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Cian Twomey

@cian2me.bsky.social
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Financial economist. Interested in digital finance, portfolio ideas, and behavioural finance. Credit union advocate. And devoted to a little dachshund

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 21/09/2026
NEW – Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ reaches ‘remarkable’ all-time record ✍️ Written by @zekehausfather.com Read here: buff.ly/4a9XUAK
Daily Niño 3.4 sea surface temperature anomalies, 1982-2026, each relative to a centred 30-year climatology (ONI convention). Chart by Carbon Brief.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 21/09/2026
Interesting
Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom
By Maureen Farrell
(New York Times) -- Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities.
The backlash against data centers that is shaping elections and kitchen table debates across the country is now spilling onto Wall Street.
Companies that house the data centers or supply them with energy and land for construction were expected to dominate the initial public offering market over the coming months, feeding investors’ seemingly insatiable appetite for everything related to artificial intelligence.
But some investors are voicing increasing skepticism about the growth expectations for data centers and the risks associated with their build-out, forcing industry executives and their advisers to recalibrate their plans to raise tens of billions of dollars in public markets.
SB Energy, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank that has proposed to build the largest data center project in the world in Ohio, had originally planned its I.P.O. for this month.But the offering has been delayed, as investors question the company’s sought-after valuation of $50 billion or more, according to interviews with four people familiar with the deal’s marketing efforts. So far, bankers have struggled to find enough buyers of SB Energy stock within price ranges the company and its bankers had sought.
SB Energy’s struggles to win over investors comes as Holtec, a company serving the nuclear energy industry that is looking to supply power for A.I., said last week that it was pausing its I.P.O. plans indefinitely, citing several factors that has “impaired investor confidence in the market for new public offerings.”
Holtec pointed to the “uncertainty of data center development” as the primary reason for the postponement, according to a company release.
Holtec Nuclear owns and operates one main nuclear power site and builds small nuclear reactors that can be used to power data centers. The company, which had planned to start trading on Nasdaq last week, was seeking to raise as much as $900 million at a valuation of up to $10 billion.
Another company that’s slowed the timing of its offering, according to three people briefed on the matter, is the power company Aggreko, which counts A.I. data centers among its key customers. Aggreko also provides power to live events and mining projects, but it had highlighted data center clients as the basis for a large jump in revenue over the past year.
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ElectionCord @electioncord.com · 21/09/2026
I'm sorry but this is hilarious. Trump's approval for the economy has gone so low it actually broke the scale on the Ipsos graph
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Suboptimal that the president is a fucking moron.
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Probably a Mayo thing
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#MarescaOut too early? #FACommunityShield
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 13/08/2026
Mark English wins gold, Rhasidat Adeleke wins silver on unforgettable night for Irish athletics
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Mark English wins gold, Rhasidat Adeleke wins silver on unforgettable night for Irish athletics
Sophie Becker misses out on women’s 400m final
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Now do everywhere else www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Rank the following high-street shops in order of most likely to be fronts for money laundering: * Vape shops * Nail bars * Candy sweet shops * Casinos * Car washes * Tanning salons
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Of all the worst cultural exports the Americans have given us in recent years this new wave of country music has to be the worst. #NotChoosingTexas
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 11/08/2026
Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record #bundibugyo apnews.com/article/cong...
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Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record
Congo's Ebola outbreak has claimed at least 2,000 lives, making it the fastest-growing on record. Government data shows 4,381 confirmed cases, with 2,011 deaths.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I see mass deportations have ushered in a golden age of American prosperity, exactly as promised.
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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Temu Greenspan (again, h/t @peark.es) wants to go back to a world where the only people who have clear information about Fed policy are well-connected Wall Street bankers & other insiders. What could possibly go wrong?
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thee agnes de buffle @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
periodic reminder that long covid has surpassed asthma to be the most common chronic health problem in children jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
long covid is the most common chronic health problem in children
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/08/2026
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Dementia
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 01/08/2026
GET A MAP.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“The Fake ‘Invasion’ of Spain: What You Need to Know” 9 things you should know about the so-called ‘crisis’ of Moroccan migrants forcing their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta – and the hysterical response from the right in the U.S., UK, and EU.
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The Fake ‘Invasion’ of Spain: What You Need to Know
9 things you should know about the so-called ‘crisis’ of Moroccan migrants forcing their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta – and the hysterical response from the right in the U.S., UK, and EU.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
oh is it caravan season again it always comes around so fast
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fifa confirm the plan is scrapped The immediate response of some association heads is that Infantino "still needs to go" x.com/fifamedia/st...
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FIFA Media (@fifamedia) on X
Statement attributable to the FIFA President The FIFA Forward Enterprise project was intended to provide a basis for further strengthening our FIFA Member Associations and our sport worldwide, especi...
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Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
That is hopefully that. Incredibly funny for FIFA even now to be saying "regardless of the level of support...".
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Dario Perkins @darioperkins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New Fed communication model - we dont know why they did what they did, but we know - in some detail - why some officials wanted to do something different to what they did. Useful
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Moroccans doing the USA's & Israel's bidding in facilitating the hordes going to #Ceuta will be remembered when Spain, Portugal, and Morocco co-host the 2030 World Cup (assuming Infantino's project goes nowhere)
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Russia was 2nd or 3rd in oil production. Ukraine has knocked out about 1/3 of it. Saudi Arabia is 2nd/3rd. Exports disrupted by Iran in the Gulf and the Houthis in the Red Sea. 6th-8th are Iran, Iraq, UAE. 10th is Kuwait. All now blocked. Contra govts and markets, I think this’ll bite eventually.
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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 29/07/2026
Donald Trump's net approval has reached a new low today in our tracker. His net approval sits at -24.1. The previous low was -23.7, achieved on May 27. fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Remi Kasprzyk: ‘This photo absolutely deserves every award. It even has its place in the Louvre. It precisely captures the inertia of the individual in the face of collapse.’1/
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Elon Musk is no longer a trillionaire. SpaceX stock is down 50% from its peak, Tesla is also cratering www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
10 day share price performance of SpaceX, Tesla is down and to the right, with both down nearly 25% in the past week and a half
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Karl Whelan @karlwhelan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Christ almighty. The British obsession with itemized “pay fors” for everything is insane. This is just really not how fiscal policy or government works anywhere functional.
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump in the Star Wars medal scene.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is legit one of the wackiest photos I've ever seen. A thousand memes were launched today.
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And now Trump needs to kiss the feet of Pedro Sanchez as he hands Spain the trophy, per FIFA rules.
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And two Gunners on the pitch too. Well done Spain. Argentina a total disgrace
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
German broadcast. Nailed it
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And no Trump, another bonus
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
No doubt which team would win in a fist fight
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yes, Argentina the first ever World Cup finalist to not have a shot in the 90 minutes.
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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Trump's probably back in Florida by now, eating ham from the packet.
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1.76 Acres @onepointsevensixacr.es · 19/07/2026
Hahaha
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Cian Twomey @cian2me.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Still about 25 minutes too early to deploy the Spanish secret weapon #WorldCupFinal
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Mikel Merino Prasshant
ALT: Mikel Merino Prasshant
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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 19/07/2026
When mum came back from the rave with her new pals
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ooh, the ref’s given a yellow against an Argentine. Is he working on a 15-minute delay?
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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
this shot is so bleak lmao
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 18/07/2026
Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction | Simon Tisdall #Ukraine
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Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction | Simon Tisdall
As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Andy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Cian Ó Muilleoir @rugbykino.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Just because I didn't watch it doesn't mean I'm not going to shitpost memes.
Michael Collins, but it's Messi
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