Locally yes, but my point is that this may shape how policymakers in DC and financial institutions in NY think about response elsewhere to sea level rise through mechanisms like property losses, damage estimates, insurance costs, coastal defenses, migration, and abandonment.
Striking illustration showing that the *only* coast on earth that has accurate measurements of sea level rise is the Atlantic coast in North America. Is this why decision-makers in Washington DC and New York City don't feel the same urgency as everywhere else? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...
I quite enjoyed “North Woods” by Daniel Mason. A celebration of Western Massachusetts history, forests, and birds.
The definition of corruption: "noun: dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery."
If proficiency cannot be effectively measured, then maybe we should not be teaching it either.
That's probably why grade deflation or standards have to get monitored and enforced from the top, as I think Princeton is doing.
A Harvard colleague calls grading there: "Fifty Shades of A". www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/b...
Just another perfect day, I love MA.
A giant sphere of flesh in Central Park towering over the city like a big gross meatball. This was made by redditor kiwi2703 to show what it would look like if you combined every human on Earth into a ball, and it’s clearly a bad idea
Within 18 months all white collar workers could be replaced by a 1km sphere of flesh in Central Park
I'm seeing this eight years after the fact and I still think it's pretty great. www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
"HERE COMES DIGGINS! HERE COMES DIGGINS!".
What a great call. youtu.be/IVuIoS7HolE?...
Sales announcement part 1
Sales announcement part 2
Today I received what I found to be a remarkably entertaining sale notice from an online bike shop I've ordered from before. It's just goofy and funny, two aspects that I really need more in my life more than anything AI can do.
No, not at all!
If you want the useful article, usefully near, as is everything the US EIA does: www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/f...
TIL that 1 MCF ~= 1.038 MMBTU based on 2023 average heat content, so convert gas volumes to energy all you want (within +/-4%!)
Love this.
I would argue that knowing how to achieve the goal; deciding if it is worth it compared to other goals; and thinking about the pathway are all important gateways to building support and overcoming that resistance.
As someone who used to work in the City of New York and at a muni (Seattle City Light), I don't think that NYC has the capacity to run a utility rn. I've heard the critique that CCAs are a half measure, but municipalization is and always will be hard. We can aim that way but there are so many steps.
So, I don't know anyone in this admin but I did talk CCA with some NYC staffers 4-5 yrs ago. Some bitterness then over Westchester County excluding Yonkers. CCA could get a higher renewable content or even RECs attached even to gas, but it depends on whether PPAs and RECs are additional in NYS.
I've thought about analyzing that, but my first guess is no. Then again, my thinking could be shaped by Northeast, where a lot of spending has to do with old existing pipes and relatively little new exurban growth.
Here's the slide I use when I talk about rising costs in BOTH gas and electricity systems. Capital expended on distribution poles, wires, and pipes is the main cost for utilities and are the main driver of your rapidly growing energy bills. Gas 4X and electricity 2X inflation between 2003 and 2023.
In this season of college and graduate school admissions, I remembered this quite moving story about breaking the rules to do the right thing over enforcing selectivity. Seavey, circled, used to live in my town! www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/22/m...
Got around to listening to this and catching up on 2024 and 2025, in preparation for this year. Does a good job of explaining academic issues in terms of real people and relationships. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/mult...
An even more specific article about electricity reliability and lower costs in winter for the East Coast. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
Building offshore wind, despite the federal obstacles, would benefit Massachusetts and New England. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Missed this but sounds fun.
This op-ed is by the former NYT Detroit bureau chief, and adapted from a book I'm going to order: “The End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/02/o...
