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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 19h

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.
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Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

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Kiley Bense @kiley.bsky.social · 20h

The results of a new study on how fracking can contaminate drinking water found that 71 percent of tested wells contained methane. Two registered “explosive levels of methane.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202...

Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking - Inside Climate News

Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.

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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 1d

"The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July, the last month with data available. China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period."

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China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 1d

This checks out:
"Tesla Teases New Vehicle Launching This Week That Is Sure To Underwhelm" www.jalopnik.com/1987830/tesl...

Tesla Teases New Vehicle Launching This Week That Is Sure To Underwhelm - Jalopnik

Tesla seems to be on the precipice of something thoroughly unremarkable.

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 1d

The fight to keep $7 billion of cancelled EPA grants for clean energy continues www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over Canceled $7 Billion for Solar Energy

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 2d

In the latest Current Climate newsletter:

🚘 EV tax credits are gone but cheaper models are coming
☀️ Using virtual power plants to curb blackouts
🌍 Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment #electricvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

Tax Credits Are Gone But Cheaper EVs Are Coming

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at using virtual power plants to curb blackouts and Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment.

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 2d

Jane Goodall’s verdict on Musk, Trump and Putin: “Send them off the planet” www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

Jane Goodall Criticized Musk And Trump In Last Major Interview Before Her Death

The renowned conservationist’s last major interview, recorded back in March, has received a posthumous release on Netflix.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

Section 5114(b), Title 31, US Code restricts whose portrait may be printed on US currency:
"Only the portrait of deceased individuals may appear on United States currency and securities."
Politico was apparently to lazy to look up the law in this fawning article.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin

The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 4d

Tesla’s $1 trillion pay proposal for CEO Elon Musk is facing investor pushback www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

Tesla’s Proposed $1 Trillion Pay Package For Musk Faces Investor Pushback

A group of investors and state officials accused Tesla’s board of failing to provide proper oversight of Musk’s leadership.

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 5d

A Gonzo Plan To Beat China With Giant Robot Boats by @jeremybogaisky.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

A Gonzo Plan To Beat China With Giant Robot Boats

Autonomous speedboat designer Saronic aims to use its fat warchest to build America’s largest shipyard and help the US to dominate commercial and military shipbuilding.

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 5d

So far, Trump's vengeance campaign during the federal shutdown includes suspending $billions of transit funds for New York and other big cities and slashing $1.2 billion earmarked for clean hydrogen research in California www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/01/g...

Governor Newsom statement on Trump administration’s decision to cut hydrogen hub funding | Governor of California

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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 5d

NEW - CISA insiders tell me about "chaos" in the agency since the shutdown began, exacerbated by major leadership departures and the expiration of the Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act.

“It's just a matter of time before something major happens,” says one.

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Government Shutdown Leaves US Cyber Defenses Weaker, Insiders Say

Already understaffed and now further diminished, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is scrambling to investigate a spate of cyber attacks. The lapse of the Cybersecurity Information ...

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Tesla's big Q3 sales spike was powered by Trump's elimination of the $7,500 EV tax credit--and less Elon Musk
#Tesla #electricvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

Tesla’s Sales Surge Powered By Less Musk And Trump’s EV Tax Credit Cut

The largest U.S. electric vehicle maker posted a record quarter, selling over 497,000 vehicles. It’s still on track for yet another annual sales decline.

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 6d

more of this please:

Hyundai slashes Ioniq 5 EV prices by up to $9800 as $7500 after federal tax credit phases out www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Hyundai Lowers Price on 2026 IONIQ 5 EV Lineup

Hyundai reduces 2026 IONIQ 5 pricing by up to $9,800 Average price reduction for all 2026 IONIQ 5 models is $9,155 Enhances EV accessibility and...

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 6d

preach il Papa:

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’
www.politico.eu/article/pope...

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’

The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 6d

"Lloyd Dobler stands outside Diane’s window holding up his phone. He prompts 'Siri, 'Play 'In Your Eyes' by Peter Gabriel.' Siri streams 'Private Eyes' by Hall and Oates, right after playing a thirty-second Geico ad."

If 1980s Teen Movies Took Place Today

Goonies Since strangers will call the police if kids in the Goon Docks wander around on their own, the boys don’t get a chance to search for One-Ey...

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 6d

it’s a great day to get off of twitter

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7d

Imagine three years later thinking that Elon wants to "turn things around." Imagine staying on the platform that you admit is full of hatred. Why?

You don't have to stay there. You can go somewhere that gives you more power and control, rather than begging for Elon to fix things.

Paul Graham quote tweeting a tweet from Adnan Hussain.

Hussain's tweet: Yesterday I became a father. I shared a photo of my newborn daughter, and many of you sent beautiful messages. Thank you. But I’ve had to delete it. The vile racism and hate directed at an innocent soul less than a day old was beyond depraved.

Graham's quote tweet: There is something deeply wrong with Twitter. It has always been rough here, but in the past year it has become an even worse kind of nasty. Do you think maybe it's time to try to turn things around, Elon?

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 6d

Sad news today. Honored to have met her a week ago at #ForbesSustainabilitySummit:

“We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we’re not intelligent. If you’re intelligent you don’t destroy your only home.” youtu.be/RCbcF-ePDzA?...

Dr. Jane Goodall's Urgent Call To Action: 'We've Been Stealing Our Children's Future'

YouTube video by Forbes

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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 7d

🚨NEW🚨 Amazon has been developing drone surveillance tech for American cops, from gun detection to repurposing Twitch's streaming code.

It's also pushing all manner of surveillance tools, including Flock car tracking and AI that constantly monitors all prison calls.

www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

Inside Amazon’s Aggressive Push To Get Cops Using AI Surveillance

Inside Amazon’s Aggressive Push To Get Cops Using AI

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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 7d

My latest @forbes.com feature profiles Herriot Tabuteau, a Haitian immigrant, Yale-educated doctor + longtime investor, who started Axsome to tackle brain disorders. Now $AXSM has 3 drugs on the mkt + 5 more in the pipeline: “We’re not a small co in terms of ambition.”
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

This Haiti-Born Doctor Built A $6 Billion Business Developing Drugs For Depression And Alzheimer’s

Herriot Tabuteau combined his Yale medical degree and two decades in finance to start Axsome Therapeutics. Now the company has three drugs on the market and five more in the pipeline.

www.forbes.com

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 7d

the original version was better youtu.be/0OTYdizres8?...

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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 8d

My TikTok book is out in stores today!

Why should you read it? Because 1 in 5 Americans now get their news from this thing. We should all understand how it works.

It was inevitable that strongmen would seek to control a tool this powerful. The book is the story of what happened when they did.

W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · Feb 3

The rise of the most effective attention-algorithm ever invented, and the superpower struggle to control it.

EVERY SCREEN ON THE PLANET: THE WAR OVER TIKTOK by Emily Baker-White.

In Stores 9.30.25.
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Combo Villains @combovillains.bsky.social · 7d

Angel Dust, our new album, is out today! Power pop rock made by people, not AI!
Find it on Bandcamp, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, Deezer, Apple and iTunes. Want a CD? Contact Combo Villains at [email protected].
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Angel Dust, by Combo Villains

12 track album

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 8d

yep, that checks out

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Elon Musk’s X is the “go-to platform for antisemitic posters,” according to a new year-long study shared exclusively with CNN: https://cnn.it/3Wbsj0W

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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 9d

Legacy air-conditioning giant Carrier has a simple solution to ACs stressing the grid: Pair them with a battery that charges up when power demand is low.

Here’s how it’s testing the concept.

Carrier wants to pair batteries with air conditioners to help the grid

Utilities are struggling to meet demand as AI data centers surge. Equipping air conditioners with batteries could be an easy and hugely scalable way to…

www.canarymedia.com

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