There is an irony in Iran targeting PLCs in US infrastructure given it was PLCs that were the target of the infamous Stuxnet worm, a suspected Israeli/US attack that destroyed centrifuges in Iran used to enrich uranium almost 20 years ago. www.wired.com/story/iran-l...

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. How it works: www.404media.co/this-app-war...

So certainly the PSC has taken this extremely low cost of capital into consideration when setting the rate base and ROE for Georgia Power ratepayers right? Right? subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

So there are leaders who will stand up and fight to protect victims. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

So while capacity expansions will continue to increase costs for Georgia Power ratepayers, Georgia taxpayers are supposed to eat the cost here too? “A tax break for data centers will cost the state $2.5B this year—664% more than the $327M they projected 8 months ago.” www.ajc.com/business/202...

“Reconsideration is not delay for delay’s sake. I think it is responsible governance, and it reflects our obligation to balance growth with stewardship.” The petition will be heard today. georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/13/a...

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

WHO GIVES A DAMN? It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts. Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.

Way to lead @ncstate.bsky.social

Politico’s Power Switch newsletter really puts the current situation in perspective. A fracking sector struggling to deal with its very real, growing waste stream while the wind sector continues to fight against unhinged attacks.

WoodMac: Solar accounted for 58% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the US grid through 3Q 2025, with more than 30 GW installed. When you add storage, the combination accounted for 85% of new capacity in 3Q 2025.

Why does this seem more like a @theonion.com headline?

@ossoff.bsky.social Please vote no. This is a bad deal for Georgians.

“[T]he unheard of cruelties of the enemy have so effectually unified us that I believe there are not four persons now in Portsmouth who do not [oppose] the Tyranny of Great Britain.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-17...

Living in a large residential building, we get lots of flower deliveries. This one, combined with the cooler mornings this week, makes me feel like fall might finally be a reality for Atlanta.

#SistersInLaw really should create some Andy Dod themed merch 🤣 @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social @barbmcquade.bsky.social

Private credit imploding inside First Brands and OpenAI continuing its chip deals. Our financial markets seem just fine.

“A society grounded in fiction, rather than reality, cannot function.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social reminds us that societal changes shift the values we want to commemorate. Our commitment to understanding the truth of our history should not. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12...

“Everybody understands you can't make a living farming”: A fifth-generation farmer and Virginia county supervisor surprises neighbors by cutting a deal to sell the family farm to a data center developer. (Fauquier Times) @profgalloway.com

That’s a really bad bubble to burst x.com/kevrgordon/s...

There’s a cruel irony that not moving fast enough to counter climate change could make some renewable energy sources less viable. “The Citigroup analysts see ‘potential signs of climate change’ as among the causes of the decline in output.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Any long-term focus that we have built up is being dismantled by the Trump administration. The US is becoming ill-prepared to face national security challenges, and this isn’t a capability that we can swiftly build back. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. — Cornel West

Not dystopian at all. How long before they arm the drones too? www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...

Proud to be represented by @ossoff.senate.gov and @warnock.senate.gov

Not sure many realize coal doesn’t combust completely, leaving a toxic ash behind. With the current administration weakening regulation around coal ash and pollution from coal plants in general, expect to hear more contamination stories. www.al.com/news/mobile/...

Washington’s tariffs on aluminum imports will not incentivize Alcoa to invest in the US — the metals producer’s largest market — even as the company pulls back from expansion in Canada, among its biggest production sites, the company’s chief executive said in an interview. @semafor.com

The canary in the data center (Ian Frisch, Dealbook)

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell h/t Robert Glazer

AI for geothermal startup @zanskargeothermal.bsky.social just located a historically large, untapped reservoir that it says will help put greenfield geo exploration and discovery back on the agenda

The Sunbed King stifles a yawn at Chequers while Keir twitches at the press | John Crace

Axios: Both men pushed back against Trump's false claims of voter fraud in Georgia during the 2020 election, and while [Geoff] Duncan has kept up his criticism of the president, Raffensperger has remained silent.

I can only imagine the recommendations coming out of the National Coal Council www.canarymedia.com/articles/enn...

"Asking us to build factories and invest then arresting and detaining. Is this what an ally does?" -- Protest sign at airport where South Korean workers, including engineers with work visas, were returned www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

Read this in @technologyreview.com The Checkup yesterday, but seeing it again this morning, feel like it’s a message we need to spread widely. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/11/1...

“Kirk’s actions & rhetoric do not justify what happened to him because they cannot be justified. But Kirk was not merely someone who showed up to college campuses & listened. It should not be controversial to plainly state some of the impact of his work.”

Political &other targeted violence in America can’t be ignored. Something feels different about this moment—abt the normalization of violence in our culture. The question is how to solve it. We often write about leadership in [Dealbook]; right now, we could use more of it. @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social

Columbia Law School: Last year, at least 459 counties/municipalities across 44 states severely restricted renewable energy through buffer requirements, fees and bans that limit what their neighbors can do with their land—a 16% increase YOY. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brian Kemp’s attendance this year at the Aspen Festival indicated his larger political aspirations. His strongest platform *was* economic growth. While other factories pulled plans this year, Hyundai/LG persisted… until now. www.wrdw.com/2025/09/09/s...

“A republic that allows its leaders to kill without law, to wage war without strategy, and to deploy troops without limit is a republic in deep peril.” Retired Navy captain Jon Duffy via @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

“You have people that don’t feel that they’ll directly benefit from these services unwilling to pay into it,” Corrigan Salerno, Transportation for America Americans are losing the thread here. Public transit – like transmission – isn’t about direct benefit. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Definitely not a golden age…

OK, @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social, this is perfect…

@nathanielbullard.com takes us back to school w/ a map of the 72 GW of gas gen under dev/constr. Those 146 plants include Georgia Power’s additions to Plant McIntosh & Plant Yates (first Mitsubishi M501JAC turbine delivered 8/15) but the utility has filed for 5 new CC units (~4000 MW) across GA.

Is it also a crime to burn that banner?

Where we’re headed…

So much for personal choice I guess

Wanna bet we see rising demand for AI device-free spaces (restaurants, bars)?

Heat index in Houston is 111. Air conditioning demand is high. Gas & coal plant outages are up sharply. But prices in Texas are the lowest in the country ($20/MWh). Why? Texas' nation leading solar resources are generating >30% of the power needed on peak. #txlege #txenergy

Maybe my favorite clean energy quote ever: “Wind farms: Loud, ugly, harmful to nature. Who says that? These giants are standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2.” youtu.be/TRzEzU7kwyQ