Duncan Meisel
@duncanwrites.bsky.social
Writing, organizing, climate, politics, Texas, etc.
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Thanks. Yes, that's what I was trying to say, but took too long to get there. Our politics community is strong, and I'd love for us to expand into new communities. Science and sports have already taken off. Birding, gardening, K-pop, we're open to all (except nazis and jerks).
If you want a perfect capsule to demonstrate how completely divorced from reality the broligarchs and their toadies are, look only to the fact that someone thought a winning strategy is to bring a disgraced one-term NYC mayor to Wisconsin to sell angry residents a data center lol
Jessy Edwards@jessyedwards.bsky.social · 2d agoA video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
Millennials are definitely in charge of the Pentagon now. Emailing the listserv to come up with ideas about what to do. Asking the group chat for a brainstorm. Next they're going to launch a GoFundMe. edition.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran | CNN Politics
The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.
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AI companies are trying to do this, but with human knowledge. It's why they're destroying the books. Wipe out our ability to think for ourselves, then own the means of thinking.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d agoIs everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
I love ceiling fans and I'm glad @techconnectify.bsky.social has made a one hour eleven minute video discussing how great they are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KWd...
Ceiling fans: the simple idea we keep screwing up
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The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
Really interesting story here. You know how the hyperscaler cowboys are powering their data centers with gas turbines? It turns out the demands of AI are not very friendly to those turbines. They're supposed to last 5+ years & instead they're wearing out in under 12 months!
Harriet Weber@harri.bsky.social · last wk.Here's the deal with the pre-review study Tesla funded on turbine carnage. This is my first piece on the Data Centers Breaking Things beat. TLDR; AI training is wearing out, even breaking, a critical source of energy for AI training www.investors.com/news/turbine...
The war in Iran is the end of growth for the oil and gas economy and their executives know it www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/c...
Fossil Fuel Executives Cash In (Gift Article)
Insiders at leading oil and gas companies have made millions from stocks since the Iran war began.
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The clean energy industry has embraced AI datacenters because it's an obvious source of revenue for new generation. This is the risk with that strategy: AI datacenters are so disliked, at some point people will start opposing clean energy projects as a way to stop them. Case in point:
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · last wk.1. Two country music legends, Willie Nelson and Tanya Tucker, are speaking out about different pieces of the same enormous industrial buildout in Texas. Tanya Tucker is speaking out against the massive transmission lines crossing private land to accommodate the state’s surging electricity demand.
Enough Odyssey talk. The future of filmmaking is a microdrama inspired by shopper insights from Albertsons and Procter & Gamble following a multigenerational Southern California family as they build a taco business at a taco stand outside of an Albertsons store. digiday.com/media/albert...
Albertsons’ new ‘micro sitcom’ is a big deal for retail media
Albertsons Media Collective has launched its first episodic, scripted branded-entertainment campaign in partnership with Procter & Gamble.
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I sort of stumbled into devoting a large chunk of my summer reading time to Middlemarch, and I regret nothing.
From the "Dept. of Broken Clocks that are Very Occasionally Right" here's Elon Musk calling Exxon "one of the worst companies on Earth" in a private email. I think being treated this way by their fellow oligarchs really burns oil CEOs and it's part of the reason for their recent radicalization.
Wait, countries can intervene when other countries emit dangerous levels of pollution? Are you SURE you want that precedent as the world's largest carbon polluter?
Global News@globalnews.ca · 3w ago"If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires, the United States will look elsewhere, and act on our own, to protect our people,” said a group of U.S. lawmakers. globalnews.ca/news/1196860...
Even when the media *does* factcheck their claims, the right has realized that if it just says "yes it is" over & over again, long enough, the media will tire or bore of saying "no it isn't."
Climate concern among the US public is at record highs. Not talking about the thing people are very concerned about is a silly way to try to win.
Leah Stokes@leahstokes.bsky.social · 3w agoDemocrats have stopped talking about climate. Strategists say that's smart—but they're wrong. Making climate a top priority wins votes, and barely 1 in 10 voters will vote against climate action. Read all about it in my newsletter, "Notes from the Electric Era." electricnotes.news/p/yes-democr...
Democrats have stopped talking about climate. Strategists say that's smart—but they're wrong. Making climate a top priority wins votes, and barely 1 in 10 voters will vote against climate action. Read all about it in my newsletter, "Notes from the Electric Era." electricnotes.news/p/yes-democr...
Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate.
Talking about Climate Change is a Political Winner.
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Wait wait the "My Mayor Muslim" thing started from a Kalshi ad?? www.tiktok.com/@itsbingbot/...
Knicks in 4 #nba #nbafinals #nbaplayoffs #knicks #newyorkknicks
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Bellingham is the closest thing to LeBron James you'll see on a soccer pitch. Scoring, playmaking, defense, strength. So good and so fun to watch.
This validates my grand theory that generative AI is only useful for useless things. Top AI use cases I've seen so far: Outbound marketing emails. Drink special flyers. Scams. Incredibly shitty sports memes.
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4w agoChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...
Miserable man! Oh! most contemptible and worthy of all scorn
This is the USMNT we all remember. I’m almost nostalgic.
The Belgians are now engaged in Surrealist painter-based banter ahead of the game with the US tonight. Game's back.
Perfect capper to Neymar’s World Cup career: scoring a consolation stutter penalty then shit talking the Norwegian goalie who was probably the man of the match as Brazil loses 2-1.
