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Energy futurist/analyst/writer/speaker. Peripatetic podcaster.
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@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy@brianvastag Or, for the matter, being unable to think at all anymore. https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/117423985270564723
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy@brianvastag I want to say, "Say it ain't so" but it clearly is. We're in a headlong run to Idiocracy and illiteracy.
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy@brianvastag I’ve noticed the same. And typos creeping into, like Reuters and Bloomberg. What is the world coming to?
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyJenny's annual opinions thread is always delightful, and this year is no exception. Here's the start; I'll RT a couple of personal favorites next.
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy[Modest amount of chicken gore] Why did the chicken cross the road? To get the hell out of the way of traffic.
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@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy@brianvastag FYI
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyA helpful thought experiment here re: how AI, energy, El Nino, financial risk, credit, and insurance could conspire to create the next big crisis https://www.forbes.com/sites/we-dont-have-time/2026/09/28/what-would-turn-oil-shock-ai-bouble-and-el-nio-into-a-financial-crisis/
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyRE: https://mastodon.energy/@transitiontimes/117332740251731727
The Arab Spring occurred against the backdrop of a major global food-price spike and resulted in the overthrow of four countries’ leaders. The unrest we’re seeing now against the backdrop of a major global fuel-price spike could […]
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyMeta automatically filters out ‘social topics.’ Still think that Facebook is a ‘social network?’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval
@clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gyReposted by @chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyThis is the most inspirational clean energy messaging I've heard in years @chrisnelder
People, we have work to do! https://www.transitiontimes.net/nn-9-organizing-for-power/
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyRE: https://mastodon.energy/@transitiontimes/117294771169914052
As I say in this interview, I believe the job before Transitionistas now is entirely political—not technical, not economic. Political. And it's less about persuasion than leadership. Listen in and then get mobilized!
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyRE: https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/117289097952273424
Yeah that's not gonna help with the GOP farm vote in Iowa
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy"Yes. I did exactly what you had just told me never to do:" -- ChatGPT, just now, yesterday, and tomorrow.
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy@brianvastag Definitely not
@chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gyFor an English major who has had a full career as a writer and editor, I think there is no greater joy than learning a new word. Today's word: cynosure. 1 Cynosure : the northern constellation Ursa Minor also : north star 2 : one that serves to direct or guide 3 : a center of attraction or attention
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