“Knox County [...] facing tough decisions daily on how to deal with funding [...] and providing for our constituents.” Our county leadership has a long history of embezzlement, and Knox is the 16th poorest county in the nation. Maybe focus on some much needed self improvement

We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Fulbright-National Parks Partnership to expand Fulbright research and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation in national parks. ow.ly/zY5X50D8VDL The Fulbright Program @FulbrightBoard Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State

Grad school app season is (mostly) over, and since academic twitter is going nuts about the idea of paying research assistants $15/hr... Let's talk about how expensive it is to be a student applying to graduate school--especially for underrepresented students. (1/14)

The Kentucky state government operates a lottery system that is a massive regressive tax on the poor and they do it willingly and happily For any politician to then say they are against sports or casino gambling while the lottery operates is hypocrisy to the highest degree

We are a team of students at the University of California trying to advance Open Access that's fair to all. Please help us with your feedback here (and a chance to win $30 Amazon gift card!) - forms.gle/woBvHxVBdMVuJc… #OpenAccess #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter Shit Academics Say

The Houston school board plans to replace one student advocacy group with another that is ‘district-sanctioned’ and ‘under the direction’ of administration. This isn’t student voice: It’s student suppression & tokenization. Learn more here: bit.ly/stuvoice-takeo…. #stuvoice

Calling all KY hs seniors & current & recent college students! Take 10 to take Prichard Committee's Coping w COVID student-designed Postsecondary Survey now & we pinky promise to share results w education policymakers & the public before the semester is out! surveymonkey.com/r/DWTGBJX

South Fork Kentucky River at Booneville higher than it's been since 1947, about to break the all-time 1957 record. Had not been over Major stage since 2003! water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrogra…

Dear GeoTwitter, I am actively recruiting a Ph.D. student to work on an NSF-funded project to study paleoclimate in Antarctica during the mid-Pliocene Warm Period! This project involves field work in Antarctica, geochemistry lab work, data analysis, and numerical modeling.

BREAKING: More Perfect Union has obtained emails showing that Amazon privately pressured USPS to install an illegal ballot dropbox during the union election in Bessemer, AL. The emails directly contradict public statements by USPS about the box's origins. There's more.

🚨Funding Alert! Student Pathways Scholarship (The IAGD) theiagd.org/student-pathwa… due June 1! This program funds #geoscience students w/ disabilities, to alleviate educational financial burdens. Thanks Stephanie E Suarez for sharing! Tell your friends! #AccessibleGeo

🚨 Calling all KY middle and high school students & adult allies who love them: KSVT's Race, Ethnicity, and School Climate Student Survey is now live! Please spread the word--and this link! ksvt.org/recsurvey

BREAKING: This evening alone, the United States of America has been struck by no fewer than 6 natural disasters. A thread on these events. 🧵 First, a massive flash flood has torn through Yellowstone National Park destroying roads and bridges. x.com/YellowstoneNPS…

we’ve set up a mutual aid flood relief fund and we’ll be giving DIRECTLY to individuals affected by flooding as well as community groups doing the hard work on the ground. please find out fb group or DM if you have individual needs to be met IMMEDIATELY. paypal.com/pools/c/8LUgSt…

If you have old field gear, the people of EKY are in desperate need of it!

New flooding reports are already starting to come in. Cheyton sent in this video from McKee in Jackson County. The area near his home close to the courthouse is already seeing rushing water. Interactive radar: wymt.com/weather/?utm_s…

I wrote about the Great East Kentucky Flood of 2022 for The Baffler thebaffler.com/latest/floodin…