jo melville
@jmelville.science
climate tech (electrochemistry, industrial decarb, synthetic fuels, carbon removal, deep biogeochemistry, solar radiation management)
formerly: ARPA-E, Georgetown, MIT (PhD), UC Berkeley (BSc)
ask me anything: https://jmelville.science/ask/
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formerly: ARPA-E, Georgetown, MIT (PhD), UC Berkeley (BSc)
ask me anything: https://jmelville.science/ask/
🇺🇸→🇸🇬
ski pass prices are extortionate but have discounts for students, children, and military members. some discounts stack, so you can get a "teen military" or a "child military" pass. I assume this is for servicemembers with kids but it makes it sound like there is a special discount for child soldiers
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
ski pass prices are extortionate but have discounts for students, children, and military members. some discounts stack, so you can get a "teen military" or a "child military" pass. I assume this is for servicemembers with kids but it makes it sound like there is a special discount for child soldiers
I go back and forth on the "hope for climate" question.
On one hand, I think of this hapless interview with Andreas Malm where the journalist begs him to give them a reason to live. (yes, really)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
On one hand, I think of this hapless interview with Andreas Malm where the journalist begs him to give them a reason to live. (yes, really)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I go back and forth on the "hope for climate" question.
On one hand, I think of this hapless interview with Andreas Malm where the journalist begs him to give them a reason to live. (yes, really)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
On one hand, I think of this hapless interview with Andreas Malm where the journalist begs him to give them a reason to live. (yes, really)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
oh my god they got Jonkers
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
oh my god they got Jonkers
here is an alternate version of this meme that gives Eu the special attention it deserves
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
here is an alternate version of this meme that gives Eu the special attention it deserves
SAVOIR FAIRE [Challenging: Failure]
![the Boston Steel slide with a Disco Elysium interface overlay:
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT Ten meters of polished steel, baby. Your mind races at the thought of conquering this this children's play equipment. Take the plunge. Go down that slide.
SAVOIR FAIRE [Trivial: Failure]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4gfg7lhcz32br6n6u5f3vbao/bafkreic7xzbyih3cigpnbkljdbq3zs6wpmn6jd3lup2z4yxiisucytbw4y@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
SAVOIR FAIRE [Challenging: Failure]
You (yes, you) are sleeping on variable-weight fonts with your Microsoft Word 2003 "normal" vs "bold" binary. I'm out here tastefully modulating to lights & semibolds within a consistent aesthetic frame while you mash four incompatible typefaces onto a single page. Get on my level.
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
You (yes, you) are sleeping on variable-weight fonts with your Microsoft Word 2003 "normal" vs "bold" binary. I'm out here tastefully modulating to lights & semibolds within a consistent aesthetic frame while you mash four incompatible typefaces onto a single page. Get on my level.
If the best defense you can muster for the economics of your technology is "it works if electricity is free", it might be an unprofitable technology. 🧵
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October 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
If the best defense you can muster for the economics of your technology is "it works if electricity is free", it might be an unprofitable technology. 🧵
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born too late for an all-expenses industrial tour of Soviet factories 😔
October 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
born too late for an all-expenses industrial tour of Soviet factories 😔
sometimes i give guest lectures and i never know what to write for my speaker intro
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
sometimes i give guest lectures and i never know what to write for my speaker intro
a while ago I added a scoring & leaderboard system to Griddle, a game where you try to guess countries based on their electricity generation grid mix.
exciting to see there are folks out there giving me a run for my money! (s/o to NOX, YKH, and AXT)
Can you do better? jmelville.science/griddle/
exciting to see there are folks out there giving me a run for my money! (s/o to NOX, YKH, and AXT)
Can you do better? jmelville.science/griddle/
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
a while ago I added a scoring & leaderboard system to Griddle, a game where you try to guess countries based on their electricity generation grid mix.
exciting to see there are folks out there giving me a run for my money! (s/o to NOX, YKH, and AXT)
Can you do better? jmelville.science/griddle/
exciting to see there are folks out there giving me a run for my money! (s/o to NOX, YKH, and AXT)
Can you do better? jmelville.science/griddle/
ai alignment effective altruists in denial
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
ai alignment effective altruists in denial
update: i gatecrashed @kartikchandra.bsky.social's talk at ICFP/SPLASH, coincidentally in Singapore this year 🇸🇬
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
update: i gatecrashed @kartikchandra.bsky.social's talk at ICFP/SPLASH, coincidentally in Singapore this year 🇸🇬
if you aren't sold by the abstract then keep reading, it gets even funnier:
October 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
if you aren't sold by the abstract then keep reading, it gets even funnier:
charlie brown kinda had the most hoes out of anyone in the sunday paper.
October 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
charlie brown kinda had the most hoes out of anyone in the sunday paper.
in naval architecture, a "Panamax" cargo ship is one that is designed to the maximum dimensions to traverse the Panama Canal. similar designations exist for the Baltic Øresund ("Baltimax"), Straits of Malacca ("Malaccamax"), etc.
Gen Z maritime engineers may refer to this as e.g. "Suezmaxxing"
Gen Z maritime engineers may refer to this as e.g. "Suezmaxxing"
October 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
in naval architecture, a "Panamax" cargo ship is one that is designed to the maximum dimensions to traverse the Panama Canal. similar designations exist for the Baltic Øresund ("Baltimax"), Straits of Malacca ("Malaccamax"), etc.
Gen Z maritime engineers may refer to this as e.g. "Suezmaxxing"
Gen Z maritime engineers may refer to this as e.g. "Suezmaxxing"
181/ last recorded good use of AI
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
181/ last recorded good use of AI
180/ mpreg? in my football league? it's more likely than you think
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
180/ mpreg? in my football league? it's more likely than you think
176/ it's spooky time
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
176/ it's spooky time
175/ Hypocrite that you are, for you trust the chemicals in your brain to tell you they are chemicals. All knowledge is ultimately based on that which we cannot prove. Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?
October 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
175/ Hypocrite that you are, for you trust the chemicals in your brain to tell you they are chemicals. All knowledge is ultimately based on that which we cannot prove. Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?