Marshall Kirkpatrick

'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.

Grok spews more and more pollutants, including greenhouse gasses, from turbines on mobile trailers for a project called Collosus, into an area with 10 schools within 2 miles, and officials just say "if the generators are on wheels, they don't count." floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

Agreed in as much as disaster mitigation will require the speed and scale that profit motive drives. But a two speed strategy that also advances deeper slower post-capitalist connections to nature seems essential as well

Daria Egereva | Indigenous Activist Learn about Daria Egereva, a Russian Indigenous activist imprisoned by Putin's regime for defending Indigenous rights, and how you can support her case.

Putin's government has arrested and is holding a widely-supported Indigenous climate leader www.daria-egereva.org

*surely* Trump will say “sorry, I stopped short of watching the last 3 seconds of that video I shared. They were beside the point, but I’ve taken it down.” lol no. Probably a one-man honeypot by Russian intel though, right?

Accountability for ICE and CBP However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

A Customs and Border Patrol agent has been arrested on average once every 24-36 hours every day FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS?! www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

Don’t forget feeling good about yourself for the first time because you feel wealthy! That’s a real winner

This comes up because yesterday he was caught uploading sensitive government documents to ChatGPT, against the rules. techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/t...

Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation. At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.

The acting head of US cybersecurity failed a polygraph test required to view sensitive information? And his response was to fire 6 people he said tricked him into doing it? Bonkers story just before Christmas last year www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

AI & energy? Nuanced take from climate expert Katherine Hayhoe. Largely: how does the energy get produced?" There is of course water too. I heard someone recently say the question isn’t whether AI uses energy; it’s whether AI *pays the full cost* of the energy system it demands. (or externalizes it)

DHS Sets the Record Straight: ICE Does Not Raid Schools | Homeland Security After media force-feeding the public stories about parents and children being scared to return to school, DHS is setting the record straight: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does NOT ra...

DHS in Sept: "ICE does not raid schools" www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

We are like a mollusk heart, you and I! :)

And if you can’t say that about damn near everything over the last 50 years…well, you can. Imagine if we started living that way! In truth I think we are. Just with authoritarian backlash. Reasserting rule of law is not the only solution. Open distributed systems are widespread in nature.

I just walked into a science library, grabbed a Journal of Mollusk Studies volume from 1976, took a photo of 1st page, asked Claude what’s changed since then & what it means: better instruments & humility taught us that open “primitive” systems were just differently optimized & have much to teach.

/r/Conservative is really interesting right now. Really seems like a lot of people in good faith incapable of comprehending anti-ICE protests. Just sure it’s a conspiracy of illegitimate complaints. Remarkable bifurcation of perspectives in this country.

If you're looking for a good "oh shit" number visualized well, I present the number of billion dollar "natural disasters" in the US since 1980. Trump canceled the government's counting of these, but they are maintained now here www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

Global Leader in Regenerative Intelligence Education & Advisory RegenIntel is a leading global educational program and advisory empowering individuals and organizations to implement regenerative climate solutions and preparing them for the regenerative economy.

This might be a silly thing to be striking me as notable, given that one of my primary collaborations is with regenintel.earth but the fact is that mental model needed explicit updating! So there you go. Thanks for reading.

Small mental adjustment, sharing out loud: we all say there’s climate change mitigation & there’s adaptation (to climate change) - both are needed.

But within mitigation, there are both emissions reductions and enhancement of GHG absorbing sinks. Both are important! Morning thought after reading.

22 years ago tonight, my partner and I went on our first date! Happy to report we’re doing better than ever these days.

Why so many young people in China are hugging trees In Beijing, while many of the ancient trees are fenced in by the local government to protect them from damage, the newer ones are still available for people to touch and gather around.

Possibly the most wonderfulest thing I have read in a long time!! theconversation.com/why-so-many-...

On the power of writing down what you're sensing: Mary Greer says “the important thing is to express and objectify your intuitive awareness so that by becoming aware of your behavior patterns you will be free to change them.”

People older than me I don't want to email saying "I hope you're well." Because no shame if and when they're not. You're 70, 80 years old? I'll just say "it's nice to be thinking of you" as my sign off. Cheers, Marshall

Marshall Kirkpatrick's AI Toolkit for 2026 Marshall Kirkpatrick spots what's next before others see it—then builds systems to replicate that advantage. Free live workshop Dec 19th + recorded.

I’m showing off 3 new tools I’ve made for information synthesis next Friday. We’re almost at 100 registrants and I’d love for you to join us. marshallk.com/ai-2026.html

The Blogosphere Blossoms in 2003 As RSS Readers Catch On In 2003, the read/write web becomes a reality when blog software enables anyone to write to the web. Meanwhile, RSS Readers like NetNewsWire and Bloglines bring distribution to the blogosphere.

In the final part of my 5-part series on the history of blogging and RSS, we come to 2003: when RSS Readers like NetNewsWire and Bloglines burst onto the scene, Google buys Blogger, WordPress debuts, and 16-year old Aaron Swartz live-blogs a Dave Winer keynote. cybercultural.com/p/blogospher...

Will refer to all dickheads I come across from now on as "lacking experience selling to the enterprise."

Marshall Kirkpatrick's AI Toolkit for 2026 Marshall Kirkpatrick spots what's next before others see it—then builds systems to replicate that advantage. Free live workshop Dec 19th + recorded.

I’m showing off 3 new tools I’ve made for information synthesis next Friday. We’re almost at 100 registrants and I’d love for you to join us. marshallk.com/ai-2026.html

Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator - Carbon Brief A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to the National Energy System Operator

I used to think if I just gave people the right information, everyone would make a good choice & change. (Really, I did!) But now I figure good info is at best “necessary but not sufficient.” Some great info, though: UK says net-zero is now the cheapest path fwd! www.carbonbrief.org/net-zero-sce...

Wow, OpenAI is entertaining a $1B investment from Disney and Disney is like "well, we have $5B in the bank, but ok..." So says The Information's newsletter.

To be a hawk and to be yelled at all day by crows. What a life!

Marshall Kirkpatrick's AI Toolkit for 2026 Marshall Kirkpatrick spots what's next before others see it—then builds systems to replicate that advantage. Free live workshop Dec 19th + recorded.

Researchers, leaders, sales people, and activists: Would you like to see opportunities before others do, evaluate them faster, and act more effectively? Come check out 3 new tools for that: marshallk.com/ai-2026.html

I take notes because I love the richness of compounded learning, across multiple contexts, validating my post self’s judgment, as a gift to my present and future self.