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Markham Nolan ☘️

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 6d

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
- George Bernard Shaw

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 17h

Charlie Dalin won a solo, non-stop around-the-world yacht race, setting a new world record (64 days) all while battling a rare form of cancer. Toughest sportsman in the world? I think so.

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Battling cancer made Vendee Globe win 'more complicated', says skipper Dalin

It is tough enough for any sailor just to complete the non-stop round-the-world Vendee Globe, let alone win it but winning it while battling cancer, as French skipper Charlie Dalin did in January, is…

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 18h

Not an accident that DHS posts a photo of a volunteer on the @katmabu.bsky.social congressional campaign getting handcuffed. Pure intimidation of opposition voices via a federal account.

Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 19h

Also there is another full circle in that indicating in prompts the Flesch Kincaid level you want your output at is a great way to improve the readability of LLM outputs. So still very relevant, for those of us who care.

Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 19h

Lovely circularity that the foreword of that book is from the Educational Director of the Columbia Broadcasting Service - CBS

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 1d

I find it so baffling that a new leader like Bari Weiss would be allowed by her own team send such a tone deaf all-hands message. Even a quick audience sense check with AI shows it would bomb. Mine: claude.ai/chat/c3d2884...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

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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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 1d

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists.
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Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 1d

FWIW markhamnolan.com/strategy/bar... (Claude prompt here: claude.ai/chat/c3d2884...)

Bari Weiss - The Critical Opening Leadership Message — Markham Nolan

You get one chance to make a first impression Controversial commentator and commercially viable blogger Bari Weiss is the newly-installed ‘Editor-in-Chief’ of the entirety of CBS News, and opened her...

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 1d

a bald man is sitting in a chair with his mouth open and making a funny face .

ALT: a bald man is sitting in a chair with his mouth open and making a funny face .

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 1d

I asked Claude to assess her memo from a strategic comms standpoint and.... I mean this would have taken her ten seconds.

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 1d

A lot of truth in this. Especially this chunk here.

Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 1d

More in common with Carrie Bradshaw than Cronkite

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

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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

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Despite the noise, renewables keep rising now generating more electricity than coal.

@iea.org halved its US outlook, but raised India’s by 10%, putting it on track as the No. 2 growth market after China. MENA up 23%, driven by Saudi wind and solar.

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 2d

But still, do your homework and punt up somebody with at least a clean slate, some political sense and the ability to communicate, maybe garnished with a tiny dash of charisma. These are the obvious checkboxes of a presidential candidate for a party that cares to run.

Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 2d

Not a single impressive option. Hard year to be a candidate, it must be said, following a president so beloved that knitted toys of his likeness and children’s books about him were best sellers. Tough to follow a live-action mascot, the joyful spirit of a nation in the flesh.

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 2d

CBS does all of these things already so this is a largely if not totally redundant list. More curious is where she sits in a hierarchy that never had an editor-in-chief before.

Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 2d

An insane failure, but not a surprising one.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Australia's grid operator has a clear line of sight to 100% renewables. There's nothing unknown or exotic required.

It'll be fun when the first large/major economies start hitting the goal. Too bad the US is likely to be at the rear of the pack.

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 2d

Deeper exploration of this here: bsky.app/profile/mark...

Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 14d

The AI maths struggle to math. If you’re grappling with the AI hype bubble, particularly in light of all the incremental investment announcements, it’s worth listening to this. Particularly alarming: how all our investments/pensions/401ks are bound to AI right now. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst

Podcast Episode · Plain English with Derek Thompson · 23/09/2025 · 59m

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 2d

What, no beautiful, clean coal? They said it couldn't be done.

Green Collective @greencollective.io · 3d

81GWh yesterday from wind was the most ever for an October day, equivalent to 77.1% of the day's electricity demand. Add biomass, solar, and hydro and it's 82.2%. Only seven days have ever seen a higher share. Grid carbon intensity averaged 105gCO₂/KWh: the fourth lowest ever.

#StormAmy #SpeirGorm

A stacked area chart of the electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland. There are seven fuel types: pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, and gas. There is also a black line showing electricity demand.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes domestic solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO

A treemap of the electricity mix on the island of Ireland. There are eight fuel types: battery, pumped storage, biomass, hydro, solar, wind, gas, and waste-to-energy. Larger sources are annotated with the GWh and percentage of total generation that source comprised.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes domestic solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 2d

Just the most glorious, glistening piece of schadenfreude writing from @tupped.bsky.social which you should all read:

"Of all Jim Gavin’s gaffes, it turns out it was his spare one that took him down."

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-jim...

The Gist: Jim Bows Out

Jim Gavin decided to drop a Sunday night bombshell. This is the Gist.

www.thegist.ie

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Markham Nolan ☘️ @markhamnolan.com · 3d

The Irish Presidency loses most of all. The competition deserves better than to be a shambles, now two-thirds of a choice between three lacklustre candidates. A regrettable farce at a time when inspirational leadership is needed more than ever.

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