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Clayton Page Aldern

@compatibilism.bsky.social
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🌎🔥🧠 Data reporter @grist.org, union 🪑. Climate change, brain health, active inference, AI accountability. THE WEIGHT OF NATURE is out now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/71… Signal: aldern.01

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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nothing like throwing in the towel 🫡
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 10/08/2026
"Ours is a time of lists—of 'deep state' figures to be prosecuted, media outlets to be exiled, and gender identities to be outlawed," @juliaangwin.com and I wrote in The New Yorker last year. ADL now drafting lists of its political enemies – broadly for speech critical of Israel – is a sad day.
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Huge congrats to the @propublicaguild.org on their new contract, many years in the making!
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bless them
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
That was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...
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Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
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Voiceless Hand @voicelesshand.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Beautiful
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I’m genuinely wondering how many elections—in Michigan especially—the Democrats are going to have to lose until they’re willing to be adults and have an adult conversation about how unbelievably racist against Muslims the party is
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jane Bennett has entered the chat
The cover of Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter. The title and author name vertically bookend a photo of an art installation in which a series of large rocks are arranged in a grid. The rocks hover at various heights, suspended by invisible thread, imposing a gradient that runs from one corner to another.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
"TERMINATOR"
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Late to the publication of this piece because I'm out on sabbatical, so in case you ALSO missed @zteirstein.bsky.social's masterful overview of the climate × health intersection for @grist.org, it is here: grist.org/article/how-... Watch this space! Rumor has it Zoya has a book brewing...
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How climate change gets under the skin
What we know, so far, about the lasting effects of climate change on your health and the body’s vital systems.
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nothing but respect for MY President
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I find it interesting that at a time when many of the KCRHA's staff are about to lose their jobs, their CEO's email to staff focuses primarily on claiming the media are biased and can't be trusted. Imagine worrying about your job and receiving a rant against the media instead of real information.
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Robert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The City of Chicago can't say exactly how much lead pipe replacement costs, can't say how many pipes they've actually replaced, and can't explain why it costs 6x the national average. But one city official is very confident that critics "don't know what they're talking about."
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
New from @juanpab.bsky.social, @keertigopal.bsky.social, and me: Chicago has the most lead pipes of any U.S. city... and pays wildly more than anyone else to replace them: ~$31,000 per line, more than 6x the EPA's nat'l est. of $4,700. Officials can't fully explain why. grist.org/accountabili... 1/n
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Why is it so unusually expensive to replace lead pipes in Chicago?
The city with the most lead pipes in the nation is paying way above average to fix them. Officials can't fully explain why.
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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Dimensionality reduction is how the brain acquires knowledge. Cool new paper from the late, great, Mark Stokes. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience
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Learning shapes neural geometry in the primate prefrontal cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Learning transforms prefrontal cortex activity from flexible, high-dimensional representations into compact, task-relevant and abstract codes, enabling efficient generalization of learned rules to new...
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is not what people mean when they talk about the housing theory of everything
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Impossibly kind words from a hero. @joriegraham.bsky.social couldn’t know how foundational Overlord (esp. “Other”) was to this book. Or maybe it was that obvious!
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thanks I hate it
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A million congrats to @smallthoughts.bsky.social on this recognition! Read his excellent reporting for @grist.org here: grist.org/internationa...
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How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them
Nearly 5 million acres have burned since Russia’s latest invasion in 2022, ignited by rocket fire, artillery shelling, and explosive devices.
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
So honored that my piece on Ukraine wildfires won the @nmwprize.bsky.social for Interactive Narrative for Social Good. I thank the judges for recognizing this work, and I'm overwhelmingly grateful to everyone at @grist.org (particularly @compatibilism.bsky.social) for bringing this piece to life.
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Hannah Recht @hannahrecht.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨 The U.S. Census Bureau just announced on Slack that starting on Tuesday, May 12, its APIs will require the use of an API key. This is going to be a big breaking change for anyone who was not already using one, with just 2 full business days of notice.
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Look, I think spite is actually a great motivation to not give up. You look at who wants you to despair, who wants you to say, “Well, we’re going to take the L on this one.” Look at those people. Do you like those people? Do you want to make those people happy? Absolutely not.
Oh, you want me to despair? Fuck you.
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
ICYMI: I interviewed @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for @grist.org on her departure from NASA, the future of climate science, and her new book. Long live spite! grist.org/science/kate...
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Why this NASA climate scientist wants you to stay angry
“I don’t think we rebuild science without getting mad.”
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Proud to be @ferrisjabr.bsky.social’s runner-up! www.sej2026.org/awards#rache...
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Celebrate the Best of Environmental Journalism | SEJ Awards Presentation Returns to SEJ2026 — SEJ2026 Environmental Journalism Conference
Discover top environmental journalism and support impactful stories at SEJ2026, celebrating excellence in reporting on pressing environmental issues.
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Read this book if you haven’t! The people demand it!!
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🌎🔥📝 American climate scientists are rewriting their own research proposals, scrubbing out words they've used for decades just to keep their funding alive. New from me, Kate Yoder, and Ayurella Horn-Muller for @grist.org: grist.org/language/cli... (1/n)
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To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code
Words considered "woke" are vanishing from National Science Foundation proposals. Grist tracked the changes.
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Our version on @grist.org includes an interactive that allows you to examine trends in your state, as well! grist.org/energy/power...
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What’s behind your eye-popping power bill? We broke it down, region by region.
The culprit depends on where you live — but it’s probably not data centers (yet).
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Terrible day for many amazing, hard-working, intelligent journalists at the Washington Post. I'm still here and trying to figure out how to best support my colleagues who have lost their jobs. If you feel able to share or contribute, please do: www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
No, I do not want to be a “creator journalist” or “influencer” or run a newsletter by myself I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Alexa, increase darkness by one-third
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
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Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I remember my first ceasefire
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Farrah Fazal @farrahfazal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Despite her fear, the lady in the pink coat refused to stop recording, bearing witness to Alex Pretti’s “assassination in full view in the middle of the street. We all have to brave, we all have to take risks, and we’re all going to be given moments to make that decision” www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Stephen Semler @stephensemler.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Most of this year's ICE budget comes from last year's reconciliation bill. House Democratic leaders discouraged its members from offering amendments eliminating that funding. Didn't want the party to come across as anti-ICE. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
ICE budget set to triple to $30 billion in 2026. Trump request: $11 billion, plus estimated $19 billion from reconciliation bill. The red line chart shows gradual increase in the ICE budget from 2016 to 2025, before skyrocketing to a projected $30 billion in 2026. 2026 estimate based on Trump's budget request and White House documents stating that 25% of reconciliation homeland security funding is for 2026.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Voted for ICE funding
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🌎🔥📊 On the climate front, one year into Trump's second term, the data tell a story of rapid retrenchment. @grist.org assembled 7 charts tracking the consequences of climate rollbacks: from energy markets to disaster resilience to environmental enforcement. grist.org/politics/the... 🧵 (1/n)
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The consequences of Trump's war on climate in 7 charts
Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
and other Volvo EVs. "quality upgrading" in trade econ
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Somewhat on the nose that 2026 U.S. politics can be boiled down to whether you are pro-Good or anti-Good
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
When the charges are definitely about renovating a building
Trump handing a piece of paper to Jonathan SwanJpow in a hard hat, holding a piece of paperJpow giving a speech rebuking the DOJ filing criminal charges against the Fed
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Bluesky: The Sports App™
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It may not seem like it, but right now is a great time to think about the different world we want.
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Tristan Ahtone @tahtone.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New research builds on #MisplacedTrust and #LandGrabU by exploring & analyzing historical and ongoing land and resource theft from Indigenous peoples for the benefit of institutions of higher education: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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More Than Morrill: The Intertwined History of Indian Land Dispossession, Arizona Statehood, and University Enrichment
<p>Through the federal government’s university land-grant programs, which began with the Morrill Act in 1862 and continue today, Congress has systematically all
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It appears the word we’re going with is “””captured”””
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Jonathan Gerhardson @jongerhardson.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I made a thing that uses the Anna's Archive dump of Spotify metadata and your own listening history to generate playlists of recommended songs, then save the playlist to your preferred streaming service or as a txt file github.com/JonGerhardso...
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GitHub - JonGerhardson/reccomend_from_archive: Music reccomender that uses your spotify streaming history and an sqlite database to create playlists you might like
Music reccomender that uses your spotify streaming history and an sqlite database to create playlists you might like - JonGerhardson/reccomend_from_archive
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
*stares directly into the camera*
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
In which the gut microbiome shows us once again why oligopolies are bad
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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
omg I just remembered I can mute the word “nuzzi”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:
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Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
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