Lydia Brown
@lydiabrown.bsky.social
lover of all things international relations, soccer & coffee
603 | Alum - Holy Cross & @ausis.bsky.social
Comms @energyinnovation.org
opinions are my own
603 | Alum - Holy Cross & @ausis.bsky.social
Comms @energyinnovation.org
opinions are my own
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Climate change is a threat multiplier.
The US military used to say so when is was telling the truth.
The US military used to say so when is was telling the truth.
My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Violence over water resources reaches record levels
The number of violent events over water resources reported in 2024 was nearly 20 percent higher than 2023 and nearly 80 percent higher than 2022.
thebulletin.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Climate change is a threat multiplier.
The US military used to say so when is was telling the truth.
The US military used to say so when is was telling the truth.
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🔌💡 The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts #naturalgas prices will rise 14% in 2026, following a 59% year-over-year increase from 2024 to 2025.
Our Greg Alvarez's recent piece explores the mounting cost pressures that are driving natural gas prices up.
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Our Greg Alvarez's recent piece explores the mounting cost pressures that are driving natural gas prices up.
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Time To Update Your Priors: Natural Gas Is Expensive
Natural gas faces upward cost pressure on two fronts, as gas plants are more expensive to build and the fuel itself is rising in price.
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🔌💡 The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts #naturalgas prices will rise 14% in 2026, following a 59% year-over-year increase from 2024 to 2025.
Our Greg Alvarez's recent piece explores the mounting cost pressures that are driving natural gas prices up.
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Our Greg Alvarez's recent piece explores the mounting cost pressures that are driving natural gas prices up.
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b... #climatesky #greensky
Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b... #climatesky #greensky
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Just think of the potential for Spirit Halloween stores to use all those vacant data centers
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just think of the potential for Spirit Halloween stores to use all those vacant data centers
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🔌💡 #Energy costs have already risen 11 percent this year, and consumers can’t keep footing the bill for a 140-year-old technology.
thepowerline.substack.com/p/coals-not-... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social
thepowerline.substack.com/p/coals-not-... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🔌💡 #Energy costs have already risen 11 percent this year, and consumers can’t keep footing the bill for a 140-year-old technology.
thepowerline.substack.com/p/coals-not-... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social
thepowerline.substack.com/p/coals-not-... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social
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Comanche 3, Colorado’s newest coal plant has already been broken down *two full years* since it began burning crushed rocks in 2010. Now it will be offline another year.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Comanche 3, Colorado’s newest coal plant has already been broken down *two full years* since it began burning crushed rocks in 2010. Now it will be offline another year.
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Russian forces in #Mali have been accused of abuses against civilians — accusations jihadists have used to present themselves as protectors of targeted communities. A new @barrons.com piece draws on ACLED data to track the toll of these operations. 🔗 Read: www.barrons.com/news/what-ar...
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Russian forces in #Mali have been accused of abuses against civilians — accusations jihadists have used to present themselves as protectors of targeted communities. A new @barrons.com piece draws on ACLED data to track the toll of these operations. 🔗 Read: www.barrons.com/news/what-ar...
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📣 Be the first to access ACLED’s Conflict Index & Watchlist — unpacking 2025’s findings across every country and territory in 2025, and highlighting 10 crisis areas where conditions are likely to shift, for better or for worse.
Register now for the virtual launch: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register now for the virtual launch: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📣 Be the first to access ACLED’s Conflict Index & Watchlist — unpacking 2025’s findings across every country and territory in 2025, and highlighting 10 crisis areas where conditions are likely to shift, for better or for worse.
Register now for the virtual launch: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register now for the virtual launch: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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📢 Join our team!
We’re in search of a Policy Advisor to support governors’ offices as they advance electricity & carbon pricing policy solutions.
Learn more and apply ⬇️
usclimatealliance.org/careers/
We’re in search of a Policy Advisor to support governors’ offices as they advance electricity & carbon pricing policy solutions.
Learn more and apply ⬇️
usclimatealliance.org/careers/
Careers | U.S. Climate Alliance
Job opportunities with the U.S. Climate Alliance Secretariat housed at the United Nations Foundation.
usclimatealliance.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
📢 Join our team!
We’re in search of a Policy Advisor to support governors’ offices as they advance electricity & carbon pricing policy solutions.
Learn more and apply ⬇️
usclimatealliance.org/careers/
We’re in search of a Policy Advisor to support governors’ offices as they advance electricity & carbon pricing policy solutions.
Learn more and apply ⬇️
usclimatealliance.org/careers/
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat
Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...
www.bellingcat.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
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October marked Sudan’s deadliest week since the conflict began in 2023. RSF captured the SAF headquarters in El Fasher on 25 Oct — the last army-held position in Darfur — with reports of around 1,300 civilians killed and tens of thousands displaced. Read: acleddata.com/update/afric...
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
October marked Sudan’s deadliest week since the conflict began in 2023. RSF captured the SAF headquarters in El Fasher on 25 Oct — the last army-held position in Darfur — with reports of around 1,300 civilians killed and tens of thousands displaced. Read: acleddata.com/update/afric...
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What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as #ClimateChange
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as #ClimateChange
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🔌💡 Colorado’s statewide #electricity prices rose 24% between 2021-2024 and could soar another 45% by 2030 - keeping the Comanche #coal plant running won't help
coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social & @michelle-solomon.bsky.social
coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social & @michelle-solomon.bsky.social
coloradonewsline.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🔌💡 Colorado’s statewide #electricity prices rose 24% between 2021-2024 and could soar another 45% by 2030 - keeping the Comanche #coal plant running won't help
coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social & @michelle-solomon.bsky.social
coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social & @michelle-solomon.bsky.social
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📊 What does 2 years of global protests for #Palestine look like?
Nearly 48,000 demonstrations in 137 countries have been held since Oct 2023 —accounting for 15% of all protests worldwide. Explore our new infographic as the Gaza war enters its second year: acleddata.com/infographic/...
Nearly 48,000 demonstrations in 137 countries have been held since Oct 2023 —accounting for 15% of all protests worldwide. Explore our new infographic as the Gaza war enters its second year: acleddata.com/infographic/...
October 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📊 What does 2 years of global protests for #Palestine look like?
Nearly 48,000 demonstrations in 137 countries have been held since Oct 2023 —accounting for 15% of all protests worldwide. Explore our new infographic as the Gaza war enters its second year: acleddata.com/infographic/...
Nearly 48,000 demonstrations in 137 countries have been held since Oct 2023 —accounting for 15% of all protests worldwide. Explore our new infographic as the Gaza war enters its second year: acleddata.com/infographic/...
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Listening to Alice Reynolds of the CPUC talk and she just showed this cartoon which is a keeper:
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Listening to Alice Reynolds of the CPUC talk and she just showed this cartoon which is a keeper:
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
I’d be a lot happier if I could just buy unlimited stationery
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I’d be a lot happier if I could just buy unlimited stationery
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🔌💡 The economics of #coal are bad, and only getting worse
- 99% of U.S. coal fleet is more expensive to keep running than to replace
- The cost of coal power has increased 28% since 2021
energyinnovation.org/report/coal-...
- 99% of U.S. coal fleet is more expensive to keep running than to replace
- The cost of coal power has increased 28% since 2021
energyinnovation.org/report/coal-...
Coal Power 28 Percent More Expensive In 2024 Than In 2021 • Energy Innovation
Coal's already poor economics have gotten worse over the last four years, with costs at the majority of plants rising faster than inflation.
energyinnovation.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🔌💡 The economics of #coal are bad, and only getting worse
- 99% of U.S. coal fleet is more expensive to keep running than to replace
- The cost of coal power has increased 28% since 2021
energyinnovation.org/report/coal-...
- 99% of U.S. coal fleet is more expensive to keep running than to replace
- The cost of coal power has increased 28% since 2021
energyinnovation.org/report/coal-...
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🔌💡 The #ClimateTechAtlas is your guide to identifying the technologies that can accelerate decarbonization at scale.
climatetechatlas.com
Developed with contributions from Breakthrough, Elemental Impact, Energy Innovation, McKinsey Sustainability & Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability 👇
climatetechatlas.com
Developed with contributions from Breakthrough, Elemental Impact, Energy Innovation, McKinsey Sustainability & Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability 👇
Climate Tech Atlas
Explore breakthrough technologies and innovation opportunities to accelerate climate solutions.
climatetechatlas.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🔌💡 The #ClimateTechAtlas is your guide to identifying the technologies that can accelerate decarbonization at scale.
climatetechatlas.com
Developed with contributions from Breakthrough, Elemental Impact, Energy Innovation, McKinsey Sustainability & Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability 👇
climatetechatlas.com
Developed with contributions from Breakthrough, Elemental Impact, Energy Innovation, McKinsey Sustainability & Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability 👇
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Fascist tool erases fascist tool.
September 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fascist tool erases fascist tool.
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Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
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Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the Capitol Rioters pardoned by Donald Trump.
Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the Capitol Rioters pardoned by Donald Trump.
Pardon Tracker
Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the individuals that received pardons charges related ...
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August 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This project needs your support — Please consider donating and sharing this project.
Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the Capitol Rioters pardoned by Donald Trump.
Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the Capitol Rioters pardoned by Donald Trump.
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‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza
‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza
Fatma Hassouna used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, a film about the journalist
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza