Karen James
Environmental geneticist & outdoorswoman into eDNA, botany, evolution, space, sci-comm, skiing, Outlander & kindness • auntie • cat mom • she/her
“I would teach my feet to fly”
Banner art by @truelovebirch@bsky.social
📍Unceded Wabanaki land (aka Maine)
- Every American must watch Aliya Rahman’s testimony. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
- Reposted by Karen JamesThe suburban observers, heavily women, say they share a personality type. “Many of us have encountered bullies our entire lives...I think that turns you into somebody that, even if that bully is wearing full tactical gear, I'm not interested in laying down for you.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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- “If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Karen JamesHappy Anniversary to those who celebrate cat attorneys.
- I’m gonna go out on a limb and say every single American woman & girl has been told to smile, and/or that we don’t smile enough. Every single one of us. And it is *never* about smiling. It is about power. It is about putting us in our place and making us perform subservience.
- Pure courage and integrity here.
- Reposted by Karen JamesI'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
- It’s International Clash Day! Get yer protest rock on here:
- Reposted by Karen Jamesthey should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
- Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. bit.ly/4rmRhrK
- A peach sunset over Witch Hole Pond, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot territory (also known as Acadia National Park).
- Anyone who just needs a thread of joy should read this.
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- My friends, today is a bad day for SA/SH and police/gun violence on the internet without any warnings. Take a break if you need to and are able. ♥️
- A reminder that you don’t need to root for a country in the Olympics. You can root for a person.
- Thank you, Jessie Diggins, you make me proud.
- Reposted by Karen JamesA caregiving social movement IS political.
- Hey @janetmillsforme.bsky.social, we already have a hotline in Maine; it would sure be great if you gave it financial support and raised awareness about it: maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
- Pure escapism helps. I just finished the audiobook of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile performed by Kenneth Branagh and it was, predictably, spectacular. Somehow I’ve never read Christie (I know, I know). What a delectable treat.
- Reposted by Karen JamesVideo shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history. “There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.” My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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- Holy crap, we just had an earthquake in Kalispell, Montana and I am pretty sure there are some little aftershocks happening now.
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- The Senate votes tomorrow on DHS funding. @5calls.org makes it easy to call your Senators and Reps: 5calls.org/issue/dhs-bu...
- Reposted by Karen James🚨 Requesting help: I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬 Please signal boost?
- Uh, yeah, same reason we choose the bear.
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- The signage removals continue. I hope the creative push-back continues, too. Note: The featured image is the Blackfeet Indian Memorial (not “Blackfoot”!) which is just outside of Glacier National Park, and thus not subject to the removals being discussed. Do better, WaPo. Gift: wapo.st/4t9mYXp
- Keep calling, keep pressuring, keep having conversations - keep going! 💪🏻 (I’d like to know what Madel’s tipping point was – maybe a conversation with his daughters?)
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- BRB adding “professional grade logistics” to my CV, because I can, apparently! Whew, this is a good reminder for us ladies not to undervalue our skills!
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- Reposted by Karen JamesI don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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- When you’ve skied four times in three days and your legs need a rest but it looks like this outside after having been mostly cloudy and foggy up til now:
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- Is the picket line at MSP asking travelers or workers not to cross, or both?
- This is what loving your neighbor and taking in the stranger actually look like.
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- It’s hard to process the scale of harm caused by *one man* succumbing to the correlation fallacy.
