Dr Grace Peng
@gspeng.bsky.social
Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
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I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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My new video…
Unexpected Outgassing of C02 in Southern Ocean means Carbon Sink is LESS than We Thought…
youtu.be/mJecOCumlds?...
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateTech #GHG #oceans #Antarctica #CO2
Unexpected Outgassing of C02 in Southern Ocean means Carbon Sink is LESS than We Thought…
youtu.be/mJecOCumlds?...
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateTech #GHG #oceans #Antarctica #CO2
Unexpected Outgassing of C02 in Southern Ocean means Carbon Sink is LESS than we Thought…
YouTube video by Paul Beckwith
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
My new video…
Unexpected Outgassing of C02 in Southern Ocean means Carbon Sink is LESS than We Thought…
youtu.be/mJecOCumlds?...
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateTech #GHG #oceans #Antarctica #CO2
Unexpected Outgassing of C02 in Southern Ocean means Carbon Sink is LESS than We Thought…
youtu.be/mJecOCumlds?...
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateTech #GHG #oceans #Antarctica #CO2
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Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
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Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
I keep loaning out this book. I need to buy a second copy.
Thinking about picking up my book? Do it this week! all @islandpress.bsky.social print titles are 50% off until 11/16!
islandpress.org/books/when-d...
also lots of other great books to grab as well -- thread below with some links of my favorites
islandpress.org/books/when-d...
also lots of other great books to grab as well -- thread below with some links of my favorites
When Driving Is Not an Option
islandpress.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I keep loaning out this book. I need to buy a second copy.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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The temperature in Florida is supposed to drop to 36F (2C) tomorrow.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The temperature in Florida is supposed to drop to 36F (2C) tomorrow.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
Instead of thoughts and prayers, send cycling hand warmers.
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Disappointing news out of Nebraska, where the University's Chancellor's Final Budget Reduction Plan continues to call for eliminating the Dept of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences - notably, against the recommendation of the university's Academic Planning Committee.
budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...
budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Disappointing news out of Nebraska, where the University's Chancellor's Final Budget Reduction Plan continues to call for eliminating the Dept of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences - notably, against the recommendation of the university's Academic Planning Committee.
budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...
budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...
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Guys:
The Senate is a Confederate institution. That means even when you *can* manage to elect red state "Democrats," they will *still sympathize more with the Confederacy than with the United States.*
Schumer sucks, get rid of him. But that won't fix the Senate, which must be yeeted into the sun.
The Senate is a Confederate institution. That means even when you *can* manage to elect red state "Democrats," they will *still sympathize more with the Confederacy than with the United States.*
Schumer sucks, get rid of him. But that won't fix the Senate, which must be yeeted into the sun.
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Guys:
The Senate is a Confederate institution. That means even when you *can* manage to elect red state "Democrats," they will *still sympathize more with the Confederacy than with the United States.*
Schumer sucks, get rid of him. But that won't fix the Senate, which must be yeeted into the sun.
The Senate is a Confederate institution. That means even when you *can* manage to elect red state "Democrats," they will *still sympathize more with the Confederacy than with the United States.*
Schumer sucks, get rid of him. But that won't fix the Senate, which must be yeeted into the sun.
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I don’t think Alta is going to open in 11 days. Or by Thanksgiving.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I don’t think Alta is going to open in 11 days. Or by Thanksgiving.
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あさんぼする犬🐶
Good morning! Masuke is doing well again this morning. I'll do my best too.
Good morning! Masuke is doing well again this morning. I'll do my best too.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
あさんぼする犬🐶
Good morning! Masuke is doing well again this morning. I'll do my best too.
Good morning! Masuke is doing well again this morning. I'll do my best too.
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Gas stoves emit methane, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates at levels known to contribute to asthma and cardiovascular disease.
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
Gas Stoves Are Slowly Poisoning Homes and Cost Families Over 5,000 Dollars a Year in Hidden Health Effects
That "clean" gas stove? It's costing you a fortune in health.
www.zmescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Gas stoves emit methane, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates at levels known to contribute to asthma and cardiovascular disease.
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
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This is disappointing. The APS merged all of the regional Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) into one conference in Colorado for 2026. This will make attendance for undergraduates a lot more expensive in terms of both money and time. ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #WomenInPhysics
Attendees
Find mentors, explore education and career opportunities and network with and learn from fellow students with varied backgrounds and perspectives in physics.
www.aps.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is disappointing. The APS merged all of the regional Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) into one conference in Colorado for 2026. This will make attendance for undergraduates a lot more expensive in terms of both money and time. ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #WomenInPhysics
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Good write up. Honestly as someone who reviewed housing elements at HCD, I found that time and again local planners and consultants used sneaky tactics to reduce the feasibility of multifamily housing. I find the insistence on local bottom-up reform to solve the housing crisis hopelessly naive.
I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
www.maxdubler.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Good write up. Honestly as someone who reviewed housing elements at HCD, I found that time and again local planners and consultants used sneaky tactics to reduce the feasibility of multifamily housing. I find the insistence on local bottom-up reform to solve the housing crisis hopelessly naive.
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In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
It's not like there is anything going on with the price of rice right now. What could go wrong?
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's not like there is anything going on with the price of rice right now. What could go wrong?
Volkswagen driver and scooter rider collided at a park entrance. Only the driver survived
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Volkswagen driver and scooter rider collided at a park entrance. Only the driver survived
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“Germany used renewables to phase out nuclear before coal” is the most accurate way of describing it. which is still a nonsensical decision given the relative emissions profiles of nuclear vs. coal
I often read on social media that Germany just replaced nuclear with coal.
That is evidently not the case.
Coal generation is down by more than 60% over last decade with nuclear now gone.
However, Germany could have phased out coal by now if it had kept nuclear generation going at 2011 levels.
That is evidently not the case.
Coal generation is down by more than 60% over last decade with nuclear now gone.
However, Germany could have phased out coal by now if it had kept nuclear generation going at 2011 levels.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Germany used renewables to phase out nuclear before coal” is the most accurate way of describing it. which is still a nonsensical decision given the relative emissions profiles of nuclear vs. coal
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Wow! I am currently experiencing serious underwater-seismometer-envy. This is so cool.
The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wow! I am currently experiencing serious underwater-seismometer-envy. This is so cool.
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
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Heard from some family in Jamaica yesterday. It was the first time we were able to speak via phone. Power and water has been restored to their area so the kids were able to return to school Thursday.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Heard from some family in Jamaica yesterday. It was the first time we were able to speak via phone. Power and water has been restored to their area so the kids were able to return to school Thursday.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
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A little family history and important to remember that It wasn't until 1947, after the war ended, that Canada’s Chinese Exclusion Act (1923) was abolished. Until that time, Chinese Canadians were marginalized and not allowed to vote.
*Joseph Hong was my grandmother's brother.
*Joseph Hong was my grandmother's brother.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A little family history and important to remember that It wasn't until 1947, after the war ended, that Canada’s Chinese Exclusion Act (1923) was abolished. Until that time, Chinese Canadians were marginalized and not allowed to vote.
*Joseph Hong was my grandmother's brother.
*Joseph Hong was my grandmother's brother.
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When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges reut.rs/3Xka3TD
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges
South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
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Same as they did to force people to go back to work while still sick and contagious with covid
How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Same as they did to force people to go back to work while still sick and contagious with covid