Jennie Dusheck
@solenodon.bsky.social
Firewise community leader
Climate policy, climate action, health, flying less, forestry.
- Here I am, placing my grain of sand when I can.
- Known to have independent thoughts
Freelance science writer/editor
UC Berkeley & UC Davis: Eco Evo
UCSC: SciCom
Climate policy, climate action, health, flying less, forestry.
- Here I am, placing my grain of sand when I can.
- Known to have independent thoughts
Freelance science writer/editor
UC Berkeley & UC Davis: Eco Evo
UCSC: SciCom
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There are some new sunspot regions emerging in the Sun's east! The SSN nearly doubled in the last few days. Will these active regions manifest into major flare players? We'll see! So far, AR 4290 and 4291 are the most promising of the bunch. AR 4291 has a 15% chance of M-flares.
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
There are some new sunspot regions emerging in the Sun's east! The SSN nearly doubled in the last few days. Will these active regions manifest into major flare players? We'll see! So far, AR 4290 and 4291 are the most promising of the bunch. AR 4291 has a 15% chance of M-flares.
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Globemallows (Malvaceae: Sphaeralcea spp.) include several dozen species that are primarily found in arid regions of North America. Most look similar to each other, with cup-shaped flowers and downy stems and leaves. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 12 Apr 2014.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Globemallows (Malvaceae: Sphaeralcea spp.) include several dozen species that are primarily found in arid regions of North America. Most look similar to each other, with cup-shaped flowers and downy stems and leaves. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 12 Apr 2014.
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
"Dominion . . . has proposed a new tariff tier for data centres that will lock them into 14-year contracts in which they pay for at least 85 per cent of their transmission and distribution infrastructure and 60 per cent of generation costs — even if their data centre is never built."
Excellent article in FT on the problem of Phantom data centers making it difficult for utilities and grid operators to plan, and some of the solutions. I think gift link (on.ft.com/4otkC25) works only for first 3 who use it. Sorry.
www.ft.com/content/331f... 🔌💡
www.ft.com/content/331f... 🔌💡
‘Phantom’ data centres muddy forecasts for US power needs
Developers are overstating energy needs and keeping projects alive even after they are no longer viable
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Dominion . . . has proposed a new tariff tier for data centres that will lock them into 14-year contracts in which they pay for at least 85 per cent of their transmission and distribution infrastructure and 60 per cent of generation costs — even if their data centre is never built."
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Btw food systems are the #2 driver of climate change, fix food and fix fuel and we are good on multiple fronts
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Btw food systems are the #2 driver of climate change, fix food and fix fuel and we are good on multiple fronts
AI's impact on Black students is horrifying.
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
AI's impact on Black students is horrifying.
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I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)
Reading California’s Urban Strategy for California from Spring 1978 (Jerry Brown 1.0 administration).
Struck by this section on transportation funding:
h/t @cafedujord.bsky.social
Struck by this section on transportation funding:
h/t @cafedujord.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)
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Penstemon moffatii, our Moffat's Beardtongue, blooming in
Bangs Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 22 🌿
Bangs Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 22 🌿
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Penstemon moffatii, our Moffat's Beardtongue, blooming in
Bangs Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 22 🌿
Bangs Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 22 🌿
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There are real perpetrators and victims in the climate crisis - saying all of humanity is responsible erases these crimes and absolves those standing in the way of action.
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There are real perpetrators and victims in the climate crisis - saying all of humanity is responsible erases these crimes and absolves those standing in the way of action.
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Alright, Chicago has thrown down the gauntlet: What metro will try to outdo the "bitchy females" of the windy city? Who will dare? Looking at you, Baltimore. Charlotte? I know you got some passive aggression you can drop that feels like getting sliced in the gut, come on. Time to step up, America.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Alright, Chicago has thrown down the gauntlet: What metro will try to outdo the "bitchy females" of the windy city? Who will dare? Looking at you, Baltimore. Charlotte? I know you got some passive aggression you can drop that feels like getting sliced in the gut, come on. Time to step up, America.
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
Material in the hold of a container ship at the Port of LA exploded around 8 pm on Friday. The crew is safe, but 186 firefighters have been trying to put out a toxic fire.
A shelter in place order is in effect for communities surrounding the Port of Los Angeles, including San Pedro and Wilmington.
Remain at home, keep windows closed and turn off HVAC systems.
Emergency responders continue attacking the container ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles.
Remain at home, keep windows closed and turn off HVAC systems.
Emergency responders continue attacking the container ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles.
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Material in the hold of a container ship at the Port of LA exploded around 8 pm on Friday. The crew is safe, but 186 firefighters have been trying to put out a toxic fire.
"Other major cities such as Cape Town, South Africa, Mexico City and Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as parts of California, are also facing day zero scenarios as they sink and run out of water."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"Other major cities such as Cape Town, South Africa, Mexico City and Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as parts of California, are also facing day zero scenarios as they sink and run out of water."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
I've spent my entire life with a functioning public health system. It hasn't always been perfect; it hasn't always been appreciated. But it has been far superior to probably any other time in human history.
And now it's being demolished by people like RFKjr and Jay Bhattacharya.
And now it's being demolished by people like RFKjr and Jay Bhattacharya.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I've spent my entire life with a functioning public health system. It hasn't always been perfect; it hasn't always been appreciated. But it has been far superior to probably any other time in human history.
And now it's being demolished by people like RFKjr and Jay Bhattacharya.
And now it's being demolished by people like RFKjr and Jay Bhattacharya.
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I reposted this earlier today, but I have been thinking about it all day. This sums up a very important insight about Director Bhattacharya.
He was full of great "what I would have done if I had been in charge" ideas during COVID but now that is IS in charge, it's "everyone on their own."
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He was full of great "what I would have done if I had been in charge" ideas during COVID but now that is IS in charge, it's "everyone on their own."
1/2
Bhattacharya's newest 1-page pandemic plan forcefully rejects the GBD, his previous 1-page pandemic plan.
It's really just an admission that he's not competent enough to control a virus and not caring enough to even try.
My latest devastating takedown.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
It's really just an admission that he's not competent enough to control a virus and not caring enough to even try.
My latest devastating takedown.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
Goodbye to Focused Protection. Jay Bhattacharya’s Latest 1-Page Pandemic “Plan” is for Vulnerable People to Stop Being Vulnerable.
Jay Bhattacharya's new "plan" is really an admission that if there's a new pandemic, he’s not competent enough to do any of the incredible things he “would have” done regarding COVID. He's not
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I reposted this earlier today, but I have been thinking about it all day. This sums up a very important insight about Director Bhattacharya.
He was full of great "what I would have done if I had been in charge" ideas during COVID but now that is IS in charge, it's "everyone on their own."
1/2
He was full of great "what I would have done if I had been in charge" ideas during COVID but now that is IS in charge, it's "everyone on their own."
1/2
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Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission: The women he sexually abused.
Jennifer Weiner writes in the New York Times: Gift Link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Jennifer Weiner writes in the New York Times: Gift Link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission: The women he sexually abused.
Jennifer Weiner writes in the New York Times: Gift Link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Jennifer Weiner writes in the New York Times: Gift Link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
I hope this is true!
I hate Google's constantly multiplying categories and refusal to actually throw anything out.
I put something in spam or trash and there it is months later in "Important."
And then it tells me I need more space and would I like to buy some.
I hate Google's constantly multiplying categories and refusal to actually throw anything out.
I put something in spam or trash and there it is months later in "Important."
And then it tells me I need more space and would I like to buy some.
Turning off the AI in Gmail causes your account to no longer slit your emails up through Primary, Promotions, and Social. That's because Google is a petulant little bitch who doesn't like that you told them to fuck off with their bullshit slop scam.
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I hope this is true!
I hate Google's constantly multiplying categories and refusal to actually throw anything out.
I put something in spam or trash and there it is months later in "Important."
And then it tells me I need more space and would I like to buy some.
I hate Google's constantly multiplying categories and refusal to actually throw anything out.
I put something in spam or trash and there it is months later in "Important."
And then it tells me I need more space and would I like to buy some.
Ouch.
"The problem in earthquake forecasts is that the models—unlike the models for coin-tossing—have not been tested against relevant data. Indeed, the models cannot be tested on a human time scale, so there is little reason to believe the probability estimates."
"The problem in earthquake forecasts is that the models—unlike the models for coin-tossing—have not been tested against relevant data. Indeed, the models cannot be tested on a human time scale, so there is little reason to believe the probability estimates."
"Instead of making forecasts, the USGS could help to improve building codes and to plan the government's response to the next large earthquake. Bay Area residents should take reasonable precautions [...] they should largely ignore the USGS probability forecast."
Statisticians don't like seismology.
Statisticians don't like seismology.
Time-dependent hazard estimates and forecasts, and their uncertainties
In section 4.2 we discussed current USGS efforts to estimate both long-term and short-term earthquake probabilities. Here we discuss a number of research topics that may help to improve these probabil...
link.springer.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ouch.
"The problem in earthquake forecasts is that the models—unlike the models for coin-tossing—have not been tested against relevant data. Indeed, the models cannot be tested on a human time scale, so there is little reason to believe the probability estimates."
"The problem in earthquake forecasts is that the models—unlike the models for coin-tossing—have not been tested against relevant data. Indeed, the models cannot be tested on a human time scale, so there is little reason to believe the probability estimates."
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
NASA Found Something on Mars. Now We Might Just Leave It There
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
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Is Larry Summers Ruining the Workplace? Yes
- By Elizabeth Warren
- By Elizabeth Warren
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Is Larry Summers Ruining the Workplace? Yes
- By Elizabeth Warren
- By Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
she seems like the type of person who'd feel even more disgusted, rather than vindicated
i'm guessing she always knew she was right
i'm guessing she always knew she was right
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Elizabeth Warren
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