Alli DeJong
@allidejong.bsky.social
climate, adaptation, decision analysis, flood risk, insurance, resilience, BCAs. planning & policy jack of all trades at the Water Institute. (personal account)
also sports, birds, हिंदी, cities, etc.
chicago via new orleans via chicago
also sports, birds, हिंदी, cities, etc.
chicago via new orleans via chicago
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Alli DeJong
@allidejong.bsky.social
· Nov 6
ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this.
VLADIMIR: That’s what you think.
VLADIMIR: That’s what you think.
Watched Muppet Christmas Carol for the millionth time but all I could think about is how the day that it happens will feel like that, like Christmas Day as a changed person with a real future
December 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Watched Muppet Christmas Carol for the millionth time but all I could think about is how the day that it happens will feel like that, like Christmas Day as a changed person with a real future
Joke’s on me: we are watching highlights from the Bears-Packers OT win lol
Great day to watch my favorite Christmas movie: Silver Linings Playbook
December 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Joke’s on me: we are watching highlights from the Bears-Packers OT win lol
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Alright, here we go...56-yarder...It’s got...No, it does not have the leg
Tim Cratchit takes it in the back of the end zone. He’ll run it out to the 10
15
20
25 30
35 40
45 50 45
There goes Cratchit! Cratchit is gonna run it all the way back! Auburn's gonna win the football game!
Tim Cratchit takes it in the back of the end zone. He’ll run it out to the 10
15
20
25 30
35 40
45 50 45
There goes Cratchit! Cratchit is gonna run it all the way back! Auburn's gonna win the football game!
December 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Alright, here we go...56-yarder...It’s got...No, it does not have the leg
Tim Cratchit takes it in the back of the end zone. He’ll run it out to the 10
15
20
25 30
35 40
45 50 45
There goes Cratchit! Cratchit is gonna run it all the way back! Auburn's gonna win the football game!
Tim Cratchit takes it in the back of the end zone. He’ll run it out to the 10
15
20
25 30
35 40
45 50 45
There goes Cratchit! Cratchit is gonna run it all the way back! Auburn's gonna win the football game!
Great day to watch my favorite Christmas movie: Silver Linings Playbook
December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Great day to watch my favorite Christmas movie: Silver Linings Playbook
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This is levels of deranged that should get you sent to the special hospital.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is levels of deranged that should get you sent to the special hospital.
Of course Steam is messed up today. It’s Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Of course Steam is messed up today. It’s Christmas Eve.
You have five mins to get in front of a radio or a public radio website to listen to the annual Lessons and Carols service from Kings College
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You have five mins to get in front of a radio or a public radio website to listen to the annual Lessons and Carols service from Kings College
9 inches of rain in 18 hours? In Los Angeles?????
This is a remarkable forecast discussion from the WPC:
"...heavy rainfall totals for Southern CA will likely occur over an 18 hour period, with widespread 4-7 inch totals, with isolated max amounts of 9"+..."
"...anomalous 850-700 mb moisture flux; 5+ standard deviations above the mean..."
(2/2)
"...heavy rainfall totals for Southern CA will likely occur over an 18 hour period, with widespread 4-7 inch totals, with isolated max amounts of 9"+..."
"...anomalous 850-700 mb moisture flux; 5+ standard deviations above the mean..."
(2/2)
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
9 inches of rain in 18 hours? In Los Angeles?????
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Breaking news: Trump is citing “national security” to halt all active work on offshore wind projects
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Trump Uses ‘National Security’ To Freeze Offshore Wind Work
The administration has already lost once in court wielding the same argument against Revolution Wind.
heatmap.news
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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In Georgia, the state has made "catastrophic" cuts at DHS, citing an $85 million deficit.
A provider described one result: a mom who relapsed last week. "Visits with her child were keeping her sober, but transportation services had been cut."
Georgia is sitting on a $14.6 *billion* budget surplus.
A provider described one result: a mom who relapsed last week. "Visits with her child were keeping her sober, but transportation services had been cut."
Georgia is sitting on a $14.6 *billion* budget surplus.
Department of Human Services cuts services to families to deal with deficit
As Georgia's Department of Human Services struggles with a massive deficit, Commissioner Candice Broce pleaded with state lawmakers for more funding.
www.ajc.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In Georgia, the state has made "catastrophic" cuts at DHS, citing an $85 million deficit.
A provider described one result: a mom who relapsed last week. "Visits with her child were keeping her sober, but transportation services had been cut."
Georgia is sitting on a $14.6 *billion* budget surplus.
A provider described one result: a mom who relapsed last week. "Visits with her child were keeping her sober, but transportation services had been cut."
Georgia is sitting on a $14.6 *billion* budget surplus.
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Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
I have spent so much of my life writing the reports that show that programs like this are Good and the way that evidence doesn’t matter anymore is just… so dispiriting
The rate of return here is crazy: for a few hundred thousand dollars, this lab produces literally billions of oysters and supports a seafood industry worth hundreds of millions. And the Trump administration is just like "fuck all that, it's wasteful spending, you're fired"
trump take chesapeake bay
December 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have spent so much of my life writing the reports that show that programs like this are Good and the way that evidence doesn’t matter anymore is just… so dispiriting
This is the good stuff right here.
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
December 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is the good stuff right here.
I hate this man so much
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I hate this man so much
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If you think beef prices are high now, wait until this gets to the US
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you think beef prices are high now, wait until this gets to the US
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It’s clear at this point that the 2016 World Series victory by the Cubs was unfortunately/apparently the greatest sin against God ever committed by a human society and undoing what it wrought will require a variety of specific Chicago-related outcomes.
kinda starting to worry that an American Papacy has had unexpected ramifications for sports outcomes I care about
December 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
It’s clear at this point that the 2016 World Series victory by the Cubs was unfortunately/apparently the greatest sin against God ever committed by a human society and undoing what it wrought will require a variety of specific Chicago-related outcomes.
LMAO Bears stay the Bears
December 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
LMAO Bears stay the Bears
ND got better and better all season. All four teams we’ve seen got worse. Cool system
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
ND got better and better all season. All four teams we’ve seen got worse. Cool system
Oh no, disaster, what a bad idea
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Oh no, disaster, what a bad idea
Good thread 👍🏼
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Good thread 👍🏼
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Vought is one of the top three or four enemies of the Constitution & American democracy. His removal from power is one of the highest priorities for any project of checking the dictatorship's lawless wielding of the vast powers of the state
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Vought is one of the top three or four enemies of the Constitution & American democracy. His removal from power is one of the highest priorities for any project of checking the dictatorship's lawless wielding of the vast powers of the state
I try not to get too angry about stuff that doesn’t involve like, murder, but this is a memorial!!! It’s not named after JFK for the lols!
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I try not to get too angry about stuff that doesn’t involve like, murder, but this is a memorial!!! It’s not named after JFK for the lols!