Eric Roston
@eroston.bsky.social
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales. Literally wrote the book on carbon. Born 326.17. He/him. "Bleakly amusing." —A. Martine.
"The dad jokes will continue until morale improves." —Charlie Jane Anders.
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Eric Roston
@eroston.bsky.social
· Nov 27
The Mill was a small NYC Korean restaurant two blocks from Columbia University. It closed in August 2021.
For more than 60 years it quietly stood for the best of the United States. If I had to guess, I would say very very very few people know this story.
Thinking about the Mill this week.
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For more than 60 years it quietly stood for the best of the United States. If I had to guess, I would say very very very few people know this story.
Thinking about the Mill this week.
🧵
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It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
November 3, 2024 at 12:44 AM
It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
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2025 was a wild year for many of us working on the climate front. I spoke with over a dozen US-based investors about where they think smart green money should — or shouldn’t — head to this year. (Gift link 👇 ) For @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This Is Where the Smart Green Tech Money Is Heading in 2026
With artificial intelligence’s insatiable demand for power and worsening disasters, this is how climate investors are placing their bets in the new year.
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
2025 was a wild year for many of us working on the climate front. I spoke with over a dozen US-based investors about where they think smart green money should — or shouldn’t — head to this year. (Gift link 👇 ) For @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
smart money sez this is the first year we've ticked past midnight
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
smart money sez this is the first year we've ticked past midnight
What climate news should I be covering in 2026?
(All answers accepted; wrong answers strongly encouraged)
(All answers accepted; wrong answers strongly encouraged)
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
What climate news should I be covering in 2026?
(All answers accepted; wrong answers strongly encouraged)
(All answers accepted; wrong answers strongly encouraged)
The @bloomberg.com Green gang put our heads together and highlighted Climate/Energy Stories to Watch in 2026:
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Climate Change Key Trends To Follow in 2026
Happy New Year (plus one day)! Today’s newsletter is your climate cheat sheet for the rest of the year.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The @bloomberg.com Green gang put our heads together and highlighted Climate/Energy Stories to Watch in 2026:
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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📚¡Incoming!📚
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
December 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📚¡Incoming!📚
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
📚¡Incoming!📚
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
December 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📚¡Incoming!📚
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
Top ~10 books I read in 2025.
Lists from previous years, while I'm making final selections (needs updating):
www.ericroston.com/booklists/
People who dump on state capitalism don't buy gas in New Jersey.
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
People who dump on state capitalism don't buy gas in New Jersey.
Knock-off 5-Kilobyte-Resolution Batmobile Defaced by The Joker
December 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Knock-off 5-Kilobyte-Resolution Batmobile Defaced by The Joker
What do you believe that you think is also believed by the largest number of other people?
December 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What do you believe that you think is also believed by the largest number of other people?
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Love this Wendell Berry quote sent my way by Anne Lamont. Perfect for the holidays — “Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Love this Wendell Berry quote sent my way by Anne Lamont. Perfect for the holidays — “Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.”
🚨Extraordinary, relentless, detailed data investigation from @karenyourish.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social and Charlie Smart showing who has given more than $250,000 to Trump causes and passion projects and who has benefited from the administration in pardons, jobs, access and more.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨Extraordinary, relentless, detailed data investigation from @karenyourish.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social and Charlie Smart showing who has given more than $250,000 to Trump causes and passion projects and who has benefited from the administration in pardons, jobs, access and more.
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Another thing about Bari killing the 60 Minutes CECOT piece. Remember how she wrong a book about antisemitism? Right? Surely she's heard the words "never again?" So killing a piece about a concentration camp says quite a lot about her, beyond just not knowing anything about journalism.
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Another thing about Bari killing the 60 Minutes CECOT piece. Remember how she wrong a book about antisemitism? Right? Surely she's heard the words "never again?" So killing a piece about a concentration camp says quite a lot about her, beyond just not knowing anything about journalism.
AI is definitely ready to handle a National Climate Assessment. Look how it well it handled a query about a climate conversation that NCAR's Warren Washington had with the George H.W. Bush White House in 1990:
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
AI is definitely ready to handle a National Climate Assessment. Look how it well it handled a query about a climate conversation that NCAR's Warren Washington had with the George H.W. Bush White House in 1990:
🗣️🎙️ I wrote more stories this year than anybody wants to read, but here are 7 that I found interesting 🧵⤵️
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🗣️🎙️ I wrote more stories this year than anybody wants to read, but here are 7 that I found interesting 🧵⤵️
AI out here just killing it
QUERY: How did the George H.W. Bush administration use NCAR research?
GOOGLE AI: No, no, no, you mean George W. Bush, not George H.W. Bush, and you mean not NCAR but NASCAR.
QUERY: How did the George H.W. Bush administration use NCAR research?
GOOGLE AI: No, no, no, you mean George W. Bush, not George H.W. Bush, and you mean not NCAR but NASCAR.
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
AI out here just killing it
QUERY: How did the George H.W. Bush administration use NCAR research?
GOOGLE AI: No, no, no, you mean George W. Bush, not George H.W. Bush, and you mean not NCAR but NASCAR.
QUERY: How did the George H.W. Bush administration use NCAR research?
GOOGLE AI: No, no, no, you mean George W. Bush, not George H.W. Bush, and you mean not NCAR but NASCAR.
The NoLa convention center is shaped like a beach, 20 yards wide and a length approaching infinity. It's the perfect shape for beaches.
Timelapse walking the entire length of the conference center at the AGU meeting. 0.52 miles, 9 min 54 sec… in case people are wondering.. #agu25
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The NoLa convention center is shaped like a beach, 20 yards wide and a length approaching infinity. It's the perfect shape for beaches.
pen is mightier than the light saber
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
pen is mightier than the light saber
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Happy 100th Birthday Dick Van Dyke, and thank you for the joy!
December 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy 100th Birthday Dick Van Dyke, and thank you for the joy!
"Necessary cookies" doesn't ever mean what I want it to mean.
December 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Necessary cookies" doesn't ever mean what I want it to mean.
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New: My essay on living in the beautiful but sure-to-burn Berkeley Hills and how denial in the face of certain catastrophe remains deeply embedded in the California psyche. But the LA fires are forcing a reckoning over how we pursue the California Dream. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
My Costly Race to Prepare for California’s Next Inferno
Wildfire prep demands expensive upgrades and relandscaped backyards. The question is whether any one homeowner can succeed on their own.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New: My essay on living in the beautiful but sure-to-burn Berkeley Hills and how denial in the face of certain catastrophe remains deeply embedded in the California psyche. But the LA fires are forcing a reckoning over how we pursue the California Dream. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Cajun Navy groups may raise a few million dollars in a good year, collectively. As President Trump weighs major changes to FEMA - like shutting it down - some leaders say they wouldn't be able to replace it. Or simply aren't interested.
As one put it: "We don't want to end up sucking like them."
As one put it: "We don't want to end up sucking like them."
The Cajun Navy started after Katrina as volunteer boaters conducted rescues on the fly. Despite legal trouble, scandals and infighting, it's still going. And some leaders say they've been advising Trump officials on FEMA + the US disaster system. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Cajun Navy Is Shaping Trump's Vision for US Disaster Relief
While the Trump administration rethinks federal disaster relief, Republicans have praised how Cajun Navy groups have responded to major storms.
www.bloomberg.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Cajun Navy groups may raise a few million dollars in a good year, collectively. As President Trump weighs major changes to FEMA - like shutting it down - some leaders say they wouldn't be able to replace it. Or simply aren't interested.
As one put it: "We don't want to end up sucking like them."
As one put it: "We don't want to end up sucking like them."