Reposted by Gene LongeneckerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/10/2026Speaking of live-streaming executions… There were white people in America, particularly from the 1880s through the 1930s, who enjoyed watching Black people being lynched. They brought their families, took photos & collected pieces of the victims’ clothing as souvenirs. [1935 — Fort Lauderdale] 33522841072
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Illustration by Badiucao 17864342206
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris. 19069001954
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying. 843127816
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Norway produces more oil than Venezuela. And yet, between January and August 2026, electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold in that country. Moving to EVs is often based on intelligence, not need. Which is why it lags in the notoriously short-sighted and stupid United States. 533146743595
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs? 793175675813
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"publicnotice.coRetire in peaceMcConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go. 1719258947943
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cost of diesel for a typical Los Angeles-to-Dallas truckload: $1,430 — up about $600, or 72%, from the day before the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran.” @bloomberg.com ⛽️ 22843791937
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This bizarre PR campaign to excuse Alexander Ovechkin for supporting Putin is disgusting and shameless and wholly without moral or logical merit. Fuck every single one of you who are making excuses for this man supporting a brutal dictator. 18799107
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerMark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is how fast oil use can disappear China's reduction in oil consumption during first half of 2026 due to replacement of fossil vehicles with EVs exceeded the UK’s entire oil consumption during that period China’s CO2 emis fall Q226 due to plummeting oil use carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon BriefChina’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis. 24372782518
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach. 592185664868
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34895884676
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 29/08/2026China puts world’s first 100-kW bamboo-built solar platform to offshore test China is testing whether engineered bamboo can replace steel and plastic in offshore floating solar power systems interestingengineering.com/energy/china...interestingengineering.comWorld's first Bamboo-built 100-kW solar platform takes on China watersChina is testing engineered bamboo in a 100-kW offshore solar platform, exploring a lighter, renewable alternative to steel structures. 28822278
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My grocery store is doing its part to cut prices. They have one aisle now labeled “infectious meat,” another with recalled products, and an “explosive diarrhea” discount vegetable area. #MAHA 2184655975
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Bloomberg: The tax legislation adopted by the current Republican Congress has dramatically worsened America's fiscal trajectory, undermining confidence in the US economy, the dollar and Treasury bills. 16365176
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerAMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Mayor Wilson, Councilmember Foster, Councilmember Saka and I are teaming up to ban surveillance pricing at grocery chains in Seattle. Surveillance pricing is a harmful practice where your data is weaponized against you to price gouge. (1/2) 10433461213
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerPetra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Instead of building concrete walls, nature already invented the perfect coastal defense. Mangrove roots form a tangled web that catches crashing waves and breaks them down into gentle currents. They stop erosion, filter our water, and save entire coastal communities from flooding.static.klipy.comNan Madol: Lost City with Albert Lin on Nat GeoALT: Nan Madol: Lost City with Albert Lin on Nat Geo 243782875
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/08/2026You gotta appreciate @ag.state.mn.us and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty for being the only state-level lawyers to criminally prosecute federal immigration agents who are terrorizing our streets 10660191835
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"this edible ain't shit" two hours later: 185182574357
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Moniz says a narrow deal solely with Iran is unlikely to stick now. Instead, he proposes an alternative plan to create a regional nuclear energy fuel cycle, which would include Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Those states would only have a fuel supply chain together limiting proliferation concerns.ft.comUS nuclear negotiator Ernest Moniz: ‘Iran has the home-court advantage’The architect of the 2015 deal with Tehran on how to prevent a new Middle East arms race 410846
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Perfect community note. 👌 31670481744
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerGroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity. 624177824822
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The prep isn't as bad as it used to be -- pills, not the drink -- and you'll have one, uh, busy evening and then you go in and get the greatest nap of your life and then eat a glorious meal. Get yourself checked out. 8255367
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Per my Grateful Dead post yesterday, I’m excited to listen to this: www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...npr.orgThe Ripple Effect: The Grateful Dead's long, strange trip might keep going foreverThis summer marks a moment of transition in the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip: the first in many years where there is no clear center of the band's universe. Where do Deadheads go from here? 3324028
Reposted by Gene Longeneckeradam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · 28/07/2026In rural Alabama, Ms. Calhoun's utility bill for a 2-br trailer has jumped to $350 monthly, a huge cut of her $1,300 monthly fixed income One of the reasons why? data centers Rates & disconnections are rising, & its hitting Black households the hardest capitalbnews.org/trump-electr...capitalbnews.orgData Center Surge Only Worsens Electricity Costs for Black FamiliesTrump promised to cut power bills, but instead nearly 100 million households are behind on utility payments, with Black households holding the most debt. 35943
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Farm workers are weeding sweet potatoes in Merced County CA. "Mercedes" shares, "It was 96° this day. Due to the current high temps, they are having us work less hours than usual. This means I have a very hard time affording to put food on the table for my family." #WeFeedYou 671843599
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...climatecoloredgoggles.comResearchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health. 16275162809
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?" 607151654092
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 19/07/2026South Korea built solar panels over highway medians and turned the space underneath into protected bike lanes. Clean energy + safe cycling, using infrastructure that already exists. 36890072616
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares 32106463124
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerAmy Mode Activated 🪷 ᓚᘏᗢ ಇ. @activateamymode.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Kids today have lost the fine art of bullshitting a 10 page paper from a single Funk & Wagnalls entry or from reading only the CliffsNotes. 🤣 1058259263769
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944 9345161610
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerChris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 30/06/2026Across Gobi Desert, autonomous tracked robots are transporting & installing solar panels with minimal human intervention, doubling installation efficiency. The energy transition isn't just about building more solar. It's increasingly about automating the process of building the whole infrastructure. 1152565758
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerBlue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Just a reminder, if you deface the Reflecting Pool you will be arrested…. Oops wrong picture 309169845316
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerFaith M. Jackson @kissedbythesun.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Stevie Wonder tearin' down the house at the Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony!! 361106247
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/06/2026In California, solar is up and gas is down.share.googleCalifornia gas generation down 60% from 2024 as solar, imports surgeSolar generation in CAISO increased 21% from January through May compared with the same period in 2024, the Energy Information Administration said. 302320501
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerMa$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This is one of the most impressive things I've seen in a long time. (And someone in the comment said I Wish Stevie Wonder could see this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂) 751510287
Reposted by Gene Longeneckeralexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 15/06/2026#Australia built a #battery that responds to a grid emergency faster than a human can blink. The Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales — 850 megawatts, 1,680 megawatt-hours — has a response time of 150 milliseconds from the moment its algorithms detect a grid frequency deviation #ActOnClimate 14382119
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).proelectrica.substack.comElite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy DisruptionNotes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026 241130904160
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerJoe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The cost of Solar panels and batteries has come down massively over the last 2-4 years. We should have these systems everywhere! Oil is a necessary evil, for now. But we need to rapidly move to renewables everywhere. 358103512998
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure 25545312027
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerEric R Fairhurst 📚 🦋 🎷🎨 @efairhurst.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Indiana told the public it gave less than $1 million in data center subsidies in 2025. The real number? $655 million. And $561 million of that went to a single company: Amazon. While Hoosiers pay sales tax on groceries, Amazon paid nothing. This isn’t economic development. It’s a heist.wthr.com13 Investigates: You pay sales tax. Some Indiana data centers didn’t. Here’s what we foundNew records show some Indiana data centers have reported hundreds of millions in state sales and use tax exemptions. 26666593282
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be. 281105803109
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development. 862164994066
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026If the White House is safe enough for Trump to host this fucking thing, why does he need a “drone proof” ballroom? 1912279606
Reposted by Gene LongeneckerChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Texas shows that in the freest energy markets, solar beats fossil fuels: In 2026 the state will produce WAY more energy from solar than coal. Naturally, Texas is also the neck and neck with CA to be the battery storage capital of America. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comSolar electricity is poised to overtake coal in—of all places—TexasLooks like clean power isn't a woke scam after all. 22545147