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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 3h

He’s semi famous in the world’s smallest circle

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 3h

Love to hear from my fans

Reader response email: “Liar liar pants on fire. You liberal monsters need to be caged!”

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 9h

At a time of booming energy demand, refusing to embrace all forms of energy and favoring only the antiquated ones threatens to leave Americans energy-poor. Meanwhile, China’s rapid green transition may be losing momentum, but the country is still the world’s leading exporter of solar panels, batteries and cheap electric cars. That’s what real energy dominance looks like in the 21st century.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 9h

Trump has turned the US government into a host body for a cordyceps-like parasite: the fossil fuel industry. It will backfire horribly

Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The White House’s Fossil Fuel ‘White-Glove Service’ Will Backfire

Fungus enthusiasts and fans of the video game/TV show The Last of Us will be familiar with cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that invades insects and forces them to do its bidding until they die. It’s a g...

www.bloomberg.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 3d

Good thing we don’t need much electricity these days heatmap.news/sparks/esmer...

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 4d

A Rutgers antifa expert, harassed by Turning Point USA and receiving death threats simply for knowing about antifa, tried to flee the country with this family, but found his flight had been mysteriously canceled. How is this not terrorism?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 5d

Climate deniers can’t ignore this chart.

@markgongloff.bsky.social explains why it’s not too late to reverse the dangerous trend 🎥

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 5d

This is one chart climate denialists can’t ignore, @markgongloff.bsky.social says: bloom.bg/3IZ3pi1

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 5d

Bullshit is now our biggest export

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 5d

Every so often you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to change minds.

This chart from @hausfath.bsky.social is one of those, directly refuting at least 2 standard climate-denier talking points we've heard from Trump recently

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A Chart Climate Denialists Can’t Ignore

Every now and then you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to cut through the noise and change minds.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 5d

Not great: China's world-leading renewables boom is losing momentum, @davidfickling.bsky.social warns

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Trouble Is Brewing in Solar Power’s Heartlands

Amid the Trump-induced crisis for clean energy this year, one beacon of hope has stood out: China.

www.bloomberg.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 5d

China — here is stem cell therapy breakthrough in treating severe diabetes

US under trump — WiFI radiation opens up your blood brain barrier … VaCcINes aRE bAd www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 5d

A trillion dollars gambling on nonsense when we don’t have enough housing, health care or electricity, not to mention decarbonizing quickly enough to avoid the worst of climate change. Feels like the endgame could involve guillotines

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 15d

I’m never going to stop being mad that hedge funds and tech middlemen siphoned off all the money that should’ve let someone like Kaleb Horton have the career he deserved

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10d

Comparing Weiss’s career arc to Kaleb Horton's really drives home how broken the incentives in media are.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 11d

Bari Weiss isn't really a journalist in any meaningful way, she's just a preening troll who excels at flattering power, it's hard to see her succeed to such an extent without feeling like maybe you're the one who's losing their mind

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

"Even if Canada can maintain its democracy under US pressure, it is highly likely to be collateral damage of US decline" - @franciswilkinson.bsky.social has written an epic exploration of the increasingly toxic relationship between Canada and Trump's US

gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

Can Canada Survive Donald Trump?

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, the country’s future looks less secure than at any time in postwar history.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 7d

What is a "globalist" and why are they not allowed in the country?

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 7d

UPDATE: now DHS says "globalists" will be blocked "from ever entering our country."

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY!
This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago.
Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country. Go to USCIS.GOV/JOIN
@MicahBock

Screenshot from video: YOU'LL BLOCK COMMUNISTS, TERRORISTS, AND GLOBALISTS
1:03/3:09

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 7d

From @hausfath.bsky.social a couple of graphics that you would hope might pierce even the hardest climate-denialist armor: The vast majority of the world has experienced its hottest-ever temperatures in just the past few decades

www.theclimatebrink.com/p/most-of-th...

Chart: "Share of Global Land With Hottest Monthly Max by Decade"
The 2020s have 38%, the 2010s have 29.4%, the 2000s have 10.3% and the 1990s have 4%. The other decades since the 1910s are all sub 3%, aside from the 1930s, the Dust Bowl era, which is 3.3%. From 1850 to 1900, the percentages are all 0.3% or less.

Map: Global Land: Year of Hottest Monthly Maximum Temperature

It shows that most of the world's land area has experienced its hottest maximum temperatures in the past two decades.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 7d

"The volunteer corroborated an earlier report that Thunberg was physically beaten, then described the terrible prison conditions all the flotilla hostages were kept in, including being starved & forced to drink toilet water"

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg

The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it

www.thecanary.co

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 9d

Every day is “Zorp Inc given 3 trillion dollars to launch Blooper Quarks in an effort to create the first artificial intelligence in applesauce manufacturing, universal healthcare still an impossible pipe dream”

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 10d

Bankrolling genocide and declaring war on your own citizens entitles you to a Nobel peace prize, apparently

Gift link:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Donald Trump and the Aggressive Pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize

The president said it would be “a big insult” to the US if he doesn’t win. Some in Norway fear retaliation if he’s disappointed.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 11d

"Spain’s rapid renewables build-out means its power prices were set by fossil generation just 19% of the time, down from 75% in 2019. As a result, wholesale electricity was almost a third cheaper than the EU average"

Imagine having cheaper power

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Spain’s Renewable-Energy Boom Loosens Gas’s Grip on Power Prices

Soaring renewables output in Spain is weakening gas’s grip on electricity prices, setting the country apart from much of Europe where fossil fuels still dictate the cost of power.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 11d

Of course, we must keep AI dreams and nightmares in context. For example, Sam Altman's "vision" of adding 250 gigawatts of data-center demand by 2033 is straight-up bonkers, writes @liamdenning.bsky.social

That's the demand of a decent-size country

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Altman’s AI Power Grab Is Tone Deaf and Infeasible

Sam Altman may be a visionary but he could use some help reading the room.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 11d

Immediately thought of this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Bd...

The Humans Are Dead - Full version

YouTube video by martiansunrise

www.youtube.com

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