Arvind Ravikumar
@arvindpawan1.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA) studying greenhouse gas emissions measurements and carbon accounting across global energy supply chains.
Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA) studying greenhouse gas emissions measurements and carbon accounting across global energy supply chains.
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You've heard of #methane super-emitters at oil and gas facilities.
But have you heard of super-emitting LNG supply chains?
Our latest work uses satellite data on 12 LNG exporting countries to assess their GHG intensity.
Paper: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
But have you heard of super-emitting LNG supply chains?
Our latest work uses satellite data on 12 LNG exporting countries to assess their GHG intensity.
Paper: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
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What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
This was entirely predictable and avoidable. Thanks to the Trump admin's erratic and nonsensical policies, we are plunging head first into a self-inflicted recession. And no one's coming to help us because we've pissed off our allies.
Can admin officials be tried in court for economic sabotage?
Can admin officials be tried in court for economic sabotage?
US Companies Announce Most Job Cuts for Any January Since 2009
US companies announced the largest number of job cuts for any January since the depths of the Great Recession in 2009, according to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This was entirely predictable and avoidable. Thanks to the Trump admin's erratic and nonsensical policies, we are plunging head first into a self-inflicted recession. And no one's coming to help us because we've pissed off our allies.
Can admin officials be tried in court for economic sabotage?
Can admin officials be tried in court for economic sabotage?
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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February 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I’ve never understood this culture in Econ departments of constantly interrupting the speaker to the point where I’ve seen junior folks not go beyond the first section of their talk.
Is this about superiority and dominance? Or is it something more benign?
Is this about superiority and dominance? Or is it something more benign?
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I’ve never understood this culture in Econ departments of constantly interrupting the speaker to the point where I’ve seen junior folks not go beyond the first section of their talk.
Is this about superiority and dominance? Or is it something more benign?
Is this about superiority and dominance? Or is it something more benign?
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Texas A&M claims it has “seamlessly completed” its Spring 2026 course review. That statement is false.
Multiple courses addressing race, gender, and sexuality are still under review with faculty facing pressured to censor well into the semester.
Texans deserve the truth, not spin.
Multiple courses addressing race, gender, and sexuality are still under review with faculty facing pressured to censor well into the semester.
Texans deserve the truth, not spin.
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Texas A&M claims it has “seamlessly completed” its Spring 2026 course review. That statement is false.
Multiple courses addressing race, gender, and sexuality are still under review with faculty facing pressured to censor well into the semester.
Texans deserve the truth, not spin.
Multiple courses addressing race, gender, and sexuality are still under review with faculty facing pressured to censor well into the semester.
Texans deserve the truth, not spin.
First, communities are rightfully worried that big tech will simple abandon the facility when AI bubble bursts.
Second, data centers are terrible neighbors. Increasing electricity prices, limited job prospects after construction, noise, high water stress, air pollution.
Why would anyone want it?
Second, data centers are terrible neighbors. Increasing electricity prices, limited job prospects after construction, noise, high water stress, air pollution.
Why would anyone want it?
These Rural Americans Are Trying to Hold Back the Tide of AI
Fearing rising utility costs, job losses and privacy violations, residents have blocked or delayed data-center projects around the country.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
First, communities are rightfully worried that big tech will simple abandon the facility when AI bubble bursts.
Second, data centers are terrible neighbors. Increasing electricity prices, limited job prospects after construction, noise, high water stress, air pollution.
Why would anyone want it?
Second, data centers are terrible neighbors. Increasing electricity prices, limited job prospects after construction, noise, high water stress, air pollution.
Why would anyone want it?
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The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
Detroit had over two decades to use their vast resources and supply chains to get ahead on EVs and become the world's supplier. But they chose to double down on massive SUVs and trucks, catering to an increasingly niche market.
Big 3 auto deserve whatever's coming for them.
Big 3 auto deserve whatever's coming for them.
I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore.
Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Detroit had over two decades to use their vast resources and supply chains to get ahead on EVs and become the world's supplier. But they chose to double down on massive SUVs and trucks, catering to an increasingly niche market.
Big 3 auto deserve whatever's coming for them.
Big 3 auto deserve whatever's coming for them.
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You know who really ought to pay attention the result in TX Sen 9? Democratic leadership in Congress.
February 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
You know who really ought to pay attention the result in TX Sen 9? Democratic leadership in Congress.
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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ICE is tear-gassing children the right way
—Ezra Klein, probably
—Ezra Klein, probably
February 1, 2026 at 7:04 AM
ICE is tear-gassing children the right way
—Ezra Klein, probably
—Ezra Klein, probably
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
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Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...
economist.com/britain/2026...
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...
economist.com/britain/2026...