Dawn of the Electric World Order: Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition “What makes this shock different from the 1970s? As analysts at Ember put it: “this is the first energy shock with a superior alternative.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...

Fucking finally. Dit is toch oa waarom we de EU hebben zou je denken. Bizar dat dit er nog niet eerder was. www.bnr.nl/nieuws/mobil...

Briefschrijver die in De Telegraaf de aanslag op D66 vergoelijkte, blijkt niet te bestaan: ‘Het is een pseudoniem’

Wir sind in mitten einer historischen Energiekrise in der Energiekonzerne Rekordgewinne einfahren. Aber anstatt Profitmargen zu begrenzen & Preise zu bremsen subventioniert die Regierung mit jedem Cent Steuersenkung der nicht weiter gegeben wird die Profite noch.

What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...

US spending on data centers & computers has grown so much that it's larger than basically all other physical investment categories—more than all single-family housing construction, factories, power plants, industrial equipment, apartments I'm running out of points of comparison

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

Without looking, how may private flights do you think took off from the UK last year?

"The Impact of Marijuana Decriminalization on Crime: Evidence from Atlanta" link.springer.com/article/10.1... "a reduction in violent crime and violent crime clearances, likely due to police reallocating resources from marijuana enforcement to violent crime prevention" 😲

i call my mom every sunday to share personal news and chat. she's really into celebrities, so i tell her about the famous people i've pissed off in the last week. she gets super excited.

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

Usually, when I get interviewed for a piece on something like "AI consciousness" I am relegated to the skeptics box --- some short paragraph near the end. So it is a nice change to see this piece by @hollybaxter.bsky.social Short 🧵>> www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-news...

1. Have flight delayed by 90 minutes. 2. Miss connecting flight 3. See there is an eBird hotspot 9 minutes from the airport 4. Have best birding day ever 🪶

Cannot stress enough that what's happening now and will accelerate over next few weeks is a big spike in fuel costs paid for by every American that will flow *directly* into insane, unprecedented profits for American oil companies. They're going to be the big winners of this.

Spring has arrived and you're still in your winter whites, well follow this Willow Ptarmigan and hike up the mountain where winter still reigns. Chugach State Park #Alaska #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶

*David Coleman Voice* “Remarkable”

Since ChatGPT came online in late 2022, grant application numbers across 12 UK and EU funding bodies have increased by *57%*. For MSCA fellowships the number is *+142%*. I do believe that what we’re doing is insane and that we need to stop doing it IMMEDIATELY. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Good article, summarizes nicely what Murau and @jvtk.bsky.social argued in their rethinking monetary sovereignty piece www.cambridge.org/core/journal... The new thing for me here was the claim that the offshore dollar system is not "backed by" US military might or diplomacy.

I love the lighting just before it rains! 🪶

I wonder if there is any #invertes activity in the backyard? Yes! Looks like close to last stage caterpillar of a Cloudless sulfur butterfly with A+ camo 💛 on its host plant. #InverteFest

There is a huge shift in climate politics happening RIGHT NOW in Santa Marta, Colombia. Countries are meeting to discuss a treaty to phase out fossil fuels -- the one issue that #UNFCCC has studiously avoided for 30 years. 🧵

"I have, for many years, been in favor of replacing the Fed with a computer" (Milton Friedman)

Cherry trees in Kyoto. Not a subtle signal.

“About a third of the world’s basic fertilizers now pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” says Hanieh, who adds that the “coming food crisis” is compounded by the climate and debt crises in much of the developing world. “It’s a perfect storm.”

something about being in my late 30s really has me sitting at the window watching the birds jumping in the little dishes of water i set out for them in the garden, i can’t get enough of this shit despite having no preexisting interest in the business of birds.

"Crucially, it shows that the EU intends to make a big bet on electrification as the only way to kick its fossil-fuel addiction." Yup.

batteries batteries batteries batteries batteries batteries, via @jordischroeder.bsky.social

This is why people on the left who claim to care about the global south should regulate their enthusiasm for universal household bailouts in rich countries.

This isn't because of Hormuz, or not primarily. It's because China cut its tax rebate on solar from 9% to 0, and on batteries from 9% to 6%, on April 1. Buyers have of course been putting in orders to build up inventory at the lower price right before the deadline.

The sea floor is wild. What do you mean there's a species of clam that can grow up to 4 feet long, has a mutualistic relationship with a shrimp that warms it of predators, and produces a silk-like secretion once used to make paper? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinna_n...

Grote bedrijven in Nederland lobbyen veel vaker rechtstreeks bij politici dan elders in Finland of Denemarken. Dat vergroot volgens onderzoekers het risico dat smalle bedrijfsbelangen het beleid onevenredig beïnvloeden.

hey zoekt iemand van jullie misschien nog een leuke (bij)baan in Amsterdam? 8 uur per week als werkbegeleider bij Z, de straatkrant. Mijn vriendin werkt daar en wil graag een leuke collega erbij!! (alleen leuke mensen mogen solliciteren!!!) Graag RT! www.deregenboog.org/nl/vacatures...

i'll read any article of any length. i'll read any book. but i will not watch a youtube explainer or monologue that is longer than three minutes. write it down buddy

Publication alert! 🔔 My new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social shows that the way in which credit ratings assess climate risks is detrimental to chances of the green transition. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DEWKJ... 1/n 🧵

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Gaan de huren omlaag door de Wet Betaalbare Huur? Ik ben daar niet zo zeker van. Opinie in @volkskrant.nl www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

A great moment to remember why Scruton's FT column came to an abrupt end.

Banque de France is ready for the double blockade.

"France will double state support to 10 billion euros ($12 billion) a year through to 2030 to help its switch to electricity from oil and gas and their derivative ​fuels [...] Measures including boosting the use of ​electric vehicles and modernising home heating..."

When it comes to the energy transition I'm a glass half full person. I know: plenty of people would say that's terribly naive. They point to the scale of the challenge. They point to vested interests. They point to hard-to-abate sectors. And they're not wrong. But here's what they miss. 🧵

a massive global overview of policies enacted in response to the latest fossil fuel crisis. Terrifying how many of these will help lock in fossil fuel reliance, worsen climate pollution, suck money from governments and subsidise rich people's overconsumption www.iea.org/data-and-sta...

While pro-EU groups have seen funding cut, right-wing think tanks in Brussels are gaining prominence — and funding. Much of that backing comes from the U.S. 🔗 politi.co/4sm389u

I'm serious, if you're still holding something and/or not reading this you're doing something wrong

Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱

Drop everything you are doing! And read this really interesting piece by @mona-ali.bsky.social www.equator.org/articles/the...

Clean, safe, cheap, renewable energy that you don't have to fight deadly wars or destroy the environment to get. Good for wildlife, too, when done properly. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The last time human eyes were far enough from Earth to see the whole globe was December 1972. www.nasa.gov/image-detail...