Nicolas Balcom Raleigh
@spacefire.ca
Academic researcher in the field of Futures Studies, futures literacy specialist, and international consultant. I help groups explore transformation to innovatively address climate change. Photo credits: Skies and Universes- Uuchu (cfca-fig2-full) & Nasa.
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California is rocking renewables hard.🔋🌞 17 GW of battery storage now online — a 13× boom in five years, half of all US BESS capacity. Solar + storage have already erased 37% of fossil gas from the grid and killed the blackout era. This is the future hitting in real time.
latimes.com/environment/st…
latimes.com/environment/st…
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
California is rocking renewables hard.🔋🌞 17 GW of battery storage now online — a 13× boom in five years, half of all US BESS capacity. Solar + storage have already erased 37% of fossil gas from the grid and killed the blackout era. This is the future hitting in real time.
latimes.com/environment/st…
latimes.com/environment/st…
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11/16/1869 — b. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, American physician, #publichealth pioneer, suffrage leader. Key figure in early intl medical care + relief organizing efforts. First president, Medical Women’s Intl Assn(1919-24); wrote “Wmn Doctors of the World” ('57) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
11/16/1869 — b. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, American physician, #publichealth pioneer, suffrage leader. Key figure in early intl medical care + relief organizing efforts. First president, Medical Women’s Intl Assn(1919-24); wrote “Wmn Doctors of the World” ('57) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
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#COP30 is about people and urgent action to improve lives.
In Belém, Brazil, leaders have come together to turn ambition into action, linking climate efforts to people’s lives.
UNEP is at the heart of it all with bold solutions.
See week two updates: www.unep.org/events/confe...
In Belém, Brazil, leaders have come together to turn ambition into action, linking climate efforts to people’s lives.
UNEP is at the heart of it all with bold solutions.
See week two updates: www.unep.org/events/confe...
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#COP30 is about people and urgent action to improve lives.
In Belém, Brazil, leaders have come together to turn ambition into action, linking climate efforts to people’s lives.
UNEP is at the heart of it all with bold solutions.
See week two updates: www.unep.org/events/confe...
In Belém, Brazil, leaders have come together to turn ambition into action, linking climate efforts to people’s lives.
UNEP is at the heart of it all with bold solutions.
See week two updates: www.unep.org/events/confe...
Happy to see @tomsguide.com here in BlueSky. Let’s give this classic tech media outlet a boost in their followers count to make them feel welcome!
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Happy to see @tomsguide.com here in BlueSky. Let’s give this classic tech media outlet a boost in their followers count to make them feel welcome!
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Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 51% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 92% at 01:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 37% of demand. 4% of generation was exported, 16% of demand was met by imports.
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 51% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 92% at 01:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 37% of demand. 4% of generation was exported, 16% of demand was met by imports.
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Olive Dennis: From Ventilation Patents to Reclining Seats - The Invisible Engineering Behind Modern Transportation
voxmeditantis.com/2025/11/10/o...
#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Ergonomics #Railway #Infrastructure
voxmeditantis.com/2025/11/10/o...
#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Ergonomics #Railway #Infrastructure
Olive Dennis: From Ventilation Patents to Reclining Seats – The Invisible Engineering Behind Modern Transportation
A civil engineer who travelled half a million miles observing passenger comfort speaks candidly about designing reclining seats, ventilation systems, and air-conditioned trains – then watchin…
voxmeditantis.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Olive Dennis: From Ventilation Patents to Reclining Seats - The Invisible Engineering Behind Modern Transportation
voxmeditantis.com/2025/11/10/o...
#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Ergonomics #Railway #Infrastructure
voxmeditantis.com/2025/11/10/o...
#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Ergonomics #Railway #Infrastructure
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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Happy birthday to Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867 – 1934, Polish-born, naturalized-French #physicist & #chemist at work in her lab. The contents of her lab glassware in my print appropriately glow-in-the-dark! 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci
Marie Curie was the 1st woman to win a Nobel prize, the only woman to ever win
Marie Curie was the 1st woman to win a Nobel prize, the only woman to ever win
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy birthday to Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867 – 1934, Polish-born, naturalized-French #physicist & #chemist at work in her lab. The contents of her lab glassware in my print appropriately glow-in-the-dark! 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci
Marie Curie was the 1st woman to win a Nobel prize, the only woman to ever win
Marie Curie was the 1st woman to win a Nobel prize, the only woman to ever win
This does not look like intragenerational equity.
“It’s kind of a shocking number."
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This does not look like intragenerational equity.
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🌴 Meet Ruth Spencer, a community advocate from Antigua and Barbuda who is taking action to protect biodiversity! 🌊
In this #IPBESStakeholder Spotlight, Ruth shares how IPBES assessments have opened her eyes and inspired her to make a difference.
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Vw...
In this #IPBESStakeholder Spotlight, Ruth shares how IPBES assessments have opened her eyes and inspired her to make a difference.
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Vw...
IPBES Stakeholder Spotlight - YouTube
IPBES Stakeholder Spotlight Series
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November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🌴 Meet Ruth Spencer, a community advocate from Antigua and Barbuda who is taking action to protect biodiversity! 🌊
In this #IPBESStakeholder Spotlight, Ruth shares how IPBES assessments have opened her eyes and inspired her to make a difference.
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Vw...
In this #IPBESStakeholder Spotlight, Ruth shares how IPBES assessments have opened her eyes and inspired her to make a difference.
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Vw...
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An awesome thing about being a journalist, and not a politician or advocate, is you can say true things even when they’re unpopular. For example, climate change is real, perpetrated by specific actors, harms many people, and should be resolved as fast and thoroughly as possible.
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
An awesome thing about being a journalist, and not a politician or advocate, is you can say true things even when they’re unpopular. For example, climate change is real, perpetrated by specific actors, harms many people, and should be resolved as fast and thoroughly as possible.
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🚨 The Bullard Center’s new report, “Green Light to Pollute in Texas,” shows how the state keeps approving petrochemical projects that harm low-income Black and Brown communities near refineries and plants. #GreenLightToPolluteInTexas
💻 Read full press release at ow.ly/v7py50XniA2
💻 Read full press release at ow.ly/v7py50XniA2
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨 The Bullard Center’s new report, “Green Light to Pollute in Texas,” shows how the state keeps approving petrochemical projects that harm low-income Black and Brown communities near refineries and plants. #GreenLightToPolluteInTexas
💻 Read full press release at ow.ly/v7py50XniA2
💻 Read full press release at ow.ly/v7py50XniA2
Aid to Jamaica. Aid to Cuba. Aid to all island nations impacted by #HurricaneMelissa.
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Aid to Jamaica. Aid to Cuba. Aid to all island nations impacted by #HurricaneMelissa.
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10/28/1816 — b. Mary Frame Thomas, American physician, reformer, suffrage leader, orator. The first woman admitted to the Indiana Medical Society; early female member of the American Medical Association. President of the American Woman Suffrage Assn(1880) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
10/28/1816 — b. Mary Frame Thomas, American physician, reformer, suffrage leader, orator. The first woman admitted to the Indiana Medical Society; early female member of the American Medical Association. President of the American Woman Suffrage Assn(1880) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
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A climate justice disaster is underway in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa moves over the island.
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A climate justice disaster is underway in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa moves over the island.
I can think of several key venues, beyond academic publishers, who could benefit from a systematic approach to verifying all references exist in manuscript translated, generated or 'cleaned up' by an AI/LLM. Good development here to address AI Slop in Research. retractionwatch.com/2025/10/28/c...
Challenge accepted: A reader wrote a program to find fake references in books
Hermann/Pixabay Following our coverage this summer of a book with citations that did not exist, we asked you to send us examples of other books with similar issues. One reader took the request as a…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I can think of several key venues, beyond academic publishers, who could benefit from a systematic approach to verifying all references exist in manuscript translated, generated or 'cleaned up' by an AI/LLM. Good development here to address AI Slop in Research. retractionwatch.com/2025/10/28/c...
Happy 80th birthday to the United Nations. I offer this journal article about the UN and foresight as a birthday card.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy 80th birthday to the United Nations. I offer this journal article about the UN and foresight as a birthday card.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
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Looks like Laura Bush’s 2008 Silver Linden may have survived, but most every green thing in immediate vicinity of the East Wing did not.
September 28, 2008, Lady Laura Bush planted a silver linden tree (#14) just south of the East Garden (Jaqueline Kennedy Garden, #16).
go.nps.gov/BushLinden2008
September 28, 2008, Lady Laura Bush planted a silver linden tree (#14) just south of the East Garden (Jaqueline Kennedy Garden, #16).
go.nps.gov/BushLinden2008
October 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Looks like Laura Bush’s 2008 Silver Linden may have survived, but most every green thing in immediate vicinity of the East Wing did not.
September 28, 2008, Lady Laura Bush planted a silver linden tree (#14) just south of the East Garden (Jaqueline Kennedy Garden, #16).
go.nps.gov/BushLinden2008
September 28, 2008, Lady Laura Bush planted a silver linden tree (#14) just south of the East Garden (Jaqueline Kennedy Garden, #16).
go.nps.gov/BushLinden2008
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We wrote a consensus report on the science of health #misinformation for the APA/CDC
It includes 8 key recommendations to fight the spread of misinformation (eg avoid repeating misinformation, debunking, inoculation, leveraging trusted sources, etc) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
It includes 8 key recommendations to fight the spread of misinformation (eg avoid repeating misinformation, debunking, inoculation, leveraging trusted sources, etc) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We wrote a consensus report on the science of health #misinformation for the APA/CDC
It includes 8 key recommendations to fight the spread of misinformation (eg avoid repeating misinformation, debunking, inoculation, leveraging trusted sources, etc) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
It includes 8 key recommendations to fight the spread of misinformation (eg avoid repeating misinformation, debunking, inoculation, leveraging trusted sources, etc) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Europeans and anyone concerned about the environment will want to follow @eea.europa.eu ! Happy your on Bluesky!
October 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Europeans and anyone concerned about the environment will want to follow @eea.europa.eu ! Happy your on Bluesky!
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🎯 5 key strategies for transformative change: From conserving vital places to shifting values.
Together these create pathways to just and sustainable futures.
IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment: https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
Together these create pathways to just and sustainable futures.
IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment: https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎯 5 key strategies for transformative change: From conserving vital places to shifting values.
Together these create pathways to just and sustainable futures.
IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment: https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
Together these create pathways to just and sustainable futures.
IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment: https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
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"The lawsuit says the band's testing found 'alarming' levels of PFAS in its natural resources, including water in two lakes — Cass Lake and Pike Bay — as well as in fish and deer." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe sues 3M, other companies over 'forever chemicals' contamination
The lawsuit says the band's testing found "alarming" levels of PFAS in lake water, fish and deer on the Leech Lake Reservation. Tribal members depend on hunting, fishing and cultivating wild rice for ...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The lawsuit says the band's testing found 'alarming' levels of PFAS in its natural resources, including water in two lakes — Cass Lake and Pike Bay — as well as in fish and deer." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Cool story on the potential for tribal power utilities. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/16/m...
Minnesota tribal nations have legal sovereignty. They want energy sovereignty. • Minnesota Reformer
The tribes seeking energy sovereignty face a stiff challenge, however, in the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back clean energy progress, as well as the White House’s apparent disregard for In...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cool story on the potential for tribal power utilities. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/16/m...