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📢Taylor Kuykendall

@taykuy.bsky.social
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Senior Director of Editorial Services at Watershed Analytics Former Energy/Mining Journalist and Podcast Host Thoughts land here occasionally: moistcargoshorts.substack.com

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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
For too long, #community became the cargo shorts of life. The utility and value were obvious, but nobody wanted to be seen in it. Something flipped — fast. Here's the #psychology behind the tip: moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/it-gets-ea... (Subscribe for too many cargo short references.)
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It Gets Easier After the Parking Lot
On run clubs, malls, loneliness and giving ourself permission to need people again
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Interesting stat: "More than 70% of all the wealth in the country is held by people over 55, per Federal Reserve data." Older Americans power a gray-shaped economy www.axios.com/2026/02/12/j...
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Older Americans are driving a gray-shaped economy
Nearly all of the job growth in January came from the health care and social assistance sectors.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Modern social life has a participation problem. We don't go to events anymore. We perform at them. I recently wrote about why everything feels like karaoke now (hyperbole alert) — and what we're losing in the process. 🧵👇 #CultureCommentary
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Everything is karaoke now. It’s not enough to attend — you have to perform. Sing, dress up, post it, prove it. But community isn’t built on intensity spikes. It’s built on boring Tuesdays at the same lunch spot. Let's talk about the trend of "events that do too much." #psychology #culture
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Why Everything Is Karaoke Now
Modern social life is a performance with no intermission
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/02/2026
Agrivoltaics: "not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”
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‘Agrivoltaics is not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges’
Scientists have conducted a six-sphere literature analysis of agrivoltaics, considering sustainability, soil–crop productivity, socioeconomic resilience, solar power generation, spatial efficiency, an...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
6-7 Makes No Sense. That's Why it Works. Let's talk about nonsense as a powerful bonding tool. moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/6-7-makes-...
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6-7 Makes No Sense. That's Why it Works.
Let's talk about nonsense as a powerful bonding tool.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Are platforms divisive—or just very good mirrors? A new Journal of Communication paper suggests political polarization emerges from a feedback loop: media adapt to audience demand, audiences adapt back, and small in-group biases get amplified. academic.oup.com/joc/advance-... #journalism #media
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Political polarization as a co-adaptive process
Abstract. Political polarization is often characterized as a consequence of changes in media content or technology. We argue, in contrast, for an account t
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Super Bowl marketing has gone too far. Columbia Made a Beer with Bear Poop for the Super Bowl www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/go-outside/c...
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Columbia Made a Beer with the Bear Poop for the Super Bowl
Long-standing outdoor apparel company Columbia Sportswear is getting into craft beer collaboration, dropping a new brew in partnership with Oregon-based
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In a world engineered to remove every bump, some people are putting them back. It's life, but on hard mode. On purpose. What is friction-maxxing? What is it doing for us and what is it not? moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/friction-m... #HumanBehavior #Psychology #DigitalLife #AttentionEconomy
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In a world engineered to remove every bump, some people are putting them back. It's life, but on hard mode. On purpose. What is friction-maxxing? What is it doing for us and what is it not? moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/friction-m... #HumanBehavior #Psychology #DigitalLife #AttentionEconomy
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
"Why it matters: The intoxicated suspect was a raccoon." www.axios.com/local/richmo...
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Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Labubu, Pokémon Go, and the realization that both have us running on a dopamine hamster wheel that's more similar than might appear: moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/labubu-pok... #PsycSci #popculture #Labubu #PokemonGo #InternetCulture #DopamineLoops
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Labubu, Pokémon Go and Other Tiny Creatures Controlling Our Lives
Or, successfully hacking into the little wet computers that control the world
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
It turns out the parking lot is a surprisingly sharp x-ray of how we treat one another. This is a fascinating little window into the norms we follow—and quietly break—every day. www.zmescience.com/science/news... #PsycSci
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Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? This Researcher Watched Hundreds of Videos to Find Out
What happens in parking lots reveals how we think about obligation, decency, and one another.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Powerful piece from High Country News about how heavy metal, culture and community are helping Blackfeet teens carry each other through grief and toward hope. If you care about music, youth mental health and Indigenous voices, this is absolutely worth your time. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Good read on the IEA leader Fatih Birol in the NYTimes: Why Everyone Wants to Meet the ‘World’s Most Boring Man’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c... #energysky
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Why Everyone Wants to Meet the ‘World’s Most Boring Man’
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Grokipedia just launched — and it’s already quoting Wikipedia: www.theverge.com/news/807686/... In the rush to automate everything, the best site to copy on the internet remains powered by people with consensus, transparency, and curiosity.
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Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches with AI-cloned pages from Wikipedia
Ironic.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
"We’ve known about sophisticated nut theft operations since at least 2006." Until recently, I had no idea people still robbed trains... frequently. Also nut thievery is apparently quite lucrative! Please, someone, tell Netflix! www.freightwaves.com/news/record-...
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Record Pistachio Harvest and Freight Fraud's Billion-Dollar Blind Spot
California just wrapped up a record 1.5 billion pound pistachio harvest, but cargo theft hit record highs in 2024 and nuts remain prime targets. We've documented sophisticated nut theft since 2006, $1...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
"Exxon Mobil sued California late Friday claiming that two new state laws that aim to fight climate change would violate the oil company’s free speech rights." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c... #energysky
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Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
BHP’s Mike Henry on the mining industry’s ‘new reality’: "There’s never been a more interesting time to be in the industry, with so much in flux currently.” www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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BHP’s Mike Henry on the mining industry’s ‘new reality’
The CEO counts on frank feedback and a continuous improvement culture to navigate volatile politics.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 22/10/2025
several days later and how does the louvre not have any video released of the baguetteaway
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Another good read on AI (I promise it's not all I'll post about): "It's just tech, everything doesn't have to become some weird religion that you beat people over the head with, or gamble the entire stock market on." www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...
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The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
TED Talk: The Emerging Science of Finding Critical Metals www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUn0...
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The Emerging Science of Finding Critical Metals | Mfikeyi Makayi | TED
YouTube video by TED
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"All I said was, is statistically speaking, you're probably not living your best life," I half-whisper as I'm kindly asked to leave another party.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Axios: How to measure the economy when the government isn't doing it www.axios.com/2025/10/11/s...
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How to measure the economy when the government isn't doing it
Companies and investors are scrambling for alternatives to the data put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
New adventure begins: You won't hear nearly as much about coal in this space anymore. I’ve joined Watershed Analytics as Senior Director of Editorial Services: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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#newbeginnings #editorialleadership #mediainnovation #smartbrevity #communicationsstrategy | Taylor Kuykendall
✨ Excited to officially share what’s next! ✨ After more than a decade at S&P Global, this week I joined Watershed Analytics as Senior Director of Editorial Services — a role at the intersection of jo...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Starting a new role, so I’m shaking things up — not with a new playlist, but by going way back. Kicking off a full listen of Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Albums — a reminder that rediscovery can be just as inspiring as discovery. #NowPlayingAtWork #MusicDiscovery #CreativeEnergy
AI-generated image combining elements of the various albums on rotation today.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
My last two pieces on the coal sector before heading to a new job: Part 1: Lawsuit against asset managers could shake up US coal, broader investment www.spglobal.com/market-intel... Part 2: Complex market factors glossed over in 11-state suit against coal investors www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Private equity is buying up energy utilities: but will this multibillion dollar bet on powering the AI boom pay off for investors and what will it do to residential power prices? Read @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4pZWeXs
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Private equity bets big on utilities
[FREE TO READ] Investors seek to profit from rising energy demand driven by AI data centres
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Denmark might ban social media for kids under 15. Can we extend it to any adults who say "6, 7", whether ironically or otherwise? For real though, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt is worth a read if you want to dive into why this is a serious issue. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’
Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Foreign adversaries are using multiple AI tools to power hacks: OpenAI www.axios.com/2025/10/07/o...
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Foreign adversaries are using multiple AI tools, OpenAI warns
The warning comes as part of the company's latest threat report that uncovered phishing and malware abuses.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
A new draft Trump memo argues that furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown.   Those who represent federal workers or advocate on their behalf say the White House is misreading the clear intent of the law.
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Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay
A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🚨 A landmark antitrust lawsuit against BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street could reshape US coal industry! 11 AGs allege collusion to keep coal prices high while production dips. W/ $22.83B at stake, implications for investors and coal companies could be massive: www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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Talking Biz News @talkingbiznews.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@taykuy.bsky.social is departing S&P Global after more than 12 years as a reporter: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/s...
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S&P Global reporter Kuykendall is departing - Talking Biz News
Taylor Kuykendall, senior metal, mining and coal reporter at S&P Global, is leaving the news organization after a dozen years. His last day will be Oct. 6. “Covering coal, mining, and the energy trans...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
12 years. WELL over a million words written about coal. And now, a new chapter.... www.linkedin.com/posts/taykuy...
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#careerjourney #newchapter #leadership #storytelling #energytransition | Taylor Kuykendall
12 years. WELL over a million words about coal. And now, a new chapter. I started at the SNL Financial newsroom in Charlottesville, covering the US coal industry. Then I had the opportunity to pick u...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
"I may not be real, but my engagement metrics are." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
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What the Hell? Facebook Just Labeled My Entire Life as “AI-Generated”
Hi, I was hoping someone at Facebook Support could potentially help me with this issue. Earlier this week, I uploaded a lovely set of wedding photo...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New #EnergyEvolution: Unlocking the potential of hydrogen energy in India podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/u...
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Report: If the 3.5GW of wind energy projects contracted offshore New England had been operational last winter, it could have offset the surge in natural gas prices that season and saved ratepayers $400m on their energy bills: www.utilitydive.com/news/offshor... via @dianadigangi.bsky.social 🔌💡
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3.5 GW of offshore wind in New England could offset natural gas price spikes: report
Offshore wind in the region could have offset the surge in natural gas prices last winter and saved ratepayers $400 million, according to a report from Daymark Energy Advisors.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"The speed and scale of China’s electric vehicle revolution has caught the world by surprise, and analysts say this trend shows no sign of slowing down." Musk was among those who underestimated China’s EV manufacturers. In 2011, Musk dismissed BYD... www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/a... #energysky
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How China’s electric vehicle juggernaut is reshaping the global car market
The speed of China's electric vehicle revolution has caught many off guard.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"The nationwide average retail residential price for electricity is about 7% higher than this time last year and 32% higher than it was five years ago, according to Energy Department data." www.axios.com/2025/08/29/e... 🔌💡
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5 reasons your electric bill is surging
Prices are up and projected to keep rising in 2026.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Tariffs turn aluminium maker Rio Tinto into buyer in US market www.miningweekly.com/article/tari...
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Tariffs turn aluminium maker Rio Tinto into buyer in US market
Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest aluminum producers, runs a refinery and five smelters in Canada’s Quebec province, with most of the metal flowing south to the US market. Now, with President Don...
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Scoop: The Trump administration appears to be considering a move to label wind farms as intentionally harming migratory birds, a classification that would in the eyes of some legal experts label *any* project illegal. It would definitely be fought in court if pursued. @heatmap.news
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Birds Could Be the Anti-Wind Trump Card
How the Migratory Bird Treaty Act could become the administration’s ultimate weapon against wind farms.
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"Our story begins in a classroom where the lessons are about hot dogs, sure. But this is also a story about failure and second chances, hustle and hope, and the deeply American belief that a sidewalk, a spatula, and a dream might still be enough." www.switchboardmagazine.com/monthly/hot-...
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Hot Dog University — Switchboard Magazine
Hot Dog University in Chicago trains entrepreneurs to master the Chicago-style hot dog. From Vienna Beef traditions to food cart businesses nationwide, Hot Dog U graduates are proving the American dre...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Talking offshore wind: Communication in a polarized world Check out this week's episode where we talk about Samuel L. Jackson's recent role as offshore wind advocate and renewable energy's broader PR gameplan: podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/t... 🔌💡
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Talking offshore wind: Communication in a polarized world Check out this week's episode where we look at Samuel L. Jackson's recent role as offshore wind advocate and renewable energy's PR gameplan: podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/t... 🔌💡
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Talking offshore wind: Communication in a polarized world
Podcast Episode · Energy Evolution · 26/08/2025 · 41m
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Tax breaks, delayed retirements, royalty cuts and more: President Donald Trump's second term is already netting tangible benefits for coal companies, executives report on second-quarter earnings calls: www.spglobal.com/market-intel... 🔌💡(link fixed)
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
EIA: "Developers added 12 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale solar electric generating capacity in the United States during the first half of 2025, and they plan to add another 21 GW in the second half of the year." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
Cumulative utility-scale electric generating capacity additions (2025) gigawatts. Source: EIA.
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Rob Shum @robshum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“The U.S. Dep’t. of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop funding wind & solar energy on American farmland, a move that continues the Trump administration’s attempts to kill incentives for renewables while it boosts support for fossil fuels & land-hungry, energy inefficient biofuels…” 🔌💡
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
the asking an LLM "permission" to publish a short story (that said LLM spat out based on the stolen works it's been fed, and specifically a George RR Martin quote, in this case—see the replies) is really going to do me in today
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"A collection of empty chairs is called an author reading."
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"President Donald Trump’s crusade against wind energy is intensifying — and it could come with some serious costs. As much as $317 billion in lost investment, to be exact, per new analysis from research firm Cleanview." www.canarymedia.com/articles/win... via @danmccarthy.bsky.social 🔌💡
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Chart: Trump’s war on wind energy will hit these states hardest
Wind developers are grappling with a barrage of hostile policies from the Trump administration that have put up to $317 billion of planned investment at…
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