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Aimee
@aimeenvironment.bsky.social
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Renewable energy nerd, graphic designer with a strategic branding focus, reader o’ sci-fi and urban fantasy. The internet was built by and for cats.
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Life and beauty always find a way.
Close up of a blooming, yellow crocus.
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Meme from the Princess Bride with the words You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Channeling emotions today.
Image with words: Pity I feel pity. Pity for those who think a weapon makes them strong. That might makes right. Pity for those who only feel better when they put others down. Pity for those who turn to cruelty first. Pity for those who see “other” and think “bad”. Pity for those who don’t understand neighbor and kindness and togetherness. For they will never experience the joy of lending a hand. For they will never experience the delight of lifting someone else up and doing more together. For they will never experience kindness as anything but a ruse. For they will never learn see the possibility that comes from other perspectives. For they will never understand what it means to learn, and grow, and support one another without quid pro quo. What a pitiful half-life. So closed off. Missing out on beauty, joy, the power of softness, kind words, the gift of others’ stories. Unable to experience the best of life. What a pity. © Aimee Tuck, 2026. All Rights Reserved.
January 27, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Ooooh! This sounds good. Can’t wait to read it!

bedfordsquarepublishers.co.uk/book/godstorm/
Front cover of the book God Storm by Solitaire Townsend
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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3-2-1… launch!
A boat on a lift about 20 feet off the ground.
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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His royal highness deigns to pose for his Caturday portrait.
Black and white long-hair tuxedo cat curled up on a chair looking very regal.
January 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Reposting this for reference. Oil and gas subsidies go back to 1913, so I shouldn't be surprised. Yet I am.
A chart showing "A brief history of U.S. energy subsidies." The earliest subsidy, which still exists today is from 1913 for oil and gas. Then a subsidy in 1926 for oil, gas, and coal.
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Fixed the typo.
December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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This is all I could think of when I saw a picture of the new naval *ahem* warship.
Illustration from the Simpson’s episode when Homer designed a car.
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Watch out for the cookie vortex!
A cookie with way too much frosting, sprinkles, and decoration on it.
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Reason #438 why I dislike clothes shopping: irrational clothing sizes. This sweater and shirt are the same brand and supposedly the same size…. Sigh.
A black shirt laid flat with a green sweater laid over it. The sweater is significantly smaller than the shirt.
December 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Green flags brought to you by the same team who vets couples for House Hunters.
Black text on a white background. House hunters episode. Husband: I'm a freelance hamster trainer. Wife: And I tune harmonicas part-time. Husband: Our budget is $950K.
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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In today's episode of "flip the script" in news zeitgeist: instead of AI needing clean energy to power data centers without breaking the grid, now clean energy NEEDS AI to succeed.

(Yes, I know they're not mutually exclusive. I'm finding the energy headline shift hilarious.)
Long, shiny data center hallway.
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Is it just me, or is whoever rebranded NREL a Lord of the Rings fan?

NREL to NLotR

"New Lord of the Rings"
"Northern Lord of the Rings"
"Nearly Lord of the Rings"
"Nihilistic Lord of the Rings"

Wha else?
Aerial of former NREL, no rebranded National Lab of the Rockies
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Huh. Pantone's color of the year choice feels completely, utterly tone-deaf. Racial profiling seems to be status quo for the U.S. government, but hey picking a shade of white makes sense. 🤦
www.pantone.com/color-of-the...
Woman in all white clothing standing on white ground with clouds behind her. The words Pantone Color of the Year 2026, Cloud Dancer are overlaid over the image.
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Who needs a tree when you’ve got a tree skirt?

They’re currently taking turns diving at it and sliding across the wood floor. 🤣🤣🤣
Two long-hair cats sitting on a Christmas tree skirt.
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Some days the clouds are so low, it feels like dusk at noon. Other days, the sun shines on the countless water droplets and the world sparkles.
Close up of red berries on a leafless bush with blue sky behind it. Red berries on a leafless bush with blue sky behind it.
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I read. A lot. 68 books so far this year. I also have a mind like a steel sieve, so I pay attention when books stick with me. If you’re looking for gifts for the holidays, here are books I’ve read this year that have stuck with me:
1. The Mars House, Natasha Pulley (I can’t recommend this one highly enough) 2. Feeding Ghosts, Tessa Hulls 3. The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss (whole series) 4. The Witch Roads, Kate Elliot 5. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett (whole series) 6. Starvation Heights, Gregg Olsen
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Screenshot of a scene from the Simpsons, showing a Kristy the Clown doll with its switch turned to evil instead of good.
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Sunday morning entertainment brought to us by our kitteh overlords.
Black and white cat sitting in an overturned box. The cat is watching a feather toy move.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Don't worry, this is next:
Screenshot from The Simpsons in which Mr. Burns shows his model to block out the sun to Mr. Smithers.
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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"...in this corner of planet Earth, you have to be the best of humanity. We can land this together, if you are the best you can be. You are decent, brilliant people.” – Doctor Who

Thinking about this, I wonder at what an amazing world it would be if WE all tried to be the be best of humanity.
Close up of maple leaves on a tree. The sun is shining through the leaves and a couple of them are starting to turn red, while most are still green.
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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“That’s DOCTOR Fluffybottoms, thank you. Professor of physics.”

Yay! Look what arrived yesterday! Physics for Cats by @tomgauld.bsky.social!
Fluffy black and white cat looking at a copy of the book “Physics for Cats” by Tom Gauld.
October 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Can we talk about the 2nd half of this article? Unsubsidized solar and utility-scale solar, NOT CSP (which is what Ivanpah is), make way more sense economically. Repeating: unsubsidized.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/10/06/w...
A chart from Lazard, showing utility-scale solar plats are cheaper than the lowest-cost marginal cost of fossil fuel, meaning that even the most cost-effective combined cycle natural gas plants that are already built and operating are more expensive electricity generators than new-build solar and wind.
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM