Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups. The SPLC was founded in 1971 and used civil litigation to fight white supremacist groups. apnews.com/article/sout...

Iran and Ukraine Make Oil Shocks Look Too Easy It is kind of surprising that oil shocks are shocking. A vital commodity coursing through the capillaries of modern life that is also, via a cosmic joke, reliant on some of the most volatile places on...

Iran and Ukraine show how easy it is to disrupt global energy in an age of asymmetric warfare and chaotic US policy
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Rick Perry’s Fermi Is Undermining the AI Energy Thesis The Fermi Paradox asks why, given the vastness of the universe, there is no hard evidence of aliens. The Fermi Inc. paradox asks why, given seemingly insatiable demand from hyperscalers for electricit...

Fermi's ousted CEO, and #1 shareholder, Toby Neugebauer, is "incredibly bullish" on its prospects but also thinks it should start a sale process after a 72% drop since IPO.
Uh huh.
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Why America is falling out of love with Israel Public opinion and elite sentiment has turned decisively against Netanyahu

"There should be no mystery why younger Americans are as pro-Palestinian today as their forebears were once pro-Israeli. Rabin staked his life on peace. What will posterity say of Netanyahu?" My column on why America is falling out of love with Israel. www.ft.com/content/353e...

NEW | Clean power met ALL the growth in global electricity demand in 2025

Solar generation alone met THREE QUARTERS of the demand rise and grew by 30%.

Fossil generation stagnated (-0.2%).

🧵 A thread on changes in the global power system in 2025...

Rick Perry’s Fermi Is Undermining the AI Energy Thesis The Fermi Paradox asks why, given the vastness of the universe, there is no hard evidence of aliens. The Fermi Inc. paradox asks why, given seemingly insatiable demand from hyperscalers for electricit...

Fermi's paradox haunts the AI-energy boom
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Rick Perry’s Fermi Is Undermining the AI Energy Thesis The Fermi Paradox asks why, given the vastness of the universe, there is no hard evidence of aliens. The Fermi Inc. paradox asks why, given seemingly insatiable demand from hyperscalers for electricit...

Fermi, the Rick Perry-backed AI-energy developer, has lost 70%+ in value since its IPO, and now its CEO and CFO too. Weird.
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Rick Perry’s Fermi Is Undermining the AI Energy Thesis The Fermi Paradox asks why, given the vastness of the universe, there is no hard evidence of aliens. The Fermi Inc. paradox asks why, given seemingly insatiable demand from hyperscalers for electricit...

Fermi's wild weekend is a familiar episode with overhyped IPOs. It's also a warning about the AI-energy hype itself
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Rick Perry’s Fermi Is Undermining the AI Energy Thesis The Fermi Paradox asks why, given the vastness of the universe, there is no hard evidence of aliens. The Fermi Inc. paradox asks why, given seemingly insatiable demand from hyperscalers for electricit...

Fermi's paradox haunts the AI-energy boom
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Hegseth Says Climate Change Is ‘Crap.’ The Military Is Still Bracing for It Climate is now a verboten topic in the Pentagon, but the battle against storms, fires, floods and rising seas hasn’t stopped.

“Ultimately, the military is a very pragmatic institution. It wants to maintain mission capability. Whether we’re going to call it ‘climate,’ not ‘climate,’ whatever — if I can’t get to the base because the road is flooded, that’s a problem."

The US military seems smarter than the man who leads it.

Hegseth Says Climate Change Is ‘Crap.’ The Military Is Still Bracing for It Climate is now a verboten topic in the Pentagon, but the battle against storms, fires, floods and rising seas hasn’t stopped.

The Pentagon won't say "climate."
Fortunately, they're still preparing for what's coming.
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America First Nostalgia Is Bad for American Cars Few industries do patriotism quite like autos. Clint Eastwood’s somber but stirring “halftime in America” Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler that aired in 2012, more national address than advertisemen...

America First will put Detroit last.
My take on Ford's week, including Field's departure, and the mix of trade war, actual war, and Chinese competition swirling around US car makers
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Tesla Cybertruck Sales Were Inflated by a SpaceX Buying Spree Almost one in five pickups registered during the fourth quarter went to another company in the billionaire’s business empire.

NEW: Circular financing, anyone? SpaceX accounted for more than 18% of the Tesla Cybertrucks registered in the US during Q4. And Cybertruck sales have really cratered.

Finally, some hard numbers to the reporting that @fredlambert.bsky.social did months ago!

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Finally, Real Progress Against Pancreatic Cancer Every once in a while, an advance in treating cancer is so stunning that doctors get chills. Such is the case for Revolution Medicines’ pancreatic cancer therapy daraxonrasib, which in a late-stage st...

If you've ever had a loved w/pancreatic cancer, you know it's a huge deal for a drug to give people more time. For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com, wrote about the stunning early results for $RVMD's daraxonrasib, which start to write a new chapter for this cruel disease. (gift link):

Effluent market hypothesis

America First Nostalgia Is Bad for American Cars Few industries do patriotism quite like autos. Clint Eastwood’s somber but stirring “halftime in America” Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler that aired in 2012, more national address than advertisemen...

America First will put Detroit last.
My take on Ford's week, including Field's departure, and the mix of trade war, actual war, and Chinese competition swirling around US car makers
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Measure twice, cut once: A state-level framework for effective wildfire risk mitigation Wildfire experts present a six-step process for effectively reducing community wildfire risk.

I co-wrote a piece with two of the smartest people I get to work with in the wildfire space - Nancy Watkins and Dave Winnacker. It lays out a strategy for targeting spending to reduce risk and loss from wildfire. www.milliman.com/en/insight/s...

Doing data centers the not-dumb way Jigar Shah joins me to break down why powering new data centers with behind-the-meter natural gas plants is an engineering and economic disaster.

Today on Volts: I talk with my old friend @jigarshahdc.bsky.social about the headlong rush to build data centers, the lunacy of building a bunch of behind-the-meter gas-fired power plants to run them, the benefits of distributed capacity & greater grid utilization, & the need for utility innovation.

Not how gasoline pricing works. See: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Justice Dept. Moves to Vacate Jan. 6 Convictions for Far-Right Extremists Defending the convictions would likely have required administration officials to assert that far-right groups were acting on behalf of President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Justice Department on Tuesday took the opening step in erasing the guilty verdicts of the last few Jan. 6 rioters who were not granted total clemency by President Trump, moving to throw out the convictions of 12 members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers militia.

Electric Bills in Coal Country West Virginia Now Top Mortgage Payments RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her

What a mess West Virginia's power bills are

"Yeah, we understand you want to support the coal industry, but do you want to support it to the extent that you’re OK paying twice as much as you should be for electricity?" www.insurancejournal.com/news/southea...

No infantry needed. Ukrainian robots, for first time, capture Russian position — Zelenskyy Read more

No infantry needed. Ukrainian robots, for the first time, capture a Russian position: Ukrainian defenders managed to take control of an enemy position using drones & ground robotic systems. Infantry did not take part in the operation, states Zelenskyy: RBC UA News
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Vance’s grand tour really worked out on all fronts

Boston’s Michelle Wu Is a Model Wartime Mayor Building affordable housing and filling potholes while trying to protect a democracy and economy under siege: Welcome to the world of a blue-city boss in the Trump era.

GIFT LINK/ Wu "might not be the future of the Democratic Party. She might not want to be. But she looks a lot like its embattled present." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Schoolyard diplomacy

Late Roman Empire vibes

Schrodinger’s Strait

It is kind of surprising that oil shocks are shocking
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The President of the United States ups $PLTR to Buy -- after the stock drops 30%+ this year.

No just drawing attention. Criticism always welcome