The unabashedly imperialist zeitgeist of Russia’s war against #Ukraine has been deeply unsettling and has spurred much reflection about my own identity and my family’s history. This long🧵 is an attempt to begin to make sense of my relationship to the Kazakh language and culture.

Я читала мой первый стих Пушкина на русском языке. Но, так грустно это

So honored and humbled to have been selected for ICAN’s Hiroshima Academy!!!

Thrilled to start working as a Student Taking on Oil and Petrochemicals (STOP) Fellow with @PostLandfill I will be researching and advocating against the oil industry’s chokehold on Appalachia. Looking forward to building community with my lovely cohort!!

What a great way to kick off my last year UT Knoxville, the Plastic Free way. I am organizing a Plastic Free UT campaign to transition my university away from single use plastics, as well as sister movements Plastic Free SEC and the nation-wide Plastic Free Universities.

I just signed a Appalachian Voices petition: Don’t let Enbridge pollute Tennessee’s air & water!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/dont…

Rahmon demands Putin respect the Central Asian countries and treat them as equals. Does this signal a departure is Russia-Tajik relations? rus.ozodi.org/a/32084592.html

The looming fight over nuclear power in Kyrgyzstan eurasianet.org/the-looming-fi…

"Today’s decision completely contradicts the Biden admin's commitment to consider Traditional Ecological Knowledge in federal policy making. The Native Village of Nuiqsut has repeatedly voiced their concerns of how the project will impact local ecosystems" ndncollective.org/ndn-collective…

SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky (and online), 12–16 November 2023. There are two radioecology related sessions. radioecology-exchange.org/news-and-media… Submit abstracts by 24th May 2023

Members of the legislature are not allowed to raise money during the session. Following his expulsion, Justin Jones has activated his fundraising page for the District 52 seat. secure.actblue.com/donate/justinj…

You know what Justin Pearson also fought against? An oil pipeline that would have run through his community — and the “permitting reforms” that would fast track more projects like it. If national Dems are going to celebrate his leadership, they ought to listen to his message.

CNN: “Why were those two expelled and you weren't?” Rep. Gloria Johnson: “I think it's pretty clear. I'm a 60 year-old white woman and they’re 2 young black men.”

this is only the beginning. see you on monday #TennesseeThree

I just wrote a Action Network letter to Shelby Co: Re-Appoint Justin J. Pearson to District 86. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/re-app… Though I’m not currently a resident of Shelby County, I have lived in Memphis and lots of my family currently live there. Every voice matters ✍🏼

The “Forum-Asia” Recommends to Establish More Detailed and Well-Rounded Criteria for Licenses on Mining montsame.mn/en/read/316556 через MONTSAME-MONGOLIA

➡️Rail shipments of chemicals used in plastic production grew by about a third over the past decade ➡️ For residents at the starting points for these shipments, concerns over exposure to cancer-causing substances have long been a constant  #PlasticsTreaty nytimes.com/2023/04/17/cli…

NEW: Hibakusha - survivors of the atomic bombings - have made public a letter to '#Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan. With the film's imminent release amidst today’s heightened threat from nuclear weapons, this is an opportunity to boost support for the #TPNW. ICAN