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
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-...
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www.planetarytech.earth/the-sun-has-...
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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-...
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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!
@naomialderman.bsky.social Thanks for being such an excellent online presence. Happy New Year
January 1, 2026 at 7:16 PM
@naomialderman.bsky.social Thanks for being such an excellent online presence. Happy New Year
I saw someone post that, as part of an online less/reading more 2026, they intended to read every Booker and Hugo winner from this century. I get the ambition, but I can't help thinking that a better approach is to read a book from each year's shortlist for both prizes that you haven't already read.
January 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I saw someone post that, as part of an online less/reading more 2026, they intended to read every Booker and Hugo winner from this century. I get the ambition, but I can't help thinking that a better approach is to read a book from each year's shortlist for both prizes that you haven't already read.
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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 2:44 PM
A piece on the research trying to fill the very, very large gap between life-support systems and terraforming www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Thanks to @newhampshirebulletin.com for republishing my story about David Stevenson, the conservationist who came to lead America’s anti-offshore wind movement.
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms? From @fieseler.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com
The man behind the fall of offshore wind • New Hampshire Bulletin
David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read “I ♥ Fossil Fuels.”
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January 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Thanks to @newhampshirebulletin.com for republishing my story about David Stevenson, the conservationist who came to lead America’s anti-offshore wind movement.
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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 2:44 PM
A piece on the research trying to fill the very, very large gap between life-support systems and terraforming www.economist.com/science-and-...
Some opinions on applied astrobiology
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The future of space exploration depends on better biology
Rockets are great, but sewage treatment is what you need for the long haul
www.economist.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Some opinions on applied astrobiology
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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I want to congratulate Planet Earth on successfully completing 4.54 billion revolutions around the sun thus far.
Way to go, chap.
Way to go, chap.
December 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I want to congratulate Planet Earth on successfully completing 4.54 billion revolutions around the sun thus far.
Way to go, chap.
Way to go, chap.
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that’s one long mermaid
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
that’s one long mermaid
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First superb conspiracy theory of 2026 overheard in the street! I love this. I feel it sets the tone for a superb year:
“Wales is fake.”
“Wales is fake.”
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
First superb conspiracy theory of 2026 overheard in the street! I love this. I feel it sets the tone for a superb year:
“Wales is fake.”
“Wales is fake.”
You know, Get Shorty really is a lot of fun
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
You know, Get Shorty really is a lot of fun
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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The eternal GWOT
So okay. The US, military or otherwise, carried out attacks in Somalia, Nigeria and Venezeula between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Going wider to last week there were at least six different operations between Dec. 22-25.
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The eternal GWOT
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Last day to submit is tomorrow.
Just upping this call for papers at our hybrid @devcomms.bsky.social panel next year on Epistemic ruptures in climate governance: Reimagining justice, knowledge and authority. We have received excellent papers so far but are always interested in more! Deadline: 30.12 nomadit.co.uk/conference/d...
P26: Epistemic ruptures in climate governance: Reimagining justice, knowledge, and authority
This panel explores how climate governance, through adaptation and Loss and Damage, reflects deep epistemic inequalities. It asks how knowledge, power, and justice intersect, and how reimagining gover...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Last day to submit is tomorrow.
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If we learned that the Obama or Biden DOJ was casually monitoring the comings and goings of a reporter for any reason, much less b/c she was the lead reporter on all things Epstein, it would be a Watergate-level scandal but of course since it's Trump, one day (at best) and we move right along 🙃
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If we learned that the Obama or Biden DOJ was casually monitoring the comings and goings of a reporter for any reason, much less b/c she was the lead reporter on all things Epstein, it would be a Watergate-level scandal but of course since it's Trump, one day (at best) and we move right along 🙃