I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S. This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below. gridworks.org/wp-content/u...

How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.

1) Fuck ICE, and 2) in our ongoing pursuit of a more just, more dignified, more joyful, and better future, @jlappen1.bsky.social and I are really proud of our new piece in Science on managing fossil fuel phase-out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hoping to cast a wide net to find the right candidates for a Science Fellow (2 yr position) @ucs.org . Looking for PhD with expertise and interest in working on just land transitions and grid resilience, in California and beyond. job posting: apply.workable.com/j/41E7503CD5...

The U.S. government released its draft environmental review of options for new Colorado River rules to replace current operating guidelines that expire this year. Sounds dry but very important for a watershed that supports 40 million people in the Southwest. coloradosun.com/2026/01/09/c...

Same 😩

By me: Tribes are running out of patience with #coloradoriver negotiations www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Every mass shooting is a horrific, preventable loss and a reminder that we have traded the rights of the many for the rights of a few. University or school shootings are especially gutting, not just because of their nearness (I’m a professor) but because it feels like such a violation of the sacred.

I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good bookshop.org/p/books/huma...

Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes: www.aurorasaurus.org

Wishing we were just a little bit further north tonight but loving all the aurora photos!

WHATEVER your goals for the energy system are, rising energy bills are going to stoke more anger towards incumbents. Every incumbent needs a plan to deal with this issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

Of course this is what Sinema is doing now. We didn’t even get a chance to miss her.

Reminder that @agu.org's Water Resources Research still has a special call for papers on Equity and Justice. Call open until May 2026. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Amazing work by friends @kbdobbin.bsky.social, @alfencl.bsky.social and Justin McBride (@uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Axed Colorado River nominee alleges interference: ‘Never seen this kind of vitriol’ #cawater #westwater #ColoradoRiver www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

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Just a grandma ruthlessly breaking the speed limit and her grandson yelling weee! What hooligans!

So, my support for trans rights means I can’t get the grant to do the water resource engineering research even when I’m the best one for the job. And I thought they were all about ‘merit’ and ‘efficiency’… 🧐

Among the many things that bum me out about anti-vaccine nonsense is that every rich person knows vaccines work. Bezos could dedicate a great metropolitan newspaper to saying so. The LA Times is owned by a biotech billionaire. But saying so could affect their personal bottom line now, so.

SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:

Looking for a speaker? I am contractually obligated to give a few “high level” talks each fiscal year and given the chaos, I’ve got a space open for 2025-26. Send me a note if you want to talk science/research/climate communication, water/wildfire/disaster, community engagement. I hear I do okay!

In the airport with a 3+ hour delay and our toddler keeps yelling ‘I ready’. Me too buddy, me too 🤣

Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science! The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic

Rural healthcare is already hanging on by a thread. With Medicaid cuts here in rural Arizona - which will affect several members of my nuclear family and half the population here, at least - I do not see how healthcare facilities will manage. The knock-on impacts are hard to even fathom.

As a life long Unitarian Universalist how will my religious principles including the ‘respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person’ be honored? Can I opt out of the homophobia?

“and every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably

A refreshing breakthrough on #ColoradoRiver negotiations: let's manage the river based on the actual water it has, not what was legally promised 100 years ago. (The fact that this idea is simultaneously "innovative" and...obvious...says a lot about western water policy) www.upr.org/mountain-wes...

I can’t fucking believe we’re doing this.

We are looking for a #Postdoc in 'hydrological modelling and climate impact assessments of extreme events'. Are you excited about #flood modeling and working on an applied project in the Canton of Valais? Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1743/... @slfdavos.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

Great turnout at Phoenix AZ #NOKINGS today! Made me proud to be an American!

🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪 NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF... We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people** 🧵 on some highlights...

Effectively a full repeal of the largest climate bill in history. There’s no strategy for America’s future. We all get sicker and pay more in energy bills and suffer climate disasters, while some rich folks pay less in taxes. That’s it. Disgraceful.

An excellent read by @amywestervelt.bsky.social on the potential climate upsides of US isolationism. We’ll no longer 'be the baby throwing food' at the table, and that just might make a difference. drilled.ghost.io/make-america...

As an author on the Fifth National Climate Assessment I am sad and angry to read this. The NCAs are a massive, largely volunteer, effort to summarize the best available climate science in a form that’s useful to as many Americans as possible. It’s a big loss. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

Any geoscience/hydrology-oriented scientific illustrators out there? I have funding to help me build water resources educational content for the citizens of New Mexico! DM me if interested!

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... This is tragic. And bullshit. And- I have so many words yet I’m at a loss. It’s horrible.

You know I’ve liked paying less for water and am still enjoying my showers. If the ‘water barely comes out’ you might have a plumbing problem www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

When I send photos to my mom. I think she liked them 🤣

If not this to defend their core mission in this moment then what are the ivy’s hoarding money for? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...

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Info to attend is here: www.azag.gov/press-releas...

Met a great goat today!

For students, the sum of these actions is a deliberate assault on your human rights, your ability to study without harassment from the government, & your entire future. I will not stand for it. People of color, LGBTQ+, international scholars, & students of all backgrounds are welcome. The end.

I second this. It’s definitely worth a read.

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

Festive pj dog checking in!

I read a four part newspaper series on the water challenges of the 21st century when I was in high school. They mentioned civil engineering- I had never heard of that before but decided that’s what I wanted to do. ~25 years later here I am 😊

California's lead Colorado River negotiator accuses Upper Basin states of seeking to build "pipelines to more golf courses." Wyoming's lead negotiator calls those kinds of claims "bullshit." Things are not going well in Las Vegas: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... via @brandonloomis.bsky.social

I just learned they can retroactively uncover too! The pediatrician recommended tests for our infant. They first covered the test then over a year later reevaluated the claim and decided not to cover. So the day we found out about the bill were past due because the debt was from date of service!