New Hannah Gadsby for us all. #woof music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The US is withdrawing from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the treaty that has governed international climate diplomacy since 1992, per the AP: heatmap.news/sparks/us-wi... George H.W. Bush first signed the pact, and the Senate unanimously ratified. US has been a member since then.

Rarely do you read news this positive these days. Other US cities should seriously consider implementing congestion pricing.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I am not a fan of Christmas caroling, but we’re all gonna sing this one. A-one an’ a-two an’ a-three…

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm.

I recently wrote up a description of the book and its argument, if you are curious about its extremely counter-intuitive argument — that Truman was perhaps the most anti-nuclear president of the 20th century: doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-most-a...

My new book, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY goes on sale TODAY! It is a NEW argument about TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB, from Hiroshima through the Korean War, from HarperCollins. alexwellerstein.com/writing/book...

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

This brings my great joy

If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.

The world’s first solar plus storage power plant, 1913. Constructed to pump water from the Nile River inland to farms. Invented first in his backyard in Philadelphia, it’s was constructed in full by Frank Shuman outside of modern day Cairo, Egypt. A war and cheap, local oil meant its demise…

Really recommend this episode to understand how utterly dumb the current American energy policy is, but how positive the forecast is for solar specifically.

There is only decline ahead for the combustion sector, no amount of bad policy can save it. Including expensive LNG- a truly terrible bet over electrfying faster. Great outline here, via @volts.wtf open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...

Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation. We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.

Does this leave PA with anything resembling climate policy?

Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle. Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger. Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.

Rooftop solar installed costs in the USA are $2.5/Watt (higher in many states). 💩 Let's make rooftop solar cheap and energy clean and abundant! Full story here techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...

How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!! "Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯 🔌💡

Democrats just won two big energy races in Georgia:

“The election of two new public service commissioners represents a seismic change in Georgia’s energy landscape and reflects a new politics of electricity in America.” heatmap.news/politics/ali...

Andrew Cuomo can still be mayor, if Mike Pence has the courage.

Post the good news when you see it…

Busy, cold night at Stonehenge as we move the stones backwards an hour...

Halloween Friday news dump: The Trump administration is giving out $100 million to “refurbish and modernize” coal plants

The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.

Fall.

Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets. —Dr. Benway, in Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters. Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

Boosting this since I asked @jessedjenkins.com for this episode on BlueSky, and am finally getting it

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

'We’re in God’s hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska “We don’t know where we’re going, or where we’re going to live. Or if we’ll ever go back home,” said John ... He added: “We’re all in God’s hands. We’re not in control any more.” www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods...

Watergate every day

hello twitter users who are just joining us! we're happy to have you on bluesky. you're just in time for "wet wet wednesdays" where we all share the sauces, gravies, and marinades we're working on

I got my Manitoba health card today and it’s pretty hard to sufficiently articulate how much—as an American—knowing that no matter what getting sick isn’t going to bankrupt my family is a fundamental change in my circumstances

Southern utilities could take soooo much summer load off the grid by driving HPWH adoption.

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

What would you say if you saw it in another country? What would you say if you had been told in 2015 that this is where we would be?

Finally some good news www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.