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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 10h

i remain so alarmed by all the discourse about how people can use AI to get good deals / fight wage theft / counteract extractive insurance practices that doesn’t acknowledge that — if you accept this works — the companies on the other side … also can use it to do the opposite?

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Captain America has advice for you: 'One book he found eye-opening was Rebecca Solnit’s “The Mother of All Questions.” “The hardest thing to reconcile is that just because you have good intentions, doesn’t mean it’s your time to have a voice,” he said.'

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Chris Evans, a.k.a. Captain America, Comes Back Down to Earth (Published 2018)

Why the linchpin of Marvel’s “Avengers” movies — and walking image of American fortitude — is giving it all up to play a villain on Broadway (and learn to tap dance).

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 10h

Right, they're saying, "I made an intelligent being and then told it to make 10,000 copies of itself to try a problem and to delete itself if it failed and then iterate its mass-self-suicide until it solved the problem" and, uh, buddy, I don't think you made a being but if you did, ho boy...

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 03/10/2026

For me at least, it feels like there is definitely an LLM at play, if only in the diagrams, but at the same time, I found the analysis good enough to look past. Worth a read, if you ever think about the drastic things people will do as the climate heats up.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 03/10/2026

I really appreciate how the author compares the costs to that of nuclear, in terms of needing to account for the often-left-out costs of insurance against things going south, like with termination shock (i.e. the heat rebound when SRM stops)

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 03/10/2026

I’m no fan of substack, but this piece here in the actual likely costs of solar radiation management, when you factor in planning for termination shock is one of the most readable yet stark pieces I’ve come across. climatemoney.substack.com/p/the-end…

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 03/10/2026

I am not christian beyond a love for catacomb saints and the Santa Muerte and thinking the swag is cool; and the church did a LOT of bad, a LOT. But it *IS* a crazy timeline we live in, for sure

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 03/10/2026

I know most of you guys don't go on the other app but the pope posted an anti AI/ pro artists statement yesterday, and the ensuing cope and memes is really funny

Pope Leo XIV
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In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

2016: I will never fight a holy war

2019: Pope Leo I am ready launch me towards the nearest data center

some AI guy saying he makes christian children's books with AI asking the pope if that is ok then and someone posting a meme react with the pope holding a baseball bat saying 'did I stutter'

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 29/09/2026

TBH i saw that too, and I found the use of a generated image there pretty jarring myself - did it add much that finding an image wouldn’t have added? Then it occurred to me it’s a way to talk about an industry without accusing a specific player in it - especially if you work in it.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 28/09/2026

Thank you for sharing your deck! I just had a chance to read through them, and there’s so much there that makes me want to read more into what I see in the slides. I’m now really looking forward to the recording when it’s online. Thanks for putting the time into the talk & sharing it at #kirbykonf

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026

my boy @mrchrisadams.net did the calcs on this - a $1m fine, for a facility that gets paid $290m a month. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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I did some quick napkin maths calculation on this. If the guardian article mentions 300MW replacing these engines, I think that 1 million dollar fee represents about 3-5 days of fuels costs for the 45 Bergen generators.

Microsoft has a 17bn dollar, 5 year deal with Nebius for the compute.

Nebius is paying DataOne to build the actual datacentres, and provide the generators to power them.

Moreover, a 17bn dollar deal, if you divide it by 60 months, is what? 290 million dollars per month?

What good is a 1million dollar fine if you're being paid 290 milion dollars by Microsoft, per month for it, who presumably are selling the compute for *more than* 290 million dollars per month?

No wonder they were happy to be allowed to keep running it - the cost of switching off the servers for a month would have been hundreds of times the cost of the fine.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 28/09/2026

And this is with people in the majority world paying up to 30% interest on loans to get an electric motorbike to replace a ICE engine version instead. If you're interested in clean motorised mobility. it's deffo worth a read. Yes, there's a good bit about e-bikes as well.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 28/09/2026

This is the single most informative article I've read about 2 and 3 wheelers EVs since I learned a few years back that they made up the majority of EVs via the BNEF reporting. climatemoney.substack.com/p/this-singl...

climatemoney.substack.com

This single technology is killing oil demand

No war required

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 23/09/2026

Read this thread if you're interested in land-use issues related to farming and solar photovoltaics.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 21/09/2026

Today, EU Commission published its sustainability rating scheme for data centres. Remember how the Commission copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment to keep crucial information on data centres energy use+environmental impacts hidden? Well, Big Tech’s ‘confidentiality’ clause remains 😡 - just reworded ⬇️

corporateeurope.org

Copy, paste, govern | Corporate Europe Observatory

The EU Commission’s policy on data centres keeps information on individual centres' energy and water use under wraps. Research now reveals the Commission copied and pasted an amendment suggested by Mi...

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

People struggling financially have voted predominantly for the AfD in recent elections. Not in Berlin. The Left put socializing corporate landlords on the ballot, and won the election and this group.

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

New cat discovered. Humans: Late #caturday

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Alper Cugun @alper.nl · 20/09/2026

If Berlin elects the Linke today, that’s effectively a second referendum in favour of expropriation because that promise has been one of the party’s main campaign topics. At that point nobody can argue that it’s not democratically legitimate.

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isaac @sevier.io · 14/09/2026

No one in the media or politics fretting about AI as an "existential threat" actually takes those kinds of risks seriously or we would be hearing about climate 24/7 instead of computer programs

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Your car is collecting a staggering amount of data about you and selling them. Your bike won’t do that to you.

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Your car is selling your data

The amount of data about you that many cars collect — and sell to third parties — is staggering.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 12/09/2026

… because the IRS is generally better resourced than the various, often outgunned public utility commissions in each state that are supposed to regulate the power companies, and their deals with hyperscalers. Was deffo worth a read 👍

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 12/09/2026

One I hadn’t seen before was the notion of having an excise tax on electricity consumption, that gets recirculated into a public fund to various purposes, like rate relief, infrastructure investment that would otherwise be less likely, and so on. Using the IRS to collect it is tho is interesting

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 12/09/2026

This article is a really good summary of how the US electricity grid came about as a prelude for outlining a few interesting policy responses to build out of massive datacentres on the grid - phenomenalworld.org/analysis/govern…

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 11/09/2026

Make it plant based and it is destined to be the next trendy food in Berlin.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 11/09/2026

@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social this might be an oddball question but… has anyone ever bought one of these stickers here like this? We're chatting about it in CAT as we're down to our last few CAT badges, and trying to see if it's worth getting more made. carefulindustries.teemill.com/product/just...

carefulindustries.teemill.com

Just enough Internet sticker

Stickers! With Just enough Internet on them!

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/09/2026

The Biden White House guys who had the meeting on AI with Andreessen have *just now* figured out that they should point out that Andreessen has been intentionally lying about it ever since in order to drum up support for the fascists. WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WAIT www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Opinion | What Really Happened at the White House Lunch That Marc Andreessen Says Sent Him to Trump

Setting the record straight about the venture capitalist’s meeting with us in the Biden White House.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This airline rules so hard

Ryanair will dispute passenger's claim he was sucked out of window
CEO Michael O'Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked 'towards' but not out of the opening
Business live -latest updates
Gwyn Topham

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I give you : the Potoo

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 08/09/2026

To inform a research proposal to the Department of Energy, my collaborators and I want to learn about how people select and purchase heating and cooling equipment for their homes. We'd appreciate any/all responses to this survey we created, which takes 5-10 minutes to fill out. Thank you!

tally.so

Quick HVAC Purchasing Survey

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

4 years since The Rock did one if the all time tweets

Rest in peace to Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II. A great woman who sat on the throne as long as anyone in British history.
Sad she will never get to see #BlackAdam V IN THEATERS OCT 21st

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is this Mamdani's sidelong way of pointing out that it was Giuliani who should not be at the 9/11 commemoration, because he endangered New Yorkers multiple ways? Beforehand by situating his terrorism response center in the WTC, after by lying about the dangerous air quality.

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Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Agentic AI is surely the Killer App of open energy modelling - just watching the agents play with @pypsa-org.bsky.social workflows, it's hard to imagine how closed suites can compete. Blog post: nworbmot.org/blog/agents-...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

just got arrested for going up to a police officer while wearing meta glasses and saying "computer, transfer $100,000 from this officer's bank account into my account" and then waving my hands like a magician

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 06/09/2026

Thanks for catching it. I've deleted and reposted with the updated figure.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 06/09/2026

This is a corrected post I made earlier in the morning when I missed that I had written GW for Google's 400 MW CCS gas plant. 400 GW is much, much too big, and I'm grateful for @flowvoid.bsky.social for catching it before it shared too widely: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/goog...

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Google backs 400MW gas power plant tied to carbon capture in Illinois

The company claims 90 percent of the emissions produced will be permanently sequestered

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 06/09/2026

Announced / made the news in the last 3 months: Amazon - 7.65GW onsite gas Microsoft - 3GW onsite gas OpenAI & Nvidia - 10GW onsite gas Even Google, back in Oct 2025 announced a 400MW CCS gas plant Tech companies are acting indifferent at best to accepted climate science bsky.app/profile/sevi...

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 06/09/2026

Yes, that was the one. 400GW would be is preposterously large, even in the context of a hyperbolic social media post.

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 06/09/2026

jeez, that'll teach me to post before coffee. Deleting the original post and reporting with the correct numbers

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Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net · 06/09/2026

Argh! “Made the news”, clearly. The day editing for typos comes to bluesky properly, I will be a happy man.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026

The is white privilege in action. There are brown and Black people who are sitting in detention for months, AFTER they already gave up on their valid claims to be here and agreed to be deported. Then they’re deported shackled on an ICE flight while this guy, who had no valid claim, goes commercial.

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