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Costa Samaras
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Climate, energy, emerging tech, resilience, & policy professor. Carnegie Mellon Univ. Institute for Energy Innovation Director. Former Biden-Harris White House OSTP Chief Advisor for the Clean Energy Transition. Personal account. He/Him. costasamaras.com
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RAND RAND / Research & Commentary / Research Reports / Improvements to Air Force Strategic Basing Decisions Censtantine Samaras, Rachel Costello, Paul DeLuca, Stephen J. Guerra, Kerineth Kuhn, Anu Narayanan, Michael Nixon, Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Nolan Sweeney, Joseph Vesely, et al. RESEARCH Published Apr 15, 2016 From https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1297.html
January 10, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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the ONIoN America's Finest News Source Friday, January 2, 2026 Point/Counterpoint This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won't Published: March 26, 2003
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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The font is Chalkboard, to pair well with a beloved character from bsky’s user base
A vcr cart from school, a boxy TV on a metal cart with a vcr on it.
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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"WEBSITE FOR 39 YEAR OLDS" in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign logo
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
Maue did not respond to requests for comment from E&E News. But he wrote on X that he was enlisting artificial intelligence to help with the latest National Climate Assessment. He cited the Gemini 3 Pro program as well as Grok, an Al chatbot developed by xAl, the artificial intelligence company led by tech tycoon Elon Musk. https://www.eenews.net/articles/its-the-gold-standard-of-us-climate-research-contrarians-could-write-the-next-one/
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Put it on my tombstone

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Okay, before we go into our awards, I've got a bonus round here. I pulled together some quotes from our guests over the last 11 or 12 months, and I want to see if you can guess who said what. My professional policy analysis of this bill is, it stinks. Who was that? Costa. That's right. Costa Samaras. Jigar wasn't on that day. Oh yes, that's right. It does sound like something Jigar would say too. He was playing the part of Jigar. That was one of my favorite takes. I loved it. He was a good guest.
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Cohen is a ghost @skullmandible most cutting thing you can say is "who's this clown?" because it implies they're a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns 6:50 PM • Dec 12, 2013
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Here's a Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry building called The Dancing House, or "Ginger and Fred". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing...
The Dancing House building in Prague that look like two people dancing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House Windows from the dancing house, not in alignment but looks beautiful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Gen. Buck Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove with a speech bubble to the below. In the movie, he said, "Mr. President, we must not allow a mine-shaft gap!"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Loser stuff: "Remigration"

Winner stuff: Remi
Remi the rat from ratatouille, holding a big spoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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NYT headline says "Top Aides"

Kushner is just some guy he doesn't work for the USG

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The American negotiators who plan to attend the talks are Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for the president; and Jared Kushner, the president' son-in-law and a businessman who does some international diplomacy for Mr. Trump.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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me and my bsky computer friends
The characters Neil and Del from the movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles carrying Del’s trunk, smiling.
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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My first job in NY was across the street from Macy’s, we used to go during lunch to buy socks or whatever but mostly to ride the wooden escalators.
Macys escalator with wooden slats as stairs
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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PJM is the regional grid serving 67 million customers in 13 states
Map of the PJM regional grid territory which is most of the U.S. mid-atlantic and also parts of the midwest https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/about-pjm/newsroom/fact-sheets/pjm-at-a-glance.pdf
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Mortimer and Randolph from the movie Trading Places with a speech bubble to the quoted text, after they lost their money on frozen concentrated orange juice futures
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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@jcsalterego.bsky.social I have an idea, instead of the Discover Tab, let’s call it
A Hot Topic store in the mall
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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he believes what now
Many of the facts that concerned critics about Mr. Trump's physical he Ith during his first term are present now. He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery. He enjoys red meat and is known to eat McDonald's by the sackful.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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In article full of great charts by @meghanbartels.bsky.social and the @sciam.bsky.social team, this one stands out. "Someone who is five years old in 2025 may be exposed to almost 39 times the number of heat waves that was typical of the preindustrial era." www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Chart from: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-paris-climate-agreement-is-turning-10-these-5-charts-show-what-progress/ Showing a bar char by age of the Increase Factor of heat wave exposure Compared with Preindustrial Times. Someone who is five years old in 2025 may be exposed to almost 39 times the number of heat waves that was typical of the preindustrial era
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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it's 1998. you have a nintendo 64 with goldeneye. you just ordered pizza with extra cheese. your friends are coming over and you have four rumble paks. you don't know it right now but this is as good as life will ever get
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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mood
Guy Taking Off Headphones, is an image of professional association football coach Jose Mourinho ripping off a headset in apparent revulsion.
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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This week CMU's Scott Institute for Energy Innovation hosted a summit on the future of AI & energy research at CMU. After remarks from CMU's President & VP for Research, lots of students, staff, & faculty gathered to discuss opportunities for interdisciplinary AI, energy, & environmental work. #Ad
Costa on stage speaking with a slide in the background that says Carnegie Mellon University Scott Institute for Energy Innovation and my job title
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Alien (1979, Directed by Ridley Scott)
Me wearing a black unzipped sweatshirt, inside the sweatshirt peeks out the face of a tuxedo cat
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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sorry, northern lights are not available, best we can do is Aurora Savalas
Album cover? Saying Telly with a bald Telly Savalas from the 1970s
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Boxer meme. Top boxer says: okay ima make it to whitefish Bay Boxer sitting says: damn the gales of November got hands
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Zohran font saying planes need engines for flying
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM