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Bharat Jayram Venkat

@bharatvenkat.bsky.social
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I study climate change, health, and inequality Associate Professor, UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics / History /Anthropology Director, UCLA Heat Lab bharatvenkat.net Wrote AT THE LIMITS OF CURE (Duke University Press) Writing SWELTER (Crown, Picador)

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hallucinating AI robots wrote an article in one of the largest English papers in the world saying I quit writing to become a gardener. I did not! Instead, I wrote about them. Read on: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/i-wandered...
A fake AI generated article about me in the July 2026 Times of India. No i did not quit writing to become a gardener, as they claim!
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.
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Ladd Keith @laddkeith.com · 11/09/2026
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week announced that for the Lower 48 states, this summer– from June to August– was the warmest in 132 years of record-keeping." www.npr.org/2026/09/10/n... #climatechange #extremeheat
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This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records
Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Los Angeles' recently deposed Chief Heat Officer reveals how the budget, support, and power of her office was repeatedly undercut under the current mayor's administration, resulting in a city that remains highly vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat: martaspeaks.medium.com/the-real-cit...
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The Real City of LA Recent Climate Record
I attended the mayoral climate forum Thursday night with my son at LATTC. I went as a resident. I did not expect to hear my name on stage…
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“The people who have the most expertise about the prison system are those who are living in it” Scholar and author Elizabeth Hinton on what we can learn from incarcerated people next.haymarketbooks.org/books/2764-h...
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Andy Lakoff died far too young. Terrible news. A brilliant scholar and a lovely man, we were lucky to have him in the world. I knew him more than 20 years and learned so much. Last year in Sydney he was so full of life, inspiring. How sad it is #sts #anthro
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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I am deeply saddened to share the passing of Andrew Lakoff. Andy was a dear colleague, mentor, and friend. He left us far too soon and will be so deeply missed. I'm at a loss for words...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Bari Weiss not beating the bootlicking propagandist allegations here:
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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
When temps hit 100°+ in AZ, keeping people cool is a matter of life & death. Today I joined the Atlantic Council's Jane Gilbert & Extreme Heat Caucus co-chair Rep. Lawler to discuss how Congress can protect families, keep electricity affordable, & build a grid that holds up when it matters most.
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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High heat will soon affect 150 million people. See where it will be hottest.
High temperatures on Thursday will reach well into the 80s to near 90 across the Northeast, before surging into the 90s on Friday and Saturday.
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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Extreme heat kills more Americans each year than hurricanes, floods, & tornadoes combined. In AZ, we know that better than anyone. I co-founded the bipartisan Extreme Heat Caucus with Rep. Lawler, & this #HeatActionDay, we're recommitting to fight for the investments+infrastructure that save lives.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 03/06/2026
The @wmo-global.bsky.social warns: prepare for El Niño. A Warming Pacific Ocean is driving the development of El Niño, increasing the likelihood of higher global temperatures & extreme weather in the months ahead. Forecasts provide a window to act. Time for preparedness is now bit.ly/4o6jByf
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"[Sinner's] movement seemed severely restricted and he failed to come to the net, or run, at times. He could be seen frequently limping and leaning over. During the changeovers, he had an ice pack around his neck." www.espn.in/tennis/story...
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Jannik Sinner upset: What went wrong at the French Open?
Jannik Sinner, the overwhelming favorite at the French Open, lost Thursday. What happened -- and what it means for the tournament.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It was 99° in the Bakersfield CA area when "Ian" sent us this photo. "My co-worker is cleaning dry weeds from around a irrigation reservoir for a green chili farm. This is hard work at any time but with this heat it was harder than usual." #WeFeedYou
farm worker cleaning dry weeds from around a irrigation reservoir for a green chili farm.
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UCLA Environment @uclaioes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
👏 Congrats to Prof. Ursula Heise on her election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cross-appointed between IoES and the Department of English, her work bridges literature, ethics, and environmental studies. Read more: www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/envi... 🌱
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Ranked News @rankednews.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Roland-Garros: How players are adapting to the scorching heat on the courts: Roland-Garros in Paris is experiencing a significant heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 30°C since May 24 and potentially reaching 35°C, making play on the courts exceptionally difficult. … ranked.news/882231?u=b
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"French Open organizers did not immediately respond to a request asking if they have a heat protocol." In 2026, if you run a major sports event outside and you don't have a plan in place for extreme heat, what are you even doing? www.espn.in/tennis/story...
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Heat wave at French Open making for faster-playing court
Temperatures for the opening two days of the French Open have soared to 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) -- far beyond normal for late May in the French capital.
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 25/05/2026
Today marks 6 years since the murder of George Floyd. During that time, more Americans have questioned the role and practices of police in society — and hoped for meaningful reform. So, what does the state of policing look like now, 6 years later? 🧵
Gray social card with text: The state of policing in the U.S., six years after the murder of George Floyd
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Recently the DOJ sued UCLA, arguing that we are such a "hotbed of campus antisemitism"—primarily because of pro-Palestinian student protests—that it's a hostile work environment for Jewish faculty and staff. Well, many actual Jewish faculty and staff vehemently disagree and we wrote this letter:
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An Open Letter from UCLA Jewish Faculty and Staff Opposing the DOJ’s Title VII Lawsuit Against UCLA 129 signatories (below) as of March 14 Dear Attorney General Bondi, Assistant Attorney General Dhi...
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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Someone is winning the war giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
ICYMI: the paperback edition of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is now out. I wrote a thread earlier this week about the engineered neglect that millions are living under while this administration funnels a billion dollars a day into a war of aggression.
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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
Working and Homeless in America
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Today the paperback of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out. It's arriving in a country once again waging war—a country that can spend tens of billions on bombs without blinking, while millions of Americans are one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from homelessness. Let's take stock of where we are.
Paperback edition of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The paperback tour for THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US begins this month. Over the coming weeks, I'll be in conversation with organizers, scholars, and journalists about mounting precarity in America and what it would mean to treat housing as a basic right. I'd be grateful to see you if I'm in your city.
Graphic listing paperback tour dates for There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone.

3.3 — Decatur, GA
Charis Books & More at Auburn Avenue Research Library
In conversation with Josie Duffy-Rice

3.12 — Washington, D.C.
National Low Income Housing Coalition Housing Policy Forum

3.17 — Virtual Event
House Our Neighbors

3.23 — Portland, ME
PRINT at Mechanics Hall, in partnership with Project Home
In conversation with Nicole Witherbee

3.24 — Boston, MA
EMPath Disrupting Poverty Conference
Boston University

3.27 — Dover, NH
Community, Accessibility, and Belonging Conference
University of New Hampshire

4.1 — Winston-Salem, NC
“How to Be Human” Lecture Series
Wake Forest University

4.9 — Kansas City, MO
Common Thread / Marguerite Casey Foundation
In conversation with Matthew Desmond and Tara Raghuveer

4.14 — Chicago, IL
Family Action Network

4.18 — Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

4.20 — Columbus, OH
Housing Ohio Conference

4.22 — Fort Wayne, IN
Fair Housing Summit

5.14 — Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Studies Symposium
Georgia State University

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Well, the DOJ has done it: they have filed a lawsuit against the University of California over antisemitism. The complaint contains some falsehoods. But as someone who teaches and writes about Title VII, I'm equally struck by what the complaint doesn't say. A few thoughts— 🧵
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Justice Department Sues University of California Over Antisemitism
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Grateful to @seattletimes.com for including THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on its list of March paperbacks to read. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Screenshot from The Seattle Times of cover of There Is No Place for Us with accompanying caption: "Subtitled 'Working and Homeless in America,' Goldstone’s nonfiction narrative tracking five Atlanta families in and out of homelessness was celebrated as one of the ten best books of the year by both The New York Times and The Atlantic. Barack Obama called it one of his favorite books of the year."
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Congratulations to Jen Rose Smith @sprucehen.bsky.social, whose book "Ice Geographies" has been named a co-winner of the On the Brinck Award, given by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning @unm_saap. bit.ly/4aGYo7K buff.ly/eXBh6OO
Cover of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic. The cover features an abstract art piece by Darcie Bernhardt. The piece is titled Beluga Hunting and depicts a light pink, green, and blue marbled pattern. Forked green and white lines within the pattern evoke topographic striations.
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Kyla Wazana Tompkins @kwazana.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
That hit piece on LARB smells like tabloid-quality writing. Good institutional stories take time and careful writing. I didn’t finish that LARB hit piece and I won’t.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed." A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends. Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 30/01/2026
It’s always good when the courts recognize what every single other person in the universe understands about the DOE CWG. A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
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A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
#goals
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Matheus Duarte @alvesduarte.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)" Department of Global Health and Social Medicine King's College 3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29 Deadline: 01/02/26 shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
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Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 24/12/2025
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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Limn @limnpress.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Limn 12 Spotlight Series Bharat Jayram Venkat examines how global shipping delivers thermal inequality. Limn 12 - Climate's Interiors. Out now. limn.press/article/twil...
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 20/12/2025
@hausfath.bsky.social makes his predictions for 2026 and 2027 temperatures on The Climate Brink. I don’t need any fancy science to tell you that both years gonna be en fuego. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/my-2026-an...
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My 2026 and 2027 global temperature forecasts
The best thing about predicting the near future is you don't need to wait long to be wrong
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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A tale of two professors: Peyrin and the Palestine exception
The upper echelons of UC Berkeley’s administration includes many outspoken Zionists who have denied the genocide in Gaza, accused their own faculty of celebrating terrorism and even served in the
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Climate change will impact sports dramatically -- this is just the beginning of it: www.espn.com/tennis/story...
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ATP Tour adding heat rule starting next season
The ATP Tour is adding a rule to address extreme heat during men's professional tennis matches that will allow for 10-minute breaks during best-of-three-sets singles matches starting next season.
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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
"... if we faced the reality of how many Americans are dying from heat, maybe we would have to do hard things like provide access to cooling and tackle the climate crisis” -- Bharat Venkat, director of the UCLA heat lab
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 15/11/2025
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 10/11/2025
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
TLDR: UC leadership has continued negotiations with a unmistakably fascist regime, and preemptively cut a program to recruit faculty of color, while leaving faculty, staff, & students to fight on their own www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/trump-pressure-free-speech-university-of-california-lawsuit.html
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Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
DAILY MEMO: Feds Rip Through Election Day, Taking At Least 25, Including Elderly, a Toddler, and Her U.S. Citizen Father 🧵 2 parts
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 05/11/2025
Damn, I hadn’t actually watched this video until now. The man is out there just talking about “how socialism can shape our future.” Wow.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody promoting Zohran
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Bharat Jayram Venkat @bharatvenkat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
jesus my feed on that other site (and some of this one) is just full-on racism now in the wake of that mamdani video. it's really cool that the racists don't have to worry about expressing themselves anymore.
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