Tom Maycock
@tommaycock.bsky.social
Husband. Cat owner. Guitarist. Science writer/editor, specializing in climate change assessments. Northwestern alum, NC State employee. Opinions my own.
Exactly this!
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Exactly this!
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Big news out of @climatecentral.org today! We've brought back NOAA's billion dollar disaster dataset!
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Big news out of @climatecentral.org today! We've brought back NOAA's billion dollar disaster dataset!
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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The US Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) and @agu.org will host webinar TOMORROW at 1pm EST on how to be an expert reviewer for @ipcc.bsky.social reports. Please register & learn how to improve science policy assessments like upcoming Special Report on #ClimateChange and Cities!
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The US Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) and @agu.org will host webinar TOMORROW at 1pm EST on how to be an expert reviewer for @ipcc.bsky.social reports. Please register & learn how to improve science policy assessments like upcoming Special Report on #ClimateChange and Cities!
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My colleagues at the White House developed an AI Bill of Rights in 2022, shown on the left, which outlined principles to protect people and communities. A lot of the work I’m doing now is defining my principles and analysis for a climate amendment to the AI Bill of Rights, as shown on the right.
October 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My colleagues at the White House developed an AI Bill of Rights in 2022, shown on the left, which outlined principles to protect people and communities. A lot of the work I’m doing now is defining my principles and analysis for a climate amendment to the AI Bill of Rights, as shown on the right.
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There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
October 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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Project Drawdown has always been the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions 🌏.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Project Drawdown has always been the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions 🌏.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
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As we mark the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene's destructive arrival in western North Carolina, we are pleased to share a series of videos on Helene by NCICS' Dr. Carl Schreck.
September 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As we mark the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene's destructive arrival in western North Carolina, we are pleased to share a series of videos on Helene by NCICS' Dr. Carl Schreck.
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With the Trump Administration about to roll its ugly occupation into Chicago, I wanted to write a little lyrical love letter to the city. dansinker.com/posts/202…
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
With the Trump Administration about to roll its ugly occupation into Chicago, I wanted to write a little lyrical love letter to the city. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
sites.google.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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We made it through break-up rumors, the Super Bowl, and now an engagement. What didn’t make it? The National Climate Assessment website.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as figures in the new U.S. National Climate Assessment report, a thread
August 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We made it through break-up rumors, the Super Bowl, and now an engagement. What didn’t make it? The National Climate Assessment website.
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The #IPCC has announced the authors selected for its Seventh Assessment Report.
664 experts from 111 countries have been invited to participate as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, & Review Editors.
🌍 51% from developing countries
🚺 46% women
🔗 bit.ly/AR7AuthorsPR
664 experts from 111 countries have been invited to participate as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, & Review Editors.
🌍 51% from developing countries
🚺 46% women
🔗 bit.ly/AR7AuthorsPR
August 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The #IPCC has announced the authors selected for its Seventh Assessment Report.
664 experts from 111 countries have been invited to participate as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, & Review Editors.
🌍 51% from developing countries
🚺 46% women
🔗 bit.ly/AR7AuthorsPR
664 experts from 111 countries have been invited to participate as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, & Review Editors.
🌍 51% from developing countries
🚺 46% women
🔗 bit.ly/AR7AuthorsPR
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The heat is on this week, and that means more stress during outdoor activities. Together with @ncstate-ncics.bsky.social, we're looking at what historical trends and recent extremes in Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures tell us about heat risk in North Carolina. #ncwx
📰: climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/07...
📰: climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/07...
July 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The heat is on this week, and that means more stress during outdoor activities. Together with @ncstate-ncics.bsky.social, we're looking at what historical trends and recent extremes in Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures tell us about heat risk in North Carolina. #ncwx
📰: climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/07...
📰: climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/07...
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Wet-bulb globe temperature offers the best metric for heat stress but requires specialized instruments. NCICS’s Kyle Wodzicki and colleagues offer a fresh approach—and find alarming evidence of extreme heat trends in the Southeast US. @ncsco.bsky.social @kathiedello.bsky.social bit.ly/ncicswbgt2025
A New Approach to Measuring Extreme Heat :: North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
By Mark Essig A black globe thermometer (center) and a humidity and temperature probe (left) at the NC State Climate Office’s ECONet station at Jockeys Ridge State Park. Photo courtesy of the North…
bit.ly
July 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Wet-bulb globe temperature offers the best metric for heat stress but requires specialized instruments. NCICS’s Kyle Wodzicki and colleagues offer a fresh approach—and find alarming evidence of extreme heat trends in the Southeast US. @ncsco.bsky.social @kathiedello.bsky.social bit.ly/ncicswbgt2025
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Alberta may be known for its oil and gas, but it’s also home to some inspiring climate leadership. From award-winning innovation to climate equity efforts and the very real impacts of a warming world, here’s some of what I saw and learned while I was there on one of my bundled trips last month.
What's heating up in Alberta
Innovation in Alberta, Canadian wildfire season, and why smaller countries matter when it comes to climate change
www.talkingclimate.ca
July 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Alberta may be known for its oil and gas, but it’s also home to some inspiring climate leadership. From award-winning innovation to climate equity efforts and the very real impacts of a warming world, here’s some of what I saw and learned while I was there on one of my bundled trips last month.
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🧵 What makes fossil fuel emissions "abated"?
Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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July 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🧵 What makes fossil fuel emissions "abated"?
Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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June 21 is Show Your Stripes Day—a time to spark conversation about how our world is warming.
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
June 21 is Show Your Stripes Day—a time to spark conversation about how our world is warming.
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
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This is a good piece (gift link) on how the federal government ghosting Northwestern on congressionally-appropriated funding for three months is affecting the university...and will affect medical research more broadly.
How Trump Blew Up Northwestern’s Business Model
The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.
www.wsj.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is a good piece (gift link) on how the federal government ghosting Northwestern on congressionally-appropriated funding for three months is affecting the university...and will affect medical research more broadly.
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This is a hell of a thing to read.
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is a hell of a thing to read.
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NEW: As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable.
But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and @cgaribay.bsky.social
But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and @cgaribay.bsky.social
Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
www.propublica.org
May 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
NEW: As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable.
But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and @cgaribay.bsky.social
But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and @cgaribay.bsky.social
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Here's a figure from IPCC AR6 Summary for Policymakers showing the linear relationship between fucking around and finding out.
Every tonne of CO₂ we add to the atmosphere makes things worse for us and all other living things.
Every tonne of CO₂ we add to the atmosphere makes things worse for us and all other living things.
May 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Here's a figure from IPCC AR6 Summary for Policymakers showing the linear relationship between fucking around and finding out.
Every tonne of CO₂ we add to the atmosphere makes things worse for us and all other living things.
Every tonne of CO₂ we add to the atmosphere makes things worse for us and all other living things.
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The people telling you climate change isn’t real would also like you to believe that paying rent on an empty building saves money
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/n...
NASA Office Above ‘Seinfeld’ Diner Is a Target of Trump Budget Shrinkage
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The people telling you climate change isn’t real would also like you to believe that paying rent on an empty building saves money
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/n...
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In NYC June 16? You’re invited to my book launch!!! It’s at the beautiful New York Public Library and it’s free and I can’t wait to see you there
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
Kate Marvel & Friends: Feeling Climate Change
Tickets for Kate Marvel & Friends: Feeling Climate Change in New York from NYPL. The climate scientist is joined by a group of special guests to share insights, data, and stories that reflect how it f...
www.showclix.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In NYC June 16? You’re invited to my book launch!!! It’s at the beautiful New York Public Library and it’s free and I can’t wait to see you there
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
www.nypl.org/events/progr...