Devin Judge-Lord
@judgelord.bsky.social
Law, movements, & bureaucracy of the Anthropocene. Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy. Fan of Octavia Butler and Aldo Leopold. he/him
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Have you read Dr. @triofrancos.bsky.social’s new book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism?
Check out this interview in @thebaffler.com to learn more about her maxim for economies transitioning to clean energy:
“Minimize extraction, maximize public good.”
thebaffler.com/latest/schro...
Check out this interview in @thebaffler.com to learn more about her maxim for economies transitioning to clean energy:
“Minimize extraction, maximize public good.”
thebaffler.com/latest/schro...
Schrodinger’s Element | Ajay Singh Chaudhary
In her new book, Thea Riofrancos homes in on the extraction of lithium—and the thorny problem of an ecologically sound energy transition
thebaffler.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Have you read Dr. @triofrancos.bsky.social’s new book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism?
Check out this interview in @thebaffler.com to learn more about her maxim for economies transitioning to clean energy:
“Minimize extraction, maximize public good.”
thebaffler.com/latest/schro...
Check out this interview in @thebaffler.com to learn more about her maxim for economies transitioning to clean energy:
“Minimize extraction, maximize public good.”
thebaffler.com/latest/schro...
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Incredible personal reflections on organising from @alybatt.bsky.social Spadework www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/pol...
Spadework | Alyssa Battistoni
Your job as an organizer was to find out what it was that people wanted to be different in their lives, and then to persuade people that it mattered whether they decided to do something about it. This...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Incredible personal reflections on organising from @alybatt.bsky.social Spadework www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/pol...
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One of the q's on the new citizenship test is incorrect. 1920 is not when "all women" got the right to vote. The 19th A prohibited sex-based disenfranchisement, but didn't guarantee voting. Many women, esp. women of color, remained disenfranchised. #WeTheMen
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October 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
One of the q's on the new citizenship test is incorrect. 1920 is not when "all women" got the right to vote. The 19th A prohibited sex-based disenfranchisement, but didn't guarantee voting. Many women, esp. women of color, remained disenfranchised. #WeTheMen
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
near-term public health strategy: give junior a large stake in an mRNA company?
If the NIH and HHS were under any other prior President (Dem or GOP), we’d see a rapid shift of funding to leverage this. But the politicization (and gutting) of these agencies means it won’t happen—and so many people will die unnecessarily as a result.
Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz.
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
near-term public health strategy: give junior a large stake in an mRNA company?
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Deva Woodly's work on the BLM movement @devawo.bsky.social, Erin Piñeda's work on the civil rights movement @erinrpineda.bsky.social. There's just a whole lot out there.
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Heritage gloating that they've made Democrats lurch to the right.
20 years later conservatives will then concoct a conspiracy theory that this was all a Democratic Party plan to destroy the US.
20 years later conservatives will then concoct a conspiracy theory that this was all a Democratic Party plan to destroy the US.
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Heritage gloating that they've made Democrats lurch to the right.
20 years later conservatives will then concoct a conspiracy theory that this was all a Democratic Party plan to destroy the US.
20 years later conservatives will then concoct a conspiracy theory that this was all a Democratic Party plan to destroy the US.
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"Net Worth Held by the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles)" Federal Reserve Economic Data
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Net Worth Held by the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles)" Federal Reserve Economic Data
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It couldnt figure out a bag of chips or an ROTC uniform but it could figure out he was black?
Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It couldnt figure out a bag of chips or an ROTC uniform but it could figure out he was black?
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Profiles in "Knowing which way the wind is blowing."
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Profiles in "Knowing which way the wind is blowing."
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my most lib opinion: so long as we have law enforcement officers, they should probably be able to pass an exam about what the law allows them to do without consulting notes
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
my most lib opinion: so long as we have law enforcement officers, they should probably be able to pass an exam about what the law allows them to do without consulting notes
Why Are Electricity Prices Rising?
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Why Are Electricity Prices Rising?
Probably not for the reasons that you think
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October 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why Are Electricity Prices Rising?
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wild asymmetric polarization against the idea of merit-based civil service. j
On the question of politicization of public services, we don't have much data AFAIK. However, data collected in 2024 and 2025 show striking shifts.
One-third of Republicans agreed the President should be able to choose who works in any any public job in 2024, now its two-thirds.
One-third of Republicans agreed the President should be able to choose who works in any any public job in 2024, now its two-thirds.
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
wild asymmetric polarization against the idea of merit-based civil service. j
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The real estate industry & its Wall Street financiers would greatly prefer that we pretend climate change doesn't exist. So imagine the challenge they now face with Trump's proposed privatization of mortgage giants Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac. @scrawford.bsky.social explores how this could play out.
Trump’s planned Fannie and Freddie IPO and the climate elephant in the room
The mortgage giants’ potential privatization overlooks the rising floods and fires threatening the properties behind their mortgage-backed securities.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The real estate industry & its Wall Street financiers would greatly prefer that we pretend climate change doesn't exist. So imagine the challenge they now face with Trump's proposed privatization of mortgage giants Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac. @scrawford.bsky.social explores how this could play out.
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Molly Roberts has a nice piece at @lawfaremedia.org on the Hatch Act during the shutdown.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration Pushes the Hatch Act to its Limits
But whether those boundaries have been breached may not matter in the end.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Molly Roberts has a nice piece at @lawfaremedia.org on the Hatch Act during the shutdown.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Calling political sociologists and political scientists! Submissions are open for the 2nd People-ing Politics Mini-Conference at ESS! This year's theme is "Bringing the People Back In." To submit a paper, please use the ESS conference portal and be sure to choose our mini-conference. www.essnet.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Calling political sociologists and political scientists! Submissions are open for the 2nd People-ing Politics Mini-Conference at ESS! This year's theme is "Bringing the People Back In." To submit a paper, please use the ESS conference portal and be sure to choose our mini-conference. www.essnet.org
Befuddled scientists should understand that their animosity isn't mainly to our research; it is toward *us* and expertise as a source of independent voice they don't control.
"We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country...The professors are the enemy."-Vance, 2021
"We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country...The professors are the enemy."-Vance, 2021
Doctors and nurses and scientists — people who’ve dedicated their lives to advancing public health — are befuddled, stymied, and demoralized by the Trump administration’s extra-constitutional determination to stop American medical research in its tracks.
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Befuddled scientists should understand that their animosity isn't mainly to our research; it is toward *us* and expertise as a source of independent voice they don't control.
"We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country...The professors are the enemy."-Vance, 2021
"We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country...The professors are the enemy."-Vance, 2021
IRS layoffs are costly for the U.S., redistributing wealth to the top 1% (who lie on their taxes at jaw-dropping rates).
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
October 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
IRS layoffs are costly for the U.S., redistributing wealth to the top 1% (who lie on their taxes at jaw-dropping rates).
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.
Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.
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Government shutdowns offer a rare opportunity to un-submerge the submerged state. Something Democrats could/should be doing is every day of shutdown, pick some agency and focus on it for the day. Highlight what it does and what we're losing each day their staff are furloughed.
A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.
"It's the Wild Wild West."
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Government shutdowns offer a rare opportunity to un-submerge the submerged state. Something Democrats could/should be doing is every day of shutdown, pick some agency and focus on it for the day. Highlight what it does and what we're losing each day their staff are furloughed.
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thanks! @commiedharma.bsky.social I also wrote a response to that piece from Commune, years ago when it was published fwiw viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/p...
Plan, Mood, Battlefield - Reflections on the Green New Deal - Viewpoint Magazine
"At every node in this global chain, the technical and the political are intimately entangled. Declaring by fiat that decarbonization is unlikely or impossible amounts to an avoidance of the complex, ...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
thanks! @commiedharma.bsky.social I also wrote a response to that piece from Commune, years ago when it was published fwiw viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/p...
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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Scoop: Trump lost the legal battle over halting the offshore Revolution Wind project after Orsted, its developer, brought reams of evidence to court alleging the government was lying about military security concerns.
It’s a sign truth can empower companies Trump targets.
Via @heatmap.news
It’s a sign truth can empower companies Trump targets.
Via @heatmap.news
How Trump’s Case Against Revolution Wind Fell Apart
The administration argued in the name of national defense — but Orsted had receipts.
heatmap.news
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Scoop: Trump lost the legal battle over halting the offshore Revolution Wind project after Orsted, its developer, brought reams of evidence to court alleging the government was lying about military security concerns.
It’s a sign truth can empower companies Trump targets.
Via @heatmap.news
It’s a sign truth can empower companies Trump targets.
Via @heatmap.news
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it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
October 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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