Dave O Mitchell
@daveomitchell.bsky.social
Climate, energy, polycrisis, anti-imperialism, solarpunk. Impact lead @ Cascade Institute, co-editor Beautiful Trouble: Toolbox for Revolution & Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South. Self-owned views.
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I regret to inform you that “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins was released in 1996, which is now 30 years ago. Meaning a similar song released in 2026 would be called “2009”
February 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I regret to inform you that “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins was released in 1996, which is now 30 years ago. Meaning a similar song released in 2026 would be called “2009”
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A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 AM
A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.
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"There's also this everyday feeling of solidarity, because everyone is walking around with whistles. If you hear a whistle, suddenly people start swarming toward you. I’ve never felt so backed up. It feels like we’re all on a giant team together as a city. It’s incredible."
"We had one hotel publicly refuse to house ICE, which became a big national news story when DHS went after them. That’s a hotel we were targeting, and it was mostly because of our pressure. We had two more hotels temporarily shut down to avoid housing ICE..."
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How to Block ICE In Your City
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay on effective tactics to disrupt ICE—and the need to target corporate collaborators
www.laborpolitics.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
"There's also this everyday feeling of solidarity, because everyone is walking around with whistles. If you hear a whistle, suddenly people start swarming toward you. I’ve never felt so backed up. It feels like we’re all on a giant team together as a city. It’s incredible."
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someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
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Useless, weak, pathetic centrist Democrats:
People are persuadable. Public opinion can shift.
In one week, a small majority has now turned against ICE.
Imagine if you actually messaged accordingly, led by example, and stood up for justice?
That number would shoot to 60% by the end of next week.
People are persuadable. Public opinion can shift.
In one week, a small majority has now turned against ICE.
Imagine if you actually messaged accordingly, led by example, and stood up for justice?
That number would shoot to 60% by the end of next week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Useless, weak, pathetic centrist Democrats:
People are persuadable. Public opinion can shift.
In one week, a small majority has now turned against ICE.
Imagine if you actually messaged accordingly, led by example, and stood up for justice?
That number would shoot to 60% by the end of next week.
People are persuadable. Public opinion can shift.
In one week, a small majority has now turned against ICE.
Imagine if you actually messaged accordingly, led by example, and stood up for justice?
That number would shoot to 60% by the end of next week.
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REMINDER: RECORD EVERYTHING ICE DOES.
RECORD EVERYTHING ANY GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DOES.
RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD.
RECORD EVERYTHING ANY GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DOES.
RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD.
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 AM
REMINDER: RECORD EVERYTHING ICE DOES.
RECORD EVERYTHING ANY GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DOES.
RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD.
RECORD EVERYTHING ANY GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DOES.
RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD.
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Yeah, WHAT IF??
What if the way to beat the fascists is to talk about climate more, not less, as it’s the best arena to reject their entire framing?
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Yeah, WHAT IF??
“For months, many warned that Israel’s unrestrained assault on #Gaza was not merely a crime against Palestinians, but a fatal blow to the very idea of international law.
“What was being tested was not only the scale of Israeli violence, but whether rules still applied at all….”
“What was being tested was not only the scale of Israeli violence, but whether rules still applied at all….”
International law died in Gaza. Why is the world mourning it in Greenland?
We have entered the age of open thuggery, as the brutality Israel tested on Palestinians is now being normalised elsewhere
www.middleeasteye.net
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
“For months, many warned that Israel’s unrestrained assault on #Gaza was not merely a crime against Palestinians, but a fatal blow to the very idea of international law.
“What was being tested was not only the scale of Israeli violence, but whether rules still applied at all….”
“What was being tested was not only the scale of Israeli violence, but whether rules still applied at all….”
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
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I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
🔥🥇🔥 "If the kilowatt-hour is the 21st-century equivalent of gold, then Bitcoin mining is akin to melting down gold bars to print a paper receipt."
Electricity is about to become the new base currency and China figured it out
As we accelerate into an all-electric, all-digital age, the ultimate representation of productive capacity becomes the kilowatt-hour (kWh).
electrek.co
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🔥🥇🔥 "If the kilowatt-hour is the 21st-century equivalent of gold, then Bitcoin mining is akin to melting down gold bars to print a paper receipt."
“The genocide did not mold me into a person who seeks survival. It made me a person who wants to be a trace, so that it can be said that in this land of forced starvation and annihilation, there was an artist who sang for hope, though he may not have harbored it.“ @intifada.bsky.social
What is sung cannot be killed
On art, starvation and the end of dreams during the genocide in Gaza.
electronicintifada.net
September 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“The genocide did not mold me into a person who seeks survival. It made me a person who wants to be a trace, so that it can be said that in this land of forced starvation and annihilation, there was an artist who sang for hope, though he may not have harbored it.“ @intifada.bsky.social
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Job alert - We're hiring a researcher @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social for a 2 year contract on 'fast and fair' #energy #transitions. Open to remote or here in beautiful Victoria, BC. Pls share. #energysky. cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
Fellow, 'Fast and Fair' Energy System Innovation
The Cascade Institute seeks a Fellow to contribute to our Clean Energy Scale Up & Acceleration research stream.
cascadeinstitute.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Job alert - We're hiring a researcher @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social for a 2 year contract on 'fast and fair' #energy #transitions. Open to remote or here in beautiful Victoria, BC. Pls share. #energysky. cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
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Does the urgency of accelerating the clean energy transition in ways that empower communities keep you up at night, too?
Come work with us, and let's figure it out together!
cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
Come work with us, and let's figure it out together!
cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
Fellow, 'Fast and Fair' Energy System Innovation
The Cascade Institute seeks a Fellow to contribute to our Clean Energy Scale Up & Acceleration research stream.
cascadeinstitute.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Does the urgency of accelerating the clean energy transition in ways that empower communities keep you up at night, too?
Come work with us, and let's figure it out together!
cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
Come work with us, and let's figure it out together!
cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
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During this announcement, Carney said his government would “advance new options to bring more more affordable electric vehicles to Canadians.” Am I getting my hopes up if I think that could mean changing the government’s stance on Chinese EVs and potentially reducing the tariffs?
Mark Carney’s latest rollback of environmental policy is to suspend the EV mandate for 2026 and review the rest of it in its entirety — meaning it’s almost certainly going to be trashed.
Remember when he was selling himself as a guy who worked on climate issues with the UN so clearly cared? 🫠
Remember when he was selling himself as a guy who worked on climate issues with the UN so clearly cared? 🫠
Canada delaying plan to force automakers to hit EVs sales targets | CBC News
Canada's EV mandate will be paused as the government conducts a 60-day review of the policy, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.
www.cbc.ca
September 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
During this announcement, Carney said his government would “advance new options to bring more more affordable electric vehicles to Canadians.” Am I getting my hopes up if I think that could mean changing the government’s stance on Chinese EVs and potentially reducing the tariffs?
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Climate backlash by Trump got you down? One of the most hopeful articles I've read in years. Bill McKibben has a new book"Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization."
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Climate backlash by Trump got you down? One of the most hopeful articles I've read in years. Bill McKibben has a new book"Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization."
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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US has made an all-in bet on AI and Fossil Fuels. China on green tech. @katemac.bsky.social & I @parismarx.com podcast on how China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
techwontsave.us/episode/291_...
techwontsave.us/episode/291_...
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
US has made an all-in bet on AI and Fossil Fuels. China on green tech. @katemac.bsky.social & I @parismarx.com podcast on how China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
techwontsave.us/episode/291_...
techwontsave.us/episode/291_...
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as @70sbachchan.bsky.social emphasizes, this is **the** major geopolitical shift of this century.
China plans to ADD 358 gigawatts of solar this year. In the first half of year it installed 212 GW, while the US installed 12 GW (that's not a typo). US solar cumulatively is now at 251 GW while China is at 800 GW, which is more than half of US electricity generation capacity from ALL sources.
August 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
as @70sbachchan.bsky.social emphasizes, this is **the** major geopolitical shift of this century.
Saudi Arabia, of all places. More on the global implications of the "(clean) energy security" paradigm that is increasingly shaping global economic relations and accelerating decarbonization.
Black gold meets green ambition in Saudi Arabia’s energy shift to China
Riyadh’s strategic alliance with Beijing is accelerating its energy transformation, undermining western hegemony and anchoring the kingdom in Asia’s multipolar future.
thecradle.co
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Saudi Arabia, of all places. More on the global implications of the "(clean) energy security" paradigm that is increasingly shaping global economic relations and accelerating decarbonization.
A heartbreakingly beautiful song accompanied by the drones of genocide.
"Carry it, Jamal, carry it," by Ahmed Muin, "a call to lift the weight of truth, the voice of courage, and the spirit that refuses to be silenced."
Listen and let it break you open. #Gaza
"Carry it, Jamal, carry it," by Ahmed Muin, "a call to lift the weight of truth, the voice of courage, and the spirit that refuses to be silenced."
Listen and let it break you open. #Gaza
Breaking news and analysis on day 678 of the Gaza genocide | The Electronic Intifada
YouTube video by The Electronic Intifada
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August 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A heartbreakingly beautiful song accompanied by the drones of genocide.
"Carry it, Jamal, carry it," by Ahmed Muin, "a call to lift the weight of truth, the voice of courage, and the spirit that refuses to be silenced."
Listen and let it break you open. #Gaza
"Carry it, Jamal, carry it," by Ahmed Muin, "a call to lift the weight of truth, the voice of courage, and the spirit that refuses to be silenced."
Listen and let it break you open. #Gaza