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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
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Hey, I'm a climate and energy writer / data analyst who focuses on corporate + govt accountability

Creator + curator of the Greensky feed: https://ketanjoshi.co/greensky/

Based in Oslo but write about US, Europe, Aus too - ketan.joshi85@gmail.com
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14d
Hey lovelies: here's a little blog post for ya, digging into @ecosiasearch.bsky.social's claims to be offering the world's "greenest AI"

- They don't disclose....anything
- They don't justify why it exists
- Another example of "hedonistic sustainability" -->>

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I assume the actual reason they’re implementing a chatbot is the same as most other search engines: users acquire the empty calories false satisfaction of a more-easily-obtained answer. By definition, people searching for an answer don’t know the answer. That means they don’t detect how egregious and false the result is (particularly when the text engine is tuned to sound plausible and authoritative, and never output “I don’t know”). Ecosia isn’t doing this for profit, but the underlying idea of their claim – that “AI” can be green – is important for the profit-seeking tech industry, striking at a fast-growing tension between the goals of companies and the biophysical vulnerabilities of living things. Ecosia is offering up a vision of unethical, bloated, oversized and financially unstable overconsumption as compatible with sustainability. If they had simply said “we’re not replacing search with an interface that spits out inaccurate estimations of human content because it’s not worth the climate cost”, and instead invested more time and money into making search as useful and effective as it used to be, it would’ve been genuinely worth celebrating. And outside the capitalist corporate sustainability world, there is a huge, hungry audience for acts of resistance against the corrosive, life-worsening trends being enforced by big tech without any of us asking for it.
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ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
Semafor asked me what I got wrong in 2025
www.semafor.com/article/12/2...
This might be slightly premature to say, but I think the death of Charlie Kirk — and Trump World’s subsequent forced national observance of grief — is having the opposite effect of what I initially thought. If you had asked me in September what would happen, I would have said that Kirk’s murder was the American Reichstag fire, the moment the Trump administration and its great and powerful cyber army would finally conquer the information landscape and complete their authoritarian crackdown on free speech. And a bit of that happened, sure, there was harassment, and doxxing, and people lost their jobs for insensitive posts about Kirk. But it didn’t last. Only a few months later, there is no bigger joke on the internet than Charlie Kirk. Every feed is full of Kirkified slop and AI brainrot mercilessly making fun of MAGA’s martyred influencer. The tail of history is long and these things always evolve, but, as it stands currently, Kirk is the Harambe of the 2020s and MAGA has never felt more cringe, old, and worst of all, boring.
December 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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karlbode.com
the right just happily continues to successfully build out their fake journalism propaganda empire and the policy response from the left has generally been a sad farting sound followed by some empty lip service to the value of real journalism
Who is Nick Shirley, the 23-year-old MAGA journalist whose Minnesota fraud story went viral? | CNN Business
One week ago, few knew who 23-year-old Nick Shirley was. But in recent days he has burst into the public sphere, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views, amplified by Elon Mus...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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shelleybwoke.bsky.social
Humanist UK "patron" Suzanne Moore. Today.
There is a cartoon that routinely does the rounds. It depicts two women standing back-to-back, tied to a stake atop a pyre waiting to be lit. “What are you in for?” asks one. The other replies, “Saying, ‘He is a man.’” “Same,” comes the response. For those of us who have been “burnt” over the last few years for stating such basic facts, for pointing out that men are not women, even if they want to be, this depiction is now bittersweet. That’s because 2025, to some extent at least, has changed things. The imposition of trans ideology into every area of our lives has been challenged this year, and it is now losing its grip. The words “man”, “woman” and “biological sex” are no longer verboten. Meanwhile, the chanting of mantras such as, “Trans women are women, trans men are men and non-binary people are valid”, seems, dare I say it, passé.
December 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Trump guys on Twitter are using Grok to “hunt” daycares in their nearest city to see if there are kids in them and, if there are, if they’re Somali.
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d
This is so fucking dangerous.
🚨HERE IS HOW YOU CHECK DAYCARES IN YOUR CITY 🚨🚨 Ask Grok for an extensive list of daycares in your city. Don’t pay attention to the list it gives you, click the link it provides. Here’s an example for Columbus, Ohio: Then go hunting!!! The first three I pulled up were Star Wars names
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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jael.bsky.social
wait this is INSANE all the new slang online is just incel psyops?? why aren’t we calling this out more often?? i feel insane??
hugo64.bsky.social Hugo @hugo64.bsky.social · 11h
This guy has investigated this phenomenon extensively and actually recently released a book about it! Highly recommend his content.
Why we all talk like incels
YouTube video by Etymology Nerd
youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
ketanjoshi.co
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones

You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
steverattner.bsky.social Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 19h
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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rianjohnson.bsky.social
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 1d
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.
A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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emergencybk.bsky.social
Israeli Gov's list of top 10 Australian 'anti-Semitic' orgs, politicians & people.
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.

Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
Key generators of anti-Semitism and delegitimization in Australia As of December 15, 2025 Organizations and Politicians (# of followers) - Adam Bandt (Greens) - Mehreen Farugi (Greens) - Free Palestine Melbourne - Palestine Action Group Sydney - Australia Palestine Advocacy Network - Whistleblowers, Activists &Community Alliance - BDS Australia - Disrupt Wars - Students for Palestine USyd - University of Melbourne for Palestine Active influencers and content creators - Caitlin Johnstone - Syrian Girl (Maram Susli) - Robert Martin - Imran Ali Rana - Tim Anderson - Antony Loewenstein - Nasser Mashni - Omar Sakr - Hasheam Tayeh - Assala Sayara Source: J-SOC Report, September 2025 (internal copy) and a social network overview
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
ketanjoshi.co
I had completely forgotten how amazingly good veep was. Miles ahead of succession, thick of it, etc. Incredible rewatch value
a man in a suit and tie says i love fireworks
Alt: a man in a suit and tie says i love fireworks, the noise, the lights
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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jakecole.bsky.social
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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paisleystars.bsky.social
It's a magical sort of evening, where the sky tells stories across the wood.

(It's chuffing cold)
The aurora borealis, viewed through a wooden mining tower
December 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ketanjoshi.co
Energy transition: facing a massive electrician shortage

Data centre industry: look how many electricians we're employing

we are doing this all wrong....

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

www.today.com/video/how-th...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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robdenbleyker.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ketanjoshi.co
It's almost as if opposing massive, greedy, energy-intensive fossil fuel export industries overlaps perfectly with trying to improve affordability

insideclimatenews.org/news/1712202...
Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says - Inside Climate News
Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found.
insideclimatenews.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
ketanjoshi.co
The Ford F150 Lightning was cancelled recently and this popped back into my head - Biden mentioning that the battery they're putting into the car is comparable with the battery for an ENTIRE SCHOOL BUS

Inadvertently speaking volumes about the state of car company vehicle size decisions.....
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
ketanjoshi.co
Today in Bad Things Happening To Bad People
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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parentsforfuture.de
Ooops: Cybertruck is in serious trouble.

"In a regulatory filing today, L&F revealed that the contract’s value has been written down to just $7,386.

No, that is not a typo. $2.9 billion to roughly $7,400."

@electrek.co: "writes down deal by 99%" ?

More like "writes down deal by 99,99974531%" 🤣
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ketanjoshi.co
The darkest days of the year, apparently???
a shot of a kid standing in a park in front of a low sun casting a long shadow, some light dusting of snow on the ground a fiery orange sunset over clouds shot on a wide angle lens a show of a light blue sky with a streak of fucken CHEMMY TRAILS in the sky DAMN THEY PUTTIN 5G IN OUR VACCINES a lovely orange sunlight on a building in oslo
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
ketanjoshi.co
the pure, raw unchecked bluesky energy of this post (in the best way possible btw)
jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 1d
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.
A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.
December 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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environment.theguardian.com
‘It’s like you’re sitting in front of an oven’: surviving the summer in one of Australia’s hottest towns
‘It’s like you’re sitting in front of an oven’: surviving the summer in one of Australia’s hottest towns
When the hot winds hit Roebourne, as many as 16 people pile into Yindjibarndi elder Lyn Cheedy’s home – one of the few with air conditioning
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ketanjoshi.co
soured on this dude when he invited Shell's then-CEO onto his show, let him spout a bunch of nonsense and then started voluntarily offering a bunch of *additional* nonsense Shell could use (eg: pay Shell to remove carbon)
palermo.bsky.social Philip Palermo @palermo.bsky.social · 1d
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
A screenshot of an episode of The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart with captions that read: Tim Miller: Well, it's a progressive outlet, so there are a couple of people wearing masks. Jon Stewart: Oh, there's always two. And you always say, "Oh, are you sick?" And they go, "Uh, I don't want to talk about it."
December 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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picketer.bsky.social
If any group in our community needs armed protection they must get it and it must be done by the state and democratically controlled. Any (ANY!) form of sectarian or ethnic militia is a road to madness imho. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Minns government ‘actively’ considering if Jewish security group should be armed after Bondi attack
NSW premier also announces police will carry long-arm rifles at major New Year’s Eve event in Sydney
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
ketanjoshi.co
Nuclear SMRs were never really meant to work. For the companies it's a pump-and-dump fraud and for the offtakers it's perpetually-around-the-corner greenwashing so they can build filthy fossil gas for data centres today and tomorrow

Oklo the worst of the lot: far-right climate deniers all 'round
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow
Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
www.ft.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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frontiergroup.bsky.social
In 2025, our analysts and writers helped make sense of a challenging and disorienting year. In March, @frontiertony.bsky.social reviewed the best-selling book, “Abundance,” writing that a misdirected quest for “more” could make America’s challenges even worse. frontiergroup.org/articles/the...
The problems of "Abundance"
In their book, “Abundance,” Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a prescription for what ails America. Unfortunately, they misdiagnose the disease.
frontiergroup.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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jael.bsky.social
she just got the house to pass her bill criminalizing trans care for people under 18 years old.

the only mention in this piece is about how she’s upset trump hasn’t done *enough* to harm trans kids. oh and a quote from her saying trans people are all “perverted”.

what is going on at NYT?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM