Patrick Galey
@patrickgaley.bsky.social
Anti-Fascist. Anthropocene Pepys. Gen AI Cassandra. Journalist taking names on the fossil fuel industry and its role in the climate, energy, and cost of greed crises.
Other than that, mainly dogs and cycling
Other than that, mainly dogs and cycling
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Patrick Galey
@patrickgaley.bsky.social
· Oct 16
The Secret Lies of AI
I recently listened to an excellent podcast from the team at QAA, investigating a phenomenon that is both at once very new and extremely…
medium.com
With Forbes warning the Gen AI bubble bursting will wipe $40 trillion off global markets, I wrote about the foundational lies the industry tells about the usefulness, durability, accuracy and - yes - intelligence of its products
All of which are weapons-grade horseshit
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All of which are weapons-grade horseshit
medium.com/@patchgaley/...
When a fire broke out at COP30 the humans in the room sprung into action.
They didn't do a lengthy cost/benefit calculation on the pros and cons of intervening; they grabbed fire extinguishers
Which is why allowing fossil fuels at climate talks is so baffling globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
They didn't do a lengthy cost/benefit calculation on the pros and cons of intervening; they grabbed fire extinguishers
Which is why allowing fossil fuels at climate talks is so baffling globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Brazil's offshore oil and gas plans contradict COP ambitions
Brazil's plans for new offshore oil and gas fields are incompatible with its role as COP30 host and threaten to blow a tenth of world’s remaining carbon budget
globalwitness.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
When a fire broke out at COP30 the humans in the room sprung into action.
They didn't do a lengthy cost/benefit calculation on the pros and cons of intervening; they grabbed fire extinguishers
Which is why allowing fossil fuels at climate talks is so baffling globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
They didn't do a lengthy cost/benefit calculation on the pros and cons of intervening; they grabbed fire extinguishers
Which is why allowing fossil fuels at climate talks is so baffling globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Ultimately, Brazil was unable to withstand pressure from the fossil fuel industry to avoid any mention of their toxic products in the final #COP30 text
This is because it was compromised by its state oil company's vast production expansion
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
This is because it was compromised by its state oil company's vast production expansion
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Brazil's offshore oil and gas plans contradict COP ambitions
Brazil's plans for new offshore oil and gas fields are incompatible with its role as COP30 host and threaten to blow a tenth of world’s remaining carbon budget
globalwitness.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ultimately, Brazil was unable to withstand pressure from the fossil fuel industry to avoid any mention of their toxic products in the final #COP30 text
This is because it was compromised by its state oil company's vast production expansion
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
This is because it was compromised by its state oil company's vast production expansion
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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We need a full economic, information and cultural boycott of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Russia
These countries refused to even allow mention of fossil fuels in the world’s road map to mitigate climate catastrophe
They are killing us all, themselves included
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These countries refused to even allow mention of fossil fuels in the world’s road map to mitigate climate catastrophe
They are killing us all, themselves included
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Compromises, voluntary measures and no mention of fossil fuels: key points from Cop30 deal
A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We need a full economic, information and cultural boycott of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Russia
These countries refused to even allow mention of fossil fuels in the world’s road map to mitigate climate catastrophe
They are killing us all, themselves included
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These countries refused to even allow mention of fossil fuels in the world’s road map to mitigate climate catastrophe
They are killing us all, themselves included
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I am irredeemably furious about these people sacrificing all our futures, with no consent, so they can make a couple billy more before the world collapses.
And you are acting like we don’t have their names and addresses
And you are acting like we don’t have their names and addresses
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I am irredeemably furious about these people sacrificing all our futures, with no consent, so they can make a couple billy more before the world collapses.
And you are acting like we don’t have their names and addresses
And you are acting like we don’t have their names and addresses
It’s not hard, it’s greenwashing. And we’ve had enough of it
(And they are threatening to sue if we call it out)
(And they are threatening to sue if we call it out)
In Australia, money/instruction from fossil fuels = companies such as:
- Engie
- FMG aka Fortescue Mining Group
- Squadron
- Iberdrola
- BP
Where are the renewables companies that ARE NOT one of these??!!
#KickBigPollutersOut #renewables #cop30 #cop31 #climate
- Engie
- FMG aka Fortescue Mining Group
- Squadron
- Iberdrola
- BP
Where are the renewables companies that ARE NOT one of these??!!
#KickBigPollutersOut #renewables #cop30 #cop31 #climate
I’ve spent the week fielding demands veering from entitled to condescending on why #KickBigPolluters out classified groups such as Octopus and GWEC as fossil fuels.
Simple: if you make money or take instruction from fossil fuel investors or leadership, you’re still facilitating fossil fuels
Simple: if you make money or take instruction from fossil fuel investors or leadership, you’re still facilitating fossil fuels
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s not hard, it’s greenwashing. And we’ve had enough of it
(And they are threatening to sue if we call it out)
(And they are threatening to sue if we call it out)
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Origin Energy, platinum partner to #TheAshes owns one of Australia's largest coal fired power stations, has purchased land for offsets, and bought out Walcha Energy, so renewables in our largest renewable energy zone.
Reminder that world solar fits into a Tasmania. Australia's offsets? 6 Tassies.
Reminder that world solar fits into a Tasmania. Australia's offsets? 6 Tassies.
Origin not only owns Eraring, but they've also purchased land for offsets:
reneweconomy.com.au/origin-buys-...
And Walcha Energy, so they have control over renewables:
reneweconomy.com.au/origin-snaps...
Australia has zero policy re: fossil fuels controlling renewables.
#auspol #climatesky
reneweconomy.com.au/origin-buys-...
And Walcha Energy, so they have control over renewables:
reneweconomy.com.au/origin-snaps...
Australia has zero policy re: fossil fuels controlling renewables.
#auspol #climatesky
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Origin Energy, platinum partner to #TheAshes owns one of Australia's largest coal fired power stations, has purchased land for offsets, and bought out Walcha Energy, so renewables in our largest renewable energy zone.
Reminder that world solar fits into a Tasmania. Australia's offsets? 6 Tassies.
Reminder that world solar fits into a Tasmania. Australia's offsets? 6 Tassies.
“Bringing business along with us”, a story in 2 acts:
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“Bringing business along with us”, a story in 2 acts:
No, we can’t “let the market decide”. FFs have *increased* O+G production and since Paris
We cannot “bring oil and gas with us” because they just made historic high profits exactly where they are
You can’t use them to “unlock capital” because the make up 1% of global low-carbon investment
We cannot “bring oil and gas with us” because they just made historic high profits exactly where they are
You can’t use them to “unlock capital” because the make up 1% of global low-carbon investment
All week. All damn week I’ve been threatened and berated by people who say they don’t advocate for fossil fuels but were happy to take fossil fuel delegations up on the offer of attending #COP30 on their badge
This is a direct result of normalising fossil fuels at COP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a direct result of normalising fossil fuels at COP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
No, we can’t “let the market decide”. FFs have *increased* O+G production and since Paris
We cannot “bring oil and gas with us” because they just made historic high profits exactly where they are
You can’t use them to “unlock capital” because the make up 1% of global low-carbon investment
We cannot “bring oil and gas with us” because they just made historic high profits exactly where they are
You can’t use them to “unlock capital” because the make up 1% of global low-carbon investment
All week. All damn week I’ve been threatened and berated by people who say they don’t advocate for fossil fuels but were happy to take fossil fuel delegations up on the offer of attending #COP30 on their badge
This is a direct result of normalising fossil fuels at COP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a direct result of normalising fossil fuels at COP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
All week. All damn week I’ve been threatened and berated by people who say they don’t advocate for fossil fuels but were happy to take fossil fuel delegations up on the offer of attending #COP30 on their badge
This is a direct result of normalising fossil fuels at COP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a direct result of normalising fossil fuels at COP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UN malaria summit drops mentions of mosquitos from draft deal www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
UN malaria summit drops mentions of mosquitos from draft deal www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The surest way of making a situation worse is to deny there is even a problem www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The surest way of making a situation worse is to deny there is even a problem www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
There is enough evidence now to investigate and, if necessary, dismantle Reform as a front for Russian anti-democratic sabotage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
There is enough evidence now to investigate and, if necessary, dismantle Reform as a front for Russian anti-democratic sabotage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Also a company that has engaged in a massive investment strike on renewable energy so they can get paid big $$ to keep their ultra-polluting coal plants running for another decade
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Also a company that has engaged in a massive investment strike on renewable energy so they can get paid big $$ to keep their ultra-polluting coal plants running for another decade
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
I’ve spent the week fielding demands veering from entitled to condescending on why #KickBigPolluters out classified groups such as Octopus and GWEC as fossil fuels.
Simple: if you make money or take instruction from fossil fuel investors or leadership, you’re still facilitating fossil fuels
Simple: if you make money or take instruction from fossil fuel investors or leadership, you’re still facilitating fossil fuels
For everyone watching #TheAshes a shout out to Australia’s “platinum partner Origin Energy, which is the largest institutional investor in everyone’s favourite “renewables company” Octopus Energy, and one of Australia’s most aggressively expanding fossil gas producers
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I’ve spent the week fielding demands veering from entitled to condescending on why #KickBigPolluters out classified groups such as Octopus and GWEC as fossil fuels.
Simple: if you make money or take instruction from fossil fuel investors or leadership, you’re still facilitating fossil fuels
Simple: if you make money or take instruction from fossil fuel investors or leadership, you’re still facilitating fossil fuels
For everyone watching #TheAshes a shout out to Australia’s “platinum partner Origin Energy, which is the largest institutional investor in everyone’s favourite “renewables company” Octopus Energy, and one of Australia’s most aggressively expanding fossil gas producers
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
For everyone watching #TheAshes a shout out to Australia’s “platinum partner Origin Energy, which is the largest institutional investor in everyone’s favourite “renewables company” Octopus Energy, and one of Australia’s most aggressively expanding fossil gas producers
Reposted by Patrick Galey
The Brazilian network Globo is broadcasting now live from there, they said two minutes ago two volunteers had to go to the hospital due to smoke, and it seems the fire is now controlled.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Brazilian network Globo is broadcasting now live from there, they said two minutes ago two volunteers had to go to the hospital due to smoke, and it seems the fire is now controlled.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is the 2025 equivalent of Clippy offering to author a suicide note on your behalf
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is the 2025 equivalent of Clippy offering to author a suicide note on your behalf
Reposted by Patrick Galey
i've said it before and i'll say it again, if you can't be bothered to read what i wrote and you'd rather let a machine tell you what it said, i'd rather you didn't read it at all
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
i've said it before and i'll say it again, if you can't be bothered to read what i wrote and you'd rather let a machine tell you what it said, i'd rather you didn't read it at all
Reform's newness and non-comformity is relentlessly treated as an asset when it is in fact its largest deficiency:
The party, being essentially made up by dimwit millionaires, lacks the infrastructure to ensure any sort of quality control among candidates, which is why so many of them are racists
The party, being essentially made up by dimwit millionaires, lacks the infrastructure to ensure any sort of quality control among candidates, which is why so many of them are racists
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Reform's newness and non-comformity is relentlessly treated as an asset when it is in fact its largest deficiency:
The party, being essentially made up by dimwit millionaires, lacks the infrastructure to ensure any sort of quality control among candidates, which is why so many of them are racists
The party, being essentially made up by dimwit millionaires, lacks the infrastructure to ensure any sort of quality control among candidates, which is why so many of them are racists
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Send this round social media.
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Send this round social media.
“It’s just a few bad apples”
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“It’s just a few bad apples”