David J. Neff
@daveiam.bsky.social
Climate Tech Investor and Advisor. Former VC and startup Founder. Taking new clients. UT professor on Entrepreneurship. TX and NY.
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David J. Neff
@daveiam.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Your regular reminder that electric vehicles are better for the climate than ICE vehicles after being driven 1 to 2 years, and far better over their lifetime: https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-electric-vehicles-help-to-tackle-climate-change/
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I’m really happy that this guy is getting his revenge tonight. So far. #HookEm www.reddit.com/r/Austin/com...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I’m really happy that this guy is getting his revenge tonight. So far. #HookEm www.reddit.com/r/Austin/com...
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🎙️ Episode 5 of the COPOut Podcast is LIVE! In it, I speak with @katharinehayhoe.com and @amywestervelt.bsky.social about their paths to becoming climate communicators and the significance of the outcome of the COP30 round of the climate negotiations. cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🎙️ Episode 5 of the COPOut Podcast is LIVE! In it, I speak with @katharinehayhoe.com and @amywestervelt.bsky.social about their paths to becoming climate communicators and the significance of the outcome of the COP30 round of the climate negotiations. cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
And here's some good news for all of us. China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months. #climatetech
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
And here's some good news for all of us. China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months. #climatetech
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
I'm waiting for my home states of TX and NY to catch up to these battery numbers. www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-11...
California’s Battery Storage Fleet Continues Record Growth, Strengthening Grid Reliability
SACRAMENTO — At the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California has reached 16,942 megawatts (MW) of battery storage available — a massive buildout that’s…
www.energy.ca.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm waiting for my home states of TX and NY to catch up to these battery numbers. www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-11...
Still have not been in one. Anyone else here waiting for 2026 to try it? #EV waymo.com/blog/2025/11...
Taking riders further, safely with freeways
The open road symbolizes freedom and unlimited possibility– highlighted especially by the ease and speed by which freeways allow us to get where we’re going. Waymo is now bringing that experience…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Still have not been in one. Anyone else here waiting for 2026 to try it? #EV waymo.com/blog/2025/11...
Happy to see this progress from BYD. China’s BYD aims to sell up to 1.6 million vehicles abroad in 2026. #EV
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy to see this progress from BYD. China’s BYD aims to sell up to 1.6 million vehicles abroad in 2026. #EV
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Google has just dropped a new model. And this one is actually challenging other models for once. Gemini 3.0 is here.
youtu.be/rq-2i1blAlU?...
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Demis Hassabis & Josh Woodward tell us why Gemini 3.0 puts Google in front of the A.I. race
Today we have a special segment on the release of Google's Gemini 3 A.I model. Demis Hassabis and Josh Woodward, two of the heads of Google's A.I. efforts, join us to discuss Gemini's new…
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November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Google has just dropped a new model. And this one is actually challenging other models for once. Gemini 3.0 is here.
youtu.be/rq-2i1blAlU?...
youtu.be/rq-2i1blAlU?...
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FRANKENSTEIN is on NETFLIX but- still in many theatres- please consult your local listings and choose your watch/rewatch preference!
Where do I even begin? Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social has created an absolute masterpiece. I only wish I’d had the chance to experience it on the big screen. The story of Frankenstein has been told countless times, but never like this.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
FRANKENSTEIN is on NETFLIX but- still in many theatres- please consult your local listings and choose your watch/rewatch preference!
Saw @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein tonight and it was real cinematic joy. A whole world sprung to life. More of this please and less AI slop!
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Saw @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein tonight and it was real cinematic joy. A whole world sprung to life. More of this please and less AI slop!
Tonight’s gem while wife is at a conference…..HEAT!
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tonight’s gem while wife is at a conference…..HEAT!
Sad to see this from my other home state…https://www.energy-storage.news/hecate-cancels-650mw-long-island-new-york-bess-project/
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sad to see this from my other home state…https://www.energy-storage.news/hecate-cancels-650mw-long-island-new-york-bess-project/
Always some treasure at the Austin Estate Sales. $10? This is priceless…..
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Always some treasure at the Austin Estate Sales. $10? This is priceless…..
Just saw Black Phone 2 written by the Austin legend @crobertcargill.bsky.social strong, strong start to this one!
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Lvl 50 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNK...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just saw Black Phone 2 written by the Austin legend @crobertcargill.bsky.social strong, strong start to this one!
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The world might be pulling back on climate truth: but I'm stepping it up.
How? I'm adding new videos, deep dives & behind-the-scenes stories to Talking Climate.
Why? Because climate honesty and hope matter more than ever right now.
Join me on Patreon: bit.ly/47pCLaf
Or Substack: bit.ly/4ntfvhJ
How? I'm adding new videos, deep dives & behind-the-scenes stories to Talking Climate.
Why? Because climate honesty and hope matter more than ever right now.
Join me on Patreon: bit.ly/47pCLaf
Or Substack: bit.ly/4ntfvhJ
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The world might be pulling back on climate truth: but I'm stepping it up.
How? I'm adding new videos, deep dives & behind-the-scenes stories to Talking Climate.
Why? Because climate honesty and hope matter more than ever right now.
Join me on Patreon: bit.ly/47pCLaf
Or Substack: bit.ly/4ntfvhJ
How? I'm adding new videos, deep dives & behind-the-scenes stories to Talking Climate.
Why? Because climate honesty and hope matter more than ever right now.
Join me on Patreon: bit.ly/47pCLaf
Or Substack: bit.ly/4ntfvhJ
If you are not using AI and computer vision for battery replacement and identification are you even living?
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you are not using AI and computer vision for battery replacement and identification are you even living?
In the latest actually scary news ahead of Halloween. Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In the latest actually scary news ahead of Halloween. Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Have an energy or science technology that could become a startup? Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, is recruiting its next cohort. Participants receive a two-year fellowship stipend, healthcare, and more: bit.ly/3jZhvOz
Apply - Chain Reaction Innovations
An energy and science incubator for transformative technologies
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October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Have an energy or science technology that could become a startup? Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, is recruiting its next cohort. Participants receive a two-year fellowship stipend, healthcare, and more: bit.ly/3jZhvOz
Big tech is betting on this controversial science. #climatetech www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Big Tech’s big bet on a controversial carbon removal tactic
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage can scale faster than other approaches. But some experts are dubious about the climate benefits.
www.technologyreview.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Big tech is betting on this controversial science. #climatetech www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Nothing to see here, just keep moving. Cuts to Weather Data impact deadly Alaska storm edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...
Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN
The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump…
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October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Nothing to see here, just keep moving. Cuts to Weather Data impact deadly Alaska storm edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...
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Thank you, Daily Texan editors, for taking this stand Thank you, @thedailytexan editors, for taking this stand. thedailytexan.com/2025/10/16/a...
Academic freedom should not be for sale
The Editorial Board argues the University should join the league of universities rejecting Trump’s compact in favor of in institutional independence.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thank you, Daily Texan editors, for taking this stand Thank you, @thedailytexan editors, for taking this stand. thedailytexan.com/2025/10/16/a...
Have an energy or science technology that could become a startup? Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, is recruiting its next cohort. Participants receive a two-year fellowship stipend, healthcare, and more: bit.ly/3jZhvOz
Apply - Chain Reaction Innovations
An energy and science incubator for transformative technologies
bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Have an energy or science technology that could become a startup? Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, is recruiting its next cohort. Participants receive a two-year fellowship stipend, healthcare, and more: bit.ly/3jZhvOz
Adding some new plants to the #wildlifepond for my birthday. Carnivorous plants should love the full sun and keeping their feet wet in the top shelves of the pond. And taking care of flies and mosquitos.
We shall see how they do in the winter! #carnivorous
We shall see how they do in the winter! #carnivorous
October 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Adding some new plants to the #wildlifepond for my birthday. Carnivorous plants should love the full sun and keeping their feet wet in the top shelves of the pond. And taking care of flies and mosquitos.
We shall see how they do in the winter! #carnivorous
We shall see how they do in the winter! #carnivorous
Remind me to ever drive to oak hill again, this traffic ON A SUNDAY, is insane…..what in the world?
October 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Remind me to ever drive to oak hill again, this traffic ON A SUNDAY, is insane…..what in the world?