Jesse Berman
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Jesse Berman
@jesseberman.bsky.social

Environmental epidemiologist interested in air pollution, extreme weather, GIS, human health. Professor of Public Health. Transplant from Brooklyn. Go Bills! Go Yankees! Opinions are my own.

Environmental science 61%
Geography 15%
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Some random thoughts on the #Bills of ‘Things I did not expect’ (Reply to Thread):

Dropping some stuff at the #Goodwill and I’m always amazed how long it takes people to move items from their car to the donate bin (~4 feet away). Unless these garbage bags of household goods contain unwanted faberge eggs, I’m not convinced this level of care is necessary

In sum, all bets on the 2025 WR room failed, except for Shakir and Shavers (arguably Player 53!) unexpectedly improving and taking some of the Hollins blocking role. This poor series of bets made it really hard for that WR room and Allen to succeed 3/3

Problem was Beane bet on a 2025 WR room where Shakir remains Shakir (pass), Coleman got better (failed), Palmer replaces Amari Cooper (failed), Samuel 2025 >Samuel 2024 (failed), and Elijah Moore to take the old Trent Sherfield slot (failed). Not sure who would take Mack Hopkins yards. 2/3

6) The sad development of Keon Coleman. In 2024, guy showed flashes but also alarms. Basically enough to say there’s a 50/50 chance he will be better or worse…and he got worse. Not what anyone wanted, but a statistical likelihood that was met. 1/3

It is only 1-year in to this administration. By Year 4, there will be no one left. Russel Vought will have fully achieved his goal of utterly destroying our nations public health and scientific institutions.
This is so incredibly heart-breaking. To Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli at NIH--you have betrayed the entire scientific community. Deeply committed staff are leaving in droves--because you are destroying the institution. Shame on you. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com

Trump has single handedly done more to improve the social standing of China, than any action China could have done by itself. And most of Chinas ‘moves’ have been to stand stoically and say “Look how sane and stable we are compared to the US.” And it’s a winning strategy!
This is so incredibly heart-breaking. To Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli at NIH--you have betrayed the entire scientific community. Deeply committed staff are leaving in droves--because you are destroying the institution. Shame on you. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣

Only if he wears cropped pants in December

Watching the video is painful and people may want to look away. But it’s important to see evidence with your own eyes and draw your own conclusions. And crucially have the people see how obvious the lying is by the President and his administration to America
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

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Bluesky is hiding our post which shows what happened in Minneapolis, even though there's no graphic content (the victim is never shown).

Video evidence shows the public what happened and allows people to form an opinion, which is especially important when officials call it an act of terrorism.

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Minnesota Public Radio has live updates about ICE shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis:

Frey disputes that ICE killed woman in self-defense www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Frey disputes that ICE killed woman in self-defense
ICE officials say the woman was shot and killed Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis after attempting to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Frey called the ICE version of what happened “garba...
www.mprnews.org

Had a new thermostat installed and it’s slowly dawning on me that the old one must have been reading several degrees too warm. Cause with the old temp settings on the new thermostat and everyone woke up sweating and complaining of the heat (but at least it got them up early for school!)

5) Taron Johnson is showing his age. He’s not going anywhere with his contract restructure, so it’ll be interesting to see how he changes his game. Will he be able to pull a Poyer and White and learn to become a more technical guy, who relies on precision rather than athleticism? I think he’ll do it

Despite your feelings about Klobuchar, she lets the anti-Walz voters be comfortable staying home rather than holding their nose and voting for an embarrassment like Mike Lindell. That’s why it’ll have down ballot impacts.
It is not hyperbole to say that a Klobuchar-led ticket could lead to an absolute disaster scenario for the GOP.

Like, we're talking 10+ Dem flips in the State House and at least 5 in the State Senate. Plus it would probably shut out most chances of GOP flips in Trump/DFL seats.
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."

@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com

4) Kudos to Ray Davis. Solid rookie year, completely pushed out in Year 2 by a record James Cook season. Instead of pouting, turns himself into a top kick returner. And still showed value as a runner in 2nd half [insert gif of McDermott clappjng]

3) I didn’t expect Landon Jackson to be so ineffective. My hope was he’d be an Epenesa replacement, adequate rotational guy, makes an occasional play, low ceiling but solid floor. Not sure if he’ll be that by next season. Forces the Bills to maybe pay for yet another rotational DE while he develops

2) Jackson Hawes basically eliminated the 6 OLine formation that was so popular with the Bills. Did not expect his presence to literally change their lineup so much. Plus he proved better than expected in catching. Was an actual weapon (maybe blunt tool) in that department

1) Tyrell Shavers was a complete afterthought. He made the team via special teams, but proved unexpected mettle in blocking, plus a catch here and there. Would have NEVER guessed in Aug that he’d be so valuable that he’s basically a Week 17 rest candidate

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It is not hyperbole to say that a Klobuchar-led ticket could lead to an absolute disaster scenario for the GOP.

Like, we're talking 10+ Dem flips in the State House and at least 5 in the State Senate. Plus it would probably shut out most chances of GOP flips in Trump/DFL seats.

Ever since I was a kid, I always enjoyed the #TwilightZone marathon on New Years. Can’t help but watch for a bit
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026

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I love watching a NYC cop car come down a closed pedestrian street in Manhattan, light flashing, people moving out of the way, to pull up in front of some other street cops and start passing out takeout lunch. A classic stereotype come true

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Clean energy is unstoppable now.

The only question is how much damage can fossil fuels — and their political lackeys — do while we transition to a better future.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
The year Trump tried and failed to stop clean energy
The Trump administration brought the sledgehammer down on clean energy — but that still wasn't enough to crush it.
www.canarymedia.com

Realistically, the Pats will win out and take the East. Makes winning this game less crucial. If that tradeoff means guys like Poyer, Jones, and Kincaid can get healthy(ier) for the playoffs, I’ll take it.

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Christmas 2025 - temperature anomalies across the contiguous United States 🔥

Map from www.karstenhaustein.com/climate

I’m literally speechless. And this is from 2019!
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:

"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."