James Lamping

I can confirm that my use of one over the other has had zero influence from where it’s placed in the App Store.

Increasingly understanding "energy dominance" to mean energy authoritarianism. Rooftop and community solar helps democratize energy production, putting money in consumer pockets instead of centralized utilities. Illegally cutting these grants disempowers lower-income communities, in every sense.

Motherfucking wind farms…

Towards more effective nature-based climate solutions in global forests - Nature A strategy to improve the implementation of nature-based climate solutions in global forests for climate mitigation is described, comprising four key components to highlight notable science and policy...

We have a new paper that is the result of a working group on nature-based climate solutions using forests. We identify challenges in quantifying net cooling, durability, additionality, and leakage and provide solutions and research needs for each of the challenges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oh good, I was looking for some new fiction! Adding this report to tonight’s light reading list.

Is Decarbonization Dead? Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 07/25/2025 · 1h 17m

Great recent episode from Ezra Klein about this:

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Lol

It’s a small thing, but it’s a great example of what responsive, community-centered service looks like.

A person holds a copy of the book After Arrival by Massimo Paradiso, checked out from Deschutes Public Library. The book is in focus with a library barcode on top. In the background, a happy, scruffy tan dog with perked-up ears looks at the camera, standing on a sun-dappled brick path with green grass beyond.

I seriously love my public library! They didn’t have a book I wanted to read, so I filled out a suggestion form on their phone app. Two weeks later I got a notice that the book was purchased and ready for pick up at my local branch.

Statement from Katherine Maher, President & CEO of NPR This vote is an unwarranted dismantling of beloved local civic institutions, and an act of Congress that disregards the public will. Two-thirds of Americans support federal funding for public media, and believe that it is a good value for taxpayer dollars. Americans listen to their local NPR stations daily, watch their favorite PBS shows loyally, raise their children on educational television, and listen to music stations that showcase the best of our home-grown music traditions. Public funding has enabled the flourishing of a uniquely American system of unparalleled cultural, informational, and educational programming, and ensured access to vital emergency alerting and reporting in times of crisis — all for about $1.60 per American, every year. Parents and children, senior citizens and students, tribal and rural communities — all will bear the harm of this vote. Locally owned and independent, public radio stations reach 99.7% of the American public, and employ thousands of people, including nearly 3,000 local journalists. They have deep roots in their communities, an unflagging dedication to public service, and a commitment to all listeners, regardless of background or belief. Supporters of defunding are fixated on NPR and PBS, but in reality the cuts will be felt where these services are needed most. Stations in places like West Virginia, and those serving tribal nations, receive more than 50% of their budget from federal funding. Public radio provides local programming that would otherwise be unavailable — coverage of town councils, statehouse affairs, local elections, and local music. Public radio is also a lifeline, connecting rural communities to the rest of the nation, and providing life-saving emergency broadcasting and weather alerts. Nearly 3-in-4 Americans say they rely on their public radio stations for alerts and news for their public safety.

NPR CEO statement on congress' decision to claw back $1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

Text from the 1990 global change research act (see link above).

The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.

The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.

Public access being stripped from tax payer funded research.

This data belongs to the American public.

I was gonna ask what SSP but the first comment answered it. Thanks!

Sad ending for an amazing resource.

‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...

Another day testing the limits of resilience.

The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.

Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.

The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

Keep the pressure on, even if this is dropped from the reconciliation bill. Selling off our Crown Jewels is their goal. #PublicLands

HUD Secretary: " What's the worst possible way we can show the public that we actually couldn't care less about responsible government spending and fostering US science and innovation? AH! Displace NSF and build an executive suite with a personal gym!!!" *jumping high-fives all around*

Thats my old lab back when Dr. Zald and Dr. Kerhoulas ran it. Lots of days spent in there with tree cores and word documents.

House votes to kill funding for public media The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with the next two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate.

The House narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets.

The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.

Interesting choice to put out this EO right at the start of the fire season too.

As support for national parks crater, Crater Lake’s former leader says he had to walk away Kevin Heatley said he could no longer be party to the dismantling of the federal government, and he expressed concern for the mental health of workers who are working long hours to keep the park operating.

Kevin Heatley, former Crater Lake leader, joined OPB’s “Think Out Loud” to explain why he started working there, how Trump directives affected the park, and why he decided to leave: "I cannot, in good conscience, manage an operation that I know is moving in the wrong direction."

Considering you can get things like event tickets, use a 3D printer, check out video games… oh yeah, and a book or two. No excuse not to partake in your local library.

Great team, some nice maps, and some new insights on forest structure throughout the coastal regions of BC and Southeast AK!

Would love to see what you have in that press. Cut a poison oak stem a bit larger than that cookie you have outside of Arcata one field season.

This is the only post on bsky today that truly matters.

Best place/way to spend a spring and forget you have a phone.

A great thread on the national treasure that is Forest Service research.

Would be great to see both of these ported to the Switch 2. Pretty sure the console could handle the graphics of Part II without giving up much being that it’s able to handle CyberPunk in 4K 30fps. Let’s go Naughty Dog!

I made friends in Ohio this past weekend. Lots of friends.