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Today Elon Musk said he doesn't care about the $1 trillion payday. He just wants 25% control of Tesla so no one can take away the robot army he plans to build.
Unreported was how much ketamine he took before the conference call.
electrek.co/2025/10/22/e...
Unreported was how much ketamine he took before the conference call.
electrek.co/2025/10/22/e...
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Today Elon Musk said he doesn't care about the $1 trillion payday. He just wants 25% control of Tesla so no one can take away the robot army he plans to build.
Unreported was how much ketamine he took before the conference call.
electrek.co/2025/10/22/e...
Unreported was how much ketamine he took before the conference call.
electrek.co/2025/10/22/e...
Anyone who has criticized No Kings as "cringe" has surrendered the privilege of having their opinions taken seriously.
Everyone else, please act accordingly.
Everyone else, please act accordingly.
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anyone who has criticized No Kings as "cringe" has surrendered the privilege of having their opinions taken seriously.
Everyone else, please act accordingly.
Everyone else, please act accordingly.
Apparently, notwithstanding what the NYT thinks, high voltage DC transmission is fine.
The NYT still does some real journalism, but one has to sort out what is real from what is serving a right wing agenda.
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/12/c...
The NYT still does some real journalism, but one has to sort out what is real from what is serving a right wing agenda.
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/12/c...
China’s Electric Highways: Awe, Engineering, and the Myths of Invisible Danger - CleanTechnica
What happens beneath a million volts? Not much—if you know the physics. On ultra-high voltage lines, EMF myths, and media responsibility.
cleantechnica.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Apparently, notwithstanding what the NYT thinks, high voltage DC transmission is fine.
The NYT still does some real journalism, but one has to sort out what is real from what is serving a right wing agenda.
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/12/c...
The NYT still does some real journalism, but one has to sort out what is real from what is serving a right wing agenda.
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/12/c...
Yay! New England gen is still about 50% fossil, but the vast majority is CCGT gen running on natural gas, which is by far the cleanest & most efficient fossil gen available.
NE has an exit plan for natural gas that is led by offshore wind and hydro from Quebec, but Trump is screwing with it.
NE has an exit plan for natural gas that is led by offshore wind and hydro from Quebec, but Trump is screwing with it.
October 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yay! New England gen is still about 50% fossil, but the vast majority is CCGT gen running on natural gas, which is by far the cleanest & most efficient fossil gen available.
NE has an exit plan for natural gas that is led by offshore wind and hydro from Quebec, but Trump is screwing with it.
NE has an exit plan for natural gas that is led by offshore wind and hydro from Quebec, but Trump is screwing with it.
Banality of evil and all that. Bullshit - coal mine operators already know how to do methane monitoring . It's not even that expensive, esp against the risk of blown up houses and dead people.
Probably know they'll find gas everywhere if they start looking.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
Probably know they'll find gas everywhere if they start looking.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
Eighteen Months After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Rolls Back Its Commitment to Monitor Explosive Gases Above Coal Mines - Inside Climate News
In a letter to federal regulators, the director of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission wrote she has “indefinitely suspended” methane monitoring requirements her agency agreed to in 2024. Experts sa...
insideclimatenews.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Banality of evil and all that. Bullshit - coal mine operators already know how to do methane monitoring . It's not even that expensive, esp against the risk of blown up houses and dead people.
Probably know they'll find gas everywhere if they start looking.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
Probably know they'll find gas everywhere if they start looking.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
After decades, radioactive brine from oil and gas wells is still being used as road de-icer in PA. And the GOP position is that it's fine. If this material was produced in any other way, it would require secure disposal.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...
Appeal Could Make It Easier for Companies to Spread Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways - Inside Climate News
In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and...
insideclimatenews.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
After decades, radioactive brine from oil and gas wells is still being used as road de-icer in PA. And the GOP position is that it's fine. If this material was produced in any other way, it would require secure disposal.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...
Everyone is afraid to talk about how beef production is an important driver of global warming.
Although fossil fuels are a bigger problem, animal ag in general and beef/dairy in particular are big emitters of greenhouse gases.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Although fossil fuels are a bigger problem, animal ag in general and beef/dairy in particular are big emitters of greenhouse gases.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Everyone is afraid to talk about how beef production is an important driver of global warming.
Although fossil fuels are a bigger problem, animal ag in general and beef/dairy in particular are big emitters of greenhouse gases.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Although fossil fuels are a bigger problem, animal ag in general and beef/dairy in particular are big emitters of greenhouse gases.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Look, we live in an era of dueling realities where little is certain, but when you complain your life was threatened by a stopped escalator, one thing you are definitionally not is a strongman."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
What if They Threw a Reichstag Fire and Nobody Came?
Must be exceptionally frustrating for the aspiring autocrat to finally, finally arrive at that Reichstag Fire moment he’s sought for so long only to realize his tiny fingers are too stunted and ineffe...
www.dailykos.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Look, we live in an era of dueling realities where little is certain, but when you complain your life was threatened by a stopped escalator, one thing you are definitionally not is a strongman."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Yeah, motherf*ckin' wind farms.
youtu.be/3uEpdIKzspA?...
youtu.be/3uEpdIKzspA?...
Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom
YouTube video by Vattenfall
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September 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Yeah, motherf*ckin' wind farms.
youtu.be/3uEpdIKzspA?...
youtu.be/3uEpdIKzspA?...
IANAL, but you didn't need to be one to predict this outcome.
“the height of arbitrary and capricious government conduct.”
Everyone with the resources to fight should be fighting in court. Trump admin can be pushed to the wall with legal challenges.
electrek.co/2025/09/22/i...
“the height of arbitrary and capricious government conduct.”
Everyone with the resources to fight should be fighting in court. Trump admin can be pushed to the wall with legal challenges.
electrek.co/2025/09/22/i...
In a blow to Trump, judge clears Ørsted’s Revolution Wind to resume
Judge allows Ørsted’s Revolution Wind to resume, dealing Trump a blow as offshore wind powers ahead in New England.
electrek.co
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
IANAL, but you didn't need to be one to predict this outcome.
“the height of arbitrary and capricious government conduct.”
Everyone with the resources to fight should be fighting in court. Trump admin can be pushed to the wall with legal challenges.
electrek.co/2025/09/22/i...
“the height of arbitrary and capricious government conduct.”
Everyone with the resources to fight should be fighting in court. Trump admin can be pushed to the wall with legal challenges.
electrek.co/2025/09/22/i...
It's a bit of a cliche now, but again Trump is acting in a way indistinguishable from a Russian agent that somehow became president.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's a bit of a cliche now, but again Trump is acting in a way indistinguishable from a Russian agent that somehow became president.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This is potentially catastrophic and not something that we can just adapt to. Whether the probability is currently estimated to be high or low, the potential result is so bad that we must work to avoid it.
That disastrous reshaping of the world's ocean currents that would leave the EU in an ice age & shift the world's fertile regions thus causing persistent global famine?
According to science, it's no longer "low probability."
Sleep tight.
According to science, it's no longer "low probability."
Sleep tight.
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is potentially catastrophic and not something that we can just adapt to. Whether the probability is currently estimated to be high or low, the potential result is so bad that we must work to avoid it.
Elements of the US far left are toxic and this article explains why the far left is an utter failure in US politics except to help elect Repubs.
There are some good people in the DSA and it could be a force for positive good, but it isn't right now.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
There are some good people in the DSA and it could be a force for positive good, but it isn't right now.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Real Reason American Socialists Don’t Win
Only part of the left’s most promising political party even wants to win elections or come to power.
www.theatlantic.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Elements of the US far left are toxic and this article explains why the far left is an utter failure in US politics except to help elect Repubs.
There are some good people in the DSA and it could be a force for positive good, but it isn't right now.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
There are some good people in the DSA and it could be a force for positive good, but it isn't right now.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fucking sue them, Orsted. You will win. Force the govt to burn resources defending the indefensible. Make them look like idiots.
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/08/23/b...
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/08/23/b...
BREAKING: Trump Administration Stops Construction on 80-Pct-Complete Offshore Wind Farm
Only days after Ørsted reported in its half-year results that Revolution Wind was at 80 per cent of completion, the US Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issue...
www.offshorewind.biz
August 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fucking sue them, Orsted. You will win. Force the govt to burn resources defending the indefensible. Make them look like idiots.
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/08/23/b...
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/08/23/b...
So much of right wing culture shit is just imaginary.
No one on the left is offended by sororities making dance videos. We're also not looking down on white right wingers for living in small towns or listening to country music.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
No one on the left is offended by sororities making dance videos. We're also not looking down on white right wingers for living in small towns or listening to country music.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Culture War Over Nothing
Is anyone actually mad about sorority-rush dances?
www.theatlantic.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So much of right wing culture shit is just imaginary.
No one on the left is offended by sororities making dance videos. We're also not looking down on white right wingers for living in small towns or listening to country music.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
No one on the left is offended by sororities making dance videos. We're also not looking down on white right wingers for living in small towns or listening to country music.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
If you needed proof that Tesla is a malign actor, well, here it is.
electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
August 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If you needed proof that Tesla is a malign actor, well, here it is.
electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
Another great explainer piece that people in the Gaza protest movement really should read.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Corrupt Bargain Behind Gaza’s Catastrophe
Israel’s far right wants to take over Gaza. Netanyahu wants to stay in power.
www.theatlantic.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Another great explainer piece that people in the Gaza protest movement really should read.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Should be required reading for people in the Gaza protest movement.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Trump turned a far-right fantasy—ethnic cleansing in Gaza—into U.S. policy. He needs to reject it.
www.theatlantic.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Should be required reading for people in the Gaza protest movement.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Right wingers are getting a little overwrought right now
June 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Right wingers are getting a little overwrought right now
Now Republicans want to waste $1.5B selling off brand new EV delivery trucks, just because they're EVs.
BTW, the bidding process for these EV trucks occurred under the direction of Trump-appointed Postmaster DeJoy.
electrek.co/2025/06/24/r...
BTW, the bidding process for these EV trucks occurred under the direction of Trump-appointed Postmaster DeJoy.
electrek.co/2025/06/24/r...
Republicans keep wasting money: they want to scrap USPS' new EVs (updated)
An opportunity to waste money, harm the environment, put your kids at risk, AND increase labor costs? Republicans are all over it.
electrek.co
June 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Now Republicans want to waste $1.5B selling off brand new EV delivery trucks, just because they're EVs.
BTW, the bidding process for these EV trucks occurred under the direction of Trump-appointed Postmaster DeJoy.
electrek.co/2025/06/24/r...
BTW, the bidding process for these EV trucks occurred under the direction of Trump-appointed Postmaster DeJoy.
electrek.co/2025/06/24/r...
Republicans in Congress and Trump have have dropped a dead-on-arrival "law" to signal how they want to make US air dirtier.
electrek.co/2025/06/12/r...
electrek.co/2025/06/12/r...
Republicans' illegal dirty air bill signed, setting up legal fight with California
Republicans passed a bill to raise Americans' fuel and health costs by $100s of billions - even though they don't have that power.
electrek.co
June 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Republicans in Congress and Trump have have dropped a dead-on-arrival "law" to signal how they want to make US air dirtier.
electrek.co/2025/06/12/r...
electrek.co/2025/06/12/r...
Nothing to see here. Just China using its leverage to punish the US over Trump's tariffs.
cleantechnica.com/2025/06/06/a...
cleantechnica.com/2025/06/06/a...
Auto Industry Crash on Horizon from Lack of Rare Earth Minerals & Magnets? - CleanTechnica
Whether electric vehicles or gas-powered cars, production could come to a grinding halt in the US and Europe soon. Word on the street is that the escalating trade combativeness between the West and Ch...
cleantechnica.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Nothing to see here. Just China using its leverage to punish the US over Trump's tariffs.
cleantechnica.com/2025/06/06/a...
cleantechnica.com/2025/06/06/a...
If he hasn't done it already, this would be a really good time for Musk to plan a long vacation in a country without an extradition treaty with the US.
Or maybe he should just get on his private jet now even without a plan. 🤔
Or maybe he should just get on his private jet now even without a plan. 🤔
June 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If he hasn't done it already, this would be a really good time for Musk to plan a long vacation in a country without an extradition treaty with the US.
Or maybe he should just get on his private jet now even without a plan. 🤔
Or maybe he should just get on his private jet now even without a plan. 🤔
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Who knew there's a dark-roof lobby?
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Who knew there's a dark-roof lobby?
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's weird that it isn't a bigger story that Trump's financial corruption as president is probably greater than all previous presidents combined.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
www.theatlantic.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's weird that it isn't a bigger story that Trump's financial corruption as president is probably greater than all previous presidents combined.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...