Robin Nagle
@rznagle.bsky.social
DSNY anthropologist-in-residence; #anthropologist at NYU focusing on #discards & the #environment; #sciencefiction nerd; #tattoo aficionado; future trapeze student; homebody
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Join me on January 29th from 6-8pm CET (12-2pm EST) for @climaterealityproject.org's "The Climate Reality Check: Exposing Misinformation, Disinformation and Greenwashing" webinar online via zoom.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Join me on January 29th from 6-8pm CET (12-2pm EST) for @climaterealityproject.org's "The Climate Reality Check: Exposing Misinformation, Disinformation and Greenwashing" webinar online via zoom.
Follow this link for registration: climatereality.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question):
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question):
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
Star Trek, esp TOS, is sacrosanct -- this a-hole talking about it at all is like someone taking a sh*t in a church
I think he meant to say "Starship Troopers"
"We want to make Star Trek real," said Elon Musk.
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
January 14, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Star Trek, esp TOS, is sacrosanct -- this a-hole talking about it at all is like someone taking a sh*t in a church
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“When oil drilling accelerates in the middle of a climate apocalypse and the Orange Blob plans invasions in South America and Greenland like it’s a walk in the park, it is clear that this civilisation is already running on smack fumes”
January 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
“When oil drilling accelerates in the middle of a climate apocalypse and the Orange Blob plans invasions in South America and Greenland like it’s a walk in the park, it is clear that this civilisation is already running on smack fumes”
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Trying to be here less, but not so much less that I miss important news that I can only find here because the news is broken. Thank God @hellgatenyc.com got me covered for NYC news…
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Trying to be here less, but not so much less that I miss important news that I can only find here because the news is broken. Thank God @hellgatenyc.com got me covered for NYC news…
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We Shall Overcome: Religious Resistance to ICE
My latest @patheos.com piece www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo...
#AcademicSky #ICE #Catholic #Religion
My latest @patheos.com piece www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo...
#AcademicSky #ICE #Catholic #Religion
January 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
We Shall Overcome: Religious Resistance to ICE
My latest @patheos.com piece www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo...
#AcademicSky #ICE #Catholic #Religion
My latest @patheos.com piece www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo...
#AcademicSky #ICE #Catholic #Religion
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For those who missed the memo, the new US food pyramid - a masterclass in nutritional misinformation - was concocted by Big Meat & Dairy.
“If Americans increased their protein intake by just 25%…it would require about 100 million acres of additional ag land each year — an area larger than Michigan, Ohio & Pennsylvania combined — & increase annual emissions by 100s of millions of tons of CO2e, according to @worldresources.bsky.social.”
Opinion | The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
For those who missed the memo, the new US food pyramid - a masterclass in nutritional misinformation - was concocted by Big Meat & Dairy.
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Lotta people get mad at me when I criticize Democratic messaging but THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE TALKING. Like normal people using normal language to communicate normal human emotions about the fucked up situation.
THIS.
THIS.
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Lotta people get mad at me when I criticize Democratic messaging but THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE TALKING. Like normal people using normal language to communicate normal human emotions about the fucked up situation.
THIS.
THIS.
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Also, the world is moving away from this stuff… it’ll drag around for a few decades, but the speed renewables are being deployed and improved is basically killing the FF industry. Its peak is behind us.
“It takes a lot of energy to heat the stuff and get it out of the ground and then get it to move and flow, and then turn it into normal products”
Because the oil is deep and highly viscous, it requires substantial infrastructure to heat in place to get out the oil, which costs much energy and greenhouse emissions. Also, currently, much methane is released which is worse on climate change per molecule.
January 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Also, the world is moving away from this stuff… it’ll drag around for a few decades, but the speed renewables are being deployed and improved is basically killing the FF industry. Its peak is behind us.
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The mass of CO₂ humans put into the atmosphere in 2025 is 4x the mass of all plastic humans have ever produced.
Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The mass of CO₂ humans put into the atmosphere in 2025 is 4x the mass of all plastic humans have ever produced.
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Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
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Jan 1, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani (wearing a suit from SuitSupply), and the first lady, Rama Sawaf Duwaji (wearing a brown wool coat with faux fur from Palestinian-Lebanese designer Cynthia Merhej)
#zohranmamdani
🎥 L. Vural Elibol
Insta: @vuralelibol
Mayor Zohran Mamdani (wearing a suit from SuitSupply), and the first lady, Rama Sawaf Duwaji (wearing a brown wool coat with faux fur from Palestinian-Lebanese designer Cynthia Merhej)
#zohranmamdani
🎥 L. Vural Elibol
Insta: @vuralelibol
January 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Jan 1, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani (wearing a suit from SuitSupply), and the first lady, Rama Sawaf Duwaji (wearing a brown wool coat with faux fur from Palestinian-Lebanese designer Cynthia Merhej)
#zohranmamdani
🎥 L. Vural Elibol
Insta: @vuralelibol
Mayor Zohran Mamdani (wearing a suit from SuitSupply), and the first lady, Rama Sawaf Duwaji (wearing a brown wool coat with faux fur from Palestinian-Lebanese designer Cynthia Merhej)
#zohranmamdani
🎥 L. Vural Elibol
Insta: @vuralelibol
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As Eric Adams heads off into that great Turkish Airlines lounge in the sky, we remember his legacy
December 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
As Eric Adams heads off into that great Turkish Airlines lounge in the sky, we remember his legacy
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and forgive us our emails, as we forgive those who email against us
blanket apology for all the emails I forgot to answer this year, and for all the emails I will forget to answer next year
December 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
and forgive us our emails, as we forgive those who email against us
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Since all the VSPs seem to have recently discovered the circa-2012 point that "supply-side restrictions on fossil fuels are pointless," here's a piece I wrote in Vox that presents the other side of that argument:
It’s time to think seriously about cutting off the supply of fossil fuels
A new paper makes the case for supply-side climate policy.
www.vox.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Since all the VSPs seem to have recently discovered the circa-2012 point that "supply-side restrictions on fossil fuels are pointless," here's a piece I wrote in Vox that presents the other side of that argument:
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As promised, here’s a year-end #ScholarSunday thread featuring some of the best public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new books, & more from throughout 2025. I really appreciate folks who shared work, their own & that of others, for this meta-thread! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/special-best...
blackwhiteandread.com/special-best...
Special Best-of-2025 #ScholarSunday Thread! – Black and White and Read All Over
As promised, here’s a year-end #ScholarSunday thread featuring some of the best public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new books, & more from throughout 2025. I really appreciate folks who...
blackwhiteandread.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As promised, here’s a year-end #ScholarSunday thread featuring some of the best public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new books, & more from throughout 2025. I really appreciate folks who shared work, their own & that of others, for this meta-thread! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/special-best...
blackwhiteandread.com/special-best...
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It's always projection from the right. American cities were to a significant extent demolished to make roads and parking for high volume car traffic coming in.
But paying a few bucks to cover a fraction of the costs they impose when they drive into a city becomes "a declaration of war".
But paying a few bucks to cover a fraction of the costs they impose when they drive into a city becomes "a declaration of war".
Taking away our cars can, should, and will be treated as a declaration of war upon rural America.
I find "America isn't really set up for it" to be an annoying rebuttal to any sort of proposal to reduce car dependency. Our leaders used policy to create a system of car dependency and we can sure as hell use policy to undo that. There are absolutely barriers, but do nothing is not a solution.
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's always projection from the right. American cities were to a significant extent demolished to make roads and parking for high volume car traffic coming in.
But paying a few bucks to cover a fraction of the costs they impose when they drive into a city becomes "a declaration of war".
But paying a few bucks to cover a fraction of the costs they impose when they drive into a city becomes "a declaration of war".
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NASA’s largest research library will be closed & “some material (will) be stored in a government warehouse while the rest (will) be tossed away.”
Happy new year! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
Happy new year! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
NASA’s largest research library will be closed & “some material (will) be stored in a government warehouse while the rest (will) be tossed away.”
Happy new year! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
Happy new year! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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“[C]ities are literally wasting public money by not investing in smart bike infrastructure.” 💯
“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized
The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.
dailyhive.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“[C]ities are literally wasting public money by not investing in smart bike infrastructure.” 💯
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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The pricing means that taking a Citi Bike will become, for a lot of people, the transportation choice of last resort, such as when there's a subway meltdown or it's 20 minutes before the next bus arrives. That's not at all what the city should want. It should be a seamless part of people's choices.
Highway robbery:
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
December 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The pricing means that taking a Citi Bike will become, for a lot of people, the transportation choice of last resort, such as when there's a subway meltdown or it's 20 minutes before the next bus arrives. That's not at all what the city should want. It should be a seamless part of people's choices.
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It passed unanimously. Override the veto.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It passed unanimously. Override the veto.
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T-minus two days until the inauguration of a mayor who cares about greenways:
"We want every single New Yorker to understand that biking and walking — these are things that could be theirs as well, no matter where they live."
"We want every single New Yorker to understand that biking and walking — these are things that could be theirs as well, no matter where they live."
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
T-minus two days until the inauguration of a mayor who cares about greenways:
"We want every single New Yorker to understand that biking and walking — these are things that could be theirs as well, no matter where they live."
"We want every single New Yorker to understand that biking and walking — these are things that could be theirs as well, no matter where they live."