Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez
@devoncantwell.bsky.social
Postdoc @ University of Copenhagen. @uOttawa PhD. Global city climate gov, #FirstGen, she/her, Fulbright 🇻🇳 Alum. 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦.
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Shabbat Shalom! First Shabbat as DOCTOR Cantwell-Chavez and it feels AMAZING. This has been 8 years in the making and the combination of relief, gratitude, and happiness is overwhelming.
Shabbat shalom! The last Shabbat of 2025 has arrived. We spent this week celebrating the marriage of our friends Caroline and Liam as well as making a ton of holiday treats and snuggling the pups. Looking forward to 2026 and the new adventures ahead!
December 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Shabbat shalom! The last Shabbat of 2025 has arrived. We spent this week celebrating the marriage of our friends Caroline and Liam as well as making a ton of holiday treats and snuggling the pups. Looking forward to 2026 and the new adventures ahead!
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ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his already purchased groceries for themselves.
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused. trib.al/FwqJZki
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused. trib.al/FwqJZki
December 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his already purchased groceries for themselves.
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused. trib.al/FwqJZki
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused. trib.al/FwqJZki
Made a million cookies for neighbors and ordered Chinese food. Overall good holiday!
December 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Made a million cookies for neighbors and ordered Chinese food. Overall good holiday!
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It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
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It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
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Tl;dr - sustainability is relational and folding, not one single heroic act; transformation is mostly human, not simply technical. Researchers can/should engage deeply with businesses and others to embed systems thinking into new sustainability experiments.
December 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tl;dr - sustainability is relational and folding, not one single heroic act; transformation is mostly human, not simply technical. Researchers can/should engage deeply with businesses and others to embed systems thinking into new sustainability experiments.
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I keep hearing that folk who don't use AI will be at a competitive disadvantage compared to those who do
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I keep hearing that folk who don't use AI will be at a competitive disadvantage compared to those who do
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills
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It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.
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NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate
The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter
www.thereengineer.pro
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Excellent. Glad we are using this for the new NCA
This is a stunning piece of work by Global Witness laying out how Musk's chatbot software actively helps spread climate denial and disinformation.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
AI chatbots share climate disinformation to susceptible users
AI chatbots' personalised answers risk inflaming conspiracy and misinformation, as investigation shows climate disinformation shared to sceptic user personas
globalwitness.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Excellent. Glad we are using this for the new NCA
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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.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
This is quite literally the job of an academic. Also, LLMs don’t do this either! It regurgitates what it statistically calculates as the most likely outcome. Stochastic parrots all the way down!
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is quite literally the job of an academic. Also, LLMs don’t do this either! It regurgitates what it statistically calculates as the most likely outcome. Stochastic parrots all the way down!
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21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
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do you know how bonkers it is that THE STATE OF UTAH produced a systemic review that supports trans youth healthcare and everyone was collectively like “whatever”
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
do you know how bonkers it is that THE STATE OF UTAH produced a systemic review that supports trans youth healthcare and everyone was collectively like “whatever”
Looking for ideas!
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Looking for ideas!
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
I am designing a course I'm calling either "Urban Climate Futures" or "Urban Environmental Futures" to teach in spring 2027. I've decided that I am going to set aside 2-3 weeks in the class for students to "book club" a text of their choosing.
Happy Night 4 of Chanukah! Clockwise from top left: pickle latke, applesauce latke, sour cream latke, smoked salmon and dill latke, poutine latke, and buffalo latke with blue cheese #poliscicooks
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Happy Night 4 of Chanukah! Clockwise from top left: pickle latke, applesauce latke, sour cream latke, smoked salmon and dill latke, poutine latke, and buffalo latke with blue cheese #poliscicooks
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AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
agu.quorum.us
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
I understand there are a lot of downsides to academic careers but also, this is one of the very few careers that isn’t forcing folks to use AI as a condition of their employment. It’s one of the very few work places where (faculty) workers retain agency and choice on this issue.
December 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I understand there are a lot of downsides to academic careers but also, this is one of the very few careers that isn’t forcing folks to use AI as a condition of their employment. It’s one of the very few work places where (faculty) workers retain agency and choice on this issue.
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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Many Chinese firms are rerouting exports to the US via Vietnam to dodge tariffs
• Vietnam's exports of video game consoles to the US grew 12-fold this year while China's sank
• Data show how tariffs rewire supply chains and trading relationships - possibly for good
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
• Vietnam's exports of video game consoles to the US grew 12-fold this year while China's sank
• Data show how tariffs rewire supply chains and trading relationships - possibly for good
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
December 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Many Chinese firms are rerouting exports to the US via Vietnam to dodge tariffs
• Vietnam's exports of video game consoles to the US grew 12-fold this year while China's sank
• Data show how tariffs rewire supply chains and trading relationships - possibly for good
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
• Vietnam's exports of video game consoles to the US grew 12-fold this year while China's sank
• Data show how tariffs rewire supply chains and trading relationships - possibly for good
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Also FWIW, Jourdan and I have spent two years trying to tell folks that the work of "AI detection" is incredibly flawed and biased against folks who are disabled and English learners.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also FWIW, Jourdan and I have spent two years trying to tell folks that the work of "AI detection" is incredibly flawed and biased against folks who are disabled and English learners.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
YES YES YES THIS
this is why I have minimal faith in my capacity to spot 'AI tells'. there are racial, cultural and class dimensions to certain formalities of language. did you learn English from someone whose first language wasn't English? did you glean your turns of phrase from out-of-date books? etc etc
YES! So many structures and words that have been classed as AI giveaways are what speakers of English as a second language have been taught and encouraged to do.
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
YES YES YES THIS