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“If we want to use [Direct Air Capture] to limit overall warming to 1.5C, while emitting enough to reach 2.5C, DAC would need to use something like 30% of all electricity consumed over the next 80 years.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“If we want to use [Direct Air Capture] to limit overall warming to 1.5C, while emitting enough to reach 2.5C, DAC would need to use something like 30% of all electricity consumed over the next 80 years.”
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Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
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NEW: That guy no one likes is going to do an all cuts budget and Democrats with an ounce of self-preservation instinct and compassion for their constituents should support taxing the rich anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/super-u...
Super Unpopular Governor To Propose All Cuts Budget And His Party Should Abandon Him For It
Tuesday marked the official start to what will certainly be a long, bloody battle over the state’s budget. In the space of a few hours, the State legislature’s lone socialist hard launched a proposal ...
www.theburnerseattle.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
NEW: That guy no one likes is going to do an all cuts budget and Democrats with an ounce of self-preservation instinct and compassion for their constituents should support taxing the rich anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/super-u...
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*FAAAAAAARRRRRRRT NOISE*
Gov. Bob Ferguson warned Tuesday that the budget proposal he’ll release this month will rely solely on spending cuts and not higher taxes to overcome what he says is a multi-billion dollar shortfall. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/wa-go...
WA Gov. Bob Ferguson says he’s drafting a cuts-only budget • Washington State Standard
Gov. Bob Ferguson warned Tuesday that the budget proposal he’ll release this month will rely solely on spending cuts and not higher taxes to overcome what he says is a multi-billion dollar shortfall.
washingtonstatestandard.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
*FAAAAAAARRRRRRRT NOISE*
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
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We built an entire climate adaptation for infrastructure program over the last decade, & have a whole bunch of papers & analyses characterizing this uncertainty & providing communities with robust solutions. Folks working in resilience should do more of this. www.costasamaras.com/climate-chan...
Climate Change Adaptation — Costa Samaras
www.costasamaras.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We built an entire climate adaptation for infrastructure program over the last decade, & have a whole bunch of papers & analyses characterizing this uncertainty & providing communities with robust solutions. Folks working in resilience should do more of this. www.costasamaras.com/climate-chan...
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Be alert, we are approaching prime circle back hours.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Be alert, we are approaching prime circle back hours.
Late to hearing about Todd Snider’s trouble this week. I have mixed feelings about Isbell these days, but still feel very lucky to have been backstage for this cover of Todd’s. May he heal how he needs and it’s a long time before he “falls off the peach truck”.
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDe...
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires - Play A Train Song (Todd Snider cover)
YouTube video by Music City Maven
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Late to hearing about Todd Snider’s trouble this week. I have mixed feelings about Isbell these days, but still feel very lucky to have been backstage for this cover of Todd’s. May he heal how he needs and it’s a long time before he “falls off the peach truck”.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDe...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDe...
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If there is one person we must primary out in 2026, it has got to be the execrable (and racist) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. She’s a real discredit to our common alma mater.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If there is one person we must primary out in 2026, it has got to be the execrable (and racist) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. She’s a real discredit to our common alma mater.
Great episode but especially great to hear a little coverage of us here in Whatcom County.
Last week’s election was big: from Georgia to Allegheny County, Dave Roberts and I broke it down on @volts.wtf. 3 big themes: 📊 Turnout: who showed up & who didn't 💸 Affordability (we have real solutions, folks) and 🍃Tea Leaves on what this means for 2026
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So, there were some elections. How'd they go? | Volts
A conversation with Caroline Spears of Climate Cabinet.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Great episode but especially great to hear a little coverage of us here in Whatcom County.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
Patterson and Craig at the Tractor Tavern tonight. Really amazing and partially makes up for missing DBT & THS in Chicago in 2008.
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Patterson and Craig at the Tractor Tavern tonight. Really amazing and partially makes up for missing DBT & THS in Chicago in 2008.
I was not prepared for how this startup description would end.
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was not prepared for how this startup description would end.
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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This talking skeleton says “I’ve got the dead man’s hand… good thing I’ve got no SKIN in the game! Hahahaha!!!” then says “In fact, I’ve got no SKIN at all!!” and I’m like dude we clearly got it the first time
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This talking skeleton says “I’ve got the dead man’s hand… good thing I’ve got no SKIN in the game! Hahahaha!!!” then says “In fact, I’ve got no SKIN at all!!” and I’m like dude we clearly got it the first time
I’m not a big fan of PA, having grown up there, but I’ve got to admit that Task captures two of the state’s best activities: 1. Going to swimming holes;
and 2. Drinking too many lagers around the kitchen table and yelling at each other.
and 2. Drinking too many lagers around the kitchen table and yelling at each other.
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m not a big fan of PA, having grown up there, but I’ve got to admit that Task captures two of the state’s best activities: 1. Going to swimming holes;
and 2. Drinking too many lagers around the kitchen table and yelling at each other.
and 2. Drinking too many lagers around the kitchen table and yelling at each other.
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I mean I know time's tickin on but this feels like a mean way to describe gen x
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I mean I know time's tickin on but this feels like a mean way to describe gen x
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Go Mariners! We should all be as smart and courageous as Josh Naylor. #thisisyourcity
October 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Go Mariners! We should all be as smart and courageous as Josh Naylor. #thisisyourcity
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The most accurate graph I have ever come across
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The most accurate graph I have ever come across
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“The average [Californian] born in 2024 will likely face up to $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate crisis, and those who experience more severe effects will see up to $1m in costs." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report
University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costs
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The average [Californian] born in 2024 will likely face up to $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate crisis, and those who experience more severe effects will see up to $1m in costs." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)