Mackensie duPont Crowley

I grew up on ultra-processed foods you’ve never ever heard of 😂

This weird winter was one of the warmest — and coldest — on record. It’s a glimpse of our future | CNN The Lower 48 states’ split screen winter — a battle between frigid cold in the East and record warmth in the West — ended in the second warmest winter on record. It’s an astonishing demonstration of h...

If you live in the eastern US like me you probably think this was one of the US' coldest winters on record. You'd be sorely mistaken. The record warmth out West overwhelmed the cold in the East during meteorological winter (Dec-Feb). www.cnn.com/2026/03/07/c...

Defy the oligarchs: drive electric, take public transport, walk, bike, anything to burn less FF

Scum of the earth

Imagine clocking into work each day at Goof Off HQ

Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Also - @sachimulkey.bsky.social & @rjnskl.bsky.social expertly frame this methodological blind spot. It’s difficult to show how the science is improving without discrediting all the work done before

Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

Western scientists, assuming that methods that work in the Global North will translate to the Global South, underestimate coastal hazards that will disproportionally affect hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asian & Pacific nations.

A tale as old as time.

My poor professor trying to talk about the rhetoric of the Iraq war with these kids who were born in 2003

Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in November, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

YAY! Thank you people of MN for modeling peaceful courageous resistance.

And words matter. Compare NBC’s “4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended…” to “4,000 undocumented immigrants have been abducted…” In so many ways, media & leaders vilify and demean both immigrants & protesters.

I’m Jesuit educated honey we are critical thinkers

Explaining to a new friend that I’m Catholic in the care for the poor, solidarity for the marginalized, blessed are the peacemakers type of way, not the CHRIST THE KING ON THE THRONE, John 14:9 ✝️🕊️🙏 in my Instagram bio, quoting scripture type of way

For the past year, Illinois has been giving local news outlets tax credits to support journalism jobs. A new report looks at how it’s going During a devastating week of news about news, you could easily have missed a new policy paper from the nonprofit Rebuild Local News. The report, released last Thursday, is a substantive, measured…

Local news organizations across the U.S. are in dire need of this kind of structural support to supplement the ad-hoc fumes of one-off grants.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/for-...

Wintry scenes from my back yard

Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy (Gift Article) Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.

“Based on recent events, we are moving our assessment of one of the categories — stifling speech and dissent — up one notch, to Level 4”

The NYT editorial board on its updated autocracy index

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Something to think about next time you’re enjoying some local raw bar 🦪

🌊🚨 New research on #microplastics in Narragansett Bay

#URIGSO researcher Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, and Professor J.P. Walsh have published a new study documenting exponential growth in microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay since the 1940s.

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Why is writing a CV so painful

Back on campus for my final (!) semester of grad school. Always amazed by the lack of cold-weather gear on the undergrad population 🥶

Thank you Ben I will!

The CLIF bars are getting smaller

Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines — creative action was off the charts in 2025 In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.

“In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.” And more to come in the new year!

Of the awardees, 5 are part of our #URIGSO community:
🔹 Teagan Cunningham, M.S., Oceanography
🔹 Frankie Lopez, Ph.D., Oceanography
🔹 Malachy McCaffrey, M.S., Oceanography
🔹 Justin Sankey, Ph.D., Oceanography
🔹 Mackensie duPont Crowley, M.A., Communications & GSO Public Engagement staff

Thanks to URI’s Coastal Institute for naming me an Emerging Coastal Leader! 🌊

Brown University says there is an active shooter on campus in Rhode Island Police are responding to an active shooter situation at Brown University near an engineering building on the Providence, Rhode Island Campus, according to the school’s alert system.

BREAKING: Brown University says there is an active shooter on campus in Rhode Island.

Love the feral energy of a college campus during finals week

Very disturbed by the idea of Starbucks protein lattes

My team celebrating my URI mag byline. Very cute

Some awesome scientific method happening here! New research reveals a limitation in how we measure organic carbon in coastal wetlands, and an opportunity to collaboratively refine the methods for better #bluecarbon estimates.

Me in my 6-9pm class on Tuesdays after working 8-3 and hitting class 330-5 💤