Katie Adelsberger
@kadelsberger.bsky.social
Geoarchaeologist, environmental scientist. Sediment, soil, water, and human decisions.
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What should we expect this flu season?
Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What should we expect this flu season?
Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.
August 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
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tehran is a city of 10 million people, and this article was published one week ago, to give you a sense of the urgency here
August 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
tehran is a city of 10 million people, and this article was published one week ago, to give you a sense of the urgency here
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Who’d a thunk it? Data centers are turning out to be environmental parasites. Grok, why are the wells and rivers running dry?
Unsustainable. "By 2030, data centers are expected to multiply tenfold across the Lone Star State, according to the Chronicle. HARC estimates that by then, data center water consumption could total 399 billion gallons annually, or 6.6% of Texas' total water use."
San Antonio data centers guzzled 463 million gallons of water as area faced drought
The heavy usage, equivalent to tens of thousands of households, comes as residents are told to conserve water.
www.sacurrent.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Who’d a thunk it? Data centers are turning out to be environmental parasites. Grok, why are the wells and rivers running dry?
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Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel, and now we’re hoarding pre-AI content arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/w...
Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel, and now we’re hoarding pre-AI content
Newly-announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.
arstechnica.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel, and now we’re hoarding pre-AI content arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/w...
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Okay their dad just took them to the playground so HERE WE GO
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I have a banger thread on informal feminized labor and "male loneliness epidemic discourse" cooked up in my head, but I can't get my kids to leave me along long enough for me to write it
July 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Okay their dad just took them to the playground so HERE WE GO
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Hearing state officials talk about how unexpected these floods were & it’s infuriating.
This was completely predictable to anyone even vaguely aware of the climate crisis.
Same thing with LA fires. The Mayor cut the fire fighting budget as global temps soared.
Climate ignorance = needless deaths
This was completely predictable to anyone even vaguely aware of the climate crisis.
Same thing with LA fires. The Mayor cut the fire fighting budget as global temps soared.
Climate ignorance = needless deaths
At least 13 people have died and dozens are missing after catastrophic flooding in Texas, with officials warning of more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days
Texas Floods Kill at Least 13; Children Missing From Summer Camp
At least 13 people have died and dozens are missing after catastrophic flooding in Texas, with officials warning of more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.
bloom.bg
July 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing state officials talk about how unexpected these floods were & it’s infuriating.
This was completely predictable to anyone even vaguely aware of the climate crisis.
Same thing with LA fires. The Mayor cut the fire fighting budget as global temps soared.
Climate ignorance = needless deaths
This was completely predictable to anyone even vaguely aware of the climate crisis.
Same thing with LA fires. The Mayor cut the fire fighting budget as global temps soared.
Climate ignorance = needless deaths
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This is a breakdown on what Democrats in the House are doing right now. With some small hope I say this pos bill isn’t done yet. @ariellaelm.bsky.social
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July 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is a breakdown on what Democrats in the House are doing right now. With some small hope I say this pos bill isn’t done yet. @ariellaelm.bsky.social
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As a public service, people will find the original pdf files of all the U.S. National Climate Assessments, 2001-2023, publicly available at: www.patrickgonzalez.net#us_national_...
July 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
As a public service, people will find the original pdf files of all the U.S. National Climate Assessments, 2001-2023, publicly available at: www.patrickgonzalez.net#us_national_...
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Well the “NOAA Climate” and “NASA Climate” social media feeds - a key tool to communicate the massive challenge of climate change to the world - are now gone.
June 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Well the “NOAA Climate” and “NASA Climate” social media feeds - a key tool to communicate the massive challenge of climate change to the world - are now gone.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.
June 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.
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Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...
May 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
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🚨 ACTION ITEMS to stop the FDA from limiting Covid vaccine access:
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨 ACTION ITEMS to stop the FDA from limiting Covid vaccine access:
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
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This is an excellent analogy
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is an excellent analogy
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Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
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"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
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“Instead, we will be signing a blank check and handing it to him to do with as he wishes. I am very smart.”
Schumer: "For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address far too many of this country's needs. But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."
March 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Instead, we will be signing a blank check and handing it to him to do with as he wishes. I am very smart.”
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One minute. That's all it takes.
March 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
One minute. That's all it takes.
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Amidst everything, I still can't believe they didn't exempt Canadian oil. They literally built a "higher gas prices" button and pushed it. They acknowledged it was a bad idea to put tariffs on it but decided to do 10% instead of 0. They literally built a "higher gas prices" button and pushed it!
March 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Amidst everything, I still can't believe they didn't exempt Canadian oil. They literally built a "higher gas prices" button and pushed it. They acknowledged it was a bad idea to put tariffs on it but decided to do 10% instead of 0. They literally built a "higher gas prices" button and pushed it!
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we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping? rookie numbers. we can do better.
February 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping? rookie numbers. we can do better.