Not enough people see the similarities between IEDs and drones

Settler violence in the #WestBank is becoming increasingly deadly. At least 7 Palestinians were shot and killed by settlers between 1–23 March, with another dying after inhaling tear gas fired by the IDF — among the deadliest months recorded. 🔎 acleddata.com/report/while...

Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it? | Brookings On March 2, Brookings will host an event to understand why electricity prices are rising across the U.S. and what can be done about it.

In 2 hours, I'll be joining a great panel to talk about why electricity prices are rising and what we can do about it. www.brookings.edu/events/why-a...

🔌💡 Tune in soon!
Our @brendan.bsky.social is on the @brookings.edu's panel discussing why electricity prices are rising in the U.S.
Virtual webinar details 👇
www.brookings.edu/events/why-a...

“The beatings will continue until morale improves”

Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it’s Saturday & senior Senators don’t know why or how or even exactly where we’re at war.

Reverse Enabling Act:

congress sounds cool i wish it was real

Real photo of US leader addressing the public - circa today

Donald Trump killed two of my constituents. He is a liar and should be ashamed of himself.

Rich economies turn off the aid tap Activists are demanding urgent policy reform and UN agencies are on the brink of ending many life-saving relief operations in war zones

#UN officials say the effects of the 2022/23 drought in #Somalia – the worst in 40 years – has left 4.5 million people facing acute #foodinsecurity, with an estimated 1.8m children suffering from moderate or severe #malnutrition.

africa-conf.com/aid-tap-turn...

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

New from 404 Media: here is the user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE. A map shows people on a map; ICE clicks them, brings up their dossier. ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target. We obtained it, you can now read the document for yourself: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...

ICE Is Nothing Like the Brownshirts, Because the Brownshirts Actually Identified Themselves Let’s get this out of the way: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is nothing like the Sturmabteilung, a.k.a. Hitler’s Brownshirts. Your main clue ...

"ICE is nothing like the Brownshirts. One was an open paramilitary wing of an openly fascist political party, the other is an unaccountable government force operating without clear uniforms, identification, or transparency… for an openly fascist political party."

Fossil Fuels Failed During Winter Storm Fern Power plant outages in America's largest grid show we can't depend upon fossil fuels

🔌💡 Winter Storm Fern is the latest proof America’s power grid can’t depend upon fossil fuels for reliable power, especially during extreme winter weather.

thepowerline.substack.com/p/fossil-fue... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social

Fossil Fuels Failed During Winter Storm Fern Power plant outages in America's largest grid show we can't depend upon fossil fuels

Coal + gas fail once again during a winter storm.

20GW of generation went offline in America's largest grid during Winter Storm Fern.

DOE's policies to keep old coal plants running + expand gas dependency make our grid LESS RELIABLE + risk MORE BLACKOUTS
thepowerline.substack.com/p/fossil-fue...

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Every single news outlet should be reporting that ICE murdered someone. Not that they fired shots. Not that it was in defense. It’s blatantly clear from the video they murdered Renee Good and the media should be reporting it that way. And the admin should be held accountable while they’re at it.

Minneapolis friends, my heart is with you and your amazing city. What an awful tragic day.

🔮⚡My annual energy policy predictions column is up!

Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.

The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

I’m sorry for your loss

Rocky Mountains get preemptive power shutoffs once reserved for California Xcel Energy is preparing customers in the Rocky Mountain region for preemptive blackouts to help reduce the risk of wildfires as strong, dry winds threaten to knock down power lines.

Such a good example of climate adaptation. Smart policy has as much of a role to play here as it does on emissions mitigation www.latimes.com/environment/...

Cute #cat I met
📸 Byodo-In Temple, #Hawaii

Artificial Intelligence Wants to Sell You Stuff While the World Burns Meta is betting on generative AI for a new generation of aggressive advertising. It requires immense energy, much of which will likely come from fossil fuels.

Generating video is *immensely* energy intensive. Let's say they produced 3,000 10 second clips for this ad (suspect that'd be an underestimate). At 1KWh per clip it's 3 megawatt hours.

Maybe ~400-500 households usage for a day?

newrepublic.com/article/2028...

Israel has carried out more than 600 attacks across #Syria over the past year — nearly two strikes a day. @AJEnglish uses ACLED data to map these incidents from December 2024 to November 2025, with nearly 80% concentrated in Quneitra, Deraa, & Damascus. 🔗 www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Climate change is a threat multiplier.

The US military used to say so when is was telling the truth.

Time To Update Your Priors: Natural Gas Is Expensive Natural gas faces upward cost pressure on two fronts, as gas plants are more expensive to build and the fuel itself is rising in price.

🔌💡 The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts #naturalgas prices will rise 14% in 2026, following a 59% year-over-year increase from 2024 to 2025.

Our Greg Alvarez's recent piece explores the mounting cost pressures that are driving natural gas prices up.
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

Renewables 😍😍

Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll

Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b... #climatesky #greensky

Just think of the potential for Spirit Halloween stores to use all those vacant data centers