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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller

@byzantienne.bsky.social

speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (New Mexico, all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true). unfortunately, I care about power lines now she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.

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In my personal capacity (not an organizational endorsement of any kind) - I think Representative McQueen will be a magnificent Land Commissioner for New Mexico, and am planning to vote for him myself.

02.03.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
You go to the governor, and you say, β€˜Hey, Governor, you have this problem. Utilities want business as usual. The innovators want to deploy their innovations. What is your opinion on how we get through this?’ And she’s like, β€˜I don’t have any expertise in this area. Don’t make me make the decision.’ And you’re like, β€˜Great, you’ve got Doreen Harris that runs nyserda. Why don’t you outsource it to her? She’s super smart.’ And Doreen is like, β€˜We do research and development. We don’t want to make those decisions at nyserda.’ And then you’ve got Rory Christian running the Public Service Commission. And Rory is like, β€˜I don’t want to make that decision either. I’m going to relegate it to the staff of the New York Public Service Commission. New York Public Service Commission’s like, β€˜Well, we think everything should go much more slowly.’

You go to the governor, and you say, β€˜Hey, Governor, you have this problem. Utilities want business as usual. The innovators want to deploy their innovations. What is your opinion on how we get through this?’ And she’s like, β€˜I don’t have any expertise in this area. Don’t make me make the decision.’ And you’re like, β€˜Great, you’ve got Doreen Harris that runs nyserda. Why don’t you outsource it to her? She’s super smart.’ And Doreen is like, β€˜We do research and development. We don’t want to make those decisions at nyserda.’ And then you’ve got Rory Christian running the Public Service Commission. And Rory is like, β€˜I don’t want to make that decision either. I’m going to relegate it to the staff of the New York Public Service Commission. New York Public Service Commission’s like, β€˜Well, we think everything should go much more slowly.’

@jigarshahdc.bsky.social spitting bars in @nysfocus.bsky.social

we need real leadership on climate and energy in NYS

nysfocus.com/2026/02/28/v...

02.03.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Data Engineer, Contract Chicago, Illinois, United States

🚨Climate Job for Data Engineer🚨

Come consult for the best team in climate policy and politics!

@climatecabinet.org

(Position is fully remote within the US -- ignore the "Chicago" in the link preview.)

02.03.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

... well, I guess it's ... accurate? πŸ˜†

02.03.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

... aaand I have just bought a used copy of this book. :D

02.03.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly, it is an appropriate time to re-up this thread.

Among all the other terrible things about this war, gasoline is about to become much more expensive for families that have been give too few alternatives.

Here's how state lawmakers can help.

01.03.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

daaaaang

28.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the record as profoundly and violently sick of this shit

28.02.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 296    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean ... yeah, sure, I'd go for that too

27.02.2026 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, I appreciate it, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the books!

27.02.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

why is the actual financial market replaying the end bit of @maxgladstone.bsky.social's DEAD HAND RULE, except without the vague hope of Kai Pohala/Tara Abernathy/Elayne Kevarian figuring out how to stop the vampiric draw orchestrated by forever-growth monstrosities

(btw, read Max's books)

27.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Secret pneumatic subway under Broadway! one of my favorite weird transit Events! All true!

26.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I HAD NOT

OMG.

26.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the absolute worst!

25.02.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(from Update Fear, not out of some weird ascetic practice, to be clear)

25.02.2026 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have not updated my phone in, uh

some months

25.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you and me both

waiting for emails is awful

24.02.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I continue to love Climate Cabinet’s approach to reimagining the world as it will be with universal consideration of climate in the policies that underpin people’s daily lives.

24.02.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Actually I think WRA’s gov affairs team might be investigating this.

24.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am none of those things and yet still! still! I hate video! To the depths of my soul I despise it.

24.02.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I did so mean.

Fragmentary, elusive, collectable, only meaning-bearing with substantial context. This is what I like out of video clips. πŸ˜†

24.02.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

as I have said previously, my feelings regarding the tyranny of the visual are that, if we had to have visual social media, it ought to have remained PATTERN RECOGNITION-esque

(text and the still photograph. those are my media, goddamnit. I am a creature of the instant-comprehension gestalt.)

24.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

learning a weird version of this as an expert witness who gets tendered for cross in front of the PRC has been a trip and a half!

super fun though. (I think I've landed on 'serenely confident, discursive-unless-the-better-idea-is-very-clipped, occasionally witty'. Works so far.)

24.02.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All clones should be authorized clones. Yes.

21.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

PSA:

A scammer is using the email account 'arkadymartine0@gmail.com' to impersonate me.

That is not my email account, and I am not sending messages from it. Please delete all such messages if you receive them.

21.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

but you could drink as many shrubs as you desire...

21.02.2026 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

a couple of weeks ago I couldn't find "shrub", and went for "vegetables, but outside"

21.02.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Vital City | A Crucial Tool in the Fight Against Pollution Despite the opposition of the real estate lobby, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani should fully implement and enforce Local Law 97.

NYC Local Law 97’s turning into a big success:

βœ… lower utility bills
βœ… more good jobs
βœ… less pollution
Via energy efficiency in NY’s large buildings, which are the city’s top source of climate-heating pollution.

I wrote on it, plz read if u have time:
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/mam...

20.02.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That is Monday morning reading. THANK you.

21.02.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations again!

19.02.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0