Hugh Daigle
@hdaigle.bsky.social
Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. Into decarbonization, gas hydrates, nanotechnology, birds. #energysky
George Pillsbury (of doughboy fame) grew up in the next town over from my hometown in NH. After the family moved to MN to start their company, he donated money to start libraries in Warner (my hometown) and Sutton (his). I guess people were different back then. library.warnernh.gov/about/histor...
February 17, 2026 at 3:14 AM
George Pillsbury (of doughboy fame) grew up in the next town over from my hometown in NH. After the family moved to MN to start their company, he donated money to start libraries in Warner (my hometown) and Sutton (his). I guess people were different back then. library.warnernh.gov/about/histor...
The city replenished the water in Shipe Pool this week and it was so still and reflective this evening. Already looking forward to our summer community meeting spot.
February 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
The city replenished the water in Shipe Pool this week and it was so still and reflective this evening. Already looking forward to our summer community meeting spot.
Offshore wind rocks. "Once fully operational, [Vineyard Wind] will deliver power at a price of $84.23 per [MWh] to the New England grid. That’s markedly less than spot wholesale prices during the storm, which spiked to over $870 per MWh on Jan. 25."
More proof that offshore wind is a reliable and cost-effective part of New England's winter power mix — no matter what the Trump administration says: www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
#energysky
#energysky
Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold
America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.
www.canarymedia.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Offshore wind rocks. "Once fully operational, [Vineyard Wind] will deliver power at a price of $84.23 per [MWh] to the New England grid. That’s markedly less than spot wholesale prices during the storm, which spiked to over $870 per MWh on Jan. 25."
We are hosting a scientific ocean drilling workshop here in Austin May 19-21 to develop a drilling proposal to investigate submarine slope failure dynamics and their relationship with gas, hydrates, and ocean currents around the Cape Fear Slide. Details here: usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-lan...
Workshop - Landslide dynamics, ocean currents, and carbon cycling on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin - U.S. Science Support Program
The U.S. Science Support Program is pleased to announce a workshop aimed at training early and mid-career scientists who seek to write proposals to work on existing scientific ocean drilling samples a...
usoceandiscovery.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
We are hosting a scientific ocean drilling workshop here in Austin May 19-21 to develop a drilling proposal to investigate submarine slope failure dynamics and their relationship with gas, hydrates, and ocean currents around the Cape Fear Slide. Details here: usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-lan...
UT did a nice story on our carbon management program.
Get in loser, we’re managing carbon
news.utexas.edu/2026/02/06/u...
Get in loser, we’re managing carbon
news.utexas.edu/2026/02/06/u...
UT Researchers Map the Path to Viable Carbon Capture
Cross-disciplinary team proposes a systems approach to make carbon management economically viable
news.utexas.edu
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 AM
UT did a nice story on our carbon management program.
Get in loser, we’re managing carbon
news.utexas.edu/2026/02/06/u...
Get in loser, we’re managing carbon
news.utexas.edu/2026/02/06/u...
Winter in Austin: it’s February 9 and your AC goes out. Easier to get someone out to fix it than in August!
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Winter in Austin: it’s February 9 and your AC goes out. Easier to get someone out to fix it than in August!
Reposted by Hugh Daigle
Opening ceremonies are making Mrs. Volts cry, and she can't quite explain why. I honestly just think that, these days, in the US, any glimpse of decency or beauty or love or wonder in public life is like an oasis in the f'ing desert. A reminder that humans can be good & creative & cooperative.
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Opening ceremonies are making Mrs. Volts cry, and she can't quite explain why. I honestly just think that, these days, in the US, any glimpse of decency or beauty or love or wonder in public life is like an oasis in the f'ing desert. A reminder that humans can be good & creative & cooperative.
I was hoping @dieworkwear.bsky.social would have commentary on Olympic opening ceremony fashion and he delivered! This is why I keep coming back here.
Dig the duffle coats on the US Team. The rope toggles harken back to the original military design when the Allies fought fascists. Manufacturers such as Gloverall switched to leather after the war to make the civilian versions feel more "upscale."
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I was hoping @dieworkwear.bsky.social would have commentary on Olympic opening ceremony fashion and he delivered! This is why I keep coming back here.
I just finished “Multiple Choice” by Alejandro Zambra for a book club, and it’s a story of generational trauma from living in Pinochet’s Chile. The demeanor sadly reminds me of @vermontgmg.bsky.social post about what we’re going through in this country. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
The physical weight of Trumpism
That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I just finished “Multiple Choice” by Alejandro Zambra for a book club, and it’s a story of generational trauma from living in Pinochet’s Chile. The demeanor sadly reminds me of @vermontgmg.bsky.social post about what we’re going through in this country. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
The best shibboleth in the world is the pronunciation of Bexar County (home to San Antonio). We once heard a couple trying to get free admission to the art museum and pronouncing it as spelled. Still laughing about it. (It’s pronounced “bear”)
February 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The best shibboleth in the world is the pronunciation of Bexar County (home to San Antonio). We once heard a couple trying to get free admission to the art museum and pronouncing it as spelled. Still laughing about it. (It’s pronounced “bear”)
Reposted by Hugh Daigle
Welcome to bsky US Scientific Ocean Drilling! @us-sciod.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Welcome to bsky US Scientific Ocean Drilling! @us-sciod.bsky.social
Zomg show up to ask me anything about energy tomorrow! calendar.utexas.edu/event/ut-ene...
UT Energy Symposium – Ask UT Austin Anything about Energy
calendar.utexas.edu
February 3, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Zomg show up to ask me anything about energy tomorrow! calendar.utexas.edu/event/ut-ene...
You think it’s not playing out in red states but you’re wrong. This is in response to 1/2 www.kxan.com/news/local/a...
Texas attorney general investigating Austin ISD policies after anti-ICE student walkouts
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Monday he is demanding that Austin Independent School District provide its policies related to allowing students to leave campus after district officials l…
www.kxan.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 AM
You think it’s not playing out in red states but you’re wrong. This is in response to 1/2 www.kxan.com/news/local/a...
Given the recent discourse on Cuba, Bad Bunny, etc. I would be interested in analyses of the Spanish-American War in the context of current events. McKinley was president then, apparently Trump admires him.
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Given the recent discourse on Cuba, Bad Bunny, etc. I would be interested in analyses of the Spanish-American War in the context of current events. McKinley was president then, apparently Trump admires him.
Art and the challenge of the visual (Expos class, Harvard iykyk)
Music theory
Modern Irish Gaelic
Existentialism
Complex analysis (hardest class I ever took, was an elective, contributed to my crap GPA, would not do again, but I used it for a paper in grad school!)
Music theory
Modern Irish Gaelic
Existentialism
Complex analysis (hardest class I ever took, was an elective, contributed to my crap GPA, would not do again, but I used it for a paper in grad school!)
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations
Digital Design
Modern Physics
Electronics Lab
Choral Conducting
Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations
Digital Design
Modern Physics
Electronics Lab
Choral Conducting
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Math
Lab
Language
Seminar
Preceptorial
Math
Lab
Language
Seminar
Preceptorial
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Art and the challenge of the visual (Expos class, Harvard iykyk)
Music theory
Modern Irish Gaelic
Existentialism
Complex analysis (hardest class I ever took, was an elective, contributed to my crap GPA, would not do again, but I used it for a paper in grad school!)
Music theory
Modern Irish Gaelic
Existentialism
Complex analysis (hardest class I ever took, was an elective, contributed to my crap GPA, would not do again, but I used it for a paper in grad school!)
The Challenger disaster is one of my earliest memories. I was 4 years old, living in Concord NH. I was at a daycare run in the house of Mary Langevin. We were all watching the launch because of Christa McAuliffe. 1/6
January 29, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The Challenger disaster is one of my earliest memories. I was 4 years old, living in Concord NH. I was at a daycare run in the house of Mary Langevin. We were all watching the launch because of Christa McAuliffe. 1/6
Sad to hear this. Prof McElroy inspired a quantitative approach to sustainability problems in me as an immature undergraduate.
I was sorry to hear that Mike McElroy has passed away. He was on my Ph.D. committee and was always very supportive of me and my work.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
‘A Towering Intellect’: Michael McElroy, Giant of Harvard Environmental Sciences, Dies at 86 | News | The Harvard Crimson
Remembered as a pioneering atmospheric scientist who bridged planetary science, climate policy, and undergraduate education, Michael B. McElroy, 86, died earlier this month from cancer.
www.thecrimson.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Sad to hear this. Prof McElroy inspired a quantitative approach to sustainability problems in me as an immature undergraduate.
Welp, better not throw a lateral at last and goal this time GO PATS
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Welp, better not throw a lateral at last and goal this time GO PATS
Snow day (ok, actually ice day) in AUS. All good fun, power was on, crowds of kids roaming the neighborhood. Like my yankee childhood!
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Snow day (ok, actually ice day) in AUS. All good fun, power was on, crowds of kids roaming the neighborhood. Like my yankee childhood!
It’s icing in ATX tonight and the mayor needs to post this message. Way to go everyone! Elections have consequences.
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 AM
It’s icing in ATX tonight and the mayor needs to post this message. Way to go everyone! Elections have consequences.
Stay home and poast, we need you. It’s been a day.
PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE:
Respectfully, get the fuck off of Austin roads. They're frozen and you have zero ability to drive on ice
Respectfully, get the fuck off of Austin roads. They're frozen and you have zero ability to drive on ice
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Stay home and poast, we need you. It’s been a day.
Grilled cheese!!!
what are people stress eating?
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Grilled cheese!!!
Wouldn’t be a winter weather event without an @evilmopacatx.bsky.social HEB inventory
FRIDAY NIGHT WINTER STORM HEB UPDATE ❄️💦🧊😱
The following items are STILL available in Austin...
*Vegan Ox
*Yak Milk
*Ham Girth
*TP From Employee Bathroom (one roll max)
*Mink Jelly (Westlake)
*Diet Ice
*Febreze Intimate Oils (Steiner Ranch)
*Assorted Loins
*Ferret Glaze
The following items are STILL available in Austin...
*Vegan Ox
*Yak Milk
*Ham Girth
*TP From Employee Bathroom (one roll max)
*Mink Jelly (Westlake)
*Diet Ice
*Febreze Intimate Oils (Steiner Ranch)
*Assorted Loins
*Ferret Glaze
January 24, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Wouldn’t be a winter weather event without an @evilmopacatx.bsky.social HEB inventory
It’s going to be cold but the ERCOT grid can handle it. Brownsville: 22 Uri vs 32 this weekend; Austin 6 Uri vs 19 Monday. & we have more battery storage and renewables on the grid. Don’t sensationalize!
January 24, 2026 at 3:55 AM
It’s going to be cold but the ERCOT grid can handle it. Brownsville: 22 Uri vs 32 this weekend; Austin 6 Uri vs 19 Monday. & we have more battery storage and renewables on the grid. Don’t sensationalize!