I've created a new decarbonization dashboard at THB that allows you to explore what emissions reductions targets and timetables imply for how much carbon-free energy supply is required You can look at everywhere in the world Start exploring: decarbonization.thehonestbroker.org

FIFA had a “road not taken” option in May 2015 on a leadership path that promised higher standards. FIFA members then voted for Blatter, not Prince Ali of Jordan who is still here, making similar points in the same direction now it’s Infantino’s realm. apnews.com/article/fifa...

Former FIFA VP Prince Ali cites 'blackmail' by Infantino-led soccer body over unpaid prize money

Former FIFA vice president Prince Ali bin Al Hussein has criticized the soccer body’s leadership headed by Gianni Infantino describing prize money withheld from his Jordan national team as a kind of b...

apnews.com

“🚨US Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard” — Roger Pielke Jr. | Substack #EnvironmentalNews #Climate #ClimateChange

With Europe getting cooked by intensifying heat waves, climate change "has morphed into an all-purpose causal explanation for extreme weather events." But that phrase describes an outcome, not a cause, says Roger Pielke Jr.

🦬 NEW: For the first time in The Deion Sanders Era, Colorado #GoBuffs season ticket sales are down, while hard questions are up. Why Coach Prime can't shank his reboot in Boulder, up now from The @DenverPost: 👇 denverpost.com/2026/07/25/c... #CUBuffs #SkoBuffs #Big12 #NCAA #football #DeionSanders

White House science policy captured headlines this week, with the announcement of awards for its flagship AI program, Congressional hearings, and a Vannevar Bush-esque report "Science: A New Golden Age." We fashioned the news into one big story—incl. key updates at NSF. Reported w/ Kaia Glickman:

White House rolls out AI funding — and signals a new era for US science

Chief US science adviser calls for a shakeup in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI.

nature.com

Rome: The Arch of Constantine https://www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/rome-the-arch-of-constantine-1742

Required Colorado brag post because family visiting from the Western Slope came bearing two flats of Palisade peaches from C+R Farms. I see my future and it is BRIGHT. 🍑

Is the demise of the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology really the disaster that some commentators are suggesting? The nice people at @resprofnews.bsky.social gave me the space to explain why it really isn’t: www.researchprofessional.com/news-article... #scipolicy

"Selling emissions cuts as a solution to bad weather not only misstates the science; it makes a policy promise that can’t be kept." by @thehonestbroker.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/07/21/c...

Cutting Emissions Can't Fix Europe's Heat Waves

Atmospheric circulation generates a heat wave and dry soils, brightened skies, warmer upwind seas, and city surfaces make it hotter. Greenhouse gases raise the energy in the climate system but do not

realclearscience.com

The World Cup Legacy Fifa Does Not Want to Talk About In his latest op-ed for @josimarfootball.bsky.social, Play the Game’s @staniselsborg.bsky.social reflects on the broader legacy of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and why independent scrutiny remains essential. josimarfootball.com/2026/07/17/t...

The World Cup Legacy Fifa Does Not Want to Talk About - josimarfootball.com

The final will crown a champion, but the 2026 World Cup's true legacy lies far from the pitch.

josimarfootball.com

"Based on the IPCC’s AR6 baseline scenarios... New Zealand councils had drawn hazard lines across property titles, adjusted infrastructure plans, and shifted insurance and lending exposure, with real economic consequences." by @thehonestbroker.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/07/10/t...

In the Sierras https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/230235

This is true Yet, despite this, RCP8.5 was characterized by CMIP/IPCC not just as a reference scenario (by definition plausible) but the only available reference scenario for use in impact, economic, and policy studies

Noah Kaufman@noahqkaufman.bsky.social · last mo.

I’ve been told by folks who helped develop the energy system portion that it was never intended to look plausible, but rather just provide a useful signal to the climate modelers. Which made sense to me.

🔥Record high of 102 today for DC. Wiped out prior high mark of 101 in 1898! Low of 80 this morning will also be a record for the date. Heat index still 105-110ish at 540pm (sorry). At least as bad tomorrow. Updates at capitalweather.com. (Photo by angela n.)

Coming tomorrow at THB

FIFA President Infantino claims the 2026 World Cup will inject 80 billion U.S. dollars into the global economy! @fettitude.bsky.social argues the numbers do not add up – and for the USA, hosting could even end in a net loss. 👉 www.playthegame.org/news/the-80-...

The 80-billion-dollar mirage: unpacking Infantino's World Cup maths

FIFA President Infantino claims the 2026 World Cup will inject 80 billion U.S. dollars into the global economy. Economist and fact-checker Matthias Fett’s analysis for Der Spiegel argues the numbers d...

playthegame.org

Our recent paper on state level policies regulating gender eligibility for scholastic sports: Harris et al. 2023. The politics of exclusion: Analyzing US state responses to interscholastic transgender athletes. IJSPP, 15:757-778. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Saw this, and recalled the rude welcome Pielke Jr. received when he joined Bluesky. He was put on block lists, as were his followers, and effectively driven away. Yet what he said is now accepted wisdom. No wonder Bluesky remains such a niche platform. Self-important but with minimal impact.

When the climate people find out they are now agreeing with arguments I made more than 15 years ago they are freaking out, even if it means completely reversing the views they just expressed Ad homs then follow 😎🤣

Today @thehonestbroker.bsky.social, who's been analyzing climate wedges since the start, weighed in with detailed analysis and said, if the ProPublica findings hold up, Science Magazine should retract the paper given established standards for COI etc. rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/another-pi...

Another Pillar of Climate Advocacy Collapses

The 2004 "stabilization wedges" paper wrongly told the world that we had all the technology we needed to solve climate change. We just learned it was ghost-written by BP. Here is the bigger picture.

rogerpielkejr.substack.com

"The Iran war has cost the average American household between $775 and $1,300 so far in fuel and taxpayer costs, according to an analysis by Roger Pielke, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.”

Costs of Iran war will linger despite conflict's end, experts say

The effects of the war and other factors driving inflation are likely to stick around for months, experts say, presenting an ongoing challenge to American households.

latimes.com

Amazing painting by Rembrandt at a time when refugees were settling Holland. ‘He’s painting this crowded scene of Christ welcoming children, welcoming families. This was very controversial at the time. There were people in Leiden who didn’t want to welcome them’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Rembrandt painting was altered to erase turban from man’s head, restorers find

Exclusive: Unknown hand covered up artist’s depiction of diverse crowd during influx of refugees to Leiden in 1620s

theguardian.com

Fox's final numbers from the rest of last Friday's games: Scotland-Morocco: 9.174 million Brazil-Haiti: 8.741 million Turkey-Paraguay: 2.752 million

Jonathan Tannenwald@jtannenwald.bsky.social · last mo.

Fox's final number for #USMNT vs. Australia: 16,217,000 viewers. Peak of 21,219,000 toward the end of the game.

Scientists including UKCEH hydrologists joined policymakers recently to mark the 50th anniversary of the benchmark 1976 drought and reflect on lessons from what is one of the most severe hydrological events in UK history. Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

Between 1721 and 2022, the UK never had more than 6 living former or current Prime Ministers. Currently, it has 9.

The USA have topped their World Cup group. But can they become the 7th hosts to win? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-usa-ha... By @thehonestbroker.bsky.social

The USA have topped their World Cup group. But can they become the 7th hosts to win?

Mauricio Pochettino's team have excelled in their first two matches of WC2026, already guaranteed to top Group D. Roger Pielke assesses their tournament chances.

sportingintelligence832.substack.com

World Cup on course to smash attendance record for any global sports championship sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/world-cup-...

World Cup on course to smash attendance record for any global sports championship

There has been scepticism that reported crowds in the USA, Canada and Mexico have been accurate. but 2026 will obliterate any previous tournament attendance

sportingintelligence832.substack.com

Sailboat at Le Petit-Gennevilliers - 1874 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8253

Tomorrow at AEI: How Will the US Unleash Commercial Nuclear Power? Register here to attend in person or online: www.aei.org/events/how-w...