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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 · 09/08/2026

Dang, came here to make this joke 🫡

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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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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 · 27/07/2026

I eye them with as much suspicion as the next, but the shooting happened 45 min ago and these stories have been up for 30 min: komonews.com/news/local/m... www.kiro7.com/news/local/a... This flavor of breaking news is extremely difficult, and as far as I can tell, these ppl are doing their jobs

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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

This piece builds on our earlier investigation, where we mapped every known lead line in the city. The toxic pipes hit majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods hardest. You can search your own address to see your risk: grist.org/accountabili... 5/n

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Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped

Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.

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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

At the current pace and price, removing all of Chicago's lead pipes will top $12 billion... against a federal deadline of ~20 years. Critics say the city is being opaque about its costs and isn't treating the gap as a priority. As one NRDC advocate put it: "It is absurd." 4/n

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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

That last point shows up in the data: Nearly all of Chicago's ~15,000 replacements from 2021–25 happened piecemeal, mostly during emergency leak/break repairs. The dedicated whole-block program accounted for just 3% of the total. 3/n

Line chart titled "Replacements under the breaks and leaks program have ramped up faster than other city initiatives" and subtitled "Monthly lead service line replacements by program, 2021–25," using City of Chicago DWM data. Six colored lines track monthly replacements by program. The "Breaks and leaks" line (green) dominates, rising sharply from near zero in early 2023 to repeated peaks above 400 by 2025. All other programs stay far lower: "Sewer and water main" (orange) and "Equity" (purple) climb into the 100–180 range at times, while "Homeowner-initiated" (blue), "Block-level" (black), and "Daycare" (red) mostly stay under 75. The chart shows that emergency break-and-leak repairs account for the vast majority of replacements, far outpacing every other program.

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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We surveyed 18 other major cities (Detroit, Milwaukee, NYC, etc). Their costs ran $6K–$25k per line: most less than half of Chicago's. Likely culprits are inefficient early contracts, permitting costs, and replacing pipes one at a time (instead of whole blocks). 2/n

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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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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

damn near hit me with the myocardial infarction

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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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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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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

He’s in my profile photo for a reason!

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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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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I keep thinking about this quote from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social. Climate scientists have been gaslit by so many parties for so long that it has worn on their gifts of critical thinking and introspection. Today, perhaps, anger is lighting new fires. "Maybe we didn't do anything that wrong." Indeed.

A quote from Dr. Kate Marvel: "We are trained to be introspective. We are trained to always think: Oh my gosh, that’s a mistake; can I fix this mistake? But that means we also probably waste a lot of mental energy thinking, “What did we do wrong?” when maybe we didn’t do anything that wrong."

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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

Read this book if you haven’t! The people demand it!!

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