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
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trying to fit in here on bsky, so I'm turning 30 to 40 years old
trying to fit in here on bsky, so I'm listening to Sigur Rós
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
trying to fit in here on bsky, so I'm turning 30 to 40 years old
It could take decades to recover from where we are.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
It could take decades to recover from where we are.
trying to fit in here on bsky, so I'm listening to Sigur Rós
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
trying to fit in here on bsky, so I'm listening to Sigur Rós
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Y'all, I just wrote an answer to a question about the sensationalized news headlines circulating about the Chernobyl containment structure.
The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
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The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
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The way this is being reported is extremely irresponsible.
There is a hole in the containment structure, about 10 feet across. No other damage is reported. That hole can allow some of the dusty radioactive material to escape.
That is what "can no longer do its job of containment" means.
There is a hole in the containment structure, about 10 feet across. No other damage is reported. That hole can allow some of the dusty radioactive material to escape.
That is what "can no longer do its job of containment" means.
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Y'all, I just wrote an answer to a question about the sensationalized news headlines circulating about the Chernobyl containment structure.
The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
🧵
The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
🧵
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If you have any documented instances of cocaine use in the Pentagon or by senior administration officials, my Signal is jmkatz.18
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If you have any documented instances of cocaine use in the Pentagon or by senior administration officials, my Signal is jmkatz.18
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On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
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not to put too fine a point on it but every guy doing the “we need to reboot masculinity!!!” schtick has fewer masculine virtues than I do and I’m nonbinary
"we're having a crisis of masculinity!11!" - a man-baby dork
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
not to put too fine a point on it but every guy doing the “we need to reboot masculinity!!!” schtick has fewer masculine virtues than I do and I’m nonbinary
FIFA prize? Wake me up when there's a Mario Kart 64 Prize
NHL94 prize actually would be an honor
December 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
FIFA prize? Wake me up when there's a Mario Kart 64 Prize
"we're having a crisis of masculinity!11!" - a man-baby dork
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"we're having a crisis of masculinity!11!" - a man-baby dork
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December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Legit question for quant social science, does being a poaster lead to higher citations
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Legit question for quant social science, does being a poaster lead to higher citations
Innovation idea: when you get a LonkedIn DM they should pay you $1000
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Innovation idea: when you get a LonkedIn DM they should pay you $1000
Landman is laundering wacky facebook memes trashing clean energy into your living room. William Robert should be ashamed of himself. bsky.app/profile/cost...
I stand by my assessment that Landman is the first TV show to be wholly adapted from oil industry powerpoint. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Billy Bob Thornton Knows His Rants Are Red Meat for ‘Landman’ Fans
The actor, who plays an oil-company fixer, has become a mouthpiece for writer Taylor Sheridan
www.wsj.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Landman is laundering wacky facebook memes trashing clean energy into your living room. William Robert should be ashamed of himself. bsky.app/profile/cost...
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Birthright citizenship is unambiguous in the US Constitution and it is a defining feature of the Americas, setting the Americas apart from the rest of the world. It is essential to the US's self-mythology as a land of hope and opportunity in contrast to the "Old World."
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Birthright citizenship is unambiguous in the US Constitution and it is a defining feature of the Americas, setting the Americas apart from the rest of the world. It is essential to the US's self-mythology as a land of hope and opportunity in contrast to the "Old World."
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This petty cruelty is disgraceful.
I felt so fortunate, a year and a half ago, to get to meet Admiral Levine when she visited Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and Center for Research on Inequality and Health. She is such a thoughtful, knowledgeable, and insightful expert on public health.
I felt so fortunate, a year and a half ago, to get to meet Admiral Levine when she visited Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and Center for Research on Inequality and Health. She is such a thoughtful, knowledgeable, and insightful expert on public health.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This petty cruelty is disgraceful.
I felt so fortunate, a year and a half ago, to get to meet Admiral Levine when she visited Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and Center for Research on Inequality and Health. She is such a thoughtful, knowledgeable, and insightful expert on public health.
I felt so fortunate, a year and a half ago, to get to meet Admiral Levine when she visited Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and Center for Research on Inequality and Health. She is such a thoughtful, knowledgeable, and insightful expert on public health.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A Grinch movie prequel when he was in high school:
Grink In Bio
Grink In Bio
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A Grinch movie prequel when he was in high school:
Grink In Bio
Grink In Bio
"If I hit refresh again it'll be good this time"
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"If I hit refresh again it'll be good this time"
Leadership that is directing or allowing this, whether appointed or not, are responsible.
some of the best science and pandemic prevention work — after tens of millions of pandemic deaths worldwide — defunded.
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Leadership that is directing or allowing this, whether appointed or not, are responsible.
A FIFA prize? Yawn. Wake me up when there's a Madden 97 prize.
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A FIFA prize? Yawn. Wake me up when there's a Madden 97 prize.
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I am happy to pay $30 a year for USPS Prime, which delivers mail daily to my home
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am happy to pay $30 a year for USPS Prime, which delivers mail daily to my home
Admiral Levine is a dedicated public servant.
The bigots who vandalized her portrait are the sweatiest losers in history.
The bigots who vandalized her portrait are the sweatiest losers in history.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Admiral Levine is a dedicated public servant.
The bigots who vandalized her portrait are the sweatiest losers in history.
The bigots who vandalized her portrait are the sweatiest losers in history.