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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good on you Sister's 👏

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good morning with good news: France's September Full-EV sales reach 42% of auto sales. Full-EV sales skyrocket 108% in September! Full-EV and Plug-In Hybrid were 48% of auto sales! Petrol-only cars were just 13% and diesel collapsed to 2.4%! www.aaa-data.fr/actualites/i... #energysky

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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban so EU fossil fuel dependence means Trump can tell them what to do to help his midterm prospects, and they have to do what he says www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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EXCLUSIVE: US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban, sources say

The warning marks an escalation in pressure on Europe as President Trump considers a potential ban to help bring down US fuel prices ahead of November's midterm elections.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026

This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 30/09/2026

Confused by all the debate about the new permitting reform bill? Here is a quick cheat-sheet of the most important provisions, and their likely impact on emissions:

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 30/09/2026

The biggest barrier to emissions reductions is increasingly our inability to quickly build clean energy: solar, geothermal, wind, nuclear, transmission, battery storage, etc. Projects are held back by a thicket of regulations and reviews.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/09/2026

This year's record setting El Niño will impact many different parts of the world, with some experiencing severe drought and others flooding. In a new analysis at The Climate Brink, I explore what impacts happened during past events and which are most likely to occur this year

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The impacts of this year’s record-shattering El Niño

El Niño will drive severe drought from Indonesia to the Southern Africa and northern South America, with wetter winters from the US Gulf Coast to Southern South America.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

EV charging in China was 17.2 TWh in August, up 51.2% year-on-year. That's equivalent to ~1.3 million barrels of oil a day, in a global oil market that shifts about 100m bpd. Just the change from last year cuts global oil demand by 0.5m bpd. english.cec.org.cn#/newsdetails...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Germany has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, aiming for 80% renewable energy by 2030 and a potential earlier coal exit date of 2035.

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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045

Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/09/2026

Another stunner from JWST—this time part of a *much* larger scene I'll post later. This portion is made up of stars and protostars in a cluster about 1,000 lightyears from Earth. The bright, multi-point features are nearby stars. The smaller features in the background are other galaxies.

From the source: "A star-forming nebula that contains young stars called protostars. Two of these protostars are shooting out long jets that are colliding with the nebula, creating glowing, colourful outflows. A few other protostars create orange and red areas in the nebula. Most of the image is covered by blue gas, with brighter areas, denser clouds and dark gaps; the bottom-left corner contains greenish-yellow gas."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A company presold $200k worth of carbon removal credits for an unproven tech, then tried to bully New Zealand into gutting environmental laws to bypass safety checks. Officials found zero evidence their "ocean fertilization" method works or is safe. 🌊

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026

I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic...

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Trump administration tries - yet again - to get federal research research funding under its ideological control. Let’s defeat it like we did the last one!

science.org

Yet Another Attempt to Strangle Scientific Funding

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 21/09/2026

This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Savina the Alchemist @alchimistanascosta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Buying an electric car is madness they said, it would cost me more than a gas car they said. Five+ years. €20 per week for juice (don’t have solar yet), no repairs, no breakdowns, yearly maintenance less than €100/yr Road tax €35/year. Love my EV - but looking at fuel prices makes me love it more

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Melina Thévenot🏳️‍⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Proper Motion of stars in the galactic center with #JWST NIRCam F182M. programs: 1306, 4515 www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...

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David C B @tzed250.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So many great EV conversions out there! Here's a Corvair wagon by Tony Breheny with ALL the patina:

A First Gen (1960-64) Chevy Corvair Lakewood station wagon on its original faded and rusty white paint, tell-tale vent louvers visible at the top of the rear fender to allow air to enter for its original air-cooled pancake flat-4 engine. The rear lower access panel is open and a cable from the nearby charging station is connected. The Colorado plate reads OHMWAGN (Ohm Wagon)

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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Four countries—the United States, Canada, Australia and Norway—have increased oil and gas production by 40 percent since the 2015 Paris Agreement, while the rest of world has reduced production (archive story) ...

insideclimatenews.org

‘Hurtling Toward Climate Chaos’ as COP30 Nears - Inside Climate News

Negotiators gathering for the global climate talks must acknowledge their failures and seek alternatives to spur action, scientists say.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BYD looking to build 5-minute EV charging network in Canada A Toronto-based job posting from the Chinese automaker revealed it's looking into a flash-charging network in this country (June 2026) driving.ca/auto-news/in...

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BYD looking to build 5-minute EV charging network in Canada

A Toronto-based job posting from the Chinese automaker revealed it's looking into a flash-charging network in this country

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 16/09/2026

I've been working with the team at Google on a framework to combine cutting short-lived climate pollutants like methane with durable carbon removal. Its awesome to see this being applied in the real world in a new deal with Terradot in Brazil! www.reuters.com/busi...

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Union Thug™️ @theunionthug.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

To everyone paying $4.25 for gas or $6.30 for diesel, aren’t you glad Lake Ontario is now Lake America? 😂😂😂

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 15/09/2026

This is partly an LLM problem and partly an organizational problem. The LLM makes life much, much easier for everyone who wants to just pretend, and much, much harder for everyone who doesn’t.

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Ryan Kinnett @rkinnett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

NGC-7635, the Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia, ~7100 light-years away. The shell is formed by intense stellar winds, estimated around 4 million mph, emanating from a hot 45-Solar-mass star interacting with regional gas and dust. Imaged from Stony Ridge Observatory on Thursday night. #Astrophotography 🔭

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🇨🇦 Peter 🌏 Fairley 🇺🇸 @peter.fairley.ca · 13/09/2026

The world's greatest marine energy resource is the temperature delta between sun-soaked surface waters and frigid depths. Engineers in India are building what could be the first profitable Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant. spectrum.ieee.org/ocean-therma... @spectrum.ieee.org ctrum.ieee.org

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Remote Island Taps Energy From the Ocean's Thermal Layers

Lakshadweep, the Canaries, others test ocean thermal energy conversion

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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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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Natural gas is fading from California’s electricity mix more quickly than seemed possible just a few years ago," reports @dangearino.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/1009202... 🔌💡

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How California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate News

Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/09/2026

They've used up all the oil they could to keep prices as low as they could for as long as they could. Seems like the biggest blunder in the history of America is catching up. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

nbcnews.com

Oil surges past $101 to highest closing since May as Middle East conflict intensifies

Gas prices rose to $4.22 on Wednesday for unleaded, the highest level since June 5. Diesel set a new all-time record, at $5.94 per gallon.

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ENGIE North America has cancelled its application to build a large battery storage project near Laguna Beach, Calif., after local officials and residents came out in opposition because of safety and aesthetic concerns. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/h7zA50ZLUnj

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Wonder Why🦆Ducky🦆 @duck-flying.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation

Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Steve Rattner: Under Biden, America built factories. Under Trump, it's mostly building data centers... that Americans don't want.

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis, with EVs and public transport among the key factors. Oil consumption fell by 9% overall and by 16% for transport. 🧵

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Protostar in LDN 1527 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2o1cFqj

Update: Simeon Schmauß over on Twitter (@stim3on) recommended G'MIC for taking care of the horizontal noise / banding. It worked pretty great. There's a Photoshop plugin for it, too.

Wanted to process my own version of this one, since nebular landscapes are some of my favorite views. Having a hard time with the linear noise pattern, especially near the top of the image.

In the center of this view is a newly forming star crossed by a dark disk of dust (say that three times fast!) which is casting shadows to the left and right, and allowing cones of light out the top and bottom. Think of it like a light bulb inside of a donut with a bunch of fog. Though the infrared light can penetrate much of the dust, there are clues in the image that show some of the dust is still too thick to see through. At the lower right especially are a lot of background galaxies. On the left, the background galaxies are fewer, and what we see are dimmer, so we can tell there is more dust there.

You can see the official release here. They've got a much better description than I could ever write.

Orange "screen": NIRCam/F444W-F470N (not arithmetic)
Red: NIRCam/F444W
Green: NIRCam/F335M
Blue: NIRCam/F200W, F187N, F115W

North is 100° counter-clockwise from up.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

NEW ICE wants to build a nationwide database of voters, their voting history and, potentially, their party affiliations too. ....and it's willing to pay someone up to $5M to do it www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...

wired.com

ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.

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LZ Dark Matter @lzdarkmatter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our new results are out! We have observed a single nuclear recoil in our detector that we find difficult to explain with our background model. Could it be a hint of dark matter? It’s far too early to say, but it’s certainly intriguing! #darkmatter

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You can tell tech oligarchs like Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen are panicked about the data center rebellion. They're dumping record amounts of money on the midterms, hoping to buy their way out of democratic accountability. www.salon.com/2026/09/02/d...

salon.com

Data center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms - Salon.com

Silicon Valley billionaires hope to buy their way out of democracy

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on AI to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need." 🙃

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Three Mount Shasta climbers rescued after relying on AI to plan climb

Three novice climbers were rescued from Mount Shasta on Sunday after becoming lost, running low on supplies and spending an unplanned night in Mud Creek Canyon,

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/09/2026

August 2026 was the warmest August on record in the the Copernicus/ECMWF ERA5 dataset, at 1.65C above preindustrial levels. This beat the prior record set in August 2024 by a fairly wide margin (~0.14C).

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Mike Tyka @mtyka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

www.stephendiehl.com/posts/intern... Excellent article on the state of the internet: "The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now"

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