Brian DiNunno
@bdinunno.bsky.social
Funding support for these analyses has been insufficient for more than 30 years. When I was a summer intern at NOAA in the 90's getting projects done for major update efforts like California, SW US, or Puerto Rico were budget limited and updates were decades behind.
It's beyond time to fix this.
It's beyond time to fix this.
Zillow’s climate score rollback is a wake-up call: build open, future‑conditions federal flood maps -- gold‑standard, trustworthy data for building codes, mortgages, and our future. Column today: open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Funding support for these analyses has been insufficient for more than 30 years. When I was a summer intern at NOAA in the 90's getting projects done for major update efforts like California, SW US, or Puerto Rico were budget limited and updates were decades behind.
It's beyond time to fix this.
It's beyond time to fix this.
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One company is about to electrify the heating for 190 of Maryland's largest buildings. I had no idea how large Maryland's existing district heating and cooling system is and how much it is about to change
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/electrifyi...
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/electrifyi...
Electrifying Baltimore's District Heating
Samay Kindra with Vicinity Energy explains how the company plans to electrify the heat for Baltimore's downtown
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One company is about to electrify the heating for 190 of Maryland's largest buildings. I had no idea how large Maryland's existing district heating and cooling system is and how much it is about to change
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/electrifyi...
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/electrifyi...
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NEW POST! 🪨🌈 A new, colorful map from the USGS synthesizes decades of state and federal geologic surveys to create the most detailed visualization of the geology of the contiguous United States to date. www.beautifulpublicdata.com/usgs-coopera...
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW POST! 🪨🌈 A new, colorful map from the USGS synthesizes decades of state and federal geologic surveys to create the most detailed visualization of the geology of the contiguous United States to date. www.beautifulpublicdata.com/usgs-coopera...
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October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Climate Viz of the Month
October 2025 Hi everyone! Instead of designing a new special feature visualization, this next ‘climate viz of the month’ blog will focus on briefly summarizing the recent extremes in th…
zacklabe.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Over the weekend, @planet.com captured almost perfect satellite imagery of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
Planet imagery of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine
Over the weekend, Planet captured almost perfect imagery of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand.
eos.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Over the weekend, @planet.com captured almost perfect satellite imagery of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
Worth a read for the underlying concepts, historical background, and "how we got here" on the current nuclear safety model. Plus the VC/Silicon Valley led effort to bring "move fast and break things" to nuclear power.
This push is poisoning the well for any real reform in nuclear safety.
This push is poisoning the well for any real reform in nuclear safety.
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Worth a read for the underlying concepts, historical background, and "how we got here" on the current nuclear safety model. Plus the VC/Silicon Valley led effort to bring "move fast and break things" to nuclear power.
This push is poisoning the well for any real reform in nuclear safety.
This push is poisoning the well for any real reform in nuclear safety.
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Opened my dissertation with a quote from Larry Summers arguing that the Global North should just offshore all industrial waste dumping to Africa. Yes he is and always has been a piece of shit, weird that he's been taken seriously only until his name has been attached to Epst*in.
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Opened my dissertation with a quote from Larry Summers arguing that the Global North should just offshore all industrial waste dumping to Africa. Yes he is and always has been a piece of shit, weird that he's been taken seriously only until his name has been attached to Epst*in.
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Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
Two Hundred Years to Flatten the Curve
How generations of meddlesome public health campaigns changed everyday life — and made life twice as long as it used to be
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Hey, so we have a bunch of open positions right now, working on cement, chemicals, clean energy (gosh, do we need a lot to electrify industry), and leading our Michigan work. These jobs will take you from the Central Valley in California to green cement plants in Tanzania, and beyond. Know anyone?
Industrious Labs
Putting climate solutions to work.
industriouslabs.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Hey, so we have a bunch of open positions right now, working on cement, chemicals, clean energy (gosh, do we need a lot to electrify industry), and leading our Michigan work. These jobs will take you from the Central Valley in California to green cement plants in Tanzania, and beyond. Know anyone?
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ICYMI: another federal contract cancelation looks to mean the loss of weather observations from dozens of airport sites, mainly in NC and MD. As of this evening, observations from 15 of the 58 sites listed in an NWS notice of termination were no longer available. More: tinyurl.com/yp57f2ck
Another federal contract cancelation impacts weather data, with surface observations reduced in North Carolina and Maryland
Monday tropical deep dive focuses on the western Pacific
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November 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
ICYMI: another federal contract cancelation looks to mean the loss of weather observations from dozens of airport sites, mainly in NC and MD. As of this evening, observations from 15 of the 58 sites listed in an NWS notice of termination were no longer available. More: tinyurl.com/yp57f2ck
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There is a direct pipeline from the mommy bloggers who got information about autism on Google to the autism mommy wars of the 2000s to Robert F. Kennedy becoming HHS Secretary. For the 25th anniversary of @talkingpointsmemo.com, I chronicle this rise.
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
Anti-Vax Facebook Groups Ushered in Our Current MAHA Nightmare
In 2007, Oprah Winfrey featured Jenny McCarthy, the former Playboy model turned...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
There is a direct pipeline from the mommy bloggers who got information about autism on Google to the autism mommy wars of the 2000s to Robert F. Kennedy becoming HHS Secretary. For the 25th anniversary of @talkingpointsmemo.com, I chronicle this rise.
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
A nice mix of the hyper-specific details and statutes on authorizations and appropriations with plain english explanations of the ongoing decisions and illegalities.
Read the analysis that made Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s head lawyer at OMB mad enough to yell at me on a Saturday
How Trump Violated the Law to Pay the Military
The president spent research and development money to pay the troops, violating appropriations law and a slew of other statutes.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A nice mix of the hyper-specific details and statutes on authorizations and appropriations with plain english explanations of the ongoing decisions and illegalities.
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The real reason energy prices are going up is PJM's corruption and mismanagement
If you want a play by play of their biggest, most expensive boondoggle, this episode is for you
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/the-coal-p...
If you want a play by play of their biggest, most expensive boondoggle, this episode is for you
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/the-coal-p...
The Coal Plants Costing Maryland Billions
The full and terrible story of Brandon Shores and Wagner Coal Plants
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The real reason energy prices are going up is PJM's corruption and mismanagement
If you want a play by play of their biggest, most expensive boondoggle, this episode is for you
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/the-coal-p...
If you want a play by play of their biggest, most expensive boondoggle, this episode is for you
demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/the-coal-p...
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I'm really simplifying things here, but you should listen with the caveat that this was recorded in September. I'm not positioning this as a blueprint and he doesn't either. Another thing he said was that's sustained protest is esp useful
Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE) with Dr. Jack Goldstone — alie ward
Storming the Bastille. Facing off with tanks. Canceling a streaming subscription. We’re talking protests, boycotts, insurrections, and demonstrations. Scholar, professor, and actual real life R...
www.alieward.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm really simplifying things here, but you should listen with the caveat that this was recorded in September. I'm not positioning this as a blueprint and he doesn't either. Another thing he said was that's sustained protest is esp useful
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1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
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New York mass flooding inevitable by 2080.
1.4 million will have to 'retreat'. #ActOnClimate
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
1.4 million will have to 'retreat'. #ActOnClimate
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
New York mass flooding inevitable by 2080.
1.4 million will have to 'retreat'. #ActOnClimate
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
1.4 million will have to 'retreat'. #ActOnClimate
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Post climate wins
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Post climate wins
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I don't know how many Gastropod folks are on here, but we're looking for questions for our upcoming Ask Gastropod ep! Do you have a question that you haven't been able to figure out, a food science and/or history conundrum that's left you perplexed? We're here for you - email contact@gastropod.com!
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I don't know how many Gastropod folks are on here, but we're looking for questions for our upcoming Ask Gastropod ep! Do you have a question that you haven't been able to figure out, a food science and/or history conundrum that's left you perplexed? We're here for you - email contact@gastropod.com!
This seems like a rather uniform collection of sticks in the water (1/5)
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This seems like a rather uniform collection of sticks in the water (1/5)
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GOP candidate for NJ Gov complains about suburban “overdevelopment.”
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
October 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
GOP candidate for NJ Gov complains about suburban “overdevelopment.”
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
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This is now live at www.gridstatus.io/insights
The blogs will continue until morale improves, but we wanted to lean in on more timely notes on the markets.
Check it out and let us know what you’d like to see! 🔌💡
Couple other notes below
The blogs will continue until morale improves, but we wanted to lean in on more timely notes on the markets.
Check it out and let us know what you’d like to see! 🔌💡
Couple other notes below
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is now live at www.gridstatus.io/insights
The blogs will continue until morale improves, but we wanted to lean in on more timely notes on the markets.
Check it out and let us know what you’d like to see! 🔌💡
Couple other notes below
The blogs will continue until morale improves, but we wanted to lean in on more timely notes on the markets.
Check it out and let us know what you’d like to see! 🔌💡
Couple other notes below
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I'd love to get 35 new free subscribers (then 200 more, but start small) to Gravity Is Gone, with my independent reporting and writing on science, politics, and policy. I got laid off a month ago, trying to build this, lfg!
www.gravityisgone.com
I published two things just yesterday; the first:
www.gravityisgone.com
I published two things just yesterday; the first:
Breaking: HHS, Commerce, Probably Other Agencies Send Entire Staff Email Blaming Democrats for Shutdown
Please forgive the multiple editions in one day — occasionally I'll send breaking news out such as this. If you're new here, read more about the deal here and please subscribe below!
On Tuesday after...
www.gravityisgone.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'd love to get 35 new free subscribers (then 200 more, but start small) to Gravity Is Gone, with my independent reporting and writing on science, politics, and policy. I got laid off a month ago, trying to build this, lfg!
www.gravityisgone.com
I published two things just yesterday; the first:
www.gravityisgone.com
I published two things just yesterday; the first: