Jonathan Koomey
@jgkoomey.bsky.social
Climate solutions, information technology, critical thinking skills. Born at 318 ppm. https://www.koomey.com
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Jonathan Koomey
@jgkoomey.bsky.social
· May 8
The most important thing is not to fall for people hand waving about how AI will definitely help to fix climate change so we should develop it as fast as possible. Honestly, nobody knows. It could help a lot. It could also hinder solutions.
Tapping the sign: bsky.app/profile/jgko...
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i read this years ago and every time i've repeated it people look at me like i just confessed to the jfk assassination
he believes what now
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
i read this years ago and every time i've repeated it people look at me like i just confessed to the jfk assassination
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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This is my yearly PSA that, no matter how old you are, you should have a basic health directive and will. The forms are free online in California. The number of senior citizens in my neighborhood with no directives and no plan who are already a little off the rails is staggering. A short rant 1/
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is my yearly PSA that, no matter how old you are, you should have a basic health directive and will. The forms are free online in California. The number of senior citizens in my neighborhood with no directives and no plan who are already a little off the rails is staggering. A short rant 1/
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Now that EPA has approved several of these, it’s time to bump this thread on PFAS pesticides:
1/ Did you know some pesticides are PFAS (forever chemicals)?
A recent study found 30% of pesticides approved by EPA in the past decade meet the OECD definition of PFAS.
📄 Donley et al. 2024: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
A recent study found 30% of pesticides approved by EPA in the past decade meet the OECD definition of PFAS.
📄 Donley et al. 2024: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
Forever Pesticides: A Growing Source of PFAS Contamination in the Environment | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 132, No. 7
Background: Environmental contamination by fluorinated chemicals, in particular chemicals from
the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) class, has raised concerns around the
globe because of doc...
ehp.niehs.nih.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Now that EPA has approved several of these, it’s time to bump this thread on PFAS pesticides:
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The collapse of crypto accelerates. Crypto-hoarding companies are ditching their holdings in a bid to prop up their sinking share prices, as the craze for digital asset treasury businesses unravels in the face of a $1tn cryptocurrency rout. Shares in Michael Saylor-led Strategy, the world’s biggest
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
‘Digital asset treasury’ craze sours amid $1tn rout in cryptocurrency market
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The collapse of crypto accelerates. Crypto-hoarding companies are ditching their holdings in a bid to prop up their sinking share prices, as the craze for digital asset treasury businesses unravels in the face of a $1tn cryptocurrency rout. Shares in Michael Saylor-led Strategy, the world’s biggest
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Desperate Donny posting this West Point plaque that completely undermines his own attacks on Dem leaders raises serious questions about whether Trump is aware of his surroundings and his own actions, has dementia, or is in any way fit to remain in office.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Desperate Donny posting this West Point plaque that completely undermines his own attacks on Dem leaders raises serious questions about whether Trump is aware of his surroundings and his own actions, has dementia, or is in any way fit to remain in office.
Don’t waste money on new fossil infrastructure, folks. Tropical islands can cost effectively transition off of fossil fuels using solar, wind and batteries. No LNG needed.
Hawaii’s LNG Detour: Why A Fossil Bridge Arriving In The 2030s Makes No Sense - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2025/11/25/h...
Hawaii’s LNG Detour: Why A Fossil Bridge Arriving In The 2030s Makes No Sense - CleanTechnica
LNG would arrive too late and retire too early in Hawaiʻi, while renewables cut emissions, reduce pollution and align with state law.
cleantechnica.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Don’t waste money on new fossil infrastructure, folks. Tropical islands can cost effectively transition off of fossil fuels using solar, wind and batteries. No LNG needed.
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Hawaii’s LNG Detour: Why A Fossil Bridge Arriving In The 2030s Makes No Sense - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2025/11/25/h...
Hawaii’s LNG Detour: Why A Fossil Bridge Arriving In The 2030s Makes No Sense - CleanTechnica
LNG would arrive too late and retire too early in Hawaiʻi, while renewables cut emissions, reduce pollution and align with state law.
cleantechnica.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hawaii’s LNG Detour: Why A Fossil Bridge Arriving In The 2030s Makes No Sense - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Correct.
Fourth generation farmer from Umatilla County here. Yes.. this problem has been around for 30 years and it is because of farming.
www.opb.org/article/2022...
www.opb.org/article/2022...
Fourth generation farmer from Umatilla County here. Yes.. this problem has been around for 30 years and it is because of farming.
www.opb.org/article/2022...
www.opb.org/article/2022...
Groundwater pollution puts drinking water at risk in Eastern Oregon counties
More than 30 years after being recognized as a problem, nitrate contamination is still making well water unsafe to drink in Morrow and Umatilla counties.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Correct.
Fourth generation farmer from Umatilla County here. Yes.. this problem has been around for 30 years and it is because of farming.
www.opb.org/article/2022...
www.opb.org/article/2022...
Fourth generation farmer from Umatilla County here. Yes.. this problem has been around for 30 years and it is because of farming.
www.opb.org/article/2022...
www.opb.org/article/2022...
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If a politician:
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If a politician:
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
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Interesting how people are just discovering what ACA has been doing FOR them. High time.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
Once Foes of Obamacare, Some Republicans Push to Protect It
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Once Foes of Obamacare, Some Republicans Push to Protect It
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Once Foes of Obamacare, Some Republicans Push to Protect It
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Interesting how people are just discovering what ACA has been doing FOR them. High time.
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I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU TO PHONE BANK WITH
@standupforscience.bsky.social TO SEND AFTYN TO CONGRESS IN THE TN-07 IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION 12/2!!
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Wednesday: 8
Friday: 7
Saturday: 9 *SPECIAL GUEST!*
Sunday: 21 🥳
Monday: 12
Sign up links below!
@standupforscience.bsky.social TO SEND AFTYN TO CONGRESS IN THE TN-07 IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION 12/2!!
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Wednesday: 8
Friday: 7
Saturday: 9 *SPECIAL GUEST!*
Sunday: 21 🥳
Monday: 12
Sign up links below!
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU TO PHONE BANK WITH
@standupforscience.bsky.social TO SEND AFTYN TO CONGRESS IN THE TN-07 IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION 12/2!!
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Wednesday: 8
Friday: 7
Saturday: 9 *SPECIAL GUEST!*
Sunday: 21 🥳
Monday: 12
Sign up links below!
@standupforscience.bsky.social TO SEND AFTYN TO CONGRESS IN THE TN-07 IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION 12/2!!
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Wednesday: 8
Friday: 7
Saturday: 9 *SPECIAL GUEST!*
Sunday: 21 🥳
Monday: 12
Sign up links below!
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fwiw i dont think you have to go full anti-ai. i think a lot of the tech is going to be here to stay and it will fundamentally transform a lot. otoh, it needs safeguards and regulation. thats where the left should come in. the right wants big business to go whole hog on us, 2008 crisis style.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
fwiw i dont think you have to go full anti-ai. i think a lot of the tech is going to be here to stay and it will fundamentally transform a lot. otoh, it needs safeguards and regulation. thats where the left should come in. the right wants big business to go whole hog on us, 2008 crisis style.
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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If you ever wonder what it's like to be a homeowner, if you happen to have a broken window, you'll have one guy come out and say you need a new window and it will cost $3000, and then the next day, you'll have a new guy replace the broken panes for $200.
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you ever wonder what it's like to be a homeowner, if you happen to have a broken window, you'll have one guy come out and say you need a new window and it will cost $3000, and then the next day, you'll have a new guy replace the broken panes for $200.
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I asked Industrial policy expert @jonasnahm.com on China's AI. Excellent response in thread:
1. China *is* investing heavily in AI but focus is not LLM but "physical and industrial AI"
2. New data centers regulations: 80% of AI power demand must come from green electricity
bsky.app/profile/jona...
1. China *is* investing heavily in AI but focus is not LLM but "physical and industrial AI"
2. New data centers regulations: 80% of AI power demand must come from green electricity
bsky.app/profile/jona...
3/15 China focuses on "physical and industrial AI" rather than large language models. Xiaomi's fully automated dark factories can produce one smartphone per second. BYD surpassed Tesla in EV production using AI-driven manufacturing.
August 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I asked Industrial policy expert @jonasnahm.com on China's AI. Excellent response in thread:
1. China *is* investing heavily in AI but focus is not LLM but "physical and industrial AI"
2. New data centers regulations: 80% of AI power demand must come from green electricity
bsky.app/profile/jona...
1. China *is* investing heavily in AI but focus is not LLM but "physical and industrial AI"
2. New data centers regulations: 80% of AI power demand must come from green electricity
bsky.app/profile/jona...
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As I said in a reply to this, families are complicated and personal. Some people have no interest in learning what you do or why and are just kinda jerks. I'm sorry.
But some people really want to understand, and too few scientists learn how to talk to non-scientists. I can help with that!
But some people really want to understand, and too few scientists learn how to talk to non-scientists. I can help with that!
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As I said in a reply to this, families are complicated and personal. Some people have no interest in learning what you do or why and are just kinda jerks. I'm sorry.
But some people really want to understand, and too few scientists learn how to talk to non-scientists. I can help with that!
But some people really want to understand, and too few scientists learn how to talk to non-scientists. I can help with that!
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This is narcissism masquerading as philosophy — the technophile elite are not recognizing a new soul in AI, they're falling in love with their creation, staring at their own reflection in a digital pool.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is narcissism masquerading as philosophy — the technophile elite are not recognizing a new soul in AI, they're falling in love with their creation, staring at their own reflection in a digital pool.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
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A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike
A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike
Though we can trace the history of paper aircraft back 2000 years to the Chinese and their kites, and into the 19th century with the French and their imaginary airships, the origin of the modern paper...
www.openculture.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike
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As Jessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social says: it is no longer sufficient for members of Congress to just post on social media or go on cable news shows and say things.
We, the People demand action.
We demand impeachment.
We, the People demand action.
We demand impeachment.
"They are conducting treason. Yet they will not give us the remedy. Well, HERE THE HELL IS THE REMEDY.
I have news for anyone on either side of the aisle: It is no longer sufficient to go on cable news and get your sound bite. We want Articles of Impeachment filed, and we want them filed now."
I have news for anyone on either side of the aisle: It is no longer sufficient to go on cable news and get your sound bite. We want Articles of Impeachment filed, and we want them filed now."
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
As Jessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social says: it is no longer sufficient for members of Congress to just post on social media or go on cable news shows and say things.
We, the People demand action.
We demand impeachment.
We, the People demand action.
We demand impeachment.
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Dear foreign tourists,
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Dear foreign tourists,
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
Don’t come to the U.S. right now. We’re not fit for company. If you do come, wear makeup that makes you look very white. Otherwise, federal thugs may smash the windows of your rental car or tear-gas you. Or worse. Better stay away and see whether we defeat the fascists.
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Trump says would prefer not to extend Obamacare subsidies reut.rs/48jVHI3
Trump says would prefer not to extend Obamacare subsidies
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want to extend Obamacare subsidies but might consider such a move after a report said the White House was preparing a two-year extension of Affordable Care Act insurance premium subsidies.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Trump says would prefer not to extend Obamacare subsidies reut.rs/48jVHI3
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Maybe they should give us all 20,000 dollars a month each to protect ourselves from the absolutely insane decisions they are making on a daily basis.
Or wait sorry, they can’t do that right now. They are currently on vacation.
Or wait sorry, they can’t do that right now. They are currently on vacation.
I was initially in support of increased security funding but the Congress has totally lost me.
They are in this situation because of problems they are creating for themselves and no amount of security funding is going to fix it. Not even 20,000 dollars per month.
They are in this situation because of problems they are creating for themselves and no amount of security funding is going to fix it. Not even 20,000 dollars per month.
U.S. House dramatically ramps up security for its lawmakers as fears of violence rise
Capitol security officials are launching a mobile duress app and giving members $20,000 a month on security.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Maybe they should give us all 20,000 dollars a month each to protect ourselves from the absolutely insane decisions they are making on a daily basis.
Or wait sorry, they can’t do that right now. They are currently on vacation.
Or wait sorry, they can’t do that right now. They are currently on vacation.