Andrew Bennett (he/him)
@arbennett.bsky.social
Building better models of the critical zone and beyond.
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Our opinion piece in our local newspaper - Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future 🌐🧪🧮🌾
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Local opinion: Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future
The cuts are leading us down a path that will cede the United States' world leadership in science, medicine and health.
tucson.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Our opinion piece in our local newspaper - Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future 🌐🧪🧮🌾
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
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How much will your state lose with the new NIH indirect funding cap?
(From James S Murphy at Education Reform Now, link to article in 1st reply.)
(From James S Murphy at Education Reform Now, link to article in 1st reply.)
February 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
How much will your state lose with the new NIH indirect funding cap?
(From James S Murphy at Education Reform Now, link to article in 1st reply.)
(From James S Murphy at Education Reform Now, link to article in 1st reply.)
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US military budget: $850 billion
US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion
That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.
US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion
That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.
February 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
US military budget: $850 billion
US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion
That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.
US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion
That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.
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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Important thread - if you want to calculate for your own institution I made a little webapp: arbennett.github.io/nih_overhead...
Results for University of Arizona:
Results for University of Arizona:
February 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Important thread - if you want to calculate for your own institution I made a little webapp: arbennett.github.io/nih_overhead...
Results for University of Arizona:
Results for University of Arizona:
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The most recent executive order to gut existing and future NIH research will have a huge impact on universities, communities, and their local economies across the U.S. if it's allowed to move forward www.science.org/cont...
February 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The most recent executive order to gut existing and future NIH research will have a huge impact on universities, communities, and their local economies across the U.S. if it's allowed to move forward www.science.org/cont...
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Entire USAID agency worldwide was deleted by a consulting government employee with no authority to do so. It’s a constitutional crisis that puts US national security at risk and normies won’t get this until legacy media says this clearly and loudly.
February 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Entire USAID agency worldwide was deleted by a consulting government employee with no authority to do so. It’s a constitutional crisis that puts US national security at risk and normies won’t get this until legacy media says this clearly and loudly.
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No Chuck, I'm worried about the fact that a deranged, unelected, drugged-up fascist billionaire has taken control of the federal government's payment systems and sensitive data and you're here talking about tomato prices.
You’re worried about tomato prices.
Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
No Chuck, I'm worried about the fact that a deranged, unelected, drugged-up fascist billionaire has taken control of the federal government's payment systems and sensitive data and you're here talking about tomato prices.
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Not shutting up about how the impoundment/"funding freeze" constitutional crisis was a campaign promise that Trump made back in 2023 (if not earlier). This is not a surprise, why aren't Democrats prepared?
www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/age...
www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/age...
Agenda47: Using Impoundment to Cut Waste, Stop Inflation, and Crush the Deep State | Donald J. Trump For President 2024
I will use the president’s long-recognized Impoundment Power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings. This will be in the form of tax reductions for you. This will help quickly ...
www.donaldjtrump.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Not shutting up about how the impoundment/"funding freeze" constitutional crisis was a campaign promise that Trump made back in 2023 (if not earlier). This is not a surprise, why aren't Democrats prepared?
www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/age...
www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/age...
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You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
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As my inaugural bluesky post, proud to share some work we put out today!
We compared risk analysis results from two private firms for a sample of 342 addresses, looking at fire risk in CA and flood risk in NY. We can’t say one company is more right than the other. But we can say their results don’t always match. (2/8) carbonplan.org/research/cli...
Climate risk companies don’t always agree – CarbonPlan
A comparison of address-level fire and flood risk assessments.
carbonplan.org
August 9, 2024 at 6:21 PM
As my inaugural bluesky post, proud to share some work we put out today!
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Decades from now, the polite mainstream will claim the legacy of the protester who stands bravely against the jeering white boys - just like it currently claims the legacy of protesters who stood bravely decades ago.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
JFC, this photo of a pro-Palestinian student protestor at the University of Mississippi with a jeering crowd of white boys in the background thedmonline.com/may-2nd-pro-...
May 3, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Decades from now, the polite mainstream will claim the legacy of the protester who stands bravely against the jeering white boys - just like it currently claims the legacy of protesters who stood bravely decades ago.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
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would be nice if we took the risks of a culture of total elite impunity as seriously as we seem to take the risks of political backlash
The Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump could remain on Colorado’s primary ballot, rejecting a challenge to his eligibility for another term that could have upended the 2024 race. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03...
March 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM
would be nice if we took the risks of a culture of total elite impunity as seriously as we seem to take the risks of political backlash
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appropriate answer to this is "no"
New: The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking $19.4 million to bolster security for the nine justices and assign protection of their homes to its own police force rather than the U.S. Marshals Service, citing "evolving" risks faced by the top judicial body.
US Supreme Court seeks security funding to protect justices, homes
The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking $19.4 million in federal funds to bolster security for the nine justices and assign protection of their homes to its own police force rather than the U.S. Marshals Service, citing "evolving" risks faced by the nation's top judicial body.
www.reuters.com
March 4, 2024 at 9:59 PM
appropriate answer to this is "no"
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Paleoclimate graduate students! Applications are now OPEN for the summer 2024 paleoCAMP! Come be part of an amazing two week intensive paleoclimate summer school! paleoclimate.camp/apply (colleagues, please share and RT widely, here and on other platforms)
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
November 16, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Paleoclimate graduate students! Applications are now OPEN for the summer 2024 paleoCAMP! Come be part of an amazing two week intensive paleoclimate summer school! paleoclimate.camp/apply (colleagues, please share and RT widely, here and on other platforms)
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every single election the dems have lost in my lifetime has resulted in a huge, generational setback to human welfare and democracy in the united states.
I know people get pissy at politicians for continuously messaging that the next presidential election is the “most important election of our lifetime,” but I mean, I’m sorry, it does feel like a lot of recent history has been building to 2024, I dunno what to tell you
November 13, 2023 at 5:22 PM
every single election the dems have lost in my lifetime has resulted in a huge, generational setback to human welfare and democracy in the united states.