Nigel Goldenfeld

Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills

As far as I can tell, this $8B in cuts to clean energy as part of the government shutdown is on top of the $13B from the pocket rescission.

"...this administration is not serious about American energy dominance”.

Big surprise.

www.energy.gov/articles/ene...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ICE is going to apartment buildings without a warrant, breaking down the door of literally every unit, zip tying & detaining everyone inside, & arresting people for things that have nothing to do with immigration.

This is a 5 alarm fire. This is what a secret police force does.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

Secret police busting down doors in the middle of the night. It isn't a question of "could it happen here?" It is happening here and we must resist. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Drones, Helicopters, Hundreds of Arrests: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in Chicago So Far

"Mr. Pritzker ... said the effort was calculated to damage and intimidate Chicago, calling the federal officers “jackbooted thugs roaming around a peaceful downtown.” He added that parents were afraid to send children to school and that small businesses were suffering."

tinyurl.com/3zbhdhts

ClearSky ClearSky - Bringing information closer to you

clearsky.app

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Here is a web site that enables you to see what starter packs you are in, and other useful information.

I discovered that there is a condensed matter physics starter pack for example.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

"Armed federal agents in military fatigues ... pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked... Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours."

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

@marcelias.bsky.social meanwhile in a suburb of Chicago (see these below). How is this legal?

bsky.app/profile/nige...

"ICE agents told the BPD that they will be launching enforcement action throughout all of Broadview throughout the day... ICE informed BPD officials that [they] will be again deploying chemical arms ... against American citizens, our residents & our first responders," according to ... Broadview.

ICE to launch ‘enforcement action’ in Broadview amid outcry over feds' response to protests Broadview officials said ICE agents will launch “enforcement action" throughout the village on Saturday amid heated protests.

"In a statement, the village said ICE informed the Broadview Police Department that there will be "a s*** show" in the village on Saturday."

See below in this thread for ICE's plans for Saturday: this is literally civil war against an American community.

tinyurl.com/3rhvurrf

Broadview mayor says ICE is ‘making war on my community’ after latest protests at immigration facility Federal officers again fired rubber pellets and chemical irritants into a crowd of protesters gathered Friday outside the fenced-off compound.

"The deployment of tear gas, pepper spray, mace, & rubber bullets in the vicinity of the #ICE processing center in ... Broadview is endangering ... village residents, Broadview Police Officers, Broadview Firefighters, & American citizens exercising their 1st Amendment rights"

tinyurl.com/4pzex57y

Congress can end Trump’s Epstein cover-up: act.indivisible.org/sign/epstein...

Protesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago

Many brave people there tonight too.

"Mayor Daniel Biss of Evanston, Ill., after wiping tear gas from his eyes, called the actions of ICE “a performance in brutality. ... Our job is to resist it as visibly, vocally & aggressively as we can while staying nonviolent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Susan Monarez and Sen. Cassidy at Senate hearing. Text overlays their images, with quotes from the hearing about RFK.

Susan Monarez's testimony exposed exactly what's at stake if RFK remains the Secretary of HHS. We are saying DUCK NO to the Quack's attacks on public health and his reckless sidelining of scientific experts.

Urge your Reps to impeach and remove RFK Jr. ➡️ act.standupforscience.net/forms/sign-o...

"The National Academies report says EPA’s 2009 finding was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence. Much of the understanding of climate change that was uncertain or tentative in 2009 has now been resolved by scientific research..."

"The report focuses on evidence gathered by the scientific community since 2009, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health & welfare. The EPA recently gave notice of proposed rulemaking indicating its intention to rescind this finding."

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Released just now: "A new report from the @nationalacademies.org says the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute."

Report and webinar link below.

www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/09...

🧪 Excellent summary of the important work being done by @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and Alyssa Sinclair, mapping impact of NIH budget cuts.

Great that new funding will extend their work to other agencies.

Vital to let your lawmakers know of economic impact in their districts of proposed cuts!

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Our latest results on the laminar-turbulent transition in pipes. Body forces acting in the fluid give a tricritical point once the body force is strong enough. Centrifugal force in a curved or helical pipe is an example. Bjorn Hof's experiments see these effects.

arxiv.org/abs/2311.11474

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

The graph from the California independent system operator showing the mix of electricity produced yesterday generated from imports, exports, wind, nuclear, fossil fuels and lots of solar and batteries.

Tweet from the Department of Energy saying wind and solar energy is essentially worthless when it's dark outside and the wind is not blowing. Basically showing the DOE doesn't understand energy.

During the day yesterday in California, >75%of all electricity was produced by renewable #energy, including solar.
After the sun went down, half of all electricity STILL came from renewables, including wind batteries, hydro, geothermal, etc.

Let’s be clear - this should be a “what in the actual fuck” moment for our leaders, the press and all Americans.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Save HHS #USAnotRFK Step 1 Demand RFK Jr's Resignation Step 2 Contact your Representatives Step 3 Share this message Protect America's Public Health

Unite w/ over 1000 current & former HHS employees (includes CDC) in the call for RFK Jr’s immediate removal as HHS Secretary. saveHHS.org

RFK Jr’s attacks on CDC affect health & safety of the nation. Public health is based on evidence & science not personal or political agendas.
#USAnotRFK #SaveHHS

Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )

1/2

Yeah, it's different in the UK. My message was about the US situation, where mean times are 6+years, & where govt is trying to cut back on foreigners.

I did UK PhD in 3 years as usual. When I started my postdoc in the US, I had a shock realising how much more the other postdocs knew then I did. 😂

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

Very few PhD students finish within 4 years. But international students will need to do that if US proposed visa rules change go through.

Sound reasonable to you?

Fed register is accepting comments for next month. Details at the link & comment button

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr.'s time is running out. Today, Senators Cassidy and Sanders both challenge RFK Jr's reign of (t)error at HHS. Call your Senators and Representatives. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025

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American Meteorological Society pushing back on the DOE Climate Synthesis report.

"... the views ... in the DoE report are not new ... Those views have been incorporated in previous comprehensive assessments—to the extent justified by their scientific merit..."

www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

🧪This is a powerfully written & justified statement by FEMA workers. Please consider supporting it. FEMA is an indispensable Government service, & needs to be run by qualified and experienced people.

Not clowns. And definitely not someone who doesn't even know that there are hurricane seasons.