Wolfgang Blau

wie immer. Ist ja auch korrekt. Und dann nicht mehr.

Strike on Iranian primary school kills 148, authorities say Girls’ education facility hit as US and Israel launch joint military operation

The death of possibly more than 100 little girls in a primary school. How is that not a central news story today across all serious outlets?
And thank you, FT, for being one of only a few newsrooms driving attention to what happened there.
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Making Sense of Iran War Thinking Live conversation with military historian Phillips O'Brien

This is insightful:

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X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.”

From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

Mayor of New York City:

The Olympic Games on Instagram: "So much to learn from @eileengu ❤️👏 You made your younger self, and countless people around the world, proud! Thank you, Eileen! For us, that’s GOLD. 🥇 #Olympics #Wi... 251K likes, 1,943 comments - olympics on February 27, 2026: "So much to learn from @eileengu ❤️👏 You made your younger self, and countless people around the world, proud! Thank you, Eileen! For us, t...

The ways in which she talks about our brain’s neuro-plasticity is so inspiring:
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your bot is currently useless. Can you please change it so it doesn’t confuse people with ‘yester-news’? Thx.

According to the German gov spokesman Kornelius, the German government was only informed this morning about the US intent to attack Iran.

Energy demand from AI – Energy and AI – Analysis - IEA Energy and AI - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

Source IEA: www.iea.org/reports/ener...

Power failure could undermine America’s AI ambitions Spiralling electricity demand threatens to hold the US back in its technological race with China

Yes, global electricity consumption by data centres may double by 2030. I wish the FT had added some more proportionality from the same IEA report: “However, in the wider context, a 3% share in 2030 means the data centre share in global electricity demand remains limited.”
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Judge Approves $345 Million Verdict Against Greenpeace in Pipeline Suit

Breaking: A North Dakota judge finalized the $345 million verdict against Greenpeace in lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer over DAPL protests www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c...

= massive improvement in global quality of life. Nobody wants to hear what you did today

E&E News: Texas approves data center behemoth’s massive gas power play Fermi’s Project Matador would be larger than any U.S. fossil fuel plant, with the capacity for powering 1.2 million homes on the main Texas grid.

Texas is no model for the energy transition, part 20 million.

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…a plug-in to cut the intro banter out of every podcast

Stefan Zweig in „The World of Yesterday“, 1941:
„Once I tried to shape it, I didn‘t quite suffer as much anymore from the tragedy of our time“.
Reminds me of a golden rule of climate communication: try to convey the urgency with agency. Agency as a coping mechanism.

Climate coverage is shrinking. We're expanding it. Announcing a new weekly video podcast!

Remember when CBS News laid off its whole climate reporting team last fall?

Good news: I've scooped up their former senior climate producer, and now she's making a podcast with me.

Sucks to suck, David Ellison!

Listen/watch/subscribe here:

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.

i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts

Video: Why U.S. Allies Are Lining Up to Meet China Amid trade disputes with President Trump, leaders of major U.S. allies have been visiting China. Our foreign correspondent David Pierson describes what’s going on.

Insightful, by the NYT:
„Why U.S. Allies Are Lining Up to Meet China“
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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

Wall Street Journal: „Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in.“

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Come!

A comprehensive review/expert statement on environmental risk factors of cardiovascular disease Abstract. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality globally, with over 20 million deaths each year. While traditional risk factors—su

This recent review paper blew my mind. It builds so nicely on a point that I've been screaming from the roof top for years: Fossil fuel pollution is the leading cause of avoidable morbidity and mortality in the world today, and it places an enormous burden on the economy of every nation as a result.

I keep thinking about that ‚climate leader‘ who had to ‚follow the market‘ and now ‚does drone warfare‘.

what a great idea!

Since Brexit, being German in the UK has been a professional disadvantage.
Since about six months, though, I have noticed many subtle changes that tell me the tide is turning.
I love the UK and love living here. But this has been a long valley.

Ukraine is showing why electrification is key to Europe’s energy security At this year’s Munich Security Conference, leaders repeatedly warned that a new era of geopolitical instability is reshaping global security. Energy was central to that discussion, with governments em...

Even if global warming was not such a pressing issue, renewables are not only more affordable and less price-volatile than single-use fossile fuels, they also increase a country’s resilience in armed conflict.
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Trump‘s ‚clean coal‘ is Germany‘s ‚green oil‘.
Neither exists. Neither are needed. Both are meant as distractions and cost us precious time.

The End of Baseload Power as We Know It | OilPrice.com China and France are retrofitting coal and nuclear plants to operate more intermittently, reflecting how growing renewable penetration is reshaping traditional base-load generation economics.

„To us, fossil plants built in the next few years are like new telegraph offices opened after 1960.“

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