Stephen Owens
@somemetatags.owens.dev
Recovering meta data and markup language obsessive, proud father of amazingly awesome twin boys. Been coding way too long to still like it this much.
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$5.4 billion* for a 300 MW* SMR by 2032*. If TVA can't get it done on time and budget, no one can.
For comparison, you could build about 10x more solar 4 years sooner, for less cost. Opportunity cost is a real thing with finite cash.
*subject to changes
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For comparison, you could build about 10x more solar 4 years sooner, for less cost. Opportunity cost is a real thing with finite cash.
*subject to changes
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
TVA wins $400M federal grant for small modular nuclear reactor | Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Tennessee Valley Authority will get a $400 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support development of small modular nuclear reactors at its Clinch River Nuclear Site in Oak Ridge.
www.timesfreepress.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
$5.4 billion* for a 300 MW* SMR by 2032*. If TVA can't get it done on time and budget, no one can.
For comparison, you could build about 10x more solar 4 years sooner, for less cost. Opportunity cost is a real thing with finite cash.
*subject to changes
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
For comparison, you could build about 10x more solar 4 years sooner, for less cost. Opportunity cost is a real thing with finite cash.
*subject to changes
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
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Rolling back food stamps seems bad but I guess if you realize it’s to give very wealthy people a tax cut
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Rolling back food stamps seems bad but I guess if you realize it’s to give very wealthy people a tax cut
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"Ottawa’s about-turn to allow access to federal tax credits for capture carbon projects that then use the C02 to boost oil production in old wells is a “game changer” for industry, the oil services sector says."
So as predicted we're now going to pay the oil biz to produce more oil.
So as predicted we're now going to pay the oil biz to produce more oil.
Ottawa’s reversal on enhanced oil recovery a ‘gamechanger,’ industry leader says
Energy accord signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith allows access to federal tax credits for carbon capture projects that use C02 to boost oil production
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Ottawa’s about-turn to allow access to federal tax credits for capture carbon projects that then use the C02 to boost oil production in old wells is a “game changer” for industry, the oil services sector says."
So as predicted we're now going to pay the oil biz to produce more oil.
So as predicted we're now going to pay the oil biz to produce more oil.
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TL;DR
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Ashley Willis
The other day I texted my group chat with other leaders outside my organization. The ones I go to when the leadership stuff gets messy and I need perspective fr...
ashley.dev
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
TL;DR
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
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Current facial recognition technology & artificial intelligence tools can't tell most racialized people apart. The error rates, at 35-45%, are highest for Black women in some studies. Black women who are already over policed, at risk of violence, and underserved, will now be falsely arrested, too.🤬
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Current facial recognition technology & artificial intelligence tools can't tell most racialized people apart. The error rates, at 35-45%, are highest for Black women in some studies. Black women who are already over policed, at risk of violence, and underserved, will now be falsely arrested, too.🤬
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Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77%
Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t
www.foodtechbiz.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Yes to this 💯. Look at work like Recoding America and others to see how process improvements beats processing efficiency.
I can understand why complex bureaucratic processes like REF are seen as use cases for AI: but this is often a false solution. Better to streamline, simplify, or even abolish the processes themselves.
REF 2029 ‘must get grip on AI or risk losing credibility’.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yes to this 💯. Look at work like Recoding America and others to see how process improvements beats processing efficiency.
What’s that? Free trade works and improves local productivity? Crazy if true. What if all the economists are right?
“Countries that import PV modules and inverters from China gain three to five domestic jobs for every manufacturing job created in China, and they capture more than half of the added value along the entire PV value chain.” www.linkedin.com/posts/pietro...
PV industry jobs: China vs importing countries | Pietro Peter Altermatt posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Countries that import PV modules and inverters from China gain three to five domestic jobs for every manufacturing job created in China, and they capture more than half of the added value along the en...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
What’s that? Free trade works and improves local productivity? Crazy if true. What if all the economists are right?
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
Very hard to disagree with anything Mr Guilbeaut says. I strongly agree that Premier Smith is not a reliable partner. Also that the market cannot and will not reach our climate goals without strong govt action to align the players.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Alberta energy deal was 'the last straw,' says Guilbeault after cabinet resignation | CBC News
In his first interview since resigning from cabinet last week, former culture minister Steven Guilbeault says recent decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government will make it impossible for Ca...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Very hard to disagree with anything Mr Guilbeaut says. I strongly agree that Premier Smith is not a reliable partner. Also that the market cannot and will not reach our climate goals without strong govt action to align the players.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
One common refrain I hear from anti vaccine folk is that we don’t look at the negative outcomes. As one of a large number of people participating in several post vaccination safety quizzes, I’d like to point out that is simply not true. Vaccines are safe and very well monitored.
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
One common refrain I hear from anti vaccine folk is that we don’t look at the negative outcomes. As one of a large number of people participating in several post vaccination safety quizzes, I’d like to point out that is simply not true. Vaccines are safe and very well monitored.
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
If you read one thread on the MOU make it this one. This says much of what I’ve been thinking better than I could have and brings in more detail. As a Canadian I’m embarrassed for my country.
A thread on the MOU.
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
This is not a good take. Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
If you read one thread on the MOU make it this one. This says much of what I’ve been thinking better than I could have and brings in more detail. As a Canadian I’m embarrassed for my country.
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Following yesterday’s story about Australia’s success tackling cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine, here’s the latest research on how vaccines can help prevent dementia, heart disease and some cancers.
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Following yesterday’s story about Australia’s success tackling cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine, here’s the latest research on how vaccines can help prevent dementia, heart disease and some cancers.
Spend more on transit and active transportation!
“…province-wide amounts to only 0.2% of the $5 billion budget for widening Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.”
“…province-wide amounts to only 0.2% of the $5 billion budget for widening Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.”
And for this reason, the recommendation in the review for a sustainable transit funding model cannot be overstated!
This is how we go from a transit death spiral to a system that provides the broad societal value the CleanBC review says it does.
This is how we go from a transit death spiral to a system that provides the broad societal value the CleanBC review says it does.
“Transit expansion is the climate solution that is also a cost-of-living solution.” – Denis Agar, quoted in a HUB Cycling press release in response to CleanBC.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Spend more on transit and active transportation!
“…province-wide amounts to only 0.2% of the $5 billion budget for widening Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.”
“…province-wide amounts to only 0.2% of the $5 billion budget for widening Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.”
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Three objects spotted by James Webb Space Telescope may be dark stars: massive, luminous and powered by dark matter annihilation.
If confirmed, they could reshape theories of early star formation 🧪 🔭 ⭐https://buff.ly/yWd1ZTp
If confirmed, they could reshape theories of early star formation 🧪 🔭 ⭐https://buff.ly/yWd1ZTp
When darkness shines: How dark stars could illuminate the early universe
Some unique ‘stars’ might be fueled by dark matter annihilation.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Three objects spotted by James Webb Space Telescope may be dark stars: massive, luminous and powered by dark matter annihilation.
If confirmed, they could reshape theories of early star formation 🧪 🔭 ⭐https://buff.ly/yWd1ZTp
If confirmed, they could reshape theories of early star formation 🧪 🔭 ⭐https://buff.ly/yWd1ZTp
“We also spend too much time worrying about the last 10% of decarbonisation instead of doing the first 80–90%, which we already know how to deliver so that the energy itself and the energy services will become cheaper.”
This should be tattooed on every govt and industry leader.
This should be tattooed on every govt and industry leader.
Estonia is often called the EU’s most climate‑sceptic country – which made my interview with @erikmoora.bsky.social at Eesti Ekspress so timely.
We discussed shifting public sentiment, energy prices & why electrification & efficiency are key to Europe’s competitiveness.
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We discussed shifting public sentiment, energy prices & why electrification & efficiency are key to Europe’s competitiveness.
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From Europe’s most climate-sceptic nation: the transition is inevitable - but will Europe lead or…
Following my public lecture at the Estonian Academy of Sciences in November 2025, I sat down with Erik Moora — a prominent public figure…
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November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“We also spend too much time worrying about the last 10% of decarbonisation instead of doing the first 80–90%, which we already know how to deliver so that the energy itself and the energy services will become cheaper.”
This should be tattooed on every govt and industry leader.
This should be tattooed on every govt and industry leader.
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A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Wow. Minister Hodgson did not come across well in this piece. My understanding of his comments is that the govt does not currently care about climate change because of our economy. If he meant something different he failed to say it.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Wow. Minister Hodgson did not come across well in this piece. My understanding of his comments is that the govt does not currently care about climate change because of our economy. If he meant something different he failed to say it.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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no pressure to act quickly on things needed for electricity sector decarbonization (industrial heat, more demand response, intRA provincial transmission) will all add up to much more emissions in both sectors than the regulatory policies would have brought.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
no pressure to act quickly on things needed for electricity sector decarbonization (industrial heat, more demand response, intRA provincial transmission) will all add up to much more emissions in both sectors than the regulatory policies would have brought.
Brilliant engineering in this. I love the innovation in the copper windings to reduce weight while making it easier to manufacture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_J...
How Dual Rotors Make Motors Insanely Efficient
YouTube video by Ziroth
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November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Brilliant engineering in this. I love the innovation in the copper windings to reduce weight while making it easier to manufacture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_J...
Thanks to Steven Guilbeault for having principles and stepping down rather than supporting this new pipeline deal. I’ve heard the argument this was strategy to get a deal on industrial carbon pricing and that the pipeline won’t get built. Even if true it’s a bad deal.
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thanks to Steven Guilbeault for having principles and stepping down rather than supporting this new pipeline deal. I’ve heard the argument this was strategy to get a deal on industrial carbon pricing and that the pipeline won’t get built. Even if true it’s a bad deal.