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"It is not that I take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to…the philosophy and practice of fascism."
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley, 22 January 1962
lettersofnote.com/2016/02/02/e...
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley, 22 January 1962
lettersofnote.com/2016/02/02/e...
February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"It is not that I take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to…the philosophy and practice of fascism."
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley, 22 January 1962
lettersofnote.com/2016/02/02/e...
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley, 22 January 1962
lettersofnote.com/2016/02/02/e...
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Lots of people out there saying, "at least by fucking everything up they're showing how incompetent they are, which will turn voters against them."
I just wonder where in the world people get this hope. America made it all the way through the election in near-total ignorance. Why would that change?
I just wonder where in the world people get this hope. America made it all the way through the election in near-total ignorance. Why would that change?
February 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lots of people out there saying, "at least by fucking everything up they're showing how incompetent they are, which will turn voters against them."
I just wonder where in the world people get this hope. America made it all the way through the election in near-total ignorance. Why would that change?
I just wonder where in the world people get this hope. America made it all the way through the election in near-total ignorance. Why would that change?
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IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026.
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
Finland is building a giant heat pump to cut CO2 from warming homes
The heat pump will be part of a plant that will warm around 30,000 homes in Finland’s capital city.
www.euronews.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:09 AM
IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026.
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
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I could watch this all day
Look at this terrifying scene: happy, healthy animals running through co-located wind and solar energy farm cranking out clean energy in a grassy field.
I can see now why people would rather have a field of oil pumps and pipelines instead 🤦♂️
#energysky #🔋 #⚡️job
I can see now why people would rather have a field of oil pumps and pipelines instead 🤦♂️
#energysky #🔋 #⚡️job
December 8, 2024 at 4:46 AM
I could watch this all day
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Well, well, well.
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
Baseload power generators not needed to guarantee supply, say science and engineering academies
Group of science and engineering academies agree that baseload power plants not required to support a renewables dominated grid, and are likely to make it more expensive.
reneweconomy.com.au
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Well, well, well.
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
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Not much dancing since 🤷🏻♂️
Donald Trump shouts out Nick Bosa on social media after 49ers star does presumed 'Trump dance'
Donald Trump shouts out Nick Bosa on social media after 49ers star does presumed 'Trump dance'
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KRON) -- Nick Bosa and his 49ers teammates broke out in dance after the star pass rusher sacked Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game. Many speculated that the staunch Donald Trump supporter was imitating the president elect's now-famous dance move. The sack and dance earned [...]
www.kron4.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Not much dancing since 🤷🏻♂️
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Pretty well sums it up.
November 26, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Pretty well sums it up.
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Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
Critics of renewables often say that we cannot possibly replace the vast amount of fossil fuel we currently use with clean energy.
The good news is that we don’t have to. My article in Medium explains why.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
Critics of renewables often say that we cannot possibly replace the vast amount of fossil fuel we currently use with clean energy.
The good news is that we don’t have to. My article in Medium explains why.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
Whenever I post something on renewable energy on social media it never takes long for negative comments to arrive in my feed. One type of…
medium.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
Critics of renewables often say that we cannot possibly replace the vast amount of fossil fuel we currently use with clean energy.
The good news is that we don’t have to. My article in Medium explains why.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
Critics of renewables often say that we cannot possibly replace the vast amount of fossil fuel we currently use with clean energy.
The good news is that we don’t have to. My article in Medium explains why.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
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2024 will almost certainly set another new record for the highest global annual average temperature since instrumental measurements began.
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
November 22, 2024 at 11:09 AM
2024 will almost certainly set another new record for the highest global annual average temperature since instrumental measurements began.
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
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"Who keeps doing this to us," ask the rural voters who keep doing this to themselves
President-elect Trump won landslide support in much of farm country, but his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his plan for a tariff fight with China alarms many farmers and agriculture experts.
Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs
President-elect Trump won landslide support in much of farm country, but his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his plan for a tariff fight with China alarms many farmers and agriculture experts.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:16 AM
"Who keeps doing this to us," ask the rural voters who keep doing this to themselves
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NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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Oh look at that, Comcast announced they're spinning off cable news including MSNBC and CNBC. It's not about business, it's about eliminating their political liability for owning MSNBC. I wouldn't be surprised if they're shut down by the end of next year. finance.yahoo.com/news/comcast...
Comcast considers spinning off cable networks 'to play some offense' amid industry turmoil
Comcast is exploring spinning off its cable networks into a separate company.
finance.yahoo.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Oh look at that, Comcast announced they're spinning off cable news including MSNBC and CNBC. It's not about business, it's about eliminating their political liability for owning MSNBC. I wouldn't be surprised if they're shut down by the end of next year. finance.yahoo.com/news/comcast...
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"The fall of America as a solar superpower is a tragedy of errors where myopic corporate leadership, timid financing, oligopolistic complacency and policy chaos allowed the US and Europe to neglect their own clean-tech industries." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
How the US Lost the Solar Power Race to China
Bloomberg Opinion’s climate columnist visited Michigan, the former heart of the solar industry, and China to learn how good, old-fashioned capitalism won out.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:33 PM
"The fall of America as a solar superpower is a tragedy of errors where myopic corporate leadership, timid financing, oligopolistic complacency and policy chaos allowed the US and Europe to neglect their own clean-tech industries." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Cold climate heat pumps have arrived.
Even down to -25C some models still deliver heat with an efficiency superior to fossil fuel heating systems.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Even down to -25C some models still deliver heat with an efficiency superior to fossil fuel heating systems.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Heat pumps used to struggle in the cold. Not anymore.
Some cold climate heat pumps can be more than 100 percent efficient even in subzero temperatures.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Cold climate heat pumps have arrived.
Even down to -25C some models still deliver heat with an efficiency superior to fossil fuel heating systems.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Even down to -25C some models still deliver heat with an efficiency superior to fossil fuel heating systems.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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The Walton Lighthouse at the Santa Cruz Harbor during Golden Hour
November 16, 2024 at 4:06 AM
The Walton Lighthouse at the Santa Cruz Harbor during Golden Hour
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Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. And the whole idea was that this time he had a plan.
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
Decapitation Strike
Preserving America from Trump's Appointments
snyder.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. And the whole idea was that this time he had a plan.
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
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The primary energy fallacy is the idea that all primary energy from fossil fuels must be replaced with an equivalent amount of clean energy.
BUT: This is not necessary because conversion losses do not need to be replaced. More than 2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.
BUT: This is not necessary because conversion losses do not need to be replaced. More than 2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.
November 15, 2024 at 7:10 PM
The primary energy fallacy is the idea that all primary energy from fossil fuels must be replaced with an equivalent amount of clean energy.
BUT: This is not necessary because conversion losses do not need to be replaced. More than 2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.
BUT: This is not necessary because conversion losses do not need to be replaced. More than 2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.
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"liberals struggle with the overwhelming volume of questions to be asked, answers to be offered... A fascist just has to be a storyteller. Because for fascists words do not attach to meanings, the stories don’t need... to accord with external reality."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:13 PM
"liberals struggle with the overwhelming volume of questions to be asked, answers to be offered... A fascist just has to be a storyteller. Because for fascists words do not attach to meanings, the stories don’t need... to accord with external reality."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...
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1. “Land for peace” sounds nice, but the president of Russia isn’t fighting for land. Putin is fighting to destroy Ukraine as a nation. When the next U.S. president takes office he will therefore face the same choices : help Putin win, or help him lose.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Biden Doesn’t Have Long to Make a Difference in Ukraine
The Ukrainians need the resources to fight, and time is running short.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM
1. “Land for peace” sounds nice, but the president of Russia isn’t fighting for land. Putin is fighting to destroy Ukraine as a nation. When the next U.S. president takes office he will therefore face the same choices : help Putin win, or help him lose.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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We’re about to find out whether there are any patriots among Republican Senators, or whether they’ll make excuses for the foreign-backed demolition of our Republic that is now plainly underway.
November 13, 2024 at 11:01 PM
We’re about to find out whether there are any patriots among Republican Senators, or whether they’ll make excuses for the foreign-backed demolition of our Republic that is now plainly underway.