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ember-energy.org
Wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in 14 of the 27 EU countries last year 🌪️☀️

Two countries reached this milestone for the FIRST time in 2025:
🇳🇱 the Netherlands
🇭🇷 Croatia

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
January 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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ember-energy.org
2025 was another RECORD-breaking year for the EU energy transition.

🇪🇺 Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels in the EU electricity mix
🇪🇺 Wind and solar surpassed fossils in 14 of 27 EU countries’ electricity mix
🇪🇺 Solar grew by a record 20% last year

https://loom.ly/Kw4w3rI
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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osinttechnical.bsky.social
French forces raided and seized the Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Grinch this morning.

The tanker was intercepted off Spanish waters in the Mediterranean with help from the UK, and is now under French naval escort.
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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shashj.bsky.social
Someone please check on Mark Rutte to see if he's OK.
June 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source.

In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.

@ember-energy.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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jacobbogage.bsky.social
👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.

That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.

It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The Senate’s version of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill would see the General Services Administration take possession of the nearly 7,200 new postal EVs and associated infrastructure and put the assets up for auction. The proposal is unlikely to generate much revenue for the government; there is almost no private-sector interest in the mail trucks, and used EV charging equipment — built specifically for the Postal Service and already installed in postal facilities — generally cannot be resold. “The funds realized by auctioning the vehicles and infrastructure would be negligible. Much of infrastructure is literally buried under parking lots, and there is no market for used charging equipment,” Peter Pastre, the Postal Service’s vice president for government relations and public policy, wrote to senators this month.
June 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
David Fickling: Blaming renewables for Spain's blackouts is like the ancients blaming thunder & lightning on warring gods 😂

"[this] had the virtue of a clear narrative and a ready cast of stock characters…There’s just one problem…It wasn’t true"

www.bloomberg.com/op...
No, Renewables Didn’t Cause Spain’s Grid Blackout
Shifting to clean generation might occasionally trip, but the effects are short-lived, and easily fixed.
www.bloomberg.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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britta-hasselmann.de
Über Folgen des Agierens
von #Spahn bei der Maskenbeschaffung, @PaulaPiechotta
Der 170 Seiten Sonderbericht zu Maskendeals von der Sonderbeauftragten Sudhof muss dem Parlament vorgelegt werden.
Komplett & ungeschönt.

www.spiegel.de/panorama/spa...
(S+) Jens Spahn und seine Maskendeals mit den Firmen Fiege und Emix: »Ich will das Zeug«
Der Sonderbericht zu den Maskengeschäften wird für Jens Spahn mit jeder Enthüllung gefährlicher. Nun geht es um hemdsärmlige Mails, die Deutschland Hunderte Millionen kosten könnten.
www.spiegel.de
June 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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andersostlund.bsky.social
I'm not impressed with how Americans deal with the rise of fascism in their country. We have listened to speeches about the constitution, rights, liberties for 250 years and this is how they are defended when at stake? Very few people seem to care, because if even a few cared we would see change.
June 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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alxluck.bsky.social
A new Russian survey considers Germany the primary antagonist.
Sss
June 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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bookshelfie.bsky.social
#booksky
June 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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financialtimes.com
Bristol Myers Squibb signs $11bn cancer drug deal with BioNTech

https://www.ft.com/content/6acff1e0-e23e-4a46-a232-9da44ef2d5dd
Bristol Myers Squibb signs $11bn cancer drug deal with BioNTech
US-German partnership hopes BNT327 will compete with Merck’s bestseller Keytruda
www.ft.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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reshetz.bsky.social
That’s what someone on ketamine would say
June 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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alxluck.bsky.social
Putin plays down significance of Ukrainian drone attacks, claims all aircraft in question already had their fuel tanks drained and wheels removed by local criminal networks.
June 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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alxluck.bsky.social
Trump in statement on Russian airbase attacks suggests Putins DEI hires responsible for VVS losses, says Tu-95s exclusively operated by vegan transgender crews from Mexico.
June 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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tatarigami.bsky.social
Such a major blow to Russia’s strategic bomber fleet could have been avoided if Moscow had chosen to engage in peace talks, rather than escalating the war and undermining diplomatic efforts initiated by Kyiv, Washington, and Brussels.
June 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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rebel44cz.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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wired.com
“My predictions have a pretty good track record,” Musk said in March.

We checked—they don’t. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/theres...
There’s a Very Simple Pattern to Elon Musk’s Broken Promises
The entrepreneur’s habit of overpromising on deadlines may be frustrating for investors—but for those looking to see whether a Musk pledge will come good, there’s a key phrase to watch out for.
www.wired.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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stefanhajek.bsky.social
Technologieoffenheit !
April 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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weinwunder.bsky.social
Mal gespannt, was sich hieraus ergibt. Und wie die Ergebnisse relativiert werden.
‘Alarming’ increase in levels of forever chemical TFA found in European wines
Wines produced after 2010 showed steep rise in contamination of trifluoroacetic acid, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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financialtimes.com
Isar declares rocket launch a success despite crash on first attempt to reach orbit

https://www.ft.com/content/454deeaf-0037-472f-8675-0cac6f632e34
Isar declares rocket launch a success despite crash on first attempt to reach orbit
Chief executive Daniel Metzler says flight demonstrates company’s capability
www.ft.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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euronews.com
Turkish police have detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opposition figure and rival of President Erdogan, as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links.

It is seen as a major escalation in the government’s crackdown on opposition and dissent.
March 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.

No one knows why he was detained.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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pkrugman.bsky.social
The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy.

Nonetheless, holy shit.

What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM