Sign in

Gene Longenecker

@glangenegger.bsky.social
709 followers 172 following 15 posts

Geographer of American floodplains, UCF scholar of disasters and resilience, musician. More to say, soon.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/10/2026
Speaking 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 Longenecker
Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Illustration by Badiucao
17864342206
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sam 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 Longenecker
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.
843127816
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Norway 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 Longenecker
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO 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 Longenecker
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
10473217610092
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New 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.co
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
1719258947943
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cost 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 Longenecker
Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This 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 Longenecker
Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This 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.org
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon Brief
China’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 Longenecker
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Flock 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 Longenecker
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This 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.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
34895884676
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
China 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.com
World's first Bamboo-built 100-kW solar platform takes on China waters
China is testing engineered bamboo in a 100-kW offshore solar platform, exploring a lighter, renewable alternative to steel structures.
28822278
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My 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 Longenecker
MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
17516224911508
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Bloomberg: 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 Longenecker
AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Mayor 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 Longenecker
Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Instead 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.com
Nan Madol: Lost City with Albert Lin on Nat Geo
ALT: Nan Madol: Lost City with Albert Lin on Nat Geo
243782875
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You 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 Longenecker
Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:
185182574357
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Moniz 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.com
US 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 Longenecker
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Perfect community note. 👌
31670481744
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'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 Longenecker
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The 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 Longenecker
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Per my Grateful Dead post yesterday, I’m excited to listen to this: www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
npr.org
The Ripple Effect: The Grateful Dead's long, strange trip might keep going forever
This 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 Longenecker
adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In 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.org
Data Center Surge Only Worsens Electricity Costs for Black Families
Trump 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 Longenecker
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Farm 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 Longenecker
Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insane 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.com
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
16275162809
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Max 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 Longenecker
Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
South 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 Longenecker
Oliver @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 Longenecker
Amy Mode Activated 🪷 ᓚᘏᗢ ಇ. @activateamymode.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Kids 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 Longenecker
Robert 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 Longenecker
Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 30/06/2026
Across 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 Longenecker
Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Just a reminder, if you deface the Reflecting Pool you will be arrested…. Oops wrong picture
309169845316
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Faith M. Jackson @kissedbythesun.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Stevie Wonder tearin' down the house at the Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony!!
361106247
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/06/2026
In California, solar is up and gas is down.
share.google
California gas generation down 60% from 2024 as solar, imports surge
Solar 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 Longenecker
Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This 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 Longenecker
alexvonwitzleben.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
Gene Longenecker @glangenegger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
0200
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
David 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.com
Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
241130904160
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The 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 Longenecker
W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure
25545312027
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Eric R Fairhurst 📚 🦋 🎷🎨 @efairhurst.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Indiana 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.com
13 Investigates: You pay sales tax. Some Indiana data centers didn’t. Here’s what we found
New records show some Indiana data centers have reported hundreds of millions in state sales and use tax exemptions.
26666593282
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be.
281105803109
Reposted by Gene Longenecker
Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Let'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 Longenecker
JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
If 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 Longenecker
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Texas 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.com
Solar electricity is poised to overtake coal in—of all places—Texas
Looks like clean power isn't a woke scam after all.
22545147