Dave Levitan
@davelevitan.bsky.social
Science journalist, bylines all over the place.
Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
www.davelevitan.com
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Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
www.davelevitan.com
Sign up: www.gravityisgone.com
![I have written about this before, but [highlight] fusion companies love nothing more than to move a goalpost. [/highlight] In 2004, General Fusion, based in Canada, promised to demonstrate its plant by the end of 2006; that later shifted to 2010, then 2015, then they promised to "commercialize" fusion tech by the end of the 2010s. At its latest announcement in August of a closed funding round — $22 million, congrats — General Fusion says it will be "delivering fusion power to the grid by the mid-2030s."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidvxkxkubffrilslmupntw4rprn3f4fu4rdffzpmvu27msyqkq324@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
"we made it 3/4 of the way to a milestone that would theoretically let us make a power plant that is not the one we promised to have ready in two years" ok cool
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
![While most other fusion startups are targeting the early 2030s to put electricity on the grid, Helion has a contract with Microsoft to sell it electricity starting in 2028, though that power would come from a larger commercial reactor called Orion that the company is currently building, [highlight] not Polaris. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreicohc6a7ivbi4sj2zegbjfiiohq2slrfmvp5web4oh7ynaos2brue@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
"we made it 3/4 of the way to a milestone that would theoretically let us make a power plant that is not the one we promised to have ready in two years" ok cool
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
Okay relatively deep cut but I'm confident he's in there. He made some public statement about how yes they were at the same parties, it's New York after all, but he never really knew the guy, but lo here are six years of messages about some deeply gross shit.
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Okay relatively deep cut but I'm confident he's in there. He made some public statement about how yes they were at the same parties, it's New York after all, but he never really knew the guy, but lo here are six years of messages about some deeply gross shit.
My god the collective insufferableness of their exchanges could power a small nation
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My god the collective insufferableness of their exchanges could power a small nation
Well shit, now that I think about it
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Well shit, now that I think about it
Ok this one’s controversial but are you sure there isn’t like a four-year-long 12%-coherent email exchange about “extracellular intelligence” and wormholes
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Ok this one’s controversial but are you sure there isn’t like a four-year-long 12%-coherent email exchange about “extracellular intelligence” and wormholes
The only guy in like 100 files that Epstein never answered
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
The only guy in like 100 files that Epstein never answered
He sent a 4500-word defense of ephebophilia to a HuffPost reporter
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 AM
He sent a 4500-word defense of ephebophilia to a HuffPost reporter
I’m sorry but you know it’s true
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I’m sorry but you know it’s true
Like 50 messages reading “was an incedible evening my dear friend,, we must discus those ideas further”
February 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Like 50 messages reading “was an incedible evening my dear friend,, we must discus those ideas further”
You know he would have had like 750 emails in the Epstein files
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
You know he would have had like 750 emails in the Epstein files
Things are bad, here’s an elephant I saw once
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Things are bad, here’s an elephant I saw once
The two boat pals are in Panama at the moment, if you're curious. And I'm sure being registered in the Cayman Islands is for fully non-tax-evasion sorts of reasons.
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The two boat pals are in Panama at the moment, if you're curious. And I'm sure being registered in the Cayman Islands is for fully non-tax-evasion sorts of reasons.
Thinking once again about Jeff Bezos's giant boat's giant boat
February 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Thinking once again about Jeff Bezos's giant boat's giant boat
New (read: 1972) anti-ICE meme just dropped
February 3, 2026 at 3:09 AM
New (read: 1972) anti-ICE meme just dropped
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The Magnificent Seven (1960) dares to ask, what if very hot people were also good
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The Magnificent Seven (1960) dares to ask, what if very hot people were also good