@calebscoville.bsky.social
sociology prof @Tufts and Andrew Carnegie Fellow studying our contradictory relationship with nature. extraction, knowledge, conservation, political division. projects on the Delta Smelt and partisanship and the environment. https://calebscoville.com
NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative?
Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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this is becoming a trend and it is BAD.
to be fair, so would my houseplants.
We in New England are in that unstable liminal period between two seasons: frozen mud and mud.
National Science Foundation: $9 billion total in FY2026
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.
Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org
I agree we focus too much on language/framing, but if it didn't matter, fossil capital wouldn't spend so much energy on political propaganda. The point isn't to convince fossil capitalists, but to build a coalition that can beat them. Fossil capitalists know dividing us (yes often with words) works.
you know what doesn't need the US Navy to escort it through the Straight of Hormuz? solar and wind energy.
I once was hit with a palm frond when I lived in San Diego
The relief I felt today when the warm weather cleared up all the parking spaces on my side of the street.
doesn't read like a real human wrote this.
Two things seem clear. If we want out of this hell, not only do we have to get rid of Trump, we have to get rid of fossil fuels. Second, nuclear power is not going to play a primary role in the energy transition (for now), not for environmental or economic reasons but for geopolitical ones.
"The only ones who need to be worried right now is the Iranians who think they're gonna live"
-Pete Hegseth, Very Normal Guy
Energy crisis brought to you by the party that gleefully pretended wind farms cause cancer www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
As @jasonread.bsky.social observes, today's right often adopts 20th century avant garde techniques. Here's their take on appropriation art (ex. Adbusters). It's not about misreading the original meanings of the clips, but applying their previous cultural cache to create a new message.
I think academics should try to translate more of their work to and engage the public, but I generally find it unfortunate when people complain about academics are speaking in specialized language in academia. It’s the one and only place where these conversations can even happen. Don't we want that?
👀 There's a war, now they post these: "The Justice Department has posted online three FBI interviews related to sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice." www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/p...
USAID’s Emergency Food Security Program spent $4 billion in FY2022 to feed 114 million people in 55 countries. We just blew that much money in four days of this war.
surreal to stumble upon this wikipedia page
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A914
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
No. 25A915
PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[March 2, 2026]
The applications for
stay presented
to
JUSTICE
SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted.
The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreienrxbkmyb6tleuhcuei5ouveel7phkglifhixxbcj7sjedrnv3sq)
BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.
ok here is Tucker's analysis
Right now UK is pretty much running the electrical grid on renewables and Nuclear.
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)
Directorates to follow
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I went to check in on Tucker. still no commentary on the attack on Iran, but (tellingly) X’s nazi algorithm showed me this (I don’t follow Fu*ntes).
There is some dark poetry in Iran catalyzing American neoliberalism via oil-crisis-induced inflation, and the USA toppling that same regime after an inflation-induced election.
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
Yes but we have the best politics.
must be working things out with his sponsors
