Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.
March 9, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.
Incredibly instructive reporting on what appears well on its way to becoming the biggest, most concentrated, most energy- and resource-intensive, and most speculative wave of capital investment ever.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Incredibly instructive reporting on what appears well on its way to becoming the biggest, most concentrated, most energy- and resource-intensive, and most speculative wave of capital investment ever.
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US seems to be putting all this energy into an obvious speculative AI bubble.
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
US seems to be putting all this energy into an obvious speculative AI bubble.
HUGE news: @ncgovernor.bsky.social has just vetoed SB 266, the Duke Energy Scam bill that would hike North Carolinians' power bills to pay for the corporation's speculative construction projects.
Thank you, Governor Stein!
Thank you, Governor Stein!
July 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
HUGE news: @ncgovernor.bsky.social has just vetoed SB 266, the Duke Energy Scam bill that would hike North Carolinians' power bills to pay for the corporation's speculative construction projects.
Thank you, Governor Stein!
Thank you, Governor Stein!
"Bitcoin is down...the crash sapped energy and attention from the crypto scene. Prediction markets, by contrast, are pulling in the same speculative crowd, offering a sharper hit: binary odds, real-world stakes, fast resolution."
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January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"Bitcoin is down...the crash sapped energy and attention from the crypto scene. Prediction markets, by contrast, are pulling in the same speculative crowd, offering a sharper hit: binary odds, real-world stakes, fast resolution."
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Tying this to a brand new and completely speculative project just because it's what's trendy in tech right now is fundamentally unserious. Getting America good at making buildings, transit, and energy again are just incomparably more important priorities than being the best in the world at AI.
July 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tying this to a brand new and completely speculative project just because it's what's trendy in tech right now is fundamentally unserious. Getting America good at making buildings, transit, and energy again are just incomparably more important priorities than being the best in the world at AI.
As a #writer, I’m drawn to the liminal — strange, luminous edges. My #creative work often explores the so-called “fringe”: #UFOs, Energy Fields, #Akashic Energy..etc. You’ll find me writing #esoteric literature & speculative theology. If you’re curious..check out my Quantum Soul Series.
—Phillip
—Phillip
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It’s the day after, and the sound of erupting cheers for Elis Montgomery winning Best Poem still fills me with joy.
May this be the energy next year. May this be the energy after 2029. May speculative poetry remain a beacon star in the constellation of our genre, forever and always.
May this be the energy next year. May this be the energy after 2029. May speculative poetry remain a beacon star in the constellation of our genre, forever and always.
September 1, 2026 at 1:32 AM
It’s the day after, and the sound of erupting cheers for Elis Montgomery winning Best Poem still fills me with joy.
May this be the energy next year. May this be the energy after 2029. May speculative poetry remain a beacon star in the constellation of our genre, forever and always.
May this be the energy next year. May this be the energy after 2029. May speculative poetry remain a beacon star in the constellation of our genre, forever and always.
Cryptocurrency’s major real world use cases are speculative investing, evading currency controls, and enabling $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams. It is ridiculous that it hasn’t been banned on those issues alone, much less the tremendous energy costs.
"Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a report released Monday that shows a 45% jump in losses from 2022." apnews.com/article/cryp...
Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocurrency fraud scams, the FBI says
The FBI says Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency.
apnews.com
September 12, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Cryptocurrency’s major real world use cases are speculative investing, evading currency controls, and enabling $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams. It is ridiculous that it hasn’t been banned on those issues alone, much less the tremendous energy costs.
Speculative energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred*
*within a bull market
*within a bull market
It's a cold dark heart that does not laugh at how suddenly everyone's on the dEbAsEmEnT trade, silver has gone batshit, gold is on fire and bitcoin is like
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Speculative energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred*
*within a bull market
*within a bull market
ICYMI: The House Energy Committee advanced three bills addressing electricity company profits, data center infrastructure costs, and ensuring speculative developments do not skew electricity demand forecasts.
Pa. House panel passes proposals on data center costs, utility company profits • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The House Energy Committee advanced three bills addressing electricity company profits, data center infrastructure costs, and ensuring speculative developments do not skew electricity demand forecasts.
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October 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
ICYMI: The House Energy Committee advanced three bills addressing electricity company profits, data center infrastructure costs, and ensuring speculative developments do not skew electricity demand forecasts.
I'm seriously hoping the late end of deltarune has as much unhinged creepypasta energy as any of the speculative fanworks
July 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I'm seriously hoping the late end of deltarune has as much unhinged creepypasta energy as any of the speculative fanworks
I am more of a movie buff than a poetry person, but I'd rather put the energy of the WSFS to uplifting speculative poetry and speculative poets who are *actually* part of our community.
June 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I am more of a movie buff than a poetry person, but I'd rather put the energy of the WSFS to uplifting speculative poetry and speculative poets who are *actually* part of our community.
while the headline indices have barely moved off the highs, the carnage in the low quality hype stuff like quantum computing, nuclear energy etc is quite something just month to date:
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
while the headline indices have barely moved off the highs, the carnage in the low quality hype stuff like quantum computing, nuclear energy etc is quite something just month to date:
But they picked MN because racist online weirdos are obsessed with Somalis there so that's where the movement energy was. *If* this is all right (very speculative!) then it's a nice practical demonstration of how the Trump regime can't simultaneously embody the Chud id and consolidate their control.
January 27, 2026 at 7:36 AM
But they picked MN because racist online weirdos are obsessed with Somalis there so that's where the movement energy was. *If* this is all right (very speculative!) then it's a nice practical demonstration of how the Trump regime can't simultaneously embody the Chud id and consolidate their control.
An ultra-high-energy neutrino spotted by a detector in the Mediterranean Sea could be the result of an exploding black hole.
This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
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This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
news.mit.edu/2025/could-p...
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
An ultra-high-energy neutrino spotted by a detector in the Mediterranean Sea could be the result of an exploding black hole.
This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
news.mit.edu/2025/could-p...
This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
news.mit.edu/2025/could-p...
The UK’s energy regulator is using a variety of tricks to keep speculative data center projects from plugging into the power grid. The country’s AI ambitions hang in the balance. www.wired.com/story/uk-dat...
The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem
The UK’s energy regulator is using a variety of tricks to keep speculative data center projects from plugging into the power grid. The country’s AI ambitions hang in the balance.
www.wired.com
August 27, 2026 at 6:05 AM
The UK’s energy regulator is using a variety of tricks to keep speculative data center projects from plugging into the power grid. The country’s AI ambitions hang in the balance. www.wired.com/story/uk-dat...
The House Energy Committee advanced three bills addressing electricity company profits, data center infrastructure costs, and ensuring speculative developments do not skew electricity demand forecasts.
Pa. House panel passes proposals on data center costs, utility company profits • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The House Energy Committee advanced three bills addressing electricity company profits, data center infrastructure costs, and ensuring speculative developments do not skew electricity demand forecasts.
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October 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The House Energy Committee advanced three bills addressing electricity company profits, data center infrastructure costs, and ensuring speculative developments do not skew electricity demand forecasts.
6/ Quite serious doubts remain over whether Ukraine will be allowed to target Russian oil refineries or energy infrastructure, as the U.S. has opposed similar operations before. While this remains speculative, there is a good chance that critical infrastructure might be excluded
November 17, 2024 at 10:35 PM
6/ Quite serious doubts remain over whether Ukraine will be allowed to target Russian oil refineries or energy infrastructure, as the U.S. has opposed similar operations before. While this remains speculative, there is a good chance that critical infrastructure might be excluded
Its hilarious and indicting that China has basically turned to solving the energy problem by making better and better solar and the U.S. has solved it economy problem by pumping up a speculative market around sloppy and wasteful data centers which the populous pays for in higher energy bills.
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Its hilarious and indicting that China has basically turned to solving the energy problem by making better and better solar and the U.S. has solved it economy problem by pumping up a speculative market around sloppy and wasteful data centers which the populous pays for in higher energy bills.
A speculative take on the DeepSeek fiasco: Chinese firms, under resource constraints, will be more likely to build architectures and algorithms closer to what the brain implements (i.e., highly energy and data efficient learning/computation).
January 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A speculative take on the DeepSeek fiasco: Chinese firms, under resource constraints, will be more likely to build architectures and algorithms closer to what the brain implements (i.e., highly energy and data efficient learning/computation).
The one, very small, genuinely speculative part of my portfolio is a clean energy fund, which I'm in because ethically I think it makes sense to be, and because in the long term I think it will pay off. It'll be a long time, though.
I have much trust in my financial advisers but I did demand they dump Tesla. For so many reasons
November 7, 2023 at 6:51 PM
The one, very small, genuinely speculative part of my portfolio is a clean energy fund, which I'm in because ethically I think it makes sense to be, and because in the long term I think it will pay off. It'll be a long time, though.
"Trump’s unbridling of AI, crypto, and dirty energy supply must be understood as a singular, inseparable process. In effect, Big Tech has thrown Big Oil & Gas a lifeline by fabricating speculative justifications for fossil fuel expansion"
Fantastic piece by @kennystancil.bsky.social -->>
Fantastic piece by @kennystancil.bsky.social -->>
NEW: Why Big Oil and Big Tech Are Big Fans of Abundance
Trump’s unbridling of AI, crypto, and dirty energy should be understood as one inseparable process.
Big Tech has thrown Big Oil & Gas a lifeline by fabricating speculative justifications for fossil fuel expansion. ⬇️
Trump’s unbridling of AI, crypto, and dirty energy should be understood as one inseparable process.
Big Tech has thrown Big Oil & Gas a lifeline by fabricating speculative justifications for fossil fuel expansion. ⬇️
Why Big Oil and Big Tech Are Big Fans of Abundance - The Sling
Why would Trump, who received nearly $100 million from fossil fuel interests during the 2024 election cycle, encourage unlimited dirty energy production even though it could hurt the oil industry’s bo...
www.thesling.org
June 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Trump’s unbridling of AI, crypto, and dirty energy supply must be understood as a singular, inseparable process. In effect, Big Tech has thrown Big Oil & Gas a lifeline by fabricating speculative justifications for fossil fuel expansion"
Fantastic piece by @kennystancil.bsky.social -->>
Fantastic piece by @kennystancil.bsky.social -->>
Fuck all this speculative bullshit that's reaming consumers
(Right alongside the wildly out of control rising energy costs these data centers are giving communities)
(Right alongside the wildly out of control rising energy costs these data centers are giving communities)
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fuck all this speculative bullshit that's reaming consumers
(Right alongside the wildly out of control rising energy costs these data centers are giving communities)
(Right alongside the wildly out of control rising energy costs these data centers are giving communities)
Leibniz once wrote a book of speculative historical geography called Protogaea where he's like 'why does the Rhineland have so many logs underground? glad you asked' and it rules and is absolute madness and I think contemporary philosophy needs more of that energy
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Leibniz once wrote a book of speculative historical geography called Protogaea where he's like 'why does the Rhineland have so many logs underground? glad you asked' and it rules and is absolute madness and I think contemporary philosophy needs more of that energy