1/ Time to sift through ENTSO-E's Market Report, which they released yesterday. My Qs: - What happened between June'24 and May'25? - What are current trends? - What are risks and opportunities? Will share what grabs my attention in this thread 🧵 [link to report: www.entsoe.eu/publications...

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? The reason why you wait for a website to load is frequently not the site content itself but all the programmatic advertising magic in the background(audience analysis; bid auction on your impression; customized ad serving; etc) 🤷‍♂️

f*ck it, we'll do it live!

Climate litigation just got more interesting.

For context, after the 2019 UK outage I mentioned earlier the grid operator published an interim report in 1 week and a full report in 1 month. Admittedley more was known even within 24 hours (ie which plants faulted, broadly how the system responded). But it still takes time to do a proper autopsy.

“Are we entitled to nature? Is that a human right?" "I would say yes. It’s not an easy argument, but it’s a valid one.” A good read on new ways of using the courts for #conservation like we've been covering on the @mongabay.bsky.social podcast, by @samirashackle.bsky.social:

Important info given today's grid failures in Spain and Portugal. Shows how complex it is to "restart/kickstart" (i.e. black start) the grid.

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Spitzen Interview über den Status Quo der europäischen/internationalen Sicherheitspolitik. Besonders gut: Grosse Themen werden mit kleinen Worten erklärt. Tip top.

Question for #energysky - Can you point me to some experts on EU NCCS (Network Codes on Cyber Sec) for electricity grids? Would love to get a more "on the ground" picture beyond the legal texts & EU publications. → Actual efficacy → Preparedness ...etc. Thanks in advance 🙏

1/ If you are a European and haven't heard of Andreas Klinger, then buckle up. Andreas - founding CTO of Product Hunt and investor via his Prototype Capital - is currently working Brussels to make Europe more competitive. His message: "Europe needs to be a player, not a playground." A thread 🇪🇺

33 years ago - today - my family arrived in Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 We were lucky enough to get out of the Yugoslav Civil War. The courage of my parents and a tremendous amount of luck are the reasons why I can call myself a European 🇪🇺 www.artlapinsch.com/refugee/

Puntigamer, Lustig sa'ma!

Does your Whatsapp search interface also look like this? Seems like Meta shifting their attention to utilize (long-term monetize) the app. Thoughts?

WIRED mapped DOGE’s Silicon Valley and corporate connections - go click through our interactive charts to see the significant overlap. Of the 80 DOGE operatives we include on this list, 49 of them have connections to Elon Musk, his companies, or his greater network. read @telliotter.bsky.social:

schockierende Zahlen 🇦🇹🦠

Great illustration of why European politics might not be as straight forward as you think.

Fascinating article. Tl;dr seems that most transformers are built-to-order and that's what's causing bottlenecks. Q for #energysky - Why isn't there more standardization in transformer production?

I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

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Pretty sweet idea ⏲️ + 🔋 Home appliance + energy storage in one device. Think of all the form factors you could bundle BESS with. copperhome.com/products/cha...

quite remarkable speed & scale

Trivia Wednesday: Why is it called Antarctica? Arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός - "arktikos" or “near the bear” - and refers to the star constellation Ursa Major mainly found in the northern sky. Also, polar bears are only found in the Arctic/northern regions. 1/n 👇

Three years ago, I wrote my "abundance agenda" essay. Today, my book ABUNDANCE, co-written with Ezra Klein, comes out. Here's my best summary of our view of abundance vs. Donald Trump's regime of scarcity. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Fascinating article by @danielagabor.bsky.social on DOGE's plan w/ USAID www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/how... a few more notes in skeets below 👇

When I was kid, one history teacher, in teaching about Ancient Greece, said that “May you live in interesting times” was an insult. At 8 I didn’t get it but living in interesting times. It is an insult but also. We live in interesting times, so now that we’ve established that

the two realistic outcomes

Sobering (but important) thread on the biggest gap in EU security 👇

Ireland moved on Tuesday to remove a law that prevents the deployment of its troops without U.N. approval, with Prime Minister Micheal Martin saying he did not want Russia, China or the United States having a veto on deployments.

"Greenhushing" Not on my Bingo card for 2025, but here we are.

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The National Weather Service took more than 150 years to build. Forget flight or the internet or whatever - public-service systems like this are the marvels of the modern world. Conceptual cathedrals, constructed across generations and dedicated to the public good.

Feels like 1990s Russia.

Also the collective GDP of the EU + UK + Norway is around $24 trillion compared to $2 trillion for Russia. We have vastly more resources if we choose to use them.

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

As much as I would rather not post from the self-aggrandisement hole that is LinkedIn, this has attracted a lot of interest, and quite rightly:

Important tl;dr

#NATO's Article 5 was only invoked once, by 🇺🇸 asking for defence after 9/11 As a result, 1,105 European and Canadian soldiers died in the 20-year Afghanistan war - 1/3 of all coalition casualties I don't recall the Europeans demanding America surrender its mineral wealth in exchange for their help

Never appreciated the fact that Idiocracy was a documentary after all.

The US feels more like Ancient Rome while the EU feels more like Ancient Greece.

Slow and steady. Thanks to all my readers and climate buddies 🙏 Will try my best to publish action-inspiring essays about climate. delphizero.substack.com

Incredibly solid and actionable advice.

PICK A LANE (A modest proposal for a method through which we can Resist without going insane and effectively counter "Flooding the Zone.") 🧵

As Florida has proven, if you simply close your eyes and don’t say the words “climate change” any more, the climate disasters go away www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Want to hire someone to build a highway? Feed a military base? Conduct cancer research? Develop a new fighter jet? Forget about it! Why would they trust you to pay up if a president can just cancel your contract or refuse to pay up at any time for no other reason than they just don't like it? 🧵

Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.

Interesting move in regard to climate adaptation.