Great to see the findings being shared in the New Economy Brief! www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/a...

Is social media dying? How much did Twitter change as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation? Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed Here are the key take-aways 🧵 Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!

Renewable energies overtook global electricity demand last year, led by solar growth in China, India-AP

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

1 yr ago I wrote a massive thread on @iea.org huge AI / energy report. WELL it's one year later and they've released an update, but notably, there is no chatbot. Well....I'm going to read it anyway, and you're all going to get spammed with notes :) that's means a NEW ULTRATHREAD 🧵

Just came back from 10 days in Greece, where stunning views were all around and everyone was soooo kind to my kids (even the immigration folks were super sweet to them while checking their passports). Reminded me of how many great things there still are in the world. Things worth fighting to protect

Just came back from 10 days in Greece, where stunning views were all around and everyone was soooo kind to my kids (even the immigration folks were super sweet to them while checking their passports). Reminded me of how many great things there still are in the world. Things worth fighting to protect

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Correct me if I am wrong, the the closing lines act as though the ongoing dependence on fossil fuels is the same as near term dependence on China for the infrastructure to shift towards clean energy. War Exposes Gaps in India’s Clean Energy Push www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/b...

Trump Treasury chief brushes off climate risk that's already causing huge trouble in the insurance industry, which could in turn just be a canary in the coalmine for ever worse developements.

The politics of data centers has been largely at the local level. Now, it's rising to the level of state governors. I talked with @jael.bsky.social of @heatmap.news on what states are starting to do: heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

Errors present in 45% of AI generated reports of news stories 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Jobs picture is far from grand when you include the very large downward revision for Feb job numbers.

“Driving is so hard-wired into American culture, life and institutions, that it’s hard to account for all the ways it is subsidized, preferenced or otherwise favored. But a law professor at the University of Iowa, attempted it anyway.” #UtbanTruth Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

While consumers quickly feel the pinch filling up their own gas tanks, much of the impact in other goods and services can take longer to hit them.

I was quoted in this story (in a personal capacity) in the aftermath of the revelation that an unelected cabal secretly met to spike the Atlanta Streetcar East Extension. To me, this is not a debate, but an existential fight for direct democracy in the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement:

We can remember at least one time when the United States did take care of daycare; it was during a time of war. 🤔 #FDR

A WIRED investigation has identified multiple members of the paramilitary units behind some of the most egregious immigration enforcement actions of the last year. from @awinston.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social

Duhhh. Not sure why anyone had believed Trump’s earlier vague promises the war was basically over, despite all signs that it was not & Iran now fully embedding its power over the strait of Hormuz. Stock futures sell-off picks up steam, Dow drops 700 points as oil surges www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/s...

OK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."

Leading indicator of inflation starts showing impacts of Iran war. Overall prices up, but less so when you exclude energy and food (Called “core”). All are above Fed’s 2% target (and generally trending up, not down).

Oversight report on mayor’s $10B plan reveals fissures over extending TAD funding Key commission members balked at the recommendation to negotiate extending TAD timelines.

Good. TADs should not be treated as a slush fund to do projects beyond the original plan. These are still tax dollars that are needed for essential services.

BREAKING Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to stop funding NPR and PBS is “unlawful and unenforceable,” a federal judge ruled. Doc buff.ly/WcnQN4A

WTF

A politician that stands up for trans rights and trans people is much more likely to get my vote and my $

Helpful article saying AI is not showing reduction in hiring in any industries so far. Not saying not in some specific jobs perhaps, but not for industries or firms.

Not sure why oil and other financial markets are even paying attention to what Trump is saying, much less using the info in good faith to make trades…

Need to keep asking. Don’t ask any other questions until we get a real answer on this question.

Batteries can change the game, if we let them! Cannot give in to demands for more and more (especially dirty) capacity to meet peaks. Batteries can do so much more cheaply in many cases, especially if we get the regulations and prices for battery services right.

Well said

Yesterday, millions of people across the US participated in over 3000 events as part of the third No Kings Day. Here are some of the main findings from our research at the event in DC organized by @freedcproject.bsky.social: danarfisher.com/2026/03/29/a...

“If you’re gay or transgender, I love you. And if anybody gives you shit, tell ‘em Charles said fuck you.”

"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS

“What you’re seeing with this type of volatility that seems to happen every four or five years, it’s just not good,” Jack Fusco, chief executive of a large U.S. gas exporter Cheniere Energy

#nokings in #atlanta. Beautiful weather and kind people that were nice to my kids :) community really is the answer to most of the world’s ills.

For months, financiers, policymakers, & technologists have warned about an AI bubble as trillions in investment chase billions in revenue. But almost no one is asking what to do after it bursts. My new paper lays out how a crash might happen & bold proposals for after the crash.

Happy to hear that Paris mayoral election did not fall to conservatives that might undo some of the current mayor’s great urbanism changes. Phew.

We have to start thinking about the systems changes we need to fight and adapt to climate change in their multi-leveled benefits, like cleaner air (see below), more exercise and great community connection. Making things more walkable and bikeable make cities better, not just more climate friendly.

The Associated Press getting on board. "The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy."

“Bike lanes that greatly reduced crashes on National Mall set for removal” 10/10 hed, no notes. #bikedc

Just based on the price increase baked in so far (up $0.79 per gal nationally in one month), that will cost an American driving an average gas car an average amount of miles an extra $500 per year. Prices will keep going up and that number will get larger.

Was great to be on @americaadapts.bsky.social latest show to talk about the growing insurability crisis taking hold across the country. Me and Alfonso Pating of NRDC talk about the growing crisis and what states need to be doing. www.americaadapts.org/episodes/an-...

Any DC-based scientists who are participating in NoKingsDay 3 and are interested in speaking with a journalist about your activism, drop me a message here or email me.

In Washington state, the Trump administration’s crusade to force aging coal plants to stay online is meeting resistance from state lawmakers — and the reality that the state’s power grid is doing just fine without coal: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... #energysky

Wholesale inflation comes in higher than expected on the morning before Fed announces interest rate decision (this afternoon).

The economics case is undeniable for Africa to substitute solar, especially if can offset expensive diesel imports for generators. Trump can slow down transition, but he cannot stop it. Thank you for your research, @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social!

How do electricity and regulation of this vital infrastructure contribute to inequality in Atlanta? How have consumer, EJ, and labor movements strived over generations to democratize the utility? I consider these questions in my book Electric Life out today open access with @mitpress.bsky.social

There are other ways than private cars to get people around our cities—and they can save us all a lot of money. “Expensive” mass transit and small budgets for bike lanes and sidewalks are collectively a lot cheaper than us all owning, maintaining and storing expensive automobiles.

GA Capital (the “gold dome”) both for the legislating that happened there and the oddities museum with 2 head cow and 2 head snake preserved and on display. Also, getting into the Jekyll Island marsh in 6th grade. Was a right of passage to get all muddy and gooey, and maybe lose your shoe.