Tim Donaghy
@timdonaghy.bsky.social
Research Director for Greenpeace USA. Lapsed astrophysicist, previously UCS.
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @timdonaghy@fediscience.org. he/him
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @timdonaghy@fediscience.org. he/him
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I'm sorry I missed this because it seems to confirm what I suspected about Big Oil
January 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I'm sorry I missed this because it seems to confirm what I suspected about Big Oil
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I often get asked why markets aren’t more freaked out by Trumpism. Here are a few theories, including: are you sure they *aren’t*?
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump Says We Have the “Hottest” Economy. Markets Tell a Different Story.
The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I often get asked why markets aren’t more freaked out by Trumpism. Here are a few theories, including: are you sure they *aren’t*?
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
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The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
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At least they’re saying the quiet part out loud
Trump says the U.S. will tap Venezuela's vast oil reserves and sell "large amounts" to other countries after Maduro's capture. Follow live updates:
Live updates: US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had struck Venezuela early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country.
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
At least they’re saying the quiet part out loud
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Just as a practical matter, how is the United States going to “run Venezuela” after the overnight abduction raid. Do US forces currently control an airport? A television station? A major road?
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Just as a practical matter, how is the United States going to “run Venezuela” after the overnight abduction raid. Do US forces currently control an airport? A television station? A major road?
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"We're in the oil business" - Trump
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"We're in the oil business" - Trump
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
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try to make sense of it
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
try to make sense of it
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I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
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A new type of telescope designed to accelerate a new sort of astronomy was completed this year on a mountaintop in Chile. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will relentlessly sweep across the heavens.
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
A new type of telescope designed to accelerate a new sort of astronomy was completed this year on a mountaintop in Chile. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will relentlessly sweep across the heavens.
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
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As we enter 2026, many people, places, institutions & rights are under threat - including the right to protest itself. Peaceful protest has advanced progress for generations; if lose our right to peaceful protest, we stand to lose so much more. That’s why Andre & I wrote a book: protestthebook.com
How new protest laws are impacting political demonstrations
More than a dozen states have passed laws regulating protests in recent years, raising concerns among free-speech advocates.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
As we enter 2026, many people, places, institutions & rights are under threat - including the right to protest itself. Peaceful protest has advanced progress for generations; if lose our right to peaceful protest, we stand to lose so much more. That’s why Andre & I wrote a book: protestthebook.com
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Another winter storm will bring widespread rain and gusty winds to much of California this weekend. This one will be focused more on NorCal vs SoCal. Only minor rain/wind impacts are expected--but a notable coastal flood event may occur in SF Bay Area (see my other thread). #CAwx
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Another winter storm will bring widespread rain and gusty winds to much of California this weekend. This one will be focused more on NorCal vs SoCal. Only minor rain/wind impacts are expected--but a notable coastal flood event may occur in SF Bay Area (see my other thread). #CAwx
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Don’t give in to despair. Amid bad news, fake news, billionaire takeover, conflict and creeping authoritarianism, remember: it’s not too late. Every fraction of a degree, every action, still matters.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Don’t give in to despair. Amid bad news, fake news, billionaire takeover, conflict and creeping authoritarianism, remember: it’s not too late. Every fraction of a degree, every action, still matters.
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this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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Opinions on "superintelligence" can reasonably differ. (Personally I think it's a terrible framing that obscures more than it clarifies.) But I still struggle to comprehend why anyone would think LLMs are the route to it.
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Opinions on "superintelligence" can reasonably differ. (Personally I think it's a terrible framing that obscures more than it clarifies.) But I still struggle to comprehend why anyone would think LLMs are the route to it.
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Eerie and fascinating www.404media.co/researchers-...
Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
The nonprofit research group Epoch AI is tracking the physical imprint of the technology that’s changing the world.
www.404media.co
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Eerie and fascinating www.404media.co/researchers-...
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Happy New Year, everyone! 💫
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Happy New Year, everyone! 💫
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The demolition of Goddard Space Flight Center continues, with a lapdog Congress and lapdog press. The unique Goddard Library is being shuttered and its collection dumped, as Building 21 is illegally eliminated. The @nytimes.com story accepts the Trump regime's bald lies about their destruction.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The demolition of Goddard Space Flight Center continues, with a lapdog Congress and lapdog press. The unique Goddard Library is being shuttered and its collection dumped, as Building 21 is illegally eliminated. The @nytimes.com story accepts the Trump regime's bald lies about their destruction.
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Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
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Great @nytimes.com reporting here: "Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history. It is enriching the family, as well as important officials and business partners." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Great @nytimes.com reporting here: "Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history. It is enriching the family, as well as important officials and business partners." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“We’re reasonably certain the telescope is fine, and that is a huge relief because of course the telescope is the heart and soul of this place.”
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/30/l...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/30/l...
Wind-battered Lick Observatory rushes to shield historic telescope after dome damage
Pair of looming storms expected to dump 2 inches of rain atop Mount Hamilton.
www.mercurynews.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“We’re reasonably certain the telescope is fine, and that is a huge relief because of course the telescope is the heart and soul of this place.”
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/30/l...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/30/l...
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The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.