Nostr notes by David Sacerdote

So the plan is to put political officials in charge of deciding ...

2026-06-04T15:01:18Z

So the plan is to put political officials in charge of deciding which science is ok to do. This naturally means no more study of climate, since Republicans will never approve any funding for that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-04/white-house-plan-to-vet-grants-puts-climate-science-in-jeopardy?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MDU4MjU1NiwiZXhwIjoxNzgxMTg3MzU2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURzQxSzRLSVVQVTgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwOTRFQTUyQzdCQTQ0RDRDQjk1QTNCNDVENDg4RjY1NSJ9.OUo7Zwx8vf_uSDSDrsYGZHJdQwirUaLN4dMv5ADEdrI

You can submit comments about the proposal to only do right-wing-acceptable science here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/OMB-2026-0034-0001

#GIftArticle #giftLink #ClimateCrisis #USPol

I did not expect smartphones to impact birth rates, nor for them ...

2026-05-16T13:41:49Z

I did not expect smartphones to impact birth rates, nor for them to do it by preventing couple formation
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Gift link has a view count limit of a few hundred.
https://www.ft.com/content/fba35eca-df3a-4ad6-b42d-eb08eb7c9ad3?accessToken=zwAAAZ4xN0_fkdP7o17K3zpK1tO0LesI63ya0w.MEUCIQDcH8bilMlGVJqgZstG35mMI2AG3WUTMRgHMxwbjHntngIgT1ShKwhwRQyJ-IkFBNjACw4OxvSSidscpqYR9_r2h2U&sharetype=gift&token=a750465d-0fdc-469e-b2da-45dd825dadfb&syn-25a6b1a6=1

Today's letter to my congressmembers: Launching a major and ...

2026-02-28T14:57:28Z

Today's letter to my congressmembers:

Launching a major and unnecessary war without the approval of congress or even seriously trying to explain it to the American people is a clear constitutional violation. You need to impeach Trump. Now. Whether or not it gets Republican support, or succeeds.

Doing this articulates a clear vision for keeping the powers of Congress and ongoing constitutional rule. Without it, you're acceding to dictatorship.

It looks like the shift in refrigerants to ones which don't ...

2026-02-03T14:28:42Z

It looks like the shift in refrigerants to ones which don't cause as much warming is happening irrespective of US politics.

#GiftLink but requires registration

https://wapo.st/3ZDSVcD

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Start talking to local politicians about how much you want them ...

2026-02-03T14:27:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…s7yd
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Start talking to local politicians about how much you want them stopped. They tend to have a lot of tools to do so.

The scale of concentration camps that Trump and buddies are ...

2026-01-31T15:01:30Z

The scale of concentration camps that Trump and buddies are planning to build is really quite enormous.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/us-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-warehouses-for-ice-detention-centers?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTcyNjIzNiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwMzMxMDM2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOU41VDVLSVVQVFAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBODQ4MjA2QkI5RkE0NzNBODQxMTQ0NkU0NzJENjc0OCJ9.gHOR5-HcAz9v8bX1AtIt49zQLJ3_f2o9S8QoKDjxo2M

#USPolitics #GiftArticle #GiftLink

This is why there's so much opposition to nuclear power — ...

2026-01-28T14:47:15Z

This is why there's so much opposition to nuclear power — the risk of regulatory capture over the multi-decade useful lifetime of the plants makes the risk unacceptable.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5677187/nuclear-safety-rules-rewritten-trump

Glad to see the Santa Clara County DA is committed to ...

2026-01-20T03:16:55Z

Glad to see the Santa Clara County DA is committed to investigating the fatal use of force by ICE if it happens here. He was the first Democrat to openly quit Twitter when Musk took over there.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/18/after-ice-killing-bay-area-district-attorneys-question-whether-federal-agents-can-be-held-to-account/?share=gt0ustnucirneclneaee

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You can't maintain a complex technical infrastructure ...

2025-10-29T01:33:49Z

You can't maintain a complex technical infrastructure indefinitely when keeping it operating depends on retirees who used to work with it professionally volunteering their time. This operational model may well bridge a gap of a few months, but it needs paid staff.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/climate/noaa-volunteers-hurricane-melissa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w08.yNGk.Buu5JLSiYSvr

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Probably more than one. Details here. Gift link has a click-count ...

2025-10-25T14:45:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…ch0g
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Probably more than one. Details here. Gift link has a click-count limit before it becomes a non-gift link.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/san-francisco-troops-tech-ceos-45623a7f?st=NUvrWo

Pushback works. Gift link so everybody has access. ...

2025-10-24T20:22:53Z

Pushback works.

Gift link so everybody has access.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/24/ice-border-patrol-oakland-canceled-trump/?share=melp04ucttsim1crmror
#GiftLink #GiftArticle #SFBayArea #California

TL;DR; we have something of a choice between long-term ...

2025-10-02T21:53:04Z

TL;DR; we have something of a choice between long-term instability which kills off the wealthy and powerful, resulting in broader distribution of wealth and power, or an event rather more like the New Deal where wealth and power are nonviolently more broadly distributed

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/462226/end-times-crisis-history-lessons-cliodynamics-collase-society?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6Iml0NWVLVWZlMmciLCJwIjoiL3RoZS1oaWdobGlnaHQvNDYyMjI2L2VuZC10aW1lcy1jcmlzaXMtaGlzdG9yeS1sZXNzb25zLWNsaW9keW5hbWljcy1jb2xsYXNlLXNvY2lldHkiLCJleHAiOjE3NjA2MjE5MTUsImlhdCI6MTc1OTQxMjMxN30.YmDGbwB3VvMPsk6ggkxFEZdtj7Za0YNTZWaspM0V_Ow

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Turns out climate adaptation is incredibly expensive already. ...

2025-06-18T13:41:26Z

Turns out climate adaptation is incredibly expensive already.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/us-spending-on-climate-damage-nears-1-trillion-per-year?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDE2NzY1NiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwNzcyNDU2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWFpUMFdUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEQ0NGODY3Qzk2ODk0MzJDQjRBMEMwM0FENDNGNTJENyJ9._Q-H5aFqSSaTXwJnuPjmCq2kb9vZusp7xS_7e17iIrM&sref=UIYAtP2Y&leadSource=uverify%20wall

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There are apparently concrete plans to impose martial law. ...

2025-06-10T02:49:57Z

There are apparently concrete plans to impose martial law. Trumpies are flat out planning to make war on America.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/article/noem-immigration-protests-letter-20369001.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3VzLXdvcmxkL2FydGljbGUvbm9lbS1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi1wcm90ZXN0cy1sZXR0ZXItMjAzNjkwMDEucGhw&time=MTc0OTUyMzYzNTA2NQ%3D%3D&rid=ZjZmMmQ3YjgtNjRhMy00ZmM1LWFlMmItZTNmNzM5MTExODA5&sharecount=Nw%3D%3D

#USpolitics #LosAngeles #GiftArticle #GiftLink

This is what we're facing: "Among many recommendations, ...

2024-11-06T22:02:42Z

This is what we're facing:

"Among many recommendations, Project 2025 lays out plans for criminalizing pornography, disbanding the Commerce and Education departments, rejecting the idea of abortion as health care and shredding climate protections."

Click the link, not the preview, to bypass paywall
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/trump-project-2025.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X04.1Ch1.tiXaR1n_3WgS

#ClimateCrisis #GftLink #GiftArticle #USPolitics

This in general is a key problem with most of what we're ...

2024-10-21T13:22:01Z

This in general is a key problem with most of what we're doing to limit the amount of warming we get — the right thing is beginning to happen, but not at the pace or scale we need to limit the warming to anything like 2°C

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https://wapo.st/40vQuL9

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Only way to stop the oil industry from gutting the numerous ...

2024-10-18T13:52:32Z

Only way to stop the oil industry from gutting the numerous climate regulations that the Biden/Harris administration put in place is going to be to elect Kamala Harris as president (and ideally Democrats up and down the ballot)

Click the link, not the preview, and register to bypass paywall:
https://wapo.st/40f2RLr

Full list of environmental regulatory acts:
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/0Bx1x

Join me in helping to stop them:
https://go.kamalaharris.com/

#climate #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #GiftArticle

This is the kind of lede I like to see: "Hurricane Milton ...

2024-10-11T21:36:38Z

This is the kind of lede I like to see:

"Hurricane Milton walloped Florida with at least 20 percent more rain and 10 percent stronger winds than a similarly rare storm would have done in a world that humans hadn’t warmed by burning fossil fuels, scientists said on Friday."

Click the link, not the preview to bypass paywall.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/climate/milton-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RU4.FpUP.pIb2dgcBu9Va&smid=url-share

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #GiftLink #GiftArticle

Via the NYT, another chart on how the Republican plan to repeal ...

2024-09-09T14:09:43Z

Via the NYT, another chart on how the Republican plan to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act would result in higher greenhouse gas emissions by the US. Not mentioned is that this makes other countries less likely to cut their emissions as well.

I've edited the text above the chart to correct a typo.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/opinion/project-2025-trump-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU4.uOwS.a4ZVS70yBKUo#link-3e400a3

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Making plastic is the oil industry's exit strategy. Burning ...

2024-09-04T15:32:59Z

Making plastic is the oil industry's exit strategy. Burning it creates incredible air pollution, and recycling it is sufficiently low-value that people burn it just to be rid of the stuff.

It's well past time to limit plastic manufacturing.

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https://wapo.st/3Mvg4aT

The clean energy industry is doing a pair of fundraisers for the ...

2024-08-30T14:00:16Z

The clean energy industry is doing a pair of fundraisers for the Harris campaign in New York City & Boston on 9/9 and 9/10 respectively.

RSVP:
NY: https://secure.kamalaharris.com/a/ajurgvwpkdangkqrj?attr=113172809
Boston: https://secure.kamalaharris.com/a/jyxwuamunpgysvwthiqi?attr=113172809

Or give what you can:
https://secure.kamalaharris.com/a/hvf-2?attr=113172809

#Wind #ClimateAction #CleanEnergy #ClimateCrisis #Boston #NYC

The decarbonization = freedom approach is a good one. Who ...

2024-08-23T17:23:32Z

The decarbonization = freedom approach is a good one. Who wouldn't want to unshackle themselves from fuel payments?

Click the link, not the preview to bypass paywall
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/climate/kamala-harris-climate-strategy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE4.KyYy._SrLSNFcKoW1&smid=url-share

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Short-term storage tends to displace gas-burning power plants. ...

2024-08-18T19:09:45Z

Short-term storage tends to displace gas-burning power plants. The ongoing California build-out shows how much of a difference it can make.

Click the link, not the preview to bypass paywall. (I think you need to register too; not 100% sure)

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/18/a-gamechanger-how-giant-batteries-are-making-californias-power-grid-stronger-and-reducing-the-risk-of-blackouts-during-heat-waves/?share=etnnciraesaengsbisme

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Increased rainfall intensity -> increased landslide hazard. ...

2024-08-14T13:44:44Z

Increased rainfall intensity -> increased landslide hazard.

It's a problem pretty much anywhere that has steep hillsides.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/climate/landslides-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C04._wsN.WczCNxM-_y3W

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