Glenn Jaecks
@glennjaecks.bsky.social
Geology Professor, Cyclist, Commuter, Beach, 'n' stuff. I think I might be a Le Guinian anarchist, with a tinge of Marx and democratic socialism. I teach climate change.
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
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People keep saying that driverless cars will end congestion.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
People keep saying that driverless cars will end congestion.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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“Out With Woke.”
Man, fuck you.
Man, fuck you.
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Out With Woke.”
Man, fuck you.
Man, fuck you.
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My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have.
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COP30 was mostly a bust. The final agreement said nothing about fossil fuels: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
COP30 was mostly a bust. The final agreement said nothing about fossil fuels: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
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A sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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#OTD in 1859, Charles Darwin published his landmark work, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". Our understanding of life and living things has never been the same since. #Darwin #Evolution #OriginOfSpecies 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#OTD in 1859, Charles Darwin published his landmark work, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". Our understanding of life and living things has never been the same since. #Darwin #Evolution #OriginOfSpecies 🧪
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🔋🔌💡💪 40 million people.
As of 5pm today, batteries were the largest single source of power for the Californian grid www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🔋🔌💡💪 40 million people.
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Reuters has confirmed that King Donald the Mad's "28-point Ukraine peace plan" was written by Russia, handed to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during a Miami hotel meeting with sanctioned Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev, then pushed as US policy.
Oops.
Oops.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Reuters has confirmed that King Donald the Mad's "28-point Ukraine peace plan" was written by Russia, handed to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during a Miami hotel meeting with sanctioned Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev, then pushed as US policy.
Oops.
Oops.
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Follow along here for live updates of the closing plenary (including many objections, go Colombia!) from BBC correspondent @georginarannard.bsky.social ⬇️
COP30 in Brazil fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels - follow live
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Follow along here for live updates of the closing plenary (including many objections, go Colombia!) from BBC correspondent @georginarannard.bsky.social ⬇️
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We strongly suspect that members of the same species developed very different shells depending on whether they attached themselves to an echinoderm or not.
And we cannot even say “eat shit and die” because that evidently was a dinner invitation AND they’re all dead.
And we cannot even say “eat shit and die” because that evidently was a dinner invitation AND they’re all dead.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We strongly suspect that members of the same species developed very different shells depending on whether they attached themselves to an echinoderm or not.
And we cannot even say “eat shit and die” because that evidently was a dinner invitation AND they’re all dead.
And we cannot even say “eat shit and die” because that evidently was a dinner invitation AND they’re all dead.
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During the Palisades fire, hydrants lost pressure and ran dry. A nearby reservoir was empty for repairs. After a review, state officials found that even if the reservoir had been full, the water system still would have been quickly overwhelmed and lost pressure. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Even a full reservoir wouldn't have ensured water in Palisades fire, California officials say
During the Palisades fire, a nearby reservoir was empty for repairs. State officials say even if it had been full, the water system would have been quickly overwhelmed.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
During the Palisades fire, hydrants lost pressure and ran dry. A nearby reservoir was empty for repairs. After a review, state officials found that even if the reservoir had been full, the water system still would have been quickly overwhelmed and lost pressure. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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California installed solar capacity just crossed 43 GW.. with another 20 GW in the pipeline. ☀️🔋🔌💡
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
California installed solar capacity just crossed 43 GW.. with another 20 GW in the pipeline. ☀️🔋🔌💡
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A M5.5 earthquake killed at least ten people in Bangladesh today. What made this moderate event so deadly? And what do we know about seismic hazards in the country?
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earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/bangladesh...
Bangladesh shaken by deadly M5.5 earthquake
A moderate magnitude earthquake near a dense, vulnerable megacity
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A M5.5 earthquake killed at least ten people in Bangladesh today. What made this moderate event so deadly? And what do we know about seismic hazards in the country?
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earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/bangladesh...
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earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/bangladesh...
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Happy #FossilFriday! In October, UNSM doubled our holdings of an unusual extinct species, Dasypus bellus, which literally translates to “beautiful armadillo.”✨ It was about twice the size of the modern nine-banded armadillo. These specimens are from 12-25 thousand years ago.🦴
#fossils #paleontology
#fossils #paleontology
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! In October, UNSM doubled our holdings of an unusual extinct species, Dasypus bellus, which literally translates to “beautiful armadillo.”✨ It was about twice the size of the modern nine-banded armadillo. These specimens are from 12-25 thousand years ago.🦴
#fossils #paleontology
#fossils #paleontology
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BBC News - 'Troubling' fall in insects, says new bug survey
As well as an inability of the BBC to source images of uk insects! www.bbc.com/news/article...
As well as an inability of the BBC to source images of uk insects! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kent bug splat survey shows 'troubling' fall in flying insects
A new 'splat' survey shows bug numbers have plummeted, but experts say this can be reversed.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BBC News - 'Troubling' fall in insects, says new bug survey
As well as an inability of the BBC to source images of uk insects! www.bbc.com/news/article...
As well as an inability of the BBC to source images of uk insects! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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We did analysis for this project that showed the claims being made about the emissions from the U.S. gas that would feed this project were far far too low.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
The plant, would make ethylene for plastics manufacture - likely to cause ammonia, ozone, nitrogen oxide + PM2.5 pollution - linked to increased cases of heart + breathing conditions - and carcinogenic VOCs - risking people's health says @clientearth.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We did analysis for this project that showed the claims being made about the emissions from the U.S. gas that would feed this project were far far too low.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
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The Trump administration announced plans to open the Pacific Ocean to new oil and gas leases for the first time in more than four decades. Environmental groups vowed to fight the proposal. "This draft plan is an oil spill nightmare." @hayleysmith.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump administration plans to open Pacific Coast to oil drilling for first time in more than 4 decades
The plan would mark the first new oil and gas leases in federal waters of the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Trump administration announced plans to open the Pacific Ocean to new oil and gas leases for the first time in more than four decades. Environmental groups vowed to fight the proposal. "This draft plan is an oil spill nightmare." @hayleysmith.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?
It’s one of Australia’s worst underwater environmental catastrophes. What’s going to happen to South Australia’s vast algal bloom as summer heat warms the ocean?
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
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Hundreds of CA & Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
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Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Hundreds of California and Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding | KQED
A new study warns that rising seas could flood nearly 250 Bay Area Hazardous sites, putting already vulnerable communities at greater risk of toxic exposure.
www.kqed.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hundreds of CA & Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
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For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe
The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Billionaires, while building their own luxury bunkers for “apocalypse insurance," are funding groups telling Dems to forget about climate action. We just published a memo laying out why that'd be a huge political mistake. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/this-data-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Billionaires, while building their own luxury bunkers for “apocalypse insurance," are funding groups telling Dems to forget about climate action. We just published a memo laying out why that'd be a huge political mistake. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/this-data-...