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Liam Denning
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Writing about the transformation of energy systems for Bloomberg Opinion. Also: The Arctic. Opinions are my own.
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nitishpahwa.com
happy(?) new year everyone, for my first piece of 2026 I wrote about Grok's *still*-ongoing CSAM blitz and the troubling, embarrassing silence of lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K. who've spent the past year censoring the internet for the sake of "child safety" yet are saying and doing nothing about X:
Something Abominable Is Happening on Elon Musk’s X. Everyone in Congress Should Be Ashamed.
An app the U.S. and U.K. governments use has devolved into a source of A.I. porn. Lawmakers are keeping dangerously mum.
slate.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
When heavy military equipment is taken from its original context and placed in the hands of a domestic law-enforcement agency with little training in wartime scenarios, it becomes nothing more than an instrument of intimidation. It simply has no other purpose. Wearing jungle camouflage in an urban setting, pointing guns at civilians, driving around pointlessly in an armored personnel carrier — all of these egregiously violate military best practices. This is playing soldier dress-up to scare the pants off the locals — except the guns are real. Notice also how many of these riot cops have their faces completely covered by gas masks and insect goggles. That is almost never seen in recent wars, because covering the face makes a soldier look less human, which is directly at odds with modern counterinsurgency thinking. But covering the face to dehumanize the enemy is a common feature in first-person shooter games (like Half Life 2 and the Killzone series), where the player often has to slaughter them by the score. Doing it to oneself is, I think, a deliberate effort to broaden the emotional distance between law enforcement and the people who are being forced into submission. It turns out that when you put normal cops into soldier gear, you don't get soldiers. You get paramilitary goons.
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.

This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:

“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
ANDING ROCK Standing Rock Sioux Tribe The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear P.O. BOx D Fort Yates, ND 58538 CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY JANUARY 9, 2026 I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status. Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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financialtimes.com
How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images ft.trib.al/aX8bZdy
How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images
Billionaire’s xAI start-up lacks adequate safeguards, say experts, but many AI models are trained on troubling material
ft.trib.al
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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bencasselman.bsky.social
Charts! Starting with our first look at the full-year 2025. We added 584,000 jobs last year, the slowest pace of growth since 2020. (Note that both the 2024 and 2025 figures will likely be revised down when we get the benchmark revisions next month.) #NumbersDay
January 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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erika-d-smith.bsky.social
The shooting in Minneapolis is a sad reminder of what a professor told me last fall for a @opinion.bloomberg.com column.

“There is not a world where we keep doing this and there isn't someone who dies as a result of the stupidly useless and manufactured confusion.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Crackdown on Cities Will Actually Make Them Less Safe
White House interference in DC, LA and Chicago poses risks to residents.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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opinion.bloomberg.com
Why would Trump buy Greenland when he can rent it?

@liamdenning.bsky.social explains 🎥
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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pauljdavies.bsky.social
"I doubt Nato would be there for us if we needed them..."
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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atrupar.com
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
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silviomarcacci.bsky.social
Forcing this coal plant to stay open will cost local utility Tri-State $21 million in just 90 days - that gets passed directly to homeowners and businesses.

"Our membership will bear the costs of compliance with this order" - Tri State CEO

www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-col...
January 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
liamdenning.bsky.social
GasBuddy estimates pump prices to average $2.97 in ‘26 - welcome but far above Trump’s <$2 pledge.
Some thoughts on the stubborn factors supporting gas prices here @opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
January 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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jamesgibney.bsky.social
"The Street has been conditioned to take what Tesla dishes out," says @liamdenning.bsky.social. Time for investors to wake up and look under the hood.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Tesla Is Swapping Its EV Crown For Even More Promises
Two questions hang over Tesla Inc. as 2026 kicks off: Will the company deliver on its seemingly impossible to fulfill pledges and will Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk continue to successfully negate...
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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jamesgibney.bsky.social
President Trump's Venezuela "strategy" demonstrates how openly breaking the law abroad mirrors his assault on constitutional limits at home, @noahfeldman.bsky.social says

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Snatching Maduro From Venezuela Was Illegal — and Damaging
America’s incursion into Venezuela for the extraction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife to the US for trial was illegal under both international and US law. Announcing that the US intends to “r...
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
liamdenning.bsky.social
The bigger questions are whether they regard those resources at some point as having low political risk and how much it would cost to lift and export them. (2/2)
January 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
liamdenning.bsky.social
The “300 billion barrels” q is interesting, yes, but also somewhat irrelevant. Whatever the exact number - and proved reserves are always moving - Venezuela clearly has enough resource with low geological risk to be of interest to oil majors at a base level (1/2)
January 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
liamdenning.bsky.social
Tesla’s two big questions for 2026:
- can it deliver on its pledges?
- can it continue to negate the concept of pledges?
@opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Tesla Is Swapping Its EV Crown For Even More Promises
Two questions hang over Tesla Inc. as 2026 kicks off: Will the company deliver on its seemingly impossible to fulfill pledges and will Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk continue to successfully negate...
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
liamdenning.bsky.social
Trashing Atlantic security for nominal ownership of critical mineral deposits of unproven viability and military bases that exist already. Masterful strategy.
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?" Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸" Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City." Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
liamdenning.bsky.social
Apart from everything else, nothing good for the terminal value of pretty much every indie E&P
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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liamdenning.bsky.social
Why $2 gas isn’t going to happen
@opinion.bloomberg.com

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Trump Has No Choice But to Break His $2 Gas Promise
Next month sees the expiration of President Donald Trump’s self-imposed deadline for one of his more fantastical pledges: To cut Americans’ energy costs in half. As falling approval ratings and recent...
www.bloomberg.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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liamdenning.bsky.social
Trump’s $2 gas pledge is impossible unless crude oil prices collapse. I looked at 25 years of data and found why pump prices are now so stubborn - and it has little to do with crude oil
@opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump Has No Choice But to Break His $2 Gas Promise
Next month sees the expiration of President Donald Trump’s self-imposed deadline for one of his more fantastical pledges: To cut Americans’ energy costs in half. As falling approval ratings and recent...
www.bloomberg.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM