Caleb Scoville
@calebscoville.bsky.social
sociology prof @Tufts and 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow studying our contradictory relationship with nature. extraction, knowledge, conservation, political division. projects on the Delta Smelt and partisanship and the environment. https://calebscoville.com
(This is Somerville, MA. I had thought gas leaf blowers were banned but it turns out that ban is only during summer months. I had thought I was making an enforcement call but even though I was wrong about the rules, they made the change anyway. Very cool.)
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
(This is Somerville, MA. I had thought gas leaf blowers were banned but it turns out that ban is only during summer months. I had thought I was making an enforcement call but even though I was wrong about the rules, they made the change anyway. Very cool.)
the composer of the national anthem of new england
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
the composer of the national anthem of new england
Reposted by Caleb Scoville
@today.yougov.com has a bigger sample! Here's the top 50 most popular politicians.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@today.yougov.com has a bigger sample! Here's the top 50 most popular politicians.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
today.yougov.com/ratings/poli...
Now Mamdani has a decent sized negative residual (-5.3 percentage points).
10th lowest overall (low is good). He's in the Mark Kelly/Stacey Abrams zone.
Zohran is running for mayor of NYC.
The poll shows Americans outside of NYC don’t know him well.
Who cares?
The poll shows Americans outside of NYC don’t know him well.
Who cares?
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Zohran is running for mayor of NYC.
The poll shows Americans outside of NYC don’t know him well.
Who cares?
The poll shows Americans outside of NYC don’t know him well.
Who cares?
Political, yes, as in communicating the urgency of the situation to the public and proposing policy solutions. Not partisan, as in reinforcing petty cultural tropes that tie generalized senses of “us” and “them” to climate change, scientists, scientific institutions, and higher education.
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Political, yes, as in communicating the urgency of the situation to the public and proposing policy solutions. Not partisan, as in reinforcing petty cultural tropes that tie generalized senses of “us” and “them” to climate change, scientists, scientific institutions, and higher education.
I'll also say that I'm working on a large research project on partisanship and environment/climate drawing on decades of data from media and political institutions, so this is not just a random anecdotal point I'm making.
October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'll also say that I'm working on a large research project on partisanship and environment/climate drawing on decades of data from media and political institutions, so this is not just a random anecdotal point I'm making.
I agree that people who deny climate science should be called out. But rendering climate change in partisan terms has been one of the greatest achievements of the fossil fuel industry. When scientists reinforce explicit partisan framings, it is highly counterproductive.
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I agree that people who deny climate science should be called out. But rendering climate change in partisan terms has been one of the greatest achievements of the fossil fuel industry. When scientists reinforce explicit partisan framings, it is highly counterproductive.
I've seen it on here and I've seen it on Twitter. This is a minority phenomenon, and I have one person in mind whom I'd rather not engage directly because I'm an untenured professor, I respect their scientific work, and don't want to amplify specific utterances.
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've seen it on here and I've seen it on Twitter. This is a minority phenomenon, and I have one person in mind whom I'd rather not engage directly because I'm an untenured professor, I respect their scientific work, and don't want to amplify specific utterances.
I'm a big fan of your approach Katharine, and have shared your writing with my students!!!
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm a big fan of your approach Katharine, and have shared your writing with my students!!!
Like, if conservatives distrust climate science, it’s not helpful to have prominent climate scientists posting every hour that conservatives are stupid. Maybe show them why they should care about climate change instead?
October 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Like, if conservatives distrust climate science, it’s not helpful to have prominent climate scientists posting every hour that conservatives are stupid. Maybe show them why they should care about climate change instead?
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@adambonica.bsky.social wrote a whole response already. This guy is a machine.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.
Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.
data4democracy.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@adambonica.bsky.social wrote a whole response already. This guy is a machine.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
(spoofing official emails)
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
(spoofing official emails)