Rob
@robertferry.bsky.social
Climate policy, society, and the built environment. Architect, LEED AP BD+C. https://landartgenerator.org
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Rob
@robertferry.bsky.social
· Nov 24
We are honored to learn today that the Hon. Viliame Gavoka, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, took the time today on the floor or Parliament to share the progress of LAGI 2025 Fiji on the occasion of the exhibition at Fiji Arts Council.
Hon. Gavoka briefed Parliament on Fiji’s LAGI 2025 role and its support for climate resilience.
YouTube video by FijiGovernment
www.youtube.com
Vinaka vakalevu to everyone in Fiji who has helped to make this project a success. It is a real honor to have such strong support and lasting partnerships! I can't wait to see what next year brings as we share the functioning prototypes and work together towards construction with Marou Village.
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Everything makes sense when you think about it in the arc of the commons and enclosures movements that seek to privatize the commons. The battle lines today are for enclosure of our attention and of our common truths.
The Commons w/ Peter Linebaugh
Podcast Episode · The Dig · 02/10/2026 · 1h 42m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Everything makes sense when you think about it in the arc of the commons and enclosures movements that seek to privatize the commons. The battle lines today are for enclosure of our attention and of our common truths.
As long as they are 100% electric!
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
As long as they are 100% electric!
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
HR 1 from 2021 was NOT about nationalizing elections. I didn't hear any push back on that talking point over the weekend. The bill would have merely set a floor on basic voter rights that States would have had to follow. States and precincts would still have run elections without interference.
www.congress.gov
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
HR 1 from 2021 was NOT about nationalizing elections. I didn't hear any push back on that talking point over the weekend. The bill would have merely set a floor on basic voter rights that States would have had to follow. States and precincts would still have run elections without interference.
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Two amazing threads on the politics and culture behind Bad Bunny's superbowl performance. bsky.app/profile/beck...
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Two amazing threads on the politics and culture behind Bad Bunny's superbowl performance. bsky.app/profile/beck...
“Climate warming in the Arctic is causing disruption of the polar vortex. With more snowfall in Siberia and melting sea ice in [Arctic seas]…the ocean is feeding more heat into the atmosphere, setting up a weather pattern that leads to a burst of extreme cold in North America.”
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“Climate warming in the Arctic is causing disruption of the polar vortex. With more snowfall in Siberia and melting sea ice in [Arctic seas]…the ocean is feeding more heat into the atmosphere, setting up a weather pattern that leads to a burst of extreme cold in North America.”
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
In a world where you can place bets with Kalshi about anything you see on CNN, it’s pretty rich to use gambling as a pretext for ICE raids.
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
In a world where you can place bets with Kalshi about anything you see on CNN, it’s pretty rich to use gambling as a pretext for ICE raids.
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
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Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
Shameless endangered species soda mascot theft is meeting this moment of cruelty. They have had the polar bear since 1922. Find your own cute apex predator with a rapidly shrinking habitat to sell your plastic bottles full of chemical sugars.
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Shameless endangered species soda mascot theft is meeting this moment of cruelty. They have had the polar bear since 1922. Find your own cute apex predator with a rapidly shrinking habitat to sell your plastic bottles full of chemical sugars.
Hang in there everyone!
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Hang in there everyone!
👀 Shameful math. A healthy democracy would have never let things get this skewed.
Good morning! Taxing the wealth of the richest 1% of Americans down to the median wealth of the next-richest 9% ($5.2 million per household) would free up $48 trillion. Redistributing that to the poorest 50% of Americans would give *68 million households* an average of *$700k per household*.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
👀 Shameful math. A healthy democracy would have never let things get this skewed.
When the snow piles up for two weeks like it has in the Northeast, you can really see how life would go on fine if we made every road half as wide and gave the rest to plants and bikes.
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
When the snow piles up for two weeks like it has in the Northeast, you can really see how life would go on fine if we made every road half as wide and gave the rest to plants and bikes.
Yes. Climate change can fuel extreme cold weather. Remember, it is a global system. While we're in deep freeze in North America, Australia is seeing record-breaking heat and the Arctic remains uncharacteristically mild.
Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Yes. Climate change can fuel extreme cold weather. Remember, it is a global system. While we're in deep freeze in North America, Australia is seeing record-breaking heat and the Arctic remains uncharacteristically mild.
A few very wealthy people read the slogan Democracy Dies in Darkness as a game plan. “Right! We need more darkness,” they said.
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.
trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 12:44 AM
A few very wealthy people read the slogan Democracy Dies in Darkness as a game plan. “Right! We need more darkness,” they said.
Our nation could be so much better if more of us just got to travel. Less than half of U.S. citizens have passports.
Extreme wealth inequality doesn’t help. Hard to travel when you’re stuck in poverty, but provincialism makes tinder for a Fox News bonfire of dehumanizing disinformation.
Extreme wealth inequality doesn’t help. Hard to travel when you’re stuck in poverty, but provincialism makes tinder for a Fox News bonfire of dehumanizing disinformation.
SF is the most beautiful major American city. Very funny/good to see people who thought it is hell discover this objectively true fact and other amazing things the city has (burritos).
San Francisco is actually beautiful Super Bowl fans discover
This week, the fake narrative of San Francisco as a failed city was laid to rest.
sfstandard.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Our nation could be so much better if more of us just got to travel. Less than half of U.S. citizens have passports.
Extreme wealth inequality doesn’t help. Hard to travel when you’re stuck in poverty, but provincialism makes tinder for a Fox News bonfire of dehumanizing disinformation.
Extreme wealth inequality doesn’t help. Hard to travel when you’re stuck in poverty, but provincialism makes tinder for a Fox News bonfire of dehumanizing disinformation.
“In most states, that means voters, even those who are already on the rolls, would need to bring a passport or original birth certificate to the polls. Only states with ‘enhanced’ driver licenses…satisfy the SAVE America Act’s heightened requirements — a REAL ID won’t cut it.”
Republicans are moving quickly to pass a bill requiring voters to show proof of citizenship both to register and at the polls ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — a move that experts warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls
In the past few weeks, passing the legislation has been a unifying rally cry for Republicans, a welcome distraction from the party’s cratering public opinion polls.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
“In most states, that means voters, even those who are already on the rolls, would need to bring a passport or original birth certificate to the polls. Only states with ‘enhanced’ driver licenses…satisfy the SAVE America Act’s heightened requirements — a REAL ID won’t cut it.”
A distant future, say 2250, where historians struggle to distinguish authentic videos, photos, writings, and other cultural outputs from AI-generated versions.
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
A distant future, say 2250, where historians struggle to distinguish authentic videos, photos, writings, and other cultural outputs from AI-generated versions.
In the end, when it comes to a court of law and findings of facts, there is really no argument against forcing the polluters to clean up their mess.
When I was seven I didn’t want to clean up my room but I was forced to by a higher authority. The mess has been made and we know who is responsible.
When I was seven I didn’t want to clean up my room but I was forced to by a higher authority. The mess has been made and we know who is responsible.
Climate ‘Superfund’ Bills Spread Nationwide, Despite Legal Battles
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In the end, when it comes to a court of law and findings of facts, there is really no argument against forcing the polluters to clean up their mess.
When I was seven I didn’t want to clean up my room but I was forced to by a higher authority. The mess has been made and we know who is responsible.
When I was seven I didn’t want to clean up my room but I was forced to by a higher authority. The mess has been made and we know who is responsible.
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🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why the energy transition is disruptive, non-linear, hard to predict and often faster than expected.
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why the energy transition is disruptive, non-linear, hard to predict and often faster than expected.
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Might be the only way to get rid of this baby. Any other ideas or advice? It’s too high to reach and there’s no where to place a ladder.
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Might be the only way to get rid of this baby. Any other ideas or advice? It’s too high to reach and there’s no where to place a ladder.
I keep hearing people saying that it doesn't matter if we switch to electric vehicles because we have to make gasoline as part of the refining process to produce diesel and jet fuels, along with other petroleum products, but that is not necessarily true. 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I keep hearing people saying that it doesn't matter if we switch to electric vehicles because we have to make gasoline as part of the refining process to produce diesel and jet fuels, along with other petroleum products, but that is not necessarily true. 🧵
This is frustrating. There are solar modules that were installed in the 1990s that are still working today, but the ones we're making now may "exhibit power losses of 6-16% when exposed to 2,000 hours of humid, damp heat stress testing."
What are the latest issues with TOPCon solar panels?
Scientists have found a new mode of degradation in TOPCon solar modules arising under damp heat conditions.
www.pv-tech.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
This is frustrating. There are solar modules that were installed in the 1990s that are still working today, but the ones we're making now may "exhibit power losses of 6-16% when exposed to 2,000 hours of humid, damp heat stress testing."
Stellantis seeks "to align the company with the real-world preferences of its customers." Meanwhile, they're busy spending billions to shape the real-world preferences of their customers away from smaller EVs and towards gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs. 🤡
media.stellantisnorthamerica.com/homepage.do
media.stellantisnorthamerica.com/homepage.do
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Stellantis seeks "to align the company with the real-world preferences of its customers." Meanwhile, they're busy spending billions to shape the real-world preferences of their customers away from smaller EVs and towards gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs. 🤡
media.stellantisnorthamerica.com/homepage.do
media.stellantisnorthamerica.com/homepage.do
It is about time we completely reassess the utility of our entire financial system, which has been allowed a free pass to leech off of the productivity of every other sector without providing any real added value whatsoever. 🧵
Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
It is about time we completely reassess the utility of our entire financial system, which has been allowed a free pass to leech off of the productivity of every other sector without providing any real added value whatsoever. 🧵
If the U.S. continues to be an unreliable ally we may begin to see some more conservative European countries hold their noses and embrace an alliance with Russia for gas and steel over the next couple of years, threatening the very integrity of the EU and the sovereignty of all of Ukraine.
The EU already had its work cut out to agree to impose a 50 percent tariff on steel imports by a summer deadline. Now, an attempt by lawmakers to graft a ban on Russian steel onto the measure has made things a lot more complicated.
Push by lawmakers to ban Russian steel sets up clash with EU capitals
The EU imported more steel from Russia in 2025. The European Parliament now sees a unique chance to ban it.
www.politico.eu
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
If the U.S. continues to be an unreliable ally we may begin to see some more conservative European countries hold their noses and embrace an alliance with Russia for gas and steel over the next couple of years, threatening the very integrity of the EU and the sovereignty of all of Ukraine.