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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Strange, this is literally all the article content it will serve me on my phone

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just making a wild guess at their "fraud criteria" here:

The Family Guy skin tone Okay/Not Okay test meme

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

without downloading new pics, describe your gender

Photo of an elderly gentleman wearing dress shoes, a parka, and headphones in a tense staredown contest with an alarmingly large pelican. They are both seated on a wooden park bench.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This decade has had some wacky headlines. This is certainly in the running.

Robot vacuum company cancels its rocket-boosted electric hypercar

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Post a picture that should be an album cover.

Photo of the Gaia art installation in the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Gosh, I wonder how his little petting zoo will come down on this extremely pressing issue.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The only person I want having lightning gloves is Markesha Nin, and she is decidedly not Law Enforcement Friendly.

Markesha Nin, using her lightning gloves on an unsuspecting guard, from the Kamikaze webcomic.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Would Thoust Like To Live Cybernetically?

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

No cheating. Post your lock screen.

Screenshot of Alan's phone lock screen. Photo is of the Long Room at Trinity College in Dublin.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

According to engineering estimates, it takes about 12-15kWh of electricity to refine a kg of magnesium from magnesium oxide (the ash left over from burning magnesium) 1000 kWh is a MWh 1000 MWh is a GWh 1000 GWh is a TWh Can you see where there's potential for local refining to avoid curtailment?

In May 2026, parts of Europe encountered a striking turning point. According to Epex Spot, electricity prices in France fell below zero at midday as solar output surged beyond what grids could absorb. At the same time, analysis from Bloomberg warns that as much as 40TWh of solar electricity could be curtailed this summer, enough to power a major city for a year.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

There appears to be consensus on the England-Mexico game.

Timepine screencap of Ethan Freedman, Robinson Meyer, and Erik Hane all saying just "What a game"

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I'll give you *precisely one* guess which American writer living in Paris they're referring to.

Call it a tale of two heatwave experiences.

As brutally hot conditions brought much of western Europe to its knees, an American writer living in Paris asserted that, for many, the heat was not “nearly as apocalyptic” as most media were suggesting. He said he had yet to buy a fan, instead relying on closed shutters, misting sessions and open windows in the evening to keep his ground-level flat cool.

Less than 20km away, in a southern suburb of Paris, Aboubakar, 60, wept as he explained that temperatures had climbed as high as 40C inside his fourth-floor flat. “I’m suffocating,” he told the Guardian. “I can’t afford to buy a fan. There are no shutters on my flat. At night I can’t sleep, it’s like a furnace.”

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Inject into pourous rock in an oil producer-heavy region you say? 🚩🚩🚩

Deep Sky is proposing a 145-acre facility in the agriculture and oil-dominant southwestern region that will scrub 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere each year and inject it into porous rock formations 1,000 metres below ground. The company says it will use technology first tested at its existing accelerator in Innisfail, Alta., and will finance the $200-million Manitoba project by selling carbon credits.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Avocado RNGesus has blessed me this night.

Photo of a ripe avocado sliced open on a cutting board. The seed pit is tiny in comparison to the avocado flesh.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hard not to interpret this as "when Hell freezes over"

Clipping from article.

"Asked when the company will transition to using green hydrogen, a representative said, 'It is difficult to pinpoint when hydrogen will become economically viable.'"

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My two current reads. Trying to really clarify my thinking with regards to a magnesium fuel cycle.

Cover for "The Hype About Hydrogen" by Joseph J. Romm

Cover for Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon by Jenny Chase

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This exceprt from this article in ESS News ( www.ess-news.com/2026/05/28/f... ) really drives home the new energy paradigm we're on the cusp of. The amount of excess solar production in productive times is massive, even in "non-ideal" locations like Germany.

What had previously appeared as recurring midday volatility evolved into a much broader structural pattern: prolonged periods of renewable oversupply, increasingly persistent negative prices, and a growing decoupling between fossil fuel costs and wholesale electricity prices.
Despite geopolitical tensions and elevated gas prices linked to developments in the Middle East, Germany’s electricity market increasingly moved according to a different logic: solar-driven oversupply. Strong photovoltaic generation, combined with moderate spring demand and rising wind output, created a market environment defined less by scarcity and more by excess generation during large parts of the day.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Current Status: New Parent of a Very Smol Bean

Photo of Alan holding his newborn daughter in front of a window.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

"Don't make us have to find contractors who actually *pay* their laborers! ☹️☹️☹️☹️"

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This has been a bit of a whirlwind tour of the concept. I'm hoping to find time to make a more polished way for folks to engage with it, as well as dive into the finer details. I genuinely think there's a place for a fuel like magnesium in our energy future. /🧵

Photo of one of my very redneck prototype magnesium burners aggressively burning fuel. Yes, it's made out of tuna cans, and hardware store supplies. If I can do it, anyone can.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

We are heading into an energy world where massive deployments of solar.and wind means there are going to be times of ludicrous abundance. Literally more energy than we know what to do with. Magnesium provides a way to harvest and store that abundance for the lean times.

A graph showing the seasonal fluctuations in solar productivity in the United States magnifying as more and more capacity is added to the grid over the years.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Time for everyone to get in on the action.

Satellite photo of the cargo vessel Evergiven blocking the Suez Canal

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Just got a battery system and heat-pump water heater installed, adding to the already in use solar and EV. Feels good.

Screenshot of the Franklin hime battery system app. The diagram shows 4.2 kW being generated by solar, 1.1 kW being consumed by the home, and the balance being exported to the grid. The battery is sitting idle, charged to 99%

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

No new pictures: Where are you mentally?

Meme image of several various flightless birds armed with guns, bats, swords, and knives. Text reads: "Never trigger the fight or flight response of a flightless bird."

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Fun fact: you could (theoretically) cleanly synthesize ammonium nitrate, a widely used nitrogen fertilizer, using magnesium combustion. Because burning magnesium in water vapor yields hydrogen, you could skip the dirtiest step of the Haber Bosch/Ostwald process (getting the hydrogen).

Photo of a scribbled chemical process chart where magnesium fuel is used as a precursor to cleanly yield ammonium nitrate with only water and ambient air.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Photo of clouds and tree covered in fall foliage reflecting off of glassy still water.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Display an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.

Album cover for "Year Zero" by Nine Inch Nails

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Hey, just a quick reminder for folks posting blue/resistance-coded AI slop:

Comic panel of Batman breaking a shotgun over his knee. Speech bubble says "AI is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The whistle printing will continue until democracy and human rights improve.

Photo of a elderly 3d printer cranking out a batch of anti-ice community defense whistles.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Really need to get these stickers up on our ( @kamikazecomic.bsky.social ) online shop so we can put the all proceeds towards Minneapolis/Maine/everywhere efforts. Made them back in November/December, just haven't had a moment to get them into the shop.

Photo of a vinyl sticker on an insulated mug. The sticker reads "ICE BREAKER" and features an ice cube being split by a wooden stake.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This MLK Day, I'm tempted to reread his final book again. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_D...

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Looking back at the photos I took in #Denmark last summer, thinking about how we were worried about a situation just like this one. It felt like everyone thought we were being a bit too paranoid.

Photo of relaxed people walking through the streets of Copenhagen. Light from the setting sun illuminates the stately buidings.

Photo across the Copenhagen waterfront, looking towards the bridge to Amager. A tour boat passes in front of the bridge. In the far distance, a prominent rainbow illuminates the skyline.

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ACTupper @actupper.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Just got an awesome belated Christmas gift from @mermaidshells.bsky.social Readers of @kamikazecomic.bsky.social will get the reference (it's the dystopian citystate where the story takes place).