Mats Myrberg
@matsm.bsky.social
Bikes, sustainability.
Occasional thoughts about data centers and silicon here:
https://freeradicalnetwork.substack.com/
Occasional thoughts about data centers and silicon here:
https://freeradicalnetwork.substack.com/
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“The industry is boasting about how things are different now, but fundamentals haven’t changed: #nuclear is expensive, plus risk of accidents, proliferation. You can’t wish these problems away. Trump’s so-called nuclear renaissance is built on a house of cards.”
www.ft.com/content/9f6c...
www.ft.com/content/9f6c...
The cost of America’s nuclear revival
Donald Trump has promised to build fleets of new reactors to help ‘win’ the AI race. But many think the goals are unrealistic
www.ft.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
“The industry is boasting about how things are different now, but fundamentals haven’t changed: #nuclear is expensive, plus risk of accidents, proliferation. You can’t wish these problems away. Trump’s so-called nuclear renaissance is built on a house of cards.”
www.ft.com/content/9f6c...
www.ft.com/content/9f6c...
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Climate people, did the fossil fuel industry seed and propagate the idea that renewables (specifically batteries) require materials, which require mining, which is bad (so implicitly we should just run on fossil fuels forever)? It's just striking to me how devoutly people repeat it unexamined....
September 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Climate people, did the fossil fuel industry seed and propagate the idea that renewables (specifically batteries) require materials, which require mining, which is bad (so implicitly we should just run on fossil fuels forever)? It's just striking to me how devoutly people repeat it unexamined....
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My book is now available for pre-order with Cambridge University Press (cup.org/4nfM2IM). Here, I reflected on America's acceleration of reliance on Medicare Advantage and the new traditional Medicare prior auth administrered with AI, through the lens of my findings
open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
The American Exceptionalism of Health Insurance Barriers
My forthcoming book Coverage Denied just became available for pre-order, and proofing and now promoting this work has given me an opportunity to reflect on contemporary health policy developments thro...
open.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My book is now available for pre-order with Cambridge University Press (cup.org/4nfM2IM). Here, I reflected on America's acceleration of reliance on Medicare Advantage and the new traditional Medicare prior auth administrered with AI, through the lens of my findings
open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
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Betting the country’s future on the promises of VCs who think their laptops are alive is just really something www.theverge.com/news/712513/...
Trump unveils his plan to put AI in everything
The White House wants to slash red tape it sees as standing in the way of innovation.
www.theverge.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Betting the country’s future on the promises of VCs who think their laptops are alive is just really something www.theverge.com/news/712513/...
Setting aside the dubious moral stance, given that Anthropic does not build its own DCs it's curious that they need petro $ to finance the company (raised $18.2B, $3B/year burn). Are their margins not competitive w/o their own DCs and this is precursor to pivoting to build their own DCs?
“Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained by WIRED. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All
“Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained...
www.wired.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Setting aside the dubious moral stance, given that Anthropic does not build its own DCs it's curious that they need petro $ to finance the company (raised $18.2B, $3B/year burn). Are their margins not competitive w/o their own DCs and this is precursor to pivoting to build their own DCs?
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“claims of “AGI” are a cover for abandoning the current social contract.”
Read this!
By @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social .
www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-...
Read this!
By @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social .
www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-...
The Myth of AGI | TechPolicy.Press
Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender write that claims of "Artificial General Intelligence" are a cover for abandoning the current social contract.
www.techpolicy.press
June 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“claims of “AGI” are a cover for abandoning the current social contract.”
Read this!
By @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social .
www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-...
Read this!
By @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social .
www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-...
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I do not understand how credits from complex forms of CO2 removal like enhanced rock weathering are priced (averages at $352 per tonne of CO2 here) when scientists are still in the process of figuring out MRV. No idea about actual sequestration but let's price and trade it
www.ft.com/content/ffc2...
www.ft.com/content/ffc2...
Investors pile into rocks to absorb carbon emissions
‘Enhanced weathering’ draws backers including Microsoft, Musk and JPMorgan
www.ft.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I do not understand how credits from complex forms of CO2 removal like enhanced rock weathering are priced (averages at $352 per tonne of CO2 here) when scientists are still in the process of figuring out MRV. No idea about actual sequestration but let's price and trade it
www.ft.com/content/ffc2...
www.ft.com/content/ffc2...
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BUT HERE IS THE THING
Per JCT, Congress' official scorekeeper, the bottom 20% of households - tens of millions of Americans - will see a TAX INCREASE beginning in 2029.
Republicans are cutting taxes for billionaires AND RAISING TAXES ON WORKING PEOPLE
Per JCT, Congress' official scorekeeper, the bottom 20% of households - tens of millions of Americans - will see a TAX INCREASE beginning in 2029.
Republicans are cutting taxes for billionaires AND RAISING TAXES ON WORKING PEOPLE
May 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
BUT HERE IS THE THING
Per JCT, Congress' official scorekeeper, the bottom 20% of households - tens of millions of Americans - will see a TAX INCREASE beginning in 2029.
Republicans are cutting taxes for billionaires AND RAISING TAXES ON WORKING PEOPLE
Per JCT, Congress' official scorekeeper, the bottom 20% of households - tens of millions of Americans - will see a TAX INCREASE beginning in 2029.
Republicans are cutting taxes for billionaires AND RAISING TAXES ON WORKING PEOPLE
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In fact, once you incorporate the effects of the estate tax [via CBPP's @brendanvduke.bsky.social] - a tax that will cost $212 BILLION and literally only benefits a small number of estates worth a minimum of $14 million - the benefits are massively skewed towards the wealthy in tax year 2027:
May 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In fact, once you incorporate the effects of the estate tax [via CBPP's @brendanvduke.bsky.social] - a tax that will cost $212 BILLION and literally only benefits a small number of estates worth a minimum of $14 million - the benefits are massively skewed towards the wealthy in tax year 2027:
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As somone who regularly works for clients in treatment at King County’s Crisis Response Center in Kirkland, I can’t emphasize enough the importance of having a comparable facility in Capitol Hill.
Capitol Hill says it’s in crisis—just don’t put a crisis center there. Molly Moon and local business owners packed a meeting to oppose King County’s plan for a 24/7 mental health facility in the old Polyclinic. The problem’s real—they just want it somewhere else.
Does a Neighborhood in Crisis Need a Crisis Center? These Capitol Hill Businesses Don’t Think So
Back in 2023, voters approved a $1.25 billion property-tax levy to create, fund, and run five 24/7 fully-staffed crisis centers, or places anyone, including the uninsured, could go for their mental he...
www.thestranger.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
As somone who regularly works for clients in treatment at King County’s Crisis Response Center in Kirkland, I can’t emphasize enough the importance of having a comparable facility in Capitol Hill.
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"To put Climeworks' energy needs in perspective, it would take up to 72 TWh to fully offset Iceland's carbon footprint each year, with the country's total emissions of 12.4 million tons of CO2 in 2024. This is equivalent to almost 4x Iceland's electricity production, which is about 20 TWh"
Climeworks’ Iceland capture plant fails to cover its own emissions
“Direct capture is a scam, carbon capture is a scam, blue hydrogen is a scam, and electrofuel is a scam. These are all scam technologies that do nothing for the climate or air pollution”
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
“Direct capture is a scam, carbon capture is a scam, blue hydrogen is a scam, and electrofuel is a scam. These are all scam technologies that do nothing for the climate or air pollution”
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"To put Climeworks' energy needs in perspective, it would take up to 72 TWh to fully offset Iceland's carbon footprint each year, with the country's total emissions of 12.4 million tons of CO2 in 2024. This is equivalent to almost 4x Iceland's electricity production, which is about 20 TWh"
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Happy Tariff Capitulation Day to all who celebrate
May 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy Tariff Capitulation Day to all who celebrate
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~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
So let’s burn more fossil fuels because if we don’t we won’t get more hallucinations from AI.
Altman says more and cheaper energy has powered leaps in standard of living throughout history. Says in the short term to power the AI boom we need more natural gas and maybe some solar; in the "medium term" he says he hopes it's "advanced nuclear -- fission and fusion."
May 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So let’s burn more fossil fuels because if we don’t we won’t get more hallucinations from AI.
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1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
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Did some basic current-events research.
I didn't know there were more Cardinals than there are Conclave electors (and thereby potential new Popes). That's because the latter has an age limit of 80.
Even the Catholic Church limits gerontocracy. Incredible.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/College...
I didn't know there were more Cardinals than there are Conclave electors (and thereby potential new Popes). That's because the latter has an age limit of 80.
Even the Catholic Church limits gerontocracy. Incredible.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/College...
College of Cardinals - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Did some basic current-events research.
I didn't know there were more Cardinals than there are Conclave electors (and thereby potential new Popes). That's because the latter has an age limit of 80.
Even the Catholic Church limits gerontocracy. Incredible.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/College...
I didn't know there were more Cardinals than there are Conclave electors (and thereby potential new Popes). That's because the latter has an age limit of 80.
Even the Catholic Church limits gerontocracy. Incredible.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/College...
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Constitution: Congress has power over trade
Congress 1950s: Could have a NatSec emergency that needs a rapid trade response from POTUS
Trump term 1: Canada is an emergency. Tariffs!
Trump term 2: Everything’s an emergency. TARIFFS!
GOP House 2025: Ban Congress from trade and emergency decisions
Congress 1950s: Could have a NatSec emergency that needs a rapid trade response from POTUS
Trump term 1: Canada is an emergency. Tariffs!
Trump term 2: Everything’s an emergency. TARIFFS!
GOP House 2025: Ban Congress from trade and emergency decisions
This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.
April 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Constitution: Congress has power over trade
Congress 1950s: Could have a NatSec emergency that needs a rapid trade response from POTUS
Trump term 1: Canada is an emergency. Tariffs!
Trump term 2: Everything’s an emergency. TARIFFS!
GOP House 2025: Ban Congress from trade and emergency decisions
Congress 1950s: Could have a NatSec emergency that needs a rapid trade response from POTUS
Trump term 1: Canada is an emergency. Tariffs!
Trump term 2: Everything’s an emergency. TARIFFS!
GOP House 2025: Ban Congress from trade and emergency decisions
At one point the hyperscalers had sustainability goals (eg Microsoft net negative by 2030). But now they are all singing this tune: we should have blind faith in AI solving all problems including sustainability. Meanwhile AI energy demands are off the charts. 🤷♂️
Eric Schmidt says "climate change is real" but winning the AI race is too important to worry about that right now. He says "the intelligence revolution... will allow us as Americans to develop new materials, new energy sources."
Once we have super AI, "The future will be so much cleaner."
Once we have super AI, "The future will be so much cleaner."
April 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
At one point the hyperscalers had sustainability goals (eg Microsoft net negative by 2030). But now they are all singing this tune: we should have blind faith in AI solving all problems including sustainability. Meanwhile AI energy demands are off the charts. 🤷♂️
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In 3 sessions, S&P 500 futures have plunged about 15%. Legit market crash
April 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In 3 sessions, S&P 500 futures have plunged about 15%. Legit market crash
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“Whatever the reason was, it exposed half of the electorate—the 77 million people who voted for Trump—as either fundamentally unserious, decadent, or weak.
And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“Whatever the reason was, it exposed half of the electorate—the 77 million people who voted for Trump—as either fundamentally unserious, decadent, or weak.
And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
Misinformation at scale.
AI Search Has A Citation Problem www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
"Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
"Overall, the chatbots often failed to retrieve the correct articles. Collectively, they provided incorrect answers to more than 60% of queries"
"Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
"Overall, the chatbots often failed to retrieve the correct articles. Collectively, they provided incorrect answers to more than 60% of queries"
AI Search Has A Citation Problem
We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
www.cjr.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Misinformation at scale.
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As we near Tariff Day, I’m once again asking, no, begging the EU to stop letting member states buy carbon credits from Telsa.
March 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
As we near Tariff Day, I’m once again asking, no, begging the EU to stop letting member states buy carbon credits from Telsa.
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There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
March 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
