Mariam Taleb, Ph.D.

Agroecologist & env. sociologist | IPM, farm viability, food justice | still poet-ing | 🏳️‍🌈, 🇸🇾 / 🇺🇸, she/her | opinions all my own.

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

I can now be found on a less upsetting text-based social media site @ mtaleb (shout out to @CodeyMathis for the invite code!)

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

“Everyone’s got one friend who’s weirdly into it…picking his teeth with antennae…slow down Ted Bundy. do you have problems at home?” 😂 years of telling people to like, maybe try to gaf but only in a chill way. https://t.co/x240ij4lzm

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

Again I ask! Anyone want to help me leave this app behind for one a touch bluer???

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

If anyone’s got an invite code to share for a certain app with better weather, I’d be much obliged!

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

Now Penn State is being sucked into the depths of the earth— a sign?

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

Penn state is never in the news for a thing I *ever* wanted to know about. Don’t… google it.

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

Ok, fr though— 1) take clear pictures! Get way closer! that’s scary, but 99% can’t hurt you, & the rest can only hurt if you touch them. Move slow, take your time. 2) size references help a ton! 3) multiple angles. 4) observe how it moves, any noises, where it’s hanging out.

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

I feel like a need a little guide to share with loved ones— how *not* to take a photo of a bug if you want me to ID it. Eg. Please no smoosh before picture.

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

Next print in planning stages!

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Relying on Syrian Government for Cross Border Aid Delivery is Untenable https://t.co/nBuG2QVPTG

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

Uh oh, the worst has happened- 🐾 🐾 🐾

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

Soundtrack for this weekend’s effort to (finally) organize my writing so I can get cracking on submissions! Anyone got any systems that work for you?

[WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore @wbaltv11]

.@redemmas uncovered a big safe ... but they can't open it. Can you crack the code? See what they hope the public will do: https://t.co/GoS7FVgN4j

[Civil Eats @CivilEats]

“We are literally polluting ourselves out of a healthy place to live while polluting waterways downstream and killing the seafood that thousands of people rely on for their livelihoods in the Gulf of Mexico, all in the name of King Corn.” https://t.co/dzLk0txjYT

[Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt]

BREAKING— In the latest win for labor, graduate student workers at Stanford University vote overwhelmingly— 1,639 to 38 — in favor of unionizing

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

A lot of ppl ask me about tailoring for queer bodies, which is not something I know much about. But an NYC tailor just told me about K Zao, a Providence, RI shop that bills itself a "queer tailoring." The work looks quite good to me.

IG: k__zao
Site: https://t.co/8lEyHDjxpo

[John Oliver @iamjohnoliver]

Here's our piece from last night about farmworkers...https://t.co/t8k0dFC2lP

[NPR @NPR]

Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year.

"That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. https://t.co/YI9b4yuuVE

[Deirdre⭐Dee⭐Woods @Didara]

Adopting a ‘cash first’ approach to food insecurity is vital to ensure people can access income before charity, but equally vital is the prioritisation of systemic changes to truly tackle poverty and inequality.” #cashfirst #RightToFood

[Mariam Taleb, Ph.D. @Mariam_b_Taleb]

@DrVasshe This pattern feels like it helps universities excuse under-staffing, too! No one says what needs to get done, because everyone’s plate is full, so there’s no accountability for all the things that are just being left undone.