Sauleh Siddiqui

it is not some accident that the people suing charlottesville over its efforts to build more housing are retired university professors and their friends

If it is OK for publicly-funded scientists to be political activists in their capacities as publicly-funded scientists, then is it also ok to defund those scientists for political reasons?

We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.

Historical model biases in monthly high temperature anomalies indicate under-estimation of future temperature extremes - Communications Earth & Environment Models tend to underestimate mean monthly maximum temperature anomalies by 2-3% and extreme anomalies by 11-12% over the period 1980 and 2023, which could lead to temperatures 3 °C to 5 °C higher than...

Climate models have underestimated the departure of high temperature extremes from monthly means.

If we assume these model biases persist in future projections, then the climate models are also likely underestimating the magnitude of future high temperature extremes.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

we are apartment sitting for some close friends in brooklyn and i have to say that as a person who does not live here the density of public services and amenities is incredible. (and, of course, literal density is what makes it possible!)

ICYMI: DC’s weekend floods were part of a bigger pattern. AU’s Stephen MacAvoy explains how a wavy jet stream, warmer air, and more humidity are fueling more extreme weather across the U.S. Read the interview: bit.ly/44GWodR

DC Deserves Better than a Stadium Surrounded by Parking Garages

8,000 spots in towering parking garages? That’s a fumble. A brand new Metro Station? Touchdown!

Hear more from CM Allen: youtu.be/6WQcD8Uqog0
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Portland fires contractor, hires new firm to study historic districts The city says that PlaceEconomics' draft report was missing information, but the company counters that the city was difficult to work with and was unhappy that its report was not more critical of hist...

Same firm was fired from an impact study of historic districts, with an oversight member commenting their report "reads almost as a defense of a historic district rather than a rigorous intellectual examination of their impacts." www.pressherald.com?p=6923924&uu...

"Would you tell Jack Evans to fundraise for a review of the District’s ethics laws, and then conduct that review?" But that's exactly what DC OP is doing by asking the DC preservation league to assess historic districts. If you are in one of the ANCs listed, please write to oppose this.

Amazing! I'm so happy the DC Council is moving forward in implementing I-83.

Councilmember Brianne K Nadeau speaks into a microphone on the dais in the Council chamber of the John A Wilson Building

COMING SOON: Ranked Choice Voting, as demanded by voters in I-83! @cmchenderson.bsky.social and I introduced a budget amendment this a.m. which passed 8-4. Let’s give voters more agency and let’s honor their Nov 2024 vote for this.

Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social‬ who is giving New Yorkers and all of us hope tonight. His campaign was about lowering the cost of living for working class New Yorkers and I am not surprised that it resonated so deeply with voters! 🙌🏾❤️🌹

My new piece looks at proposed climate policy changes under the second Trump administration so far. Here's the tl;dr version.

This is part of a @cepr.org eBook out today edited by Gary Gensler,
@simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, @upanizza.bsky.social, and @wederdim.bsky.social.

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight

Unlike other people who pretend to know what they’re talking about on this, I actually represent the country’s biggest military community. Kicking out trans service members is the last thing we need when trans people are TWICE as likely as cis people to join the military.

This is by far the best path I've read that universities should follow.

Today, we celebrate and uplift our transgender family, friends, and neighbors, and stand strong in our commitment to making our city a home for everyone. 🏳️‍⚧️

#TransDayofVisibility

Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?

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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.

Do not let anyone play games with you.

The absolute devastation that @chuckschumer.com is about to inflict on D.C. by supporting the GOP’s continuing resolution is hard to overstate. Massive cuts to schools and law enforcement. Teachers laid off en masse. Basic city services may grind to a halt because we *cannot spend our own money.*

i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution

Picture shows The Lincoln Memorial in the top right corner. The sky is blue, and the bottom half is completely filled with a crowd of people and 3-4 signs about Science. One sign in the bottom left has a red background and says "SCIENCE MAKES AMERICA GREAT" in white letters.

Energetic crowd in DC #StandUpForScience

Transpo’d to a new to me public space in the Northeast Library. #DCPL has some of the best public spaces in the city. @transpobingo.bsky.social

On Sunday I took the good ol’ 96 bus to visit my friend in his new apartment in Stanton Park, the longest distance I’ve taken the 96. #TranspoBingo

Hey @mayorbowser.bsky.social here's what a mayor should be doing.

This is why I am a paid contributer to @51st.news . Sign up for their free content and contribute if you can!

Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.

Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.

Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests

Another funding opportunity is gone. NSF archived the the Career-Life Balance program which provided supplemental funding when researchers are on family leave.

The small strides we had made toward improving representation in science are being undone so fast.

new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

In the run-up to my Senate confirmation, I was told to sell my 10 shares of Apple stock — 10 shares — to avoid a conflict of interest. Why? Because I could direct my agency's IT dept to purchase Apple products.

Frustrating that the most powerful can flout the rules the rest of us take so seriously.

I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.

Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.

This is absolutely an act of sabotage.