Maya Weeks, Ph.D.

My book Myth of the Garbage Patch is out now on Thousands Press! I’m grateful to Sally Boyd for publishing this accumulation archive. 🌊 thousandspress.com/shop/p/myth-...

I'm not sure I'll ever be able to do sheep to sweater but I can definitely do sheep to scarf

Yesterday, a mooring in Monterey Bay measured an oceanic temperature anomaly of 4.57°C (8.2°F) at 60 meters (nearly 200 feet!) This is the warmest subsurface temperature anomaly measured at the station since the very strong El Niño of 1997.

"[T]he endpoint of toxic masculinities is to leave the planet trashed and depleted" -Aimee Bahng, Natalia Duong, Rebecca H. Hogue, & Julie Sze @edgeeffectsmag.bsky.social edgeeffects.net/the-toxic-or...

“Opponents of the billionaire tax have outraised supporters by a ratio of more than 9 to 1 across the three ballot measures, the analysis of state election data shows.” capitalandmain.com/who-are-the-...

"For Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Corporation, [stewardship after the work of managing a community forest] means putting profits from its timber harvesting back into the projects that care for the land, support cultural values and bring people together"

People keep asking me how I do my methods so I scheduled a methods workshop

I'm teaching a workshop on using qualitative methods in creative writing in November. It's called Realizing Water. Registration info: docs.google.com/forms/d/1cBK...

"Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don’t have consent. They just don’t prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification."

Bonkers: Sea levels are running 1.2ft above the late-20th century baseline in San Diego as sea surface temperatures are about 7°F warmer than normal. These highly anomalous ocean temperatures and heights will continue through winter along the California coast amid El Niño. #CAwx

"Drinking water costs spiked faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income, researchers at nonprofit Food & Water Watch outlined in a first-of-its-kind report released Tuesday"

A dear friend who I've known for 20 years just read my book and responded with, "I knew you were doing art and research but I thought you were using established methods. I didn't realize you were creating the methods." I am so, so touched 🥹

"In the ocean, they are bulges of water that lift the sea level as they move along the coast. They’re common during El Niño events, but this year’s super El Niño could intensify the impacts, experts say."

Feminist STS scholars such as @maxliboiron.bsky.social teach us that plastics and chemical exposure are a feminist issue. For the latest point of evidence, see this report by @ejfoundation.org, which quotes FRI affiliate, @mayaweeks.bsky.social. ejfoundation.org/reports/pois...

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"I am more interested in discussing the story as it has emerged across a diversity of Native territories in which this story finds a home, travels, and has travelled." @sprucehen.bsky.social @placesjournal.bsky.social

This promises to be great!

“‘Children need their teachers and human connection in order to learn and in order to grow. And they need to develop skills alongside their peers, build relationships with their teachers, and wrestle with tough problems on their own,’ Mayor Mamdani said in a Wednesday press conference.”

“‘Everything, probably directly or indirectly, is pointing the finger towards global warming.’”

“‘You can’t have a healthy society,’ says Colin, simply, ‘when people feel like they have no agency.’”

Absolutely crucial reporting here on fire & gender

Shoutout 2 @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social 4 being brave enough 2 publicly state, "'the elephant in the room is donors, or what I like to call 'the problem class,' and how much their interests actually align with this administration'" re: climate drilled.ghost.io/the-problem-...

I have been informed that a third run may be in the works, as the second is close to selling out 🥲

“‘We are all people who have experience, backgrounds, opinions and values, and so rather than attempting to pretend that we do not bring these perspectives to our work, my co-authors and I think it's much more important to be transparent about why we're studying what we're studying’”

“Using generative AI inherently exposes you to the risk of career-ending accusations of plagiarism.”

I like how Solnit describes climate work as "trying to protect the miraculous, gorgeous, astonishing planet and all its elegantly orchestrated systems of life and the support systems of that life"

"The Ohio EPA confirmed that public comments against its proposed statewide data center wastewater permit exceeded 7,000."

"'Even the wind, which used to bring cool air, now carries heat,' [Ali Umer] said, adding he had noticed these drastic changes in the temperature in recent years." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Over the moon to have an excerpt from my book Myth of the Garbage Patch as tonight's poem on Poetry Nightly: poetrynightly.com/2026/07/23/m...

”The El Niño climate pattern that is strengthening in the Pacific Ocean is on track to be the largest one in at least 150 years”

"Every agency sees only the narrow slice of the project within its jurisdiction."

“We find that a weakened AMOC promotes AR frequency in mid-latitudes by intensifying the prevailing westerly winds, especially at the west coast of North America, which dramatically enhances AR-induced precipitation in wintertime California.”

This is why I keep saying that nothing will change in how "we" (society, whatever) deal with climate change until people with critical analyses of power are in power-broker positions -- such as high management in media.

"Goldie's owner, Lindsey Glader, says she's quite the social butterfly. Or, buttergoat?" 🥹

I wrote a little bit about asking different questions in international environmental policy for the @ucdavis.bsky.social Feminist Research Institute 🌞 fri.ucdavis.edu/news/transit...