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Liam Denning

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Writing about the transformation of energy systems and the automotive industry for Bloomberg Opinion. Also: The Arctic. Opinions are my own.

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YOUR JOB IS TO PICK THE MOST AWFUL ACTOR POSSIBLE
TO PLAY JAMES BOND.
GO!


Ricky Gervais.

YOUR JOB IS TO PICK THE MOST AWFUL ACTOR POSSIBLE TO PLAY JAMES BOND. GO! Ricky Gervais.

Man you want to participate in something and then someone gives an answer so objectively correct that there’s no point adding onto it

03.03.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3853    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 19
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Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump

BREAKING: A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that New York’s congestion pricing toll is legal and may continue, handing a major victory to the state in its defense of the first-in-the-nation traffic reduction plan, which the Trump administration had tried for more than a year to kill.

03.03.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 12
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Donald Trump’s dangerous β€˜war of whim’ Anyone who claims to know where this conflict will go is bluffing

"The fog of war starts in Trump’s mind"
via @edwardluce.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/611e...

03.03.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI Steps Over a Red Line Anthropic Refused to Cross After announcing a sudden and surprising deal with the Pentagon, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman moved quickly this weekend to show he had won meaningful concessions from military leaders.

For a while, Anthropic was the Lyft to OpenAI's Uber -- a company with a better reputation but ultimately doing the same thing.

Now the line dividing the two leading AI firms glows bright red.

My @opinion.bloomberg.com column this morning (🎁) : www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

02.03.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Iran Strikes Feel Like 2003 All Over Again Less than a year ago, US President Donald Trump gave a speech in the Middle East in which he excoriated his predecessors for their habit of launching β€œforever wars” in that region. Alluding to the Ame...

β€œIf ever history demanded that Congress reclaim its constitutional monopoly in declaring war, that moment is now.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

28.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6

I wonder if the Trump admin will end up coordinating crude draws with that woke IEA they deride

28.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

28.02.2026 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8507    πŸ” 2590    πŸ’¬ 309    πŸ“Œ 237
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Trump’s Ambitions for Iran Are Now Clear: He Wants Everything US President Donald Trump never did explain to Congress or anyone else what his justifications and goals would be for attacking Iran. Now, with β€œOperation Epic Fury” underway, we know. The answer was ...

The US goal for an Iran strike proved to be "Everything." But one aim will rule them all and that's regime change, making this an existential and unpredictable fight. My column for Bloomberg @opinion
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

28.02.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Reposting. Still my personal opinion.

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The implied utter disregard for the polling is worth noting

28.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Casey Means Lacks the Right Stuff to Be America’s Top Doctor Casey Means, a wellness influencer, entrepreneur, and physician, this week tried to convince the Senate Health Committee that she is up to the task of serving as the US surgeon general.

At this week's Senate hearing, Casey Means tried to lean into her MAHA appeal, arguing she'd focus on politically palatable issues like healthy food & a healthcare system centered on prevention. But her equivocating on vaccines, birth control, etc made clear: she isn't up to the top doctor job. 🎁:

27.02.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This $26.5 Billion Power Loan Is All About the Midterms If you want to gauge the political temperature around utility bills and the datacenter boom, the Department of Energy just made its biggest loan in history to help keep a lid on utility bills in a dat...

The DoE’s biggest loan ever is a sign of how energy bills are shaping the midterms
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www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

27.02.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are gas prices below $2, as Trump promised?

Not even close, @liamdenning.bsky.social says πŸŽ₯

25.02.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

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Longest SOTU = England's loudest band

25.02.2026 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Has Trump Delivered on His Promises? What These 12 Metrics Tell Us The president is struggling to sell his β€œeconomic miracle” to voters. What do the numbers say? These data points cut through the political noise.

Trump tried to reframe his $2 gas pledge in his SOTU speech. Because he didn’t get anywhere near meeting it. Here are the numbers.
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www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

25.02.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œMore Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country,” Trump said during his #SOTU address.

That’s true β€” but job growth has actually slowed since he took office: bit.ly/3OxrLC6

25.02.2026 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Softbank’s Ohio Power Plant Delivers an AI Sticker Shock President Donald Trump famously likes to build big things, or at least have others build big things to which he can attach his name. True to form, his latest solution to the gathering crisis on the la...

The giant SoftBank-led power project Trump is touting for Ohio tells us one thing: This can’t be the energy solution for AI
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25.02.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Softbank’s Ohio Power Plant Delivers an AI Sticker Shock President Donald Trump famously likes to build big things, or at least have others build big things to which he can attach his name. True to form, his latest solution to the gathering crisis on the la...

Softbank’s $33B power plant: Gas, but priced like nuclear
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www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

25.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump touted gas prices below $2. That may be true in some places.

But overall, he missed that promise β€” by a lot: bit.ly/3OxrLC6

25.02.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œOur nation is back β€” bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before,” President Trump said to start his #SOTU address.

πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€ But what does the data say? See it all here: bit.ly/3OxrLC6

25.02.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4
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Has Trump Delivered on His Promises? What These 12 Metrics Tell Us The president is struggling to sell his β€œeconomic miracle” to voters. What do the numbers say? These data points cut through the political noise.

Trump pledged sub-$2 gasoline within a year. Didn't happen.
We at @opinion.bloomberg.com tracked 12 metrics for Trump's Year One, a data-driven report card ahead of tonight's SOTU

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

24.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Has Trump Delivered on His Promises? What These 12 Metrics Tell Us The president is struggling to sell his β€œeconomic miracle” to voters. What do the numbers say? These data points cut through the political noise.

Here's the statistical State of the Union.

Trump's Year One in 12 metrics
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www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

24.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Has Trump Delivered on His Promises? What These 12 Metrics Tell Us The president is struggling to sell his β€œeconomic miracle” to voters. What do the numbers say? These data points cut through the political noise.

Here's the statistical State of the Union.

Trump's Year One in 12 metrics
@opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

24.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

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Has Trump Delivered on His Promises? What These 12 Metrics Tell Us The president is struggling to sell his β€œeconomic miracle” to voters. What do the numbers say? These data points cut through the political noise.

Trump pledged sub-$2 gasoline within a year. Didn't happen.
We at @opinion.bloomberg.com tracked 12 metrics for Trump's Year One, a data-driven report card ahead of tonight's SOTU

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

24.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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We've hit the one-year deadline for Trump's pledge to cut energy costs in half.
How did he do? Not well.
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www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

24.02.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Did Trump deliver on the promises that sent him back to the White House?

πŸ“Š We looked at the data to decide: bit.ly/4s8Fk9E

24.02.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Data Dive: Has Trump Delivered on His Promises? Has President Trump delivered on his promises about immigration, the economy and other key issues?

Has President Trump delivered on his promises about immigration, the economy and other key issues?

πŸŽ₯ Tune in for LIVE analysis of the data with @jonathanjlevin.bsky.social, Allison Schrager and @byjustinfox.bsky.social @ 8:30am EST:

24.02.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Has Trump Delivered on His Promises? What These 12 Metrics Tell Us The president is struggling to sell his β€œeconomic miracle” to voters. What do the numbers say? These data points cut through the political noise.

State of the Union report card: Trump promised voters lower prices, higher wages, a massive deportation campaign and many other things in 2024. A look at all of that β€” along with health care, jobs, energy and more β€” by the numbers:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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