Jeremy Hoffman

Three cheers for the sources that give great quotes. And also for @mollytaft.com @wired.com. Link to story below

"We need an alternative to Starlink so we're not dependent on an unstable billionaire Trump crony!"
[gasp]
"NOT LIKE THAT".

We love lineman representation at the halftime show, too #energysky

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nick Offerman and David Tennant sitting fireside, sipping Lagavulin & Macallan, & staring intensely into each other's smoldering eyes.

Peated Rivalry.

If New England's full 3.5GW fleet of offshore wind had been operational last winter (instead of being attacked by the Trump admin), the region's blackout risk would have been cut by 75% and consumers could have saved *over $400 million*. 🔌💡

Good thread by @ucs.org on the data:

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Minneapolis modeling resilience in so many ways ❤️❤️
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We are going to need a lot of people to rebuild federal science in the future

Senate Dems should heed this warning. Yes, we care about affordability. But that is not the primary concern when Americans are being gunned down in the streets.

Nice piece on the struggle of directing people's attention to the horizon - climate change - when fascism is staring at you in the face.

When it all gets too much for me, I get busy trying to get rid of fossil fuels (in my own life, in society around me).

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

Thread.

cc @agelston.bsky.social

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@volts.wtf you've got to do an episode on this!

State Grid, China’s main grid operator, will invest 4tn yuan ($574bn) to upgrade the country’s power grid over 2026-30, an average of 800bn yuan in investment per year, reports Reuters. 🔌💡
www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/...

It’s amazing how thoroughly electrical power systems are driven by I²R.
Whether it’s hundreds of miles Tx or millimeters on an AI board. 👇👇
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h/t to @kevpluck.bsky.social for symbolsalad.com easiest scientific symbols!!

Do one doubts that you can make a firm dominant grid work.
They have enough hydro and biomass capacity to cover their firm demand, but not enough water to cover their annual GWh.
This is a great use of VRE as a resevoir extender, but doesn't scale / extend unless you have the hydro resource. 🔌💡

POLITICOEurope t @POLITICOEurope BREAKING: France will delay this year's Group of 7 summit to avoid a conflict with the mixed martial arts event planned at the White House on Donald Trump's birthday. Read the story: politico.eu/article/france...

I’m so tired

Thanks @adrianhiel.bsky.social, followed.
I also followed his newsletter at
@seb.energyflux.news.ap.brid.gy
Strong second for this recommendation!
#energysky

Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement

Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement https://theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bully-with-something-to-prove-cons-1819575405/

Batteries are the fossil fuel killer.

China knows and would prefer to not be reliant on fossil fuels from place like Venezuela. So they do this.

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

Electrification, evolving regulations, and growing demand are reshaping the Dutch power grid. 🔌💡
new.abb.com/news/detail/...

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US Electric Grid Heading Toward 'Crisis' Thanks to AI Data Centers | Common Dreams The massive energy needs of AI data centers spark political controversy in 2026. Concerns rise over impact on grids, environment, and utility bills.

Rob Gramlich, president of power consulting firm Grid Strategies, told CNBC that he expects the debate over data centers to become even more intense this year once Americans start getting socked with even higher utility bills. 🔌💡 @robgramlichdc.bsky.social
www.commondreams.org/news/data-ce...

Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.

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And my neighbors who are cold, wet, hungry, and overwhelmed…are now happy that their humble little refuge — where love gets traction, and prayers are answered — will stay in business.

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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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