James Stevenson
@allaboutchemist.bsky.social
Staff research engineer for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear responsibility at Google DeepMind.
Former senior principal scientist at Schrödinger, Inc.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0950-7775
Former senior principal scientist at Schrödinger, Inc.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0950-7775
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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"A critical mass of people who decided the election were bamboozled by America’s horrendously broken information environment, and don’t like the results of their own choices." prospect.org/2025/10/29/v...
Voters Did Not Understand the Stakes in 2024 - The American Prospect
A large majority of American voters are greatly dissatisfied with the state of things, most especially the economy. It turns out that median voters were catastrophically misled about the stakes of the...
prospect.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"A critical mass of people who decided the election were bamboozled by America’s horrendously broken information environment, and don’t like the results of their own choices." prospect.org/2025/10/29/v...
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The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
Come join me as a CBRN Research Engineer at Google DeepMind! NYC and Bay Area positions both available.
Research Engineer, CBRN
New York City, New York, US
job-boards.greenhouse.io
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Come join me as a CBRN Research Engineer at Google DeepMind! NYC and Bay Area positions both available.
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Good news: carbon intensity has declined
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment
Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...
www.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Good news: carbon intensity has declined
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
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Do you want to invent the future of Chemistry with us? We‘re looking for a "Digital Native” Organic Chemist to join our team at Microsoft Research AI for Science. We offer an amazing environment where you can do deep research with passionate and talented colleagues to solve problems that matter! 1/2
October 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Do you want to invent the future of Chemistry with us? We‘re looking for a "Digital Native” Organic Chemist to join our team at Microsoft Research AI for Science. We offer an amazing environment where you can do deep research with passionate and talented colleagues to solve problems that matter! 1/2
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regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
The strangest thing about these times is watching self-described conservatives trying to figure out which parts of the world are load-bearing using the sledgehammer method.
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The strangest thing about these times is watching self-described conservatives trying to figure out which parts of the world are load-bearing using the sledgehammer method.
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It’s much harder to build housing in Blue states than it is in Red states.
So yes people are moving away from Blue states.
One more reason that addressing the housing shortage in NY and elsewhere must be an urgent priority.
So yes people are moving away from Blue states.
One more reason that addressing the housing shortage in NY and elsewhere must be an urgent priority.
August 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s much harder to build housing in Blue states than it is in Red states.
So yes people are moving away from Blue states.
One more reason that addressing the housing shortage in NY and elsewhere must be an urgent priority.
So yes people are moving away from Blue states.
One more reason that addressing the housing shortage in NY and elsewhere must be an urgent priority.
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DEMOCRATS:
1. THE WAY TO MOVE PUBLIC OPINION IS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
2. THE WAY OT ATTRACT ATTENTION IS TO AMPLIFY GENUINE CONFLICT AND REAL CRISIS
3. THE MILITARY OCCUPATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IS A GENUINE CONFLICT AND A REAL CRISIS
1. THE WAY TO MOVE PUBLIC OPINION IS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
2. THE WAY OT ATTRACT ATTENTION IS TO AMPLIFY GENUINE CONFLICT AND REAL CRISIS
3. THE MILITARY OCCUPATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IS A GENUINE CONFLICT AND A REAL CRISIS
August 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
DEMOCRATS:
1. THE WAY TO MOVE PUBLIC OPINION IS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
2. THE WAY OT ATTRACT ATTENTION IS TO AMPLIFY GENUINE CONFLICT AND REAL CRISIS
3. THE MILITARY OCCUPATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IS A GENUINE CONFLICT AND A REAL CRISIS
1. THE WAY TO MOVE PUBLIC OPINION IS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
2. THE WAY OT ATTRACT ATTENTION IS TO AMPLIFY GENUINE CONFLICT AND REAL CRISIS
3. THE MILITARY OCCUPATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IS A GENUINE CONFLICT AND A REAL CRISIS
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The most impressive thing about this campaign is how *creative* they are. They’re trying new stuff! Multiple times during the last few months I’ve thought “wow, I’ve never seen a campaign do that.” Much more of that needed everywhere.
August 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The most impressive thing about this campaign is how *creative* they are. They’re trying new stuff! Multiple times during the last few months I’ve thought “wow, I’ve never seen a campaign do that.” Much more of that needed everywhere.
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If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.
The Commerce Department threatening to take over Harvard's patents shows the extent to which the federal government is trying to pressure the university into a settlement. They are trying everything possible. (gift link)
Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents
The move is the latest escalation in the White House’s battle with the Ivy League school.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.
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Does anyone have a science application ready that could benefit from running an MLIP like MACE, MatterSim, or SevenNet at scale? Have a fun collaboration opportunity with free large compute access for the right applications. Reply or DM if interested!
August 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Does anyone have a science application ready that could benefit from running an MLIP like MACE, MatterSim, or SevenNet at scale? Have a fun collaboration opportunity with free large compute access for the right applications. Reply or DM if interested!
In machine learning research they don't say "we are always fighting the last war" they say "we achieved state of the art performance on the standard benchmark" and I think that's beautiful.
August 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In machine learning research they don't say "we are always fighting the last war" they say "we achieved state of the art performance on the standard benchmark" and I think that's beautiful.
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Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
August 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
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This is the map that NY had drawn up for 2022 redistricting that was struck down because Cuomo appointed conservatives to the NY Court of Appeals. It would have had 4 GOP districts instead of the current 7. This can be reduced to 2.
July 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is the map that NY had drawn up for 2022 redistricting that was struck down because Cuomo appointed conservatives to the NY Court of Appeals. It would have had 4 GOP districts instead of the current 7. This can be reduced to 2.
Professor Diaz forgive me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure someone wrote an English-language ad ("Draw the S for less") and ordered it translated into Spanish with no regard for rhyme.
This got to me sufficiently that I made my own ("draw the Ss and don't stress").
This got to me sufficiently that I made my own ("draw the Ss and don't stress").
July 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Professor Diaz forgive me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure someone wrote an English-language ad ("Draw the S for less") and ordered it translated into Spanish with no regard for rhyme.
This got to me sufficiently that I made my own ("draw the Ss and don't stress").
This got to me sufficiently that I made my own ("draw the Ss and don't stress").
I expect this to be a real headline by the end of Trump's term.
July 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I expect this to be a real headline by the end of Trump's term.
Remember how the Tea Party & MAGA called their opponents "Republicans In Name Only" until they eventually took over the party? This is what winning looks like in the American political system. Define AOC as the real Democrat and make her President.
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Remember how the Tea Party & MAGA called their opponents "Republicans In Name Only" until they eventually took over the party? This is what winning looks like in the American political system. Define AOC as the real Democrat and make her President.
When the professional ethics of a crucial profession no longer match the morality of society at large, it's an invitation to charlatans, populists, and sham reformers. And it can feel impossible to fix, since both the public and the professionals feel they're in the right.
July 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
When the professional ethics of a crucial profession no longer match the morality of society at large, it's an invitation to charlatans, populists, and sham reformers. And it can feel impossible to fix, since both the public and the professionals feel they're in the right.
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The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
www.newyorker.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.
I liked this piece by Calvin French-Owen on his time at OpenAI. One part, though, struck me as naive:
"If you tweet something related to OpenAI that goes viral, chances are good someone will read about it and consider it."
Do they not know that a competitor controls what goes viral on Twitter?
"If you tweet something related to OpenAI that goes viral, chances are good someone will read about it and consider it."
Do they not know that a competitor controls what goes viral on Twitter?
Reflections on OpenAI
calv.info
July 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I liked this piece by Calvin French-Owen on his time at OpenAI. One part, though, struck me as naive:
"If you tweet something related to OpenAI that goes viral, chances are good someone will read about it and consider it."
Do they not know that a competitor controls what goes viral on Twitter?
"If you tweet something related to OpenAI that goes viral, chances are good someone will read about it and consider it."
Do they not know that a competitor controls what goes viral on Twitter?
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)