Ramez Naam
@ramez.bsky.social
Author of the Nexus trilogy. Climate tech investor, author, and activist. Optimistic about the future.
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Ramez Naam
@ramez.bsky.social
· Nov 14
35 years ago this week (this past Saturday) the Berlin Wall came down. Over the months and years that followed, tens of millions of people in Eastern Europe gained or regained freedoms.
Today we're seeing a march of authoritarianism around the world. I, for one, do not think it will last. (1/2)
Today we're seeing a march of authoritarianism around the world. I, for one, do not think it will last. (1/2)
Now that RFK Jr has found the cure for autism, he can retire with our thanks.
September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Now that RFK Jr has found the cure for autism, he can retire with our thanks.
This weekend's episodes of the America show are giving final season vibes.
September 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This weekend's episodes of the America show are giving final season vibes.
Donald Trump ordering his Attorney General to prosecute his enemies, on Truth Social. Seems he meant to text or DM her.
It's all out in the open. The corruption. The assault on freedom of speech. The weaponizing of the DOJ to prosecute his enemies, even when no crime can be found. All right there.
It's all out in the open. The corruption. The assault on freedom of speech. The weaponizing of the DOJ to prosecute his enemies, even when no crime can be found. All right there.
September 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Donald Trump ordering his Attorney General to prosecute his enemies, on Truth Social. Seems he meant to text or DM her.
It's all out in the open. The corruption. The assault on freedom of speech. The weaponizing of the DOJ to prosecute his enemies, even when no crime can be found. All right there.
It's all out in the open. The corruption. The assault on freedom of speech. The weaponizing of the DOJ to prosecute his enemies, even when no crime can be found. All right there.
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The number of times an aspiring authoritarian was stopped through capitulation remains 0
BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggests FCC should consider revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him
President Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke their broadcast licenses.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The number of times an aspiring authoritarian was stopped through capitulation remains 0
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that government officials can't use legal coercion as a way to punish or suppress speech. The decision was unanimous. What Trump and Carr did broke the law and violated the First Amendment rights of multiple parties.
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that government officials can't use legal coercion as a way to punish or suppress speech. The decision was unanimous. What Trump and Carr did broke the law and violated the First Amendment rights of multiple parties.
Look, folks, I don't make the rules.
September 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Look, folks, I don't make the rules.
I didn't want Charlie Kirk's killer to be a liberal, but that's where we are*. Two excerpts from the charging document.
Full document linked below.
* - Unless you believe law enforcement is just outright lying here, which seems unlikely, as this will become evidence in the case.
Full document linked below.
* - Unless you believe law enforcement is just outright lying here, which seems unlikely, as this will become evidence in the case.
September 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I didn't want Charlie Kirk's killer to be a liberal, but that's where we are*. Two excerpts from the charging document.
Full document linked below.
* - Unless you believe law enforcement is just outright lying here, which seems unlikely, as this will become evidence in the case.
Full document linked below.
* - Unless you believe law enforcement is just outright lying here, which seems unlikely, as this will become evidence in the case.
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Here’s a brief story, with receipts about Trump administration corruption and crypto industry collusion that WILL be investigated once the majority of the House is filled with people who take ethics and the Constitution seriously:
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Here’s a brief story, with receipts about Trump administration corruption and crypto industry collusion that WILL be investigated once the majority of the House is filled with people who take ethics and the Constitution seriously:
It's completely appropriate to criticize extreme things said by leaders and prominent people on the other side.
It's incredibly corrosive to amplify and dunk on extremist nobodies on the other side.
It's incredibly corrosive to amplify and dunk on extremist nobodies on the other side.
September 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's completely appropriate to criticize extreme things said by leaders and prominent people on the other side.
It's incredibly corrosive to amplify and dunk on extremist nobodies on the other side.
It's incredibly corrosive to amplify and dunk on extremist nobodies on the other side.
Liberal friends posting that the killer is MAGA or a Groyper: Wait for real info. And understand that it's unlikely.
1. Registered 'unaffiliated'.
2. Casings had anti-Nazi, anti-fascist slogans.
3. Family member says the kid saw Kirk as full of hate and spreading hate.
1. Registered 'unaffiliated'.
2. Casings had anti-Nazi, anti-fascist slogans.
3. Family member says the kid saw Kirk as full of hate and spreading hate.
September 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Liberal friends posting that the killer is MAGA or a Groyper: Wait for real info. And understand that it's unlikely.
1. Registered 'unaffiliated'.
2. Casings had anti-Nazi, anti-fascist slogans.
3. Family member says the kid saw Kirk as full of hate and spreading hate.
1. Registered 'unaffiliated'.
2. Casings had anti-Nazi, anti-fascist slogans.
3. Family member says the kid saw Kirk as full of hate and spreading hate.
Everyone with a platform right now should be condemning political violence of all stripes, and particularly from their own side. Fanning the flames here - on either side - is an act of encouraging further political violence. We have to stop this cycle, not feed it.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
September 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Everyone with a platform right now should be condemning political violence of all stripes, and particularly from their own side. Fanning the flames here - on either side - is an act of encouraging further political violence. We have to stop this cycle, not feed it.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
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Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub
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Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub: UAW
The automaker remains committed to restarting its idled Belvidere factory in 2027.
www.automotivedive.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub
www.automotivedive.com/news/stellan... 🔌💡 🔌🚗
www.automotivedive.com/news/stellan... 🔌💡 🔌🚗
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@ramez.bsky.social:
"Allowing Chinese EVs into the country - and ending the tariffs on China - would do more for EV growth in the US than the now-dead EV tax credit.
Won't happen under this admin, clearly."
#alwaysbecharging
"Allowing Chinese EVs into the country - and ending the tariffs on China - would do more for EV growth in the US than the now-dead EV tax credit.
Won't happen under this admin, clearly."
#alwaysbecharging
May 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@ramez.bsky.social:
"Allowing Chinese EVs into the country - and ending the tariffs on China - would do more for EV growth in the US than the now-dead EV tax credit.
Won't happen under this admin, clearly."
#alwaysbecharging
"Allowing Chinese EVs into the country - and ending the tariffs on China - would do more for EV growth in the US than the now-dead EV tax credit.
Won't happen under this admin, clearly."
#alwaysbecharging
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If, while campaigning this fall, Kamala Harris said “If you let Donald Trump back into the White House he will destroy our alliance with Canada in less than sixty days” everyone would have thought she was nuts.
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If, while campaigning this fall, Kamala Harris said “If you let Donald Trump back into the White House he will destroy our alliance with Canada in less than sixty days” everyone would have thought she was nuts.
You can fool some of the people some of the time..
Republicans are starting to notice what Trump and Musk are doing and how it will disrupt their lives, too. This administration will quickly squander the political capital it has with its base.
www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity...
www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity...
People are calling into right-wing radio shows to voice frustrations with the Trump administration
Backlash to President Donald Trump’s early actions and statements is starting to erupt at Republican town halls, local and national protests — and on the phone lines of right-wing talk radio shows.
www.mediamatters.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
You can fool some of the people some of the time..
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Good morning with good news: Chile is using wind and solar to rapidly decarbonize its grid. Wind and solar skyrocketed from 5.50% of Chile's electricity in January 2016 to 42.93% in January 2025!
Jan 2025 43%
Jan 2022 31%
Jan 2019 14%
Jan 2016 5.50%
Rapid decarbonization!
#energysky #greensky
Jan 2025 43%
Jan 2022 31%
Jan 2019 14%
Jan 2016 5.50%
Rapid decarbonization!
#energysky #greensky
February 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good morning with good news: Chile is using wind and solar to rapidly decarbonize its grid. Wind and solar skyrocketed from 5.50% of Chile's electricity in January 2016 to 42.93% in January 2025!
Jan 2025 43%
Jan 2022 31%
Jan 2019 14%
Jan 2016 5.50%
Rapid decarbonization!
#energysky #greensky
Jan 2025 43%
Jan 2022 31%
Jan 2019 14%
Jan 2016 5.50%
Rapid decarbonization!
#energysky #greensky
Annual births in the US peaked in 2007 and have been dropping since. After 2025, most forecasts are that we'll see high school graduating classes start shrinking. America needs immigrants. One day, perhaps, we'll wake up to that fact.
February 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Annual births in the US peaked in 2007 and have been dropping since. After 2025, most forecasts are that we'll see high school graduating classes start shrinking. America needs immigrants. One day, perhaps, we'll wake up to that fact.
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these aren’t the actions of people who are strong
these are the actions of weak losers
these are the actions of weak losers
At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x
February 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
these aren’t the actions of people who are strong
these are the actions of weak losers
these are the actions of weak losers
Trump is losing in court so far. Still early days, though.
February 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump is losing in court so far. Still early days, though.
Tesla sales plummet across Europe.
February 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Tesla sales plummet across Europe.
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
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Have greenhouse gas emissions in #China peaked? If not, when will they? When it comes to #climate mitigation, it could be the single most important question. This week on SHIFT KEY, we talk to a leading expert, @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social and unpack China's energy transition. Do NOT miss it. 🔌💡
January 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Have greenhouse gas emissions in #China peaked? If not, when will they? When it comes to #climate mitigation, it could be the single most important question. This week on SHIFT KEY, we talk to a leading expert, @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social and unpack China's energy transition. Do NOT miss it. 🔌💡
House Republicans kill permitting reform. So much for wanting to build.
Permitting reform is dead in the 118th Congress, per Josh Siegel at Politico
December 17, 2024 at 3:59 AM
House Republicans kill permitting reform. So much for wanting to build.
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Plaquemines LNG export facility in LA is now operational, the eighth liquefied natural gas export facility in the U.S. to come online. The facility will be able to produce 20 million metric tons of LNG annually (~2.6 Bcf/day) or ~20% of total 2023 US exports www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... 🔌💡 🛢️🔥
Plaquemines LNG starts production, launching one of the largest natural gas export facilities in the US
Officials with Venture Global said Plaquemines LNG started producing 30 months after the company made a final investment decision on the $21 billion project.
www.theadvocate.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Plaquemines LNG export facility in LA is now operational, the eighth liquefied natural gas export facility in the U.S. to come online. The facility will be able to produce 20 million metric tons of LNG annually (~2.6 Bcf/day) or ~20% of total 2023 US exports www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... 🔌💡 🛢️🔥