Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun
@eaterofsun.bsky.social
Author, Editor @ The Economist, Chair @ The Degrees Initiative. Climate change, planetarity, critical zones, tv, burdens of life, etc. Reposts are not endorsements
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Noticing that CNN is calling Jan. 6 a “riot,” not an “insurrection.”
PSA: It was an insurrection.
PSA: It was an insurrection.
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Noticing that CNN is calling Jan. 6 a “riot,” not an “insurrection.”
PSA: It was an insurrection.
PSA: It was an insurrection.
Though I agree with some of what george is saying here, it seems odd not to use the word "China" in such a thread.
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Though I agree with some of what george is saying here, it seems odd not to use the word "China" in such a thread.
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I have been saying this for some time to students seeking career advice:
the energy sector is one of the most exciting places to work with a huge transformation taking place right now.
Electrification is a game changer and means a redesign of our energy system as we know it.
the energy sector is one of the most exciting places to work with a huge transformation taking place right now.
Electrification is a game changer and means a redesign of our energy system as we know it.
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
I have been saying this for some time to students seeking career advice:
the energy sector is one of the most exciting places to work with a huge transformation taking place right now.
Electrification is a game changer and means a redesign of our energy system as we know it.
the energy sector is one of the most exciting places to work with a huge transformation taking place right now.
Electrification is a game changer and means a redesign of our energy system as we know it.
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"Marco Rubio, we salute you!"
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM
"Marco Rubio, we salute you!"
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
In some odd sense (because he would never have lived to such an age) it would have been my father's 103rd birthday today. he was quite a man.
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 AM
In some odd sense (because he would never have lived to such an age) it would have been my father's 103rd birthday today. he was quite a man.
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Transit Geeks: Just saw publication notice on this from the National Academies on improving rural transit. Will be reading next few days.
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29260
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29260
Driving progress for the benefit of society by providing independent, objective advice to advance science, engineering, and medicine.
www.nationalacademies.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Transit Geeks: Just saw publication notice on this from the National Academies on improving rural transit. Will be reading next few days.
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29260
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29260
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Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
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Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
Q: more bluesky or melatonin, water and bed?
A: the latter
night night
A: the latter
night night
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Q: more bluesky or melatonin, water and bed?
A: the latter
night night
A: the latter
night night
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Everything's scary and bad but today the Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin met President Xi Jinping in Beijing and they bonded over reading the same obscure revolutionary novel as teens.
Related: ours is the only diplomatic corps I know where solid recall of lots of poetry is required to do your job.
Related: ours is the only diplomatic corps I know where solid recall of lots of poetry is required to do your job.
Xi Jinping says Irish novel The Gadfly sustained him during traumatic teenage years
Chinese president and Micheál Martin discover shared interest in revolutionary novel by Ethel Voynich
www.irishtimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Everything's scary and bad but today the Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin met President Xi Jinping in Beijing and they bonded over reading the same obscure revolutionary novel as teens.
Related: ours is the only diplomatic corps I know where solid recall of lots of poetry is required to do your job.
Related: ours is the only diplomatic corps I know where solid recall of lots of poetry is required to do your job.
Bill: spot on
On the night before the Feast of the Epiphany,
I'm sitting here hoping some wise men will show up.
Some wise women would be equally welcome.
I'm sitting here hoping some wise men will show up.
Some wise women would be equally welcome.
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Bill: spot on
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look I still think it was a real sign of how bad the pandemic got that I voluntarily watched a football (soccer) TV show. even though it was a show with therapy in it.
am I going to end up watching a hockey show purely for the what-we-used-to-call slash fiction?
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
look I still think it was a real sign of how bad the pandemic got that I voluntarily watched a football (soccer) TV show. even though it was a show with therapy in it.
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TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
This morning I saw some baby rheas, a very large number of ground stations, a condor and a rather small green hydrogen plant.
Which was nice
Which was nice
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This morning I saw some baby rheas, a very large number of ground stations, a condor and a rather small green hydrogen plant.
Which was nice
Which was nice
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Yep, I'm afraid so.
Extraordinarily bleak paragraph about US science by @philipcball.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Yep, I'm afraid so.
Practical question: why did they mount this attack under a full moon? The assassination of Obama bin Laden was almost at the new moon, and I had assumed that was so that visibility wd be low.
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Practical question: why did they mount this attack under a full moon? The assassination of Obama bin Laden was almost at the new moon, and I had assumed that was so that visibility wd be low.
Also: whose blood?
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Also: whose blood?
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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"2026" is a pretty futuristic-sounding year. 2027 is not. I can't explain this. The next big one is 2031. 2049 is gonna be huge.
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"2026" is a pretty futuristic-sounding year. 2027 is not. I can't explain this. The next big one is 2031. 2049 is gonna be huge.
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The financial superiority of renewables over fossil fuels, and in particular their superior capital efficiency, was a major theme of the first installment of The Sun Has Won (2022).
www.planetarytech.earth/the-sun-has-...
🔌💡
www.planetarytech.earth/the-sun-has-...
🔌💡
January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The financial superiority of renewables over fossil fuels, and in particular their superior capital efficiency, was a major theme of the first installment of The Sun Has Won (2022).
www.planetarytech.earth/the-sun-has-...
🔌💡
www.planetarytech.earth/the-sun-has-...
🔌💡
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Light in the window, South Grand, St. Louis, Missouri
#iphonephotography #mobilephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #stl #StLouis #SouthGrand #bnw #blackandwhitephotographty #streetphotography #monochrome #noirphotography
#iphonephotography #mobilephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #stl #StLouis #SouthGrand #bnw #blackandwhitephotographty #streetphotography #monochrome #noirphotography
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Light in the window, South Grand, St. Louis, Missouri
#iphonephotography #mobilephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #stl #StLouis #SouthGrand #bnw #blackandwhitephotographty #streetphotography #monochrome #noirphotography
#iphonephotography #mobilephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #stl #StLouis #SouthGrand #bnw #blackandwhitephotographty #streetphotography #monochrome #noirphotography
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Triptych Window from the Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois, by Frank Lloyd Wright
American, 1867-1959
1912 (removed 1967)
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/105203
American, 1867-1959
1912 (removed 1967)
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/105203
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Triptych Window from the Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois, by Frank Lloyd Wright
American, 1867-1959
1912 (removed 1967)
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/105203
American, 1867-1959
1912 (removed 1967)
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/105203
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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A very fun read!
A piece on the research trying to fill the very, very large gap between life-support systems and terraforming www.economist.com/science-and-...
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A very fun read!