Matthew Smith
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Birdsite abandoner
New Hannah Gadsby for us all.
#woof
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Woof! - Album by Hannah Gadsby
Listen to Woof! by Hannah Gadsby on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lxhHIX3cMhqtTJ2bWJifmzpBqQtruJJlo&si=hnlGPMnec7oWVsAv
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Robinson Meyer
8 days ago
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:
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George H.W. Bush first signed the pact, and the Senate unanimously ratified. US has been a member since then.
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The U.S. Will Exit UNās Framework Climate Treaty, According to Reports
The move would mark a significant escalation in Trumpās hostility toward climate diplomacy.
https://heatmap.news/sparks/us-withdraws-unfccc
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David Ho
10 days ago
Rarely do you read news this positive these days. Other US cities should seriously consider implementing congestion pricing.
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Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/05/upshot/congestion-pricing-one-year.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFA._BmA.PxoCYR9br2pu&smid=url-share
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Timothy Burke
24 days ago
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye
21 days ago
I am not a fan of Christmas caroling, but weāre all gonna sing this one. A-one anā a-two anā a-threeā¦
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Bob Mayer
22 days ago
This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm.
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Alex Wellerstein
about 1 month ago
I recently wrote up a description of the book and its argument, if you are curious about its extremely counter-intuitive argument āĀ that Truman was perhaps the most anti-nuclear president of the 20th century:
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"The Most Awful Responsibility"
My new book on Truman and the bomb will be released on December 9!
https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-most-awful-responsibility
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Alex Wellerstein
about 1 month ago
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.
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The Most Awful Responsibility ā Alex Wellerstein
https://alexwellerstein.com/writing/books/the-most-awful-responsibility/
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Tim Onion
29 days ago
The Onion, 23 years ago.
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This brings my great joy
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 1 month ago
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him heās a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced ātawnyā). Thatās a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
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Commercial Solar Guy
about 2 months ago
The worldās 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, itās was constructed in full by Frank Shuman outside of modern day Cairo, Egypt. A war and cheap, local oil meant its demiseā¦
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Beach
about 2 months ago
Really recommend this episode to understand how utterly dumb the current American energy policy is, but how positive the forecast is for solar specifically.
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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland
about 2 months ago
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
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Clean electrification is inevitable
Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidroberts/p/clean-electrification-is-inevitable?r=wh5o&utm_medium=ios
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Patrick Monahan
about 1 year ago
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Jigar Shah
2 months ago
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.
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Does this leave PA with anything resembling climate policy?
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about 2 months ago
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Taniel
2 months ago
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 Mamdaniās as a statement victory for the left.
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Susie Dent
2 months ago
Word of the Day is ācatchfartā (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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Marisa Kabas
2 months ago
New ā While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesnāt 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:
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The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/snap-recipients-funding-lapse-shutdown
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David Ho
2 months ago
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."
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Chinaās clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The worldās biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
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Len
2 months ago
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.
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Jesse D. Jenkins
2 months ago
Rooftop solar installed costs in the USA are $2.5/Watt (higher in many states). š© Let's make rooftop solar cheap and energy clean and abundant! Full story here
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Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australiaās solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/millions-to-receive-free-electricity-in-2026-thanks-to-australias-solar-boom/
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Jesse D. Jenkins
2 months ago
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." 𤯠šš”
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Heatmap News
2 months ago
Democrats just won two big energy races in Georgia:
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Democrats Win 2 Key Energy Races in Georgia
A āseismic changeā comes for the stateās Public Service Commission.
https://heatmap.news/politics/alicia-johnson-peter-hubbard-georgia-public-service-commission-results
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Robinson Meyer
2 months ago
āThe election of two new public service commissioners represents a seismic change in Georgiaās energy landscape and reflects a new politics of electricity in America.ā
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Democrats Win 2 Key Energy Races in Georgia
A āseismic changeā comes for the stateās Public Service Commission.
https://heatmap.news/politics/alicia-johnson-peter-hubbard-georgia-public-service-commission-results
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NY Times Pitchbot
2 months ago
Andrew Cuomo can still be mayor, if Mike Pence has the courage.
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Nick Harkaway
2 months ago
Post the good news when you see itā¦
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MFCarter
2 months ago
Busy, cold night at Stonehenge as we move the stones backwards an hour...
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jael holzman
3 months ago
Halloween Friday news dump: The Trump administration is giving out $100 million to ārefurbish and modernizeā coal plants
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Joyce White Vance
3 months ago
The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I canāt think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
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Eladio Bobadilla
3 months ago
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William Gibson
3 months ago
Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets. āDr. Benway, in Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
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Eric Roston
3 months ago
šØEXCLUSIVEšØ Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more š² 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 šš
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Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-disaster-industrial-complex-us-economy/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MTA4MDY2MiwiZXhwIjoxNzYxNjg1NDYyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNEkyRTBHUFdDSUowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEQ0NGODY3Qzk2ODk0MzJDQjRBMEMwM0FENDNGNTJENyJ9.9pM7yp5gAdZWrdjaPL-QGd5dMsdc9nyx2s4DcJY3dHk
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John Smillie
3 months ago
Boosting this since I asked
@jessedjenkins.com
for this episode on BlueSky, and am finally getting it
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Dave Lee
3 months ago
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."
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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/millionaire-tax-that-inspired-mamdani-fuels-5-7-billion-haul-in-massachusetts
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Senator Chris Larson
3 months ago
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.
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RichThompsonAK
3 months ago
'Weāre in Godās hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska āWe donāt know where weāre going, or where weāre going to live. Or if weāll ever go back home,ā said John ... He added: āWeāre all in Godās hands. Weāre not in control any more.ā
www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods...
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'Weāre in Godās hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska
Hundreds have left their homes. Many may never go back.
https://www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods-hands-now-a-dispatch-from-western-alaska/?ref=northern-journal-newsletter
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Brendan Nyhan
3 months ago
Watergate every day
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merritt
3 months ago
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
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Brian Hawkins
3 months ago
I got my Manitoba health card today and itās pretty hard to sufficiently articulate how muchāas an Americanāknowing that no matter what getting sick isnāt going to bankrupt my family is a fundamental change in my circumstances
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John Smillie
8 months ago
Southern utilities could take soooo much summer load off the grid by driving HPWH adoption.
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Jacob Soboroff
3 months ago
hereās more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
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Brendan Nyhan
3 months ago
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?
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Adam J Schmidt
3 months ago
Finally some good news
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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Supreme Court Denies Alex Jonesās Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/politics/supreme-court-alex-jones-defamation.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Joyce White Vance
3 months ago
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.
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