Bryan McAvoy

A bit off topic, but is The Guardian okay? I mean going forward?

Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.

South Fork Wind had a capacity factor of 52% last month - on par w/ NY state's most efficient gas plants

And Vineyard Wind had a 75% capacity factor during Winter Storm Fern

The data doesn't lie. #OffshoreWind works - especially during cold winter months

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Dumb guy question. But hyperscaler capex means spending directly related to data centers for AI?

The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering

The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

Credit: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's giant slalom race, jumps in celebration on the podium flanked by second placed Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, left, and third placed Switzerland's Loic Meillard, at the 2026 Winter Olympics.(AP)

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

Lol!

It turns out that we already have long duration energy storage. We just have to build enough battery capacity to meet demand over longer periods. Divide MWh by MW and that gives you the duration. 1,000 MWh of battery storage can either be used up in 2 hrs (500 MW power) or 20 hours (50 MW of power).

For reference, the ISO-NE record peak is just over 28MW, though that may move to the winter and also triple.

This is enormous.

Trump: The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple — They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired. I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future. There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not! Also, the People of our Country are insisting on Citizenship, and No Mail-In Ballots, with exceptions for Military, Disability, Illness, or Travel. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 465 ReTruths 1.28k Likes 2/13/26, 1:35 PM

“There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!”

While I'm not happy about any of this, you've got to respect the cage. Phew!

I think Bubblegum Crisis? It's been a while

Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days.

Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.

National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.

NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.

Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.

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Air Canada suspends Cuba flights as island set to run out of jet fuel Air Canada said on Monday it is suspending flights to Cuba, which warned it was running out of jet fuel, as the U.S. tightens its grip on the communist-run nation's oil supply by blocking shipments fr...

The whole world is about to watch as a country of people get forced into starvation for no reason

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Moon is harsh mistress

Your reminder that corporate America lobbied hard for this. Including all the airlines, all the chain hair salons, telecoms...

That is so cool, it's basically not even fair (:

I hate myself for taking this from an AI summary, but it's basically what I remember: "In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty argues that historically, the extreme concentration of wealth was only destroyed by violent, extraordinary shocks like the World Wars and the Great Depression

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

Poland’s inaugural offshore wind project, the 1.2 GW Baltic Power farm, slated for 2026 startup Poland's first offshore wind project, the 1.2 GW Baltic Power farm, is progressing on schedule and is slated for a 2026 startup, boosting the region's energy.

Pretty awful. But at least they've got their first offshore wind farm just about up and running (I think). Go Poles! energiesmedia.com/polands-offs...

Thanks for the reminder to mute "super bowl" for about 24 hours

I guess this is my way of saying happy sportsball day!

If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.

I know a couple younger folk who do, er, viking cosplay? I went to one of their weddings and it was a blast. Mead, a blacksmith, mead, alarming weapons, mead, and weirdly they were almost all liberal.

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

There's a reason the Smurfs never became the dominant species on the planet

It looks jaunty

These posts are basically my daily affirmation