Sam Warmerdam
@samwarmerdam.bsky.social
Environmentalist, urbanist, solar believer. Works in Life Cycle Assessment 🌲🌐🏘️🚋
Nuclear safety >>>>> profit & AI
I think the recent surge of interest in nuclear energy is great... but it bums me out (in a 'perhaps-we'll-die kind of way) that this silicon valley beta tester bullshit is anywhere near nuclear construction.
The technology isn't the threat. Shit corporate governance is.
The technology isn't the threat. Shit corporate governance is.
June 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Nuclear safety >>>>> profit & AI
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AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”
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Soooo the NZ Govt is now being criticised by internationally acclaimed climate scientists in the @financialtimes.com. Why? Because Luxon & co are manipulating maths to hide NZ's grossly oversized methane emissions instead of taking action to cut #climate pollution.
www.ft.com/content/2ea6...
#nzpol
www.ft.com/content/2ea6...
#nzpol
Scientists accuse New Zealand and Ireland of trying to cover up livestock emissions
‘Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers
www.ft.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Soooo the NZ Govt is now being criticised by internationally acclaimed climate scientists in the @financialtimes.com. Why? Because Luxon & co are manipulating maths to hide NZ's grossly oversized methane emissions instead of taking action to cut #climate pollution.
www.ft.com/content/2ea6...
#nzpol
www.ft.com/content/2ea6...
#nzpol
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the “will the detective investigating your murder be sad?” map remains undefeated, there’s something extra compelling about “sad and cold”
May 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
the “will the detective investigating your murder be sad?” map remains undefeated, there’s something extra compelling about “sad and cold”
75% of a traweller's catch might be thrown away.
Not to mention the damage to the sea floor which takes years and years to get back to return to normal.
Such a waste.
Not to mention the damage to the sea floor which takes years and years to get back to return to normal.
Such a waste.
I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
May 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
75% of a traweller's catch might be thrown away.
Not to mention the damage to the sea floor which takes years and years to get back to return to normal.
Such a waste.
Not to mention the damage to the sea floor which takes years and years to get back to return to normal.
Such a waste.
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McBride: If we summon our hope then we will find the light and turn this moment into what a friend from Florida once called a slingshot moment.. where we are pulled backwards but the tension and pressure of being pulled backwards ultimately propels us to destinations that we have not yet been
April 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
McBride: If we summon our hope then we will find the light and turn this moment into what a friend from Florida once called a slingshot moment.. where we are pulled backwards but the tension and pressure of being pulled backwards ultimately propels us to destinations that we have not yet been
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we invented a portable sun and dropped it on civilians until they stopped asking for anything other than that we stop
liberals are foundationally obsessed with"being nice" and none of the necessary actions at this moment are "nice" so they will do nothing instead
February 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
we invented a portable sun and dropped it on civilians until they stopped asking for anything other than that we stop
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
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One more rant before I go walk the dogs. 🧵
There is a certain Type of Guy (person, I guess technically, but almost always a guy).
You ask this type of guy about politics & they'll tell you they're independent, an iconoclast, & that "both sides" are silly & blinkered & don't see the big picture.
There is a certain Type of Guy (person, I guess technically, but almost always a guy).
You ask this type of guy about politics & they'll tell you they're independent, an iconoclast, & that "both sides" are silly & blinkered & don't see the big picture.
April 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
One more rant before I go walk the dogs. 🧵
There is a certain Type of Guy (person, I guess technically, but almost always a guy).
You ask this type of guy about politics & they'll tell you they're independent, an iconoclast, & that "both sides" are silly & blinkered & don't see the big picture.
There is a certain Type of Guy (person, I guess technically, but almost always a guy).
You ask this type of guy about politics & they'll tell you they're independent, an iconoclast, & that "both sides" are silly & blinkered & don't see the big picture.
AOC is so good, holy hell
AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
April 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
AOC is so good, holy hell
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I found the most incredible graph on the other site
April 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I found the most incredible graph on the other site
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Very, VERY rare to witness men—especially wealthy white men—talk so openly about grief and suffering. Have long appreciated this moving aspect of who @stephencolbert.bsky.social is. 🖤🖤
April 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Very, VERY rare to witness men—especially wealthy white men—talk so openly about grief and suffering. Have long appreciated this moving aspect of who @stephencolbert.bsky.social is. 🖤🖤
You, under no circumstances, do not “have to hand it” to Erdogan. His love of autocrats is horrifying.
(Also what is with the Ottoman empire erasure)
(Also what is with the Ottoman empire erasure)
Trump: "I said that to [Erdogan]. I said 'Congratulations, you've been able to do what nobody has been able to in 2,000 years. You've taken over Syria' ... you gotta hand it to him."
April 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
You, under no circumstances, do not “have to hand it” to Erdogan. His love of autocrats is horrifying.
(Also what is with the Ottoman empire erasure)
(Also what is with the Ottoman empire erasure)
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Abigail Disney at @patrioticmillionaires.org: "The men we associate with 'broligarchy' are the emotionally stupid men (Bezos) psychologically underdeveloped men (Zuckerberg) damaged men (Musk) or overindulged & spoiled men Trump. They put more faith in aggression as a means of problem solving."
April 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Abigail Disney at @patrioticmillionaires.org: "The men we associate with 'broligarchy' are the emotionally stupid men (Bezos) psychologically underdeveloped men (Zuckerberg) damaged men (Musk) or overindulged & spoiled men Trump. They put more faith in aggression as a means of problem solving."
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Strasbourg boasts over 600 kilometres of cycling routes—the largest network in France—and is widely regarded as one of Europe’s best cycling cities. But what is less known is how a study visit to the Netherlands provided the spark needed to light a fire underneath its politicians and policy-makers.🧵
April 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Strasbourg boasts over 600 kilometres of cycling routes—the largest network in France—and is widely regarded as one of Europe’s best cycling cities. But what is less known is how a study visit to the Netherlands provided the spark needed to light a fire underneath its politicians and policy-makers.🧵
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“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
April 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Slowly (way too slow), but surely, we are decarbonizing and reducing the cost of our electricity.
It's neither gov policy nor business courage which is doing this, but cold, hard, market economics.
It's neither gov policy nor business courage which is doing this, but cold, hard, market economics.
"With 250,000 solar panels and covering an area the size of 170 rugby fields, the Ruakākā Solar Farm will be capable of producing up to 230GWh of electricity a year."
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mer...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mer...
Meridian says Ruakākā solar farm will power half of Northland’s homes
Meridian Energy will proceed with its planned $226m solar farm near Whangārei.
www.nzherald.co.nz
March 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Slowly (way too slow), but surely, we are decarbonizing and reducing the cost of our electricity.
It's neither gov policy nor business courage which is doing this, but cold, hard, market economics.
It's neither gov policy nor business courage which is doing this, but cold, hard, market economics.
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Aside from the other issues, I don't see any explicitly talking about health risks of giving children food which has been in contact with plastic at high temps (even if it hasn't melted). Is this just people tacitly acknowledging this program isn't going to last?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Investigation launched after student reportedly burnt by school lunch
The lunch was provided under the government's revamped cut price school lunch programme.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Aside from the other issues, I don't see any explicitly talking about health risks of giving children food which has been in contact with plastic at high temps (even if it hasn't melted). Is this just people tacitly acknowledging this program isn't going to last?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Carnegie called EECA doing its job as "state-subsidised demand destruction (of fossil fuels)". That's however the whole point of the agency, to promote cheaper and cleaner renewable energy. Utterly ridiculous.
#nzpol #nzenergy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
#nzpol #nzenergy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
Simeon Brown appointed prominent oil and gas lobbyist to energy savings board against official advice
A top government minister personally added a fossil fuel lobbyist to the shortlist of candidates to help govern the country's main energy-saving agency.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Carnegie called EECA doing its job as "state-subsidised demand destruction (of fossil fuels)". That's however the whole point of the agency, to promote cheaper and cleaner renewable energy. Utterly ridiculous.
#nzpol #nzenergy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
#nzpol #nzenergy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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"We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars...The strength of America's allies is vital to the United States, and the American security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of Europe's democracies." - Ronald Reagan
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars...The strength of America's allies is vital to the United States, and the American security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of Europe's democracies." - Ronald Reagan
Come on NZ, we've got to get those numbers up! #NZpol
Brazil, Chile, Morocco, Nigeria, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan each bought enough solar panels from China in 2024 to meet between 3% and 5% of their annual electricy demand.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
February 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Come on NZ, we've got to get those numbers up! #NZpol