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Climate info & tools for immersive learning. Everywhere: @CityAtlas #PlayEnergetic Posts: R Reiss https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/nyregion/earth-day-energetic-game.html https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/energetic/energetic-in-new-york/

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05.03.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Corporate Consultants Behind Harris for President A presidential campaign that had trouble connecting with working-class voters was led by consultants with backgrounds working for giant companies.

Democratic consultancy Precision Strategies, whose co-founders led the Kamala Harris campaign, acquired Republican firm Firehouse Strategies, whose co-founders led Marco Rubio's 2016 campaign, according to Politico Influence.

Harris' campaign did not close with an affordability message. "Oh well."

05.03.2026 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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05.03.2026 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Who profits from an energy crisis in the wake of the war on Iran?

The 1%.

Thanks @nytimes.com @hclairebrown.bsky.social for covering our research.

Link to coverage: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/c...

Link to our article:www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

04.03.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Designate some kids as political appointees?
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04.03.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The reason we designed #PlayEnergetic as an exercise:

07.10.2020 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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350Brooklyn presents ENERGETIC, a board game where you build a carbon-free NYC | Brooklyn Public Library Can you keep the lights on in 2035?ENERGETIC poses a cooperative challenge in which you and your team build a zero carbon New York City by 2040, with politics, budget, and engineering matched to the r...

RSVP:
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/350...

04.03.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BROOKLYN: Can you decarbonize NYC?
#PlayEnergetic at the library, 2pm to 5pm Saturday (3/7) -- join us!

04.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

40% of US rail freight is also fossil fuels, mostly coal. Wind coal down and you free up a lot of rail resources! Some of which could be converted to fast electric passenger trains, which in countries with modern transport infrastructure are faster than air travel for most trips under 1000 miles.

04.03.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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MIM-104 Patriot - Wikipedia

Check to see if Trump, Inc. bought stock in Raytheon before starting this debacle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104...

04.03.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

To me, this says everything about the United States.

03.03.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Topic: Climate change
Time to end the multigenerational Ponzi scheme
By Kim Stanley Robinson
22 February 2009

Topic: Climate change Time to end the multigenerational Ponzi scheme By Kim Stanley Robinson 22 February 2009

Best thing McKinsey ever published:
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03.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never say never, but I think it is unlikely that we can win this battle against Hochul this budget cycle/year. Beating my now-thru-June Assembly drum again:

What we need to do is focus on winning as many Assembly primaries as we can this year. Just 7+ wins could set us up for success next year.

03.03.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
This bullshit has been going on for generations. A 1996 Simpsons episode tried to teach us.
YouTube video by Gangstagrass This bullshit has been going on for generations. A 1996 Simpsons episode tried to teach us.

youtu.be/v81b0XllvgI

03.03.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Push New York Utilities Into the Future: A Q&A With Jigar Shah The energy expert discusses his vision for a more flexible grid β€” and what’s standing in the way.

It was great talking to @jigarshahdc.bsky.social as part of our look at what’s holding back β€œvirtual power plants” in NY.

β€œThere’s no architect for change in New York state.… And as a result, [utilities] continue to get the ability to raise rates.” nysfocus.com/2026/02/28/v...

02.03.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

02.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8038    πŸ” 2213    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 71

wrote about the Strait of Hormuz in my new book

02.03.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Prediction markets, like crypto, like AI, are simply just another large-scale expression of COVID trauma among the mangerial class and now they're using them to turn a fucking war into a pyramid scheme they can scam each other into investing in.
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02.03.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 854    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 15

This is really important reporting-- it suggests Israeli intelligence helped determine the start of this war

02.03.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Image reposted to include alt text. Also: to learn more about the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, see @sanders.senate.gov's news release, which has links toβ€”

β€’ Bill text;
β€’ Bill summary; and
β€’ An economic analysis.

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02.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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1️⃣ The #climate & #nature crisis isn’t a future issue. It threatens all aspects of British life now and demands urgent action.

Ten top experts briefed MPs and other influential people at the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster.

Clips from each talk in this thread. πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp

01.03.2026 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 21

imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.

27.02.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7214    πŸ” 1747    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 102

The usual stuff. It is amazing to me that people still seem to read such papers.

02.03.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

For contrast, this is Al Jazeera: 'Death toll in Israeli strike on southern Iran school rises to 165' with a subhead 'Officials reported the death toll from the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab'

02.03.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Strike on Girls’ School Kills at Least 175, Iranian State Media Says

I just sent my daughter off to her elementary school. I don't have words for the absolute horror of my watching my own government carry out such a monstrous act. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...

02.03.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

We're not rich enough to understand the purpose of mainstream political press

02.03.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org

The video you see here is confirmatory proof:
Wolves. Love. Blueberries.

As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.

02.03.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1633    πŸ” 601    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 79
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One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

02.03.2026 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13265    πŸ” 4226    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 166
Screenshot of a spreadsheet that shows the data reported in the post.

Screenshot of a spreadsheet that shows the data reported in the post.

US electricity generation changes, 2024 ➑️ 2025:

Coal: ⬆️ 67 TWh (13%)
Oil: ⬆️ 2 TWh (19%)
Gas: ⬇️ 41 TWh (-4%)
Nuclear: no change
Hydro: ⬆️ 6 TWh (3%)
Other renewables: ⬆️ 13 TWh (11%)
Total: ⬆️ 47 TWh (2%)

Big story is coal generation rising A LOT (67 TWh, 5x renewable growth), mostly displacing gas.

02.03.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8
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Gas prices soar as Iranian attacks shut down Qatari production Retaliatory strikes also hit Saudi Arabia refinery

Out of all this evil, it might be revealed: renewables make us (+ people in the Middle east) safer, are more price stable & (side-benefit) denies successive US presidents excuses to blow-up a region trying to recover from previous efforts to blow them up. Grim watching.

www.ft.com/content/dac7...

02.03.2026 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0