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Lawrence Vulis

@lvulis.bsky.social
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Climate Data Scientist working on natural hazards and climate risk in the property sector. Interested in the science of water, climate, cities, and landscapes, also dogs. Opinions are solely my own.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 6h
All my geospatial coding is now structure this query on 100M vectors to run in less than a minute otherwise it's probably running out of RAM
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 13h
It's getting closer to 105 :/
Weather forecast for downtown San Diego showing 97 Fahrenheit
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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 14h
I joined Georgia Tech's Energy Policy and Innovation Center as a research fellow in April (right before everyone skipped town for the summer!), and today I'm pleased to share my first commentary for them. This one's all about aluminum. 🔌💡🚗 epicenter.energy.gatech.edu/2026/09/29/h...
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Hot wars and trade wars remind us why aluminum is a critical mineral – Energy Policy and Innovation Center (EPIcenter)
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 23h
Interesting developments in domestic sales of heavy trucks in China, with diesel holding share since the start of the US-Iran war, but BEVs clearly eating into LNG's share. Source: robbieandrew.github.io/china
Graph showing: China domestic sales of heavy trucks (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/china/)
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 18h
While those charts above track monthly sales of heavy trucks, estimated monthly diesel consumption has clearly dropped sharply this year. robbieandrew.github.io/china
Graph showing: Monthly apparent diesel demand in China (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/china/)
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How have the oil and gas markets balanced with exports from the Gulf restricted? In Q3, the increases in oil exports from the U.S. fizzled out, leaving even more of the shortfall to be absorbed by lower imports. For LNG, its a mix of both but also some striking jumps in imports.
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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 29/09/2026
AB 1976 is signed! California cities can now build the safe streets projects they've already approved, while keeping community input where it matters most.
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Meatwad Ron: Summer of Ron @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
San Diegans love nepo baby Sara Jacobs and her obscenely wealthy family precisely because they do stuff like this “There’s only so many things we can do ourselves to spend money in a useful way,” Jacobs said. “After that, the greatest pleasure is being able to help others.”
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Philanthropist Irwin Jacobs donates $50 million to build homeless center downtown
Money will be used by Father Joe’s Villages on a three-building, 18-story complex in San Diego’s East Village.
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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEWS: The governor signed SB 344 and SB 958, paving the way to redevelop Midway into over 4,000 new homes in San Diego. San Diego City Council will vote on further details in early October. www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/29/g...
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September has broken into multi-year lows for gas demand in Europe. With a warm first half of October on the cards, it could well be the case for the coming month too. Oh, front month NBP is down 6% today.
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What are we supposed to do with this
Forecast for 90 degree weather in San Diego thru next week.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 29/09/2026
30y yields highest since 2002
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oilprice.com basically rehashing this into an article oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
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The World Is Entering a New Era of Energy Security | OilPrice.com
The emerging energy order is shifting from maximum efficiency toward resilience, prioritizing multiple suppliers, alternative routes, strategic reserves and greater domestic capacity over reliance on ...
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 29/09/2026
🎇 Happy US publication day to A FABULOUS DEBT! 🎇 The working title of the book was The Greatest Show on Earth: An Affectionate Biography of the Bond Market, which probably sums up my feelings about the subject.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We've got a second opening to join the team designing, bidding and building the trains and buses that move millions. We're looking for someone who loves data and can mine datasets with hundreds of millions of rows and extract meaning from them. AND… 1/2 — careers.mta.org/jobs/1828831...
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Associate, Rolling Stock Strategy & Analysis in New York, New York, United States
Associate, Rolling Stock Strategy & Analysis in New York, New York, United States
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 28/09/2026
never expected to see Kelvin wave in a newspaper headline www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Update: Avantus, a clean energy developer who recently opened up shop here in San Diego, is also joining us!
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Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's wild to me that, while Del Mar alts are fairly far along in study, the best we have for san clemente track relocation is an OC supe saying earlier this month that OCTA will 'soon' embark on a study to relocate the tracks... IN 30 YEARS. They intend to keep the tracks here for 3 MORE DECADES.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The rail line has been there since the 1880s, but in the last five years, there’s been no other time in history where we’ve had this much impact.” El Niño is accelerating the climate threat to SoCal's Pacific Surfliner: www.latimes.com/california/s... via @summerrlin.bsky.social
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El Niño threatens the beloved Pacific Surfliner. Can the iconic train survive the winter?
A section of railway in San Clemente, as well as other portions in coastal Orange County, have repeatedly shut down for landslides, coastal erosion and rockfalls. Another stormy winter is coming.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: FBI in internal memo says it believes ShinyHunters may have stolen private data on all employees. Fears of longterm consequences of breach magnify as hackers threaten to leak everything online by end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Sustainable Conservation @susconca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This chart from @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social shows how a stronger El Niño is correlated with more precipitation, but it's still far from a guarantee. Read his recent article to learn more about what climate characteristics experts are watching www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Japan imports 99.9% of its oil. It has already cut oil consumption in half from its peak. It knows what it must do to go further: move from hybrids to pure electric. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
13/ A single Joint venture Chinese-European owned plant will make Spain one of the world's top battery manufacturing countries by capacity. Stellantis and CATL €4.1 bn JV investment in a 50 GWh battery plant is a route to technology transfer. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com bsky.app/profile/fber...
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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great sunsets last night and tonight!
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
San Diego: Interested in how we can get clean energy projects actually built? Join us for a lunchtime panel and discussion with E2, EDF Renewables, and Wright on Climate on October 7 @ 12 pm at Bivouac Adventure Lodge at Noon. luma.com/pdncs52l?utm_source=bsky
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The Path to Clean Energy Runs Through Communities · Luma
Join us for a lunch-time panel and discussion on how effective community engagement can help ensure clean energy projects are planned, developed, and deployed…
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Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not only should engineers study history, more historians should study engineering. Concrete is the second most used material on earth, a huge part of every economy, but there are about 10 english language academic histories of it. Is it really less important than another take on Lincoln? 🗃️
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Anthony Pignataro @apignataro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For those keeping track, this is the 43rd traffic fatality reported by the LBPD in 2026. There were 56 last year, which was the highest number since at least the early 1990s. The LBPD reported 45 traffic fatalities by this time last year.
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jodellm.bsky.social @jodellm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“The biannual •Safe Routes to School National Conference brings together practitioners, advocates, policymakers working to make walking / biking to school safe for all children” www.bikemn.org/events/safe-...
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Safe Routes to School 2026 National Conference - Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota
About the Conference 20 Years of Moving Communities Forward The Safe Routes to School National Conference brings together over hundreds of practitioners, advocates, researchers, and policymakers dedic...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
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Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK  - Carbon Brief
The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows Carbon Brief analysis.
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Michael DiTullo @d2lo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Check this out! New utility pole mounted drop down EV chargers coming to Portland from Portland General Electric. The charge handles are located high up and then spool out to curbside charge. #pdx #ev #charger #carcharger #portland @mayorkwilson.bsky.social
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ScottCulkin 🇺🇸/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿/🚒🚑(ret.)/🚴/🥁/⚽ @scottculkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Vegetation fire off La Cresta grade near Crest. Central Zone units at scene. This is SRA, so full Calfire package also enroute. This is the #ForesterFire.
Pulsepoint vegetation fire in El Cajon.Alert camera of a vegetation fire.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i wrote a book with an entire chapter on how awful highway oriented 'transit' is (it's like 70% of the stations on sound transit)
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Encinitas Highlands Surfer @highlandsurfer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The California coastline is being stripped of it's sparse sand from heavy south swells due to tropical action, with water levels 7" higher b/c kelvin wave, and then, once stripped from the south, we're going to get an el niño winter storm pattern. The coastline will be transformed this winter.
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As a non native californian the in-n-out drive thru is truly mind boggling
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Tim Osborn @timosbornclim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve updated the long-running (starts 1866) CRU Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). This lets us compare the currently developing El Niño with earlier events including 1877-78. 2026 has developed very quickly, similar to the 1997-98 one. Thick line is 3-month running mean, with y-axis reversed.
1866-present timeseries of Climatic Research Unit SOI with some major El Niño events marked.
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Spotted once again
Woman on a cargo bike with a child and a dog.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/09/2026
⚡️Update: 5 killed, 43 injured and 25 hospitalized as drone strikes continue into daytime
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Russian attacks on Kyiv kill 5, including 14-year-old boy, injure 43 as drone strikes continue into daytime
Twenty-five people, including two children, were hospitalized, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
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Justin Gundlach @justingundlach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If we put closing the Straight of Hormuz on a marginal emissions abatement cost curve, how does it compare to clean energy-supportive policy measures? Can anyone do this one on the back of a napkin?
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 25/09/2026
👀London's newest section of Cycleway!! This section of the Cycleway 4 extension - between Gallions Rd & Charlton Church Lane - is due to open this week. We've expanded our network of Cycleways from 90km in 2016 to 450+km today. And cycling across the capital is soaring🚲🚲🚲
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
additional footage from the Perm refinery drone attack via X user @osinttechnical
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 24/09/2026
Although no team walked away with either of the two grand prizes, the technology showcased could prove helpful as the world grapples with the growing costs of worsening wildfire disasters.
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XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them
$11M competition showed wildfire detection is still easier than stopping fires.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: Ukraine has hit one of Russia’s largest refineries:
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Duane Froese @tephrafan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our new paper in GRL: "permafrost detachment slides." Entire frozen hillsides in NWT are failing from the base of permafrost creating the largest permafrost landslides in northern Canada. Thaw is driven by past wildfires and warming. Led by Joe Young. OA 👇 doi.org/10.1029/2026... #permafrost
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Permafrost Detachment Slides: A Distinct High‐Magnitude Permafrost Mass Wasting Process
PDSs fail through bottom-up thaw and detach the entire permafrost profile, fundamentally different from top-down thaw-driven mass wasting Climate warming and wildfire drive heat to the permafrost...
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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 24/09/2026
This is a good illustration of why "distracted" is a bit of a euphemism. Distraction means you aren't paying your full attention. But we lose all situational awareness when scrolling our phones, and we know from studies of pilots, it doesn't come back that quickly even in an emergency.
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
E-bikes are wild. It truly is a small car replacement. The efficiency is absolutely nuts. My 750 Wh battery has a 50 mi range. It's like 10x more efficient than an EV, don't need to pay for parking, etc. Yet we're unable to effectively get money out to share this technology.
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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EV charging in China was 17.2 TWh in August, up 51.2% year-on-year. That's equivalent to ~1.3 million barrels of oil a day, in a global oil market that shifts about 100m bpd. Just the change from last year cuts global oil demand by 0.5m bpd. english.cec.org.cn#/newsdetails...
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Data science expectation: with this twelve level model I’ve uncovered the secret single cause of this issue Data science reality: FUCK one list spells adresses NORTH OAK ST and another is Oak Street
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@fervoenergy.bsky.social just achieved first power at its Cape Station geothermal development in Beaver County, Utah, "marking the first time a utility-scale enhanced geothermal development has reached this milestone anywhere in the world." fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy... 🔌💡
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Fervo Energy Achieves First Power at Cape Station, a Landmark Moment for the Future of Enhanced Geothermal Systems - Fervo Energy
HOUSTON, September 24, 2026 – Fervo Energy (Nasdaq: FRVO), a global pioneer of next-generation geothermal energy, today announced that Cape Station, its
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