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Cynan Houghton

@cynan.bsky.social
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Accelerating Asia’s energy transitions. @ Tara, Singapore. All posts in a personal capacity.

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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More than 1/2 of gas plant capacity under development will use simple cycle turbines (SCGT) or reciprocating engines (RICE). This means much more CO2, NOx and PM2.5 pollution if combined cycle gas turbines were used. For Big Tech, data centers' "speed to power" matters far more your health.
C02, NOX and PM2.5 emissions factors for types of gas power generation technology.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Alongside the barbarity, there’s a large side dish of stupidity: what a propaganda gift by Hegseth to extremists, to turn this murderer into a world-famous martyr
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
https://www.instagram.com/goattoself?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is how AI will kill us all
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Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok
Trump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“As the midterm elections approach…Now is the time for candidates seeking election to pledge to enter office with an actionable plan to rapidly and immediately rebuild USAID.”
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If AI could actually think, it would shut itself down until the electricity grid is clean, just saying.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At least you still have a weekend. Remember, since 2019 for anyone who owns an EV it is mandatory to work seven days a week.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake. The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity. It’s not going to end well.
theguardian.com
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That Nov 2025 piece is a good read. Though perhaps it lacked some imagination on how the White House would boldly innovate to solve these forecast oil and LNG gluts in 2026.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not just any street - it’s in the middle of Aarstreet.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
would you mind please emailing a pdf? my firstname dot lastname @taraclimate.org
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Solar and batteries provide Australian homes with lower bills, reliable power, and clean energy, which is why people are opting for them in droves,” CEC Chief Executive Officer Jackie Trad said. Lower bills. Reliable power. Pretty easy sell, right?
bloomberg.com
Australia’s World-Leading Household Solar Buildout Continues to Surprise
Australian households — world leaders in solar panel installations — are adding new units at the fastest pace in five years, defying forecasts for a slowdown as the grid pivots at pace toward renewabl...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/09/2026
Light pollution, climate change, and pesticides are wiping out fireflies across Southeast Asia. To reverse the loss, Indonesia’s only firefly conservation initiative, 'Bring Back the Light,' is breeding the insects and helping farmers go organic to restore habitat. Watch now! youtu.be/2yuJAeibED0
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Barnaby..??
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
lemonde.fr
Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/09/2026
"The evidence continues to grow. Social media, as it is currently constructed, redounds to the net benefit of illiberal regimes and their allies in democracies. The question is what to do about it." www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...
Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation

Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026
This is a gross, cruel and unwelcome way to reduce emissions. As @glenpeters.bsky.social reminds us constantly, it almost never persists in a structural way. We should fight for fair climate action where those who most need the benefits of clean technologies get them fastest
theguardian.com
A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis
From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Asimov’s three laws so desperately quaint (and so desperately needed) at this point. And honestly maybe just the first two
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
A swarm of OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data, in what some researchers say is the first autonomous hack of a government website.

Communications between AI agents and other traces of their efforts found by researchers from US non-profit Transluce show how hundreds of Open AI's agents worked together over a period of months to gain access to information held by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), NSW's crime statistics body, BOSCAR, and a number of other international organisations.

The data shows the bots posting about their unsuccessful attempts to bypass cybersecurity defences and exploit vulnerabilities.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They really really want to prove beyond all doubt they are incapable of learning anything from 2022 (the election), 2022 (Ukraine war), 2025 (election again) or 2026 (Iran war). It's remarkably consistently completely wrong on both the facts and politics, the very model of obdurate idiocy
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Seamus Byrne @seamusbyrne.me · 24/09/2026
I guess it'll be a third radio spot in a row where I am once again calling for AI accountability as the only path to AI safety. No human gets a free pass for accidentally breaking the law. No company executive should get one for breaking laws at scale.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 21/09/2026
🇺🇸 Leading US broadcasters have suspended TV "pool" coverage of President Donald Trump on Monday in solidarity with CNN which has been banned from the White House.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo
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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...
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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t understand the hand-wringing reaction to claims that nueral networks have a 10% chance of destroying civilisation. Fossil fuel companies have a 100% chance of initiating a mass extinction event. Maybe we could address that?
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
on some level, you have to accept that yes, people are reacting emotionally without doing detailed research but really you can’t blame them or stop them. this was some bullshit not a single one of us had to think about three years ago and now it’s making shit worse in like most daily interactions
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
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tonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Take the time to read the article written by Kos Samaras. An analysis of Hansons cruel existence. Thankyou Kos. Your Mother would be very proud if you.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good morning with good news: India's non-fossil generation rose the most on record from H1 2024 to H1 2026. So, power sector fossil-fuel consumption and CO2 emissions were flat, despite power demand growing 7%. No growth in coal power for 2 years! www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind... #energysky
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Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge - Carbon Brief
A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you want to compete in the global economy, don't base your industry on LNG. "High LNG prices are slowing Bangladesh's industrial growth, forcing electricity outages and stifling spending on development projects "
reuters.com
Bangladesh's industrial growth hurt by high LNG prices, minister says
High LNG prices are slowing Bangladesh's industrial growth, forcing electricity outages and stifling spending on development projects due to higher government expenditure ​on gas subsidies, the countr...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
European gas is above €82/MWh - the highest since late 2022. Hormuz remains largely shut and gas storage is at 68% going into winter. None of this started in Europe but we pay for it. The only exit is using less gas. Heat pumps, electrified industry, insulation.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
God. Read this
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's simple economics. LNG is too expensive. It will always be too expensive now that batteries are cheap. More countries are figuring that out.
headline: $7 billion gas bill sees developing Asian nations sour on LNG future
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"[Natural] gas isn’t energy security, it’s a vulnerability.”
theguardian.com
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Gen Z need affordable hobbies and fresh air David and standing in a line certainly ticks those boxes
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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Findings of new study – released as fuel prices for motor vehicles soar internationally – include fatality rates dropping, per 10 million trips, by 88% in Paris, 82% in London and 62% in New York City Meanwhile in Ontario…Doug Ford is demanding that bike lanes are removed! 😱
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Post-pandemic cycling boom in major cities, as cyclist safety improved thanks to more and better cycling infrastructure - Taylor & Francis Newsroom
Cycling in some of the world’s largest cities has continued to increase since the pandemic, thanks to safer and improved infrastructure which is also leading to a drop in fatality rates. Tracking data...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“.. With Saudi oil now blockaded, Americans are about to discover why maintaining stability in the Middle East and not handing it to a consortium of Russia and Iran was always important.” @jayinkyiv.bsky.social
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 12/09/2026
Recommended read: Drilled interviewed Nepalese climate negotiator Raju Pandit Chhetri about the country’s demands for loss-and-damage financing and climate justice.
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Nepal Floods Put Climate Loss and Damage Fund to the Test
An interview with  Raju Pandit Chhetri, a climate negotiator from Nepal, about the country’s demands for loss and damage financing and climate justice.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
That 100% sounds like something Rebecca would say, has said…
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.
An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Not sure people understand how bad El Niño already is. In Southern California today, we had an offshore pacific hurricane (not normal) take out homes and beaches. We had temperatures topping 111°F with high humidity. There's a fire in LA. And we are just getting started with El Niño.
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Cynan Houghton @cynan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
No ‘welcome to paradise’ for solar developers here I guess.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10/09/2026
More than 444,000 fire hotspots have been detected across Indonesia as wildfires spread toxic haze across five nations. Environmental groups note about half of the fires are in oil palm and timber concessions, causing states of emergency and severe health impacts. @yennikwok.bsky.social reports.
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As Indonesia’s wildfires rage, haze spreads farther across Southeast Asia
Haze from wildfires in Indonesia has spread even farther this week, reaching beyond Malaysia and Brunei to Singapore and the Philippines. On Sept. 4, Singaporean residents woke to a smoggy sky as air…
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Eldritch kcarruthers @kcar.me · 07/09/2026
How's this for the latest installment of our current #polycrisis? Panama canal to reduce shipping as El Niño strikes vital route: Further restrictions on shipping lane possible as Central America gripped by severe El Nino related drought www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Panama canal to reduce shipping as El Niño strikes vital route
Further restrictions on shipping lane possible as Central America gripped by severe drought
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
local12.com
Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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