Chris Adams
@mrchrisadams.bsky.social
Science & justice. Also: coffee, cities, UX & code. Aghast at all the typos in my tweets. A member of climateAction.tech, and I work at the Green Web Foundation. He/Him.
@mrchrisadams on most of the social networks
@mrchrisadams on most of the social networks
Most of the world (I think something like more than 70%) is a net importer of fossil fuels.
This trend didn’t start with Ethiopia and it definitely won’t stop with them either.
This trend didn’t start with Ethiopia and it definitely won’t stop with them either.
“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”
Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports
The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Most of the world (I think something like more than 70%) is a net importer of fossil fuels.
This trend didn’t start with Ethiopia and it definitely won’t stop with them either.
This trend didn’t start with Ethiopia and it definitely won’t stop with them either.
Jeez. First RAM, then CPU supply, and now disk space supply. This is hard to see as anything other than prioritising huge company speculation and corporate turf wars ahead of actual existing use of technology we rely on for load of necessary but boring every day stuff :|
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Jeez. First RAM, then CPU supply, and now disk space supply. This is hard to see as anything other than prioritising huge company speculation and corporate turf wars ahead of actual existing use of technology we rely on for load of necessary but boring every day stuff :|
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What's that coming over the hill? It's a prodigal tech bro who worked for Zuck, Musk and Deep Mind and then very bravely decided *last year* that maybe there was a problem time.com/7378739/dex-... (I was on a panel with him a couple of years ago, which is what made me click through.)
Why One Insider Turned Against Big Tech
He did PR for Zuckerberg, Musk, and Google. Now he says he '"only told half the story."
time.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
What's that coming over the hill? It's a prodigal tech bro who worked for Zuck, Musk and Deep Mind and then very bravely decided *last year* that maybe there was a problem time.com/7378739/dex-... (I was on a panel with him a couple of years ago, which is what made me click through.)
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"The research...did not find a single example where popular tools such as Google’s Gemini or Microsoft’s Copilot were leading to a “material, verifiable, and substantial” reduction in planet-heating emissions"
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Local boy makes good! Nice story in The Guardian today about @ketanjoshi.co's new study on how big tech companies deceive people about the climate impacts of generative AI models like ChatGPT and Gemini.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"The research...did not find a single example where popular tools such as Google’s Gemini or Microsoft’s Copilot were leading to a “material, verifiable, and substantial” reduction in planet-heating emissions"
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This is an honest, earnest question - Is there an actual term for this interaction?
You: speak about a topic in a shared chat, in Slack, or on social media, use a figure of speech that mentions a word that an emoji exists for.
Someone else: responds to your message with JUST a reaction emoji
You: speak about a topic in a shared chat, in Slack, or on social media, use a figure of speech that mentions a word that an emoji exists for.
Someone else: responds to your message with JUST a reaction emoji
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
This is an honest, earnest question - Is there an actual term for this interaction?
You: speak about a topic in a shared chat, in Slack, or on social media, use a figure of speech that mentions a word that an emoji exists for.
Someone else: responds to your message with JUST a reaction emoji
You: speak about a topic in a shared chat, in Slack, or on social media, use a figure of speech that mentions a word that an emoji exists for.
Someone else: responds to your message with JUST a reaction emoji
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OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
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TL;DR: Minimum viable scale means transition needs to go faster. Planning is how you get there. It's still not going to happen overnight, but it would happen a whole lot faster if we actually tried.
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
TL;DR: Minimum viable scale means transition needs to go faster. Planning is how you get there. It's still not going to happen overnight, but it would happen a whole lot faster if we actually tried.
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We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
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wake up homie, new culture war just dropped
February 16, 2026 at 2:08 AM
wake up homie, new culture war just dropped
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On the @oxide.computer and friends podcast last month we (primary credit @ahl.bsky.social) coined the term "Deep Blue" for the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to LLMs right now simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/...
Deep Blue
We coined a new term on the Oxide and Friends podcast last month (primary credit to Adam Leventhal) covering the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many …
simonwillison.net
February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
On the @oxide.computer and friends podcast last month we (primary credit @ahl.bsky.social) coined the term "Deep Blue" for the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to LLMs right now simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/...
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You cannot overstate the significance of this repeal. I also think it's wrong to say the 'free market' and cheap renewables pick up all of the lost momentum. Many good people will be fighting this and hopefully they have some wins
earth.org/why-the-us-e...
earth.org/why-the-us-e...
Why the US Endangerment Finding Matters | Earth.Org
The US will repeal the endangerment finding, the legal framework that underpins the government's power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
earth.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
You cannot overstate the significance of this repeal. I also think it's wrong to say the 'free market' and cheap renewables pick up all of the lost momentum. Many good people will be fighting this and hopefully they have some wins
earth.org/why-the-us-e...
earth.org/why-the-us-e...
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Epstein-Barr, herpes, and shingles vaccines shelved should get people hounded out of society. That’s beyond anti-vaccine or anti-intellectualism. It’s reactionary know-nothingism. If there’s such a thing as technological solutionism, this is tech problematicizing.
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Epstein-Barr, herpes, and shingles vaccines shelved should get people hounded out of society. That’s beyond anti-vaccine or anti-intellectualism. It’s reactionary know-nothingism. If there’s such a thing as technological solutionism, this is tech problematicizing.
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
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Hold on murderous robber let me go to my wall and grab my antique knife. It's shaped like brass knuckles so give me a minute.
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Hold on murderous robber let me go to my wall and grab my antique knife. It's shaped like brass knuckles so give me a minute.
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You have to wonder just how delicate an industry is if it needs this sort of government intervention.
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Swedish company claims ruling is anti-competitive and ‘solely benefits Big Dairy’
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
You have to wonder just how delicate an industry is if it needs this sort of government intervention.
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It's great to see. We are long time fans of model.energy.
A great add-on would be, and maybe this is what IPCC should do, how does food system & manufacturing adapt with this solar + battery baseline, with added wind (and x amount of nuclear).
A great add-on would be, and maybe this is what IPCC should do, how does food system & manufacturing adapt with this solar + battery baseline, with added wind (and x amount of nuclear).
model.energy
model.energy
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It's great to see. We are long time fans of model.energy.
A great add-on would be, and maybe this is what IPCC should do, how does food system & manufacturing adapt with this solar + battery baseline, with added wind (and x amount of nuclear).
A great add-on would be, and maybe this is what IPCC should do, how does food system & manufacturing adapt with this solar + battery baseline, with added wind (and x amount of nuclear).
I figured this might be one for @simonwillison.net, as this isn't exactly the same as the "lethal trifecta", but still, 😬.
Researchers have figured out how to use using prompt injection on *self driving cars* now.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/r...
Researchers have figured out how to use using prompt injection on *self driving cars* now.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/r...
Self-driving cars, drones hijacked by custom road signs
: AI vision systems can be very literal readers
www.theregister.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I figured this might be one for @simonwillison.net, as this isn't exactly the same as the "lethal trifecta", but still, 😬.
Researchers have figured out how to use using prompt injection on *self driving cars* now.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/r...
Researchers have figured out how to use using prompt injection on *self driving cars* now.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/r...
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What an interesting thread. France went all in on nuclear power plants, which are now being displaced by cheaper wind and solar. Ramping nuke plants up/down and turning them on/off puts unexpected wear and tear on pumps, valves, pipes, etc., raising maintenance costs and shortening equipment lives.
France has ended up in a strange position after using some €250bn of tax-payer money to build a fleet of nuclear power stations. Wind and solar power is merrily entering the French power market at prices nuclear production can't match, resulting in huge surpluses of power.
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Électricité : un rapport confidentiel d’EDF anticipe une explosion des coûts et des risques
« Le Point » s’est procuré le rapport interne d’EDF sur les conséquences de la modulation de son parc nucléaire pour faire place aux renouvelables. Un document explosif, alors que le gouvernement s’ap...
www.lepoint.fr
February 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What an interesting thread. France went all in on nuclear power plants, which are now being displaced by cheaper wind and solar. Ramping nuke plants up/down and turning them on/off puts unexpected wear and tear on pumps, valves, pipes, etc., raising maintenance costs and shortening equipment lives.
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Did anyone vote Labour to get a reincarnation of Priti Patel in the Home Office
Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Did anyone vote Labour to get a reincarnation of Priti Patel in the Home Office
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This ad! The semiotics! (I can only assume their ad agency has done its audience research)
Brilliant positioning from Anthropic in my opinion. This is the biggest PC vs Mac moment I have seen yet.
youtu.be/kQRu7DdTTVA?...
youtu.be/kQRu7DdTTVA?...
Can I get a six pack quickly?
YouTube video by Anthropic
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
This ad! The semiotics! (I can only assume their ad agency has done its audience research)
I’ll never get used to sharing posts like this, but if you follow me here, I did this interview in December, and it might interest you
"We've seen the mask coming off a bunch of very large companies"
Chris Adams from the Green Web Foundation joins Gaël Duez at Green IO Paris to talk transparency, sustainability (and morality) in digital technology.
@mrchrisadams.bsky.social #sustainability
🔗 Full episode: youtube.com/@greenio877
Chris Adams from the Green Web Foundation joins Gaël Duez at Green IO Paris to talk transparency, sustainability (and morality) in digital technology.
@mrchrisadams.bsky.social #sustainability
🔗 Full episode: youtube.com/@greenio877
February 4, 2026 at 10:48 AM
I’ll never get used to sharing posts like this, but if you follow me here, I did this interview in December, and it might interest you
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It’s good to see that not all men are shitty. Two academics, Norman Finkelstein and Joseph Chaney, are in the Epstein files calling out who he is. 💪
Finkelstein appears in latest Epstein release with brutal rejection of overtures
Norman Finkelstein appears in Epstein files to say that he'd hope convicted paedophile Epstein would be "throttled"
www.thecanary.co
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 AM
It’s good to see that not all men are shitty. Two academics, Norman Finkelstein and Joseph Chaney, are in the Epstein files calling out who he is. 💪
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Maybe we shouldn't be accepting climate policy advice from two Epstein Files alumni (courtesy of @desmog.com):
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Maybe we shouldn't be accepting climate policy advice from two Epstein Files alumni (courtesy of @desmog.com):
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
TIL: Volvo Penta is not the same Volvo as the Volvo that make electric cars, and now they're building massive fossil gas engines for datacentres. Depressing, and another example of #petrotech - fossil fuels specifically used to power digital infrastructure
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/w%C3...
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/w%C3...
Wärtsilä to supply 429MW of gas turbines to US power plant set to serve data center
Volvo launches gas engine for data center market
www.datacenterdynamics.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
TIL: Volvo Penta is not the same Volvo as the Volvo that make electric cars, and now they're building massive fossil gas engines for datacentres. Depressing, and another example of #petrotech - fossil fuels specifically used to power digital infrastructure
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/w%C3...
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/w%C3...