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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 5h

Climate deniers can’t ignore this chart.

@markgongloff.bsky.social explains why it’s not too late to reverse the dangerous trend 🎥

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 10h

This is one chart climate denialists can’t ignore, @markgongloff.bsky.social says: bloom.bg/3IZ3pi1

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 10h

Bullshit is now our biggest export

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 10h

Every so often you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to change minds.

This chart from @hausfath.bsky.social is one of those, directly refuting at least 2 standard climate-denier talking points we've heard from Trump recently

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A Chart Climate Denialists Can’t Ignore

Every now and then you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to cut through the noise and change minds.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 10h

Not great: China's world-leading renewables boom is losing momentum, @davidfickling.bsky.social warns

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Trouble Is Brewing in Solar Power’s Heartlands

Amid the Trump-induced crisis for clean energy this year, one beacon of hope has stood out: China.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

China — here is stem cell therapy breakthrough in treating severe diabetes

US under trump — WiFI radiation opens up your blood brain barrier … VaCcINes aRE bAd www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 23h

A trillion dollars gambling on nonsense when we don’t have enough housing, health care or electricity, not to mention decarbonizing quickly enough to avoid the worst of climate change. Feels like the endgame could involve guillotines

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 10d

I’m never going to stop being mad that hedge funds and tech middlemen siphoned off all the money that should’ve let someone like Kaleb Horton have the career he deserved

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5d

Comparing Weiss’s career arc to Kaleb Horton's really drives home how broken the incentives in media are.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 6d

Bari Weiss isn't really a journalist in any meaningful way, she's just a preening troll who excels at flattering power, it's hard to see her succeed to such an extent without feeling like maybe you're the one who's losing their mind

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 1d

"Even if Canada can maintain its democracy under US pressure, it is highly likely to be collateral damage of US decline" - @franciswilkinson.bsky.social has written an epic exploration of the increasingly toxic relationship between Canada and Trump's US

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Can Canada Survive Donald Trump?

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, the country’s future looks less secure than at any time in postwar history.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 2d

What is a "globalist" and why are they not allowed in the country?

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: now DHS says "globalists" will be blocked "from ever entering our country."

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY!
This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago.
Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country. Go to USCIS.GOV/JOIN
@MicahBock

Screenshot from video: YOU'LL BLOCK COMMUNISTS, TERRORISTS, AND GLOBALISTS
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 2d

From @hausfath.bsky.social a couple of graphics that you would hope might pierce even the hardest climate-denialist armor: The vast majority of the world has experienced its hottest-ever temperatures in just the past few decades

www.theclimatebrink.com/p/most-of-th...

Chart: "Share of Global Land With Hottest Monthly Max by Decade"
The 2020s have 38%, the 2010s have 29.4%, the 2000s have 10.3% and the 1990s have 4%. The other decades since the 1910s are all sub 3%, aside from the 1930s, the Dust Bowl era, which is 3.3%. From 1850 to 1900, the percentages are all 0.3% or less.

Map: Global Land: Year of Hottest Monthly Maximum Temperature

It shows that most of the world's land area has experienced its hottest maximum temperatures in the past two decades.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 2d

"The volunteer corroborated an earlier report that Thunberg was physically beaten, then described the terrible prison conditions all the flotilla hostages were kept in, including being starved & forced to drink toilet water"

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg

The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it

www.thecanary.co

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5d

Every day is “Zorp Inc given 3 trillion dollars to launch Blooper Quarks in an effort to create the first artificial intelligence in applesauce manufacturing, universal healthcare still an impossible pipe dream”

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 5d

Bankrolling genocide and declaring war on your own citizens entitles you to a Nobel peace prize, apparently

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Donald Trump and the Aggressive Pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize

The president said it would be “a big insult” to the US if he doesn’t win. Some in Norway fear retaliation if he’s disappointed.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

"Spain’s rapid renewables build-out means its power prices were set by fossil generation just 19% of the time, down from 75% in 2019. As a result, wholesale electricity was almost a third cheaper than the EU average"

Imagine having cheaper power

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Spain’s Renewable-Energy Boom Loosens Gas’s Grip on Power Prices

Soaring renewables output in Spain is weakening gas’s grip on electricity prices, setting the country apart from much of Europe where fossil fuels still dictate the cost of power.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

Of course, we must keep AI dreams and nightmares in context. For example, Sam Altman's "vision" of adding 250 gigawatts of data-center demand by 2033 is straight-up bonkers, writes @liamdenning.bsky.social

That's the demand of a decent-size country

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Altman’s AI Power Grab Is Tone Deaf and Infeasible

Sam Altman may be a visionary but he could use some help reading the room.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

Immediately thought of this

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The Humans Are Dead - Full version

YouTube video by martiansunrise

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

As much if not more than Trump's nonsense, data centers are keeping the coal industry alive, with the dirty fuel expected to be the second-biggest source of extra energy through 2035 after that other dirty fuel, gas

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Chart: Data Centers to Drive Need for New US Power Plant Capacity
Marginal change in installed capacity versus a scenario in which there is no additional electricity demand from data centers.

Chart goes from 2026 to 2035 and shows a steady climb up to nearly 80 gigawatts of extra demand, most of which will be met every year by gas. Coal will play an increasingly large part, though, rising to nearly a quarter of that demand by 2035. Solar, batteries and wind play minor roles from 2028 to 2034 but then make up about another quarter of demand by 2035. Source: BloombergNEF. Reflects BNEF's economic transition scenario, driven by the cost-competitiveness of technologies.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

Trump's climate terrorism gets all the press, what with all the ranting and slashing and burning and whatnot.

But supposed climate leaders like Keir Starmer are also failing the world, only more quietly, notes @lararhiannon.bsky.social

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Climate Deniers Are Increasingly Hiding in Plain Sight

Donald Trump isn’t the only world leader backtracking on green policies.

www.bloomberg.com

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Who’s This “We?” @wecandohardthings.bsky.social · 6d

“Unlike the European Central Bank, which gets a B, the Fed scores poorly… It has resisted global rules on banks’ climate risks and this year pulled out of the Network for the Greening of the Financial System, a central-bank coalition.”

Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

Climate activists & Trump can bond over at least one pastime: yelling at the Fed. And the central bank fully deserves its D- grade on climate. But it’s not built to do the heavy lifting that others are failing to do

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This $2 Trillion Crisis Isn’t Just the Fed’s to Solve

Climate activists might think they have nothing in common with President Donald “Climate Change Is a Con Job” Trump. But they could bond over at least one favorite pastime: howling at the Federal Rese...

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 6d

Climate activists & Trump can bond over at least one pastime: yelling at the Fed. And the central bank fully deserves its D- grade on climate. But it’s not built to do the heavy lifting that others are failing to do

Gift link to my column:

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This $2 Trillion Crisis Isn’t Just the Fed’s to Solve

Climate activists might think they have nothing in common with President Donald “Climate Change Is a Con Job” Trump. But they could bond over at least one favorite pastime: howling at the Federal Rese...

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 7d

The world is a poorer place without Jane Goodall in it.

@sarahgc.bsky.social interviewed her a few years back, and every word is still relevant today.

Here's the video: www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

And a gift link to the transcript:

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Jane Goodall on Covid, Resilience and Climate Change

A Q&A with this year’s Templeton Prize winner about life during Covid, and the lessons she’s learned throughout her many years as a conservationist.

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, who made startling discoveries about chimpanzee behavior during a life dedicated to animals and environmental conservation, has died at the age of 91.

@sarahgc.bsky.social sat down with Goodall for an interview in 2021 on resilience and climate change. Read the Q&A: bit.ly/4gQBwFB

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 7d

In the debates when they asked NYC Mayoral candidates what living Democrat they admired IIRC Mamdani was the only candidate to pick another mayor and he picked Wu.

Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 7d

Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now

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Boston Mayor’s Blowout Victory Jilts CEOs Seeking New Direction

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is coasting to reelection after her main opponent quit the race, giving her a commanding mandate that’s putting city business leaders on edge.

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