Anne Currie
@annecurrie.bsky.social
Scifi and non fiction tech author: O'Reilly's Building Green Software, The Cloud Native Attitude & the SciFi Panopticon series
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Anne Currie
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ChatGPT persuaded me to open source my SciFi novel
Aftter 6 years, Utopia Five gets a CC release annecurrie.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
Have I lost my mind?
Aftter 6 years, Utopia Five gets a CC release annecurrie.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
Have I lost my mind?
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4/ 15 years ago US & Europe were largest manufacturers of solar and wind.
China in 2024 deployed 6 TIMES more wind and solar power than all of Europe and 8 TIMES than US.
Since 2020 we entered a new phase of transition ht
@adamtooze.bsky.social
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China in 2024 deployed 6 TIMES more wind and solar power than all of Europe and 8 TIMES than US.
Since 2020 we entered a new phase of transition ht
@adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 386: How China's powerslide is driving the global green electricity transition.
What will the energy transition look like and who will make it happen?
adamtooze.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
4/ 15 years ago US & Europe were largest manufacturers of solar and wind.
China in 2024 deployed 6 TIMES more wind and solar power than all of Europe and 8 TIMES than US.
Since 2020 we entered a new phase of transition ht
@adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
China in 2024 deployed 6 TIMES more wind and solar power than all of Europe and 8 TIMES than US.
Since 2020 we entered a new phase of transition ht
@adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Excellent point. If you have to be in the room, it isn't really leadership. Writers are the most scalable & effective leaders
The number of people asking "How can all 100K of us [or worse, "I individually"] be in the room when the next #AIAct gets written" is astonishing.
Instead, ask "how can I best do and disseminate science that informs legislators who are trying to choose between potential policies?"
#AIEthics
Instead, ask "how can I best do and disseminate science that informs legislators who are trying to choose between potential policies?"
#AIEthics
“Farid says that he now counsels students to not go into AI research, because of the “frenzy” in the field and the large volume of low-quality work being put out by people hoping to better their career prospects”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Excellent point. If you have to be in the room, it isn't really leadership. Writers are the most scalable & effective leaders
Agreed. It's not the best blog post in the world but it is way better than no communication.
This is a great thing for the PM to do.
It reads a bit too much like internal Labour party literature at times- no need for the dividing lines stuff/sloganistic headlines etc in this medium.
But overall it's very positive and look forward to reading more.
open.substack.com/pub/keirstar...
It reads a bit too much like internal Labour party literature at times- no need for the dividing lines stuff/sloganistic headlines etc in this medium.
But overall it's very positive and look forward to reading more.
open.substack.com/pub/keirstar...
Politics that makes a difference
Over half a million children, lifted out of poverty
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Agreed. It's not the best blog post in the world but it is way better than no communication.
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Giles is tweaking @jamesomalley.co.uk's nose here, but there is a very serious point about how the Abundance movement manages to be extremely anti-corporatist (laudatory) without ever making it explicit. Let me explain. /1
Why haven't we built out energy until it's virtually free, that sounds like a great idea
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Giles is tweaking @jamesomalley.co.uk's nose here, but there is a very serious point about how the Abundance movement manages to be extremely anti-corporatist (laudatory) without ever making it explicit. Let me explain. /1
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Could we run out of water? “People would be shocked if they knew just how close we’ve come", a former Environment Agency officer told me. To many on this damp little island, the idea’s preposterous. But it’s a very real threat. Here's what I know...
watershedinvestigations.com/day-zero-is-...
watershedinvestigations.com/day-zero-is-...
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Could we run out of water? “People would be shocked if they knew just how close we’ve come", a former Environment Agency officer told me. To many on this damp little island, the idea’s preposterous. But it’s a very real threat. Here's what I know...
watershedinvestigations.com/day-zero-is-...
watershedinvestigations.com/day-zero-is-...
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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In Oslo, four articulated buses trapped themselves in a roundabout yesterday.
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
– Vet ikke hva jeg er mest imponert over: At de klarte å komme seg inn i situasjonen, eller at de kom seg ut av den
Mandag kveld bød på komiske scener fra Alexander Kiellands plass.
www.ao.no
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In Oslo, four articulated buses trapped themselves in a roundabout yesterday.
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
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The best way to decide a Most Prolific Illustrator competition is to draw lots.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The best way to decide a Most Prolific Illustrator competition is to draw lots.
The Poseidon Adventure had the double benefit of being perhaps the best disaster movie and at the same time saving me from any desire to go on a cruise
This kind of big modern cruise ship is always so funny to me, because it's basically 'hey, what if we took a bunch of things you like to do on holiday, then added a thing that made it slightly more dangerous that also increases the price and means you can't leave'.
Modern Cruise Ships look extremely stupid.
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Poseidon Adventure had the double benefit of being perhaps the best disaster movie and at the same time saving me from any desire to go on a cruise
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Solar capacity is expected to triple based on new projects in the pipeline.
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Solar capacity is expected to triple based on new projects in the pipeline.
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
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Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
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Extraordinary day and historic for the wrong reasons - a cyber attack featured in the GDP figures
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Extraordinary day and historic for the wrong reasons - a cyber attack featured in the GDP figures
You have been able to do that for over 15 years with Photoshop and every commercial operation did. I was head of IT for a retailer in the mid noughties and we had a large team of graphics specialists heavily editing every photo like this. This makes it within everyone's ability. Is that worse?
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
You have been able to do that for over 15 years with Photoshop and every commercial operation did. I was head of IT for a retailer in the mid noughties and we had a large team of graphics specialists heavily editing every photo like this. This makes it within everyone's ability. Is that worse?
I'm starting to feel that my new role in life might be just to repeat what the computer says back to my elderly relatives
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I'm starting to feel that my new role in life might be just to repeat what the computer says back to my elderly relatives
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new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
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What if we had no electricity and everything ran on fossil fuels?
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
What if we had no electricity and everything ran on fossil fuels?
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
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I can draw this cartoon for you, using as few lines as possible.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/min...
www.worldofmoose.com/products/min...
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I can draw this cartoon for you, using as few lines as possible.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/min...
www.worldofmoose.com/products/min...
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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Politics is just one place where the BBC has been poor recently. On security and hacking, a major issue for this country, the coverage has been fatalistic to say the least. The BBC was originally there to make the country better informed, not entertained at the expense of information.
Indeed. I feel like a lot of the reactions to the BBC exits are repeating the flaws of this era in BBC News, which is to go 'never mind the professionalism, let's focus on the politics'.
'Leave to one side for now the direct allegations about specific failures of BBC coverage' - you can't do that. That's ridiculous.
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Politics is just one place where the BBC has been poor recently. On security and hacking, a major issue for this country, the coverage has been fatalistic to say the least. The BBC was originally there to make the country better informed, not entertained at the expense of information.
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Anyway, here's my slightly fuller fact-check - and rant about the media's constant failings - shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10...
You did no fact checking, and I must scream
I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't tak...
shkspr.mobi
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Anyway, here's my slightly fuller fact-check - and rant about the media's constant failings - shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10...
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.