expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 17hThe problem with this platform is that you can like a post only once. 😁 020
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Useful framework for evaluating AI or other industries (e.g. fossil fuels). 000
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He is not defying the Democrats. He is defying the US Congress, aka the people. A president cannot legally or constitutionally spend money however he wishes to. Congress appropriated the funding. Previous presidents signed those appropriations into law. Trump is lawless. That's the story here. 314557
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ted Lieu graduated from Stanford with a BS degree in computer science and a BA degree in Political Science. He’s one of the very few members of Congress who knows what a matrix is, let alone how to use one. I wish we had more congress members who have science and engineering degrees. 010
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wish he had chosen more renewables projects but that won’t help existing fossil fuel workers and companies that represent a big chunk of GDP. 000
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He understands how dependent the Canadian economy is on fossil fuel extraction. In the context of a now extremely hostile US former partner and a brewing Alberta secessionist debacle, Carney can’t risk sinking the economy. It’s a terrible bargain with the devil. 100
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So is that a paid passenger? Does that mean if I hail a Waymo, they will pay me to be the “driver”? Cool. 000
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From the latest @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social survey: "The percentage of registered voters who say they hear about global warming in the media dropped 11 percentage points from 2024 (30%) to 2025 (19%), which is the lowest it has been since the question was first asked in 2015." This is on you media! 69536
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 01/10/2026www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...markey.senate.govSenator Markey Statement on Bipartisan Permitting Reform Proposal | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of MassachusettsWashington (October 1, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment... 1112
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 01/10/2026My Statement on the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Proposal. 1185
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fascinating history as always. I recommend the graphic novel “When the Wind Blows”. 001
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What’s a sensible investment strategy under these conditions? Stock market dominated by a handful of AI related companies and seems risky with overvaluation. 220
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 29/09/2026After forcing us to pay $120 BILLION more for fuel because of his idiotic war with Iran, Donald Trump is now rolling back fuel standards so new cars get even fewer miles per gallon. This is a massive wealth transfer from working Americans to oil companies. 15280104
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This guy has more flip flops than the clearance bin at the dollar store. 020
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 27/09/2026The last three months are the warmest on record globally, relative to every other June-July-August period since 1850. Data from NOAA/NCEI's NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0. 9438213
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialNRDC Action Fund @nrdcactionfund.org · 27/09/2026Trump’s EPA is handing Big Tech a free pass to pollute by weakening safeguards for AI data centers, putting communities’ health at risk. We need stronger protections, not less. motherjones.comFormer EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make you sick“Families shouldn’t have to pay for the AI boom with their health.” 045
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=-52s...m.youtube.comMusk - Official Teaser Trailer (2026)YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers 16423
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Maybe someone told them about the Streisand effect? 1824
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh… it’s been reversed! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comYouTube and Meta Reverse Course, Will Accept ‘Musk’ Trailer AdThe Google unit says the ad was "temporarily restricted" while Meta calls it "an error." TikTok and X remain silent. 310725
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialexpansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Interesting” 🤔 😁 001
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Round two of the world's first industrial electrification auction opens in December. €1bn to electrify process heat, 3/4 of EU industrial emissions. Winners get a fixed premium per tonne of CO2 avoided for up to five years, funded by ETS revenues. climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...climate.ec.europa.euCommission publishes terms and conditions for €1 billion industrial heat decarbonisation auctionOn 24 September 2026, the Commission published the final Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) for its second Europe-wide auction for projects decarbonising industrial process heat (IF26 Heat Auction). 15017
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Whoah. That’s a good way to spur action. 010
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks for clarifying. I need to read up on what the latest methods for heat rejection for large datacenters & how water intensive they are. At the end of the day essentially all the input energy is converted to heat that must be moved and dumped. With GW scale datacenters that’s a lot of heat. 011
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Also, if the generating capacity is solar, I don’t understand why water is consumed. 110
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I get closed loop to move the heat away from racks, but somewhere outside the building the heat is being transferred to water, air or the ground. I assumed that this was evaporative (water). Is that not the case? What is being used? 110
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Australia has abundant solar (installed and potential) but what about water for cooling? 110
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is a big deal. Knocking down barriers to decarbonizing heavy trucks. insideevs.com/news/808395/...insideevs.comCATL's New Electric Truck Battery Is Coming For Diesel's Biggest AdvantageCATL's new Tectrans II commercial battery combines up to 620 miles of range with megawatt charging, meaning that it can add a cool 500 miles in just 25 minutes. 021
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/09/2026Axon and Flock both make ALPRs that capture every passing vehicle regardless of any suspicion, recording location, time, license plate, color, make, model, and other characteristics. Trading one for the other “is sort of like swapping Coke for Pepsi,” EFF’s @lisafemia.bsky.social told @sfgate.com.sfgate.com2 Bay Area cities ditch Flock, but surveillance is far from overCritics argue that Axon, a Flock rival, brings similar privacy issues. 39443
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In case anyone forgot… www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...cnn.comFact check: It wasn’t ‘in jest.’ Here are 53 times Trump said he’d end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office | CNN PoliticsHe wasn’t joking. 0101
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yeah, just like he was going to end the Russian war against Ukraine on day one of his 2nd term. How stupid and/or gullible must you be to believe this con man? 1141
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026After nearly two years of economic failure and broken promises, JD Vance’s midterm pitch these closing weeks is “give us another chance.” The American people cannot afford another round of this - and the good news is we don’t have to. 1002940729
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The republicans are the anti-progress party. Actually worse. They want to roll back standards that make our appliances more efficient and save us money. They have the gall to wrap it “freedom” rhetoric. We get to pay more while their big donors are free from regulations and free to maximize profit.insideclimatenews.orgA New Bill Could Help Obstruct Future Energy Efficiency Standards for Home Appliances—and Repeal Old Ones - Inside Climate NewsLegislation the Senate is considering would make it “essentially impossible” to set new standards, said one advocate. 000
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bring it. Each beloved institution he attacks turns more people against him. 061
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not sure how many “adults” are in the US, especially in this administration. 010
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 14/09/2026He would sooner see it demolished than walk away from his effort to add his name to it. He’s beyond reprehensible. 020
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialNRDC Action Fund @nrdcactionfund.org · 13/09/2026The EPA was created to protect people from polluters. Instead, Trump’s EPA is abandoning some of the strongest tools for holding polluters accountable and gutting safeguards that protect our health and future generations. insideclimatenews.orgThe Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows - Inside Climate NewsThe EPA’s retreat from its role guarding clean air and water will have lasting effects on public health, critics fear. 014
Reposted by @expansive.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/09/2026This post from SemiAnalysis is well worth reading, to get a direct insight into how the AI industry is completely disconnected from the climate consequences of what they're doing. 312065
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026And in case anyone is thinking oh, this is just wishful thinking and future planning like interconnect requests and won’t happen, these are confirmed orders for generators. Contracts have been signed and likely deposits paid. These are being built. At $MMs each, they will be used and will emit. 000
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Yeah. I read the same article and thought to myself, I’m pretty that’s more that the entire capacity available through CAISO. I checked and yep. It is. Absolutely bonkers and iirc not a single word in the semianalysis article on the emissions this entails or the impact on carbon budgets. 100
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I just realized that I gave you incomplete info. Not all compression is bad for your nose case — what you want to avoid is *lossy* compression. There are lossless audio compression algorithms which can reconstruct the original perfectly and those are fine to use. Example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLACen.wikipedia.orgFLAC - Wikipedia 110
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Thanks for all the great work you’re doing at TNMoC and elsewhere. 110
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It was mentioned earlier but you should avoid using any compressed file format for this work. So no mp3, ogg, etc. 100
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It would be great to have more tape archives better curated and organized similar to what we have for disk images. 100
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Some of these recordings are interesting because they include some fiendish tape protection tricks. 100
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Also, I kind of recall there being some small archives of tape wav files here and there. I found some linked from stardot which was super useful when I had a beeb with no floppy or gotek. You can play the .wav file on your post modern computer and feed the audio to the beeb’s tape jack and load. 100
expansive.bsky.social @expansive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It might well have been better than some of the players out there at the time but thats a pretty low bar. Sure, it works (mostly) but if your objective is to get archival quality data, see if you can find a better deck. Any old school audiophile should be able to help you out. 100
