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Ramez Naam

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Author of the Nexus trilogy. Climate tech investor, author, and activist. Optimistic about the future.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Nov 14

35 years ago this week (this past Saturday) the Berlin Wall came down. Over the months and years that followed, tens of millions of people in Eastern Europe gained or regained freedoms.

Today we're seeing a march of authoritarianism around the world. I, for one, do not think it will last. (1/2)

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 19d

Now that RFK Jr has found the cure for autism, he can retire with our thanks.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 21d

This weekend's episodes of the America show are giving final season vibes.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 21d

And darker, alas.

Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 21d

Donald Trump ordering his Attorney General to prosecute his enemies, on Truth Social. Seems he meant to text or DM her.

It's all out in the open. The corruption. The assault on freedom of speech. The weaponizing of the DOJ to prosecute his enemies, even when no crime can be found. All right there.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 23d

The number of times an aspiring authoritarian was stopped through capitulation remains 0

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 23d

BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him.

Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.

Trump suggests FCC should consider revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him

President Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke their broadcast licenses.

bit.ly

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 23d

Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that government officials can't use legal coercion as a way to punish or suppress speech. The decision was unanimous. What Trump and Carr did broke the law and violated the First Amendment rights of multiple parties.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 23d

Look, folks, I don't make the rules.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 25d

Full charging document: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

document (3)

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 25d

I didn't want Charlie Kirk's killer to be a liberal, but that's where we are*. Two excerpts from the charging document.

Full document linked below.

* - Unless you believe law enforcement is just outright lying here, which seems unlikely, as this will become evidence in the case.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 25d

Here’s a brief story, with receipts about Trump administration corruption and crypto industry collusion that WILL be investigated once the majority of the House is filled with people who take ethics and the Constitution seriously:

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 27d

Agree. And hi, long time no see.

Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 28d

It's completely appropriate to criticize extreme things said by leaders and prominent people on the other side.

It's incredibly corrosive to amplify and dunk on extremist nobodies on the other side.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 29d

4. High school friend saying he was liberal.

We don't know yet. Don't jump to conclusions.

There's disinfo on the left out there. Don't fall for it. Don't give in to confirmation bias.

And yes, the right jumped to conclusions right away. Doesn't mean we should.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · 29d

Liberal friends posting that the killer is MAGA or a Groyper: Wait for real info. And understand that it's unlikely.

1. Registered 'unaffiliated'.

2. Casings had anti-Nazi, anti-fascist slogans.

3. Family member says the kid saw Kirk as full of hate and spreading hate.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Sep 10

Everyone with a platform right now should be condemning political violence of all stripes, and particularly from their own side. Fanning the flames here - on either side - is an act of encouraging further political violence. We have to stop this cycle, not feed it.

RIP, Charlie Kirk.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · Jun 10

Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub
www.automotivedive.com/news/stellan... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub: UAW

The automaker remains committed to restarting its idled Belvidere factory in 2027.

www.automotivedive.com

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · May 23

@ramez.bsky.social:
"Allowing Chinese EVs into the country - and ending the tariffs on China - would do more for EV growth in the US than the now-dead EV tax credit.

Won't happen under this admin, clearly."

#alwaysbecharging

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Apr 9

On my list to update this year. Though interest rates and other effects will cause some confounds.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · Mar 15

If, while campaigning this fall, Kamala Harris said “If you let Donald Trump back into the White House he will destroy our alliance with Canada in less than sixty days” everyone would have thought she was nuts.

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Feb 27

I'd love that. Nothing is very actively in the works right now. Someone is always trying but it hasn't gotten very far.

Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Feb 27

You can fool some of the people some of the time..

Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Feb 27

Republicans are starting to notice what Trump and Musk are doing and how it will disrupt their lives, too. This administration will quickly squander the political capital it has with its base.

www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity...

People are calling into right-wing radio shows to voice frustrations with the Trump administration

Backlash to President Donald Trump’s early actions and statements is starting to erupt at Republican town halls, local and national protests — and on the phone lines of right-wing talk radio shows.

www.mediamatters.org

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · Feb 16

Good morning with good news: Chile is using wind and solar to rapidly decarbonize its grid. Wind and solar skyrocketed from 5.50% of Chile's electricity in January 2016 to 42.93% in January 2025!

Jan 2025 43%
Jan 2022 31%
Jan 2019 14%
Jan 2016 5.50%

Rapid decarbonization!
#energysky #greensky

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Feb 9

Good luck driving up white births!

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Ramez Naam @ramez.bsky.social · Feb 9

Annual births in the US peaked in 2007 and have been dropping since. After 2025, most forecasts are that we'll see high school graduating classes start shrinking. America needs immigrants. One day, perhaps, we'll wake up to that fact.

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