Richard Stubbe
@richardstubbe.bsky.social
Long u, long e. Hello from Houston. Senior carbon editor for Quantum Commodity Intelligence. Previous: ExxonMobil, BloombergNEF, Bloomberg News, many newspapers. Signal: RichardStubbe2.67
I bought a wedding gift from a store new to me, which proceeded to send me 70 emails in the next two weeks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I bought a wedding gift from a store new to me, which proceeded to send me 70 emails in the next two weeks.
Two thoughts on this excellent thread:
I know far more outstanding women than outstanding men. It's not close.
When you see a situation that's not going well, do you blame the side with more power or the one with less?
I know far more outstanding women than outstanding men. It's not close.
When you see a situation that's not going well, do you blame the side with more power or the one with less?
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Two thoughts on this excellent thread:
I know far more outstanding women than outstanding men. It's not close.
When you see a situation that's not going well, do you blame the side with more power or the one with less?
I know far more outstanding women than outstanding men. It's not close.
When you see a situation that's not going well, do you blame the side with more power or the one with less?
The time has long passed for instant runoffs.
A special election to fill a U.S. House seat in a heavily Democratic district in Houston is heading for a runoff between Amanda Edwards, a former city councilwoman, and Christian Menefee, the Harris County attorney.
House Race in Houston Heads for Runoff Between Young Democrats
The seat, long held by Black Houston leaders, has been vacant since March. The winner is likely to face Representative Al Green in a district altered by Republican gerrymandering.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The time has long passed for instant runoffs.
Good thread.
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Army. Throughout his 50-year career in a segregated military, he served as a symbol of perseverance and a powerful advocate for the integration of African American soldiers. /1
Today in history, 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Army. Throughout his 50-year career in a segregated military, he served as a symbol of perseverance and a powerful advocate for the integration of African American soldiers. /1
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Good thread.
Haven't read yet but yes.
The evidence is now in. The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and it has proved to be bad for the millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and directly to the point of pain. The sports gambling revolution needs more regulation. It may even need termination.
Opinion | ‘I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That Gambling Is Going On in Here’
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Haven't read yet but yes.
Tech has destroyed a lot of human interaction and we're suffering for it.
video stores aren't "good," but going out and engaging with the world is good, while staying home half-watching the latest garbage the Netflix algorithm shoved at you while scrolling through your Insta feed is a form of cultural and spiritual malnourishment encouraged by corporate psychopaths
Yeah, I think I see the problem here - it's not that the video store was good, it's that you miss being a teenager
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Tech has destroyed a lot of human interaction and we're suffering for it.
I enjoyed this very much.
If you’re like me, you sat up on your chair when S-tier character actor Kevin Tighe turned up in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. I had a wonderful conversation with him about it for The Reveal: thereveal.film/interview-ke...
Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen
The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.
thereveal.film
October 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I enjoyed this very much.
Today I learned!
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Today I learned!
Vindictive people rarely make good public servants.
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Vindictive people rarely make good public servants.
It used to be normal to smoke in bars. And airplanes. And hospitals. Same thing going on here.
It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away.
And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.
And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.
It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.
September 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It used to be normal to smoke in bars. And airplanes. And hospitals. Same thing going on here.
We could have had trains, Dwight.
September 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We could have had trains, Dwight.
Heading to NYC for Climate Week, then Boston. Two of my favorite cities.
September 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Heading to NYC for Climate Week, then Boston. Two of my favorite cities.
If you're not the customer, you're the product.
83% of US adults haven't paid for news in the last year.
About half (49%) say their main reason is they can find plenty of free news elsewhere.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
About half (49%) say their main reason is they can find plenty of free news elsewhere.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you're not the customer, you're the product.
MLB Audio handles ads about like a toddler handles crayons. Amateur stuff.
August 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
MLB Audio handles ads about like a toddler handles crayons. Amateur stuff.
Large American cities are among the safest places on earth.
Kristi Noem: "President Trump reiterated today over and over again that he will keep America safe, that he will continue to do what he needs to do in these cities that are overridden with criminals and terrorists. He's going to go there and help them keep as safe as they possibly can."
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Large American cities are among the safest places on earth.
Reposted by Richard Stubbe
"Oil and gas get most of the attention, but clean energy has been the Texas
economic boom’s secret ingredient. All but 6% of new electric capacity
added to the state’s grid since 2020 has come from renewables or batteries."
And energy use is up over 25% in that time! 1/2
economic boom’s secret ingredient. All but 6% of new electric capacity
added to the state’s grid since 2020 has come from renewables or batteries."
And energy use is up over 25% in that time! 1/2
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Oil and gas get most of the attention, but clean energy has been the Texas
economic boom’s secret ingredient. All but 6% of new electric capacity
added to the state’s grid since 2020 has come from renewables or batteries."
And energy use is up over 25% in that time! 1/2
economic boom’s secret ingredient. All but 6% of new electric capacity
added to the state’s grid since 2020 has come from renewables or batteries."
And energy use is up over 25% in that time! 1/2
Good read here about how Houston's nonprofit journalism effort never connected.
If you are involved in trying to make nonprofit news sustainable, I wrote and reported this story for you!
So much news that deserves our attention right now, but I hope you'll spend some time with my Houston Landing retrospective for @niemanlab.org (1/3)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/what...
So much news that deserves our attention right now, but I hope you'll spend some time with my Houston Landing retrospective for @niemanlab.org (1/3)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/what...
What went wrong at the Houston Landing?
“We tried to be too much, too fast, for too many people.”
www.niemanlab.org
July 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Good read here about how Houston's nonprofit journalism effort never connected.
Then got three outs to finish the inning without allowing a run.
Framber Valdez took a 103.8 mph line drive from Corey Seager off his right shin. The baseball ricocheted all the way to the third-base dugout. He remained in the game after throwing two warmup pitches.
July 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Then got three outs to finish the inning without allowing a run.
This graphic may explain Christian Walker's tough start for the Astros this year.
July 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This graphic may explain Christian Walker's tough start for the Astros this year.
I found some boxes.
July 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I found some boxes.
I had forgotten about this annual delight!
Once again it is Father’s Day, which means it’s time to share the most Dad* thing you did in the last year. As is custom, I will go first:
Watching YouTube videos for small repair jobs around the house has turned into watching YouTube videos for large repair jobs I cannot and should not attempt.
Watching YouTube videos for small repair jobs around the house has turned into watching YouTube videos for large repair jobs I cannot and should not attempt.
June 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I had forgotten about this annual delight!
"Let's find a way to give fun people an inexpensive place to do interesting stuff" is an excellent urban strategy.
After the pandemic and remote work hollowed out downtown San Francisco, the city realized that skaters might offer a way to bring people back. Made quickly and with minimal fuss, here’s how a park for skateboarders revived a central plaza. nyti.ms/43PkS49
May 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Let's find a way to give fun people an inexpensive place to do interesting stuff" is an excellent urban strategy.
Goodness, the last minute of this NBA game is ridiculous. It should never benefit a team to commit a foul.
May 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Goodness, the last minute of this NBA game is ridiculous. It should never benefit a team to commit a foul.
Astros had 11 singles and no other hits today, no walks, no RBI even though they scored 2 runs. Seems possibly worth looking into, @jaysonst.bsky.social.
May 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Astros had 11 singles and no other hits today, no walks, no RBI even though they scored 2 runs. Seems possibly worth looking into, @jaysonst.bsky.social.