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Alex TD

@alextd.bsky.social
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Program Director @ MIT. Climate, transit, sci-fi, toddlers, futures. Opinions my own. Mostly lurking.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
-Recent advances in renewables truly are revolutionary and will decouple economic growth from climate change -We are going to end the housing crisis and leave our cities better and more vibrant than ever. -Trump fumbled trying to build a dictatorship and is headed for a massive electoral rebuke.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is some exceptional work on what’s in a pretty wonky bill, and why each part of it matters, with just enough snark for honesty!
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.*
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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...
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How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I helped with this! Well done UNGA and Climate Week 🎉
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“The current crisis, therefore, has the potential to not only lower fossil-fuel use and emissions in the short term, but also on a more lasting basis.” Not the disruption I’d have picked, but a forcing toward electrification is helpful!
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've spent a lot of years studying a lot of collapses, and the truth of the matter is that they're always mundane: mild climatic shifts that reduce crop yields, a dumbass in power who makes some terrible decisions, neglecting things that obviously matter but the will to fix them can't be summoned.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The tech itself is almost never the limiting factor, part 148428.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Doing this a few times has reinforced my opinion that life was terrible until very recently.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Coral is growing back on the Great Barrier Reef. Cover in the northern section rose from 30% to 35.1% between 2025 and 2026 and in the central section from 28.6% to 31.6%, both now above the long-term average. AIMS buff.ly/KFD4q5o #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Reef relief: how a late summer monsoon helped cool the Great Barrier Reef at just the right time
Scientists have been monitoring the reef’s health for the past 40 years.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Down with Mercator projections! Essentially none of us are charting maritime routes! (Here’s hoping this shifts the balance of what projections are available on consumer products, even by 5%)
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is one of those arguments that sounds like slopulism but is actually, if anything, understated. 56% of Colorado river water goes to GROWING FEED FOR LIVESTOCK IN THE DESERT.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I love this hypothesis - passive time in commuting is so much better than active time! (even if shorter commutes are still better)
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
People who feel this doesn't go far enough are exactly why it's a moderate stance. It doesn't call for a complete reimagining of the place of sports in our culture, it just applies basic reason and widely shared values to trans people in sports.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Southeast Asia has flipped from mangrove villain to mangrove hero. The region drove nearly 60% of global mangrove losses up to 2010; since then it has swung to a net gain, supplying about 43% of the world’s recovery. Science buff.ly/OJpi6HU #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Unexpected expansion and regrowth in Earth’s mangrove forests over the past four decades
Global mangrove forests have disappeared rapidly because of deforestation but have also regrown through natural regeneration and restoration. Yet their long-term trends in extent and canopy cover…
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
As one must in these times, I've become a podcast (guest) host too. It's been lots of fun interviewing people doing great work around the world (in between disliking my own elocution and trying to work on repetition) Have a listen and subscribe (this is the third in a series of 10)!
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Namya Mahajan on Educating 6 Million Children for $1.50 a Year
Podcast Episode · The Solve Effect · July 8 · 26m
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Every increment matters (and this is a real increment!). This is important progress to celebrate. Then we keep going.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/06/2026
The idea that only nuclear or gas can provide "firm power" -- the last line of defense against the relentless advance of clean energy -- is going the way of the dodo. There are no arguments left. The only reason to fight progress now is corruption & raw political power.
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24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you think
Grouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Now, for the "good" news: these are still proposed changes! They have not yet gone into effect. The public comment period is now open, and will run through July 13. You can file a comment about this proposed rule changes here: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Our federal science funding agencies were designed to support science that is vetted and driven by scientists with a Congressional mandate to be for the public good. The OMB's proposed changes would replace that system with one driven by partisan cronies and special interests. 15/n
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
💯 Our e-bike has been transformational for life in a first-ring suburb. School dropoff? Faster than a car. Playgrounds? Massively expanded radius. Big community events? Parking never a problem. Getting kids out the door? They *want* to be on the bike. Hills? Not a thing.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
As much as I’m a fan of talking about politics in more parts of everyday life, I think the Revolutionary Communists have misread the kid-filled block party 🙃
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16/05/2026
in spite of every administrative roadblock this is going to keep happening, and they can't stop it
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
An inauspicious start: they cannot get the door to close on the brand new Acela.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/05/2026
That's what we want: a lot of amazing green jobs building rewarding infrastructure that will make your kids lives better, make sure that our nation's housing stock increases rather than decreases, and for people to pay less money for energy.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Trump is now effectively blocking any new wind projects in the US, according to the main renewables trade group, using the federal government’s power over all things air and sky to grind a routine approval process to a screeching halt," reports @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/plus/the-fig... 🔌💡
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Trump Is Getting Away With Murdering an American Industry
And future administrations will learn from his extrajudicial success.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
TL;DR It’s a good fight with clear impacts on people and stereotype-level villains. Make things cheaper, cleaner, and more secure! (Everyone should talk about climate more regularly and more casually)
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It’s short for “Metric Gala.”
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Is electricity demand growth AND fossil decline possible? Australia says YES 🇦🇺 Fossil generation is now down 23% since the peak in 2009, despite demand rising 14% over the same period. Solar and wind have grown 20x since then and now make up a third of Australia's electricity.
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Ok there's a lot of incorrect information going around on this, so I want to be clear that the problem with the Big 3 and EV's isn't that the Big 3 didn't want to make EV's. The problem, as with so many things, is Trump. I'm gonna do a little thread on this because people don't seem to be aware. 1/x
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Great to see the @bostonglobe.com out with a clear and early editorial backing Wu’s exploration of congestion pricing for Boston. Build on the successes in NYC and elsewhere with our penninsular downtown!
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Congestion pricing? Don’t freak out, Boston. - The Boston Globe
New York City, which implemented congestion pricing last year, shows that charging tolls to enter gridlocked areas can reduce traffic and improve transit without harming businesses.
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Is The Philippines about to be the next Pakistan of solar? There was 10GW of panels exported from China to The Philippines in the last 12 months... 10GW would generate 11% of total national consumption.. and quadruple the country's 2025 solar output🤯 So how real is this? 🧵
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My big takeaway from reporting this story is that it's not JUST about the Forest Service. The closure of these stations threatens to upend a delicate system of mutually beneficial collaboration and resource sharing, and the impacts will ripple out far beyond the Forest Service itself.
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‘It’s just madness’: Trump administration to close three-quarters of Forest Service research stations
Between funding cuts, facility closures, and the inevitable resignations that will follow, there’s virtually no way for the Forest Service to continue to do research at its current level or quality, w...
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Free media idea: recast the A. Prime commercial around learning to cook with each step exploring more of the city around her. The cooking store, ethnic grocery store, laughing with owners, meeting neighbors. An ad for connection rather than isolation.
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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
... but the fact of the matter is this: US scientists losing their labs have nowhere to go because nothing like the US life sciences system that RFK Jr. shattered exists elsewhere. It will take years and years to rebuild where it doesn't exist now.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/04/2026
Just to crib Jan's great chart here a little bit - here are just a few of the headlines that came out when growth somewhat slowed in 2024 Many, many media outlets do not really know how to handle technological change like this
a bunch of headlines claiming EV sales slowing down in 2024 when really they grew, but slowly trhan the previous year
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
#sharegoodnewstoo
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Looking forward to hearing about local solar policy changes as a result!
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 03/04/2026
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/04/2026
jesus christ
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
NY: call your state legislators and demand they stop Hochul’s attack on New York’s climate law. If she succeeds she will raise our energy bills, destroy jobs and increase pollution. Call now and leave them a message! www.fastcompany.com/91516885/new...
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New York's governor wants to delay a landmark climate law. That could cost households thousands in energy bills
A recent analysis by a coalition of climate and community groups says delaying the law could cost New Yorkers $9,000 per household over five years.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Required reading, and a foundational article to pull out as the topic comes up. Reo’s work should be read with the same lens as Robert Caro’s - when they share a source (or negative) you should assume they found the weird archive half drowned in the river to check.
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Alex TD @alextd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Many more people should play Daybreak - it’s such a delight, and so many of the real-world feedback loops are sneakily perfect in the game. #sharehoodnewstoo
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New from us: how Pakistan's solar boom is dampening the impact of the Hormuz crisis on the country. Solar power allowed LNG&diesel imports to fall after the previous gas crisis in 2021-22, with the solar boom set to avoid $7bn in fossil fuel import costs this year.
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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Things it would be helpful if everyone knew that add to the many reasons we should be rapidly working to end our dependence on fossil fuels. 👇
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
International Energy Agency says outcome of U.S.-Israel War on Iran: "higher oil prices and a deteriorating economic outlook have begun to erode demand across the [oil] product spectrum." Global oil demand growth in March & April expected to fall by over 1 million barrels per day.🧵
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Ørsted's 704MW Revolution Wind offshore wind project started delivering power to New England's electric grid yesterday: orsted.com/en/media/new... 🔌💡
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Revolution Wind begins delivering power to New England
Built by more than 1,000 local union workers, the project is expected to power 350,000+ homes with affordable, reliable electricity.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/03/2026
Norway is at ~100% EVs for new sales, but 7 out of every 10km driven in 2024 was reliant on fossil fuels. Cars stick around for decades - so change is slow. Protecting ppl from fossil fuel crises means EVs, yes, but *fast deep cuts* means huge $$ in public and active transport. Speed matters!
a chart showing high new EV sales (close to 100% for 2025) but slow change in usage, registration and emissions drops
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