Zoe Samuel
@zoesamuel.bsky.social
#Climate investor @ starshotcapital.com
Vice chair of board @ workonclimate.org
Built #Google's biggest internal climate group
Brit in Bay Area
#Film & #theater producer
Maker of world class roast potatoes
Opinions expressed here are my own. Slava Ukraini
Vice chair of board @ workonclimate.org
Built #Google's biggest internal climate group
Brit in Bay Area
#Film & #theater producer
Maker of world class roast potatoes
Opinions expressed here are my own. Slava Ukraini
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Zoe Samuel
@zoesamuel.bsky.social
· Nov 20
My goal working in #climate is that on Jan 1st, 2050, my dear friend who - despite many other fine qualities - doesn't believe in #climatechange will turn to me and say, "I told you so. Nothing much happened."
I shall perfect my delivery of, "Yes, dear" as the date approaches.
I shall perfect my delivery of, "Yes, dear" as the date approaches.
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Do not be safe. The poet remembers.
You can kill one, but another is born.
The words are written down, the deed, the date.
And you’d have done better with a winter dawn,
A rope, and a branch bowed beneath your weight.
You can kill one, but another is born.
The words are written down, the deed, the date.
And you’d have done better with a winter dawn,
A rope, and a branch bowed beneath your weight.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Do not be safe. The poet remembers.
You can kill one, but another is born.
The words are written down, the deed, the date.
And you’d have done better with a winter dawn,
A rope, and a branch bowed beneath your weight.
You can kill one, but another is born.
The words are written down, the deed, the date.
And you’d have done better with a winter dawn,
A rope, and a branch bowed beneath your weight.
I am his Highness' dog at Kew
Pray tell me, sir: whose dog are you?
- Alexander Pope, Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness
Pray tell me, sir: whose dog are you?
- Alexander Pope, Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I am his Highness' dog at Kew
Pray tell me, sir: whose dog are you?
- Alexander Pope, Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness
Pray tell me, sir: whose dog are you?
- Alexander Pope, Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
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We could then create dinosaurs out of co2 and complete the circle?
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We could then create dinosaurs out of co2 and complete the circle?
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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Recapturing excess heat could power most of Europe
Experts agree Climate Change is real, it's us, it's bad, but there's hope, because we have the solutions 🔍🛠️⚖️to take #ClimateAction.
www.theguardian.com/environ...
🌎🌍🌏
Recapturing excess heat could power most of Europe
Experts agree Climate Change is real, it's us, it's bad, but there's hope, because we have the solutions 🔍🛠️⚖️to take #ClimateAction.
www.theguardian.com/environ...
🌎🌍🌏
Recapturing excess heat could power most of Europe, say experts
Preventing heat waste largely being ignored as solution to energy crisis, say environmental campaigners
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Recapturing excess heat could power most of Europe
Experts agree Climate Change is real, it's us, it's bad, but there's hope, because we have the solutions 🔍🛠️⚖️to take #ClimateAction.
www.theguardian.com/environ...
🌎🌍🌏
Recapturing excess heat could power most of Europe
Experts agree Climate Change is real, it's us, it's bad, but there's hope, because we have the solutions 🔍🛠️⚖️to take #ClimateAction.
www.theguardian.com/environ...
🌎🌍🌏
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My very dear partner gave me Evans's "The Third Reich in Power: How the Nazis won over the hearts and minds of a nation" as a wedding anniversary present (yes, this was a very romantic gesture!) and I've been reading it a lot recently.
MUCH RECOMMENDED. Very clear parallels to the present.
But!
MUCH RECOMMENDED. Very clear parallels to the present.
But!
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
My very dear partner gave me Evans's "The Third Reich in Power: How the Nazis won over the hearts and minds of a nation" as a wedding anniversary present (yes, this was a very romantic gesture!) and I've been reading it a lot recently.
MUCH RECOMMENDED. Very clear parallels to the present.
But!
MUCH RECOMMENDED. Very clear parallels to the present.
But!
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US solar industry demands end to Department of Interior’s permitting blockade #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
US solar industry demands end to Department of Interior's permitting blockade
A letter organized by the Solar Energy Industries Association and signed by 143 solar companies is heading to the U.S. Senate and the House of
www.solarpowerworldonline.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
US solar industry demands end to Department of Interior’s permitting blockade #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
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Trump wants to kill off renewables. So how’s it going?
He needs them to power AI (below).
Their stocks are out performing the S&P.
Vance is visit renewables companies further boosting stocks.
Follow the money.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
He needs them to power AI (below).
Their stocks are out performing the S&P.
Vance is visit renewables companies further boosting stocks.
Follow the money.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Trump’s AI Push May Hinge on Renewable Energy
President Donald Trump is pro-AI and anti-renewables. But those two stances are increasingly contradictory: Data centers need quick power on the cheap, and that’s exactly what renewables offer.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump wants to kill off renewables. So how’s it going?
He needs them to power AI (below).
Their stocks are out performing the S&P.
Vance is visit renewables companies further boosting stocks.
Follow the money.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
He needs them to power AI (below).
Their stocks are out performing the S&P.
Vance is visit renewables companies further boosting stocks.
Follow the money.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Despite worries about solar under Trump, the sector has not collapsed & prospects look good - hence surge in solar share prices
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Despite worries about solar under Trump, the sector has not collapsed & prospects look good - hence surge in solar share prices
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
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Well, an independent investigation now confirms it: Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots during Signalgate.
Our servicemembers deserve leaders who never put them at unnecessary risk. If Hegseth had a shred of decency, he’d resign.
Our servicemembers deserve leaders who never put them at unnecessary risk. If Hegseth had a shred of decency, he’d resign.
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Well, an independent investigation now confirms it: Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots during Signalgate.
Our servicemembers deserve leaders who never put them at unnecessary risk. If Hegseth had a shred of decency, he’d resign.
Our servicemembers deserve leaders who never put them at unnecessary risk. If Hegseth had a shred of decency, he’d resign.
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Warner: "An objective, evidence-based investigation by the Pentagon’s internal watchdog leaves no doubt: Secretary Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Warner: "An objective, evidence-based investigation by the Pentagon’s internal watchdog leaves no doubt: Secretary Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
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For decades, London lagged behind its European peers in making cycling a safe, attractive, and mainstream mode of transport. But a remarkable shift is now underway. From Camden to Croydon, the capital is finally shedding its car-centric reputation and embracing pedal power at an unprecedented pace.🔚
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For decades, London lagged behind its European peers in making cycling a safe, attractive, and mainstream mode of transport. But a remarkable shift is now underway. From Camden to Croydon, the capital is finally shedding its car-centric reputation and embracing pedal power at an unprecedented pace.🔚
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London is fast becoming a cycling city. As each new piece in the network appears—which has more than quadrupled from 90 to 431 km since 2016—so do new cyclists. Its infrastructure now sees a stunning 1.5 million daily users—a 43% spike since 2019—moving nearly half as many people as the Tube below.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
London is fast becoming a cycling city. As each new piece in the network appears—which has more than quadrupled from 90 to 431 km since 2016—so do new cyclists. Its infrastructure now sees a stunning 1.5 million daily users—a 43% spike since 2019—moving nearly half as many people as the Tube below.🧵
Fun fact: we're losing about 270 Americans a day to the impacts of inhaling particulate matter from the burning of fossil fuels.
But then, the "right" people are getting rich off that, so it's not a real problem.
But then, the "right" people are getting rich off that, so it's not a real problem.
Sen. Roger Marshall defends Hegseth: "Look, we're losing 200 Americans every day to drug poisoning from these drug lords. This is a war. And it's ugly. War is never pretty ... that strike probably saved thousands of American lives."
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Fun fact: we're losing about 270 Americans a day to the impacts of inhaling particulate matter from the burning of fossil fuels.
But then, the "right" people are getting rich off that, so it's not a real problem.
But then, the "right" people are getting rich off that, so it's not a real problem.
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This needs to be done 👇🏻.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This needs to be done 👇🏻.
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For additional context here, these are the relative turnout levels of each of the congressional special elections we've had this year
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
For additional context here, these are the relative turnout levels of each of the congressional special elections we've had this year
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
This race got super nationalized - relative turnout ended up being huge
But to me, that makes this the most encouraging special for Ds so far
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Looks like TN-07 will end up around R+8, or a 13-point shift toward the Democrats from 2024.
What should worry Rs is that this one is hard to dismiss as a special election. It ended up nationalized, and turnout will be ~95% of 2022. It looked like a midterm general electorate.
What should worry Rs is that this one is hard to dismiss as a special election. It ended up nationalized, and turnout will be ~95% of 2022. It looked like a midterm general electorate.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Looks like TN-07 will end up around R+8, or a 13-point shift toward the Democrats from 2024.
What should worry Rs is that this one is hard to dismiss as a special election. It ended up nationalized, and turnout will be ~95% of 2022. It looked like a midterm general electorate.
What should worry Rs is that this one is hard to dismiss as a special election. It ended up nationalized, and turnout will be ~95% of 2022. It looked like a midterm general electorate.
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Shouldn't have tried to abolish NAP
When the laws are sunsetting; but the brain is sundowning
Putting the fat in fatigue
Make America groggy again
When you think you've got a problem with narcoterrorists, but it's really just narcolepsy
When the laws are sunsetting; but the brain is sundowning
Putting the fat in fatigue
Make America groggy again
When you think you've got a problem with narcoterrorists, but it's really just narcolepsy
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Shouldn't have tried to abolish NAP
When the laws are sunsetting; but the brain is sundowning
Putting the fat in fatigue
Make America groggy again
When you think you've got a problem with narcoterrorists, but it's really just narcolepsy
When the laws are sunsetting; but the brain is sundowning
Putting the fat in fatigue
Make America groggy again
When you think you've got a problem with narcoterrorists, but it's really just narcolepsy
My dog has learned what the "hang up" bloop sound from Google Meet means and wakes up all "Attention plz" when he hears it.
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My dog has learned what the "hang up" bloop sound from Google Meet means and wakes up all "Attention plz" when he hears it.
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
I sat next to my MIL while she took the MOCA cognitive test.
It is indeed very hard, if you can't identify a picture of a rhino, draw a clock face, or calculate 93 minus 7.
It is indeed very hard, if you can't identify a picture of a rhino, draw a clock face, or calculate 93 minus 7.
Trump: "I took my physical. I got all As. Everything. But they said to me, 'would you like to take a cognitive test?' I said, 'Is it hard?' They said, 'yes.' I said, 'Well, I'm a very smart person. Who was the last president to take one?' 'No president has ever agreed to take one' ... I aced it."
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I sat next to my MIL while she took the MOCA cognitive test.
It is indeed very hard, if you can't identify a picture of a rhino, draw a clock face, or calculate 93 minus 7.
It is indeed very hard, if you can't identify a picture of a rhino, draw a clock face, or calculate 93 minus 7.
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People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.
Anyway, about China ...
Anyway, about China ...
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.
Anyway, about China ...
Anyway, about China ...
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!