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Bill Haneberg

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Geologist at the geohazard•climate•policy nexus. Hazard + risk. GIS, lidar, landslides, debris flows, floods. Kentucky Colonel in New Mexico. He/him. More: www.linkedin.com/in/billhaneberg & https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0mCybjIAAAAJ&hl=en

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · Jun 25

Nota bene: Bsky is filled with great images but I don't "love" or repost any that don't include alt-text.

It's easy to add alt-text—just click on ALT in the corner before you post—and it takes less time than adding a copyright notice or details about the camera body, lens, and exposure!

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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 1d

“Climate risks will be wide-reaching and secular, not narrow and cyclical. Those at risk include homeowners, banks, insurers, and holders of securitized mortgages"

- Kevin Stiroh, former Fed official

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ex-Fed Official Sees Secular ‘Shocks’ Ahead From Extreme Weather

The Federal Reserve’s former top-ranking official overseeing climate risk says the US economy faces a series of long-term, structural shocks as a result of increasingly extreme weather patterns.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 1d

The attack on @frediotto.bsky.social was seeded years ago by Roger Pielke Jr, who started arguing that this table from a recent @ipcc.bsky.social report proved that climate science cannot attribute extreme weather to climate change.

But Roger is of course lying. And we know this for 2 reasons.

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CLIMATEWIRE
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking
disasters to global warming
By LESLEY CLARK, SARA SCHONHARDT, CHELSEA HARVEY | 10/09/2025
06:22 AM EDT Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose
work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

Table 12.12 | Emergence of CIDs in different time periods, as assessed in this section. The colour contesponds to the confidence of the region with the highest confidence: white cells indicate where evidence is lacking or the signal is not present, leading to overal bu confidence of an emerging signal.

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · 2d

His statements about wanting public servants to be traumatized and viewed as villains make it clear he's not merely a small government advocate. There are far more empathic, efficient, and dare I say Christian ways to reduce government size if that's your goal. He wants to bring down the country.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

New piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 4d

Great to see John Holdren, Obama's Science Advisor, make a very clear statement about how equity and diversity improve science and technology. When I do EDI training for hiring I am clear. We're looking for great researchers and teachers and we risk missing out on those people.

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$One of the things Obama said early on—he liked sports analogies—was it’s hard to win if half your team is on the bench. And he was talking about women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and medicine. A large fraction of the country’s talent base is not being effectively used because of lack of access, lack of inclusion, and lack of equity. And to the extent that we fixed that, we improved the system. There’s now a substantial amount of scholarly research that shows that diversity is beneficial in science and technology. And the idea that diversity, inclusion, equity, per se, are bad ideas—which is obviously the stance that the Trump administration holds—are very destructive to the future of this country in these fields.$

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · 4d

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8d

Having a hard time keeping up with things in your daily life?

World outside seems upside down?

No longer enjoying the same things you once did?

Future feels dark and scary?

You may be experiencing fascism. Fortunately, there’s a cure!

#GeneralStrike #Protest #Resist #CommunityDefense #MutualAid

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 4d

The "do we need more geologists?" things on LinkedIn recently are... interesting.

Faculty: "Yes!"

Everyone else: "There's not enough demand for existing graduates!"

Both are correct.

You'd think the professional societies would want to dig into this more....

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 4d

Do they understand that mines require actual, physical resources to be present?

Mining has never stopped in the US--for deposits that are economical.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Burgum: "We have to get back to mining in our country. It's not just drill baby drill. It's mine baby mine with President Trump."

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 5d

If you want to irritate your readers, do it on purpose, do it for a reason, and do it knowledgeably.

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 11d

Once more with feeling, as well as conviction and hard data:

"The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion"

greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

In light of attacks on DEI, we gathered articles that lay out the evidence in favor of fostering racially diverse and equitable schools, workplaces, cities, and societies.

greatergood.berkeley.edu

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Le Caghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 18d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Fear and hopelessness’: one in four professors in the US south are leaving

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 19d

What I like about this story is that it explains how the system works: pecan-growing, the allocation of water, what happens when there isn't enough. Some history. If you want to change food and agriculture and respond to climate change, you have to understand this stuff. www.hcn.org/issues/57-9/...

The Rio Grande’s pecan problem - High Country News

How Big Ag is threatening New Mexico’s water supply.

www.hcn.org

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 24d

folks, I want to remind you that a ton of federal workers are about to get their last pay check at the end of this month and this stuff is going to get much worse

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 24d

GOOGLE SEARCHES FOR “HELP WITH MORTGAGE” SURPASS 2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS PEAK, SIGNALING GROWING FINANCIAL STRAIN ON U.S. HOUSEHOLDS

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25d

I recommend reading oilystuff. From this week.

"I've shown you a hundred different ways that at oil prices below $63 WTI NYMEX the U.S. tight oil industry does NOT have the assets to pay back its long-term debt, nor its future plugging and decommissioning costs."

I've shown you a hundred different ways that at oil prices b

I've shown you a hundred different ways that at oil prices below $63 WTI NYMEX the U.S. tight oil industry does NOT have the assets to pay back its long-term debt, nor its future plugging and decommis

www.oilystuff.com

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Jared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 25d

I’m proud to say that @noaa.gov and NCEI has released a 1 year retrospective on #Helene using ESRI Story Maps.

arcg.is/aqCD4

Here is a brief thread of how this came to be and how NOAA can still do good things (even while wearing pajamas).

Helene in Southern Appalachia

One year later: An event analysis and how we move forward.

arcg.is

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 26d

Meanwhile, DOGE is back… and the GOP has apparently moved on to contrails… 🤔

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Krystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · 26d

It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.

Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!

cen.acs.org/people/profi...

#DisabledInSTEM

Trailblazers: Chemists with disabilities rethink how we do science

C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways

cen.acs.org

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · 27d

One more thing that makes New Mexico great: legitimate green chile, egg, and Spam breakfast burritos at 5:00 am from the Native-owned Indian Pueblo Kitchen in the new ABQ airport food court (or red instead of green depending on your mood).

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 27d

My hometown’s public radio and TV station is going to close down because of the loss of federal funding, and because Penn State won’t shell out to make up the difference. It would be a couple million dollars a year. The football coach makes $8.5 million a year.

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · 28d

Currently serving on (and chairing) my second federal advisory committee. Two things: 1) legit federal advisory committees take FACA seriously; it’s the law and 3) FACA helps ensure committees are balanced, impartial, and serve the best interests of the country.

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 28d

ICYMI: I talked today about the federal advisory committee act and why it is proving a challenge for DOE and EPAs climate “plans.” open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

Obscure federal bureaucracy law causing problems for Trump's climate plans

DOE forced to disband DOE's Climate Working Group because of FACA

open.substack.com

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · 29d

Good question. I remember receiving lots of regularly gridded marine geophysical data like 3D seismic horizons exported as xyz files when just about any kind of raster format would’ve been more logical (for gridded data, not irregularly spaced point data).

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · 29d

Yes! It makes a difference. I brine pinto beans overnight with salt and baking soda, rinse, 12 minutes in a pressure cooker with fresh water, baking soda, and natural pressure release (I'm in New Mexico at 5340 feet, or 1630 m, above sea level). Add salt and either red or green chile afterwards.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29d

the recipe says you don't have to soak but as a person who eats beans multiple times a week i think you should brine your beans www.seriouseats.com/baking-soda-...

Why You Should Soak Beans in a Salt and Baking Soda Brine Before Cooking

Soaking beans in a solution of salt and baking soda yields creamy, cooked beans in less time.

www.seriouseats.com

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Adam Csank @acsank.bsky.social · Sep 10

Come work with us! The University of Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability, and environmental justice. Details at this link nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...

Assistant Professor, Human-Environment Geography

The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...

nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.bsky.social · Sep 9

NWS is hiring but candidates are being asked to identify agreement with executive orders. No Administration has screened applicants this way. The job is about merit. Does the candidate have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to complete the mission and save lives?

abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...

Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump

As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advan...

abcnews.go.com

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Sep 10

Born #OnThisDay in 1907 was geologist and palaeontologist Professor Dorothy Hill FRS. She was the first female professor at an Australian university, the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science, and the first Australian woman to become Fellow of the Royal Society. #WomenInSTEM

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…

www.krqe.com

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