Laura Witzling
@laurawitzling.bsky.social
Energy policy analyst with the state of Wisconsin. Environmental communication researcher. Ph.D. from @uw-lsc.bsky.social. English setter enthusiast.
Happy Fourth Wisconsin ❤️
July 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Happy Fourth Wisconsin ❤️
Reposted by Laura Witzling
BREAKING: Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' authority to enforce reporting and clean up for harmful contaminants like PFAS. This is a huge victory for the people of Wisconsin and our fight against PFAS.
My full statement below ⬇️
My full statement below ⬇️
June 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' authority to enforce reporting and clean up for harmful contaminants like PFAS. This is a huge victory for the people of Wisconsin and our fight against PFAS.
My full statement below ⬇️
My full statement below ⬇️
Still time to apply! #energybluesky
🚨 We're hiring! Join our team at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin as an Economist - Advanced to work on regional energy market issues.
It's a great role for someone who enjoys puzzling through questions about energy policy, utilities, & RTOs.
Apply by 6/29:
wj.wi.gov/psc/wisjobs/...
It's a great role for someone who enjoys puzzling through questions about energy policy, utilities, & RTOs.
Apply by 6/29:
wj.wi.gov/psc/wisjobs/...
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Serve Your State, Build Your Future
wisc.jobs
June 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Still time to apply! #energybluesky
🚨 We're hiring! Join our team at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin as an Economist - Advanced to work on regional energy market issues.
It's a great role for someone who enjoys puzzling through questions about energy policy, utilities, & RTOs.
Apply by 6/29:
wj.wi.gov/psc/wisjobs/...
It's a great role for someone who enjoys puzzling through questions about energy policy, utilities, & RTOs.
Apply by 6/29:
wj.wi.gov/psc/wisjobs/...
SearchResults
Serve Your State, Build Your Future
wisc.jobs
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🚨 We're hiring! Join our team at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin as an Economist - Advanced to work on regional energy market issues.
It's a great role for someone who enjoys puzzling through questions about energy policy, utilities, & RTOs.
Apply by 6/29:
wj.wi.gov/psc/wisjobs/...
It's a great role for someone who enjoys puzzling through questions about energy policy, utilities, & RTOs.
Apply by 6/29:
wj.wi.gov/psc/wisjobs/...
ChatGPT included its own evaluation text in a response to a question I asked.
I'm picturing it repeating these affirmations to itself in front of a mirror...
"The solutions are correct and clear. The rating is 5.
The solutions are correct and clear. The explanations are clear and complete."
I'm picturing it repeating these affirmations to itself in front of a mirror...
"The solutions are correct and clear. The rating is 5.
The solutions are correct and clear. The explanations are clear and complete."
May 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ChatGPT included its own evaluation text in a response to a question I asked.
I'm picturing it repeating these affirmations to itself in front of a mirror...
"The solutions are correct and clear. The rating is 5.
The solutions are correct and clear. The explanations are clear and complete."
I'm picturing it repeating these affirmations to itself in front of a mirror...
"The solutions are correct and clear. The rating is 5.
The solutions are correct and clear. The explanations are clear and complete."
We were all the luckiest guys on the Lower East Side last night at the Pabst in Milwaukee!
What a dream to see the @themagfields.bsky.social
What a dream to see the @themagfields.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We were all the luckiest guys on the Lower East Side last night at the Pabst in Milwaukee!
What a dream to see the @themagfields.bsky.social
What a dream to see the @themagfields.bsky.social
Reposted by Laura Witzling
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25 | TechCrunch
Google announced this week that beginning on October 25, it will no longer support or release software updates for the first and second generation Nest
techcrunch.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25
Reposted by Laura Witzling
"Dunn makes beauty radical, radiant with the shadow of its opposite." – Brian Teare on NOTATION by Jordan Dunn, out Tuesday 3rdhandbooks.com/product/nota...
Notation by Jordan Dunn
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER. Broadened by companionship, reading, nature study, and travel, NOTATION navigates the contours of memory after the death of a friend. Due out in December 2024.
3rdhandbooks.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:25 PM
"Dunn makes beauty radical, radiant with the shadow of its opposite." – Brian Teare on NOTATION by Jordan Dunn, out Tuesday 3rdhandbooks.com/product/nota...
Thanks for having me! Those @uw-lsc.bsky.social students ask the BEST questions. What a pleasure to share & learn with this group for a day! ⭐
THIS WEEK, Dr. Laura Witzling, Program and Policy Analyst at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, will be presenting on "Making Connections: SciComm and the Electrical Grid" at LSC's #Scicomm Colloquium.
Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...
Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...
April 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thanks for having me! Those @uw-lsc.bsky.social students ask the BEST questions. What a pleasure to share & learn with this group for a day! ⭐
Reposted by Laura Witzling
Ever wondered about the impact of your household food waste? Curious about composting? Check out our latest JAFSCD article highlighting citizen science, household food waste, and the impact on community composting. Read it for free: doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
#foodwaste #citizenscience #composting
#foodwaste #citizenscience #composting
Household food waste behaviors of participants in a municipal community compost program
| Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
doi.org
March 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ever wondered about the impact of your household food waste? Curious about composting? Check out our latest JAFSCD article highlighting citizen science, household food waste, and the impact on community composting. Read it for free: doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
#foodwaste #citizenscience #composting
#foodwaste #citizenscience #composting
Reposted by Laura Witzling
Discover how the new “Food Hub Impact Evaluation Toolkit” empowers food hubs such as food banks, social supermarkets, and community gardens, to measure and enhance their impact within their local communities. #FoodHubs #LocalFood #CommunityDevelopment Read the full study for free: shorturl.at/8oJa7
Co-designing an impact evaluation tool for food hubs in the UK
| Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Discover how the new “Food Hub Impact Evaluation Toolkit” empowers food hubs such as food banks, social supermarkets, and community gardens, to measure and enhance their impact within their local communities. #FoodHubs #LocalFood #CommunityDevelopment Read the full study for free: shorturl.at/8oJa7
Grandma's needlepoint pillow is being enjoyed #DogsOfBlueSky
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Grandma's needlepoint pillow is being enjoyed #DogsOfBlueSky
Reposted by Laura Witzling
Request the Conservation Station for Summer 2025!
The Conservation Station’s online request system for Summer 2025 is officially open!
Submit your request by March 31 for priority consideration.
Learn more about requesting the Conservation Station here: www.iowalearningfarms.org/conservation...
The Conservation Station’s online request system for Summer 2025 is officially open!
Submit your request by March 31 for priority consideration.
Learn more about requesting the Conservation Station here: www.iowalearningfarms.org/conservation...
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Request the Conservation Station for Summer 2025!
The Conservation Station’s online request system for Summer 2025 is officially open!
Submit your request by March 31 for priority consideration.
Learn more about requesting the Conservation Station here: www.iowalearningfarms.org/conservation...
The Conservation Station’s online request system for Summer 2025 is officially open!
Submit your request by March 31 for priority consideration.
Learn more about requesting the Conservation Station here: www.iowalearningfarms.org/conservation...
I did a last shop at Joann's.
I didn't realize they were closing, I just needed craft foam 😭
Any chance those #GameStop investors are interested in expanding their portfolio? #JOANN #save_the_crafts
I didn't realize they were closing, I just needed craft foam 😭
Any chance those #GameStop investors are interested in expanding their portfolio? #JOANN #save_the_crafts
March 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I did a last shop at Joann's.
I didn't realize they were closing, I just needed craft foam 😭
Any chance those #GameStop investors are interested in expanding their portfolio? #JOANN #save_the_crafts
I didn't realize they were closing, I just needed craft foam 😭
Any chance those #GameStop investors are interested in expanding their portfolio? #JOANN #save_the_crafts
Excited to share this national study on farmers markets! We found that many attendees do more than shop— they socialize, connect with their community, & learn.
What a joy to work with co-authors Bret Shaw at UW-Madison LSC (@uw-lsc.bsky.social) & Darlene Wolnik at the Farmers Market Coalition 🌟 🌟 🌟
What a joy to work with co-authors Bret Shaw at UW-Madison LSC (@uw-lsc.bsky.social) & Darlene Wolnik at the Farmers Market Coalition 🌟 🌟 🌟
A recently published national survey of 5,141 U.S. residents by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Farmers Market Coalition provide new insights into who attends farmers markets, why they go, and what benefits they receive from going. Read for free at: doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
U.S. farmers market attendance and experiences
| Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Excited to share this national study on farmers markets! We found that many attendees do more than shop— they socialize, connect with their community, & learn.
What a joy to work with co-authors Bret Shaw at UW-Madison LSC (@uw-lsc.bsky.social) & Darlene Wolnik at the Farmers Market Coalition 🌟 🌟 🌟
What a joy to work with co-authors Bret Shaw at UW-Madison LSC (@uw-lsc.bsky.social) & Darlene Wolnik at the Farmers Market Coalition 🌟 🌟 🌟
Happy Valentine's Day! #puppylove #dogsofbluesky
February 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Happy Valentine's Day! #puppylove #dogsofbluesky
Reposted by Laura Witzling
#Energysky
The congressionally mandated 2024 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Data Center Energy Usage Report is out!
eta.lbl.gov/publications...
A thread of some of the results:
The congressionally mandated 2024 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Data Center Energy Usage Report is out!
eta.lbl.gov/publications...
A thread of some of the results:
2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report | Energy Technologies Area
eta.lbl.gov
December 20, 2024 at 5:23 PM
#Energysky
The congressionally mandated 2024 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Data Center Energy Usage Report is out!
eta.lbl.gov/publications...
A thread of some of the results:
The congressionally mandated 2024 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Data Center Energy Usage Report is out!
eta.lbl.gov/publications...
A thread of some of the results:
Reposted by Laura Witzling
Today’s #WetlandWednesday features the one, the only, Procyon lotor – otherwise known as the North American Raccoon!
Raccoons can be found all over the continental United States in a variety of places like cities, parks, wetlands, and wooded areas.
Raccoons can be found all over the continental United States in a variety of places like cities, parks, wetlands, and wooded areas.
January 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Today’s #WetlandWednesday features the one, the only, Procyon lotor – otherwise known as the North American Raccoon!
Raccoons can be found all over the continental United States in a variety of places like cities, parks, wetlands, and wooded areas.
Raccoons can be found all over the continental United States in a variety of places like cities, parks, wetlands, and wooded areas.
Reposted by Laura Witzling
The IAGLR Large Lake Champion Award recognizes and honors individuals whose work has made significant contributions to sharing the social, economic, and ecological understanding of large lakes of the world. Nomination information and portal: bit.ly/3PohMfB #GreatLakesSci
January 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The IAGLR Large Lake Champion Award recognizes and honors individuals whose work has made significant contributions to sharing the social, economic, and ecological understanding of large lakes of the world. Nomination information and portal: bit.ly/3PohMfB #GreatLakesSci
Beautiful ice on Lake Wingra
January 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Beautiful ice on Lake Wingra
Reposted by Laura Witzling
In Portland’s grayer winter months, a Saturday morning spent outdoors isn’t always tempting. But if you work up the courage to bundle up and trek out to the Portland Farmers Market at Portland State University, you’ll be kicking off your weekend at a spot with national clout.
This Portland farmers market was ranked the No. 2 winter market in the country
The best way to combat the winter blues just may be a Saturday morning at the market.
www.oregonlive.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In Portland’s grayer winter months, a Saturday morning spent outdoors isn’t always tempting. But if you work up the courage to bundle up and trek out to the Portland Farmers Market at Portland State University, you’ll be kicking off your weekend at a spot with national clout.
Reposted by Laura Witzling
PJM set a record winter peak load of 145 GW around 8:15 a.m. Jan. 22, surpassing its previous seasonal peak of 143.7 GW, set in February 2015. #energysky🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/7HfF50ULsNz
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian
See Full Story: ow.ly/7HfF50ULsNz
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian
January 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
PJM set a record winter peak load of 145 GW around 8:15 a.m. Jan. 22, surpassing its previous seasonal peak of 143.7 GW, set in February 2015. #energysky🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/7HfF50ULsNz
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian
See Full Story: ow.ly/7HfF50ULsNz
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian
Several Wisconsin spots & chefs made this list! 👏
Including chefs from a Madison favorite: Ahan 🌟🌟🌟
Including chefs from a Madison favorite: Ahan 🌟🌟🌟
The James Beard Foundation just dropped the full list of semifinalist nominees for 2025.
Here Are the 2025 James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists
Here’s who made the list this year
www.eater.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Several Wisconsin spots & chefs made this list! 👏
Including chefs from a Madison favorite: Ahan 🌟🌟🌟
Including chefs from a Madison favorite: Ahan 🌟🌟🌟
Love seeing #scicomm topics in the energy world: This article highlights the potential of non-partisan message framing to support Virtual Power Plants #scicomm #energysky
www.utilitydive.com/news/biparti...
www.utilitydive.com/news/biparti...
Bipartisan, ‘nonpolitical’ messaging key to achieving DOE’s 2030 VPP goal, analysts say
Successful VPPs in Utah and other GOP-controlled areas highlight effective framing around cost reduction, consumer choice, self-reliance and resilience, experts told Utility Dive.
www.utilitydive.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Love seeing #scicomm topics in the energy world: This article highlights the potential of non-partisan message framing to support Virtual Power Plants #scicomm #energysky
www.utilitydive.com/news/biparti...
www.utilitydive.com/news/biparti...