Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun
@eaterofsun.bsky.social
Author, Editor @ The Economist, Chair @ The Degrees Initiative. Climate change, planetarity, critical zones, tv, burdens of life, etc. Reposts are not endorsements
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the entire point of judicial warrants, as I understand it (ianal), are to prevent things that shouldn't happen from happening.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
the entire point of judicial warrants, as I understand it (ianal), are to prevent things that shouldn't happen from happening.
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158 first-gen Starlinks have now relocated from the 547 km/53 deg shell to the 475 km/53 deg shell. About another 180 are on the way down still.
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
158 first-gen Starlinks have now relocated from the 547 km/53 deg shell to the 475 km/53 deg shell. About another 180 are on the way down still.
Wish I'd said that
So far this is the best novel I've read this year. Deceptively straightforward in its telling, and in the understated but expert delineation of its cliate-change future, it slowly, surely builds a superb waking-dreaming narrative of the magnificent strangeness of existence.
Happy publication day to this little book
February 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Wish I'd said that
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So far this is the best novel I've read this year. Deceptively straightforward in its telling, and in the understated but expert delineation of its cliate-change future, it slowly, surely builds a superb waking-dreaming narrative of the magnificent strangeness of existence.
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
So far this is the best novel I've read this year. Deceptively straightforward in its telling, and in the understated but expert delineation of its cliate-change future, it slowly, surely builds a superb waking-dreaming narrative of the magnificent strangeness of existence.
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@jonathangibbs.bsky.social 's A Personal Anthology project now features over 300 guest editors. I'm honoured to be the latest -- my selection of 12 stories that have taken up permanent residence in my head can be found here:
A Personal Anthology, by Paul McAuley
‘A Way Home’ by Theodore Sturgeon (First published in Amazing Stories, 1953.
apersonalanthology.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
@jonathangibbs.bsky.social 's A Personal Anthology project now features over 300 guest editors. I'm honoured to be the latest -- my selection of 12 stories that have taken up permanent residence in my head can be found here:
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Trying to track down the first 'musical episode' of a TV series. Any advance on 'Santa Claus-trophobia' (Roberts Robots, 1974)?
February 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Trying to track down the first 'musical episode' of a TV series. Any advance on 'Santa Claus-trophobia' (Roberts Robots, 1974)?
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(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
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@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social just finish Loss Protocol. Definitely going to have this one living in my head for the next few days. Like an eco-thriller penned by M John Harrison, and I cant think of deeper praise than that.
February 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social just finish Loss Protocol. Definitely going to have this one living in my head for the next few days. Like an eco-thriller penned by M John Harrison, and I cant think of deeper praise than that.
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Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Sayinge "thys technologye ys the future"
Ys an ideological move
Violettes are blue
Sayinge "thys technologye ys the future"
Ys an ideological move
February 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Sayinge "thys technologye ys the future"
Ys an ideological move
Violettes are blue
Sayinge "thys technologye ys the future"
Ys an ideological move
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Did you know that in 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation had an episode featuring a deaf character played by a Deaf actor? The original draft script had the character learning to speak after his interpreters were killed but the actor convinced them to have him teach others to sign instead.
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Did you know that in 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation had an episode featuring a deaf character played by a Deaf actor? The original draft script had the character learning to speak after his interpreters were killed but the actor convinced them to have him teach others to sign instead.
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Thank you to @gtconway.bsky.social for lifting this up. American science is in free-fall, pushed off the cliff by Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli.
February 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Thank you to @gtconway.bsky.social for lifting this up. American science is in free-fall, pushed off the cliff by Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli.
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2026 is WILD, yo.
Never thought I'd live long enough that saying "human beings have inherent dignity because they are created as moral equals before God" would make me a dangerous radical...but here we are.
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
2026 is WILD, yo.
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My personal favourite Robert Duvall performance in Lonesome Dove
He was awesome
He was awesome
February 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
My personal favourite Robert Duvall performance in Lonesome Dove
He was awesome
He was awesome
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All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
February 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
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Winter light and fresh snow turned The Bean playful. Sun flare at the top, snow clinging to the mirrored surface, and the skyline wrapped across it.
There’s always another story waiting to be seen.
#Photography #Chicago #MillenniumPark #ScottKissPhoto
There’s always another story waiting to be seen.
#Photography #Chicago #MillenniumPark #ScottKissPhoto
February 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Winter light and fresh snow turned The Bean playful. Sun flare at the top, snow clinging to the mirrored surface, and the skyline wrapped across it.
There’s always another story waiting to be seen.
#Photography #Chicago #MillenniumPark #ScottKissPhoto
There’s always another story waiting to be seen.
#Photography #Chicago #MillenniumPark #ScottKissPhoto
Loss Protocol is Paul McAuley at his very best. It sits in a superposition of science fiction, pastoral and fantasy, blending a compelling plot, a world both reduced and resilient and a meditation on loss, grief and restitution.
www.hachette.co.uk/titles/paul-...
www.hachette.co.uk/titles/paul-...
Loss Protocol
Eight years after the catastrophic downfall of the cult his sister Izzy had joined, Marc Winters has at last found a refuge from unwanted attention. The wild...
www.hachette.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Loss Protocol is Paul McAuley at his very best. It sits in a superposition of science fiction, pastoral and fantasy, blending a compelling plot, a world both reduced and resilient and a meditation on loss, grief and restitution.
www.hachette.co.uk/titles/paul-...
www.hachette.co.uk/titles/paul-...
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social David do you find the substack business model requires you to still be a presence on X?
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social David do you find the substack business model requires you to still be a presence on X?
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The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
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Has anyone who works at a self-driving car company actually called for action to keep pedestrians off the road in the UK?
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Has anyone who works at a self-driving car company actually called for action to keep pedestrians off the road in the UK?
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
Would be helpful to know how many of the people selling teh second hand EVs are replacing them with new EVs
Appetite for new electric cars may be waning in the US. But demand for used ones is rising. “The buzz word for the year is ‘affordability’ for a really good reason,” said one analyst. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Used EVS Under $25,000 Propel Sales Even as New Models Languish
Buyers seeking affordable cars are finding luck in the pre-owned EV market — and many are just a few years old.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Would be helpful to know how many of the people selling teh second hand EVs are replacing them with new EVs
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I watched the BBC News Channel for about twenty minutes today - first time I've watched ANY news programme for a couple of years
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I watched the BBC News Channel for about twenty minutes today - first time I've watched ANY news programme for a couple of years
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
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While I maintain that Vertigo is Hitchcock's best, I can understand why someone would dislike it.
Rear Window, on the other hand, is that rare perfection where I can't comprehend how someone couldn't enjoy it. Godfather 1 (even if 2 is better) and Wizard of Oz are other examples of this.
#TCMParty
Rear Window, on the other hand, is that rare perfection where I can't comprehend how someone couldn't enjoy it. Godfather 1 (even if 2 is better) and Wizard of Oz are other examples of this.
#TCMParty
February 15, 2026 at 9:29 PM
While I maintain that Vertigo is Hitchcock's best, I can understand why someone would dislike it.
Rear Window, on the other hand, is that rare perfection where I can't comprehend how someone couldn't enjoy it. Godfather 1 (even if 2 is better) and Wizard of Oz are other examples of this.
#TCMParty
Rear Window, on the other hand, is that rare perfection where I can't comprehend how someone couldn't enjoy it. Godfather 1 (even if 2 is better) and Wizard of Oz are other examples of this.
#TCMParty
+1
yes. the things that would make social media safer for children are almost all just the things that would make social media non-harmful/much less harmful for *all of us*.
if you do it by age verification then nothing will stop a child in a difficult home accessing stuff via parents' accounts
if you do it by age verification then nothing will stop a child in a difficult home accessing stuff via parents' accounts
The under-16 social media (and VPN, and chatbot) ban is part of a broader policy problem IMV, which is that it is politically easier to talk about e.g. 'child poverty', and you can do a lot of good with that approach, but it has hard limits because ultimately you are also just talking about poverty.
February 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
+1
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Clean cooking is a key climate solution. A company that raised $300 million and was reliant on carbon offset sales for its business model to work has gone bust. Lots of lessons for developing countries and offset sellers.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Clean-Cooking Company’s Collapse Touches World Bank and Beyond
The collapse of clean-cooking company Koko Networks Ltd. will reverberate beyond the $300 million investors lost on what used to be one of the industry’s leading businesses.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Clean cooking is a key climate solution. A company that raised $300 million and was reliant on carbon offset sales for its business model to work has gone bust. Lots of lessons for developing countries and offset sellers.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...