Andrew Dessler

Prof of Atmospheric Sciences & climate scientist @ Texas A&M; AGU and AAAS Fellow; Native Texan; find out what I think at

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

profile picture pupdate: strong consensus for: dog, but more professional.

Introducing my new profile pic:

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

@Forrest4Trees I suspect that some billionaire will ride to the rescue and provide funding.

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@danrothenberg @RainmakerCorp Sure, kudos, but would have been more impressed in an AGU or AMS journal.

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

On The Climate Brink, I once again write about how the Merchants of Doubt are going after Extreme Event Attribution.

They are running the playbook developed by tobacco to attack and undermine science.

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

I've written a textbook to teach AI literacy. Actually, it's 14,000 words, so "textbook" is probably too grand.

It's non-technical & designed for students who use AI but have no idea how it works.

I'm releasing it open source (OEM)! #OpenSource

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@colleeno711 Not really. I think the book's level is pretty even throughout. The more I thought about it, the more I think getting kids that young educated would have tremendous benefits, so let me know what you think.

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

I've written a textbook to teach AI literacy. Actually, it's 14,000 words, so "textbook" is probably too grand.

It's non-technical & designed for students who use AI but have no idea how it works.

I'm releasing it open source (OEM)! #OpenSource

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

@colleeno711 I've never taught middle school so I have good intuition for what those students are capable of. If you take a look at the text and have any thoughts on the appropriate age range, please let me know.

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

It would be good for a 2-4 week AI literacy module in college and I suspect that it would work for AP-level high school students.

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Here's the link: https://t.co/v1nD4PJfBR

If you don't use Github, here's how you download it: click on the green "<> code" button and then click "Download ZIP".

[Climatehope (@climatehope.bsky.social) @Climatehope2]

A real take-down of @skdh by @AndrewDessler . The latter is on fire, he rarely writes with such passion!

The argument is clear, though: Hossenfelder has made an attack on the science based on her prejudices, not on the facts.

A good read:
https://t.co/hnlljbevIM

[Rob Majteles @RobMajteles]

“Fossil fuel interests and their proxies are attacking extreme event attribution because it’s a threat to their business model. Their goal is simple: they are trying to maintain their social license to dump carbon into the atmosphere.” @AndrewDessler

https://t.co/9kjbMxrHo1

[Jenny E. Ross @LifeOnThinIce]

"Fossil fuel interests and their proxies are attacking extreme event attribution because it’s a threat to their business model. Their goal is simple: they are trying to maintain their social license to dump carbon into the atmosphere."
@AndrewDessler

https://t.co/yIh3Hd7VQJ

[Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles]

The tobacco defense against attribution science: “The tobacco playbook worked for decades. Fossil-fuel interests are betting it will keep working. Don’t fall for it.” @AndrewDessler
https://t.co/K3ZXp0jY5s

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https://t.co/7KmGK8P5AS

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

On The Climate Brink, I once again write about how the Merchants of Doubt are going after Extreme Event Attribution.

They are running the playbook developed by tobacco to attack and undermine science.

[Michael E. Webber @MichaelEWebber]

The two iconic photos of the election. Both will be in the history books.

[UT Austin @UTAustin]

Congratulations to Governor-Elect Gina Hinojosa. Proud to have yet another Longhorn as the next leader of the great state of Texas. 🤘

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Trump failed at regime change in Iran but he succeeded in Texas

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

@AstrosJosh @GinaHinojosaTX @jamestalarico I wrote in "Jeff Luhnow".

I'm amazed at how many people are telling you to take this post down. They could, of course, just ignore it and keep scrolling, but they took the time to type out a message telling you to keep your opinion to yourself. Puzzling.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

It was actually our 250th anniversary.

Not that you would know — you spent it with the British.