Peter Gleick
@petergleick.bsky.social
Climate, water, birds, bluegrass mandolin. Member US National Academy of Sciences, MacArthur Fellow, Carl Sagan Prize, author of The Three Ages of Water (2023). Also on Mastodon. @petergleick@fediscience.org. Email me at pgleick (at) gmail.
I can't tell you how thrilled I am that someone as wonderful as Joyce Carol Oates has gotten under Elon Musk's skin.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I can't tell you how thrilled I am that someone as wonderful as Joyce Carol Oates has gotten under Elon Musk's skin.
Trump/GOP have so much power now they don't even care about the optics.
They embrace taking away healthcare, in a call from Trump relaxing on his Florida golf course.
They are trying desperately to stop the government from feeding the poor, including now trying to claw back allowed payments.
They embrace taking away healthcare, in a call from Trump relaxing on his Florida golf course.
They are trying desperately to stop the government from feeding the poor, including now trying to claw back allowed payments.
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump/GOP have so much power now they don't even care about the optics.
They embrace taking away healthcare, in a call from Trump relaxing on his Florida golf course.
They are trying desperately to stop the government from feeding the poor, including now trying to claw back allowed payments.
They embrace taking away healthcare, in a call from Trump relaxing on his Florida golf course.
They are trying desperately to stop the government from feeding the poor, including now trying to claw back allowed payments.
Two more days
Here's a tease:
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Two more days
Reposted by Peter Gleick
Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.
Musk immediately confirms Joyce Carol Oates' assessment.
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Musk immediately confirms Joyce Carol Oates' assessment.
Reposted by Peter Gleick
I know most of my followers probably know this, but just in context:
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I know most of my followers probably know this, but just in context:
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.
New pressure to start a #water war with Mexico over water that simply isn't available, in part due to climate-change reductions in flows (not mentioned in the article).
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
New pressure to start a #water war with Mexico over water that simply isn't available, in part due to climate-change reductions in flows (not mentioned in the article).
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
Reposted by Peter Gleick
Here's a tease:
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Here's a tease:
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Happy little javelina.
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Happy little javelina.
Any theraphosidologists out there?
What is this tarantula? (Found in Sedona, Arizona. Small: about the size of a quarter.) Black Canyon Black T?
What is this tarantula? (Found in Sedona, Arizona. Small: about the size of a quarter.) Black Canyon Black T?
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Any theraphosidologists out there?
What is this tarantula? (Found in Sedona, Arizona. Small: about the size of a quarter.) Black Canyon Black T?
What is this tarantula? (Found in Sedona, Arizona. Small: about the size of a quarter.) Black Canyon Black T?
Trump/GOP air chaos coming.
Brand it now.
Brand it now.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trump/GOP air chaos coming.
Brand it now.
Brand it now.
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
I know most of my followers probably know this, but just in context:
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I know most of my followers probably know this, but just in context:
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
A primer in why MAGA/GOP loves the government shutdown:
They hate anything in govt that works.
Bad job/economic statistics won't be reported.
Healthcare premiums rise, threatening Obamacare.
The poor won't get food support.
They can continue to destroy govt programs without oversight.
Add your own:
They hate anything in govt that works.
Bad job/economic statistics won't be reported.
Healthcare premiums rise, threatening Obamacare.
The poor won't get food support.
They can continue to destroy govt programs without oversight.
Add your own:
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A primer in why MAGA/GOP loves the government shutdown:
They hate anything in govt that works.
Bad job/economic statistics won't be reported.
Healthcare premiums rise, threatening Obamacare.
The poor won't get food support.
They can continue to destroy govt programs without oversight.
Add your own:
They hate anything in govt that works.
Bad job/economic statistics won't be reported.
Healthcare premiums rise, threatening Obamacare.
The poor won't get food support.
They can continue to destroy govt programs without oversight.
Add your own:
Reposted by Peter Gleick
Imagine, if you will, this headline with the word “Jews” substituted for the word “women”:
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, this headline with the word “Jews” substituted for the word “women”:
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
No food aid for the poor.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
No food aid for the poor.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business
Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions.
More layoffs.
All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.
Has Cuomo moved to Florida yet?
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Has Cuomo moved to Florida yet?
Here's a tease:
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Here's a tease:
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources.
The news isn't good.
Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.
The Ganga River, which sustains the lives of at least 600 million people, is facing its worst dry spell and lowest streamflow in 1,300 years because of over-extraction of #water and #climatechange.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
India’s Ganga River drying at unprecedented levels
The Ganga River, which sustains the lives of at least 600 million people, is facing its worst dry spell and lowest streamflow in 1,300 years, according to a recent study, reports Mongabay India’s Simr...
news.mongabay.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Ganga River, which sustains the lives of at least 600 million people, is facing its worst dry spell and lowest streamflow in 1,300 years because of over-extraction of #water and #climatechange.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
The Democratic landslides tonight were precisely because Trump WAS on the ballot.
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The Democratic landslides tonight were precisely because Trump WAS on the ballot.
My first science job was as a summer undergraduate intern here working on the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite.
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My first science job was as a summer undergraduate intern here working on the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite.
Dear Bill Gates,
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dear Bill Gates,
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
Dick Cheney's greatest achievement is avoiding being charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dick Cheney's greatest achievement is avoiding being charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court in the Hague.