Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...

TL;DR "slowly, then all at once"... this will be the pattern for our #climatecrisis "How Did [Tehran] a City of 10 Million People Nearly Run Out of Water?" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

"The @NHTSA has launched an investigation into the doors of Tesla's Model 3 EVs after a consumer petition alleged they may not be safe in an emergency" recall coming? www.nhtsa.gov?nhtsaId=DP25... www.morningstar.com/news/marketw...

Flu is widespread in Northeast… ERs full of it. Get your vaccine and high-risk patients should consider wearing a mask in crowded places if you want to avoid illness. Ps vax is not perfect but better than nothing.

NEW: One brought a gun home. One moved. Others improved home security. Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)

The point I wish got emphasized more is that the big winners from congestion pricing are *people who urgently need to drive*. Because they are ones that travel times really matter for. I always thought that instead of congestion pricing it should be called "free streets" - free from other cars.

I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

Oh one more thing about fossil fuel; the whole idea that natural gas is so much greener/cleaner than coal is sort of true when you burn it, but so much methane is emitted when it's extracted, & methane is a potent greenhouse gas, that, well, it's not. And we've know that for a while.

Grok says "Elon Musk's restored 2018 Tesla pay package grants him options for ~304 million shares. This represents about 9% of Tesla's ~3.3 billion outstanding shares (as of Dec 2025). When exercised, it would dilute existing shareholders' ownership by roughly 8-9%" shareholders just got diluted 🤡

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Huge good news: as documented by Ben Storrow of @eenews.bsky.social, the NECEC transmission line was activated around 1 PM today & is feeding power from Quebec to the #NewEngland grid! This means lower emissions and lower prices, and we can already see the latter./1 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

When climate change takes a flavor from the world. My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters. Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.

"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."

new #darkages

this is what I want for automatic weapons. someday I want people to look back and just shake their heads in disbelief at the literal cities of adults and children that we allowed to be brutally murdered.

Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...

Trump: “All we can do right now is pray for the victims.” Make no mistake: Lawmakers can take action now to stop this carnage and trauma. They are choosing not to—yet again.

seems likely that yen carry trade unwinding will accelerate, with the resultant slowdown on risk assets in the U.S. "Exclusive: BOJ to pledge more rate hikes at next week's policy meeting, sources say" www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...

This week, I explore B Corps doing good and the toll of seasonal waste. I've also collected a host of ideas on how our choices can reduce waste, support communities, and restore nature — from thrifted treasures to shared experiences, and giving that supports families and ecosystems around the world.

very bad news for Tesla & Musk disaster for margins...cannibalizing higher margin cars w/ discounts AND sales dropping. "Tesla US sales drop to nearly 4-year low in November despite launch of cheaper versions" www.reuters.com/business/aut...

The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback. But that just makes the midterms more important. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump just completely selling out the national interest on this chip export question — China has way more electricity generating capacity than we do. But we have the good chips and he’s throwing it away.

very few things change behavior. Speed cameras DO! Ask anyone who has gotten a ticket from a camera for speeding or breaking a red lights...they rarely do a second time in that location.

Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪

It could take decades to recover from where we are.

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our new #darkages

There is no bottom.

Great video. Worth your time! #climateemergency

Want to know what a genuine climate emergency plan would actually look like? Check out our inspiring new 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action. 👇 Full video is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...

I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.

They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.

HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand

Mill Vally, CA? Isn’t that an affluent town in the “developed world”? I thought climate change was supposed to only impact the poor.

Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.

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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!

“How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

No surprises here; the press almost never mentions the basics: * it is warming * fossil fuels adds CO2 & CH4 * these cause the bulk of the warming * the CO2 increase is basically permanent on human timescale * its already causing problems for people Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.

Politics and debt don’t mix well. Americans would be wise to look across the Atlantic to see how tough things can get, writes James Mackintosh.

"Don’t let the federal push for petroleum keep you from making the switch. Heat pumps keep you warm in winter, cool in summer — and are a lot better for the planet." (switching to a heat pump will reduce its carbon emissions by nearly 3 tons a year -oil=6 tons) www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

Former US military lawyers speak out: "The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both." Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes 1/2

Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.” The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership

Recommended read: ABC news spoke to three Iranian women about the impacts of Tehran’s water crisis amid the “worst drought in 60 years”.