Nostr notes by Ketan Joshi

I often hear "you can use a chatbot if you have expertise in ...

2026-10-30T07:19:21Z

I often hear "you can use a chatbot if you have expertise in your field" but.....here's a world-record-holding adventurer asking Claude about powering a satellite connection while out in the field, getting the wrong answer, and then losing contact for 18 hours.
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Universities around the world are rapidly adopting ...

2026-10-28T19:46:01Z

Universities around the world are rapidly adopting energy-intensive fossil-fuelled genAI software, and basically none of them are disclosing the climate costs - my new piece for Crikey, here:

[www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/22/u...](https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/22/unsw-artificial-intelligence-openai-chatgpt-energy-impact-environment/ )
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The sheer arrogance of the tech industry is unparalleled. In ...

2026-10-28T07:19:01Z

The sheer arrogance of the tech industry is unparalleled. In Germany, because data centres aren't getting immediate grid connections, they're just building their own fossil fuel plants instead (and breaking Germany's climate targets)

[www.cleanenergywire.org/news/data-ce...](https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/data-centres-germany-planning-own-fossil-fuel-plants-citing-slow-grid-connections-report )
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The number of coal and gas plants around the world is just ...

2026-10-27T19:46:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…kl6f
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The number of coal and gas plants around the world is just phenomenal. We're so so behind in shutting them down. And I really would say that being opposed to them as vectors of harm and representations of unfairness and greed is a good thing.

[files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-publ...](https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2025-10/state-of-climate-action-2025.pdf?VersionId=odJ_53gI5LsAwEeuS8LwTs6vTbvpaINq )
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I feel like society is actually crying out for more people to be ...

2026-10-27T19:42:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…fu7x
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I feel like society is actually crying out for more people to be against bad things, instead of even more people just being indifferently In Support of More Large Objects, which just isn't really inspiring

Feels like most of the truly inspiring recent moments are People Being Against Bad Things
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But like, this is really just fundamentally the core thing you ...

2026-10-27T19:39:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…jvtv
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But like, this is really just fundamentally the core thing you know, with climate change. Coal and gas generate the atmospheric toxin that causes the danger.

You cannot really decry the idea of 'being against things' when climate change is a grand project of being against dangerous energy types

On the US / BAAJA permitting reform debate, I feel like it's ...

2026-10-27T19:35:58Z

On the US / BAAJA permitting reform debate, I feel like it's worth restating something. If you are supporting reforms on climate grounds it means that you are **against something** :coal and gas

That means you want to oppose and *dismantle* the power tech that makes up nearly 60% of the grid. Good!
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the data centre boom runs on gas and it is a gas - it expands ...

2026-10-25T10:13:01Z

the data centre boom runs on gas and *it is a gas* - it expands to fill every single space that it can. You can hand big tech a million gigs of renewables and they'll take it, and still build a million more of fossil fuels anyway.

There is no upper limit.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zgh42tgpzddqoi3awnsetwau/post/3mycznanpvc2c

Generative AI is presented as "I have to drive an ICE car to ...

2026-10-24T13:20:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…8f33
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Generative AI is presented as "I have to drive an ICE car to work bc there's no public transport" but it EXTREMELY IS NOT

It's way more like "I have to drive a hummer to buy shopping" / "I'm paying with Bitcoin" / "Private jet for 15min trip" / "I only drink bottled water". Cheating is tempting!!

Stop pretending like Sam Altman somehow fucking forced you to ...

2026-10-24T13:20:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…m3n2
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Stop pretending like Sam Altman somehow fucking forced you to create, share or enable AI slop and trying to imagine your life fucking like, what, 40 months ago?

You're not being BP-marketing mind-tricked into being a slopper. You chose to do it, and stop lying about it, you cowards 🥂

JFC

[R2D2's Play Dead Freeze]( )

Don't lie to me!! You don't care about the AI industry ...

2026-10-24T13:15:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…n4mx
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Don't lie to me!! You don't care about the AI industry equivalent of BP or Shell or Exxon! You tell me off or ignore me if I actually go after them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I'm sorry to rant but it has been truly getting to me: so ...

2026-10-24T13:15:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…gu7k
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And I'm sorry to rant but it has been truly getting to me: so many of those same people WOULD NOT DREAM of actually spending time, money and effort *actually going after the big companies* that are trying as hard as possible to sink AI deep into every corner of society as possible.

And now there's shit like this out there, and it really ...

2026-10-24T13:13:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…n0fw
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And now there's shit like this out there, and it really reminds me of how much the "BP carbon footprint" thing has been overblown, specifically as a way for ppl with already-high-consumption lifestyles to rationalise an even worse step-change in consumption with generative AI

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/post/3llqd6sbxwc2j
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TWO god damn years ago, this software just did not exist and WE ...

2026-10-24T13:06:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…6mrn
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TWO god damn years ago, this software just did not exist and WE WERE FINNNNNEE

Like: we did jobs. We wrote reports. We posted things on social media! We wrote articles!! We made images!!! Society existed before 2023, holy fucking shit people!

Related - something that drives me up the wall (and this is more ...

2026-10-24T13:06:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…q9j6
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Related - something that drives me up the wall (and this is more a thing on Insta / Threads) is this idea that cajoling individuals for using AI is either fruitless / unjust, or worse, part of an industry narrative to displace responsibility like BP's 'personal carbon footprint' thing - WHATTTT

There's a persistent cliche that bluesky 'doesn't ...

2026-10-24T13:01:54Z

There's a persistent cliche that bluesky 'doesn't like AI' but if you go by sheer interaction volume, bsky LOVES AI and it's concentrated among these weird, gross pseudo-left accounts in the US

Here's a direct link to the account so you can block them

[bsky.app/profile/mary...](https://bsky.app/profile/mary1kathy.bsky.social )

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About one third of claimed carbon capture just dumped secretly ...

2026-10-23T10:21:04Z

About one third of claimed carbon capture just dumped secretly into the atmosphere by chevron

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Props to the ad agency: they nailed the "white person who ...

2026-10-21T19:30:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…85tr
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Props to the ad agency: they nailed the "white person who plagiarises and steals credit using LLMs" look with 100% accuracy
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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever ...

2026-10-21T19:12:52Z

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot

A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead:

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This is so so nuts: the ...

2026-10-15T09:32:49Z

This is so so nuts: the [@earthshotprize.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:7utikbisqfy5vnji3n36lndk ) is partnering up with NVIDIA.

By my calcs: just 1 yr of NVIDIA's AI climate emissions undo Earthshot's total avoided emissions todate, several times over.

No other company getting away with it quite like this one

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So for the people who do seemingly genuinely believe that Claude ...

2026-10-08T18:43:25Z

So for the people who do seemingly genuinely believe that Claude or whatever is a real conscious being

what is their actual response to the fairly reasonable charge of "so you enslaved an intelligent living thing and you don't have any problems with that?"

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7exlcsle4mjfhu3wnhcgizz6/post/3mxexfjvktc2e

Ecosia has a much deeper problem than which text fabrication ...

2026-10-08T09:06:59Z

Ecosia has a much deeper problem than which text fabrication engine they're using - they're fundamentally driving a shift towards more wasteful, bloated and inefficient digital existence and they continue to refuse to disclose any meaningful information

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jaghk4rwlrciav5aieckiiit/post/3mxe44xypic2w

[Ecosia’s “Green AI”: false hop...](https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/ecosias-green-ai-false-hope-for-corrosive-tech/ )

This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't ...

2026-10-06T17:02:07Z

This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI.

Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.
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This is a scatter plot of energy use vs AI score, essentially a ...

2026-09-29T19:27:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…q32g
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This is a scatter plot of energy use vs AI score, essentially a test of capabilities.

It shows *really* nicely how the 'advancements' of LLMs are really just brute force energy intensive spam: repeating and re-repeating looping queries in a shockingly wasteful way.
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As always, you have to be cautious with per-query or per-session ...

2026-09-29T18:42:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…f5tn
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As always, you have to be cautious with per-query or per-session energy and carbon data. We know for sure that these estimates don't add up to the totals reported by the companies - somehow the total energy and emissions are worse than the bottom-up guess

[ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...](https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/ )
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The data on the difference between chat interactions vs agentic ...

2026-09-29T18:37:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…4hq6
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The data on the difference between chat interactions vs agentic use is absolutely bonkers - such a significant increase. And this is as the hyperscalers keep reporting ever-increasing emissions. What is this going to look like in 5 years, if there is widespread adoption of agentic AI?
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Interesting new data collection from the nice people at the ...

2026-09-29T18:34:35Z

Interesting new data collection from the nice people at the Sustainable AI Group. Most of this is estimates, particularly the closed models where OpenAI etc don't report energy or climate impacts.

This stood out: there is *no* increase in model efficiency

[cleerdash.sustainableaigroup.com](https://cleerdash.sustainableaigroup.com/ )
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Your daily reminder - the Norwegian Consumer Council has really, ...

2026-09-29T08:44:59Z

Your daily reminder - the Norwegian Consumer Council has really, really solid work on how to be anti-enshittification

[www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/](https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/ )

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[Breaking Free](https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/ )

quoting
note1avl…v0za

Great commentary in Nature Energy: "Smart energy must address enshittification risks."

I really don't think people are taking these risks seriously enough.

[Smart energy must address ensh...](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02138-y )

This is actually the first major de-electrification we're ...

2026-09-23T10:01:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…tj0p
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This is actually the first major de-electrification we're seeing in the mid-transition era and I cannot fucking believe my eyes in seeing the core advocates of electrification celebrating and welcoming and encouraging it

[www.wired.com/story/us-dat...](https://www.wired.com/story/us-data-centers-drive-gas-power-expansion/ )

[Data Centers Are Driving an Al...](https://www.wired.com/story/us-data-centers-drive-gas-power-expansion/ )

Fossil-fuelled generative AI - pretty much most of GenAI ...

2026-09-23T09:48:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…4uey
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Fossil-fuelled generative AI - pretty much most of GenAI generally - is literally just this Nissan Leaf Ad.

Except in the ad at least the products actually do what they're meant to do????????????

[www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__9hLJKAk )

[Nissan LEAF: Gas Powered Every...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__9hLJKAk )

Trying to contain myself this week but "the electrification ...

2026-09-23T09:32:42Z

Trying to contain myself this week but "the electrification of information" has sent me

INFORMATION WAS ALREADY ELECTRIC. GenAI is taking existing info, making it wrong + 1,000,000x more energy intensive and then BUILDING HUMANITY'S BIGGEST GAS PLANTS

that is the OPPOSITE OF ELECTRIFICATION

CA suggests the highest level of possible ambition could limit ...

2026-09-22T19:55:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…acn0
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CA suggests the highest level of possible ambition could limit warming to 1.7c

We screwed up 1.5c but everything above is still up for grabs

"It's possible, technically and economically" [@billhare.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:pukhxy35oan3dbxk5joih5yw )
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Worth watching @climateanalytics.org live presentation on 1.5c ...

2026-09-22T19:53:17Z

Worth watching @climateanalytics.org live presentation on 1.5c and overshoot here -->>>

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0B8...

[Defending 1.5°C in an age of i...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0B8kDKYTkg )

Why this matters: NVIDIA is supplying products to some of the ...

2026-09-16T18:59:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…je8w
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Why this matters: NVIDIA is supplying products to some of the most shocking carbon bomb data centre sites on the planet.

Like this 9.2 gigawatt gas plant: the 2nd biggest gas plant ever proposed in human history (#1 is also a data centre)

Can you see why NVIDIA may not want to share the number?

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quoting
note12e3…07a4

Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio.

Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands

As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%
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Even Norway's oil fund (the world's biggest piggybank of ...

2026-09-16T18:55:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…sacd
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Even Norway's oil fund (the world's biggest piggybank of fossil fuel cash run by a man with extremely severe AI psychosis) voted in favour of NVIDIA disclosing this.

If even the oil fund is like "hey um this is bad, change it", consider that it might be worth changing

[bsky.app/profile/keta...](https://bsky.app/profile/ketanjoshi.co/post/3m3rsu7ohms2v )

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quoting
note1d38…qaya

Chatbots have an impact specifically on the brains of bosses and managers that ought to be subject to an entire new field of social science

[www.bloomberg.com/news/article...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-22/norway-s-wealth-fund-unleashes-ai-to-root-out-climate-risk )
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Green Century Capital Management raised a shareholder resolution ...

2026-09-16T18:53:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…cnvt
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Green Century Capital Management raised a shareholder resolution for the company to do the bare minimum and begin disclosing this. Frustratingly, it got voted down (after NVIDIA suggested it should be voted against). Why!?

[www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000121465926006075/b513262px14a6g.htm )
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Above is the emissions from the materials that get used by NVIDIA ...

2026-09-16T18:50:53Z

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Above is the emissions from the materials that get used by NVIDIA to build products.

But what about the emissions that result from the product's use? AMD and Intel readily disclose this (and it's quite big for both). I was genuinely shocked to see NVIDIA just.......doesn't??
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NVIDIA really highlights its "100% renewable energy" - ...

2026-09-16T18:46:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…pswm
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NVIDIA really highlights its "100% renewable energy" - but this is for its own operations, which consume very little energy

Compare that to its indirect, "scope 3" emissions that come from building the chips it uses in its products"

(The company isn't *solely* responsible for this, but *partly*)
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The very lovely people at ...

2026-09-16T18:43:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…y5vt
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The very lovely people at [@greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:657a4v4wm3iyzkbgxpgtvr5l ) have been working on the climate impact of NVIDIA's supply chain (the shockingly energy intensive process of manufacturing chips) for some time.

We expanded their timeframe back to 2020. This impact has increased 8x in 7yrs (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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In Feb this year, I led a report supported + co-authored by a big ...

2026-09-16T18:40:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…la2u
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In Feb this year, I led a report supported + co-authored by a big group of climate and corporate accountability groups into (a) the actual climate impact of the generative AI industry and (b) how they conflate that with other AI types to greenwash (a)

But - we only looked at data centre builders!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/post/3mezxve2ud22c
nostr:note13mfx3ffhkxq9xc62zpnpcm43q2ygsk7jpkpj6r0s2f3a5arhgh0sf06yq5

thread time, my lovelies Let me take you through what we found, ...

2026-09-16T18:38:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…qm97
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thread time, my lovelies

Let me take you through what we found, and why I think NVIDIA's climate approach is extremely consequential

[drive.google.com/file/d/1rX7d...](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rX7dcViqqOBz17ZMpbOmUqA0gYHp5XZG/view )
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Thank you ...

2026-09-16T13:45:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…c97t
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Thank you [@heatmap.news@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:7gk35tkrkugkdcqdteviyara ) for covering in your daily newsletter :)

NO THANK YOU to mister Donald Trump for confusing use of the word "hoax" on the days before our report

[heatmap.news/am/trump-dat...](https://heatmap.news/am/trump-data-center-hoax )
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Thread coming later, but for now, please go check out ...

2026-09-16T07:52:15Z

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Thread coming later, but for now, please go check out [@greenpeace.org@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:fboonjsq4tdhbubl7lma2jim )'s full press release here

[www.greenpeace.org/internationa...](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/85825/nvidia-greenwashing-hidden-emissions-report/ )

[NVIDIA’s greenwashing tactics ...](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/85825/nvidia-greenwashing-hidden-emissions-report/ )

HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by ...

2026-09-16T07:08:24Z

HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!!

NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate.

We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record:

[ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...](https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/nvidias-ai-climate-hoax-report/ )
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I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until ...

2026-09-16T06:54:39Z

I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow

[www.bloomberg.com/news/article...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/us-data-centers-set-to-burn-more-natural-gas-than-most-nations )
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I think one of the easiest ways to spot Anthropic's ...

2026-09-09T12:01:55Z

I think one of the easiest ways to spot Anthropic's insincerity or basic cultishness is how they've actively enabled + done deals with immediately deadly fossil fuel projects to power their data centres, zero qualms

Real dead brown people aren't really on their radar

[ketanjoshi.co/2026/05/13/w...](https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/05/13/why-anthropics-ultra-dirty-deal-shouldnt-surprise-you-at-all/ )
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I often talk about how the narrative of an "AI race" is ...

2026-09-06T12:16:11Z

I often talk about how the narrative of an "AI race" is actually just a bunch of people aimlessly running without a plan for direction or destination, so thank you to China's robotics industry for this visual metaphor
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It was lovely to speak to David over at the Pivot to AI podcast!! ...

2026-09-02T18:46:22Z

It was lovely to speak to David over at the Pivot to AI podcast!! Go listen to the whole thing here: [www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzO4...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzO4NVbzJ-E )
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Who would like to guess why UK, US and European media outlets are ...

2026-09-02T17:56:33Z

Who would like to guess why UK, US and European media outlets are not publishing 3,000 articles per minute about this

[www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...](https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-university-professor-dan-ariely-accused-of-additional-research-fraud-fabrication-tampering-epstein-data-colada-replication-20260902 )

[‘Insane data’: Duke professor ...](https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-university-professor-dan-ariely-accused-of-additional-research-fraud-fabrication-tampering-epstein-data-colada-replication-20260902 )

FOLKS - when we stop burning fossil fuels, oversizing agriculture ...

2026-08-20T12:16:02Z

FOLKS - when we stop burning fossil fuels, oversizing agriculture and killing nature, the warming of Earth also stops worsening

No floppy optimism here; no hollow appeal to hope. The laws of physics that created this problem also govern the fact we can choose to stop it.
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This is 100% why people who've been on X for years now get so ...

2026-08-18T13:35:41Z

This is 100% why people who've been on X for years now get so weirdly bummed out by Bluesky or any other site.

It isn't that bsky is a 'bubble', it's that being a shithead in the replies gets you an immediate nuclear-block, rather than immediately rewarded with Skinner-box treats

[X's Algorithm Feeds Off Rageba...](https://www.404media.co/xs-algorithm-feeds-off-ragebait-and-impacts-democrats-more-study-finds/ )

It is unbelievably amusing to see various people moaning that ...

2026-08-17T18:06:26Z

It is unbelievably amusing to see various people moaning that Claude 'watermarking' text (by doing a sort of statistical signal in the word choice) will "degrade quality"

[www.theguardian.com/technology/2...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/claude-watermark-ai-text-quality-worse )

[Claude to start watermarking A...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/claude-watermark-ai-text-quality-worse )

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data ...

2026-08-14T10:39:15Z

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES

Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built
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Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily ...

2026-08-14T07:20:16Z

Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily designed to enable abuse, harassment and privacy violations, but also embed real disability aids.

The tactic now is to use an entire community as human shields to defend against criticisms

[www.engadget.com/2236054/meta...](https://www.engadget.com/2236054/meta-donates-15000-ray-ban-meta-glasses-to-vision-ireland/ )
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All of the AI nerds keep insisting that the water issues are fake ...

2026-08-14T07:00:51Z

All of the AI nerds keep insisting that the water issues are fake while the companies keep pointing machine guns at authorities and demanding more water

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vcbdicqzpw5nh2w2saxx7rrv/post/3msypvw5vpk2q

Among other things: this is a reminder that power generation ...

2026-08-13T11:29:54Z

Among other things: this is a reminder that power generation technologies require a lot of water, and that massively increased demand on a power grid also increases the grid's water use

[www.france24.com/en/live-news...](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260813-romania-shuts-down-nuclear-plant-as-danube-drops )

[Romania shuts down nuclear pla...](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260813-romania-shuts-down-nuclear-plant-as-danube-drops )

FOLKS in case you missed it - new ...

2026-08-13T06:34:31Z

FOLKS in case you missed it - new [@thejuicemedia.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:gk4kgu6qt24upqvxwfvloljh ) honest gov't ad on data centres

The inclusion of Shrimp Jesus means Instagram auto-tagged it as 'made with AI' and now instagram commenters are like YOU HYPOCRIT YOU USED AI TO MAKE THIS

[www.youtube.com/watch?v=kON2...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kON2ZI2BNj8&t=2s )
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Starting now! ...

2026-08-12T08:00:57Z

Starting now!

[www.getup.org.au/campaigns/bi...](https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/big-tech/data-centres-webinar-4-aug-26/data-centre-boom-we-pay-they-profit )

[Data Centre Boom: we pay, they...](https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/big-tech/data-centres-webinar-4-aug-26/data-centre-boom-we-pay-they-profit )

"Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power ...

2026-08-10T13:20:11Z

"Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf"

[www.theguardian.com/environment/...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave )

[Harry Potter fans force reloca...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave )

"You’re talking about a number that is potentially half a ...

2026-08-10T09:21:05Z

"You’re talking about a number that is potentially half a percent of global electricity consumption by itself just for data centres in Alberta"

A REALLY WILD update on Alberta's fossil-fuelled data centre plans

[www.desmog.com/2026/07/23/a...](https://www.desmog.com/2026/07/23/absurdly-high-alberta-considering-almost-21-gw-of-gas-powered-data-centres/ )

[‘Absurdly High’: Alberta Consi...](https://www.desmog.com/2026/07/23/absurdly-high-alberta-considering-almost-21-gw-of-gas-powered-data-centres/ )

The single most important sentence in this article is the final ...

2026-08-09T21:45:17Z

The single most important sentence in this article is the final one: "did not say to what extent"

This is how any of these mostly fossil-fuelled data centres can float through the loopholes in this Australian regulation

[www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ai-data-centres-gas-northern-territory/107002860 )
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LOVELY NEWS: An American renewable developer that wanted to pivot ...

2026-08-08T06:30:13Z

LOVELY NEWS: An American renewable developer that wanted to pivot to fossil-fuelled data centres has cancelled those plans and is sticking with renewables.

The pressure works folks. Keep it up, turn up the volume, spread the word, etc

[www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/clea...](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/clearway-cancels-plans-for-gas-powered-data-center-in-nevada-report/ )
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Dear Australia: fuel prices are not about to jump. What is about ...

2026-08-02T21:45:01Z

Dear Australia: fuel prices are not about to jump. What is about to happen is that you will pay something closer to the real price of oil reliance, rather than forcing your fellow taxpayers who either don't drive or drive less to make up the difference.

[Prices to jump at the bowser a...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-02/fuel-excise-cut-to-end-in-august-2/106965630 )

In fifteen years, the UK has deleted coal power from their power ...

2026-07-31T08:00:14Z

In fifteen years, the UK has deleted coal power from their power system, halved fossil gas use, replaced most of that with wind and solar, and the country has not suffered the hellish blackout apocalypse conservatives and media outlets promised would happen.

[ember-energy.org/data/electri...](https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/?entity=United+Kingdom )
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Absolutely nuts: Google Earth now has a feature that lets you ...

2026-07-31T06:42:27Z

Absolutely nuts: Google Earth now has a feature that lets you convincingly fabricate satellite imagery

[www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-pla...](https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-plant-a-nuclear-plant-in-iran )
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Just so everyone's clear: this massive data centre bringing a ...

2026-07-30T21:45:04Z

Just so everyone's clear: this massive data centre bringing a huge fracked-gas power station online is *NOT* in breach of the Australian government's latest statement on AI "regulations", as per their own press release.

[archive.ph/wip/vyZzE](https://archive.ph/wip/vyZzE )
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It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult. ...

2026-07-30T07:00:09Z

It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult.
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I'm late to this but holy hell, I could write an entire book ...

2026-07-29T07:00:41Z

I'm late to this but holy hell, I could write an entire book about this single screenshot.

The way the image just perfectly captures the journalists doing luxury, disengaged hand-wringing about blackouts while the ACTUAL THREAT plays out in front of their eyes.
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"The EU is pushing for a rapid, and unjustified expansion of ...

2026-07-29T06:19:00Z

"The EU is pushing for a rapid, and unjustified expansion of data centres that will increase the wealth and power of US Big Tech companies and shareholders"

[www.somo.nl/eus-data-cen...](https://www.somo.nl/eus-data-centre-expansion-will-fast-track-profits-and-power-for-us-big-tech-and-investors/ )

[EU's data centre expansion wil...](https://www.somo.nl/eus-data-centre-expansion-will-fast-track-profits-and-power-for-us-big-tech-and-investors/ )

There is something so compelling and beautiful about robot fail ...

2026-07-28T20:16:01Z

There is something so compelling and beautiful about robot fail videos
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Meta gets kicked out of the RE100 renewable energy scheme because ...

2026-07-24T06:19:01Z

Meta gets kicked out of the RE100 renewable energy scheme because it's obsessed with powering its data centres using fossil fuels

[www.rechargenews.com/corporate-po...](https://www.rechargenews.com/corporate-power/exclusive-meta-thrown-off-key-global-clean-energy-scheme-over-gas-spree/2-1-2019180?lid=sc332ambnxea&re-daily-newsletter%3Futm_source=newsletter )
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Another day, another government climate agency pointing out that ...

2026-07-24T02:00:09Z

Another day, another government climate agency pointing out that unchecked data centre growth directly impacts climate targets 🫠

[www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/net-zero-authority-nsw-annual-report-coal-data-impacts/106948568 )
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This is a lovely example of a classic greenwashing tactic: the ...

2026-07-23T06:15:08Z

This is a lovely example of a classic greenwashing tactic: the tactical snooze button. 'Don't worry, we'll do the renewables later'.

Spoiler alert: they won't. The plan is 100% fossil fuels, 100% of the time.

[www.afr.com/companies/en...](https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/the-flywheel-effect-beetaloo-gas-fuels-nt-plans-for-economic-boom-20260716-p60fsh )
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A government official in Australia says the Northern Territory ...

2026-07-22T21:45:49Z

A government official in Australia says the Northern Territory needs data centres to use lots of water so......the Earth's axis doesn't flip
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As we warned in our Greenpeace AP report earlier this year, AI ...

2026-07-22T05:00:12Z

As we warned in our Greenpeace AP report earlier this year, AI slop is a massive demand fabrication project for a struggling gas industry. The NT gov't just granted 185 hectares to one of Aus' biggest gas companies to build a 2GW of fossil fuelled data centres.

[archive.ph/rmEpO](https://archive.ph/rmEpO )
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So.......how the hell did the New York Times get Australia's ...

2026-07-18T21:40:40Z

So.......how the hell did the New York Times get Australia's AI data centre story so wildly wrong?

Albanese's new AI rules **WORSEN** their position by allowing more room for gas

Check out my new piece at [@thepointau.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ajhfycbtzieubk22dnziykz5 ) for all the lovely, gory details

[thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...](https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260717-is-labor-setting-up-the-pieces-for-a-gas-fired-data-centre-boom )
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"Microsoft talks proudly about reaching 100% matched ...

2026-07-15T16:54:02Z

"Microsoft talks proudly about reaching 100% matched renewable energy, but fails to mention that it just signed a 20-year fossil fuel deal with Chevron that blows its targets out of the water"

[www.fastcompany.com/91573381/mic...](https://www.fastcompany.com/91573381/microsoft-emissions-rise-ai-data-center-boom-experts-get-worse )
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this is an extremely common headspace in climate, though not ...

2026-07-03T08:08:31Z

this is an extremely common headspace in climate, though not everyone is quite as blunt as this guy. Most lines of defence follow these same themes
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NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their ...

2026-07-01T20:23:20Z

NEW BLOG FOR YOU

Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.

A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:

[ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...](https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/ )
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Shout out to the European Data Centre Association for saying out ...

2026-06-26T06:19:01Z

Shout out to the European Data Centre Association for saying out loud what they're working towards
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"This was the top result on Ecosia, a browser I switched to ...

2026-06-25T08:46:25Z

"This was the top result on Ecosia, a browser I switched to because I was sick of ai nonsense"

Ecosia = "We're selling electric hummers because that's what the public wants, but this one's electric"

[ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/e...](https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/ecosias-green-ai-false-hope-for-corrosive-tech/ )

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q6x4g3sjyzgywwj6k5sohofn/post/3mp2hot2f4s2s

[Ecosia’s “Green AI”: false hop...](https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/ecosias-green-ai-false-hope-for-corrosive-tech/ )

An analysis of 85 British news programmes during a May 2026 ...

2026-06-25T08:43:09Z

An analysis of 85 British news programmes during a May 2026 heatwave found only 4 mentioned fossil fuels as the cause explicitly. I suspect it'll be the same proportion for this current heatwave.

What is the point, if the primary cause isn't stated clearly?

[climatenewstracker.org/during-the-h...](https://climatenewstracker.org/during-the-hottest-may-day-on-record-what-did-uk-tv-and-radio-news-focus-on/ )
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If Europe chooses massive, oversized EVs rather than right-sized ...

2026-06-25T06:34:03Z

If Europe chooses massive, oversized EVs rather than right-sized EVs, it will have to pay an extra 36 billion in car charging bills + an extra 2,500 people will be killed by cars

[uploads.transportenvironment.org/production/f...](https://uploads.transportenvironment.org/production/files/2026-06_Ever_Bigger_TE-UK_Clean-Cities-Campaign-1.pdf?dm=1782134130 )
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"Perhaps pro-AI developers didn't want to talk to me or I ...

2026-06-18T18:13:37Z

"Perhaps pro-AI developers didn't want to talk to me or I just didn't run into any during my survey, because I heard an overwhelmingly negative assessment of generative AI's origins, capabilities, and risks. By the end, I'd heard dozens of developers make a case against using gen AI at all"

[Why so many game developers do...](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so-many-game-developers-dont-want-to-use-generative-ai/ )

Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% ...

2026-06-10T18:19:51Z

Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio.

Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands

As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%
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I've been a broken record on this for three years and ...

2026-06-10T09:46:10Z

I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists:

X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up

[Elon Musk accused of fuelling ...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/elon-musk-accused-fuelling-unrest-085530645.html )

I don't think Anthropic really meant it this way but what an ...

2026-06-08T12:16:02Z

I don't think Anthropic really meant it this way but what an amazing demonstration of why generative AI's energy consumption is only getting worse, and dirtier. "Improvements" only come from nesting chatbots within chatbots, rather than any fundamental smarter design. It's Bitcoin x 1000
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Scientists, engineers, activists and academics have been trying ...

2026-06-05T09:52:01Z

Scientists, engineers, activists and academics have been trying to solve climate change for decades, and no one thought of this solution????

Problem SOLVED people, let's pack it UP
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"Those that desperately tell you how powerful AI is and that ...

2026-05-27T12:16:02Z

"Those that desperately tell you how powerful AI is and that you simply must use it are looking for you to validate their own laziness or distaste for effort, and those who are impressed with LLMs’ outputs tend to be people with low standards"

[www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-...](https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-of-the-business-idiot/ )
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ABC News has freaking 2.6 MILLION FOLLOWERS on X, and they ...

2026-05-24T04:00:11Z

ABC News has freaking 2.6 MILLION FOLLOWERS on X, and they managed 11 RTs on this news post compared to 5 on bsky, where they have............6.8k followers.
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Decided to try out Google's new generative AI powered android ...

2026-05-21T08:04:26Z

Decided to try out Google's new generative AI powered android app creation system with a very simple test.

After about 45 minutes, it "timed out", and now it's stuck on "Apply the "Clean Minimalism" design theme to the app" which it did not create because it timed out
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Europe's grid operator warns that if data centre growth ...

2026-05-13T12:16:01Z

Europe's grid operator warns that if data centre growth isn't well regulated, it would result in hard limits to renewable energy output in constrained areas.

Now let's take a huge sip of coffee and check whether data centre growth is being well regulated ☕️

[www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/09/e...](https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/09/entso-e-data-center-growth-europe-demand-side-flexibility-market-participation-policy-recommendations-grid-operators/ )

[Grid operators may reduce rene...](https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/09/entso-e-data-center-growth-europe-demand-side-flexibility-market-participation-policy-recommendations-grid-operators/ )

Pretty classic twisty and deeply confused carbon removal ...

2026-05-12T20:34:46Z

Pretty classic twisty and deeply confused carbon removal rhetoric, where they first exclaim you can't stop fossil fuels for data centres, and then still insist that carbon removal isn't there to excuse the use of fossil fuels??

You just did exactly that!!

[heatmap.news/ideas/climew...](https://heatmap.news/ideas/climeworks-ai-carbon-removal )
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go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of ...

2026-05-06T11:39:12Z

go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over

how's that for a slice of fried gold?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5kutjayihojlflwy3rk3gnkf/post/3ml5lyh2u2s23

[a group of people sitting on a...]( )

A big study that was cited as evidence that text generators are ...

2026-05-04T07:59:56Z

A big study that was cited as evidence that text generators are good for students has been retracted:

[www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-wi...](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-williamson-7a501b329_retraction-note-the-effect-of-chatgpt-on-activity-7456842986551803904-DBoN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABBbg1kBL4bGVwJOur529vIonS7OTt82ADg )

[www.nature.com/articles/s41...](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-07310-z )
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The smart thing to do during a crisis caused by over-reliance on ...

2026-04-30T17:55:40Z

The smart thing to do during a crisis caused by over-reliance on fossil fuels is to immediately act to lock in fossil fuels even more deeply than they already are

This is a crisis folks, we don't have time to deal with irrelevant stuff like *checks notes* um.............THE THING CAUSING THE CRISIS
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this is going to be a thread of analysts openly celebrating ...

2026-04-29T10:08:19Z

this is going to be a thread of analysts openly celebrating fossil fuel companies' skyrocketing ultra-profits off the back of the bloody and deadly attacks by the US and Israel, including several hundred dead school children

RBC analyst Biraj Borkhataria:

[www.reuters.com/business/ene...](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/totalenergies-reports-29-earnings-rise-q1-strong-trading-prices-2026-04-29/ )
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Also worth noting that wind had the largest effect in cutting ...

2026-04-22T12:32:34Z

Also worth noting that wind had the largest effect in cutting power prices here - a very good reminder of the importance of a diverse mix of non-fossil energy sources :)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5ll3y2nqxwrhie5aaj75ocz3/post/3mjz2oyi5n22i

A French coder estimates that using Claude Code will account for ...

2026-04-09T07:36:31Z

A French coder estimates that using Claude Code will account for 1 tonne of CO2 over a year - 10% of the average French individual carbon footprint.

We have never encountered emissions-intensive software like this, ever before (with the sole exception of Bitcoin)

[www.linkedin.com/posts/gwitte...](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gwittebolle_1-tonne-de-co%E2%82%82-cest-ma-projection-annuelle-activity-7447171247601356800-4-dB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABBbg1kBL4bGVwJOur529vIonS7OTt82ADg )
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Putting aside Sam Altman just continuing to emit huge lies ...

2026-04-08T08:48:01Z

Putting aside Sam Altman just continuing to emit huge lies constantly, this is an amazing example of what I mean when I talk about how GenAI is replacing *extremely low energy* digital tasks with *WAY WAY HIGHER ENERGY* replacements that *do not even work*

Why TF is anyone using ChatGPT as a timer!

[Sam Altman Says It'll Take Ano...](https://gizmodo.com/sam-altman-says-itll-take-another-year-before-chatgpt-can-start-a-timer-2000743487 )