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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 18h

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Catie Haunted Haus-man 👻👻👻 @catiehausman.bsky.social · 19h

Job posting!

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Assistant or Associate Professor of Global Environmental Policy

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: School for Environment and Sustainability

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Stephen Jarvis @stephenjarvis.bsky.social · 2d

We're hiring! Environmental econ AP position with a focus on biodiversity and related topics.

Come join our great community here at LSE, with lots of people working in the enviro econ space across campus.

Deadline in just under 3 weeks (Oct 26th) and details here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 20h

Know what's even crazier than the $186M investors paid for Krog Mkt #GApol?
The $36M that Fulton county values it at.
That appraisal malfeasance costs us all $2.5M a year. And it's typical for trophies.
You wish your home was appraised at 20% of what it sells for.

www.ajc.com/business/202...

How much did investors pay for the Krog Street Market district? A lot.

The price makes the sale one of the most expensive commercial real estate transactions of the past few years in Atlanta.

www.ajc.com

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 22h

Fellow Georgians might not realize this important election is coming up! Please show up to vote, friends! Statewide election that has major impact on your utility bills or if they make solar power for your home a reasonable investment. Listen/read if you want more info, but for sure show up to vote

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22h

Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!

Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025

With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.

www.volts.wtf

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 22h

So glad @volts.wtf is highlighting the Georgia PSC elections.

At @environmentalvoter.bsky.social, we're mobilizing 366,557 low propensity climate voters in GA this fall with mail, postcards, digital ads & phone calls.

Join us 🔗 environmentalvoter.org/get-involved

open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...

Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025

With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.

open.substack.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 2d

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 2d

We have known climate change would cause many more deaths in lots of ways. Here is a study on how much climate change is already causing more deaths. Not in the future, but now.

Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · 2d

Grantham Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, new report:

Climate change driven changes to the temperatures caused 16,469 additional excess deaths across 854 cities, almost 70% of estimated summer deaths.

spiral.imperial.ac.uk/entities/pub...

Summer heat deaths in 854 European cities more than tripled due to climate change

Focusing on 854 European cities, this study found climate change was responsible for 68% of the 24,400 estimated heat deaths this summer by increasing temperatures by up to 3.6°C. The analysis was le...

spiral.imperial.ac.uk

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 2d

Even if the US is a disaster, we are making progress globally: renewables generated more power than coal for first 6 months of 2025. Yes, we need to pick up the pace, AND we still need to celebrate the progress we have made.

Ben Winkley @benwinkley.bsky.social · 2d

Renewable energy generated more power than coal for the first time on record in the first half of this year, according to a report by energy think-tank Ember

www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

Renewables overtook coal for powergen in 1H: Ember | Latest Market News

Renewable energy generated more power than coal for the first time on record in the first half of this year, according to a report by energy think-tank Ember, preventing further increases in CO2 emiss...

www.argusmedia.com

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 2d

I would never go back to natural gas now. I think gremlins must live in there to heat the water so fast…

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 4d

That must be so satisfying!! As well as yummy :)

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 5d

Because it is true.

Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 5d

Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 5d

Not in the least

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 5d

To give you a laugh @beckyhammer.bsky.social

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 5d

I rode this route 3 times today and can agree, it did not get old :)

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 5d

Not a government actually about saving money or efficiency (which we already knew). here is yet another example to show how wasteful the Trump administration is.

David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 5d

$120 mm to $150 mm to move
Discovery spaceship from Virginia to Texas?!?

www.ffxnow.com/2025/10/02/n...

NEW: Smithsonian directed to prepare Space Shuttle Discovery for relocation | FFXnow

The White House is reportedly seeking to move forward with a planned relocation of the Discovery space shuttle from its longtime home in Chantilly to Texas. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) h...

www.ffxnow.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 6d

I once did a bunch of archival research on the origins and history of junk mail. This talking point—that not everyone has the same definition of "junk"—was used by the junk mail industry for *decades* to fight anti-junk mail policies. (It's also not true. ) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/t...

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 6d

Shameful

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 6d

BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m.

www.wabe.org/family-says-...

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 7d

I won't, but people will. 1/

"...I am begging you, do not enter your medical information into this Trump-backed website."
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

‘One of the scariest things I've seen': Legal expert alarmed by TrumpRx

A legal expert is warning people about using TrumpRx, calling it "one of the scariest things I've seen in 2025 — and that's saying a lot." Eliza Orlins, a public defender and former Manhattan DA candi...

www.rawstory.com

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6d

POLLS: Who do Americans blame for the gov't shutdown?*

WASH POST
47% blame Trump/GOP
30% blame Dems

MARIST
38% blame GOP
27% blame Dems

NYT/SIENA
26% blame Trump/GOP
19% blame Dems

MORNING CONSULT
45% blame GOP
32% blame Dems

[*all taken b/w late Sept & Oct 1]

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Early polls show Trump and GOP taking more blame than Democrats for shutdown

The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party. But many are uncertain.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 7d

Research on how many homes we need to get us back to affordability of 25-40 years ago. No surprise: Need lots more housing

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

Number of new homes needed to return affordability to 1990s levels:

3-4 million.

(via Goldman) $XHB
@birdyword.bsky.social

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 7d

Cars don’t create value and retail sales—humans do. Make more and better spaces for people outside of cars? no surprise it is good for businesses.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

www.forbes.com

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 7d

Wanna know about this mega star announced for the Super Bowl half time show? Becky has got you covered!

Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 7d

Ooookay here we go. Bad Bunny 101 condensed into six weeks of music, reading material, and perreo

Bad Bunny 101

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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social · 7d

So fabulous!!! Thank you. Love that your deep love and passion has brought such thorough research and guidance to the rest of us!!! 📌

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