@arne__ness

interested in energy geographies, histories of science and technology, and the critique of political economy

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Joined August 2020
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oil prices go up but they also come back down
NewsWire
@NewsWire_USMar 8
OIL RISES ABOVE $100/BARREL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE JULY 2022
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I Have Just Accelerated the Energy Transition (And I Feel Fine)
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IMO
Brendon Slotterback@bslotterback16h
Data center developers have announced the equivalent of 14% of peak US electricity demand in new behind-the-meter gas plants, according to @CleanviewEnergy. A massive pollution impact
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i’m ready to accelerate the energy transition… just let me know what i can do
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recent democrat ad in PA i saw (i think for cognetti?) was literally like, 'my opponent is too soft on gun control, vote for me so we can have more cops'
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Abbott told TCEQ to halt data center permits Sept 21. TCEQ told us applications "will not advance." Its records show 11 stormwater approvals, 7 air certifications & 14 gas plant/generator applications moving after the order. Our review w/ @PublicCitizenTX: fractracker.org/2026/10/texa…

Texas Continued Data Center Permitting after the Governor’s Pause - FracTracker Alliance

After Gov. Abbott’s Sept. 21 halt, TCEQ kept advancing data center permits: expedited gas plant reviews, air certifications and stormwater approvals.

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Dylan Baddour@DylanBaddourOct 19
Regulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a pause last month, according to an analysis of public records released Monday by @FracTracker & @PublicCitizenTX insideclimatenews.org/news/1…

Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds  - Inside Climate News

FracTracker and Public Citizen identified 35 permitting actions taken by regulators in Texas in the weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a moratorium.

insideclimatenews.org
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The Parable of the AI Fruit (apocryphal)
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noblesse de Pepee
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arne ness retweeted
Karl Marx@marxhauntingOct 19
The Commune knew that its opponents cared nothing for the lives of the Paris people, but cared much for their own Paris buildings.
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why'd they do this to him man
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i liked that recent new york post about having to figure out how to dress both for the dentist and the club. but it would have been funnier if i had tweeted it
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thing i struggle with articulating is what a positive vision of the future even looks like in the parts of rural PA now getting data center projects. chronically depopulating places with crumbling healthcare infrastructure and no labor-intensive growth industries since the 80s
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also don’t respond to this saying solar installation
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lol. part of my postdoc hire was supposed to be dedicated to researching the hydrogen buildout in Appalachia. now everything's turned toward data centers (unfortunately)
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insideclimatenews.org/news/1…

What Happened to Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hubs? - Inside Climate News

Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo.

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You May Not Have a Plan for Degrowth Buddy, but Degrowth Buddy Has a Plan for You
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arne ness retweeted
joolsd@joolsdOct 9
now Tane I can get into
Nikita Bier
@nikitabierOct 8
Hello computer. Decompile and distill Grand Theft Auto. Make the game set in my hometown -- use Google Earth to reconstruct it in pixel-perfect detail. Make the character me and have my spawn point be in the mansion I always look at on Zillow. Review my chat memory and make every mission about my hopes and dreams. Make it playable online so my friends can join. When you're done, sell all my video games on Ebay and use that money to fund tokens for my next game.
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powerful juxtaposition
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funny to do this post with this Daggett article, which seems nearly unobjectionable on its face to me, and not the more infamous queer theory of drone operators one, which is also good but requires for the uninitiated a bit more good faith curiosity
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@ProfMickWilsonOct 6
Replying to @w_s_gosset
Psychology is bad but sociology worse
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thinking about this book again. really excellent. need more critical histories of market-making
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Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47Oct 6
BREAKING: @POTUS just signed an Executive Order to immediately cut diesel costs by temporarily allowing highway use of tax-free dyed diesel and deferring the federal diesel tax on that fuel through the end of the year — no interest, no penalties.
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