Emilio Luque
@emilioluque.eurosky.social
Profesor de Medio Ambiente y Sociedad en la UNED
Terrible loss. Climate Progress and his books were how I began to understand the size and nature of the climate crisis and how to address it.
It is with tremendous sadness and sense of loss that we regretfully share the news that @penncssm.bsky.social senior research fellow, and my close personal friend Joseph Romm has passed away unexpectedly. He will be sorely missed here.
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Remembering Dr. Joe Romm
It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...
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September 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Terrible loss. Climate Progress and his books were how I began to understand the size and nature of the climate crisis and how to address it.
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One minute AI folks are telling us we’re overreacting when we oppose data centers and the next that their work will kill us all. It‘s like they think we’re not listening to all of it.
September 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
One minute AI folks are telling us we’re overreacting when we oppose data centers and the next that their work will kill us all. It‘s like they think we’re not listening to all of it.
This asymmetry of power is the only way we can understand the climate devastating emergency and the potential blood-curling AI emergency.
The AI problem is also, at the end of the day, about our democracy. The real problem is oligarchy.
If we had a political system which represented what most people wanted, we could deal with AI in a way that ensured public benefits and safety. The problem is a few oligarchs decide our fate.
If we had a political system which represented what most people wanted, we could deal with AI in a way that ensured public benefits and safety. The problem is a few oligarchs decide our fate.
September 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This asymmetry of power is the only way we can understand the climate devastating emergency and the potential blood-curling AI emergency.
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Perdón si esta opinión radical genera polarización, pero queremos aire limpio.
September 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Perdón si esta opinión radical genera polarización, pero queremos aire limpio.
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So it looks like we will blow past 1.5˚C of warming. Some "overshoot" beyond this goal is now looking inevitable.
But can we realistically return the planet to less than 1.5˚C of warming?
Maybe, but I have my doubts about some of the proposed pathways to do so.
But can we realistically return the planet to less than 1.5˚C of warming?
Maybe, but I have my doubts about some of the proposed pathways to do so.
September 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
So it looks like we will blow past 1.5˚C of warming. Some "overshoot" beyond this goal is now looking inevitable.
But can we realistically return the planet to less than 1.5˚C of warming?
Maybe, but I have my doubts about some of the proposed pathways to do so.
But can we realistically return the planet to less than 1.5˚C of warming?
Maybe, but I have my doubts about some of the proposed pathways to do so.
Maravillosa muestra del poder de eso que llaman el "framing".
September 4, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Maravillosa muestra del poder de eso que llaman el "framing".
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Making everyone feel like there's a fixed pie of resources and their slice is shrinking and everyone is out to fuck everyone else creates fertile ground for conservatism & eventually authoritarianism. The absolute core conviction of online leftists to the contrary is endlessly baffling.
September 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Making everyone feel like there's a fixed pie of resources and their slice is shrinking and everyone is out to fuck everyone else creates fertile ground for conservatism & eventually authoritarianism. The absolute core conviction of online leftists to the contrary is endlessly baffling.
It *is* funny, and I think I wanna cry. As in scream, not as in weep. No, weep also.
September 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
It *is* funny, and I think I wanna cry. As in scream, not as in weep. No, weep also.
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Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
September 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
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We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do?” --Wendell Berry
September 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do?” --Wendell Berry
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One thing about speeding that many drivers refuse to accept: In urban and suburban environments, speeding doesn't even get you somewhere significantly faster. You are just getting to your next red light or highway choke point faster. You are endangering other people for almost no upside.
August 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
One thing about speeding that many drivers refuse to accept: In urban and suburban environments, speeding doesn't even get you somewhere significantly faster. You are just getting to your next red light or highway choke point faster. You are endangering other people for almost no upside.
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Man it stinks to see things you worked for years to warn about come to be. Nothing to do but keep going, but it hurts how much it didn't have to be this way.
August 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Man it stinks to see things you worked for years to warn about come to be. Nothing to do but keep going, but it hurts how much it didn't have to be this way.
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Italian researchers found that semi-transparent solar panels over olive groves increased olive yields by 12%, reduced water evaporation by 19%, generated clean electricity, and even improved olive oil quality.
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#Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateSolutions
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#Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateSolutions
August 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Italian researchers found that semi-transparent solar panels over olive groves increased olive yields by 12%, reduced water evaporation by 19%, generated clean electricity, and even improved olive oil quality.
🌿⚡🫒
#Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateSolutions
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#Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateSolutions
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Esta convocatoria que hemos sábado desde @idaeenergia.bsky.social es súper potente.
🌾 118 proyectos de agrovoltaica (hasta 4m altura) para producir FV encima de los cultivos
🚰29 proyectos de FV flotante, muchos en balsas de riego
♻️47 proyectos en vertederos, antiguas minas, depuradoras…
(Sigue ⏭️)
🌾 118 proyectos de agrovoltaica (hasta 4m altura) para producir FV encima de los cultivos
🚰29 proyectos de FV flotante, muchos en balsas de riego
♻️47 proyectos en vertederos, antiguas minas, depuradoras…
(Sigue ⏭️)
También necesitamos parques eólicos y solares sobre suelo - y su huella será ínfima en comparación con cualquier otro uso del suelo - pero hay que impulsar todo lo posible proyectos en esos espacios degradados, integrados en agricultura o infraestructura o participados 👇
Paneles solares sobre campos de cereal, balsas de riego y vertederos: el plan de 433 millones del MITECO para la energía del futuro
Resuelta la segunda convocatoria del programa RENOINN con 433 millones para 524 proyectos de energías renovables innovadoras que combinan generación fotovolt...
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August 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Esta convocatoria que hemos sábado desde @idaeenergia.bsky.social es súper potente.
🌾 118 proyectos de agrovoltaica (hasta 4m altura) para producir FV encima de los cultivos
🚰29 proyectos de FV flotante, muchos en balsas de riego
♻️47 proyectos en vertederos, antiguas minas, depuradoras…
(Sigue ⏭️)
🌾 118 proyectos de agrovoltaica (hasta 4m altura) para producir FV encima de los cultivos
🚰29 proyectos de FV flotante, muchos en balsas de riego
♻️47 proyectos en vertederos, antiguas minas, depuradoras…
(Sigue ⏭️)
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J’espère que nous ne reverrons plus jamais ce type de une après l’été que nous sommes en train de vivre, et que l’ensemble des journalistes vont enfin prendre ce problème au sérieux.
July 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
J’espère que nous ne reverrons plus jamais ce type de une après l’été que nous sommes en train de vivre, et que l’ensemble des journalistes vont enfin prendre ce problème au sérieux.
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If your government doesn’t treat the rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions & the rapid adaptation to the warming that is already baked in as its two organisational axes, what legitimacy does it still have?
All other issues - the economy, defense, health, or AI - are extensions and enablers.
All other issues - the economy, defense, health, or AI - are extensions and enablers.
July 26, 2026 at 11:27 PM
If your government doesn’t treat the rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions & the rapid adaptation to the warming that is already baked in as its two organisational axes, what legitimacy does it still have?
All other issues - the economy, defense, health, or AI - are extensions and enablers.
All other issues - the economy, defense, health, or AI - are extensions and enablers.
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The problem is that this dynamic inherently advantages the right, which has most of the old standbys (race, gender, reaction, nostalgia for the good old days) in its stall, while the left is over here trying to get people exercised about, like, the abstract notion of capitalism.
July 21, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The problem is that this dynamic inherently advantages the right, which has most of the old standbys (race, gender, reaction, nostalgia for the good old days) in its stall, while the left is over here trying to get people exercised about, like, the abstract notion of capitalism.
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you will save yourself a lot of trouble and grief on any text based social media site by simply remembering that a lot of people can't read.
July 21, 2026 at 12:13 PM
you will save yourself a lot of trouble and grief on any text based social media site by simply remembering that a lot of people can't read.
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The Aramco Young Player Award (yes you read that correctly), handed out by Aramco chairman and PIF governor Al-Rumayyan to Pau Cubarsi.
A player who played an amazing tournament while his country was on fire and yesterday's training cancelled due to wildfire smoke.
#Cubarsi
A player who played an amazing tournament while his country was on fire and yesterday's training cancelled due to wildfire smoke.
#Cubarsi
July 19, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The Aramco Young Player Award (yes you read that correctly), handed out by Aramco chairman and PIF governor Al-Rumayyan to Pau Cubarsi.
A player who played an amazing tournament while his country was on fire and yesterday's training cancelled due to wildfire smoke.
#Cubarsi
A player who played an amazing tournament while his country was on fire and yesterday's training cancelled due to wildfire smoke.
#Cubarsi
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Posted by @ipsumlorem.bsky.social on Facebook.
July 9, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Posted by @ipsumlorem.bsky.social on Facebook.
Griten conmigo: ¡sociedades instructivas, no extractivas!
July 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Griten conmigo: ¡sociedades instructivas, no extractivas!
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CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt
July 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt
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It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
"The Pope is the puppet of the Chinese authoritatian government" is a take you would make if you made billions by drinking paint.
Peter Thiel: The pope is ‘working for the Chinese Communists’ by criticizing AI | CNN
Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the billionaire tech investor said the Vatican’s concerns could discourage America in the AI arms race, warned of a democratic-socialist takeover and explained wh...
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July 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
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Un evento climático ha matado a más de mil personas. Quizá porque han sido dispersas en el tiempo y en el territorio esto no ha causado conmoción, pero pensemos en cualquier otro suceso que dejase mil cadáveres. Mil personas. Mil muertos.
Tenemos que sacar el clima de este estado prepolítico.
Tenemos que sacar el clima de este estado prepolítico.
July 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Un evento climático ha matado a más de mil personas. Quizá porque han sido dispersas en el tiempo y en el territorio esto no ha causado conmoción, pero pensemos en cualquier otro suceso que dejase mil cadáveres. Mil personas. Mil muertos.
Tenemos que sacar el clima de este estado prepolítico.
Tenemos que sacar el clima de este estado prepolítico.