Zoe Samuel
@zoesamuel.bsky.social
#Climate investor @ starshotcapital.com
Vice chair of board @ workonclimate.org
Built #Google's biggest internal climate group
Brit in Bay Area
#Film & #theater producer
Maker of world class roast potatoes
Opinions expressed here are my own. Slava Ukraini
Vice chair of board @ workonclimate.org
Built #Google's biggest internal climate group
Brit in Bay Area
#Film & #theater producer
Maker of world class roast potatoes
Opinions expressed here are my own. Slava Ukraini
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Zoe Samuel
@zoesamuel.bsky.social
· Nov 20
My goal working in #climate is that on Jan 1st, 2050, my dear friend who - despite many other fine qualities - doesn't believe in #climatechange will turn to me and say, "I told you so. Nothing much happened."
I shall perfect my delivery of, "Yes, dear" as the date approaches.
I shall perfect my delivery of, "Yes, dear" as the date approaches.
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For me, Trump’s unhinged and savage use of the epithet “Piggy” triggered a middle school memory of reading Lord of the Flies in which a sane, rational, and sickly character named Piggy with whom I identified is murdered by a mob of angry brutalizing boys.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
For me, Trump’s unhinged and savage use of the epithet “Piggy” triggered a middle school memory of reading Lord of the Flies in which a sane, rational, and sickly character named Piggy with whom I identified is murdered by a mob of angry brutalizing boys.
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This person might be unaware that the “choice” of suburban car-dependent living has been heavily subsidized for the 75 (not 100) years of suburban dominance in much of the United States, while being gaslit & shielded from the negative externalities that we ALL pay.
What if it was an honest choice?
What if it was an honest choice?
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This person might be unaware that the “choice” of suburban car-dependent living has been heavily subsidized for the 75 (not 100) years of suburban dominance in much of the United States, while being gaslit & shielded from the negative externalities that we ALL pay.
What if it was an honest choice?
What if it was an honest choice?
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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This is particularly good news for people living in flats. Air to air heat pumps are particularly good for small properties, or if damp and mould is an issue. They can provide cooling too, which will help with overheating in flats.
Heat pumps news! DESNZ is expanding the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to cover air to air heat pumps and heat batteries.
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Government set to expand scheme to include air conditioning heat pumps
Government expands heat pump scheme to include heat batteries and 'air-to-air devices' that can cool homes in summer, despite speculation over budget cuts
www.businessgreen.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is particularly good news for people living in flats. Air to air heat pumps are particularly good for small properties, or if damp and mould is an issue. They can provide cooling too, which will help with overheating in flats.
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Man I'm pretty drunk but I sure do love America
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Man I'm pretty drunk but I sure do love America
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
All its low-down dirtiness and cosmopolitism and revolutionary ideas about souls created equal by God with the inalienable human right to rule themselves
This messy beautiful place. No one can talk me out of my love for this stupid fuckin country
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Good morning with good news: India meets 50% renewables & nuclear capacity target 5 years early!
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good morning with good news: India meets 50% renewables & nuclear capacity target 5 years early!
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
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The only choice is to complete the shift to renewables, with some baseload nuclear power, and the electrification of transport and heating as quickly and efficiently as possible.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The only choice is to complete the shift to renewables, with some baseload nuclear power, and the electrification of transport and heating as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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Fossil fuel cars are stranded assets. EVs are pulling ahead of internal combustion engine vehicles in the used market. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.carscoops.com/2025/11/evs-...
EVs Now Sell Faster Than Gas Cars In The Used Market | Carscoops
Used car prices are climbing again in 2025, and buyers are slowing down, though not when it comes to EVs
www.carscoops.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fossil fuel cars are stranded assets. EVs are pulling ahead of internal combustion engine vehicles in the used market. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.carscoops.com/2025/11/evs-...
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Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley as part of a council-funded environmental scheme.
Sheffield charity given grant to fit 'swift bricks' in homes
The Sheffield Swift Network was given £7,000 by the council for a project to help the birds nest.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley as part of a council-funded environmental scheme.
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I had an exchange (in my terrible Spanish) with Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay Venezuelan asylum seeker sent, without due process, to an El Salvadoran prison by the US. I told him that I posted a photo of him on here each day he was in captivity & he responded. He said I could share. ❤️
![[my clunky translation]
MJM: This sounds silly, but I posted a photo of you every day when you were in captivity in El Salvador. Over 500,000 people liked the posts. We all think of you. ANDRY: The love and beauty of the American people is immense. MJM: Well, you’re pretty amazing, Andry. ANDRY: & still a lot of work to do but my goal is to say thank you, in front of all of you, in the United States.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:64wqxwi66lsrjsy32ri77z7h/bafkreid6tkxdzs6jedd5yklz6mfouiqqxr4h7d7upd7raw4kvwwozpf7iu@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I had an exchange (in my terrible Spanish) with Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay Venezuelan asylum seeker sent, without due process, to an El Salvadoran prison by the US. I told him that I posted a photo of him on here each day he was in captivity & he responded. He said I could share. ❤️
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Let me just repost this: even old people don't get maintenance MRIs. He had this because something went really wrong.
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Let me just repost this: even old people don't get maintenance MRIs. He had this because something went really wrong.
Clicked to see why Bill Clinton is trending, assuming he had passed away, and, uh... can we just agree to pretend he did.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Clicked to see why Bill Clinton is trending, assuming he had passed away, and, uh... can we just agree to pretend he did.
"China now makes a lot more from exporting wind turbines, electric cars, solar cells and the like than drill-baby-drill America makes selling fossil fuels."
#climatechange #cleantech #electrotech #climatesolutions
www.economist.com/special-repo...
#climatechange #cleantech #electrotech #climatesolutions
www.economist.com/special-repo...
The world’s renewable-energy superpower
China’s moment for climate leadership has arrived
www.economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"China now makes a lot more from exporting wind turbines, electric cars, solar cells and the like than drill-baby-drill America makes selling fossil fuels."
#climatechange #cleantech #electrotech #climatesolutions
www.economist.com/special-repo...
#climatechange #cleantech #electrotech #climatesolutions
www.economist.com/special-repo...
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The Electrotech Revolution
The shape of things to come
electrotechrevolution.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
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Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."
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TX: R+5
CA: +/- 0
MO: R+1
UT: +/- 0
NC: R+1
OH: R+1.5
VA (assuming 9D-2R): D+1.5
CA: +/- 0
MO: R+1
UT: +/- 0
NC: R+1
OH: R+1.5
VA (assuming 9D-2R): D+1.5
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
TX: R+5
CA: +/- 0
MO: R+1
UT: +/- 0
NC: R+1
OH: R+1.5
VA (assuming 9D-2R): D+1.5
CA: +/- 0
MO: R+1
UT: +/- 0
NC: R+1
OH: R+1.5
VA (assuming 9D-2R): D+1.5
Dog ownership: the constant oscillation between "Why are you so perfect you little smushy angelface I love you forever!" and "What the everliving fuck is in his mouth?"
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Dog ownership: the constant oscillation between "Why are you so perfect you little smushy angelface I love you forever!" and "What the everliving fuck is in his mouth?"
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
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This is the other one. With fossil fuels, discovery costs rise while tech costs fall, meaning prices stay roughly the same (inflation-adjusted) over time. With electrotech, discovery costs are $0, so the only dynamic is falling tech costs. Victory is inevitable.
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is the other one. With fossil fuels, discovery costs rise while tech costs fall, meaning prices stay roughly the same (inflation-adjusted) over time. With electrotech, discovery costs are $0, so the only dynamic is falling tech costs. Victory is inevitable.
The green bits are when you spend money and get something of value.
The red bits are when you spend money for literally nothing.
#fossilfuels = more red bits, #renewables = green bits
#climate #solutions
The red bits are when you spend money for literally nothing.
#fossilfuels = more red bits, #renewables = green bits
#climate #solutions
I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The green bits are when you spend money and get something of value.
The red bits are when you spend money for literally nothing.
#fossilfuels = more red bits, #renewables = green bits
#climate #solutions
The red bits are when you spend money for literally nothing.
#fossilfuels = more red bits, #renewables = green bits
#climate #solutions
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Russian robot flawlessly satirizes Russian military performance in recent years
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Russian robot flawlessly satirizes Russian military performance in recent years
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Check the status of your ballot and sign up to help cure ballots at the link in our bio! #thisisyourcity
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Check the status of your ballot and sign up to help cure ballots at the link in our bio! #thisisyourcity
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“Pioneers of “enhanced geothermal” techniques believe they can apply innovations from the shale industry, such as fracking and multilateral drilling, to enable geothermal almost anywhere. At the forefront is Fervo.”
economist.com/the-world-ah...
economist.com/the-world-ah...
Geothermal energy looks set to go from niche to necessary
Competition between startups including Fervo Energy, Eavo and XGS Energy is hotting up. 2026 looks set to mark the start of the great geothermal renaissance
economist.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Pioneers of “enhanced geothermal” techniques believe they can apply innovations from the shale industry, such as fracking and multilateral drilling, to enable geothermal almost anywhere. At the forefront is Fervo.”
economist.com/the-world-ah...
economist.com/the-world-ah...
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"Accounting for these increased methane emissions removes over two-thirds of the apparent post-2005 decline in United States net greenhouse gas emissions."
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Accounting for these increased methane emissions removes over two-thirds of the apparent post-2005 decline in United States net greenhouse gas emissions."
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...