Salil
@salilb.bsky.social
used a monkey's paw to wish that the Knicks would be good again
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The real People of the Year: Student Journalists
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The real People of the Year: Student Journalists
New addition for the bobble head/random memorabilia collection. Sideshow Bob doing the H.M.S. Pinafore.
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New addition for the bobble head/random memorabilia collection. Sideshow Bob doing the H.M.S. Pinafore.
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Why is wind faltering in the USA?
This serious reporting documents a key agent.
The story--and Stevenson's own statements--validates our work over the past three years, both by the @climatedevlab.bsky.social and @cssn.org
Where do we go from here? Rebuild.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
This serious reporting documents a key agent.
The story--and Stevenson's own statements--validates our work over the past three years, both by the @climatedevlab.bsky.social and @cssn.org
Where do we go from here? Rebuild.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Why is wind faltering in the USA?
This serious reporting documents a key agent.
The story--and Stevenson's own statements--validates our work over the past three years, both by the @climatedevlab.bsky.social and @cssn.org
Where do we go from here? Rebuild.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
This serious reporting documents a key agent.
The story--and Stevenson's own statements--validates our work over the past three years, both by the @climatedevlab.bsky.social and @cssn.org
Where do we go from here? Rebuild.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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This post is by Professor Timmons Robert of Brown University. 👀
His lab placed David Stevenson at the center of America’s anti–offshore wind movement — galvanizing lawsuits, launching public protests, and backing it all through a “dark money” network backed by the fossil-fuel industry. 🕵️♀️
His lab placed David Stevenson at the center of America’s anti–offshore wind movement — galvanizing lawsuits, launching public protests, and backing it all through a “dark money” network backed by the fossil-fuel industry. 🕵️♀️
Why is wind faltering in the USA?
This serious reporting documents a key agent.
The story--and Stevenson's own statements--validates our work over the past three years, both by the @climatedevlab.bsky.social and @cssn.org
Where do we go from here? Rebuild.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
This serious reporting documents a key agent.
The story--and Stevenson's own statements--validates our work over the past three years, both by the @climatedevlab.bsky.social and @cssn.org
Where do we go from here? Rebuild.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This post is by Professor Timmons Robert of Brown University. 👀
His lab placed David Stevenson at the center of America’s anti–offshore wind movement — galvanizing lawsuits, launching public protests, and backing it all through a “dark money” network backed by the fossil-fuel industry. 🕵️♀️
His lab placed David Stevenson at the center of America’s anti–offshore wind movement — galvanizing lawsuits, launching public protests, and backing it all through a “dark money” network backed by the fossil-fuel industry. 🕵️♀️
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Here's the journal version. Glad to join a list of distinguished social psych scholars in this new issue of PIBBS! To complement other articles, ours focus on how to consider and improve standards in data collection & disaggregation, esp of MENA & Asian Americans
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Here's the journal version. Glad to join a list of distinguished social psych scholars in this new issue of PIBBS! To complement other articles, ours focus on how to consider and improve standards in data collection & disaggregation, esp of MENA & Asian Americans
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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my tiny upstate NY town had just been awarded a three-year BRIC technical assistance grant when it got scuttled
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
NEW:
North Carolina AG @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social says the state has won its lawsuit against FEMA.
A federal judge ordered FEMA to reinstate emergency disaster preparedness funds.
FEMA canceled the BRIC program earlier this year, impacting $200 million in projects in NC. #ncpol
North Carolina AG @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social says the state has won its lawsuit against FEMA.
A federal judge ordered FEMA to reinstate emergency disaster preparedness funds.
FEMA canceled the BRIC program earlier this year, impacting $200 million in projects in NC. #ncpol
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
my tiny upstate NY town had just been awarded a three-year BRIC technical assistance grant when it got scuttled
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
good reliever names: Colin Holderman, Josh Outman
bad reliever names: Grant Balfour
bad reliever names: Grant Balfour
Holderman is an excellent reliever name
🔁 @Ken_Rosenthal retweeted
@ZackMeisel The Guardians have a one-year, $1.5-million agreement with reliever Colin Holderman, per source. He has minor-league options remaining and multiple years of control beyond 2026.
@ZackMeisel The Guardians have a one-year, $1.5-million agreement with reliever Colin Holderman, per source. He has minor-league options remaining and multiple years of control beyond 2026.
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
good reliever names: Colin Holderman, Josh Outman
bad reliever names: Grant Balfour
bad reliever names: Grant Balfour
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Hey @greenprofgreen.bsky.social look what just arrived on my desk!
(our library just ordered it as well, I'm likely teaching Global Environmental Politics or a comparative climate politics class next year, so this will definitely be a part of that)
(our library just ordered it as well, I'm likely teaching Global Environmental Politics or a comparative climate politics class next year, so this will definitely be a part of that)
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey @greenprofgreen.bsky.social look what just arrived on my desk!
(our library just ordered it as well, I'm likely teaching Global Environmental Politics or a comparative climate politics class next year, so this will definitely be a part of that)
(our library just ordered it as well, I'm likely teaching Global Environmental Politics or a comparative climate politics class next year, so this will definitely be a part of that)
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New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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This is absolutely awful. This was one of the best resources for climate indicators data, and my go-to share for help answering public questions.
Luckily I captured some of them on my new U.S. climate page a few months ago: zacklabe.com/united-state...
Luckily I captured some of them on my new U.S. climate page a few months ago: zacklabe.com/united-state...
Additionally, it appears that all of EPA's previously extensive "indicators of climate change" pages have been scrubbed entirely. The pages no longer exist; there are numerous dead links on the current/live EPA site, and no indication they have been moved to a new URL.
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is absolutely awful. This was one of the best resources for climate indicators data, and my go-to share for help answering public questions.
Luckily I captured some of them on my new U.S. climate page a few months ago: zacklabe.com/united-state...
Luckily I captured some of them on my new U.S. climate page a few months ago: zacklabe.com/united-state...
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Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state.
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state.
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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They should shutter Cooperstown and just tape this to the door for the reason
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
They should shutter Cooperstown and just tape this to the door for the reason
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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📌Jonathan Harris's painting is still the most prescient thing I've seen during these past eight, awful years.
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
📌Jonathan Harris's painting is still the most prescient thing I've seen during these past eight, awful years.
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Here's a gift article version of my article in the Atlantic about how to lower electricity prices.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's a gift article version of my article in the Atlantic about how to lower electricity prices.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Back at the Garden. Let's go Knicks.
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Back at the Garden. Let's go Knicks.
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This is the correct take on the whole Zillow fiasco
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the correct take on the whole Zillow fiasco
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
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Belated announcement: I finally published a book! If you are wondering why Democrats & Republicans are so polarized over not only economic policy but also economic reality, this is the book for you -- Debating the American Dream.
www.russellsage.org/publications/book/debating-american-dream
www.russellsage.org/publications/book/debating-american-dream
Debating the American Dream | Russell Sage Foundation
www.russellsage.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Belated announcement: I finally published a book! If you are wondering why Democrats & Republicans are so polarized over not only economic policy but also economic reality, this is the book for you -- Debating the American Dream.
www.russellsage.org/publications/book/debating-american-dream
www.russellsage.org/publications/book/debating-american-dream
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A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
Requested a book through ILL over break. It arrived today. Libraries man.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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Wonder if the Knicks opted to wear their black jerseys tonight because of what happened to OG Anunoby's jersey the last time they played Boston in white jerseys 😂
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Wonder if the Knicks opted to wear their black jerseys tonight because of what happened to OG Anunoby's jersey the last time they played Boston in white jerseys 😂
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Political Scientists: I am the chair of the committee that is picking the next editor of @polbehavior.bsky.social. If you are interested, I'd be happy to chat about it (and I know the current editors would be too).
You can find the call for proposals here:
You can find the call for proposals here:
Political Behavior
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR:
We have recently transitioned from Editorial Manager to SNAPP. The submission process for SNAPP requires ...
link.springer.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Political Scientists: I am the chair of the committee that is picking the next editor of @polbehavior.bsky.social. If you are interested, I'd be happy to chat about it (and I know the current editors would be too).
You can find the call for proposals here:
You can find the call for proposals here: