Aaron Sparks
@asparks.bsky.social
Climate Politics and Policy. Baseball.
Anyone else get AI whiplash going from this site to LinkedIn?
October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Anyone else get AI whiplash going from this site to LinkedIn?
Me giving a directive…
Oldest: well he is a doctor.
Middle: yeah but he’s not a real doctor.
Me: I am a real doctor… of philosophy
Oldest: well he is a doctor.
Middle: yeah but he’s not a real doctor.
Me: I am a real doctor… of philosophy
May 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Me giving a directive…
Oldest: well he is a doctor.
Middle: yeah but he’s not a real doctor.
Me: I am a real doctor… of philosophy
Oldest: well he is a doctor.
Middle: yeah but he’s not a real doctor.
Me: I am a real doctor… of philosophy
If Pete goes full ‘stache he will totally be the next president
I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
April 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If Pete goes full ‘stache he will totally be the next president
Zallered.
The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
wow. they're like actually braindead
March 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Zallered.
So is the government still collecting taxes? Student loan payments?
February 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So is the government still collecting taxes? Student loan payments?
There is evidence to suggest this will happen (fingers crossed.) www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
January 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
There is evidence to suggest this will happen (fingers crossed.) www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
I know some of you follow me for dog pics. So here you go.
January 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I know some of you follow me for dog pics. So here you go.
Potential to be my best focaccia yet. Apple and orange - cinnamon and sugar. And butter. @salilb.bsky.social #poliscibakes
December 15, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Potential to be my best focaccia yet. Apple and orange - cinnamon and sugar. And butter. @salilb.bsky.social #poliscibakes
When will I start seeing Bill at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods in CH?
December 13, 2024 at 1:20 AM
When will I start seeing Bill at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods in CH?
This is fun, here is mine:
November 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM
This is fun, here is mine:
Reposted by Aaron Sparks
My research in one word cloud:
November 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
My research in one word cloud:
Rock paper scissors… skeet
November 20, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Rock paper scissors… skeet
More democratic backsliding in NC. apple.news/AIC81-wXTQgO...
Power shifts: How NC Republicans fast-tracked post-election changes drafted in secret — News & Observer
North Carolina Republicans debated a bill just one hour after it was released to the public and Democratic lawmakers, after secret talks.
apple.news
November 20, 2024 at 9:44 PM
More democratic backsliding in NC. apple.news/AIC81-wXTQgO...
Last summer in a special edition of The Forum, my undergrad and I published a paper showing that Democrats passed the IRA with climate funding because of the strength of the climate movement within the party: digital.zlb.de/viewer/toc/1...
Climate Change Policy Development: A Multiple Streams Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Climate Change Policy Development: A Multiple Streams Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 / McGlynn, Morgan (Rights reserved)
digital.zlb.de
November 18, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Last summer in a special edition of The Forum, my undergrad and I published a paper showing that Democrats passed the IRA with climate funding because of the strength of the climate movement within the party: digital.zlb.de/viewer/toc/1...
Here's a fun tidbit. Durham Public Schools organized kids vote Durham. Kids pre-k-12 voted for the full slate of candidates on the ballot. I compared that to Durham County results on Democratic vote share.
President: kids 80%, county 83%.
Correlation for all the other elections: .25
President: kids 80%, county 83%.
Correlation for all the other elections: .25
November 15, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Here's a fun tidbit. Durham Public Schools organized kids vote Durham. Kids pre-k-12 voted for the full slate of candidates on the ballot. I compared that to Durham County results on Democratic vote share.
President: kids 80%, county 83%.
Correlation for all the other elections: .25
President: kids 80%, county 83%.
Correlation for all the other elections: .25
Finally getting around to promoting this article. Along with students, we call for more research into what we term 'show and tell advocacy,' the practice of using field trips to advocate.
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
December 4, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Finally getting around to promoting this article. Along with students, we call for more research into what we term 'show and tell advocacy,' the practice of using field trips to advocate.
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....