Kieran
@kieranpcampbell.bsky.social
Florida + Kenya. Working on the energy transition. Reader, DJ, music head, naturalist.
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
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Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
highlight of my day!!!! vote @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social vote @workingfamilies.org ❤️❤️❤️
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
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Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
Bill Gates has a new memo out calling for a “strategic pivot” on climate change, downplaying “doomsday” talk to focus on filling enormous post-USAID budget gaps in global health and vaccine funding. I got an early glimpse of his thinking last week:
7 New Takes From Bill Gates on Climate ‘Doomsday’ Talk and Global Health
“I mean, God bless the Europeans for caring about climate.”
heatmap.news
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
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Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain
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The Onion can re-run this today with D’Angelo swapped in for Prince
RIP a(nother) legend
@theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social
RIP a(nother) legend
@theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Onion can re-run this today with D’Angelo swapped in for Prince
RIP a(nother) legend
@theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social
RIP a(nother) legend
@theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social
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This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
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"The Spanish government approves a “total” arms embargo on Israel, part of a package of measures aimed at halting what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called “the genocide in Gaza.”"
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Spain approves ‘total’ arms embargo in Israel
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www.timesofisrael.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"The Spanish government approves a “total” arms embargo on Israel, part of a package of measures aimed at halting what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called “the genocide in Gaza.”"
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
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plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel
September 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel
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put street trees everywhere you can in a neighborhood, make curb cuts so that their roots can absorb storm water from the street, grow native plants around their base, check back in five years and count how many welfare and health measures have improved
Rule 78: Put Street Trees Almost Everywhere
Street trees do it all, they...
Cut crashes by 45%
Raise home values 9%
Boost retail sales 12%
Clean air, cool streets, absorb stormwater, improve health, and make places more inviting
Walkable City Rules www.amazon.com/Walkable-Cit...
Street trees do it all, they...
Cut crashes by 45%
Raise home values 9%
Boost retail sales 12%
Clean air, cool streets, absorb stormwater, improve health, and make places more inviting
Walkable City Rules www.amazon.com/Walkable-Cit...
August 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
put street trees everywhere you can in a neighborhood, make curb cuts so that their roots can absorb storm water from the street, grow native plants around their base, check back in five years and count how many welfare and health measures have improved
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I reject fatalism [a form of moral disengagement]. What happens next is not predetermined and depends in part on us.
August 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I reject fatalism [a form of moral disengagement]. What happens next is not predetermined and depends in part on us.
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Increasingly understanding "energy dominance" to mean energy authoritarianism. Rooftop and community solar helps democratize energy production, putting money in consumer pockets instead of centralized utilities. Illegally cutting these grants disempowers lower-income communities, in every sense.
Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...
E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Increasingly understanding "energy dominance" to mean energy authoritarianism. Rooftop and community solar helps democratize energy production, putting money in consumer pockets instead of centralized utilities. Illegally cutting these grants disempowers lower-income communities, in every sense.
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A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions
One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continued to refuse food, he said on Thursday.
nbcnews.to
August 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
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on the one hand we should want people to change their mind so we can stop what's happening now. On the other hand there need to be costs for the ghoulish behavior that got us here, as these people absolutely will do this again given half a chance
In May 2024, "Clinton said students who oppose Israel's policies in Gaza and the West Bank 'don't know very much.'"
"Clinton and a number of European leaders are speaking out now because Israel has already 'carried out their final solution.'"
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
"Clinton and a number of European leaders are speaking out now because Israel has already 'carried out their final solution.'"
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
At Eleventh Hour, Enablers of Israel's Mass Starvation of Gaza Do 'Reputational Damage Control' | Common Dreams
U.S. and European leaders shift rhetoric, call for humanitarian aid. Gaza in famine, children at risk. Will the U.S. continue to support Israel's actions? #EndTheBlockade #FreePalestine
www.commondreams.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
on the one hand we should want people to change their mind so we can stop what's happening now. On the other hand there need to be costs for the ghoulish behavior that got us here, as these people absolutely will do this again given half a chance
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
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how nice to live in a world where there's no genocide in gaza and no fascism in the united states and the worst thing that could possibly happen is that college students call you rude names
and you get a national newspaper column to share these very important opinions with the world
and you get a national newspaper column to share these very important opinions with the world
July 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
how nice to live in a world where there's no genocide in gaza and no fascism in the united states and the worst thing that could possibly happen is that college students call you rude names
and you get a national newspaper column to share these very important opinions with the world
and you get a national newspaper column to share these very important opinions with the world
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🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇
Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇
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The IDF’s “defense” is that they actually killed somewhat fewer starving civilians looking for food
July 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The IDF’s “defense” is that they actually killed somewhat fewer starving civilians looking for food
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My only hope is that one day Trump and his officials will face a tribunal on crimes against humanity.
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My only hope is that one day Trump and his officials will face a tribunal on crimes against humanity.
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Every. Single. Time. The Israeli military does a war crime once. Calls it “blood libel” when you point it out. And then does it en masse after facing no consequences.
Just like with destroying hospitals. Bombing churches and mosques. Targeting ambulances. Sniping kids.
Just like with destroying hospitals. Bombing churches and mosques. Targeting ambulances. Sniping kids.
July 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Every. Single. Time. The Israeli military does a war crime once. Calls it “blood libel” when you point it out. And then does it en masse after facing no consequences.
Just like with destroying hospitals. Bombing churches and mosques. Targeting ambulances. Sniping kids.
Just like with destroying hospitals. Bombing churches and mosques. Targeting ambulances. Sniping kids.
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The Florida Supreme Court this week upheld the state’s congressional map, rejecting the argument that the Republican gerrymander signed into law by Ron DeSantis violated a state constitutional reform voters approved last decade. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida supreme court upholds congressional map that weakens Black voters’ influence
Ruling is a win for Republicans, who anticipate losing US House seats in next year’s midterm elections
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Florida Supreme Court this week upheld the state’s congressional map, rejecting the argument that the Republican gerrymander signed into law by Ron DeSantis violated a state constitutional reform voters approved last decade. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...