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Dana Siler

@danasilerpgh.bsky.social
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Climate activist, data nerd, cyclist, pocket pet enthusiast, runner, programmer. My views are my own and do not represent any organization which I may be part of. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 3h
U.S. Citizens getting detained by poorly trained and hastily hired ICE agents who have insane quotas. Who would have thought? projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 7h
Who wants to live to 100 anyway? A child born today might, theoretically, turn 100 on 8 October 2126. When the world will likely be between about 2.5°C and 3.5°C 'warmer'. With more and worse storms, floods, droughts, wildfires, heatwaves, crop failures, governance failures, chaos and wars. 🤔
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Sardinian village where more women reach 100 may be new centenarian ‘blue zone’
In Bolotana, 70 miles from island’s original blue zone, 13% of women who reach 70 will live on to a century
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
incredible this will get little to no coverage
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 06/10/2026
great oped on Article on Extreme Event Attribution by @jeffgoodell.bsky.social Definitely worth a read. Gift link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
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Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared (Gift Article)
However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/12/2025
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Reading the Whitehouse permitting bill and reading the thoughts of people who I respect. billmckibben.substack.com/p/reform-or-...
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Reform or Regression?
A hard calculation at a hard moment
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 02/10/2026
✅ We're in on permitting reform! "We’re proud to endorse the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, and we’re excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support," said CCL’s Executive Director Ricky Bradley. citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...
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CCL endorses Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
Citizens' Climate Lobby is excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support of this bipartisan permitting reform package.
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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hear from @heinrich.senate.gov direction on @energyempire.bsky.social www.energyempire.fm/episodes/the...
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Energy Empire with Jigar Shah
Energy Empire explores how abundant, affordable energy is reshaping the global economy. A podcast by Jigar Shah about the people and billion-dollar deals driving the clean energy transition.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
BAAJA is our best bet to lower people’s electricity costs and make sure data centers pay their fair share AND more.
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The Senate Permitting Deal Contains a Data Center Double Tap
The bill would let states and utilities discriminate against data centers and crypto miners, requiring them to pay higher rates to cover the full cost of any system upgrades.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026
not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Bike Pittsburgh @bikepgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pittsburgh: Now's a perfect time to get out and take an autumn walk. 🍂 Here's what's coming up: ➤ Tues. 10/6 - Safe Sidewalks Volunteer Training ➤ Thurs. 10/8 - Neighborhood Blitz in Mt. Washington ➤ $$$ Top sidewalk survey collectors will win gift cards!
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Fall is a great time for a walk. Join the Safe Sidewalks Crew for our October push! - BikePGH
Survey sidewalk accessibility with the Safe Sidewalks Crew this October. Make a difference and win prizes!
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*sigh* looks like the Republican midterm strategy is to go all in on stirring up trans fears. Please do not fall for that tired trick. They just want to make you mad/afraid/stir up your moral outrage. If you see conservatives falling for this, remind them they are being manipulated.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 29/09/2026
Merchants of Doubt are going after extreme event attribution www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 01/10/2026
Katie’s referring to us (laudatory)
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@whitehouse.senate.gov Thank you Senator Whitehouse for your fight and your leadership. substack.com/@stevemcbee1...
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Straight-talk with Senator Whitehouse
‘We have a filthy adversary and a noble cause’ says the Rhode Island senator, ‘none of us should be confused about the fight we’re in.’
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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We have to sit and listen as men worth unfathomable sums speculate about whether our species will survive their companies’ initial public offerings. We definitely weren’t designed to cope with all this.” 🎯
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve been saying for a while, someone needs to estimate the net cost of millions of people having to spend a chunk of every day worrying about what the insane president has done or will do.
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Bike Pittsburgh @bikepgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Parents & teachers: Celebrate Week Without Driving PGH and make sure your kids are walking and rolling to school next week! 🗓️ Weds. Oct 7, 2026 🍎 Pittsburgh 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙠 & 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝘿𝙖𝙮 🗣️ Last Call to Register: bikepgh.org/2026/09/03/pittsburgh-walk-and-roll-to-school-on-october-7-2026
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 28/09/2026
My colleagues Harry Krejsa and Phoebe Benich have a guest essay in the @nytimes.com today. A clean and distributed grid is good for cybersecurity too: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Our Power Grid Is Vulnerable. This Is How to Protect It. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration should build a stronger alliance with clean energy companies in spite of its culture war with them.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 28/09/2026
Listen to Faine. AI is too important to leave for bad weirdos to handle.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@wewill2026.bsky.social “We have a small amount of billionaires and political insiders who have made it impossible to feel confident about the future,” he says. “They’ve destabilized our ecological system. They’ve destabilized the political order.” - William Lawrence, WIRED
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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AI companies’ best case scenario is putting us all out of work. Union workers deserve high paying jobs they can count on, not six month contracts building data centers for corporations’ unemployment machines.
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
maybe the social media companies and Trump are more similar than they are different. All seem to thrive on sewing dischord to keep people engaged. Maybe we need to turn off both (or regulate the algorithms) to help fix our politics.
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@nytimes.com Remember, another way of saying “bringing universities to heel” is to say “hollowing out America’s universities just like Victor Orban hollowed out Hungary’s universities.”
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Maggie's Farm @slowdog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Universities are, in a lot of ways, vaccines. They innoculate for societal disease. And they are victims of the same conservative gamesmanship: Attack attack attack, then ride in and pretend you are going to restore the very trust that you destroyed.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
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ponder @ponder.ooo · 24/09/2026
calling this "misalignment" instead of "negligence" is an accountability dodge. we already have laws about cyber crimes and there's no scale of ML model you can incorporate into your code that makes you not responsible for running it
In a statement, an OpenAI spokesperson said the company was "conducting an extensive review of misaligned model activity" during training, and notifying third parties when there was a potential impact on their systems.

"During this review, we identified activity involving several Australian government websites and services as our models attempted to look up answers, and available statistics for questions about Australia during an internal evaluation," they said.

"In the course of that, our models took actions we did not intend.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026
I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic...
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 25/09/2026
This week, we published the first paper in the U.S. Climate Collection titled, "Research Priorities for Robust Climate Assessments in the United States". The paper was led by Melissa Kenney, @bobkopp.net, & me, with 175 authors helping outline climate risks. cee.engineering.cmu.edu/news/2026/09...
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CMU faculty helps lead new efforts on climate assessment research
CMU faculty helps lead new efforts on climate assessment research - Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Comforting I’m not alone in this.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So, it turns out that now CNN and CBS News are under the control of the Ellison family, they are considering asking Elon Musk to join them. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A push by U.S. energy companies to deepen their influence in the Western Balkans is fueling EU concerns that the region could end up hooked on American fossil fuels — just as it attempts to reach clean energy targets to integrate more closely with the bloc. (POLITICO)
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US push to flood Balkans with American gas sparks concerns in Brussels
Increasing gas dependency in EU candidate countries could undermine the bloc’s climate goals, officials fear.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is quite funny in a not-at-all funny kind of way www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Amber 🦁 @sndlstudio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
conservatives scare me because y'all will call being gay a sin but pedophilia is a "family secret"
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hot climates, growing economies, expensive energy, fragile grids. Across six developing countries, recorded solar generation is up more than sixfold since 2019. Not because of policy. People are voting with their wallets. My piece for @yalee360.bsky.social: e360.yale.edu/features/dev...
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The Solar Boom in Developing Nations: Fast, Chaotic, and Unequal
Soaring energy costs are driving a solar rush in developing countries, but as households unplug from the grid, those who remain face higher electricity bills. If governments fail to manage the buildou...
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Glad this craptastic lawsuit got thrown out. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Judge tosses Trump's suit against Des Moines Register over Iowa Poll
An Iowa judge has dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Register alleging a 2024 Iowa Poll violated Iowa's Consumer Protection Act.
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/09/2026
This is going to be a thread of AI greenwashing getting pumped out at New York Climate Week Here's one from today: Siemens, raking in MOUNTAINS of $$ from selling gas turbines to data centres (not mentioned) says: “we are racing to mitigate this as fast as possible" apnews.com/article/clim...
On the other hand, Eva Riesenhuber, the head of sustainability at the German automation company Siemens, and Evelyn Wang, vice president for energy and climate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said AI is too important to humanity and will help tackle climate change.

Data centers adding to climate and water problems “is not forever,” according to Wang, who told The Associated Press that data centers are five years away from being water neutral and about a decade away from no longer adding to planet-warming emissions.

Acknowledging these concerns, Riesenhuber said “we are racing to mitigate this as fast as possible because we are hooked on the intelligence, and we do need the intelligence to design the future that this planet needs.”a chart showing siemens gas turbine sales will add emissions the equivalent to pakistan
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In case you missed it live, this session was recorded and is now available! Remarkably, it now appears that Hurricane Polo has likely become the fastest-strengthening East Pacific hurricane on record (from tropical storm to category 5 strength in ~30 hrs)!
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A Category 5 hurricane west of Mexico? Plus: Thoughts on CA's El Niño-related emergency declaration
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 9/22/2026 topic: I'll offer a deep dive into rapidly strengthening Hurricane Polo in the tropical East Pacific, which may go on to become a top-of-scale Category
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
this is a genuinely crazy story
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