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Angelo Villagomez

@taotaotasi.bsky.social

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Indigenous Chamorro in DC
Savage and Restless
More Fish, Less Pollution
Decolonize Ocean Conservation
Mediocre Ukulele Player
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This is my shocked face

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...

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Grist did a really great job describing the controversy in the Pacific Remote Islands

It basically comes down to equitable sharing of costs and benefits -- this is Conservation 101

There is absolutely a path forward

grist.org/indigenous/b...

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If Trump is re-elected, expect there to be massive rollbacks of land and ocean protections

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There was a time when about 25% of scientist twitter posts were complaints about R Those were simpler times

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I'll be 46 later this year and I've never once had to use R in any single thing I've ever done in any class or job I just want all you all to know that

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My dad sailed with Mau

Here's a video from 2000

youtu.be/ikV3pPRKBkE?...

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That's me at the 2009 designation of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument at the White House (not pictured: George W. Bush)

This essay (published today) is an encapsulation of the things I've learned in the last 15 years, 5 months, and 24 days

www.civilbeat.org/2024/07/what...

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I have an hour on Thursday where I am booked for four different meetings at the same time

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I'm trying to make a playlist for my softball team when we are losing in the late innings and need a rally Got any suggestions?

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Your book describes a lot of the things we've been talking about that the 30x30 movement misses! Plus, it's a great read!

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I first went to Saipan in with @taotaotasi.bsky.social in 2016 to help advocate for progress on the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, which Angelo had already been working on for a decade.

Last week, we finally got a Monument Management Plan.

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Digging through my closet to find my Applebottom jeans and boots with the fur for tonight's Flo Rida concert after the Nationals game

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Almost every time I speak in public, I make a gaffe. Sometimes it's so small, nobody notices. Sometimes it's bigger. Public speaking is hard. I made a gaffe at #Upwell2024 that makes me cringe -- ugh -- onto the next thing, I guess

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Just approved the proofs for my 1st first-author peer-reviewed paper "Disavowing the Doctrine of Discovery: Indigenous Healing, Decolonization, and Implications for Environmental Justice in the Pacific Remote Islands Area" You're gonna love it

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No other Cabinet secretary in American history has done as much as Secretary Haaland to conserve our nation’s land and waters and to enable Tribal and Indigenous communities to lead that work.

www.americanprogress.org/article/secr...

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Wonderful to celebrate @taotaotasi.bsky.social ‘s selection as one of the Washingtonian 500 most influential people shaping policy!

I ate so much caviar you guys

So much

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I never took any courses in marine biology, but in the 7th grade we spent the year watching the Voyage of the Mimi starring a very young Ben Affleck It did not inspire me to work in ocean conservation and science

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I would argue it's fishing. Not overfishing. Also humans.

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I'm in Irvine, California for two days attending a workshop at the National Academy of Sciences What should I eat?

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I have a new peer-reviewed paper publishing next week on marine protected areas It's only the sixth paper in my career, so still kind of a big deal to me!

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but he was correct in observing, “our present regionalism is a direct creation of colonialism,” and that “we have not been able to define our world and ourselves without direct and often heavy external influences.”

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I thing I have publishing soon.... "Understanding Pacific Islander identity can be complicated. The great Pacific scholar Epeli Hau’ofa was perhaps a bit idealistic when he wrote, “anyone who has lived in our region and is committed to Oceania is an Oceanian,” ....

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If a Filipino shows up at a Pacific Islander gathering, the only question I have is, "Did you bring lumpia?"

#AAPIHeritageMonth

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Bluesky is the twitter-like app that feels the most like the twitter that I used to like

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But in modern times, many Pacific islands have more Filipinos living on their islands than they have Natives So it's not something that I feel the need to argue with someone about

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