Now that the Energy Transition Show (@transitionshow.bsky.social) has ended chrisnelder.com/ets-terminat... I need to rebuild a following for my new platform, Transition Times (@transitiontimes.bsky.social) www.transitiontimes.net. 1/x
Chris Nelder
@chrisnelder.bsky.social
Creator and Host of: Transition Times and Nelder Notes: @TransitionTimes.bsky.social Energy Transition Show: @TransitionShow.bsky.social Energy writer/podcaster/analyst/speaker Home: www.ChrisNelder.com
Indeed! As the UCB research I cited here shows (contra Searchlight et al.), while climate change is not a *top* issue for voters, climate action is actually a *winning* issue. Especially when the world is on fire. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-12-a-fail...
TT#12: A Failure to Communicate
Most media organizations are still failing to make the critical link between climate change and the wildfires, record heat, and other climate disasters we are witnessing, but a few are getting it righ...
transitiontimes.net
Leah Stokes@leahstokes.bsky.social · 4h agoEl-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
I regret to announce that the Energy Transition Show @transitionshow.bsky.social has ended. My statement is here: chrisnelder.com/ets-terminat...
Notice of Termination of the Energy Transition Show podcast
chrisnelder.com
As I expected… www.transitiontimes.net/nn-2-the-tru...
NN#2: The Trump Paradox
Trump may have done more to accelerate the energy transition than policy ever could.
transitiontimes.net
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d agoAbsolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
"While it’s true that climate change is not a *top* issue for voters, climate action is actually a *winning* issue," writes @chrisnelder.bsky.social: www.transitiontimes.net/tt-12-a-fail... via @transitiontimes.bsky.social #ClimateSky
TT#12: A Failure to Communicate
Most media organizations are still failing to make the critical link between climate change and the wildfires, record heat, and other climate disasters we are witnessing, but a few are getting it righ...
transitiontimes.net
Naturally, I had the same thought when the World Cup coverage talked about the heat but not what's causing it. 🤬 That's why I published this post yesterday: www.transitiontimes.net/tt-12-a-fail...
TT#12: A Failure to Communicate
Most media organizations are still failing to make the critical link between climate change and the wildfires, record heat, and other climate disasters we are witnessing, but a few are getting it righ...
transitiontimes.net
🇨🇦🇨🇦 thereallsc@thereallsc.bsky.social · 5d agowww.patreon.com/TalkingClima... Quote: "....major sports broadcasters, sponsors, governing bodies, and leagues often fail to explain why the conditions of EXTREME HEAT are worsening or what meaningful climate action would look like."
Can we make “super archaic” a hip descriptor? As in, “Dude, your genes are, like, super archaic.” arstechnica.com/science/2026... Bit of a problem for the genetic purity crewe…
Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.
arstechnica.com
Instead of manually fending off AI-generated slop, we should be using AI to automatically rate the authenticity and factuality of the human-generated slop. Somebody oughtta vibe-code that and plug it it in to Bluesky and everywhere else.
RT @thefarce.org: "The lie never gets the headline or the lead sentence—the truth does, every time. Fold the falsehood in as the correction, not the story. Not truth eventually. Not truth hedged in a subhead. If your duty is to the truth, put the truth first." www.theframelab.org/truth-melt-n...
Truth Melt: Stop Leading With the Lie in Headlines
When the headline is all most people read, leading with a lie spreads it. The Truth Melt: lead with the truth, name the lie only to correct it.
theframelab.org
Shout-outs in this issue to @zekehausfather.com @dpcarrington.bsky.social @mattomildenberger.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social @conspirituality.bsky.social @ivanper4.bsky.social @inayatsingh.com @chemnick.bsky.social @andrewdessler.com @tylershores.bsky.social
Transition Times@transitiontimes.bsky.social · 5d agoIn @transitiontimes.bsky.social TT#12, we review media coverage of the ongoing wildfires, heatwaves, floods, and other disasters, and ask why it isn’t consistently linked with what’s causing them: climate change. We also review research on how to do better. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-12-a-fail...
My latest post is up at @transitiontimes.bsky.social. If you like my work, please join as a free or premium subscriber and get it delivered straight to your inbox: www.transitiontimes.net/subscribe/
Transition Times@transitiontimes.bsky.social · 5d agoIn @transitiontimes.bsky.social TT#12, we review media coverage of the ongoing wildfires, heatwaves, floods, and other disasters, and ask why it isn’t consistently linked with what’s causing them: climate change. We also review research on how to do better. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-12-a-fail...
Incredible story: With the help of AI, U.S. officials created a map that mislabeled every country in Africa. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
reuters.com
Low Danube river levels force Romania to shut down both of its nuclear power reactors
reuters.com
reuters.com
Just so we know where we are now…US has partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed militias in Iraq apnews.com/article/iran... And China is providing weapons to Iran www.reuters.com/world/china/...
US launches strikes on Iranian targets a day after it foiled missile attack on American forces
The renewed hostilities sent oil prices spiking. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 3.1% to $84.58 a barrel.
apnews.com
I'm a huge fan, with most of his 62 original albums committed to memory, watched the documentaries and read multiple books, etc... still, I learned *SO MUCH* from this pair of episodes! Bravo, @andrewhickey.500songs.com!
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs@500songspodcast.bsky.social · last wk.Heard the (second) episode that dropped last week? It’s Song 185: “Peaches En Regalia” by Frank Zappa 👑 🎶 Following on from the episode on the GTOs, Andrew explores the absurdist and unusual Zappa. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via the website: 500songs.com/podcast/song...
Time for energy and climate modelers to start trying to tell the world what’s likely to happen and show them how to phase out fossil fuels completely. @chrisnelder.bsky.social highlights why our work is important @doynefarmer.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk www.transitiontimes.net/nn-7-a-new-c...
NN#7: A New Climate Catechism
It’s time for energy and climate modelers to start trying to tell the world what’s likely to happen, and show them how to phase out fossil fuels completely.
transitiontimes.net
The attention economy is super competitive. If you appreciate the work I'm doing on my new platform at @transitiontimes.bsky.social, please subscribe (even as a free member) right here: www.transitiontimes.net/subscribe/ and share the articles with your friends & colleagues!
"We have to have the courage to try to tell the world not only what’s likely to happen, but what they have to do to avoid climate doom, as plainly and clearly as possible," writes @chrisnelder.bsky.social: www.transitiontimes.net/nn-7-a-new-c... via @transitiontimes.bsky.social 🔌💡
NN#7: A New Climate Catechism
It’s time for energy and climate modelers to start trying to tell the world what’s likely to happen, and show them how to phase out fossil fuels completely.
transitiontimes.net
This is precisely why I wrote, in TT#8: "Sadly, too much of the Democratic leadership that ought to be voicing full-throated support for the energy transition are proving too craven for the challenge" Not "the climate crisis" but "burning fossil fuels"! www.transitiontimes.net/tt-8-fixing-...
TT#8: Fixing Climate Communications
Climate and energy transition campaigners are softening their language and avoiding confrontation when they should be increasing their ambition and vigorously delivering messages that are proven to wo...
transitiontimes.net
Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 2w agoThis is one of the strongest statements from Congressional Democrats on the fossil-fueled wildfires, and even so it makes the mistake of saying "the climate crisis" is the cause, when it's the effect! The cause is climate pollution from the burning of fossil fuels!
"In fact, it is in the interests of almost every actor in the space – boards, executives, employees, vendors, consultants – to obfuscate and misrepresent the success rate of AI projects." ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mani... In NN#3 I laid out some 🔑 questions www.transitiontimes.net/nn-3-data-ce...
NN#3: Data Center Revolt
We’ve been told that we have to accept data centers being located in our communities and on our grids. But before we do, we ought to demand answers to some major questions about our social priorities.
transitiontimes.net
If you're an energy and climate modeler, please read this critique and if you can, prove me wrong.
Transition Times@transitiontimes.bsky.social · 2w agoRiffing on @emilygrube.bsky.social's new journal letter here bsky.app/profile/grub..., I proceed to yell at energy and climate modelers in NN#7 and implore them to do better. www.transitiontimes.net/nn-7-a-new-c...
Genuinely terrifying. And remarkably similar to how the Nazis began their criminalisation of dissent and their dehumanisation of any who resisted. It's happening. In the US. Right now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Three speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert Shpiner
Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis
theguardian.com
Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇
There's a flavor of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of the Schlosskirche in this commentary, and I am SO here for it.
Emily Grubert@gruberte.bsky.social · 2w agoIn which I yell at my favorite journal and its thoughtful, talented collection of researchers that we really need to take fossil phase-out seriously as a line of inquiry, and that we would not stand for the level of talking around it as a solution in other settings with very obvious problems:
My latest @transitiontimes.bsky.social newsletter is about how popular resistance to data centers is mounting in reaction to rising grid power costs and resource demands, and how regulators and legislators are finally beginning to respond.
Transition Times@transitiontimes.bsky.social · 3w agoTT#11 is hot off the press: www.transitiontimes.net/tt-11-a-new-...
If you're watching oil prices with trepidation as the Iran war heats up again and wondering what you can do to protect yourself from rising fuel prices and supply chain disruptions, I gotcha covered at @transitiontimes.bsky.social! www.transitiontimes.net/nn-1-protect...
NN #1: Protecting yourself from the Global Energy Crisis
What can you do to protect yourself from the global energy crisis?
transitiontimes.net
If you're watching oil prices with trepidation as the Iran war heats up again and wondering what you can do to protect yourself from rising fuel prices and supply chain disruptions, I gotcha covered at @transitiontimes.bsky.social! www.transitiontimes.net/nn-1-protect...
NN #1: Protecting yourself from the Global Energy Crisis
What can you do to protect yourself from the global energy crisis?
transitiontimes.net
