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This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
World Energy Outlook 2025
YouTube video by International Energy Agency
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
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Burning trees is not a climate solution
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Burning trees is not a climate solution
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when we have public power coast to coast, we'll do this and make electricity free 24/7/365
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 2:18 PM
when we have public power coast to coast, we'll do this and make electricity free 24/7/365
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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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It really does give me whiplash to contemplate how fast our society went from “the Internet isn’t the real world and isn’t that important” to “the Internet is the only real thing that is important.”
October 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It really does give me whiplash to contemplate how fast our society went from “the Internet isn’t the real world and isn’t that important” to “the Internet is the only real thing that is important.”
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Spain's wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the European average in the first half of 2025 -- thanks to wind and solar reducing the influence of costly fossil fuels on prices. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember
Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the elec...
ember-energy.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Spain's wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the European average in the first half of 2025 -- thanks to wind and solar reducing the influence of costly fossil fuels on prices. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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Such beauty and peace this Earth we are a always part of offers up day after day. The humans who have seized the levers of power may not be in touch with the operating instructions for the planet, but they are right there if you pay attention.
October 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Such beauty and peace this Earth we are a always part of offers up day after day. The humans who have seized the levers of power may not be in touch with the operating instructions for the planet, but they are right there if you pay attention.
@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social just read your piece about good weird & bad weird in 21sr Century Yokel and making sure you’re aware of the concept’s appearance in this slice of excellence: youtu.be/5i5zO7aXiFA?...
Sonny & The Sunsets - green blood [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
YouTube video by Polyvinyl Records
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October 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social just read your piece about good weird & bad weird in 21sr Century Yokel and making sure you’re aware of the concept’s appearance in this slice of excellence: youtu.be/5i5zO7aXiFA?...
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IMPORTANT: When transporting a giant puffball mushroom you have recently foraged, it is absolutely crucial that you ensure the mushroom is firmly strapped into the passenger seat of your car to guard against sharp braking and potential whiplash.
September 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
IMPORTANT: When transporting a giant puffball mushroom you have recently foraged, it is absolutely crucial that you ensure the mushroom is firmly strapped into the passenger seat of your car to guard against sharp braking and potential whiplash.
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It's genuinely peculiar that only a small fraction of human cultures, both historically and today, have centered their worship on the sun, a celestial body undeniably central to life, while many have instead devoted their reverence to what could be described as a "random bloke".
September 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It's genuinely peculiar that only a small fraction of human cultures, both historically and today, have centered their worship on the sun, a celestial body undeniably central to life, while many have instead devoted their reverence to what could be described as a "random bloke".
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TBH I think it's hard to overstate the gap between the assumed guard rails and reality.
people think "well it might be wrong on the details sometimes" and the reality is that it is **coaching children to commit suicide**
you wouldn't expect that from ANY product! why would that exist!
people think "well it might be wrong on the details sometimes" and the reality is that it is **coaching children to commit suicide**
you wouldn't expect that from ANY product! why would that exist!
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
TBH I think it's hard to overstate the gap between the assumed guard rails and reality.
people think "well it might be wrong on the details sometimes" and the reality is that it is **coaching children to commit suicide**
you wouldn't expect that from ANY product! why would that exist!
people think "well it might be wrong on the details sometimes" and the reality is that it is **coaching children to commit suicide**
you wouldn't expect that from ANY product! why would that exist!
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.
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This will forever be the most amazing email.
August 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This will forever be the most amazing email.
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Here's my submission to the Met Office name our storms competition. Let them know your choices at this link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here's my submission to the Met Office name our storms competition. Let them know your choices at this link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
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The publisher has cut their costs by outsourcing to this company, the company has cut their costs by using AI/low-paid staff instead of paying for a proper job, while I’ve spent hours & hours fixing the manuscript, so all the extra labour from cost-costing has fallen on me, the unremunerated author
May 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The publisher has cut their costs by outsourcing to this company, the company has cut their costs by using AI/low-paid staff instead of paying for a proper job, while I’ve spent hours & hours fixing the manuscript, so all the extra labour from cost-costing has fallen on me, the unremunerated author
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Saw these two eras of pickup truck parked next to one another and it almost looks like an optical illusion
October 25, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Saw these two eras of pickup truck parked next to one another and it almost looks like an optical illusion
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My favorite seascape/sunrise on Lake Ontario at a blustery Cobourg Harbour. Standing up was a challenge! #Scape #photography #EastCoastKin #Cobourg #Lighthouse
May 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My favorite seascape/sunrise on Lake Ontario at a blustery Cobourg Harbour. Standing up was a challenge! #Scape #photography #EastCoastKin #Cobourg #Lighthouse
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.. Possibly my best "tree as a almost-human" pic since this, taken while walking the barren landscape of Kinder Scout in The Peak District, of two inosculated Sycamores, which immediately put me in mind of a branch-handed man, raging at an unjust sky...
May 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
.. Possibly my best "tree as a almost-human" pic since this, taken while walking the barren landscape of Kinder Scout in The Peak District, of two inosculated Sycamores, which immediately put me in mind of a branch-handed man, raging at an unjust sky...
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Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields, study shows
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/22/s...
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/22/s...
Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields, study shows
"We have a golden opportunity for finding multiple functions for land: generating clean energy while restoring biodiversity."
theprogressplaybook.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields, study shows
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/22/s...
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/22/s...
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A thread of interdimensional portals I've found on walks in the British countryside.
March 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A thread of interdimensional portals I've found on walks in the British countryside.
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Preliminary data suggests that the global average increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in 2024 will be a record.
Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record.
(This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa)
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
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Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record.
(This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa)
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
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March 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Preliminary data suggests that the global average increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in 2024 will be a record.
Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record.
(This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa)
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
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Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record.
(This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa)
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
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The M51 galaxy captured by Webb
March 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The M51 galaxy captured by Webb