Max Tuttman
@maxtuttman.bsky.social
Cleantech 1.0 survivor now helping others survive climate tech at The Ad Hoc Group | Proud Bostonian stuck in DC
Hate to see ARPA-E catching some strays here
The new Gates climate memo isn't a pivot; it's a continuation of "a consistent pattern of downplaying clean energy while promoting dubious and potentially dangerous technofixes in which he is often personally invested," @michaelemann.bsky.social argues in @thebulletin.org:
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hate to see ARPA-E catching some strays here
It’s gone full “Eye of Sauron” here in DC
Another beautiful evening as puffy clouds of the day dissipate. Mainly clear and 50s most of the area tonight. A touch warmer tomorrow and each day thereafter. Forecast update at cwg.live.
📸 @rivergirl202.bsky.social
📸 @rivergirl202.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It’s gone full “Eye of Sauron” here in DC
Chaos in the streets here in DC
August 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Chaos in the streets here in DC
Looks like the new ChatGPT was trained by this guy
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Looks like the new ChatGPT was trained by this guy
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"[It's] as if we’ve collectively agreed that fiscal responsibility is best taught through the ritual humiliation of second graders."
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.
“I immediately wondered if this was real.”
www.huffpost.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"[It's] as if we’ve collectively agreed that fiscal responsibility is best taught through the ritual humiliation of second graders."
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
This is why it’s more of an indictment of the user than the machine when someone criticizes AI for being factually wrong. If you’re using it for facts, that’s actually on you
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is why it’s more of an indictment of the user than the machine when someone criticizes AI for being factually wrong. If you’re using it for facts, that’s actually on you
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These are possible names considered for a smaller organization to replace FEMA, from a March memo:
- Office of Crisis Management (OCM)
- Office of Crisis Response (OCR)
- National Crisis Response Agency (NCRA)
- National Office of Emergency Management (NOEM) 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Office of Crisis Management (OCM)
- Office of Crisis Response (OCR)
- National Crisis Response Agency (NCRA)
- National Office of Emergency Management (NOEM) 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Abolishing FEMA’ Memo Outlines Ways for Trump to Scrap Agency
In a newly revealed March memo, officials proposed ways to dramatically curtail the US government’s disaster response role, such as by ending aid for smaller disasters and cutting housing funds for su...
www.bloomberg.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
These are possible names considered for a smaller organization to replace FEMA, from a March memo:
- Office of Crisis Management (OCM)
- Office of Crisis Response (OCR)
- National Crisis Response Agency (NCRA)
- National Office of Emergency Management (NOEM) 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Office of Crisis Management (OCM)
- Office of Crisis Response (OCR)
- National Crisis Response Agency (NCRA)
- National Office of Emergency Management (NOEM) 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If you read a hit piece about a climate tech that features a particular litigious Stanford professor, you should question the seriousness with which the story was reported
This great piece by @jackandreasen.bsky.social provides a more valuable and reality based take on what is going on in DAC world
This great piece by @jackandreasen.bsky.social provides a more valuable and reality based take on what is going on in DAC world
"Will DAC cross the chasm from pilot facilities to meaningful deployment? Or fall off the hype wagon into the dustbin of cool ideas that were always 10 years away?"
DAC doesn't work too well yet. That doesn't make it a scam, @jackandreasen.bsky.social argues:
DAC doesn't work too well yet. That doesn't make it a scam, @jackandreasen.bsky.social argues:
The Climeworks Scandal That Wasn’t
Direct air capture isn’t doing everything its advocates promised — yet. That doesn’t make it a scam.
heatmap.news
May 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If you read a hit piece about a climate tech that features a particular litigious Stanford professor, you should question the seriousness with which the story was reported
This great piece by @jackandreasen.bsky.social provides a more valuable and reality based take on what is going on in DAC world
This great piece by @jackandreasen.bsky.social provides a more valuable and reality based take on what is going on in DAC world
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The gleefulness over this report makes me wonder what they would have said about solar panels and wind before the technical challenges and the learning-curve economics turned around. I'm not saying carbon capture will save us, but these are still developing technologies.
May 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The gleefulness over this report makes me wonder what they would have said about solar panels and wind before the technical challenges and the learning-curve economics turned around. I'm not saying carbon capture will save us, but these are still developing technologies.
Folks seem to be running with the post despite the actual quote being quite mundane. www.investing.com/news/transcr...
May 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Folks seem to be running with the post despite the actual quote being quite mundane. www.investing.com/news/transcr...
Please let’s just get to a Celtics-Cavs series so there’s at least some balance between the upside of winning and downside of losing
May 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Please let’s just get to a Celtics-Cavs series so there’s at least some balance between the upside of winning and downside of losing
Well, the good news is that every day the market loses 5%, it loses a bit less in absolute terms
April 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Well, the good news is that every day the market loses 5%, it loses a bit less in absolute terms
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🚨 Trump has now broken the Tennessee Valley Authority 🚨
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
Trump fires TVA board chair, stripping power from governing body of largest US public utility
After the Trump administration fired another TVA leader without a stated reason, the board was left without a quorum to conduct business.
www.knoxnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨 Trump has now broken the Tennessee Valley Authority 🚨
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
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It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
March 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist…
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist…
March 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist…
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist…
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Cool Job Announcement! 🚨 @energyinnovation.org is hiring for a Policy Analyst position to support the ⚡ Electrification program within our policy research team. See full announcement for details and to apply, and please help me spread the word! energyinnovation.org/about/career...
Careers • Energy Innovation
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
energyinnovation.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Cool Job Announcement! 🚨 @energyinnovation.org is hiring for a Policy Analyst position to support the ⚡ Electrification program within our policy research team. See full announcement for details and to apply, and please help me spread the word! energyinnovation.org/about/career...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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In 2022, Breakthrough Energy and Bill Gates did critical work to help get the IRA passed. In 2025, the whole policy shop behind that work is gone
Bill Gates’ Climate Group Lays Off US and Europe Policy Teams
The billionaire helped usher former President Joe Biden's signature climate law through Congress in 2022.
www.bloomberg.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In 2022, Breakthrough Energy and Bill Gates did critical work to help get the IRA passed. In 2025, the whole policy shop behind that work is gone
Bet that guy with the special goose wishes it laid regular eggs now
March 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Bet that guy with the special goose wishes it laid regular eggs now
I, uh, probably wouldn’t make that call
February 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I, uh, probably wouldn’t make that call
This is a real loss to everyone in the energy transition ecosystem
Bill Gates has slashed his global climate philanthropy as the billionaire makes a rumored switch to triage global health funding, @kbrigham.bsky.social reports: heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Breakthrough Energy Is Slashing Its Climate Grantmaking Budget
Grantees told Heatmap they were informed that Bill Gates’ climate funding organization would not renew its support.
heatmap.news
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is a real loss to everyone in the energy transition ecosystem
Trying to wrap my head around how big the DeepSeek news is for energy players. Market seems to thing it's a big deal with the likes of Constellation down over 15%.
Has anyone seen the numbers on how much more energy efficient it is than OpenAI and the like?
🔌💡
www.barrons.com/articles/con...
Has anyone seen the numbers on how much more energy efficient it is than OpenAI and the like?
🔌💡
www.barrons.com/articles/con...
Constellation Energy, Vertiv, GE Vernova Tumble. Why AI Energy Stocks Are Sliding.
DeepSeek, a Chinese start-up, raises questions about the growth of AI’s demand for power.
www.barrons.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trying to wrap my head around how big the DeepSeek news is for energy players. Market seems to thing it's a big deal with the likes of Constellation down over 15%.
Has anyone seen the numbers on how much more energy efficient it is than OpenAI and the like?
🔌💡
www.barrons.com/articles/con...
Has anyone seen the numbers on how much more energy efficient it is than OpenAI and the like?
🔌💡
www.barrons.com/articles/con...
Look, it’s not as bad as private fire fighters, but Clear is a pretty gross private sale of priority for a public good
January 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Look, it’s not as bad as private fire fighters, but Clear is a pretty gross private sale of priority for a public good
ARPA-E: Great!
ARPA-E's new logo: Not great!
ARPA-E's new logo: Not great!
January 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ARPA-E: Great!
ARPA-E's new logo: Not great!
ARPA-E's new logo: Not great!
