Caleb Scoville
@calebscoville.bsky.social
sociology prof @Tufts and 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow studying our contradictory relationship with nature. extraction, knowledge, conservation, political division. projects on the Delta Smelt and partisanship and the environment. https://calebscoville.com
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Caleb Scoville
@calebscoville.bsky.social
· Apr 16
I am grateful, honored, and still a bit shocked to be named a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for my project, “Divided by Nature: How Environmental Politics Became Partisan and What to Do About It in a Warming World.”
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
I introduced my kid to Are You Afraid of the Dark? last night. Still holds up.
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I introduced my kid to Are You Afraid of the Dark? last night. Still holds up.
A hex on grad programs that don't just accept a PDF of a letter of recommendation. You may think you're very special, but actually, you're not.
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A hex on grad programs that don't just accept a PDF of a letter of recommendation. You may think you're very special, but actually, you're not.
Positive story about local government: last week, after chatting with some local officials about how problematic it is to have gas leaf blowers blaring and fuming while kids are being dropped off at school, I made a 311 call to the city. As of this week the school is now using electric leaf blowers.
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Positive story about local government: last week, after chatting with some local officials about how problematic it is to have gas leaf blowers blaring and fuming while kids are being dropped off at school, I made a 311 call to the city. As of this week the school is now using electric leaf blowers.
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Trump keeps turning to the right-wing Capital Research Center for nonprofits to attack. These are the environmental organizations in its crosshairs.
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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A Trump Target List of Environmental Organizations
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October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trump keeps turning to the right-wing Capital Research Center for nonprofits to attack. These are the environmental organizations in its crosshairs.
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
alleenbrown.ghost.io/a-trump-targ... for my newsletter Eco Files. Subscribe!
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo?
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo?
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
just took my kids to their first jonathan richman show AMA
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
just took my kids to their first jonathan richman show AMA
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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
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@today.yougov.com has a bigger sample! Here's the top 50 most popular politicians.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@today.yougov.com has a bigger sample! Here's the top 50 most popular politicians.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
abolish gas leaf blowers
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
abolish gas leaf blowers
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“Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president … are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.”
The language of “ethical conflicts” here is a comical insult to the reader. But saying “rancid corruption” would be rude.
The language of “ethical conflicts” here is a comical insult to the reader. But saying “rancid corruption” would be rude.
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president … are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.”
The language of “ethical conflicts” here is a comical insult to the reader. But saying “rancid corruption” would be rude.
The language of “ethical conflicts” here is a comical insult to the reader. But saying “rancid corruption” would be rude.
There are good climate scientists who seem hellbent on doing everything they can do to publicly reinforce partisan framings of climate change, science, and expertise. Even though they tend to be factually correct, they are politically unhelpful.
October 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There are good climate scientists who seem hellbent on doing everything they can do to publicly reinforce partisan framings of climate change, science, and expertise. Even though they tend to be factually correct, they are politically unhelpful.
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@adambonica.bsky.social wrote a whole response already. This guy is a machine.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.
Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.
data4democracy.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@adambonica.bsky.social wrote a whole response already. This guy is a machine.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
the infrastructurization of platforms something something… visible upon breakdown something something
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
the infrastructurization of platforms something something… visible upon breakdown something something
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The way one company can bring down half the fucking internet
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The way one company can bring down half the fucking internet
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How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
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MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
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Law is central to today’s social crises—from democratic backsliding to immigrant exclusion. This paper shows how cultural sociology offers rigorous explanations of, and insights into how to tackle, law-related crises. Hope it’s useful to law and society scholars and others
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Law is central to today’s social crises—from democratic backsliding to immigrant exclusion. This paper shows how cultural sociology offers rigorous explanations of, and insights into how to tackle, law-related crises. Hope it’s useful to law and society scholars and others
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
If one were to do an analysis of statements by the most influential organizations working on abortion (both pro-choice and pro-life organizations), what would they be? I have a working list, but hoping to crowdsource orgs I'm missing.
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If one were to do an analysis of statements by the most influential organizations working on abortion (both pro-choice and pro-life organizations), what would they be? I have a working list, but hoping to crowdsource orgs I'm missing.
If one were to do an analysis of statements by the most influential organizations on immigration policy/politics on both sides of the aisle (including anti-immigration and pro-immigration positions), what would they be? I have a working list but hoping to crowdsource orgs I'm missing.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If one were to do an analysis of statements by the most influential organizations on immigration policy/politics on both sides of the aisle (including anti-immigration and pro-immigration positions), what would they be? I have a working list but hoping to crowdsource orgs I'm missing.
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A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91