Dave Levitan
@davelevitan.bsky.social
Journalist, looking for next thing. Bylines all over the place.
Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
Signal: @davelevitan.26
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Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
Signal: @davelevitan.26
www.davelevitan.com
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Anyway, read about COP30 and oil:
"...perhaps the lobbyists have settled comfortably into a groove, giddily ticking off 'other' on a form and sitting in the shadows at the side of the room until it is time to whisper 'gradual' to the people negotiating the consensus agreement's word choice."
"...perhaps the lobbyists have settled comfortably into a groove, giddily ticking off 'other' on a form and sitting in the shadows at the side of the room until it is time to whisper 'gradual' to the people negotiating the consensus agreement's word choice."
What Good Are UN Climate Talks Knee-Deep in Oil?
Some new analysis from activists sheds some light on just how deep into the international climate negotiations process Big Oil has managed to burrow.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Anyway, read about COP30 and oil:
"...perhaps the lobbyists have settled comfortably into a groove, giddily ticking off 'other' on a form and sitting in the shadows at the side of the room until it is time to whisper 'gradual' to the people negotiating the consensus agreement's word choice."
"...perhaps the lobbyists have settled comfortably into a groove, giddily ticking off 'other' on a form and sitting in the shadows at the side of the room until it is time to whisper 'gradual' to the people negotiating the consensus agreement's word choice."
everyone post your music creatures
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
everyone post your music creatures
Nuzzi Free Press book excerpt when
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Nuzzi Free Press book excerpt when
Chris Murphy thank you for reading
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chris Murphy thank you for reading
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$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Extremely beside the point but “American Canto” is such a preening dogshit title
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Extremely beside the point but “American Canto” is such a preening dogshit title
She was born in 1993
![Meanwhile, with characteristic instincts for the loci of power, she began going to San Vicente Bungalows and the Sunset Tower Hotel. It was there, last July, that she had dinner with Mark Guiducci, Vanity Fair's new global director of editorial content.
They "closed the place down," he said, [highlight] talking about the old glamour of magazines and how to reinvent that in the digital era. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreie4hjlbjpiwxvpd55pbeimtkg7lsh6q2u74c7crtkfjl3aidf4c6a@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
She was born in 1993
Gravity Is Gone
Independent reporting and commentary on science, politics, and policy
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November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thinking about this picture again, no reason
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thinking about this picture again, no reason
...she said, in the New York Times, in a story/advertisement for her upcoming book, having landed a cushy editor job mere months after committing one of journalism's cardinal sins
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
...she said, in the New York Times, in a story/advertisement for her upcoming book, having landed a cushy editor job mere months after committing one of journalism's cardinal sins
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
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i don’t think people realize how straight up delusional a solid proportion of democratic senators are regarding our politics. i don’t mean that as hyperbole. they are actually untethered from reality
I think this helpfully confirms the notion that the end of the filibuster was a big motivator for the eight Dems.
Heaven forbid the Republicans get rid of the filibuster…
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
i don’t think people realize how straight up delusional a solid proportion of democratic senators are regarding our politics. i don’t mean that as hyperbole. they are actually untethered from reality
Melting glacier floods are very scary
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Melting Glaciers in the Himalayas Feed Lakes That Threaten Towns Below (Gift Article)
Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes, a growing menace to towns and cities below.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Melting glacier floods are very scary
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I know I am a biased observer so maybe I have no idea but it sure feels like COP30 has less attention on it, in the US, than any previous COP. Which I guess tracks given the admin’s failure to participate, but… well.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I know I am a biased observer so maybe I have no idea but it sure feels like COP30 has less attention on it, in the US, than any previous COP. Which I guess tracks given the admin’s failure to participate, but… well.
Pretty wild watching mainstream outlets trying so hard not to say the obvious Epstein-related conclusion out loud
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Pretty wild watching mainstream outlets trying so hard not to say the obvious Epstein-related conclusion out loud
Once again amazed at how The Social Network, at least in a single scene, managed to make Larry Summers sympathetic
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Once again amazed at how The Social Network, at least in a single scene, managed to make Larry Summers sympathetic
Much respect to the Not-So-Great Defector bakers @christhompson.bsky.social and @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social for just saying fuck it after a season of indignity and baking whatever the hell they damn pleased.
"I love not measuring! It is my passion!"
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"I love not measuring! It is my passion!"
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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Says "Pooh-Pooh" To The Grand Finale | Defector
Welcome back to The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off, where Kelsey and Chris attempt to complete the technical challenges from the newest season of The Great British Bake Off in their own home kitchens,...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Much respect to the Not-So-Great Defector bakers @christhompson.bsky.social and @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social for just saying fuck it after a season of indignity and baking whatever the hell they damn pleased.
"I love not measuring! It is my passion!"
[🎁]
"I love not measuring! It is my passion!"
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For the newsletter, I wrote about how many fossil fuel reps have been at COPs in recent years, and what that might mean.
It's a lot. And probably a lot.
It's a lot. And probably a lot.
What Good Are UN Climate Talks Knee-Deep in Oil?
Some new analysis from activists sheds some light on just how deep into the international climate negotiations process Big Oil has managed to burrow.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
For the newsletter, I wrote about how many fossil fuel reps have been at COPs in recent years, and what that might mean.
It's a lot. And probably a lot.
It's a lot. And probably a lot.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
It's so cool that everything you can order at a bar or modest restaurant costs five dollars more than it did a year ago. I love to make confused faces at menus.
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's so cool that everything you can order at a bar or modest restaurant costs five dollars more than it did a year ago. I love to make confused faces at menus.
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Michael Wolff, Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein taking time out of their day covering up the world's most famous pedophile ring to complain about Ta-Nehesi Coates.
![From: Steve Bannon I
Sent: 4/23/2019 4:06:36 PM
To: Michael Wolff _________________________________1
CC: Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Re: Announcing the 2019 Hillman Prize winners
Importance: High
Fix always in
On Apr 23, 2019, at 9:06 AM, Michael Wolff <
> wrote:
Look at the judges on this thing: the right-thinking establishment to a tee (to a Ta-Nihisi).
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 2:57 PM Steve Bannon < wrote:
Pile on](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreicowtp72c5t277drs3dolmxwnxoa5fks2u4znpvsyoq4kbtt22i4i@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Michael Wolff, Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein taking time out of their day covering up the world's most famous pedophile ring to complain about Ta-Nehesi Coates.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
HHS message sent at 10:30 pm ET said “the Democrat-led shutdown is over” and warned anyone not at their desk Thursday morning who didn’t request leave would be considered AWOL. Ended with the traditional Trumpian sign-off thanking workers for their dedication and “your attention to this matter.”
Per a message I saw, HHS was still emailing all employees today about the pending end of the “Democrat-led government shutdown.”
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
HHS message sent at 10:30 pm ET said “the Democrat-led shutdown is over” and warned anyone not at their desk Thursday morning who didn’t request leave would be considered AWOL. Ended with the traditional Trumpian sign-off thanking workers for their dedication and “your attention to this matter.”
Fed employees I have been in touch with or not, I’ll be curious to hear about any hiccups or other shenanigans as you get back to it, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous!
Recent work here for reference: www.gravityisgone.com
Recent work here for reference: www.gravityisgone.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Fed employees I have been in touch with or not, I’ll be curious to hear about any hiccups or other shenanigans as you get back to it, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous!
Recent work here for reference: www.gravityisgone.com
Recent work here for reference: www.gravityisgone.com
Per a message I saw, HHS was still emailing all employees today about the pending end of the “Democrat-led government shutdown.”
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Per a message I saw, HHS was still emailing all employees today about the pending end of the “Democrat-led government shutdown.”