JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan

writer, editor, poet. Interested in politics of water, food, agriculture & sciences. Love literature, poetry & art that truthfully/beautifully mirror us.

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

Okay so I'm in the dark about prudence in conducting this kind of perilous research. Are we creating weapons, finding cures or just scratching our genius buttons? quid ergo dicemus, quo vadimus

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

@tribelaw broken by design, careful design

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

@JenniferRocheUS great observation from a great source...so true: court and project only facts, human biases never disappear but certainly weaken

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

@JordanElgrably @lauhaim sparing a journey through alzheimer's and even then...

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

#ChicagoRiver #Water #TheBackwaterRiver

[Anthropocene Curriculum / Anthropocene Commons @anthrocommons]

Join us this weekend for The Backward River—a digital storytelling project from @FreshwaterLab that sheds light on who benefits from the Chicago River, who bears the burden and how differently it is experienced, depending on where you live in the city: https://t.co/4btahO50Iz

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

This Chicagoan exemplifies every individual's place in #community & beyond. Covering #ChicagoNeighborhoods ages ago, so many searches steered me to his input, always underscoring history's profound weight & place. RIP #timuelblack. you served with honor, knowledge, beauty.

[NPR @NPR]

The historian and civil rights activist Timuel Black has died at 102.

A grandson of enslaved people, he fought Nazis in WWII, went on to strategize with MLK Jr., and pushed to desegregate housing and public schools. (@WBEZ)
https://t.co/wZPetZvK9R

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

Where are we going? #ManipulatingViruses #Pandemics https://t.co/qtVr0afJyp

[Clean Water Action 💧 cleanwatermi.bsky.social @CleanWaterMI]

"It can be a day of reflection of our history in the United States, the role Native people have played in it, the impacts that history has had on native people and communities, and also a day to gain some understanding of the diversity of Indigenous peoples"
#IndigenousPeoplesDay

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

Cannot believe that world leaders are not calling for this & says everything about the power of money flow. #GainofFunctionScience #Virus #Pandemic

[Gary Ruskin @garyruskin]

"It’s time to put a permanent end, not just a pause, to any research that makes pathogens more deadly. And while we’re at it, we should re-examine any research that collects viruses or other pathogens from wild animals..." Via @Forbes @StevenSalzberg1 https://t.co/08CsCyLT8K

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

#GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies #Water #LakeMichigan

[Great Lakes Protection Fund @GLPFund]

2021 #GLPFLeadershipAwards winner David M. Lodges pioneered the use of eDNA to track organisms across an ecosystem. His novel approach has reduced the spread of invasives species in the #GreatLakes basin and beyond. https://t.co/2X3Xi5KSRp

[Delta Institute @DeltaGreatLakes]

We join all those who are marking today's #IndigenousPeoplesDay. As an organization devoted to stewarding our region's natural resources, we acknowledge the Kickapoo, Kaskaskia, Potawatomi, Peoria, Wyandotte, Delaware, and other tribes who were this land's first caretakers. (1/2)

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

a no-brainer & an urgent beginning...#Nature #Earth #ClimateAction

[Water Foundation @WaterFdn]

The Salmon People of the Pacific Northwest will never give up and never give in when it comes to protecting & restoring places that make them who they are. We will stand in solidarity with them, follow their lead & do what it takes, until the job is done. https://t.co/siTWBb91N3

[Adrien @adrien4ej]

BREAKING: Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, land and water protectors, and allies from across the continent risk arrest sitting in front of the White House fence right now. They call @POTUS to stop all fossil fuels projects. Police warn they will make arrests. #PeopleVsFossilFuels

[Meredith Sumpter @MeredithSumpter]

Proud to be working with @wbcsd and @MPB_WBCSD to drive companies sharing of best practices and actions, and to place inequality at the core of a company’s sustainable growth strategy.

[Act With Shedd @ActWithShedd]

Despite being called the prairie state, Illinois has very little of it left and even less that is still untouched by human development. Bell Bowl Prairie is one of these places and yet is in danger of being paved over in a few short weeks.
https://t.co/tAl7HmxVyq

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

@loviecross_dee @kwok_xian ding ding ding ding ding

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

It's a tragedy but I love it; a bit of a new slant on meaning of caprice for me, ultimate heartbreak. #Poetry

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

To him who spurns my love I bend the knee,
His love who seeks me, cold I bid him rue;
I find as diamond him I yearning woo,
Myself a diamond when he yearns for me;

—Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, translated by Peter H. Goldsmith
#PoemADay

https://t.co/lQJtT603BV

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

Having seen the trailer I do aim to see this great visit to subterranean wonders. Did #spelunking decades ago in dry caves but never in or on #Water. #Aquifers #Groundwater

[Great Lakes Science Center @GLScienceCtr]

See our new film, Ancient Caves, in the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater!

Follow paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley to unlock the secrets of the Earth’s climate in the most unlikely of places: caves. Explore the world's hidden realms in this epic adventure. https://t.co/dtcfkXWlPv

[JeanetteAlmada@blinkingjan @blinkingjan]

Happy Sunday. #Water #ChicagoRiver #GreatLakesWaterShed

[Friends of the Chicago River @chicagoriver]

Chicago River is full of wildlife! Spotted a beaver today and a cormorant eating a fish on the North Branch during our Canoe & Clean litter pickup event. The river is a resilient, dynamic ecosystem supporting hundreds of different wildlife species. @ChicagoParks @chiwilderness