Recent posts by Climate and Energy Professionals on Bluesky

It is so remarkably easy to tell this piece is also the output of a text program rather than thoughtful work, even though he's clearly put way more effort into making it seem 'human' than usual. It is stilted and weird and unnatural and it just feels icky all the way through

We KNOW that rewilding massively reduces flooding and the effects of drought, not to mention reversing nature loss, boosting rural communities and the wider economy, and aiding against climate collapse. Why is the government still ignoring the obvious? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BBC Radio 4 news this morning started off strong with an item on El Niño, but immediately reverted to its regular programming (pumping the racist moral panic around immigration)

Why national governments and mayors should do everything in their power to get us ready for Summer 2027 - while most European governments have not even found words for this Summer 2026. There is no greater test of leadership than your climate leadership. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

The Norwegian oil & gas adventure is coming to an end. Even with aggressive exploration in new areas, big finds, & technology development, the most ambitious scenario from the Offshore Directorate has declining production. This is before considering climate! www.sodir.no/en/whats-new... 1/

Uni Ghent: ”We attach great importance to academic freedom and to open academic debate, even when views are controversial. However, that freedom is not unlimited. It goes hand in hand with responsibility." www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

A spectacular buff-tip moth caterpillar feeding on a young oak sapling. When land is released from excessive grazing pressure, not just the trees and plants are able to return, but all the associated life too. A whole *ecosystem*.

I have decided to throw my hat in the substitute teaching ring while tracking down a more permanent position. If I can get into a position where they ask me to teach bio classes regularly in various districts, so much the better.

This is very very good and truly fills me with hope. I wish it was a stricter ban though: teachers and other carers constantly use GenAI to produce sloppy visuals for posters, materials etc and I think it just sets a gross example of behaviour for the students, who should be learning not to steal

Trevor Phillips is truly disgusting ☹️

This is what @leahstokes.bsky.social new book Climate Wave is about. substack.com/@leahstokes/...

You guys i went to a baseball game, it was so fun

Guess who saw a mf'ing Orca off the side of their ferry this evening?

oh you like spreadsheets? Name three excel keyboard shortcuts

if you wrote something about AI and climate, pls send it my way

i agree; people shouldn't have to push a walk button the crossing signal should come up automatically

Anyway read this article where I was among the folks that said that NOAA is cool and good and we should fund it because it belongs to us www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

i can think of 40,000 reasons this is a bad idea

folks obsessed with thread count: bedsheet people

Haha all of those other people developing poster’s madness. Not me tho. I’m immune just like the gods.

“spreadsheet people” is a lot more climate-friendly than a problematic gardener who proclaims “spread peat, sheeple”

🏖️ Heading to the Maryland or Delaware beaches this weekend? Our beach forecast is up at CapitalWeather.com and the Capital Weather app.

This thread (and the one it jumps off from) is filled with writers talking about how GenAI research can’t help with their writing. I’ll (again) make the pt as an academic that the reverse is also true. GenAI writing does not help with your research. Writing is thinking.

spreadsheets are people, my friend

Spreadsheet people? Bsky core user base probably more into Lotus 1-2-3

I feel like I understand about 25% of what’s being posted in my feed right now. Are people ok (wait I know the answer to that one)

Good questions to ask in doing community based academic research as well. There are differences between that and what people in the thread are dealing with (seems mostly consultants and IT people) but principle is the same. Too many people go into community research thinking they know the problem.

East Coast vacation norms + Labor Day falling as late as it possibly can has led to total havoc for scheduling fantasy football drafts.

Fun Fact* - the early scripts for Wedding Crashers had them crashing trials, funerals, bar mitzvahs, and christenings. *Not an actual fact. But funny to think about.

another simple favor is so bad that it deserves to be on mst3k

Awesome thread on neutron stars and esp. pulsars. Pulsars have special place in my heart. I got a job in a physics lab in undergrad studying them (using the signal to study interstellar medium) But also Joy Division’s amazing debut Unknown Pleasure has an image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919!

“Until we reduce carbon pollution, these record-breaking headlines will continue, and the impacts on communities and ecosystems around the world will only grow worse." In case you missed our latest #climate science briefing, check out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOvf...

lol www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life—That's what I wanted to use this card for, when you saw me at the Cash Register, and once again did what you didn't have to do, and gifted me with Mementos of this Trip of a Lifetime, a Coming of Age."

Math is hard

View of an old field in southern Indiana during my morning run yesterday. This is an underrated habitat, especially given that most rural areas in this part of the world are upland forest or cultivated bottomland (or mowed grass).

Love that nerd political theatre. Same with the Argentinians dressed as Gandalf protesting Palantir in front of Thiel’s place (see post below)

name a band using only emoji 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️

Fired up the barbecue, and now I'm wondering if it's a coincidence that there are 4 turkey vultures circling overhead.

Jfc California has the worst politicians

The most important climate action you can take isn’t obsessing over your individual carbon footprint. We need to change the system so the easiest, most affordable choice for everyone is also the best choice. How do we change a system? It starts with your voice!

Who are the executives, owners, and major shareholders of fossil fuel companies? Who held those roles 20, 50, 80 years ago, and who inherited the money they made off of polluting the atmosphere? Pretty hard questions to answer, but taxing the rich to fund climate action would catch most of them.

As I have been saying, EV Honda Fits for all who need a car to get around plz

The cicadas are *screaming* tonight wow

I'm so happy to say my new book on #water, #war, and #peace is available for pre-order! Bill McKibben kindly says: "We finally have a comprehensive account of the building water crisis... with workable ideas for addressing it. Gleick speaks with utter authority here." thenewpress.org/books/when-t...

The princess posting/awawawa thing on Tumblr/in the transfemme community is basically a weeb thing, yeah? That's where it comes from?

The most miserable day of 2026 (so far) Was July 27th, where nearly 32% of the lower 48 had Jared as Miserable, 26% as "Leave Jared Alone" and nearly 6% as NOOOOOOPE! Now you can view historical "Jared is Miserable" Indices using PRISM data! isjaredmiserable.com

Canada Must Build the Industries of the Future, Not the Past Economist Aaron Cosbey with 3 industrial policy case studies (China, Indonesia, Morocco) Canada can learn from. @markjcarney #cdnpoli youtu.be/eyYvJYYRF-w

I don't understand why people still feel compelled to coddle and flatter this man (Trump), when he absolutely will not return the favor, and is at his weakest ever, politically.

How did Bluesky manage a bug that flagged every notification I've ever gotten as "new" at once?

I have similar feelings about 'scientific agents'--the work that they're supposedly going to automate is 1) arguably the more fun parts of science in the first place and 2) the exact sort of work junior researchers need to do to become senior researchers

There’s a line between acknowledging the economic challenge of decarbonizing industry (pragmatism), and acting like rapid decarbonization is annoyong and optional (denialism). A lot of ppl are crossing that line these days.

A friend of mine, a Marlins fan, has a rule where he won’t watch the games unless the team is .500 or over to spare himself the agony I unfortunately cannot use this strategy for the Steelers, who will be awful and yet somehow always over .500 yet again Looking forward to another great season

If you go to a random government meeting or trial, can you please fill out an Observer Corp report and send it to your local @lwv.org chapter? lwvsf.org/observer-corps

@katharinehayhoe.com, wondering if you’ve seen the British film The Trick: “the true story of Philip Jones, the world-renowned Prof & Dir of Climate Research at the U of East Anglia who was the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism.” 👍🏾🎥🍿🧪 www.imdb.com/title/tt1487...

The headlines this summer make it easy to feel as if nothing can be done: record heat and wildfires continue, while fossil fuel companies rake in billions. But feeling powerless is exactly the trap, and this week there's new science on how to avoid it. Read on!

Two things: 1) Palantir has made political interference its modus operandi 2) this "leader" is an advertorial

Is energy system modeling... science? Unpopular take: It is not. The core of the scientific method is devising theories that make testable predictions, testing them, and rejecting theories whose predictions don't match reality. Most energy modeling doesn't make testable predictions, so the testing..

i think i am a cilantro super taster but i just like it. i’m a little freaky like that.

Every single AI thing that I leave the door open a crack for the possibility that it might end up net-useful, it just ends up stunningly bad. Text-to-speech and speech-to-text should have both just been breezy wins? How are *ALL* the apps in both of those fields just raw garbage?

No question that our infrastructure is not prepared for the climate shocks (like extreme heat) that we have baked into the system, but exploding roads are just 🤯 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

More ghastly, ghoulish acts from the Trump administration. “The B.L.M. is saying to the public that slaughter is off the table, but they’re doing it in plain sight using a third party,” said Clare Staples, who runs a wild horse sanctuary in Oregon called Skydog Ranch. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...

The Economist trying to manifest its ultimate fantasy: will we be able to marry an Excel spreadsheet?

Baffled that none of the spreadsheet people discourse has mentioned this incredible piece of news: windowsreport.com/microsoft-is...

Genuinely interesting: The NYT is highlighting free stories on its website.

all attempts to turn myself into a gamer have failed

A fun and wide-ranging conversation on science and Society, courtesy of Palabra Publica. palabrapublica.uchile.cl/naomi-oreske...

Glad I picked the kiddo up when I did because it is pouring buckets out there now.

it’s too damn hot

Most infrastructure is designed for the world we know. But climate change is taking roads and rails beyond what they were designed for. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Mrs. Volts and I have been riding e-bikes around Victoria, BC all day and we are blown away. We already knew that Vancouver is awesome but we didn't have many expectations about Victoria. It is amazing! The bike infrastructure is superb and there is jaw-dropping beauty around every turn. 🚴‍♂️😎

What gender are pandas people

Do you want to write a story about volcanoes that changed history? the editor asked. Why yes. Yes, I do. My piece in @knowablemag.bsky.social on the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days that can transpire after an eruption: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... 🧪🌋

TIL There is at least one concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra

And not just in the tropics! As for instance @irishrainforest.bsky.social has demonstrated and often explained!

"People just need to check the land for invasive species & remove them, ensure there are adequate seed sources, provide protection from fire, grazing animals & humans, & then it is mostly self-sufficient. You can end up with a forest that cd store more carbon & is more biodiverse than a planted one"

The kind of journalism you only get from publications that take no ad revenue. www.consumerreports.org/cars/electri...

This book is so endearing.

Does anyone know if any of the DOE's emergency orders allowing grid operators to dispatch backup gensets as demand response have actually been utilized?

Hot summer hike McKinney Falls State Park.

This man should be before the ICC.

Émission Infrarouge @rts.ch sur l'été 2026: Oui cet été n'est qu'un avant-goût de ce qui nous attend si nous continuons à brûler pétrole, gaz & charbon. Non ce n'est pas une raison pour déprimer, mais une motivation pour agir! @alexisfavre.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social www.rts.ch/emissions/in...

Weakening federal truck pollution standards ensures more dirty diesel trucks on our roads, leading to toxic air and worsening health for families near highways & freight hubs for decades. Help us oppose Trump’s EPA attack on clean air. The comment period ends Aug. 29! sc.org/EPA_Diesel_P...

The thermometer says 100, but democracy is calling!

I’m being completely serious when I say someone needs to alert the Texas MAHA moms about this. It’s a serious health threat particularly to children

A reconstruction of July #Arctic sea ice extent since 1850 and compared with 2026... Data provided by doi.org/10.7265/jj4s.... Note the mid-20th century warm period (doi.org/10.1002/wcc....), which remains an active area of research.

oh man i can hear katie couric

Donald Trump's Keystone XL is Dead. Meet KXL Jr. Does Trump know the difference? youtu.be/PtCzmveAKfo

If human creativity weren't a threat to capital then capital wouldn't be threatening human creativity. If mutual care and cooperation weren't a threat to systems of domination, then systems of domination wouldn't be trying to undermine our relationships with each other.

The Other AI Energy Story: Using Less Electricity Axiom Cloud uses AI to detect refrigerant leaks in grocery stores. That's it. Nothing sexy. But it saves customers a ton of money. And those customers use less energy. So, is that sexy? #AI youtu.be/VOBXZVpHjI8

Former coalfield in Maryland getting solar energy. “Clean-energy projects that are ready to go right now are the ones that are also most directly under attack by this federal administration, who is using energy policy like an ideology,” Gov. Wes Moore. thedailyrecord.com/2026/08/20/s...

"We're hotter than the climate" Yesterday, in front of the National Assembly, @xrparisidf.bsky.social set fire to a model of the Earth to symbolize the inaction of the state and its support for big companies in the face of the climate emergency. Our world is burning.

#SolarForAll #EnergyTransition #ClimateChange #PlugInSolar #BalconySolar #yyc #cdnpoli #abpoli #SolarPower #Solar

NEOM's collapse = *fastest click ever* www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Never try to tell me Big Oil won't go into a country out of concerns for "democracy," "rule of law," or even stability. They go where the money is. Period. Security issues in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado area, where Exxon’s is based, were “still acute but manageable." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Never try to tell me Big Oil won't go into a country out of concerns for "democracy," "rule of law," or even stability. They go where the money is. Period. Security issues in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado area, where Exxon’s is based, were “still acute but manageable." help.ft.com/faq/gifting-...

"Not only are you saving money, fighting #ClimateChange, advancing the #EnergyTransition & experiencing some real, genuine freedom there's a bit of fun in looking at your new toy & seeing how much of your energy supply came from that big glowing globe in the sky!" #PlugInSolar #BalconySolar #abpoli

Threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to permafrost Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds Latest Q&A by me in tipping point series. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm old enough to remember when this issue was a Tea Party rallying cry and a fringe component of the Sagebrush Rebellion revival that kneecapped the Obama BLM and led to the Malheur standoff. This is complex, murderous stuff and I think political pundits should be very careful about stirring it up

In which I explore the connections between Senator @anguskingiii.bsky.social's bath-mat evangelism with wider disaster risk reduction needs. revkin.substack.com/p/a-senators...