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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: 170 billionaire families have now spent a record-breaking $1.7 BILLION on the midterms. That's not counting $600 MILLION in dark money. Billionaire political spending is up 53x since the Citizens United ruling. This is how billionaires buy power and huge tax breaks.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 12h

I think music got a bit more... whole grain after that.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks Dan. I've been working on some ideas for selling that branding...

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 18h

Good thread here on oil & Hormuz…

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 21h

Not gonna say they're "similarly successful" but I'd argue the same is true for Bread.

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Transition Times @transitiontimes.bsky.social · 23h

In TT#17, we review the reporting on the Senate’s bipartisan permitting reform bill (BAAJA) and find that on net, it would be far better for the energy transition than having no reforms. We should support it and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-17-my-ver...

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TT#17 – My Verdict on BAAJA

The bipartisan permitting reform bill would remove key hurdles to the energy transition—especially hurdles to siting transmission—and unlock vast amounts of wind and solar power. On the whole, it woul...

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 30/09/2026

Details on the effects of the bill's major provisions:

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

At least it wasn't Pink Pony Club

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Very smart thinking here from the mid-transitionistas!

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is great! I've looked for coal songs myself and was surprised at how many you found that I hadn't! 👏

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A fascinating thought experiment here - well worth the read for AI, energy, & macro watchers.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Any individual journalist you meet is likely to be a desperate soul tortured by dreams of literary fame while existing in a pit of freelance despair”

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Which always makes me a little angsty about listening to an old favorite one more time… shouldn’t I be exploring the undiscovered country?

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I hike out there fairly often. Great spot to take a little rest.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Arab Spring occurred against the backdrop of a major global food-price spike and resulted in the overthrow of four countries’ leaders. The unrest we’re seeing now against the backdrop of a major global fuel-price spike could spell the end for Trump and his oil-soaked allies.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just wait until you see the lineup of like 50 acts at a major music festival and don't recognize a single one of them.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Crap, you're right. My kingdom for an Edit button! Thanks Jaap, will fix.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We can win this thing if we can find the courage. TIME TO GET LOUD! 8/end

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I hope that everyone working in the energy transition sector will take this information to heart, join up with AMPED, and start getting organized to actually do battle with the fossil fuel industry’s massive propaganda machine rather than cowering from it. 7/

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In that nearly 2-hour conversation, we discuss what the research on messaging actually shows, why it’s important to get organized as an energy transition industry, and how to expand our communications efforts around messages that are proven to work. 6/

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As I explained in TT#8, “Climate and energy transition campaigners are softening their language and avoiding confrontation when they should be increasing their ambition and vigorously delivering messages that are proven to work.” www.transitiontimes.net/tt-8-fixing-... 4/

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TT#8: Fixing Climate Communications

Climate and energy transition campaigners are softening their language and avoiding confrontation when they should be increasing their ambition and vigorously delivering messages that are proven to wo...

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Climate communicators have a lot of work to do, and frequently undermine their own efforts by focusing too much on doomerism and not enough on the enormous benefits of a successful energy transition. Their ignorance of message testing research is a serious impediment to progress. 3/

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I couldn’t agree more. I reviewed the problem of climate hushing in TT#12 www.transitiontimes.net/tt-12-a-fail... but noted research showing that while climate change is not a *top* issue for voters, climate action is actually a *winning* issue for those brave enough to stand up and fight for it 2/

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TT#12: A Failure to Communicate

Most media organizations are still failing to make the critical link between climate change and the wildfires, record heat, and other climate disasters we are witnessing, but a few are getting it righ...

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thread! 1/ In a Guardian article yesterday, the CEO of Climate Group, organizer of NYC Climate Week, bemoans the “climate hushing” at the event and says “this is the time to be loud…The world is standing on the edge of the abyss, and people are seeking change.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

US judge won't block transfer of wildlife refuge land to Musk’s SpaceX www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The swap amounts to a gift of public lands to SpaceX, “clearing the way for bulldozers to tear into this wildlife refuge as soon as next week and turn a public treasure into a private payday”

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US judge declines to block transfer of wildlife refuge land to Musk’s SpaceX

Environmental groups vow to continue opposition to deal that would expand site for Elon Musk rocket company

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How about that, the TV press pool covering the White House chose solidarity over access after all. www.politico.com/news/2026/09... “This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.”

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Major TV networks decline White House pool duties

The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Aw man. A true giant among sustainability champions. 😢

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As I say in this interview, I believe the job before Transitionistas now is entirely political—not technical, not economic. Political. And it's less about persuasion than leadership. Listen in and then get mobilized!

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Four legs good! Two legs BETTER!

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The same guys who brought you a war that caused the highest gasoline prices on a Labor Day want you to know that it's YOUR fault for driving so much www.businessinsider.com/gas-prices-l... and that if the US pulled out of the war now it would CAUSE an energy crisis. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🙄 Millennials and their math problems, amirite?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It certainly doesn't help when the technology itself is still non-commercial (in the case of SMRs) and 3x the cost of competing wind and solar, even before interest rates enter the picture.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Energy Transition Show fans, please see the important announcement below. Then join me on my new platform as a free or paid subscriber to continue following my work: www.transitiontimes.net/subscribe/

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

[Now with correct math!] So the shorts earned at least $2.9bn more than the three companies did in the same period, combined.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Call me crazy, but I feel like characterizing AfD's win in Germany as "No far-right party has controlled a German state since World War Two" rather understates the critical bit of historical context.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Or the present... bsky.app/profile/vond...

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“EU Arctic Strategy,” you say… 🤔

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some good tight messaging right here

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