Caleb Scoville
@calebscoville.bsky.social
sociology prof @Tufts and 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow studying our contradictory relationship with nature. extraction, knowledge, conservation, political division. projects on the Delta Smelt and partisanship and the environment. https://calebscoville.com
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Caleb Scoville
@calebscoville.bsky.social
· Apr 16
I am grateful, honored, and still a bit shocked to be named a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for my project, “Divided by Nature: How Environmental Politics Became Partisan and What to Do About It in a Warming World.”
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About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Look at @katharinehayhoe.com channel her apocalyptic optimist as she describes the fossil fuel swan song that we just witnessed at COP30. For the full conversation with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and me, tune into COPOut Episode 5, which airs TOMORROW!
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Look at @katharinehayhoe.com channel her apocalyptic optimist as she describes the fossil fuel swan song that we just witnessed at COP30. For the full conversation with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and me, tune into COPOut Episode 5, which airs TOMORROW!
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Excited to see my article "The affective politics of reactionary futurism in Silicon Valley" has now been officially assigned a volume and issue in Critical Studies on Security (Vol. 13, Issue 3)! I have 50 free copies; let me know if you need one. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4H3KM...
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excited to see my article "The affective politics of reactionary futurism in Silicon Valley" has now been officially assigned a volume and issue in Critical Studies on Security (Vol. 13, Issue 3)! I have 50 free copies; let me know if you need one. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4H3KM...
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Why has it been so much easier to build interstate gas lines than interstate electric transmission lines? This report has some answers:
cleanenergygrid.org/wp-content/u...
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cleanenergygrid.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Why has it been so much easier to build interstate gas lines than interstate electric transmission lines? This report has some answers:
cleanenergygrid.org/wp-content/u...
cleanenergygrid.org/wp-content/u...
I am not hopeful about many things, but there is an emergent shared diagnostic frame around “affordability“ that we didn’t see over the debates over inflation (between denial and exaggeration). It could lend itself to a genuine contest of policy proposals, not merely warring conceptions of reality.
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I am not hopeful about many things, but there is an emergent shared diagnostic frame around “affordability“ that we didn’t see over the debates over inflation (between denial and exaggeration). It could lend itself to a genuine contest of policy proposals, not merely warring conceptions of reality.
Great new @bloomberg.com piece by Jessica Stolzberg on ongoing struggle against stupidest and most harmful part of current 'Conspicuous Consumption' yard hygiene.
The diff this has made in DC is ... incredible.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The diff this has made in DC is ... incredible.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What It Takes to Defeat the Leaf Blowers
To end the use of gas-powered blowers, advocates in one New Jersey town focused on public health and made their case directly to local elected leaders.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
you'd think as a society we would have figured out staplers by now but no
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
you'd think as a society we would have figured out staplers by now but no
as a geriatric millennial, this reads like a mix of things I do/did because of my age, things I do/did because am cheap/not rich, and things I have never heard of www.performativepuritytest.com
Performative Purity Test
The Official Performative Purity Test
www.performativepuritytest.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
as a geriatric millennial, this reads like a mix of things I do/did because of my age, things I do/did because am cheap/not rich, and things I have never heard of www.performativepuritytest.com
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I spoke with the Boston Globe about the Summers situation
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
Long a coveted voice, Larry Summers withdraws from a half-dozen groups amid Epstein ties. Harvard’s not among them. - The Boston Globe
Former Harvard president Larry Summers is no longer affiliated with a series of centers and think tanks with which he’s long been involved, officials confirmed Tuesday.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I spoke with the Boston Globe about the Summers situation
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
the crisis is massive, but the political issue is that there are more homeowners than renters by about 2:1.
Housing is one of the top issues all around the country.
One thing I think about a lot is that a presidential candidate who runs on a "rent is too damn high" platform could really win.
One thing I think about a lot is that a presidential candidate who runs on a "rent is too damn high" platform could really win.
It’s despicable. Where I live they build apartments they rent to undergrads for $1500 a month for a room and shared kitchen/living space. And also a bunch of short term rentals.
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
the crisis is massive, but the political issue is that there are more homeowners than renters by about 2:1.
the Epstein files is a once in a generation opportunity to take out the trash.
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the Epstein files is a once in a generation opportunity to take out the trash.
i am so ready for woke2
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
i am so ready for woke2
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Oh, Canada...
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh, Canada...
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
I introduced my kid to Are You Afraid of the Dark? last night. Still holds up.
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I introduced my kid to Are You Afraid of the Dark? last night. Still holds up.
A hex on grad programs that don't just accept a PDF of a letter of recommendation. You may think you're very special, but actually, you're not.
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A hex on grad programs that don't just accept a PDF of a letter of recommendation. You may think you're very special, but actually, you're not.
Positive story about local government: last week, after chatting with some local officials about how problematic it is to have gas leaf blowers blaring and fuming while kids are being dropped off at school, I made a 311 call to the city. As of this week the school is now using electric leaf blowers.
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Positive story about local government: last week, after chatting with some local officials about how problematic it is to have gas leaf blowers blaring and fuming while kids are being dropped off at school, I made a 311 call to the city. As of this week the school is now using electric leaf blowers.
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Trump keeps turning to the right-wing Capital Research Center for nonprofits to attack. These are the environmental organizations in its crosshairs.
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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A Trump Target List of Environmental Organizations
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October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trump keeps turning to the right-wing Capital Research Center for nonprofits to attack. These are the environmental organizations in its crosshairs.
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
alleenbrown.ghost.io/a-trump-targ... for my newsletter Eco Files. Subscribe!
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
alleenbrown.ghost.io/a-trump-targ... for my newsletter Eco Files. Subscribe!
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🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo?
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo?
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
just took my kids to their first jonathan richman show AMA
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
just took my kids to their first jonathan richman show AMA
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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.