Clean-energy technologies shaved 3bn tonnes off global CO2 emissions in 2025 (~9%)

Fossil-fuel demand would have been 7% higher without clean-energy deployment since 2019

9/10

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
1/10

On this day, last year, the U.S. joined russia, Belarus, and North Korea in voting against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning russian aggression against Ukraine.

I never would have imagined that the U.S. would fully align itself with some of the world’s most brutal dictatorships.

And Jesus said:

“Say “what” again, I dare you, I double dare you.”

🇭🇺

I need to pack my suitcase for another trip. Which of course means I’ve activated Super Procrastinator Mode.

People have forgotten but this is what Skype looked like.

NEW:

Microsoft Is Pausing Carbon Removal Purchases

The tech giant has been the overwhelming buyer of carbon removal technologies, accounting for 90%+ of industry volume last year. Now sources tell me it’s pausing its voluntary buying.

a @heatmap.news exclusive

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What Did We Learn? Apart from never doing that again of course

What Did We Learn? #EnergySky

Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!

#circulareconomy #ev #energytransition #criticalminerals #sustainability #cleantech #ukmfg | Dr Christian Marston - Critical Minerals Altilium Secures £18.5 Million ($24.8m) UK Government Funding to Scale EV Battery Recycling 🚀 We are proud to announce that Altilium has been awarded £18.5 million through the UK Government’s DRIVE35...

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Kas rohkem on ilmtingimata parem? Mulle täitsa meeldib, kui uus sisu otsa saab. Äpp kinni ja muu fookus.

The Fabulous Engineering and Design of Duct Tape Bill Hammack, aka The Engineer Guy, is an amazing engineering educator and in this video he explains how duct tape is designed to simultaneously do three things well: “a) adhere with light pressure, b) stay in plac

The Fabulous Engineering and Design of Duct Tape. "Duct tape is designed to do three things: a) adhere with light pressure, b) stay in place, yet c) be removable." [kottke.org]

Have many friends, it’s wonderful!

Google is putting Gemini into everything but it's not in Chrome browsing history search. The most logical place. I have a hazy "I used this AI voice-to-text tool a few weeks back" search query and no clue of the name of the tool.

These are lasting somewhat longer than we expected.

When first engaging with the litany of religious imagery in Italian museums I was bored... Then I realized Easter eggs were everywhere, and then it got really fun.

Anyways, enjoy the Jesus boners.

Believe it or not, this was peak AI summarization. This is basically AGI

Citroen Berlinguette thevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/8131379...

It is my personal view that Nano Banana works by sorcery.

Image: This photo (bsky.app/profile/joan...) just recently taken, so not in any training dataset.
Prompt: "Enlarge and enhance" (no clues given)

Left to right: The image at 16x11 pixels -> the generated image -> the real image.

Photos from my time in Iran, 2017 Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd

Historian @resobscura.bsky.social travelled through Iran in 2017 - photos with commentary

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Enjoying this quite a bit! Makes me want to dust off some old role playing games.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon...

#litRPG

First hi-res shots of Earth taken by the crew on-board Orion.

Source: NASA on the other site.

#ArtemisII

Amazing to see how thin the atmosphere is from those auroras. All of our life support system, in that thin skin.

Vot selliseid päris probleeme peaks AI lahendama.

Molly Lambert @mollylambert I respect the moon's unwillingness to be photographed on a phone 12:31 PM • 12/12/19 • Twitter Web App 59.5K Retweets 294K Likes

Lance St. Laurent @LanceStLaurent When you see this blatant anti-moon propaganda, consider the source The Sun @TheSun • Jan 18, 2019 'Super blood wolf moon' may trigger end of the world this weekend thesun.co.uk/news/8223896/s. 8:32 PM • Jan 20, 2019 • Twitter for iPhone 49.9K Retweets 493 Quote Tweets 238.7K Likes

Paul Ford v @ftrain When the moon hits your knees And you mispronounce trees Sycamore 5:14 AM • 2/27/18 • Twitter for Android 13.6K Retweets 37.3K Likes

dustin Couch @Dustinkcouch nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's haunted nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's haunted 10:18 PM - 29 Oct 2018

please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™

Would you try an energy rationing experiment? Cut back on fuel & electricity, keep a short diary, and share your experience for a feature. Interested? Email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie or DM asap please
RTs very much appreciated #JournoRequest

That’s one hell of a cover…..

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