Lorenz Noe
@lnoe.bsky.social
Open data, statistics, international development.
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good idea!
Zillow’s climate score rollback is a wake-up call: build open, future‑conditions federal flood maps -- gold‑standard, trustworthy data for building codes, mortgages, and our future. Column today: open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
good idea!
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Kīlauea is erupting! 🌋 Here’s a link to one of the three @USGS live cams - enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Kīlauea is erupting! 🌋 Here’s a link to one of the three @USGS live cams - enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
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I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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My talk is now online! You can watch it here:
July 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My talk is now online! You can watch it here:
A better world is possible www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A better world is possible www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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Excited to release today with Daniel Sitompul ICCT's first air and GHG inventory for private jets. A lot of eye opening statistics in this report. Let me walk you through a few. (🧵)
theicct.org/publication/...
theicct.org/publication/...
Air and greenhouse gas pollution from private jets, 2023 - International Council on Clean Transportation
The report fills a gap in our understanding of aviation's environmental impact by providing the first detailed global mapping of air and climate pollution from private jets.
theicct.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Excited to release today with Daniel Sitompul ICCT's first air and GHG inventory for private jets. A lot of eye opening statistics in this report. Let me walk you through a few. (🧵)
theicct.org/publication/...
theicct.org/publication/...
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The GOP proposes to cut BLS budget by 8%.
www.businessinsider.com/econmic-data...
www.businessinsider.com/econmic-data...
Fed chief Powell is starting to worry about the reliability of economic data
Cuts to the Bureau of Labor Statistics could be clouding jobs and inflation data, complicating the Fed's data-driven rate policymaking.
www.businessinsider.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The GOP proposes to cut BLS budget by 8%.
www.businessinsider.com/econmic-data...
www.businessinsider.com/econmic-data...
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments today on the importance of investing in federal statistics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAiL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAiL...
June 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments today on the importance of investing in federal statistics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAiL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAiL...
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The impact of US foreign aid cuts on global health: a CEPR book chapter with Justin Sandefur. Despite pledges from the Secretary of State to protect life-saving interventions, we estimate that USAID program cancellations to date would lead to between 500,000 and 700,000 deaths.
June 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The impact of US foreign aid cuts on global health: a CEPR book chapter with Justin Sandefur. Despite pledges from the Secretary of State to protect life-saving interventions, we estimate that USAID program cancellations to date would lead to between 500,000 and 700,000 deaths.
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“endow the transcription and translation of ancient texts” is such a perfect use for billionaire money and yet none of them do it
theres like 300k texts from bactra that remain untranslated 😭
April 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“endow the transcription and translation of ancient texts” is such a perfect use for billionaire money and yet none of them do it
Very sad to see this, incredible musician. Only song to choose at this moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnvJ...
April 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Very sad to see this, incredible musician. Only song to choose at this moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnvJ...
Very satisfying to see this project, into which I channeled some of the early COVID anxieties, meaningfully contributing to making more rainfall data available for study.
Five years ago today, most historical UK monthly rainfall observations were not available to scientists.
But the 66,000 pieces of paper containing the data had been scanned.
With covid lockdown approaching we saw an opportunity to transcribe the data.
#RainfallRescue began... 🧵
But the 66,000 pieces of paper containing the data had been scanned.
With covid lockdown approaching we saw an opportunity to transcribe the data.
#RainfallRescue began... 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Very satisfying to see this project, into which I channeled some of the early COVID anxieties, meaningfully contributing to making more rainfall data available for study.
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Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter is out:
"Someday, *any day*, a truly staggering insurance loss will occur – and there is no guarantee that there will be only one
per annum."
"Someday, *any day*, a truly staggering insurance loss will occur – and there is no guarantee that there will be only one
per annum."
www.berkshirehathaway.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter is out:
"Someday, *any day*, a truly staggering insurance loss will occur – and there is no guarantee that there will be only one
per annum."
"Someday, *any day*, a truly staggering insurance loss will occur – and there is no guarantee that there will be only one
per annum."
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The biggest US bank, which has financed nearly $400 billion in fossil-fuel projects since the Paris Agreement, launches an important and credible climate advisory note for clients, who apparently have been clamoring for such a thing. 🎁🔗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JPMorgan Launches Climate Note by Ex-NOAA Science Chief
“There is a demand for understanding how to strategically think about climate issues,” said Sarah Kapnick, now the bank’s top climate adviser.
www.bloomberg.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The biggest US bank, which has financed nearly $400 billion in fossil-fuel projects since the Paris Agreement, launches an important and credible climate advisory note for clients, who apparently have been clamoring for such a thing. 🎁🔗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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No he doesn’t and the quote in doesn’t say that, Axios presented it in a way designed to maximize rage on here—successfully. We had more calls the past 2 weeks than at any time in ten years and nobody is being told to stop calling or call someone else. He wants Rs to hear from theirs. To that point—
February 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
No he doesn’t and the quote in doesn’t say that, Axios presented it in a way designed to maximize rage on here—successfully. We had more calls the past 2 weeks than at any time in ten years and nobody is being told to stop calling or call someone else. He wants Rs to hear from theirs. To that point—
'The failure of the UK’s largest household study to provide reliable data leaves policymakers with “major blind spots” [...] at a time when developments in the jobs market are crucial to the UK’s economic performance and the Bank of England’s decisions on interest rates.'
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News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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February 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
'The failure of the UK’s largest household study to provide reliable data leaves policymakers with “major blind spots” [...] at a time when developments in the jobs market are crucial to the UK’s economic performance and the Bank of England’s decisions on interest rates.'
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The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I’m at the rally and the most interesting rhetorical move by Dems is saying this is hurting Americans — wasting taxpayer money, will hurt us when diseases come here etc.
Significant bc of why Rs see it as a soft target (framing all foreign aid as $ that could have gone to YOU)
Significant bc of why Rs see it as a soft target (framing all foreign aid as $ that could have gone to YOU)
People are getting up off the mat.
People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
February 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m at the rally and the most interesting rhetorical move by Dems is saying this is hurting Americans — wasting taxpayer money, will hurt us when diseases come here etc.
Significant bc of why Rs see it as a soft target (framing all foreign aid as $ that could have gone to YOU)
Significant bc of why Rs see it as a soft target (framing all foreign aid as $ that could have gone to YOU)
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Lots of members who were in town in both chambers showing up to USAID to join locals @beyer.house.gov Connolly, Raskin, and Van Hollen, a couple dozen here now. They will attempt entry
February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Lots of members who were in town in both chambers showing up to USAID to join locals @beyer.house.gov Connolly, Raskin, and Van Hollen, a couple dozen here now. They will attempt entry
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r/reddevils subreddit, biggest community for Manchester United Football Club supporters bans links to X/Twitter
697,385 subscribers
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Link: shorturl.at/p6ZFO
[Man Utd/Football journalists, now is the time to start posting your content on Bluesky]
697,385 subscribers
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Link: shorturl.at/p6ZFO
[Man Utd/Football journalists, now is the time to start posting your content on Bluesky]
Seeing a trend on sports' subreddits to ban Twitter links
If you're a mod, please consider doing this, we have to starve Twitter from all directions.
Sport journalists, pay attention and move your content here.
If you're a mod, please consider doing this, we have to starve Twitter from all directions.
Sport journalists, pay attention and move your content here.
January 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
r/reddevils subreddit, biggest community for Manchester United Football Club supporters bans links to X/Twitter
697,385 subscribers
👏👏👏
Link: shorturl.at/p6ZFO
[Man Utd/Football journalists, now is the time to start posting your content on Bluesky]
697,385 subscribers
👏👏👏
Link: shorturl.at/p6ZFO
[Man Utd/Football journalists, now is the time to start posting your content on Bluesky]
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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Power demand in the US was up 3% last year! Mostly due to greater AC use due to heat waves (hello hottest year on record), plus some "help" from data centers (+EVs). We'd better get used to it though: it's time for growth mode! We need to build new clean supply (at least) 2x as fast as load grows 🔌💡
January 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Power demand in the US was up 3% last year! Mostly due to greater AC use due to heat waves (hello hottest year on record), plus some "help" from data centers (+EVs). We'd better get used to it though: it's time for growth mode! We need to build new clean supply (at least) 2x as fast as load grows 🔌💡