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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 1h

"Revolutions have a habit of devouring their own children."

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What conservatism needs now:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Margaret Thatcher Is the Mother of Conservatism’s Crisis

Three of Margaret Thatcher’s dresses encased in glass boxes and a stall that invited attendees at last week’s Conservative Party Conference to “ask the Iron Lady” to opine on contemporary politics. A ...

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 9h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 22h

“I actually don’t think Washington has really woken up to just how popular these new energy and electro technologies that China is exporting are.” FT on the "profound" global impact of China's rise as an electrostate www.ft.com/content/013e... 🔌💡

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

In the first seven months of 2025, Chinese grid-scale lithium-ion batteries accounted for about 65% of US imports, according to the most recent data available from BNEF.

China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries

The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Nancy BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
August 29,1946

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY IS RELAXING ON THE DIVAN
FRITZI: NANCY … WHY DON'T YOU
SO TO BED?
NANCY: BUT I’M NOT SLEEPY

P2-FRITZI : HAVE YOU GONE TO BED YET?

P3-NANCY: NO…ONLY A PART OF ME HAS GONE TO BED--

P4- NANCY: MY FOOT IS ASLEEP
NANCY IS READING IN A CHAIR, BUT SHE HAS HER LEFT FOOT RESTING ON HER DOLL BED

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 1d

Worried about rare earth metals? Read this piece for why it doesn't matter that those metals are not rare in occurrence but still cannot be substituted away. theconversation.com/metals-in-yo...

Metals in your smartphone have no substitutes

A few centuries ago, there were just a few widely used materials: wood, brick, iron, copper, gold and silver. Today’s material diversity is astounding. A chip in your smartphone, for instance, contain...

theconversation.com

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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 2d

It’s like the 1930s are happening in reverse.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

WSJ: “.. the portion of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue on their payments hit a record of more than 6% ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@akshatrathi.bsky.social Watched your interview with Markham Hislop last night. Fascinating analysis - thank you, Akshat! https://youtu.be/vqX5fqWF19c

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Andrea!

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Americans are dying from extreme heat

Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories

They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways

Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social

#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story

Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

www.theguardian.com

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

China will start levying special fees on American ships docking at its ports in a retaliatory move

China to Slap Port Fees on American Vessels in Retaliatory Move

China will start levying special fees on American ships docking at its ports, significantly escalating a months-long dispute in which Washington has targeted the Asian country for its maritime and trade dominance.

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 2d

The majority of heat related deaths in European cities this summer were caused by climate change. These figures should terrify us.

This shows us that heat plans not enough – we need strong EU climate targets to cut the emissions causing this dangerous heat.

www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social · 3d

10 years of Paris Agreement and - turns out - oil & gas companies ain't changed much...

Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 3d

Oil and gas companies will often claim to be partners in the clean energy transition, when it is politically expedient to do so, but new research finds their actual contributions are marginal:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy

Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...

www.nature.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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BP’s new chair signals more asset sales and demands faster restructuring

“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 3d

Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs

Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.

www.bloomberg.com

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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · 3d

With all of Trump's recent funding cuts for green hydrogen, the always daunting task of competing against China's cleantech juggernaut is looking more challenging for the US industry.

W/ the wonderful @cocojournalist.bsky.social

Gift link below:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s Hydrogen Cuts Put the US Further Behind China on Key Green Tech

China already produces 60% of the world’s electrolyzers, and it continues to provide policy support to bring down the costs of the clean fuel.

www.bloomberg.com

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 3d

Nestle stuck it out less than 2 years with the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, and never actually reported its dairy methane emissions. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

www.commondreams.org

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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 3d

How have I never heard this? I love it

Jason R. Wang @jasonrwang.bsky.social · 3d

My friendly amendment to the fusion joke: Fusion hasn't been 10 years away for the last 100 years – it's always been 8.3 minutes from us! ☀️😎

Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 9d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUh...
This was a fun @energyvsclimate.bsky.social to record, I hope its as fun to watch/listen. A bit different, we cover a bunch of new(ish) energy tech with our hot takes, and end on an important note that part of being an expert is admitting when you just dont know.

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 3d

You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.

@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 4d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks JFred!

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