Sauleh Siddiqui
@sauleh.bsky.social
Mathematician, Professor, Optimizer at American University. Interested in Energy, Food, Urbanism.
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This is where Ellington and MacArthur students transfer to buses to get to their schools. The accountability is firmly with @mayorbowser.dc.gov and @dcpublicschools.bsky.social Lewis Ferebee for abandoning kids. Our school choice transit system makes kids vulnerable. www.popville.com/2025/10/hara...
“harassing teenagers waiting for the school bus.” - PoPville
"Dear PoPville, This morning at 8:20, 10 uniformed national guard troops and 3 uniformed MPD spent 25 minutes harassing teenagers waiting for the school bus. This is on 20th and O Street, NW Half the ...
www.popville.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is where Ellington and MacArthur students transfer to buses to get to their schools. The accountability is firmly with @mayorbowser.dc.gov and @dcpublicschools.bsky.social Lewis Ferebee for abandoning kids. Our school choice transit system makes kids vulnerable. www.popville.com/2025/10/hara...
Bike lanes are anti-ice! Also love the other biker that made room.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Bike lanes are anti-ice! Also love the other biker that made room.
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tapping the "please support billionaire-free, independent, and/or worker-run local newsrooms" special DC edition:
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
be real nice if DC had an actual hometown newspaper at the moment
August 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
tapping the "please support billionaire-free, independent, and/or worker-run local newsrooms" special DC edition:
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
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A note on this: a source with knowledge just told me former Ward 4 CM/lobbyist/Bowser pal Brandon Todd is throwing his annual summer party on Martha’s Vineyard tonight. Not saying I’ve heard the mayor is there (she says she’s picking up her daughter from camp) just observing the coincidence…
I don't know about you, but I've had to cancel days off or vacation many times for things less important than "the authoritarian takeover of the city I was elected to manage"
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser took off for Martha's Vineyard amid President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the nation's capital.
www.rollingstone.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A note on this: a source with knowledge just told me former Ward 4 CM/lobbyist/Bowser pal Brandon Todd is throwing his annual summer party on Martha’s Vineyard tonight. Not saying I’ve heard the mayor is there (she says she’s picking up her daughter from camp) just observing the coincidence…
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Bowser’s strategy is to collaborate and throw DC to the fucking wolves?!? No hell is hot enough!
August 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bowser’s strategy is to collaborate and throw DC to the fucking wolves?!? No hell is hot enough!
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I hate this so much for a ton of reasons but especially because of *course* physical & life sciences are political. Maybe moreso, because they can be very expensive. Why do you study this instead of that? Who decides what’s fundable? It’s a resource allocation, and that’s political.
Oh good. We've reached the "I don't have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be less woke than you" stage of faculty solidarity. archive.is/wGNDr
August 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I hate this so much for a ton of reasons but especially because of *course* physical & life sciences are political. Maybe moreso, because they can be very expensive. Why do you study this instead of that? Who decides what’s fundable? It’s a resource allocation, and that’s political.
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Unconscionable bullshit from the mayor.
Bowser also said she was sympathetic to some of U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro's complaints about specific criminal justice laws, and would talk to the D.C. Council about changing them. (A record-sealing law, an early release law, etc.)
August 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Unconscionable bullshit from the mayor.
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@mayorbowser.bsky.social showed a hell of a lot more fire and urgency about getting a stadium deal than about the federal government taking over and occupying our city
DC is unique.
While we pay taxes and uphold the responsibilities of citizenship, we're not a state. We don't control the DC National Guard and we don't have senators or full autonomy.
That's why you've heard me and many other Washingtonians advocate for DC statehood.
While we pay taxes and uphold the responsibilities of citizenship, we're not a state. We don't control the DC National Guard and we don't have senators or full autonomy.
That's why you've heard me and many other Washingtonians advocate for DC statehood.
August 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
@mayorbowser.bsky.social showed a hell of a lot more fire and urgency about getting a stadium deal than about the federal government taking over and occupying our city
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biden, mayor bowser, and plenty of centrist pundits share a big chunk of the blame for the DC mess. the nonsense they spread about the DC criminal reform bill a couple of years ago paved the way for what trump is now doing.
August 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
biden, mayor bowser, and plenty of centrist pundits share a big chunk of the blame for the DC mess. the nonsense they spread about the DC criminal reform bill a couple of years ago paved the way for what trump is now doing.
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Strongly dislike the DC Council statement on all this. I wish we had stronger moral leadership.
August 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Strongly dislike the DC Council statement on all this. I wish we had stronger moral leadership.
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it is not some accident that the people suing charlottesville over its efforts to build more housing are retired university professors and their friends
college towns are absolutely fantastic, one of the great American concepts, and for unknown reason the people who live in college towns absolutely loathe them and want to ensure no one else can live there
August 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
it is not some accident that the people suing charlottesville over its efforts to build more housing are retired university professors and their friends
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If it is OK for publicly-funded scientists to be political activists in their capacities as publicly-funded scientists, then is it also ok to defund those scientists for political reasons?
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
August 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If it is OK for publicly-funded scientists to be political activists in their capacities as publicly-funded scientists, then is it also ok to defund those scientists for political reasons?
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
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Climate models have underestimated the departure of high temperature extremes from monthly means.
If we assume these model biases persist in future projections, then the climate models are also likely underestimating the magnitude of future high temperature extremes.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If we assume these model biases persist in future projections, then the climate models are also likely underestimating the magnitude of future high temperature extremes.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Historical model biases in monthly high temperature anomalies indicate under-estimation of future temperature extremes - Communications Earth & Environment
Models tend to underestimate mean monthly maximum temperature anomalies by 2-3% and extreme anomalies by 11-12% over the period 1980 and 2023, which could lead to temperatures 3 °C to 5 °C higher than...
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Climate models have underestimated the departure of high temperature extremes from monthly means.
If we assume these model biases persist in future projections, then the climate models are also likely underestimating the magnitude of future high temperature extremes.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If we assume these model biases persist in future projections, then the climate models are also likely underestimating the magnitude of future high temperature extremes.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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we are apartment sitting for some close friends in brooklyn and i have to say that as a person who does not live here the density of public services and amenities is incredible. (and, of course, literal density is what makes it possible!)
July 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
we are apartment sitting for some close friends in brooklyn and i have to say that as a person who does not live here the density of public services and amenities is incredible. (and, of course, literal density is what makes it possible!)
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ICYMI: DC’s weekend floods were part of a bigger pattern. AU’s Stephen MacAvoy explains how a wavy jet stream, warmer air, and more humidity are fueling more extreme weather across the U.S. Read the interview: bit.ly/44GWodR
July 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
ICYMI: DC’s weekend floods were part of a bigger pattern. AU’s Stephen MacAvoy explains how a wavy jet stream, warmer air, and more humidity are fueling more extreme weather across the U.S. Read the interview: bit.ly/44GWodR
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8,000 spots in towering parking garages? That’s a fumble. A brand new Metro Station? Touchdown!
Hear more from CM Allen: youtu.be/6WQcD8Uqog0
(1/3)
Hear more from CM Allen: youtu.be/6WQcD8Uqog0
(1/3)
DC Deserves Better than a Stadium Surrounded by Parking Garages
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
8,000 spots in towering parking garages? That’s a fumble. A brand new Metro Station? Touchdown!
Hear more from CM Allen: youtu.be/6WQcD8Uqog0
(1/3)
Hear more from CM Allen: youtu.be/6WQcD8Uqog0
(1/3)
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Same firm was fired from an impact study of historic districts, with an oversight member commenting their report "reads almost as a defense of a historic district rather than a rigorous intellectual examination of their impacts." www.pressherald.com?p=6923924&uu...
Portland fires contractor, hires new firm to study historic districts
The city says that PlaceEconomics' draft report was missing information, but the company counters that the city was difficult to work with and was unhappy that its report was not more critical of hist...
www.pressherald.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Same firm was fired from an impact study of historic districts, with an oversight member commenting their report "reads almost as a defense of a historic district rather than a rigorous intellectual examination of their impacts." www.pressherald.com?p=6923924&uu...
"Would you tell Jack Evans to fundraise for a review of the District’s ethics laws, and then conduct that review?" But that's exactly what DC OP is doing by asking the DC preservation league to assess historic districts. If you are in one of the ANCs listed, please write to oppose this.
The Office of Planning’s study of the impact of historic preservation on the District will be conducted by a group invested in a preservation-friendly outcome—an unserious approach for a topic that demands a sober eye.
OP privatizes historic district study, puts it in the hands of preservation cheerleaders
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July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Would you tell Jack Evans to fundraise for a review of the District’s ethics laws, and then conduct that review?" But that's exactly what DC OP is doing by asking the DC preservation league to assess historic districts. If you are in one of the ANCs listed, please write to oppose this.
Amazing! I'm so happy the DC Council is moving forward in implementing I-83.
COMING SOON: Ranked Choice Voting, as demanded by voters in I-83! @cmchenderson.bsky.social and I introduced a budget amendment this a.m. which passed 8-4. Let’s give voters more agency and let’s honor their Nov 2024 vote for this.
July 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Amazing! I'm so happy the DC Council is moving forward in implementing I-83.
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COMING SOON: Ranked Choice Voting, as demanded by voters in I-83! @cmchenderson.bsky.social and I introduced a budget amendment this a.m. which passed 8-4. Let’s give voters more agency and let’s honor their Nov 2024 vote for this.
July 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
COMING SOON: Ranked Choice Voting, as demanded by voters in I-83! @cmchenderson.bsky.social and I introduced a budget amendment this a.m. which passed 8-4. Let’s give voters more agency and let’s honor their Nov 2024 vote for this.
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Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social who is giving New Yorkers and all of us hope tonight. His campaign was about lowering the cost of living for working class New Yorkers and I am not surprised that it resonated so deeply with voters! 🙌🏾❤️🌹
Cuomo congratulates Mamdani: "Tonight is his night. He deserved it. He won."
Hasn't fully conceded, will wait for RCV count and weigh an independent run, but beginning to admit that Mamdani will be the nominee.
Hasn't fully conceded, will wait for RCV count and weigh an independent run, but beginning to admit that Mamdani will be the nominee.
June 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social who is giving New Yorkers and all of us hope tonight. His campaign was about lowering the cost of living for working class New Yorkers and I am not surprised that it resonated so deeply with voters! 🙌🏾❤️🌹
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My new piece looks at proposed climate policy changes under the second Trump administration so far. Here's the tl;dr version.
This is part of a @cepr.org eBook out today edited by Gary Gensler,
@simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, @upanizza.bsky.social, and @wederdim.bsky.social.
This is part of a @cepr.org eBook out today edited by Gary Gensler,
@simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, @upanizza.bsky.social, and @wederdim.bsky.social.
June 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My new piece looks at proposed climate policy changes under the second Trump administration so far. Here's the tl;dr version.
This is part of a @cepr.org eBook out today edited by Gary Gensler,
@simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, @upanizza.bsky.social, and @wederdim.bsky.social.
This is part of a @cepr.org eBook out today edited by Gary Gensler,
@simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, @upanizza.bsky.social, and @wederdim.bsky.social.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight
May 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight