Duncan Meisel
@duncanwrites.bsky.social
Writing, organizing, climate, politics, Texas, etc.
Pinned
I'm Duncan, I run Clean Creatives, which works to cut ties between fossil fuels and advertising and PR companies - we have over 1250 agencies that have taken our pledge not to work with polluters!
I also post about climate comms and clean energy in general.
I also post about climate comms and clean energy in general.
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
Last year when I was in Cannes, I saw Scott Galloway say some of the most sexist things I've heard a man say in public in a long, long time and it's very weird that anyone would take his advice on gender politics.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and it’s good to see this piece actually grapple with the toxic worldview he pushes
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Last year when I was in Cannes, I saw Scott Galloway say some of the most sexist things I've heard a man say in public in a long, long time and it's very weird that anyone would take his advice on gender politics.
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
In the US power bills are going up by 300+% because of AI, slow permitting for residential solar, and fossil fuel dead-enders cutting off renewables.
Meanwhile, in Australia where rooftop solar permitting takes 72 hours or less, utilities are giving power away for free electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Meanwhile, in Australia where rooftop solar permitting takes 72 hours or less, utilities are giving power away for free 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 6:16 PM
In the US power bills are going up by 300+% because of AI, slow permitting for residential solar, and fossil fuel dead-enders cutting off renewables.
Meanwhile, in Australia where rooftop solar permitting takes 72 hours or less, utilities are giving power away for free electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Meanwhile, in Australia where rooftop solar permitting takes 72 hours or less, utilities are giving power away for free electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Good riddance to Andrew Cuomo, the embodiment of everything the public hates about the Democratic party: entitlement, corruption, and hypocrisy. A truly terrible person both in office and in his heart of hearts.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Good riddance to Andrew Cuomo, the embodiment of everything the public hates about the Democratic party: entitlement, corruption, and hypocrisy. A truly terrible person both in office and in his heart of hearts.
It's amazing that Democrats really thought this man and his wife were a vital part of winning the election for Harris. One of the most unlikable, destructive men to have public office in our lifetimes.
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's amazing that Democrats really thought this man and his wife were a vital part of winning the election for Harris. One of the most unlikable, destructive men to have public office in our lifetimes.
This is the kind of thing you write only if you had nothing to do with fighting or winning any of these campaigns. If you did know anything about them, you'd know Cuomo aggressively resisted every single one of these until absolutely forced to concede by relentless public opinion.
Thread: Look I know it's easier cognitively to just have good guys and villains, but a lot of you folks are just not dealing in facts. Andrew Cuomo was a centrist, sure, and he fought a lot with Democrats. But he also pushed some of the most progressive state policies of his era. A partial list. 1/
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is the kind of thing you write only if you had nothing to do with fighting or winning any of these campaigns. If you did know anything about them, you'd know Cuomo aggressively resisted every single one of these until absolutely forced to concede by relentless public opinion.
AI slop by one monopoly business used to funnel people into another monopoly business. The future is bright, and full of water shortages, and $100 face value tickets with $250 in processing fees bsky.app/profile/jaso...
This is where I've thought our slop hell is going for a while and it's now Meta's stated objective. We are seeing the beginnings of it now. Do you want to go see [the big game] to support [your favorite team]?
Ticketmaster is running this on Facebook now:
Ticketmaster is running this on Facebook now:
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
AI slop by one monopoly business used to funnel people into another monopoly business. The future is bright, and full of water shortages, and $100 face value tickets with $250 in processing fees bsky.app/profile/jaso...
I was featured on a CBS News story produced by their climate team earlier this year, and they were knowledgeable, curious, and committed to making the story palatable for a general audience. This is a terrible decision that shows that Vichy CBS has no interest in truth. heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I was featured on a CBS News story produced by their climate team earlier this year, and they were knowledgeable, curious, and committed to making the story palatable for a general audience. This is a terrible decision that shows that Vichy CBS has no interest in truth. heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*.
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*.
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
I did this yesterday and it felt great
FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription
YouTube video by Indivisible
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I did this yesterday and it felt great
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
huge: new york’s largest battery project has been canceled.
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
New York’s Largest Battery Project Has Been Canceled
Fullmark Energy quietly shuttered Swiftsure, a planned 650-megawatt energy storage system on Staten Island.
heatmap.news
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
huge: new york’s largest battery project has been canceled.
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
so strange a dreaminess did there then reign all over the ship and all over the sea
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
so strange a dreaminess did there then reign all over the ship and all over the sea
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.
Automakers got together and decided to do a coordinated Dieselgate, this time lying about the pollution impact of plug-in hybrids to evade fines.
NEW: Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, new data shows.
Yet EU carmakers are pressuring lawmakers to treat these cars as clean under the guise of ‘technology neutrality’.
🧵⤵️
Yet EU carmakers are pressuring lawmakers to treat these cars as clean under the guise of ‘technology neutrality’.
🧵⤵️
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Automakers got together and decided to do a coordinated Dieselgate, this time lying about the pollution impact of plug-in hybrids to evade fines.
It's always fascinating to see marketing advice that doubles as a total refutation of how progressive organizations communicate.
Instead of uniqueness, normal language, and tension most progressive messaging encourages uniformity, academic tone, and predictability www.shopify.com/blog/new-rul...
Instead of uniqueness, normal language, and tension most progressive messaging encourages uniformity, academic tone, and predictability www.shopify.com/blog/new-rul...
The New Rules of Brand Voice: How To Stand Out in a Sea of Digital Sameness (2025) - Shopify
A recent Shopify panel asked, How do brands craft unique and authentic brand voices today? Social media and copy experts Rachel Karten and Arin Delaney shared their insights.
www.shopify.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It's always fascinating to see marketing advice that doubles as a total refutation of how progressive organizations communicate.
Instead of uniqueness, normal language, and tension most progressive messaging encourages uniformity, academic tone, and predictability www.shopify.com/blog/new-rul...
Instead of uniqueness, normal language, and tension most progressive messaging encourages uniformity, academic tone, and predictability www.shopify.com/blog/new-rul...
Nightmare overreach that will harm children who most need help.
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nightmare overreach that will harm children who most need help.
This is now the header image for my strategy doc for a new storytelling project
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is now the header image for my strategy doc for a new storytelling project
In the last ~15 years of doing politics/activism I have been asked by dozens of academics to do interviews, assist with research, contribute to papers... and for the first time ever, someone has actually shared with me the results of the study I helped with. This has literally only happened once.
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In the last ~15 years of doing politics/activism I have been asked by dozens of academics to do interviews, assist with research, contribute to papers... and for the first time ever, someone has actually shared with me the results of the study I helped with. This has literally only happened once.
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
give greta thunberg a gundam
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
give greta thunberg a gundam
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.
Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.
Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
If you've been to Austin but you didn't go to Egos, no you haven't
Circling back on this real quick: if I’m gonna do one thing in this world, it’s Vampire Weekend Karaoke (thank u to my very dear friend @duncanwrites.bsky.social for hosting me at this wonderful karaoke bar in Austin Texas)
October 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you've been to Austin but you didn't go to Egos, no you haven't
I saw One Battle After Another last night and it is basically a perfect movie - both as craft in general, and for 2025 specifically.
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I saw One Battle After Another last night and it is basically a perfect movie - both as craft in general, and for 2025 specifically.
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ. www.texasobserver.org/officials-tr... - via @texasobserver.org
Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.
A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven gang-...
www.texasobserver.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ. www.texasobserver.org/officials-tr... - via @texasobserver.org
Reposted by Duncan Meisel
As Sun Day dawns, some of my favorite messages are from folks who are spending the day putting panels on Habitat for Humanity houses. They will be a blessing for decades to come, making those homes truly affordable
September 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As Sun Day dawns, some of my favorite messages are from folks who are spending the day putting panels on Habitat for Humanity houses. They will be a blessing for decades to come, making those homes truly affordable