Costa Samaras
@costasamaras.com
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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Costa Samaras
@costasamaras.com
· Jan 21
If you’re new to Bluesky, welcome. A starter pack is an easy way to find folks to follow. Want to know what all these new energy regulations mean for your wallet, your lungs, and the climate? Here are my computer friends who work on climate: go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ
loser stuff
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 AM
loser stuff
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Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
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'“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let him take care of the small child, and was refused,” Stenvik said.'
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 22, 2026 at 7:54 PM
'“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let him take care of the small child, and was refused,” Stenvik said.'
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
I woke up like this
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MoodyFaces.
This Costa's hummingbird was grumpy because he was having a bad hair day.
#birds #hummingbirds
This Costa's hummingbird was grumpy because he was having a bad hair day.
#birds #hummingbirds
January 22, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I woke up like this
If they said this memo was "pre-decisional", they are likely trying to shield it from FOIA, because deliberative pre-decisional processes are generally exempted, however pre-decisional doesn't seem to be written on this memo. @chrislhayes.bsky.social www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 AM
If they said this memo was "pre-decisional", they are likely trying to shield it from FOIA, because deliberative pre-decisional processes are generally exempted, however pre-decisional doesn't seem to be written on this memo. @chrislhayes.bsky.social www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
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Takeaways:
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Takeaways:
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
The Blob has taken heavy losses in the substack offensive, best they can do is a couple of interns. Yes they’re unpaid, why do you ask.
I know you asked this already, Costa, but I'll ask it here in all caps:
WHERE IS THE BLOB? WE NEED THE BLOB. WHERE IS IT?
WHERE IS THE BLOB? WE NEED THE BLOB. WHERE IS IT?
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The Blob has taken heavy losses in the substack offensive, best they can do is a couple of interns. Yes they’re unpaid, why do you ask.
There is no “clash” over Greenland, it’s just insanity. There has been no reason given! It’s just that it looks big on the map.
The U.S. military already has a base on Greenland! It’s been there since 1953! It’s called Pituffik Space Base and used to be called Thule Air Force Base. It’s the U.S.’ northernmost military base. www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/pituffik-sb-...
www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil
January 21, 2026 at 2:48 PM
There is no “clash” over Greenland, it’s just insanity. There has been no reason given! It’s just that it looks big on the map.
The President is using the lives of our servicemembers to backup his threats, to our partners and allies.
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The President is using the lives of our servicemembers to backup his threats, to our partners and allies.
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oh no now he’s awoken björk
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
oh no now he’s awoken björk
All of it, every last bit of it, demands the built-in constitutional check: impeachment and removal.
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
All of it, every last bit of it, demands the built-in constitutional check: impeachment and removal.
Counterpoint: Wind turbines are cool
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Counterpoint: Wind turbines are cool
we hold these truths to be inconvenient
the ft reporting that christine lagarde walked out on lutnick, and lutnick was being heckled by... al... gore?
January 21, 2026 at 1:41 PM
we hold these truths to be inconvenient
[LCD Soundsystem Voice] Where are your Threads tonight?
Bsky only has two modes: Yub Nub or Alderaan 2 seconds after the order
January 21, 2026 at 5:09 AM
[LCD Soundsystem Voice] Where are your Threads tonight?
Speed 3: It’s Going
a few nights ago i rode a bus for about 15 minutes or so. once it got close to the stop near my home i hit the button to request a stop. soon after, the bus driver stopped the bus and let me off
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Speed 3: It’s Going
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Within 24 hours of September 11, 2001, Canada's Ambassador to NATO unflinchingly rallied to the aid of the United States, and invoked NATO's Article 5, the only time it's ever been used in NATO's history.
"Hell, this is an Alliance," he said. "We've got Article 5."
www.nato.int/docu/review/...
"Hell, this is an Alliance," he said. "We've got Article 5."
www.nato.int/docu/review/...
www.nato.int
February 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Within 24 hours of September 11, 2001, Canada's Ambassador to NATO unflinchingly rallied to the aid of the United States, and invoked NATO's Article 5, the only time it's ever been used in NATO's history.
"Hell, this is an Alliance," he said. "We've got Article 5."
www.nato.int/docu/review/...
"Hell, this is an Alliance," he said. "We've got Article 5."
www.nato.int/docu/review/...
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It is even worse than it looks
The Old World Order is Dead
Unipolarity was given, not taken
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It is even worse than it looks
Missed u
Catch Up Quick:
- Stancil now leading the frozen navy
- Bluesky has/does not have the juice
- Sports happen here now
- Duck got bus kidnapped, is OK
Catch Up Quick:
- Stancil now leading the frozen navy
- Bluesky has/does not have the juice
- Sports happen here now
- Duck got bus kidnapped, is OK
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Missed u
Catch Up Quick:
- Stancil now leading the frozen navy
- Bluesky has/does not have the juice
- Sports happen here now
- Duck got bus kidnapped, is OK
Catch Up Quick:
- Stancil now leading the frozen navy
- Bluesky has/does not have the juice
- Sports happen here now
- Duck got bus kidnapped, is OK
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“The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” says @gretchentg.bsky.social.
My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency.
Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.
My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency.
Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
“The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” says @gretchentg.bsky.social.
My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency.
Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.
My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency.
Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.
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Me pitching a train ad campaign
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Me pitching a train ad campaign
“I Went Viral On Threads, But Not Bsky. Here’s Why That’s Bad For America”
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 AM
“I Went Viral On Threads, But Not Bsky. Here’s Why That’s Bad For America”
Creating change is hard work, but it’s possible to get it done.
On the first floor of the EEOB on the White House Campus, is Room 180, which former VPs used as an office. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. met with the VP here to advocate for voting rights legislation, & then went to the West Wing. After Bloody Sunday, & more meetings, the voting rights act got done.
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Creating change is hard work, but it’s possible to get it done.
In light of the duck’s harrowing adventure, a friendly amendment to buses, fast & free, to be: buses, fast, free, & following a fixed route.
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM
In light of the duck’s harrowing adventure, a friendly amendment to buses, fast & free, to be: buses, fast, free, & following a fixed route.
I talked with the @post-gazette.com about the Administration’s actions in Venezuela and the impacts on the energy sector in Pennsylvania. As the article notes, the bigger impact is the risk, threat, & disruption to PA immigrant communities from the government. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
How Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s removal is impacting Pennsylvania
“We really removed just one person. We didn't remove the apparatus.”
www.post-gazette.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I talked with the @post-gazette.com about the Administration’s actions in Venezuela and the impacts on the energy sector in Pennsylvania. As the article notes, the bigger impact is the risk, threat, & disruption to PA immigrant communities from the government. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...