Symphony Chau
@shchau.bsky.social
policy comms by day at the nyu center on international cooperation 📝 & fiber arts product marketing for @aimeeshermakes.bsky.social in my ~spare~ time 🧶
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Symphony Chau
@shchau.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Intro post because the profile bio doesn't fit all my interests—love to connect on:
🧶 knitting & fiber arts
🌏 energy policy
🖊️ the oxford comma
🍃 admiring urban gardens and greenery
🐈 all-things cats
✍️ strategic / policy / climate comms
📸 photography
& more!
🧶 knitting & fiber arts
🌏 energy policy
🖊️ the oxford comma
🍃 admiring urban gardens and greenery
🐈 all-things cats
✍️ strategic / policy / climate comms
📸 photography
& more!
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
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Under the long-standing backdrop of the climate crisis, would communication about acute energy crises encourage the public’s support for renewable policies?
September 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Under the long-standing backdrop of the climate crisis, would communication about acute energy crises encourage the public’s support for renewable policies?
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In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
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spoke to NPR for this morning’s story about the Trump administration’s root-and-branch efforts to disrupt the UN work’s, alongside comment from @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @thantmyintu.bsky.social
Can the United Nations survive the Trump administration?
The U.N., created 80 years ago to maintain international peace and security, has recently struggled with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. It also faces a new challenge — the Trump administration.
www.npr.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
spoke to NPR for this morning’s story about the Trump administration’s root-and-branch efforts to disrupt the UN work’s, alongside comment from @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @thantmyintu.bsky.social
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Germany's Central Bank warned officials had previously “completely underestimated” the risks rising temperatures pose to the financial system.
www.ft.com/content/c00c...
www.ft.com/content/c00c...
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Germany's Central Bank warned officials had previously “completely underestimated” the risks rising temperatures pose to the financial system.
www.ft.com/content/c00c...
www.ft.com/content/c00c...
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1/ Amid the noise and setbacks, this week brought a few meaningful #publichealth wins. These may not have crossed your feed yet, but I want to highlight them because they matter. And in times like these, celebrating wins is important 👇
July 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
1/ Amid the noise and setbacks, this week brought a few meaningful #publichealth wins. These may not have crossed your feed yet, but I want to highlight them because they matter. And in times like these, celebrating wins is important 👇
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LLMs are going to be the death of privacy, chapter 46. www.neowin.net/guides/googl...
Google can now read your WhatsApp messages, here's how to stop it
Google has released a feature that allows Gemini to access third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even if you've turned off Gemini Apps Activity. Here's how to prevent that from happening.
www.neowin.net
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
LLMs are going to be the death of privacy, chapter 46. www.neowin.net/guides/googl...
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This important and moving essay by indigenous Guam lawyer/poet Julian Aguon talks about the climate victory he helped win in the United Nations last year and the impacted communities of the South Pacific. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court
Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis, is fighting for climate justice at the world’s highest court.
www.rollingstone.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This important and moving essay by indigenous Guam lawyer/poet Julian Aguon talks about the climate victory he helped win in the United Nations last year and the impacted communities of the South Pacific. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Again, even if you dislike Mamdani's discussion of the phrase "globalize the intifada" (which he does not use), Jeffries' full answer below implies Mamdani DOESN'T do things HE REPEATEDLY DOES - i.e. acknowledge the rise in antisemitism and pledge to keep Jewish New Yorkers and all New Yorkers safe.
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Again, even if you dislike Mamdani's discussion of the phrase "globalize the intifada" (which he does not use), Jeffries' full answer below implies Mamdani DOESN'T do things HE REPEATEDLY DOES - i.e. acknowledge the rise in antisemitism and pledge to keep Jewish New Yorkers and all New Yorkers safe.
it is kind of dissociative to be in europe while all of the things are happening in nyc and the US but it’s also low key refreshing to be away and less american-centric 🤷🏼♀️
June 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
it is kind of dissociative to be in europe while all of the things are happening in nyc and the US but it’s also low key refreshing to be away and less american-centric 🤷🏼♀️
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Ahead of the #FFD2025 Financing for Development Summit, workers, economists and activists are making one thing clear:
To fund a fair and green future, we must #TaxTheSuperRich.
This isn’t just fiscal logic—it’s common sense.
🔗 Learn more about our movement: taxthesuperrich.world/the-campaign/
To fund a fair and green future, we must #TaxTheSuperRich.
This isn’t just fiscal logic—it’s common sense.
🔗 Learn more about our movement: taxthesuperrich.world/the-campaign/
The campaign
Inequality is out of control Economic inequality has reached extreme and grotesque levels. We live in a world where the top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity, while paying next to no tax. They a...
taxthesuperrich.world
June 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Ahead of the #FFD2025 Financing for Development Summit, workers, economists and activists are making one thing clear:
To fund a fair and green future, we must #TaxTheSuperRich.
This isn’t just fiscal logic—it’s common sense.
🔗 Learn more about our movement: taxthesuperrich.world/the-campaign/
To fund a fair and green future, we must #TaxTheSuperRich.
This isn’t just fiscal logic—it’s common sense.
🔗 Learn more about our movement: taxthesuperrich.world/the-campaign/
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One of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy groups, the League of Social Democrats, announced its disbandment on Sunday after 19 years.
In Pictures: buff.ly/rFXVxtI Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
In Pictures: buff.ly/rFXVxtI Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
June 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
One of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy groups, the League of Social Democrats, announced its disbandment on Sunday after 19 years.
In Pictures: buff.ly/rFXVxtI Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
In Pictures: buff.ly/rFXVxtI Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
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TL;dr the anti-ESG movement rising in Republican circles was the moment we should’ve all been paying more attention to, because it was the GOP fully flipping the bird at free markets & it was always coming for the IRA
June 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
TL;dr the anti-ESG movement rising in Republican circles was the moment we should’ve all been paying more attention to, because it was the GOP fully flipping the bird at free markets & it was always coming for the IRA
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My favorite cup from the restock remains 👀
June 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My favorite cup from the restock remains 👀
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Here's the ultra-short read on the Mamdani logo design www.gq.com/story/zohran...
!["It's not the classic Dem blue, Republican red. We wanted [the logo to feel like] a yellow taxi cab, something that really represents New York City," said Katie Riley, Mamdani's deputy campaign manager. The wordmark was hand-drawn by graphic designer Aneesh Bhoopathy, a former member of the Queens DSA who is now based in Philadelphia. According to Riley, the design also took inspiration from city street signs and old Bollywood movie posters. "It's bright and colorful and joyful," she said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreibfs44lvvoa3nk37ntulda3ekkrzfvptvjljw7ctskekixzqkth7a@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Here's the ultra-short read on the Mamdani logo design www.gq.com/story/zohran...
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One of the things I said over and over again for four years was that Eric Adams succeeded because Wiley/Garcia didn’t form a coalition until it was too late. It was a .5% win, and people treated it like a landslide. This is what RCV can deliver when candidates see success in each other.
June 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
One of the things I said over and over again for four years was that Eric Adams succeeded because Wiley/Garcia didn’t form a coalition until it was too late. It was a .5% win, and people treated it like a landslide. This is what RCV can deliver when candidates see success in each other.
🚀 How can we advance the #RuleOfLaw and #JusticeForAll?
🌎 On June 23–26, organizations from all over the world working on issues of justice will convene in Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 to explore this topic at the #WorldJusticeForum.
Meet our experts at the Forum! 🔽
🌎 On June 23–26, organizations from all over the world working on issues of justice will convene in Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 to explore this topic at the #WorldJusticeForum.
Meet our experts at the Forum! 🔽
June 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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“When it gets too hot, we lightly spray water on our arms, legs and faces; the water helps dissipate a lot of heat.“
Nah. Here’s a better idea: ensure equitable access to cooling and clean energy so people don’t die in heat waves.
hey @faineg.bsky.social you see this
Nah. Here’s a better idea: ensure equitable access to cooling and clean energy so people don’t die in heat waves.
hey @faineg.bsky.social you see this
September 2, 2024 at 2:31 AM
“When it gets too hot, we lightly spray water on our arms, legs and faces; the water helps dissipate a lot of heat.“
Nah. Here’s a better idea: ensure equitable access to cooling and clean energy so people don’t die in heat waves.
hey @faineg.bsky.social you see this
Nah. Here’s a better idea: ensure equitable access to cooling and clean energy so people don’t die in heat waves.
hey @faineg.bsky.social you see this
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Vance Boelter’s alleged assassination of a pro-choice lawmaker isn’t just a tragedy—it’s a warning. His path from charismatic Bible colleges to spiritual warfare rhetoric & targeted political violence shows how Christian nationalism can radicalize seemingly ordinary believers into deadly extremists.
Radicalization and Assassination: Christian Nationalism and America’s Boiling Point
The assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman reveals how Christian nationalism can fuel political violence. Vance Boelter, linked to far-right religious networks and inspired by spirit...
globalextremism.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Vance Boelter’s alleged assassination of a pro-choice lawmaker isn’t just a tragedy—it’s a warning. His path from charismatic Bible colleges to spiritual warfare rhetoric & targeted political violence shows how Christian nationalism can radicalize seemingly ordinary believers into deadly extremists.
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For anyone not keeping count that's one candidate arrested for doing the right thing and four candidates showing up to support him. By sheer coincidence RCV in NY allows you to rank five people. Well there they all are!
June 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
For anyone not keeping count that's one candidate arrested for doing the right thing and four candidates showing up to support him. By sheer coincidence RCV in NY allows you to rank five people. Well there they all are!
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As EV batteries scale, costs drop—driving even more adoption.
Clean power + transport electrification show how the energy transition is all about interconnected systems and reinforcing feedbacks, not isolated changes.
Read our new @carbonbrief.org piece: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Clean power + transport electrification show how the energy transition is all about interconnected systems and reinforcing feedbacks, not isolated changes.
Read our new @carbonbrief.org piece: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
June 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
As EV batteries scale, costs drop—driving even more adoption.
Clean power + transport electrification show how the energy transition is all about interconnected systems and reinforcing feedbacks, not isolated changes.
Read our new @carbonbrief.org piece: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Clean power + transport electrification show how the energy transition is all about interconnected systems and reinforcing feedbacks, not isolated changes.
Read our new @carbonbrief.org piece: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
not the *American* sheep
SCOOP: The Trump administration is now targeting the solar industry, cracking down against projects sited on farmland.
To start, the administration is going to redesign a major USDA energy program — REAP — to dissuade solar projects on land suitable for farming.
Via @heatmap.news
To start, the administration is going to redesign a major USDA energy program — REAP — to dissuade solar projects on land suitable for farming.
Via @heatmap.news
Trump Targets Solar on Farmland
Anti-solar activists in agricultural areas get a powerful new ally.
heatmap.news
May 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
not the *American* sheep