Whatever you think of the merits of AI, the way that the hyperscalers are jamming data centers and polluting fossil fuel plants to power them into communities is taking a page out of Big Oil's playbook. Good from @shilpichhotray.bsky.social @peaceandriot.bsky.social

Every Democratic candidate needs to clip this and include it in campaign messaging.

This is brilliant satire. Artists create video game “Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell,” where you can never win and the only way to lose immediately is to try to hold Melania's hand. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert … and on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings..." @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social conjures up Shelley in describing Trump and his cultists in sunsetting despot mode. newrepublic.com/article/2102...

Trump owns this inflation When prices jumped under Biden, it was mostly due to the pandemic-- a factor out of his control. The two biggest factors driving inflation now -- the Iran War and tariffs -- were completely caused by Trump's bad decisions

Inflation is accelerating because of Trump’s illegal war that is skyrocketing gas prices. We need to stop this war NOW.

Worse than Vietnam. Robert Kagan with a sober assessment of Trump's strategic cul-de-sac in Iran. @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Soaking the rubes. The Trump family has collected $59 million from folks who wanted to buy the Trump phone, and there appears to be no prospect that they will either get a phone or their money back. @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-11-2026

LCV is the premier political organization supporting candidates who want to protect the climate and the environment. Give them a follow and consider lending support!

Sharing an interesting paper on data centers as the new frontline for climate advocacy.

Need some ammunition to debunk myths about renewable energy. Check out this video from @energysage.com featuring @sierraclub.org's Jessi Eidbo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZnD...

Europeans rushing to get off fossil fuel roller coaster as demand surges for solar, heat pumps, EVs and other options. "Households are now seeing that they are only one Trump-ignited war away from very expensive tank refueling or heating bills” @nytimes.com

ICYMI - @sierraclub.org endorses Tom Steyer for CA Gov. CA needs a Gov "who understands both the scale of the climate crisis and the urgency of delivering results...[He] is ready to stand up to fossil fuel interests & fight for clean energy, affordability, public health, and environmental justice.”

Never let a good crisis go to waste. China's clean tech companies are busy exploiting the soaring demand for clean energy in the wake of the disruption created by the Iran War and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

What's better than landing a plum contract to build something? Getting paid not to work. Blowback mounting against Trump's outrageous efforts to use our taxpayer $ to pay billions to Total and other energy companies to abandon offshore wind projects and focus on fossil fuels instead. @heatmap.news

If I had to summarize the general sentiment of those I know who are, at best, deeply skeptical of AI, it's that the world has been optimized for five billionaires, and all the rest of us - our labor, our data, our land, our electricity - are the help. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/m...

We've all heard about the massive energy needs from AI data centers, which too many hyperscalers are meeting with gas and coal, and increasingly about the enormous amounts of water they use. But this issue about their potential to create a giant heat island is new to me. H/t @pbnewman.bsky.social

It apparently does not occur to Huber that maybe the working class voted for Trump in 2024 because energy prices were high and they blamed the incumbent party, not because Democrats were pushing for green energy policy (which is mostly popular).

During his campaign, when Trump said “Make America Great Again,” a lot of Black folks heard “Make America White Again.” That’s why so many of us warned people, and WE WERE RIGHT. 🧵

At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

I wrote a piece about the need to end climate silence. Don't listen to the "climate hushers" -- people telling us to ignore the crisis & only focus on affordability and "kitchen-table" issues. Instead, connect climate and our fossil fuel addiction to the issues that voters care about most.

Sabrina Haake is not mincing words regarding current WH inhabitants. Good on her! She reminds us of the strongly accelerated ditching of fossil fuels and massive investments in renewable energies, instead, in the wake of the US/Israel attack on Iran. Carbon economy kills itself. Go solar, y'all! 🌞✌️💪

Trump has been fulfilling his campaign promises to the oil and gas barons by throttling renewables & slashing regulation. In the short term, they are making $ bank from the Iran war. But the long term impact will be a global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy. Good from Sabrina Haake.

I don't know about you, but I will follow wine moms into any fight. Jessica Winter in the @newyorker.com

Trump is laser focused on lowering costs and helping the lives of ordinary Americans

Trump keeps threatening to attack Cuba. He makes it sound quick and easy, but don’t fall for it. Let me paint a picture of what’s likely to happen: 📌Massive refugee crisis 90 miles from FL 📌Russia and China immediately move in with intelligence, cyber operations, weapons support, and propaganda 🧵

Shouting to my friends on a Friday night -- don't scold people who are belatedly realizing they made a big mistake voting for Trump or sitting out the election. Politics is about building a winning coalition, not scoring points or blaming folks for bad choices. Bigger tent, more allies, just win!

Straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Get friendly oligarchs to control the media.

Not endorsing endorsing anyone in the primary for Nancy Pelosi's seat (I don't live there and I like Scott Weiner a lot, too), but this advertisment for @saikatforcongress.bsky.social is brilliant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-qt...

I'm sure that the Tennessee Highway Patrol has more than a century of experience keeping "upity" blacks in their place, even ones who are elected representatives.

Really enjoyed this new (to me) podcast, "How Not to Lose Your Sh!t", with leaders from @redwineblueusa.bsky.social interviewing the fabulous @torygavito.bsky.social from @waytowinus.bsky.social . Path to victory in TX, making politics fun, staying sane amidst the chaos, and more.

Trump's Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is proposing that we fire up thousands of back-up diesel generators around the country to power the AI boom. One problem -- the air pollution would kill hundreds of people.

Racism in America --2026. Trump ridicules and insults a veteran black female journalist who asked him why he was focusing on his ego projects such as the triumphal arch and the ballroom instead of ending his war and cutting costs for consumers.

How much has Trump's illegal war of choice cost US consumers at the pump? With oil prices 106% higher, this tracker uses US EIA data to provide a running update on the added costs -- over $79 billion and counting. 1/ www.greenlineinsights.com/cost-of-iran...

Racism in America -- 2026. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is denied entry to even observe the committee meeting in the Tennessee state legislature to change the electoral map for the community he was elected to represent.

The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez, a narco-trafficking king pin, always stunk to high heaven. Now details are coming out about the deeper conspiracy that may have led to his release.

"Trump is now effectively blocking any new wind projects in the US, according to the main renewables trade group, using the federal government’s power over all things air and sky to grind a routine approval process to a screeching halt," reports @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/plus/the-fig... 🔌💡

Trump's team is doing everything they can to consolidate control over the media and make it a right-wing echo chamber. Good post from @rbreich.bsky.social about the threat and what folks can do to fight back. robertreich.substack.com/p/viewer-bew...

Wow. Chaos on the Tennessee House floor. Tennesseans yelling in the gallery and Democrats locking arms in one final stand, as Republicans vote to advance new congressional maps that will carve up the state’s only majority-Black congressional district.

Yep. It's clear that Tennessee leg is gerrymandering the only majority-minority district in the state to prevent EJ superstar @justinjpearson.bsky.social from getting elected to Congress. Seattle friends: I am co-sponsoring a lunch event next Monday 5/11 to support Justin. Join us!

Pretty much everyone knows that coal plants cause massive air pollution problems -- harming communities and the climate. What's often forgotten is the fact that they both use and pollute huge amounts of water. This @sierraclub.org focuses on Texas, but the same issues apply accross the US.

Proud to be a founding Board member of the Clean Energy Transition Institute -- a small but mighty non-profit that has been illuminating the path for the NW region to have an equitable transition off fossil fuels. Check out our 2025 impact report. @cetransition.bsky.social

Making insider trading great again. Every time Trump has signaled that the Iran war might be ending, insiders with advance knowledge have made killings by shorting oil futures. There needs to be full investigations and accountability. @pkrugman.bsky.social

Many are bemoaning the wins for Trump's endorsed candidates in Indiana (for obvious reasons), but the continued MAGAfication of the GOP likely spells trouble for them in November and beyond. @gelliottmorris.com

Terrible things afoot in Tennessee. The legislature has already split Nashville into three Republican leaning districts; now they want to do the same thing with Memphis. Extreme, racist gerrymandering.

Is Microsoft sacrificing its clean energy commitments in the chase for AI dominance? Disappointing if true. @bloomberg.com

More evidence that solar + storage outcompetes fossils. Firm levelized costs of electricity for solar-plus-storage range from $54/MWh to $82/MWh according to @irena-official.bsky.social. Compare that to $70/MWh to $85/MWh for new coal in China and more than $100/MWh for new gas globally. 1/

"War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength" The Trump White House is really committing to the bit on making Orwell's 1984 come to life.

Better safe than sorry. Mask up when you are surrounded by MAGA types! theonion.com/epidemiologi...

Geology shapes destiny. Fascinating maps that explain a lot about the current demographics in the South.