museum positions,’ he says. β€˜My science is dying.’”

Really heartwrenching, & salient to my work, unfortunately.

03.03.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A federal and state forest map of the state of oregon.

A federal and state forest map of the state of oregon.

Look at this map. Anything green is on the chopping block.
This would be a fundamental and irrevocable change to the entire natural ecology of the this state.
Devastating.

01.03.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 285    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $

26.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2073    πŸ” 600    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 50

"American innovation" now refers to making a kind of atrocity cronut by combining insider trading with war crimes.

01.03.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2926    πŸ” 782    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 26
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A true trail blazer, Lusia Harris became the first Black woman inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, fifteen years after being the first and only woman ever selected in the NBA Draft.

More Black history spotlights: https://info.sports-reference.com/bhm-spotlights#bbr

28.02.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chuck Schumer: β€˜The American People Deserve A President Who Can More Credibly Justify War With Iran’ WASHINGTONβ€”In a pointed critique of President Trump’s foreign policy leadership, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stated to members of the press Thursday that β€œthe American people deserve a presid...

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28.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6717    πŸ” 1517    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 81
Die for Donald Trump U.S. army ad

Die for Donald Trump U.S. army ad

Dust until the internal screaming subsides swiffer ad

Dust until the internal screaming subsides swiffer ad

The December print edition of @theonion.com once again prescient

28.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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theonion.com/this-war-wil...

28.02.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3679    πŸ” 831    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 23
A screenshot showing "Autoplay videos and GIFs" unchecked

A screenshot showing "Autoplay videos and GIFs" unchecked

As video of the US and Israel's latest atrocities begins to pour in, I cannot recommend disabling autoplay video and gifs strongly enough. Keep what you're exposed to under your control.

settings: content and media

28.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fri. Day. Night.

28.02.2026 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

WE HAD A HEEL TURN FROM A BAD GUY IN EPISODE ONE WHO IS A GRUMPY WARRIOR MONK FOR 3/4TH OF HIS TIME ON THE SHOW UNTIL ITS TIME TO *GIVE HIS LIFE* FOR PROTO HUMANS WHO HE UNWITTINGLY TEACHES SELF DEFENSE AND QUOTES HAMLET AS HE FUCKING DIES AND ITS THE GREATEST PIECE OF ANIMATION PUT TO TV OH MY GOD

25.02.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

β€œβ€˜The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

26.02.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3126    πŸ” 1488    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 157

Voiding documents that make it legal for people to move through the world normallyβ€”especially but not exclusively when you give them no practical opportunity to get new ones even if they wanted toβ€”is (still) not about bathrooms or sports. It’s about erasure.

26.02.2026 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 416    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Much truth here. I will only add that IU did not so much β€œlose” its soul, as it had it forcibly torn out (almost like a scene in Pullman’s Dark Materials series)

25.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Students feel like they can’t enroll in majors like Af-Am Studies and WGSS because they’re getting messages from all sides that they’re not remunerative. And yet they desperately want the knowledge, so classes are full. That seems to be the situation everywhere.

26.02.2026 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 405    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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How the WNBPA made itself lockout-proof - The IX Sports How the WNBPA made itself lockout-proof β€” Azzi Fudd, Sarah Strong talk UConn all in the latest Basketball Insider.

Our Basketball Insider @howardmegdal.bsky.social unpacks, with deep reporting, exactly why the WNBPA is in an unprecedented financial position as #WNBA CBA talks continue: www.theixsports.com/how-the-wnbp...

25.02.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Amid Delays, Dallas Wings Find Themselves in Middle of Convention Center Development Drama As the Wings try to get control of the development of their future practice facility, Dallas city council members sparred on Wednesday as cost overruns reach eight figures.

We listened to hours of Dallas City Council meetings today so you don't have to.

Amid eight figure cost overruns and yearlong delays, the Dallas Wings find themselves stuck between frustrated city councilmembers and a development firm in hot water.

READ HERE: https://ow.ly/xqfq50YmbOy

25.02.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

Can I tell you about a creator who peaked at 33

25.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

can’t spell Dale Earnhardt International without DEI πŸ™ŒπŸ»

25.02.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 871    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2
screencap from shoresy: "lets kill some guys"

screencap from shoresy: "lets kill some guys"

me getting ready to play GoldenEye on N64 at an irresponsibly young age

23.02.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Fwiw they really did give him a Make-a-Wish day, as in, the experience you might see an NHL team do for a kid at the local children's hospital. Matthew Tkachuk put his medal on him. They let him in the victory circle that was only the team. Except you paid for him to do it and he's 45 and not sick

24.02.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 660    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6
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Kash Patel and the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team Deserve Each Other These Olympics were joyful and uplifting. Then the FBI director showed up.

Kash Patel got his Make-a-Wish. You paid hundreds of thousands of dollars so he could cosplay as a gold medal winner with his hockey heroes. Dream weekend, very happy he could live out this fantasy @slate.com slate.com/culture/2026...

23.02.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 368    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

and that, my fellow academics, is one reason not to hire war criminals: so they can't show up years post (their) war arguing in favor of the scaffolding behind their own atrocities with the imprimatur and status of your university

23.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2480    πŸ” 495    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 6

I was interviewed for this article about the Kinzua Dam, which flooded β…“ of the Allegany Reservation in NY, flooded the last tribally-held land in PA, and displaced hundreds of members of the Seneca Nation.

23.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And fuck the men's team for laughing along with him.

23.02.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

the "WNBA doesn't make a profit" crowd is going to move the goalposts pretty fast here, mostly because their investment isn't in the facts as much as it is in making women feel small

23.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 422    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1