Emilio M Bruna
Professor of Tropical Ecology & Latin American Studies @UF. Past-Pres of @theATBC, AAAS Fellow. Thunderbird, Triton, Aggie. #TeamHeliconia. Views mine, not UF’s.
- When you hear politicians use the word “reform”… La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before. In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol… 1/ www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
- La Bowie is <1 mile from the border and La Migra would Roll up on kids and detain them. go through their bags…they pulled a gun on the football coach. All US citizens and permanent residents. 2/
- See if Judge Bunton’s injunction sounds familiar: “immigration enforcement does not override the rights of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Border Patrol agents must have reasonable suspicion and not rely on race or appearance alone to stop a suspect.” 3/
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View full threadcoda: the first clip of the Osos was important for the moment it represented, but here they are doing an absolutely 🔥 🔥 rendition of La Negra youtu.be/xgQIkR0UX6w?.... Is it my dream to sing it with them in full Charro traje? Yes. Yes it is. Fin
- “You’re in the government database of people legally protesting the actions of the current administration” is a four-alarm fire, peeps.
- This definitely giving off junta vibes. What’s the over/under on “days until protesters are referred to as ‘subversives’?”
- FWIW “repressive governments building databases of ‘subversives’ with the assistance of major corporations” is a thing: www.thetimes.com/best-law-fir...
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- JFC this is a ‘Marco Rubio calling the Ambassador to apologize” level screw up by an ignorant undertrained cpb/ice meathead.
- When Bond did the same thing in the Casino Royale reboot (ok, he stormed an embassy and killed a guy, but still) M told him that in the old days an agent caught invading a foreign embassy “would have had the good sense to defect". youtu.be/VUt2O7oXna4?...
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaFlorida is trying to do the same thing btw www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
- Reposted by Emilio M Brunaone of the least-appreciated own-goals happening right now is the deliberate sabotage of our knowledge/research sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaCactus wren #RebelBird for Arizona by IG tattoo artist jason.pedersen.art
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaCommon loon #RebelBird for Minnesota by Caitlin Cahill
- I know it’s the least offensive thing they’ve done today but are you FUCKING kidding me.
- the penguin. it’s the penguin that sent me over the edge.
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaNEW EDITORIAL! 💡 Using data to construct tripartite networks & models 📊, we found that editorial diversification helps make peer review more inclusive & better aligned with the global distribution of ecological research 🌐 Find out more 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaLet this radicalize you.
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaMinnesota, doing U.S. proud
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- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaOMG 😂🤣😂
- Breakfast of champions with Jennifer Powers at the Hi-Lo Diner. Homemade Glazed donut topped with pulled pork, black beans, and a perfectly fried egg. Bloody Mary with a miller chaser to drink.
- It’s called The Notorious. Go! www.hi-lo-diner.com
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaI think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
- It’s next level Orwellian that the manufacturer label on this flash grenade refers to it as a “distraction device”.
- if these goons had any brains they would use the best distraction device found on earth but instead they use military munitions which is part of the reason they are so loathed. The rest of the reason is everything else they do.
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaBreaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."
- On the list: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services International Tropical Timber Institute Internacional Union for the Conservancy of Nature Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
- This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- That earthquake you feel is Orwell rolling in his grave.
- The bar for keynote speakers at ESA just went stratospheric
- Reposted by Emilio M Brunaoh my god he's such a fucking loser
- WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaTime to update the list of US military interventions in Latin America.
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaCNN just pointed it out, but since no one has posted it yet, I'll be that guy. Here's today's round of Kill Your Inner Mercator: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela in a way your brain can handle
- I’m an accidental Professor of Latin American Studies, but am nevertheless comfortable asserting that - given the US track record when it comes to regime change in Latin America - this is going to be a fucking disaster.
- Reposted by Emilio M BrunaAre you a scientist that uses cameras, acoustics or drones to monitor wildlife? Are you using satellite imagery to assess forests? Join the Biodiversity Monitoring starter pack and let the world know! Reply below and point me to your research to be added. ECRs and PhDs welcome😊 go.bsky.app/eFMQQXat://did:plc:2b6eauizyg5la46tzb3wrv46/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb74wt4tku2s
- Was name-checked by @petersagal.bsky.social as his “favorite NPR scold ever”.
