Arvind Ravikumar
@arvindpawan1.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA) studying greenhouse gas emissions measurements and carbon accounting across global energy supply chains.
Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA) studying greenhouse gas emissions measurements and carbon accounting across global energy supply chains.
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You've heard of #methane super-emitters at oil and gas facilities.
But have you heard of super-emitting LNG supply chains?
Our latest work uses satellite data on 12 LNG exporting countries to assess their GHG intensity.
Paper: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
But have you heard of super-emitting LNG supply chains?
Our latest work uses satellite data on 12 LNG exporting countries to assess their GHG intensity.
Paper: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Well, for starters, you could tell your idiot boss to get rid of tariffs on electrical components and parts!
I've never seen a more incoherent and unqualified group of federal agency heads! This is what happens when you have DEI for sycophants.
I've never seen a more incoherent and unqualified group of federal agency heads! This is what happens when you have DEI for sycophants.
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Well, for starters, you could tell your idiot boss to get rid of tariffs on electrical components and parts!
I've never seen a more incoherent and unqualified group of federal agency heads! This is what happens when you have DEI for sycophants.
I've never seen a more incoherent and unqualified group of federal agency heads! This is what happens when you have DEI for sycophants.
This is incredibly sad that less than 12 months of a know-nothing administration could completely decimate public trust in what was once one of foremost public health agencies in the world.
While this administration will be gone in 3 years, the damage they've done will take generations to undo.
While this administration will be gone in 3 years, the damage they've done will take generations to undo.
Handed a patient a printout of a CDC summary.
They were suspicious.
I pointed out the publication date.
It was from 2024.
“Oh, ok, so this is from when we could trust them.”
They were suspicious.
I pointed out the publication date.
It was from 2024.
“Oh, ok, so this is from when we could trust them.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is incredibly sad that less than 12 months of a know-nothing administration could completely decimate public trust in what was once one of foremost public health agencies in the world.
While this administration will be gone in 3 years, the damage they've done will take generations to undo.
While this administration will be gone in 3 years, the damage they've done will take generations to undo.
I agree politicians should focus more on material prosperity & wellbeing.
However, it flies in the face of reason that materiality is not improved by environmentalism. Decades of activism gave us cleaner air, water, & an enviable public lands trust. Plus, people literally live longer because of it.
However, it flies in the face of reason that materiality is not improved by environmentalism. Decades of activism gave us cleaner air, water, & an enviable public lands trust. Plus, people literally live longer because of it.
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I agree politicians should focus more on material prosperity & wellbeing.
However, it flies in the face of reason that materiality is not improved by environmentalism. Decades of activism gave us cleaner air, water, & an enviable public lands trust. Plus, people literally live longer because of it.
However, it flies in the face of reason that materiality is not improved by environmentalism. Decades of activism gave us cleaner air, water, & an enviable public lands trust. Plus, people literally live longer because of it.
I would *love* an administrative paperwork party (especially at work). This is exactly where I think AI should help (e.g., auto-filling expense reports, annual reports etc.) but people are too busy figuring out how AI can serve a tiny cabal of corporations while enshittifying consumer experience.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would *love* an administrative paperwork party (especially at work). This is exactly where I think AI should help (e.g., auto-filling expense reports, annual reports etc.) but people are too busy figuring out how AI can serve a tiny cabal of corporations while enshittifying consumer experience.
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
Idiotic statements like these are why I am coming around to the idea AI is a massive bubble that is only helpful on the margins. Plus, actual evidence that 90+% of companies that have invested heavily and early in AI-integration report no increase in productivity.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Idiotic statements like these are why I am coming around to the idea AI is a massive bubble that is only helpful on the margins. Plus, actual evidence that 90+% of companies that have invested heavily and early in AI-integration report no increase in productivity.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
I repeat - a basic requirement for any Dem 28 nominee is to abolish ICE & aggressively prosecute criminality, all the way to the top!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I repeat - a basic requirement for any Dem 28 nominee is to abolish ICE & aggressively prosecute criminality, all the way to the top!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
These videos are so brutal that it shocks your conscience. Every single one of these ICE officers & their leaders should be behind bars for the rest of their lives.
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
These videos are so brutal that it shocks your conscience. Every single one of these ICE officers & their leaders should be behind bars for the rest of their lives.
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
Most people* who claim to care a lot about energy poverty in the Global South couldn't give two shits about it if it challenged their preconceived views.
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Most people* who claim to care a lot about energy poverty in the Global South couldn't give two shits about it if it challenged their preconceived views.
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
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Indicting Democratic candidates on transparently pretextual charges is the latest sign that things are getting very bad.
NEWS: Federal prosecutors indict Kat Abughazaleh, congressional candidate, county board candidate Cat Sharp and Dem committeeman Michael Rabbitt over September Broadview protest
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Indicting Democratic candidates on transparently pretextual charges is the latest sign that things are getting very bad.
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I’ve never been shy nor ashamed of the fact that the core of my research is around SRM. I think there is merit in research: if we can show there are ways to ameliorate current and future climate change, we should know. If there aren’t, or if SRM could be used to make things worse, we should know.
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’ve never been shy nor ashamed of the fact that the core of my research is around SRM. I think there is merit in research: if we can show there are ways to ameliorate current and future climate change, we should know. If there aren’t, or if SRM could be used to make things worse, we should know.
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I will repeat this every single day for the next three years: Any Democrat running for president in 2028 must pledge to immediately tear down/bulldoze/demolish Trump’s ballroom and fully restore the East Wing and any other piece of the People’s House Trump has or will destroy.
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I will repeat this every single day for the next three years: Any Democrat running for president in 2028 must pledge to immediately tear down/bulldoze/demolish Trump’s ballroom and fully restore the East Wing and any other piece of the People’s House Trump has or will destroy.
A basic integrity test for anyone running for President in 2028 is to declare unequivocally that they would demolish whatever Trump admin builds over the East Wing.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
Breaking news: The East Wing of the White House is gone.
Wrecking crews completely removed the decades-old annex by midday Thursday, just three days after they started, to make way for a pet project of President Trump: a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
Wrecking crews completely removed the decades-old annex by midday Thursday, just three days after they started, to make way for a pet project of President Trump: a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control
Demolition crews appeared to finish taking down the bulk of the White House wing Thursday, while President Donald Trump defended the project.
wapo.st
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A basic integrity test for anyone running for President in 2028 is to declare unequivocally that they would demolish whatever Trump admin builds over the East Wing.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
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After I saw the wrecking crew, I'd hoped this patently unlawful destruction would stop with the East Wing structure itself. But that dumb, selfish, grifting thug also destroyed the East Garden Room, East Colonnade, Family Theater, and Visitors Lobby.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
October 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
After I saw the wrecking crew, I'd hoped this patently unlawful destruction would stop with the East Wing structure itself. But that dumb, selfish, grifting thug also destroyed the East Garden Room, East Colonnade, Family Theater, and Visitors Lobby.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
I can only hope that the 2028 primary season selects for those candidates that will swiftly investigate and prosecute every member of the Trump administration for all crimes they committed in office.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I can only hope that the 2028 primary season selects for those candidates that will swiftly investigate and prosecute every member of the Trump administration for all crimes they committed in office.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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The Oklahoma City Declaration, a defense of a pluralistic society.
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...
At Site of Oklahoma City Bombing, Bipartisan Mayors Sign Declaration Against Political Violence
“Oklahoma City Declaration” is signed by dozens of mayors at site of deadliest domestic terror attack in U.S. history, reaffirms commitment to American values of pluralism, compromise, truth and civil...
www.usmayors.org
October 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Oklahoma City Declaration, a defense of a pluralistic society.
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...