Dave O Mitchell

Well Here's the Thing: You Can't Blockade the Sun The Cuba oil blockade is a climate story. And nobody's telling it like one.

Looking to throw down for Cuba against this economic warfare? Here are a couple of initiatives:

Send solar panels to Cuban hospitals - www.letcubalive.info/donate

Support the Nuestra America flotilla, bringing critical humanitarian aid - nuestraamericaflotilla.org
#solarpunk #Cuba

Well Here's the Thing: You Can't Blockade the Sun The Cuba oil blockade is a climate story. And nobody's telling it like one.

Looking to throw down for Cuba against this economic warfare? Here are a couple of initiatives:

Send solar panels to Cuban hospitals - www.letcubalive.info/donate

Support the Nuestra America flotilla, bringing critical humanitarian aid - nuestraamericaflotilla.org
#solarpunk #Cuba

I regret to inform you that “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins was released in 1996, which is now 30 years ago. Meaning a similar song released in 2026 would be called “2009”

A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.

"There's also this everyday feeling of solidarity, because everyone is walking around with whistles. If you hear a whistle, suddenly people start swarming toward you. I’ve never felt so backed up. It feels like we’re all on a giant team together as a city. It’s incredible."

someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.

Useless, weak, pathetic centrist Democrats:

People are persuadable. Public opinion can shift.

In one week, a small majority has now turned against ICE.

Imagine if you actually messaged accordingly, led by example, and stood up for justice?

That number would shoot to 60% by the end of next week.

REMINDER: RECORD EVERYTHING ICE DOES.

RECORD EVERYTHING ANY GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DOES.

RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD.

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it

Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Yeah, WHAT IF??

International law died in Gaza. Why is the world mourning it in Greenland? We have entered the age of open thuggery, as the brutality Israel tested on Palestinians is now being normalised elsewhere

“For months, many warned that Israel’s unrestrained assault on #Gaza was not merely a crime against Palestinians, but a fatal blow to the very idea of international law.

“What was being tested was not only the scale of Israeli violence, but whether rules still applied at all….”

Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...

Electricity is about to become the new base currency and China figured it out As we accelerate into an all-electric, all-digital age, the ultimate representation of productive capacity becomes the kilowatt-hour (kWh).

🔥🥇🔥 "If the kilowatt-hour is the 21st-century equivalent of gold, then Bitcoin mining is akin to melting down gold bars to print a paper receipt."

What is sung cannot be killed On art, starvation and the end of dreams during the genocide in Gaza.

“The genocide did not mold me into a person who seeks survival. It made me a person who wants to be a trace, so that it can be said that in this land of forced starvation and annihilation, there was an artist who sang for hope, though he may not have harbored it.“ @intifada.bsky.social

Job alert - We're hiring a researcher @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social for a 2 year contract on 'fast and fair' #energy #transitions. Open to remote or here in beautiful Victoria, BC. Pls share. #energysky. cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...

Does the urgency of accelerating the clean energy transition in ways that empower communities keep you up at night, too?

Come work with us, and let's figure it out together!

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During this announcement, Carney said his government would “advance new options to bring more more affordable electric vehicles to Canadians.” Am I getting my hopes up if I think that could mean changing the government’s stance on Chinese EVs and potentially reducing the tariffs?

Black gold meets green ambition in Saudi Arabia’s energy shift to China Riyadh’s strategic alliance with Beijing is accelerating its energy transformation, undermining western hegemony and anchoring the kingdom in Asia’s multipolar future.

Similar, though I think your BRICS+ vs US dialectic is more persuasive than his China + Europe vs US, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are surely hedging their bets, but they're materially shifting decisively towards China and BRICS. See: thecradle.co/articles/bla...

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

Climate backlash by Trump got you down? One of the most hopeful articles I've read in years. Bill McKibben has a new book"Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization."
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

US has made an all-in bet on AI and Fossil Fuels. China on green tech. @katemac.bsky.social & I @parismarx.com podcast on how China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
techwontsave.us/episode/291_...

as @70sbachchan.bsky.social emphasizes, this is **the** major geopolitical shift of this century.

"By reducing its reliance on oil and embedding itself within Asia’s economic ascent, Riyadh is openly challenging the dominance of the western‑led energy system. The kingdom is no longer content to remain an oil exporter and is positioning itself as a supplier of electricity, hydrogen, and...."

Black gold meets green ambition in Saudi Arabia’s energy shift to China Riyadh’s strategic alliance with Beijing is accelerating its energy transformation, undermining western hegemony and anchoring the kingdom in Asia’s multipolar future.

Saudi Arabia, of all places. More on the global implications of the "(clean) energy security" paradigm that is increasingly shaping global economic relations and accelerating decarbonization.

Breaking news and analysis on day 678 of the Gaza genocide | The Electronic Intifada YouTube video by The Electronic Intifada

A heartbreakingly beautiful song accompanied by the drones of genocide.

"Carry it, Jamal, carry it," by Ahmed Muin, "a call to lift the weight of truth, the voice of courage, and the spirit that refuses to be silenced."

Listen and let it break you open. #Gaza

From Ethiopia To Nepal: The EV Boom You Didn’t See Coming How rich a country is doesn’t necessarily dictate its citizens’ desire and willingness to switch to electric power, especially with government help.

Could we please not be such easy surrender monkeys when it comes to electric vehicle mandates. It's embarrassing.
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