Paul Chakalian

Founder @JTdistillingCo. Alum @asu_sgsup, @ColumbiaCS, and @EvergreenStCol.

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

Politicians are more interested in power than community and consensus building, media corporations are more interested in profit than building a truthful harmonious society. We need to take better care of each other, promote empathy and equity instead of tribalism and competition

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

Everyone misses the forest for the trees—guns are the trees—the forest is a society so fundamentally broken, so full of greed, exploitation, inequity, and hatful divisive rhetoric that we have compatriots who feel compelled to cause incompressible suffering. (1/3)

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

We have soaring suicide rates at the same time as indiscriminate mass shootings and rampant ideological radicalization. The problem isn’t ultimately guns, and gun control can’t fix the cause. (2/3)

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@JenniVanos 🙄

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

This looks amazing! 😍

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@semihumanist @hana_putnam is rooting for the stupid bucks and we should all be upset.

[Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware @UDELDRC]

#DRC/#DISA PhD student Adam Andresen and coauthors presented: "Understanding Household Experiences During Power Outages in the United States." @HazWS @HazCenter @udgrad @UDBidenSchool @AAndresen315 @semihumanist @PChakalian @ASUHondula #HazWS

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

This summer is hot enough! 🥵 We need to transition to renewable energy as soon as possible to stop these trends from accelerating. #ShowYourStripes #GreenNewDeal #GnD

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@semihumanist Uh, what the fuck is this??

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@ASUHondula @LanceWatkins16 @ASU_SGSUP If anyone else is having trouble with this link (it wasn't working for me) here is an alternative: https://t.co/OqMfa1jvyu

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

Excited to share a new paper by teammate,
@LanceWatkins16! who did a fantastic job analyzing the differences between general and hazard-specific vulnerability indices relationships to actual household experiences with extreme heat vulnerability.
https://t.co/OqMfa1jvyu

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

Very proud to have been a part of this research! Understanding the risks and impacts of critical infrastructure failure is essential for community resilience.

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@GlacierHub, I'm very excited to share my recent article in @FutureTenseNow on the rise of large electrical outages in the US! #TexasFreeze #infrastructure #resilience #climate

https://t.co/TLFWcC6Mfm

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

Very excited to have this published!

[Future Tense @FutureTenseNow]

"Emergency electric incidents are on the rise in the U.S., surpassing 75 per year for the first time in 2004 and setting an all-time record last year," writes @pchakalian
https://t.co/99U1nUHiBv

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@ennuity @Slate Yes! I'm very glad to see that quote highlighted. A very important topic for which an entire article could/should be dedicated.

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@aclarkginsberg @semihumanist @gatechengineers Haha, nope, it was a she on NPR, I was going to say something. The subject of the OP was a he, though. And I agree, failure is never 100% preventable — but this situation is way outside the bounds of an acceptable or expectable failure.

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

Sounds right, ultimately some nuclear did go down too, but the windmill narrative continues.

[Daniel Cohan @cohan_ds]

Wind has been producing ~1.5 GW less than ERCOT expected for a winter peak event, solar ~1 GW more than expected, & nuclear running 100%. Meanwhile, >30 GW of fossil plants, mostly natural gas, went down. So of course the narrative is -- frozen wind turbines! 🤦‍♂️
#RollingBlackouts

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

Big feels

[Liza Claire Kurtz @semihumanist]

*stares at Texas with her arms full of previously denied grant applications to study power outage hazards*

[Paul Chakalian @PChakalian]

@TVietor08 What’s been going on in Nepal the last couple months? (Er, decade?). End of a monarchy, struggle between two regional powers, internal political tensions, seems like lots to unpack! I’d love to hear you and Ben take a crack at it. @crookedmedia https://t.co/kJGBdjdIkH