Geoff Handsoff
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Accelerating decarb with data @WattTime. Learning to be a Dad, electrifying my everything, and doing a little bit to heal the planet.
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Ignorance isn't bliss, I'm afraid. More like ignorance is cancer
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution.
Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Ignorance isn't bliss, I'm afraid. More like ignorance is cancer
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Instead of complaining about how we block the view at concerts I think it’s about time that short people thanked us taller folk for clearing their path of spiders webs.
October 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Instead of complaining about how we block the view at concerts I think it’s about time that short people thanked us taller folk for clearing their path of spiders webs.
I used to like using the word grok, sigh, now I'll be using it differently, more like this
“Where did you learn that? On grokipedia?” Needs to become the go-to put down whenever someone says something stupid.
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I used to like using the word grok, sigh, now I'll be using it differently, more like this
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95% of all giraffes have names that start with “G,” even those in the wild. This is true. No need to verify.
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
95% of all giraffes have names that start with “G,” even those in the wild. This is true. No need to verify.
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Construction of the new ball room is coming along nicely at the White House.
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Construction of the new ball room is coming along nicely at the White House.
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Maybe someday coal will play a part in the US power grid but for now it's just too unreliable to compete with wind, solar and batteries. ieefa.org/resources/ne...
Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027
The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.
ieefa.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Maybe someday coal will play a part in the US power grid but for now it's just too unreliable to compete with wind, solar and batteries. ieefa.org/resources/ne...
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America is in crisis.
So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!
Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...
So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!
Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...
Something extraordinary just happened
But of course there's a but. Or two.
billmckibben.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
America is in crisis.
So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!
Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...
So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!
Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
Corn
Subtly downgrade a band
Straw Temple Pilots
Straw Temple Pilots
Subtly downgrade a band
Cupcake
Cupcake
September 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Corn
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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Mckibben is leaning into the argument that we have a natural pro-solar constituency on the Right. Just a decade ago there was little partisan divide on the benefits of solar power. It appeals to the libertarian, the patriot, and the prepper. It would be the preferred energy tech of the founders.
The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind | Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben: We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypse
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Mckibben is leaning into the argument that we have a natural pro-solar constituency on the Right. Just a decade ago there was little partisan divide on the benefits of solar power. It appeals to the libertarian, the patriot, and the prepper. It would be the preferred energy tech of the founders.
DC is actually pretty spooky though, especially at night, see?
August 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
DC is actually pretty spooky though, especially at night, see?
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“Are you abandoning your jobs?”
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Are you abandoning your jobs?”
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
🔥 🔥 TEXAS DEM REP. ANN JOHNSON: “Yeah no — abandoning your job is going to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze…”
A+ answer from Rep. Johnson here. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
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‘1984’ is upon us
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
‘1984’ is upon us
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Tough to find a major media org who isn't capitulating to Trump.
I am honored to announce the release of groundbreaking @freepress.bsky.social research & analysis with our inaugural "Media Capitulation Index" which examines how major corporate media companies are bending the knee to Trump & those in power. Check out the rankings & @timkarr.bsky.social analysis:
Who Owns the Media
Who owns the 35 most powerful media companies in America? Learn how these giants came to dominate the U.S. media landscape through mergers, acquisition and manipulation. Free Press rates their ability...
www.freepress.net
July 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tough to find a major media org who isn't capitulating to Trump.
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Some wild assertions in the EPA's proposed rollback of the endangerment finding:
www.epa.gov/system/files...
www.epa.gov/system/files...
July 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Some wild assertions in the EPA's proposed rollback of the endangerment finding:
www.epa.gov/system/files...
www.epa.gov/system/files...
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.
Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership.
Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)
At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.
Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership.
Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)
June 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.
Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership.
Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)
At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.
Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership.
Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)