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“Your insurance doesn’t cover…” is the only message I get from f’ing Healthnet. How about you just tell me what my thousands of dollars in monthly payments gets me

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 7h

Email I just got- Expert Feedback Request for First Lego League Peer review could never.

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ElizabethRDale @elizabethrdale.bsky.social · 14h

The very highly paid leaders of R1 universities.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 19h

I guess I’m listening to Zach Bryan now

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Permitting reform is the new carbon tax. Will only work in a political reality that doesn’t exist and has extreme downsides, yet is always seen as the answer. I’m going to die hearing people wax on about these zombie ideas.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 02/10/2026

Let's install two-way heat pumps, not one-way air conditioners: Reduce pollution by displacing fossil-fueled heat while adding AC that may save lives during the next heatwave.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Other reasons for the protest included the unbearable temperatures in classrooms during the heatwaves in May and June." THIS IS WHY AC IS A NECESSITY AND NOT A PRIVILEGE ANYMORE

theguardian.com

Fires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protests

Government struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Listen, @adamjentleson.bsky.social, you willfully ignorant fool. The idea that a bill that radically transforms the entire domain of energy & environmental protection should not be assessed on a single reductionist metric that hides massive fossil fuel entrenchment should not be in dispute.

Jentleson: "It’s instructive to see groups ostensibly dedicated to fighting climate change say they don’t think a bill should be judged by whether it reduces carbon emissions" quote posting an excerpt of from a leaked transcript of a call as follows: "Yeah. So we we made. We made the point that this bill should not be judged just
based on a net emissions analysis, and that that sweeps aside ecological and
community values. So there was an ask about what that. look like? So that would be a
good thing for folks to ponder as they're engaging in offices. Like, we'd like to
see… and what we… and then, so as an example, we said we'd love an assessment to…
we'd love an assessment to see what this means for public lands. You know, how many
data centers would this open the doors to? How much additional fossil fuel
development would this open the door to? How would this impact habitat quality on
public land? So focusing on that public land side of the equation and the
infrastructure that would be built on public lands. But that's that's just one
domain, you know. You could see it also with imperiled species or environmental
justice. I don't know what those analyses look like at that level. But I think
that's something that we could push."

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today Permitting Reform advocates are all pivoting to the message that this bill will make tech companies bear the costs for data-center power use. But here's a fact: the lobbying group for Big Tech loves the bill and wants it to pass. Weird contradiction, no?

ITI: Permitting Reform is Essential to Maintain America's Technology Leadership
• September 30, 2026 WASHINGTON - Following release of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, global
tech trade association ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman issued the following statement: "Comprehensive permitting reform is essential to America's ability to build, compete, and lead - especially in the Al era. Greater certainty, lower costs, and faster deployment of critical infrastructure will help power
the next era of American growth while maintaining important environmental safeguards. "The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is an encouraging step forward and offers a strong foundation to shorten environmental review timelines, streamline transmission permitting and planning, enable deployment of advanced transmission technologies, and leverage Al to address interconnection
delays. "Congress should act to deliver lasting permitting reform that allows America to build at the speed and
scale our economic security demands."

ITI Members
accenture
Adobe
AMDE Akamai
amazon APPLIED
MATERIALS.
MURA
A BROADCOM®
Canon
Canva
CDW
0110.010.
CISCO
CLOUDFLARE
cognizant
Core Weave
CORNING
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Technologies
• Dropbox

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I say this as a climate person, there is more than the energy transition. We don’t get to a just transition by ignoring environmental injustices and just transition is the only way forward. Otherwise, we’re just replicating the failures of fossil fuels. Please don’t have climate myopia.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

oh wow, he _almost_ stopped a genocide. Pathetic.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gavin Newson doing what he does best- protecting tech creeps at all costs

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All of the Fulbright pages seem to be not working or missing. Anyone else have this issue?

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was told by a Hill staffer that this Permitting Reform bill allows fossil fuel companies to enlarge (that is, expand) their natural gas pipelines without any environmental review so long as there's an existing pipeline in place. This is very bad.

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Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) @apen4ej.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right now, billionaires and corporations are spending millions to stop you from voting. The answer isn't staying home. It's showing up. Take the Can't Stop CA pledge at apen.us/vote

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Matthew Haugen @mjhaugen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I haven't read the permitting reform bill yet (seems like there's some good stuff), but I want to once again suggest to fellow clean energy advocates that saying or implying that biodiversity, endangered species, & other non-climate environmental issues do not matter is both detrimental & incorrect

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Erik Schneider @erikschneider.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The need for more oil and gas profit is undeniable — pass “permitting reform” now.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 30/09/2026

One thing to bear in mind about a federal permitting bill is that its mistakes would be essentially permanent - Dems could only reverse mistakes with a filibuster-proof 60-vote supermajority in the Senate. Repubs, on the other hand, could use captured courts to shave off bits their donors dislike.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes, it is the women's fault.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why would you trust any bill that comes out of this senate

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No one tells you that a middle age diet is like 40 percent pepto bismol

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The last time was literally just weeks ago and it always comes with a condescending, “well, have you thought about this??” Have I thought about politics? Gosh, no, never. tell me more about this “politics”

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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Maybe our most important research output from this project. imo should be required of every journal article.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By my count, the during the tenure of the current Cornell president, students were expelled for protesting a genocide, an extremely violent sexual assault was dealt with by apology essays, and he ran over a student's foot. Neat. Never, ever send me a alumni fundraising email. Never.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A chance to think and write with @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social? How fast can I say yes?

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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This one's a cri de coeur from @gruberte.bsky.social, @jmijin.bsky.social, and I: The coal sector's decline has created strong empirical evidence about how energy transitions play out, but most decarb scholarship and policymaking ignore it. That has to change. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DJ88Z...

tandfonline.com

How to Save the Energy Transition: What Coal Scholars Can See Coming, and What to Do About It

The energy transition requires rapid, coordinated retirement of essentially all fossil fuel infrastructure with careful attention to impacts on workers and affected communities. Experience with the...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ok, I wasn't sure if I live in an AI bubble but went totally electronics free in class. Turns out, the students haaattteee AI and the reasons are all the ones we know- they don't like being robbed of thought, they think the AI companies are evil, and they are worried about the environmental impact.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love when people ride the bus. I am confused when people ride the bus for one stop.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why is there an article every day about "AI pushers warn against uncontrollable AI." Like, I get it. The robots are going to eat us. Let's move on.

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.

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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m on the train to a Bay FC game and apparently there is also a 49ers game. The fandom is… not overlapping lol

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026

The more energy-efficient we are (snugger buildings, better equipment, more active/public transit, lighter cars) and the less energy we waste on harmful or pointless stuff (hi, GW AI data centers!), the faster we can do the 75%, the less grid buildout we need, and the less electricity prices rise.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection

Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.

Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Less doom more Dolly on the timeline. It's 9-25!

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