Brian Shekleton

Starting a new job capped off a fulfilling ‘22 holiday season! I’m @MnDOT’s new Principal Climate and Resilience Planner where I’ll help build climate-resilient infrastructure across MN. Three weeks in & I’m even I’m more excited about this gig than I was on Day1!! #ClimateAction

@vincempls @daviss @CityMinneapolis @MinneapolisPark That’s a great image! I didn’t know that history and I’ve never seen that view before.

@Shek @daviss @CityMinneapolis @MinneapolisPark Yes! Lease signed Jan 14 1994. While the foundations and usage are clearly new the jury was out on whether parts came from elsewhere. Took a bit of digging but the Hill & Lake Press came through. It's new, specifically modeled on the former nearby Kenwood Station.

This little depot is a curious mystery. Railroad nerds disagree on exactly where it came from and when it got moved. It definitely wasn't there before 1988, so isn't "historic" at least in location. Maybe a @CityMinneapolis or @MinneapolisPark veteran has the scoop.

@daviss @vincempls @CityMinneapolis @MinneapolisPark The 1995 Cedar Lake Park Concept Master Plan (pg 9) says it was built in 1994 cedarlakepark.org/vision-history

@vincempls @CityMinneapolis @MinneapolisPark This was built in the late 90s by Cellular One as a cell site and is still used today by I think AT&T

@CallaghanPeter Thank you for all of your wonderfully detailed storytelling. I’ll miss your byline!

So long. And thanks for all the fish.

When the SLWRT graphic gives better context to the article than either the headline or the banner photo startribune.com/the-latest-swl…

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2023)

Calling all cyclists who live in climates where winter is cold, rainy, or snowy! We’re running a survey on the challenges people face in biking in the winter. If you're interested, here's the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Sharing is much appreciated.

Incredible visualization of 2023's epic wildfires in Canada 😢

One of the interesting things about the Fetterman dress scandal is that the suit itself was once the gym shorts and hoodie of its day. This part got cut from my Politico op-ed (for good reason; it was getting long and tangential). But when Keir Hardie—a Scottish union leader and co-founder of what would later become the Labour Party—was first elected to Parliament in 1892, he wore a tweed suit, a red necktie, and a deerstalking cap to his first day of work. Today, we think of the suit as a formal garment, the very glass of respectability. But as I've mentioned here before, this was not always so. In the late 19th century, men in high positions—such as those in banking and law—wore the more formal frock coat. Working-class clerks and administrators wore the fustian lounge suit. When Hardie was elected, the proper Parliamentary uniform was a black frock coat, a starched wing collar, and a black silk top hat. Hardie, who was elected to represent the people of West Ham South—a working-class seat in Essex, now Greater London—rejected this uniform because he felt it was the symbol of capital. Instead, he opted to dress like his constituents. Polite society was scandalized. The press was so offended that he wore a deerstalking cap—a flat cap style associated with members of the working class, rather than the silk top hat worn by MPs—one paper wrote: "A cloth cap in Parliament!" I'm not convinced Fetterman is dressing to signal anything (if he was, he would be more vocal about it). As I mentioned in my op-ed, I think he should not only wear a suit in the Senate chamber but even when walking through Congressional halls. Not doing so creates a distraction from more meaningful matters. But being "respectful" of our political system is much more than dressing up. It's about how you serve honorably. You can signal this through your clothes, but someone not wearing those clothes does not necessarily mean they are not fulfilling the more important duties. We should focus more attention on actions, not clothes. But it's an interesting historical point that the suit was, at one point, causing a very similar controversy.

From potholes to flooding, weather impacts our transportation system. MnDOT is writing a statewide Resilience Improvement Plan to prepare for future extreme weather. What have you experienced? Take this survey and give us your input: bit.ly/44S9uSg

Since 1990, Hubble has observed Supernova 1987A. This wide-field view shows a bright ring around the central region of the exploded star that's made of material cast off by the star about 20,000 years before its death. More in this thread ⬇️

Time to remind people that if you remove atmospheric CO₂ via CDR, the ocean and land will outgas and equilibrate with the new atmosphere. So, for example, you’d have to remove two billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere to achieve a reduction of one billion tonnes.

The most successful, vibrant cities in the world today look a whole lot like they did a hundred years ago. We know what works. We just need to get to work.

After the Supreme Court limited federal wetlands protections, states will be the next battleground for water rules. apne.ws/kozGtMk

A newly constructed wildlife passage in Minnesota is already "busy" with critters, according to a local parks department. huffpost.com/entry/turtle-t…

While all eyes are focused on Hurricane #Hilary, the nation's middle is in for an epic #heatwave. While it will be intense with highs 105-110, the biggest aspect is it's size and longevity. From Saturday to next Friday 200+ record highs will be challenged. 1/

As a female climate scientist, blocking is the only thing that makes my engagement here on Twitter/X possible. Daily, I receive comments that range from disparaging to downright vile. Since Oct, my tweets can attract thousands of trolls (real people) and bots (not real). 🧵

For no reason whatsoever, I’m just gonna drop this piece here where I argue that it’s pointless to do CO₂ removal (CDR) before we decarbonize significantly. rdcu.be/dbFbB

Art collector Jeremy K. Simien stumbled upon the work in an auction record. “It haunted me.” He spent years trying to locate the painting, and finally acquired it in 2021.