Benjamin Bryant

One of those "problem-driven researcher" types. Water, Land, Ecosystem Services, Food Systems, Decisions Under Uncertainty. Econ too but w/ heterodox sympathies

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

"guys decarbonization is too expensive" wait https://t.co/PUhe82lKcY

[Patrick T. Brown @PatrickTBrown31]

Put simply, I've found that there is a formula for success for publishing climate change research in the most prestigious and widely-read scientific journals and unfortunately this formula also makes the research less useful.

[Ruben Mathisen @rubenbmathisen]

Would the rich pay more in tax if public opinion decided?

My new article "Taxing the 1 per cent: Public Opinion vs Public Policy" is now available in FirstView at @BJPolS.

(https://t.co/iw3XSmBtD6).

Here's a thread 🧵 on the main findings

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

most politicians are all about “public safety” unless safety would require less inequality. the unattainable holy grail of “law and order” politics is therefore claiming to produce “safety” without improving the material conditions of people's lives.

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

(that is a quote but it happened to be literally at the character limit without the quotations...)

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

The corporation’s job is not to serve the social good, to practice certain values, or even to make toys. It is to serve the interests of its owners. So a Mattel Barbie movie does not come about because someone has a deep artistic vision for a Barbie movie. https://t.co/5sGUPX4gF4

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

I.e.: Well-paid unionized workers making shitty things the world doesn't need might not be without its problems.

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

I was prepared to roll my eyes a bit at this article but found a lot of it spot on, and in the distinction of "mode of production" and "what is produced" relevant and underappreciated, having had similar but less well-formulated thoughts before.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

A lot of outlets have been telling the story of Tony Bennett marching with MLK.

But have you ever heard the story about how “wokeness,” DEI, Jesus, an actual anti-racist, 2 church choirs & 1 of the greatest dance moves of all time got Tony Bennett into show biz?

A thread

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

pretty sure it was the stimulus money, that's definitely it

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

Wow, just hitting all the perversities! Taking unmonitored scarce water to grow cattle feed to ship to cattle in an oil producing desert country on another continent.

https://t.co/HfZmYooPNi

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@JediBerry @cincigardenguy @wideawake_media Thanks for finding!

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@cincigardenguy @JediBerry @wideawake_media This started with me asking for a source on a claim you retweeted, and no one has provided one - even the Alley data taken (incorrectly as GST) doesn't support 4 degrees warmer in the medieval period. I would submit people spreading outlier claims should be able to back them up.

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@cincigardenguy @JediBerry @wideawake_media I'd be interested to see those graphs NASA changed, thanks!

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@GerardAMorrow Thanks - I think you're talking about the GISP referred to here? https://t.co/NcWqTaXvFY

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@JediBerry @wideawake_media @cincigardenguy Thanks -- Alley himself (cited on the figure) disavowed the interpretation of his data as you are showing it there, in particular pointing out is is an ice core from a single place. Also even if correct, it still doesn't support Pliner's claims, I think? https://t.co/NcWqTaXvFY

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@GerardAMorrow Thanks - are you referring to this GISS? https://t.co/k360zCiJEs My understanding is it only goes back to 1880. Is there a specific series that goes back longer, or a different GISS?

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@cincigardenguy @wideawake_media Thanks - I've just literally never heard of a claim for the medieval period being that high, so I was trying to clarify how you thought the reference was relevant to the original question --which was about support for the claim earth was 2-4 degrees warmer in the medieval period.

[Benjamin Bryant @whetherandhow]

@cincigardenguy @wideawake_media "We present paleoclimate evidence for rapid (< 100 years) shifts of ~2-4oC in Chesapeake Bay (CB) temperature" -- is your claim that changes in Chesapeake Bay water temperature match changes in the world's atmosphere?