Pete Erickson
@pugetgold.bsky.social
Finally (Jan 2026) moved over from Twitter, where I was (am) x.com/SEI_Erickson. Still a climate policy researcher (sometimes), though I'd prefer to be sewing. Seattle, WA, USA.
I always appreciate how comfortable Oreskes is with the messiness of science, and yet steadfast (and ultimately, I think, correct) belief that the social character of science is the reason to trust it in the first place. Her book Why Trust Science has been hugely influential on me.
Is mistrust in science growing? Science historian Naomi Oreskes looks to the past to unpack current skepticism and explores how ghostwriting in scientific papers affects public trust.
Are These Unprecedented Times for Science, Really?
A science historian looks to the past to understand our current moment, and how ghostwriting in scientific papers is harming public trust.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I always appreciate how comfortable Oreskes is with the messiness of science, and yet steadfast (and ultimately, I think, correct) belief that the social character of science is the reason to trust it in the first place. Her book Why Trust Science has been hugely influential on me.
There's an adage in community organizing that one needs to "move at the speed of trust". But for trust, one needs health, safety, stability. As I read it, this paper ⬇️ is about getting out ahead of that in energy planning, to address weak points, so the energy transition can move faster. Yes!
New from @gruberte.bsky.social and I in @science.org: The energy transition is at risk, and energy models are missing the threat. Fossil energy networks from oil to coal to gas have minimum viable scales of operation, and those thresholds are closer than we think:
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Fossil energy minimum viable scale
Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out
www.science.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
There's an adage in community organizing that one needs to "move at the speed of trust". But for trust, one needs health, safety, stability. As I read it, this paper ⬇️ is about getting out ahead of that in energy planning, to address weak points, so the energy transition can move faster. Yes!
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Launching Reckoning Science
We believe in science and its achievements, but also in the need to examine how it is actually made, including its limits and its entanglements with politics, money, and power.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
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Public Enemy
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"can i use this clip from a movie or a song that i like" motivates about 50 percent of what i choose to talk about on my youtube page www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIK...
Impeach the President
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February 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
(strong endorse)
Public Enemy
(strong endorse)
First person to correctly identify the inspiration for the "+ -" symbol in my banner photo gets a physical print of it mailed to them. I'll be waiting.
January 31, 2026 at 6:56 PM
First person to correctly identify the inspiration for the "+ -" symbol in my banner photo gets a physical print of it mailed to them. I'll be waiting.
Happy to report that I will never be happy to report that I have a new social media account. But here I am. (How's this thing work, anyway?)
January 31, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Happy to report that I will never be happy to report that I have a new social media account. But here I am. (How's this thing work, anyway?)