Jennifer Karppinen
@atlsky.bsky.social
Exploring emerging technology and trends. Powered by clean energy. Easily distracted by economics and cats.
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
Way to lead @ncstate.bsky.social
A warm and fuzzy experiment is happening at N.C. State — the warm being solar panels, and the fuzzy being sheep who graze underneath them.
North Carolina training site pairs sheep grazing with solar
A state university just opened a unique agrivoltaics demo site where sheep farmers and solar developers will learn what it takes to share land.
www.canarymedia.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Way to lead @ncstate.bsky.social
Politico’s Power Switch newsletter really puts the current situation in perspective. A fracking sector struggling to deal with its very real, growing waste stream while the wind sector continues to fight against unhinged attacks.
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Politico’s Power Switch newsletter really puts the current situation in perspective. A fracking sector struggling to deal with its very real, growing waste stream while the wind sector continues to fight against unhinged attacks.
WoodMac: Solar accounted for 58% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the US grid through 3Q 2025, with more than 30 GW installed.
When you add storage, the combination accounted for 85% of new capacity in 3Q 2025.
When you add storage, the combination accounted for 85% of new capacity in 3Q 2025.
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
WoodMac: Solar accounted for 58% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the US grid through 3Q 2025, with more than 30 GW installed.
When you add storage, the combination accounted for 85% of new capacity in 3Q 2025.
When you add storage, the combination accounted for 85% of new capacity in 3Q 2025.
Why does this seem more like a @theonion.com headline?
Trump pardons trail runner convicted after taking shortcut during record run
Trump pardons trail runner convicted after taking shortcut during record run
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Michelino Sunseri briefly ran on closed trail
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Runner received widespread support on social media
Donald Trump has pardoned a trail runner who briefly took a closed trail on his way to a record time on the tallest peak in the Teton Range of western Wyoming.
The pardon for Michelino Sunseri, unlike recent ones for Trump allies, appeared apolitical. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Why does this seem more like a @theonion.com headline?
@ossoff.bsky.social Please vote no. This is a bad deal for Georgians.
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
@ossoff.bsky.social Please vote no. This is a bad deal for Georgians.
“[T]he unheard of cruelties of the enemy have so effectually unified us that I believe there are not four persons now in Portsmouth who do not [oppose] the Tyranny of Great Britain.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-17...
October 17, 2025 (Friday)
On the morning of October 18, 1775, a small fleet of Royal Navy vessels opened fire on the seaport town that is now known as Portland, Maine.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“[T]he unheard of cruelties of the enemy have so effectually unified us that I believe there are not four persons now in Portsmouth who do not [oppose] the Tyranny of Great Britain.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-17...
Living in a large residential building, we get lots of flower deliveries. This one, combined with the cooler mornings this week, makes me feel like fall might finally be a reality for Atlanta.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Living in a large residential building, we get lots of flower deliveries. This one, combined with the cooler mornings this week, makes me feel like fall might finally be a reality for Atlanta.
#SistersInLaw really should create some Andy Dod themed merch 🤣 @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social @barbmcquade.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#SistersInLaw really should create some Andy Dod themed merch 🤣 @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social @barbmcquade.bsky.social
Private credit imploding inside First Brands and OpenAI continuing its chip deals. Our financial markets seem just fine.
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Private credit imploding inside First Brands and OpenAI continuing its chip deals. Our financial markets seem just fine.
“A society grounded in fiction, rather than reality, cannot function.”
@hcrichardson.bsky.social reminds us that societal changes shift the values we want to commemorate. Our commitment to understanding the truth of our history should not. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social reminds us that societal changes shift the values we want to commemorate. Our commitment to understanding the truth of our history should not. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12...
October 12, 2025
On October 9, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“A society grounded in fiction, rather than reality, cannot function.”
@hcrichardson.bsky.social reminds us that societal changes shift the values we want to commemorate. Our commitment to understanding the truth of our history should not. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social reminds us that societal changes shift the values we want to commemorate. Our commitment to understanding the truth of our history should not. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12...
“Everybody understands you can't make a living farming”: A fifth-generation farmer and Virginia county supervisor surprises neighbors by cutting a deal to sell the family farm to a data center developer. (Fauquier Times)
@profgalloway.com
@profgalloway.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Everybody understands you can't make a living farming”: A fifth-generation farmer and Virginia county supervisor surprises neighbors by cutting a deal to sell the family farm to a data center developer. (Fauquier Times)
@profgalloway.com
@profgalloway.com
That’s a really bad bubble to burst x.com/kevrgordon/s...
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
That’s a really bad bubble to burst x.com/kevrgordon/s...
There’s a cruel irony that not moving fast enough to counter climate change could make some renewable energy sources less viable.
“The Citigroup analysts see ‘potential signs of climate change’ as among the causes of the decline in output.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
“The Citigroup analysts see ‘potential signs of climate change’ as among the causes of the decline in output.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Citigroup sees UK clean energy sector suffering from falling wind speeds
Analysts collected data on historic speeds from 170 wind stations across the U.K. and found wind has been “on a declining trend.”
subscriber.politicopro.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There’s a cruel irony that not moving fast enough to counter climate change could make some renewable energy sources less viable.
“The Citigroup analysts see ‘potential signs of climate change’ as among the causes of the decline in output.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
“The Citigroup analysts see ‘potential signs of climate change’ as among the causes of the decline in output.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Any long-term focus that we have built up is being dismantled by the Trump administration. The US is becoming ill-prepared to face national security challenges, and this isn’t a capability that we can swiftly build back. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Any long-term focus that we have built up is being dismantled by the Trump administration. The US is becoming ill-prepared to face national security challenges, and this isn’t a capability that we can swiftly build back. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. — Cornel West
September 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. — Cornel West
Not dystopian at all. How long before they arm the drones too? www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
Shoplifters could soon be chased down by drones
Flock Safety is pitching its police-style drone program to private businesses. It could bring aerial surveillance to shopping centers, warehouses, and hospitals.
www.technologyreview.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Not dystopian at all. How long before they arm the drones too? www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
Proud to be represented by @ossoff.senate.gov and @warnock.senate.gov
Ossoff: "There's a deeper story here about corruption in politics which is something Dems need to focus on. Trump is a symptom of deeper corruption. How is that we have a demagogue who promises to tear it all down elected twice? It's in part because much of the public has lost faith in our system."
September 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Proud to be represented by @ossoff.senate.gov and @warnock.senate.gov
Not sure many realize coal doesn’t combust completely, leaving a toxic ash behind. With the current administration weakening regulation around coal ash and pollution from coal plants in general, expect to hear more contamination stories. www.al.com/news/mobile/...
Arsenic, cadmium leaks from coal ash in coastal Alabama rival 2008 disaster, study says
A new study of the Mobile River finds heavy metal contamination even at levels above that seen after the 2008 Kingston coal ash spill.
www.al.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Not sure many realize coal doesn’t combust completely, leaving a toxic ash behind. With the current administration weakening regulation around coal ash and pollution from coal plants in general, expect to hear more contamination stories. www.al.com/news/mobile/...
Washington’s tariffs on aluminum imports will not incentivize Alcoa to invest in the US — the metals producer’s largest market — even as the company pulls back from expansion in Canada, among its biggest production sites, the company’s chief executive said in an interview. @semafor.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Washington’s tariffs on aluminum imports will not incentivize Alcoa to invest in the US — the metals producer’s largest market — even as the company pulls back from expansion in Canada, among its biggest production sites, the company’s chief executive said in an interview. @semafor.com
The canary in the data center (Ian Frisch, Dealbook)
September 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The canary in the data center (Ian Frisch, Dealbook)
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell
h/t Robert Glazer
h/t Robert Glazer
September 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell
h/t Robert Glazer
h/t Robert Glazer
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AI for geothermal startup @zanskargeothermal.bsky.social just located a historically large, untapped reservoir that it says will help put greenfield geo exploration and discovery back on the agenda
This AI for Geothermal Startup Just Announced Its Biggest Find Yet
Zanskar’s second geothermal discovery is its first on untapped ground.
heatmap.news
September 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
AI for geothermal startup @zanskargeothermal.bsky.social just located a historically large, untapped reservoir that it says will help put greenfield geo exploration and discovery back on the agenda
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The Sunbed King stifles a yawn at Chequers while Keir twitches at the press | John Crace
The Sunbed King stifles a yawn at Chequers while Keir twitches at the press | John Crace
Trump was in his own Truman show, everyone else satellites to his ego – even the PM, who was just another beta male
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Sunbed King stifles a yawn at Chequers while Keir twitches at the press | John Crace