I wrote several papers about how bad corn ethanol was going to be around 2010, so I am not surprised.
We should always remind ourselves that biofuels are complements not substitutes for fossil fuels, b/c they are used in ICEs and have limited scalability.
They are a big ag and big oil PR mechanism.

“American science, the gold-standard and world-leading science and innovation enterprise, is being destroyed….Congress has a rare moment of leverage to check Trump’s executive overreach and it must stand up and do so.”

- @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The tools:

“‘Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough… Mitigating these things—security cameras, security guards, school drills—isn’t enough. You have to act to prevent them’.…

there is evidence that mass shooters tend to follow a common path to violence, that they leave signals of their intentions”🧪🛟

*gift link

Annenberg poll in April 2025: 7%pt increase (since Aug. 2023) in support for req'ing kids to have MMR vaccination to attend school. A lot could have contributed to this uptick since Aug. 2023, but recall April had TX measles outbreak (& others) plus RFK Jr.'s statements/actions about it. 🛟😷 medsky

The American Petrostate
#ScienceUnderSiege

COUNTRY ANALYSIS: We have downgraded the #US climate action to "Critically insufficient" - it's the most aggressive, comprehensive and consequential climate policy rollback the CAT has ever analysed.

🔗 bit.ly/CAT_US

Chronic underestimators, the IEA calls solar #1 by 2033—but they’ve never kept up with reality. 🚀 With 2025 smashing records & storage racing ahead, coal could be dethroned by 2027–28, maybe sooner. The sun isn’t waiting for forecasts by the fossil lobby. ☀️ #Solar #BESS #EnergyTransition #Renewables

🍎🍯 Shana Tova!
As we welcome the High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah invites us to pause, reflect, and envision the future we want to create.

Wish you and your loved ones a sweet, meaningful, and just new year as we enter 5786.

🎨 Artwork by Jessica Tamar Deutsch.

ADD YOUR THOUGHTS ON LIMITING STUDENT VISA TO FOUR YEARS

Comment period ends September 29th

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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Actual good news! 🌊 🐳 💙

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers

NY protects NY

@riseandresist.bsky.social staged an excellent ⚡️HANDS OFF NYC ⚡️protest yesterday in front of Trump Tower on 5th Ave to let Trump know that New York does not want federal troops here.

I refashioned my giant hands for it. 👋

#nyprotectsny #notroopsinnyc #handsoff #handsoffnyc

Ooo look, some public hydrology.

Governor Katie Hobbs signed an Executive Order expanding access to COVID vaccines in Arizona.

It makes it possible for people to get the COVID vaccine without needing a prior prescription and directs insurers to cover the vaccine.

Doctors I trust more than RFK, Jr

Yep.

"…clear that fossil-fuel companies, and their adjacent organizations, are the primary lobbyists for CCUS subsidies and that these subsidies benefit fossil-fuel companies at the expense of both taxpayers and the future health of our planet"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Incredible showing for democracy and against occupation today.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

I actually contracted whooping cough as an adult, in my 20s, and my doctor said the same thing. It left me with damage to my lungs (which has healed over many years, fortunately) and asthma.

The vaccine I got in childhood saved my life.

Obligatory reminder: if you wake up in a room with a bat, you need to get rabies shots, because their bites aren’t always detectable! Carry on!

The magic gift from the PCR gods is the willingness to perform experiments with robust controls, to be skeptical of your own data, and ask for help when you need it.