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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan
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Integrating social & natural sciences & modeling to study impacts & responses to climate change | Behavioral approaches to climate policy | Nashville TN | They/them 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ genderqueer | Jew | proud heritage rootless cosmopolitan | https://jonathangilligan.org .. more

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · Nov 26
I have a new paper in Nature Climate Change (co-authored with many colleagues and led by Bishwajit Mallick): "Future-making beyond (Im)mobility through tethered resilience".

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience - Nature Climate Change
Adaptation to climate change goes beyond the migration–non-migration divide. Families and communities combine mobility with rootedness, drawing on cultural ties, intergenerational learning, and lived ...
www.nature.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2h
It uses a poolish preferment and a long slow main ferment.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2h
Boxing Day loaf. Sesame semolina filone, from the recipe in Maggie Glezer's Artisan Baking Across America (and which Glezer got from Tom Cat Bakery in Long Island City).
A loaf of bread, freshly out of the oven, cooling on a rack. The loaf is a long batard shape, rich golden brown, with a nicely developed grigne (I'm especially proud of this, because I am inconsistent in getting a good grigne), and coated in sesame seeds.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3h
I get that inexperienced writers would try it, but do publishers see any value in listening to an elevator pitch when they have no idea whether the person can even write?

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3h
"Climate solutions are also cost-of-living solutions. Most of the elite discourse is very bad at estimating or understanding levels of public concern, and this is a good example of this." --- Anthony Leiserowitz

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3h
65% of registered voters in the US say that climate change is contributing to the rising cost of living.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims
New polling shows 65% of registered US voters believe global heating is affecting cost of living
www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 4h
Calling out a fascist's hypocrisy is never to change the fascist's mind.

It's to stir up enough outrage among non-fascists for them to take action against the fascists.

So the right question is whether it gets them off their screens and into the streets (spoiler: it probably won't).

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 5h
Stolen from Discord.
A Christmas post from Donald Trump on Truth Social, Dec. 24, 2025. The post is ten full lines of text, but everything is redacted with black rectangles except, "Merry Christmas to all, [three lines of text redacted] Transgender for Everyone [six lines of text redacted] God Bless America!!! President DJT"

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 5h
Is an elevator pitch even a thing in writing?

It feels like the quality of the writing is a lot more important to a book than having a distinctive plot hook, and how's an elevator pitch going to convey whether you can write well?

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 9h
All the grass-roots activism for a Green New Deal was what made politicians embrace Build Back Better and enact IIJA and IRA.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 9h
Annie Holmquist writes that only 2 white men have been included in the NY Times's notable books lists since 2021.

In fact, four of the first ten books on the NY Times's 2025 Notable Books list are by white men: Daniel Kraus, Patrick Ryan, Daniel Kehlmann, and Chris Pavone.

Who needs facts?

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 9h
The author says that only 2 white men have been included in the NY Times's notable books lists since 2021.

In fact, four of the first ten books on the NY Times's 2025 Notable Books list are by white men: Daniel Kraus, Patrick Ryan, Daniel Kehlmann, and Chris Pavone.

Who needs facts?

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 9h
Stephen Miller's great-grandparents "came to the U.S. just a few years before the fear and prejudice of the 'America first' nativists of the day closed U.S. borders to Jewish refugees. Had Wolf-Leib waited, his family likely would have been murdered by the Nazis"
Excerpt from the article linked above: I shudder at the thought of what would have become of the Glossers had the same policies Stephen so coolly espouses— the travel ban, the radical decrease in refugees, the separation of children from their parents, and even talk of limiting citizenship for legal immigrants — been in effect when Wolf-Leib made his desperate bid for freedom. The Glossers came to the U.S. just a few years before the fear and prejudice of the “America first” nativists of the day closed U.S. borders to Jewish refugees. Had Wolf-Leib waited, his family likely would have been murdered by the Nazis along with all but seven of the 2,000 Jews who remained in Antopol. I would encourage Stephen to ask himself if the chanting, torch-bearing Nazis of Charlottesville, whose support his boss seems to court so cavalierly, do not envision a similar fate for him.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 9h
Here is Stephen Miller's uncle, writing about how, "If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."

www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 11h
Similarly, hanging out with trans people has changed my understanding of "cosmetic" interventions.

Yelling at people that their experience of living in their body is invalid, whether it's to pressure them toward or away from reshaping their body, feels wrong.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 11h
This implies that there are also a Best Shem and a Best Japheth in the airport.
kren.bsky.social kren @kren.bsky.social · 15h
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
BEST HAM in the airport sign @ BCN

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 11h
If I'm not the villain in _someone's_ bluesky story, then I haven't been expressing myself clearly.
a cartoon of mickey mouse with the words am i clear
Alt: A GIF of Mickey Mouse picking up a window and holding it in front of his face, while asking, "Am I clear?"
media.tenor.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 11h
Like great white, hammerhead, and mako sharks, cybertrucks must keep moving, lest they suffocate. And like sharks, they also experience tonic immobility when they're inverted.

Sharks are cool. Therefore, cybertrucks are also cool.
cait.bsky.social cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 15h
joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
Cybertruck Owners Only Joe Sawyer • 19h • O ... X Had an issue stopping my Cybertruck from a low speed the other day and had to make a choice to crash it or risk going tumbling down a mountain to probable death. Sucks to see, but it held up well and only a few minor scrapes and bruises. Still going over every choice made and trying to understand why it would not stop and was gaining speed from 5 mph to 12+ while on the brakes. ABS was probably hurting more than helping on this 26° downhill angle. Hoping to be able to talk to someone at Tesla as I have the crash recorder data already. [cybertruck upside down like the shitty little brick it is

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 11h
@betsyphillips.bsky.social observes that the #Nashville Charter prohibits paying the official Metro historian, so "the qualifications ... are: someone who knows a shit ton about Nashville history, and who can afford to work for free."

We must fix this.

www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
Metro Should Pay Our City Historian
State law says city historians can't be compensated. This should change.
www.nashvillescene.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 13h
I'm excited to see how this plays out in automated securities trading.

"What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers." — The Communist Manifesto
852dude.bsky.social 852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 17h
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.

Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
software development in 2026 is going to require some to loosen up a little code doesn't have to be as perfectly crafted the way we did it pre-ai call it slop if you want, but if you're still demanding perfection on every pr while your competitors are shipping "slop" that works.. you're fighting from a disadvantaged position shipping velocity matters more than perfection

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 14h
King Don was not a good man,
He lived his life aloof;
Alone he tweeted messages
While standing on the roof.
Screen capture from NBC News, of President Trump taking questions from reporters while standing on the White House roof.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 15h
The Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Fair Housing Act were legitimately enormous accomplishments. Vietnam was a monstrosity.

LBJ is a great illustration of why Manichean categorizations of presidents as "good" or "evil" don't work in most cases.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 15h
A couple of years later, in third grade, a new kid showed up in my class at school. He was from Vietnam and was living with a family in the neighborhood. When we went swimming at the YMCA, his body had big scars from napalm burns.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 15h
I was about 6 years old and knew about the Vietnam war from my parents and friends who had older brothers of military age. I wrote a letter to LBJ asking him to end the war and bring the troops home.

Eventually, I got a form letter back from the White House.

Reposted by Jonathan M. Gilligan

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 15h
joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
Cybertruck Owners Only Joe Sawyer • 19h • O ... X Had an issue stopping my Cybertruck from a low speed the other day and had to make a choice to crash it or risk going tumbling down a mountain to probable death. Sucks to see, but it held up well and only a few minor scrapes and bruises. Still going over every choice made and trying to understand why it would not stop and was gaining speed from 5 mph to 12+ while on the brakes. ABS was probably hurting more than helping on this 26° downhill angle. Hoping to be able to talk to someone at Tesla as I have the crash recorder data already. [cybertruck upside down like the shitty little brick it is

Reposted by Jonathan M. Gilligan, Jason Williams, Charles T. Mathewes

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kren @kren.bsky.social · 15h
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
BEST HAM in the airport sign @ BCN

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Aurélien Mondon

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 17h
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.

Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
software development in 2026 is going to require some to loosen up a little code doesn't have to be as perfectly crafted the way we did it pre-ai call it slop if you want, but if you're still demanding perfection on every pr while your competitors are shipping "slop" that works.. you're fighting from a disadvantaged position shipping velocity matters more than perfection

Reposted by Jonathan M. Gilligan, James Goodwin, Lauren Hall‐Lew

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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 19h
@startribune.com finally stands up for the truly forgotten! White men! Can't make this shit up

www.startribune.com/2026-reading...
Opinion | You can’t be diverse if you exclude white men
Those year-end book lists that claim to be all about diversity often seem to miss this one major demographic, Annie Holmquist writes.
www.startribune.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d
I especially loved Oliver's celebration of Nashville investigative reporter @philinvestigates.com

www.philinvestigates.com/phils-work/v...
HBO's John Oliver Salutes Phil Williams — Phil Williams, Investigative Reporter
In the fall of 2023, on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver paid tribute to the work of Phil Williams
www.philinvestigates.com

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d
Risk-Aware Consensual Holidays allow for consensual non-consensual holiday greetings.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d
To the tune of "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus"

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jgilligan.org Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3d
I saw ICE arresting Santa Claus
They shipped him down to CECOT in the night
Sent by an orange creep
And his psychopathic veep
While the Democrats were tucked up
In their bedrooms fast asleep.