Weather hurricane
weather
6089 posts
Isaias downgraded to post-tropical cyclone, leaves hundreds of thousands without power
https://abc7.com/post/isaias-downgraded-post-tropical-cyclone-hundreds-thousands-power-florida-panhandle-alabama/19927125/
28m ago
· sadness
· relieved, troubled, helpless
· -1.5
In a sign of how serious the warnings are, dozens of Waffle Houses in the Florida Panhandle were closed. The beloved Southern breakfast chain is known for staying open through severe weather and often is a measuring stick of a storm's severity. 😮🤣😂 STAY SAFE www.cbc.ca/news/world/h...
29m ago
· surprise
· amused, shocked, concerned
· -2.0
Good morning, my Bleeps. Today will be a wet, windy mess, courtesy of Hurricane Isaias, so here are a few Smoky Mountain wildflowers to cheer us up.
31m ago
· joy
· bright, resilient, wry
· -0.5
Isaias downgraded to post-tropical cyclone, leaves hundreds of thousands without power
https://ift.tt/wEmivon
32m ago
· sadness
· relieved, troubled, helpless
· -1.5
From Thursday morning through Friday morning, #Isaias rapidly intensified and became the first major hurricane of the season. Then just as it was approaching the coastline on Friday night, it weakened slightly to a 90-knot Category 2 hurricane.
32m ago
· surprise
· impressed, cautious, unsettled
· -1.5
+ 6084 more posts
Nuclear weapons
nuclear
1841 posts
Europe can easily manage without the US. Our conventional military is three times as large. We simply need to work towards ensuring that all European countries become nuclear powers, rather than just the UK and France
just now
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· belligerent, reckless, nationalistic
· -6.0
I think if the weather is worse than it was this year, schools will just have to close down in the summer. But most people don’t even have air-conditioning at home. I have not been this frightened since I was a kid scared of nuclear holocaust
27m ago
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· panicked, vulnerable, anxious
· -6.0
I wonder, in 4 or 500 years from now, assuming humans still exist, assuming we've not set the Earth ablaze with nuclear weapons, or climate change, how will teachers tell the story of what's happening now?
When the world is being ruled by maniacs, intent on doing maximum harm to each other, and the
44m ago
· fear
· apocalyptic, anguished, worried
· -8.5
People built bomb shelters in the 50s because of the red scare and nuclear proliferation among the superpowers. Panic creates poor decision making and spending your kids college fund on ‘what ifs’ and propaganda is insane.
44m ago
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· dismissive, critical, scornful
· -3.5
🇫🇮🇨🇳🇺🇦 According to Stubb, during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister, he raised issue of possibility of Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine and received the response: “We will never allow that to happen.”
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/china-and-th...
47m ago
· fear
· terrified, anxious, unsettled
· -8.5
+ 1836 more posts
Weather forecast
weather
1636 posts
Preliminary track verification statistics for #Isaias show that the Google Deepmind model dominated the model guidance by a huge margin. The National Hurricane Center closely and wisely followed it. Details at bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2026/10/isai...
28m ago
· trust
· impressed, relieved, confident
· +4.0
Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaias Graphics: Wind Speed Probabilities last updated Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:22:52 GMT
31m ago
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· informative, watchful, alert
· -1.0
Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaias Forecast Discussion Number 15: Issued at 400 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2026
31m ago
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· analytical, watchful, concerned
· -0.5
Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaias Forecast Advisory Number 15: Issued at 0900 UTC SAT OCT 10 2026
31m ago
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· informative, urgent, watchful
· -0.5
What’s left of Hurricane Isaias is coming to visit this morning so you know what that means:
32m ago
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· bracing, expectant, wary
· -1.5
+ 1631 more posts
Weather impact
weather
999 posts
Number of customers without electricity due to #isaias hurricane.
Currently 924,639.
I have a friend who lives near Tampa Bay, and she says whenever a hurricane hits, their biggest worry is losing power. 🙏 It's hot and humid and of course power is just necessary for many reasons.
28m ago
· fear
· worried, uncomfortable, helpless
· -4.5
www.ft.com headline change
https://www.ft.com/content/f7d90625-0d78-44b2-927f-d63f4dbc5e8d?syn-25a6b1a6=1
New text is now
Oil and gas production disrupted and power outages as Hurricane Isaias hits
28m ago
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· concerned, alarmed, attentive
· -4.0
📰 Fox News
Isaias unleashes widespread outages as 900K+ lose power, flooding looms
⟶ Fox News | headline in context
29m ago
· fear
· panicked, vulnerable, concerned
· -6.5
Thanks God autumn is finally here. No #nudecamping this weekend as the hurricane is dumping rain in GA. Joy of this time of year is a campfire at dawn and dusk! Gotta love #edging at 7am with #ballstretchers #scs #softcocksaturday #nudist #bator
33m ago
· joy
· playful, wistful, frustrated
· +1.0
Update: the neighbor kids discovered the dirt on Thursday after it was ~half done and decided it was FUN to shovel dirt. So the dirt is done, but now we're trying to decide if we're getting too much rain from the hurricane on Sunday to overseed and if all the hardwork is just going to wash away 😵💫
35m ago
· fear
· exasperated, worried, helpless
· -2.0
+ 994 more posts
Weather flooding
weather
973 posts
Don’t focus on whatever they are calling it at this point. Focus on the impacts
Heavy rain and potential flash flooding still a threat for WNC for the next 24-46 hours #NCwx
28m ago
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· urgent, concerned, warning
· -3.0
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Gwinnett, GA beginning at 7:12 am and ending at 1:42 pm
28m ago
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· urgent, concerned, anxious
· -5.0
🌊 Flash Flood Warning
Area: Clayton, GA. Free demo open now — no real money. #WxAlert https://vortexwxpredictions.com
30m ago
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· -3.0
went to a fundraiser by ppl from Dawei in southern Myanmar, which lost over 50 villages recently to flooding.
no intl orgs are collecting funds because it's also a conflict zone.
and the junta isn't letting aid orgs in, and turned off the internet 😐
(i can route donations, dm or signal)
31m ago
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· heartbroken, urgent, helpless
· -7.0
If you have any questions, please email flood.strategy@eastsussex.gov.uk.
Find out more about how you can protect yourself from flooding at https://www.hastings.gov.uk/my-council/emergencies/flooding-protect-property/.
41m ago
· trust
· reassured, prepared, informed
· +2.5
+ 968 more posts
Wildfire prevention
wildfire
464 posts
#EPZ issues Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) at Oct 10, 5:12 AM MDT ...New AVIATION, FIRE WEATHER... Link
32m ago
· anticipation
· informative, cautious, prepared
· +1.0
ICT issues Grassland Fire Danger (RFD) at Oct 10, 6:04 AM CDT
at Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:04:47 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
36m ago
· anticipation
· alerted, cautious, uneasy
· -2.0
#ICT issues Grassland Fire Danger (RFD) at Oct 10, 6:04 AM CDT Link
39m ago
· anticipation
· warned, watchful, concerned
· +0.5
SGF issues Grassland Fire Danger (RFD) at Oct 10, 5:35 AM CDT
at Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:35:16 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
56m ago
· anticipation
· alert, watchful, cautious
· -1.5
#SGF issues Grassland Fire Danger (RFD) at Oct 10, 5:35 AM CDT Link
1h ago
· fear
· cautionary, worried, urgent
· -3.0
+ 459 more posts
Weather tornado
weather
343 posts
The calm before a tornado is the eeriest thing fr
43m ago
· fear
· eerie, tense, foreboding
· -4.0
I mean; looking from 🇬🇧; why don't more folk build with brick or other suitable materials to withstand the weather they'll inevitably get? 🤔
Also: that "Christian" parable about building houses...
Why have the historically ultra religious frequent-tornado-susceptible States never heeded that? 🤔
49m ago
· anger
· frustrated, incredulous, concerned
· -1.0
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #weather. The sky turning eirely green as a tornado warning sirens blared in the distance. It didn't cross my property.
49m ago
· surprise
· awed, relieved, uneasy
· +0.5
Een zeldzame dubbele tornado verwoest het Siciliaanse Marsala.
https://dgki.nl/posts/saturday/56a71f2-tornado-sicili/
55m ago
· fear
· stunned, terrified, shaken
· -5.0
Eh, I've never known any different! As long as the sky doesn't go green and the bugs and birds don't stop making music, I'm good with storms. It's the night storms with tornado watches/warnings that I hate the most cause you can't see anything.
56m ago
· fear
· uneasy, cautious, resigned
· -1.5
+ 338 more posts
Weather severe storm
weather
313 posts
'Heavy Rain, Hailstorm Lash Haridwar [Uttarakhand, N india]: Vehicles And Property Damaged.
A heavy spell of rain, followed by a powerful hailstorm, rocked Haridwar on Friday (Oct 9), damaging cars, bikes, and houses across the city and its surrounding areas.'
www.ndtv.com/india-news/h...
55m ago
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Ten years ago, thunderstorm asthma killed 10 Victorians.
1h ago
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· mournful, somber, reflective
· -4.0
FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY | Locally heavy rain and isolated tornado threat today #scnews
1h ago
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· alert, cautious, watchful
· -2.5
Birmingham Internationa [Jefferson Co, AL] ASOS/AWOS reports Tstm Wnd Gst of M49 MPH at 4:22 AM CDT -- Associated with Isaias.
at Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:30:13 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
1h ago
· trust
· factual, alert, monitored
· -1.0
Thanks, the thunderstorm started behind me when I was doing long exposures over the mouth of the bay.
2h ago
· joy
· exhilarated, surprised, awed
· +1.5
+ 308 more posts
Weather drought
weather
295 posts
💧 As Nepal develops its first El Niño contingency plan, IWMI's Amarnath Giriraj shared global lessons on preparedness at a policy dialogue on 1 October, highlighting how #ENSOOutlook and drought monitoring tools can support informed decisions.
1h ago
· trust
· optimistic, prepared, collaborative
· +4.0
Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Ramayana’ event in Ramtek postponed amid Maharashtra drought, confirms MLA Ashish Jaiswal as farmers’ welfare takes priority | Hindi Movie News
Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Ramayana’ event in Ramtek postponed amid Maharashtra drought, confirms MLA Ashish Jaiswal as farmers’ welfare takes…
1h ago
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· disappointed, empathetic, concerned
· -2.0
'“The clay in our soils is like a sponge… It contracts during droughts & then swells when it becomes saturated with water.” The phenomenon is not new, but climate change is increasing the frequency & intensity of the drought and rainfall cycles that drive it'
www.connexionfrance.com/property/12-...
1h ago
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· concerned, wary, thoughtful
· -2.0
Field Proof: Water balance ledger: 4.5 Lakh liter underground cistern bridging 150 days of summer drought.
Contractors guess; empirical engineering measures physics, soil bearing, and thermal phase shift in California.
Are you detailing this on your sites?
2h ago
· trust
· confident, pragmatic, resourceful
· +3.5
A 2018 drought is still killing spruce in 2026, per Oslo forest manager Esben Kirk Hansen. That is the durability risk in forest carbon credits in one data point: sinks can reverse years after the stress. Reversal buffers should price that lag.
2h ago
· fear
· alarming, tense, urgent
· -3.5
+ 290 more posts
Nuclear reactor tech
nuclear
286 posts
BWX Technologies says that its BANR microreactor has been selected by Prodigy Clean Energy, Pabineau First Nation and Eel River Bar First Nation for a project in New Brunswick.
#Nuclear #News
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bwxts-banr-microreactor-selected-for-canadian-project
1h ago
· trust
· optimistic, hopeful, proud
· +5.0
Johannes Gutenberg invented nuclear power
2h ago
· surprise
· bemused, incredulous, amused
· -1.0
I'm applying a nuclear physics concept here, but I think it might be appropriate.
2h ago
· anticipation
· curious, thoughtful, tentative
· +0.5
🇸🇪🤖 Nuclear asset management just got smarter! AI/ML-assisted ultrasonic inspections in Sweden are cutting data review time by 95% at Ringhals-3 & 4. "Repairing smarter" is the future of nuclear maintenance!
Source
2h ago
· anticipation
· optimistic, impressed, hopeful
· +6.0
The graphics part is the new breeder reactor heat pipes sprite. I've been working on it since July. I can still spot some problems around the edges where the reactor connects to other reactors and heat pipes, but it's pretty minor. One thing I hope to also fix in the future is the shadow.
2h ago
· joy
· proud, pleased, hopeful
· +3.5
+ 281 more posts
Nuclear international
nuclear
257 posts
The post-1945 international order is under pressure as nuclear deterrence, great-power competition and regional security arrangements reshape global politics. What does this mean for Pakistan’s strategic role?
By Mohsin Durrani & Barrister Rashid Ahmed
www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Oct-2026/...
38m ago
· anticipation
· serious, analytical, concerned
· -2.0
I must say, the idea that Austin Tice is why Bassam al-Hassan is considered high value by U.S. intelligence seems far fetched. He’s by far the most senior figure to fall in their hands and likely a treasure trove of info on regime secrets, its chemical and nuclear programs, Iran, Hezbollah, etc.
46m ago
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· skeptical, inquisitive, cautious
· -1.0
US treachery towards Ukraine will fuel distrust of America by its allies for much longer than disgust over the many Trump outrages.
America sings "Land of the free and the home of the brave" but not brave on hollow security assurances in exchange for Ukraine surrendering nuclear weapons.
1h ago
· disgust
· betrayed, distrustful, resentful
· -6.0
Rosatom Says it Wins Tribunal Ruling in Finnish Nuclear Plant Dispute
https://www.byteseu.com/2439887/
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Saturday that an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal had ruled in its favour in a long-running dispute with Finnish utility …
1h ago
· surprise
· vindicated, surprised, attentive
· +1.5
Go read the Budapest Memorandum where the US gave assurances for Ukraine to dissolve their nuclear arsenal post USSR.
1h ago
· surprise
· inquisitive, historical, critical
· -0.5
+ 252 more posts
Nuclear energy policy
nuclear
225 posts
To be fair it would also take a long time to sort, and during that time investors would be very wary about investing in new energy infrastructure at a time when we need lots of new capacity. In other words, like new nuclear, would have been a good thing to start 15 years ago.
30m ago
· sadness
· regretful, pragmatic, frustrated
· -1.5
EU Electricity Generation - October 09, 2026
59.04% of EU electricity generation was renewable, 75.42% low-emission.
Wind: 37.42% Nuclear: 19.22%
Hydro: 8.02% Gas: 11.65%
Solar: 10.33% Coal: 7.04%
eu-electricity.eu
#EU #Renewables #Electricity #EnergySky #ClimateSky
43m ago
· trust
· optimistic, encouraged, proud
· +3.5
Wow. Renewables and nuclear are right now supplying 110% of UK’s total electricity demand!
Surplus green power being exported to Denmark, Ireland and Norway.
46m ago
· joy
· optimistic, energized, proud
· +6.0
I feel like the parallels are pretty similar to the early nuclear age, except that it's faster, with no real government control and a massive profit motive.
1h ago
· fear
· uneasy, wary, apprehensive
· -2.0
The share of electricity generated by nuclear plants.
2000-2021. Nuclear power as a share of electricity output. Data source: IEA.
1h ago
· trust
· informative, neutral, factual
· +0.5
+ 220 more posts
Nuclear defense
nuclear
214 posts
<<300PU models, known as “Doomsday planes.” These airborne command posts are equipped with special communications systems that allow Russia’s leadership to maintain contact with the military, even in the event of a nuclear war.
It is unclear which aircraft Putin was aboard.>>
36m ago
· fear
· ominous, threatening, uneasy
· -4.0
NATO launching nuclear drills after Putin’s Baltic Sea nuke warning
https://www.byteseu.com/2439916/
NATO will carry out its annual nuclear drills in Europe next week, shortly after Russia alluded to using nuclear weapons to defend its isolated Baltic Sea territory of Kaliningrad against the …
1h ago
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· tense, alarmed, uneasy
· -2.5
The Deputy Manager, Nnsa Production Office-pantex, National Nuclear Security Administration Field Site Offices, Department of Energy should serve the people, not Trump. Write the Inspectors General at https://www.oversight.gov/contact-us
1h ago
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· determined, assertive, mobilized
· -2.0
The UK a civilised country? Nope. But hey we need more nuclear subs because the Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians are coming to take what we have. www.threads.com/@novaramedia...
1h ago
· fear
· threatened, defensive, cynical
· -4.0
This is regular drill in Fennoscandia. We train civil defence for chemical, biological and nuclear warfare in addition to traditional use of force against civilians.
Finland has over 50 thousand shelters and extensive co-operation between the military, authorities, business and civil society.
1h ago
· trust
· prepared, sober, resolved
· -1.5
+ 209 more posts
Weather heat
weather
211 posts
There's been a lot of talk about the planned live execution of the Ft. Hood killer. As it so happens, my book THE SUMMER OF DEATH @pegasus-books.bsky.social devotes a little ink to America's last public execution, which took place 90 years ago, during a killer heat wave. #BookSky #weatherhistory
35m ago
· sadness
· somber, grim, reflective
· -2.0
October heat reaches the Pacific:
Coastal stations surged ~26–28°F above normal during the SoCal heatwave:
• San Diego: 102.9°F / 39.4°C
• LAX: 100.0°F / 37.8°C
NOAA GHCNh data vs normals:
climateexplorer.app/articles/sou...
#WeatherSky #CAwx #Climate
44m ago
· fear
· shocked, uneasy, concerned
· -3.0
Extreme heat strains Italy’s ‘cheese banks,’ where Parmigiano backs farm loans
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2851278/extreme-heat-strains-italys-cheese-banks-where-parmigiano-backs-farm-loans-4/
This summer’s heat waves in northern Italy have reached an unlikely balance sheet, namely, the …
1h ago
· sadness
· concerned, distressed, empathetic
· -3.5
As much as I hated this summer's heatwave, I miss not having to set up alarms
I woke up with the sun in my face at 6:30 AM and was ready to go!!!
3h ago
· joy
· nostalgic, cheerful, energized
· +3.0
What Extreme Heat Reveals About Caring for Our Elders
Record-breaking heat is more than a weather story. Older adults and people without reliable cooling can face serious risks long before anyone realizes something is wrong. Scripture calls Christians not only to steward God's creation but...…
5h ago
· sadness
· concerned, compassionate, urgent
· +2.0
+ 206 more posts
Nuclear safety
nuclear
189 posts
He charges the public £4m a year to rent the land Dartmoor Prison is on, even though it's unusable because of radioactive radon gas rising from the underlying rock he owns.
28m ago
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· outraged, exploited, indignant
· -5.0
The plague jokes are met with an almost complete lack of information about the events in the Irkutsk region and increasingly strict state censorship. All this is reminiscent of the Soviet tradition of covering up disasters. Chernobyl, for example.
7/
2h ago
· sadness
· concerned, alarmed, mournful
· -6.5
The human body is quite good at repairing small amounts of radiation damage to DNA. Famously in Japan a skyscraper was once made with radioactive steel but residents showed no effects. Broadly it seems radiation is strongly thresholded and below certain levels has ~no effect.
2h ago
· trust
· reassured, curious, cautious
· +2.0
In the same way that nuclear power stations are self-planted nuclear weapons waiting for conventional explosives or hackers?
3h ago
· fear
· suspicious, alarmed, skeptical
· -6.0
10 October 1957. A major radiation leak occurred at the Windscale (now known as Sellafield) nuclear plant in Cumbria after a fire at the plant. The radioactive fallout spread across the UK and the rest of Europe. It’s estimated the radiation leak caused many cancer deaths.
3h ago
· sadness
· troubled, sorrowful, horrified
· -8.0
+ 184 more posts
Power outage
power
166 posts
NEW: "Several elements of the power grid that supply electricity to parts of Kyiv and the Kyiv region were damaged, leading to power outages (...) a significant portion of consumers in the region are without electricity": Ukraine's national grid operator shortly before the latest RU missile strike.
28m ago
· fear
· alarmed, vulnerable, urgent
· -6.5
Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias slams the Florida Panhandle and Alabama
https://www.wtae.com/article/isaias-impacts-power-gulf-coast/74097654
39m ago
· sadness
· devastated, disrupted, urgent
· -6.5
Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias slams the Florida Panhandle, Alabama #usnews
40m ago
· fear
· concerned, alert, watchful
· -3.5
Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias slams the Florida Panhandle, Alabama
42m ago
· fear
· powerless, distressed, urgent
· -4.0
Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias slams the Florida Panhandle and Alabama
42m ago
· fear
· powerless, anxious, urgent
· -4.0
+ 161 more posts
Nuclear waste
nuclear
53 posts
Vasquez Calls for Stronger WIPP Oversight During Campaign Stop https://ift.tt/8MOmAwZ
43m ago
· trust
· protective, watchful, hopeful
· +1.5
Too Soon? Swathes Of Chernobyl-Affected Land In Belarus To Lose 'Contaminated' Status
For many Belarusians living in territory contaminated by Chernobyl, the effects of the 1986 nuclear accident will end on January 1, 2027 -- on paper at least.
www.rferl.org/a/belarus-ch...
4h ago
· fear
· skeptical, worried, uneasy
· -4.0
Wow. I remember writing a 36 page (big, scrawly, & readable) letter about an American Chestnut tree we'd found in a SW New Hampshire location that'd been tapped 4 a nuclear waste dump in the late 1980s. I sent it to my GOP Senator, Warren Rudman, & two weeks later that dump was cancelled.
Now this.
7h ago
· joy
· nostalgic, relieved, proud
· +3.0
Drones can be deployed by the thousands to protect more of our coastline than any imaginary submarine. More US bases run by the US military - no thanks. No more nuclear waste either, please.
7h ago
· disgust
· dismissive, defiant, wary
· -4.0
& expect the people at the bottom to pay—including through subsidies. Private profit is defended as a right, while the public is left with the bill and the damage.
And what happens to the water she will depend on? This is not merely a fear about the future. Radioactive waste was deliberately dumped
8h ago
· anger
· outraged, betrayed, fearful
· -7.0
+ 48 more posts
Wildfire active
wildfire
43 posts
Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area.
Model run: 20261010T04:00 UTC
Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/)
Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness.
#Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality
6h ago
· anticipation
· concerned, informative, alert
· -2.0
10/9/2026@11:53 PM: WOODS, GRASS OR BRUSH FIRE at 1700 FENWICK ST AUGUSTA GA http://maps.google.c...
7h ago
· fear
· panicked, alarmed, unsafe
· -6.0
Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area.
Model run: 20261010T01:00 UTC
Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/)
Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness.
#Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality
9h ago
· fear
· concerned, wary, constrained
· -3.0
10/9/2026@9:17 PM: WOODS, GRASS OR BRUSH FIRE at 3147 FLOYD DR AUGUSTA GA http://maps.google.c...
10h ago
· fear
· alarming, urgent, tense
· -4.0
Santa Clarita man accused of tossing cigarette onto fireworks, igniting wildfire
10h ago
· anger
· outraged, alarmed, disturbed
· -6.0
+ 38 more posts
Wildfire policy
wildfire
43 posts
Teaming up with @scotlink.bsky.social at the @scotlibdems.org.uk conference today!
Thanks to @sannedd.bsky.social for her excellent amendment to the motion on wildfire management, calling for increased investment in Pearland restoration and rewetting.
49m ago
· trust
· collaborative, hopeful, energized
· +4.5
Boulder officials reveal that effective wildfire resilience funding could demand a staggering $30-40 million and warn that using existing climate funds may cut vital city programs.
Click to read more!
#BoulderBoulderCounty #CO #CitizenPortal #ClimateFunding #BoulderWildfireResilience
50m ago
· anticipation
· concerned, strained, urgent
· -2.0
A new state-funded climate plan is set to enhance resilience against wildfires, drought, and extreme heat, integrating community needs to boost grant competitiveness.
Learn more here!
#WA #CitizenPortal #ClimateResilience #EmergencyPreparedness #CommunityPartnerships
5h ago
· trust
· hopeful, empowered, collaborative
· +6.0
Food and water scarcity and wildfire, extreme heat, floods, tornados, etc etc are here to stay.
It's going to get much worse because there is a significant time delay between our actions and the results. I believe we're living with the results of the actions of 15 years ago.
11h ago
· fear
· hopeless, anxious, resigned
· -6.0
I live in fear of another major wildfire or earthquake in California in the next 2 years. This is intolerable and we should be considering soft dissolution acts like Blue-state mutual aid compacts.
11h ago
· fear
· anxious, desperate, urgent
· -5.5
+ 38 more posts
Power grid resilience
power
41 posts
A ‘Super’ El Niño Is Here. Can the US Power Grid Handle It This Winter? https://gizmodo.com/a-super-el-nino-is-here-can-the-us-power-grid-handle-it-this-winter-2000823840
1h ago
· anticipation
· concerned, cautious, curious
· -1.5
The war reached deeper into both countries today.
ㅤ
Ukraine advanced east and disrupted Moscow’s airports while striking Russian missile, refinery and digital infrastructure.
ㅤ
Russia intensified attacks on Ukraine’s power grid as Washington worked on new ceasefire proposals.
4h ago
· fear
· alarming, tense, urgent
· -6.0
Yeah these models can't write a consistent Excel formula I don't see them self replicating into the power grid anytime soon
7h ago
· surprise
· skeptical, amused, dismissive
· -1.5
Attacking the power grid is effective, and renewables still need it.
7h ago
· fear
· vulnerable, concerned, cautious
· -2.5
We're obviously not going to know the full extent of the damage right on the coast until daylight, but watching that livestream driving around Destin, it looks like they got really fortunate, there's still even a lot of electricity and functional traffic lights #Isaias
9h ago
· trust
· relieved, hopeful, encouraged
· +2.5
+ 36 more posts
Fusion research
fusion
41 posts
Yes. If the Brycemind were in its excited state it would run a quantum simulation to model the molten salts used in Jeff’s fusion reactor blankets to breed tritium fuel.
6h ago
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· +3.5
Prepare to start nuclear fusion reactors ((1 and ))2! Begin draining! Preparations for deployment will be ready in 15 minutes!
9h ago
· anticipation
· excited, eager, energized
· +5.0
i need to go play some Helldivers, read about nuclear fusion and CALM DOWN artemis is in their whimsy and hope arc
10h ago
· anticipation
· playful, curious, excited
· +3.0
CMU Researchers Win DOE Genesis Mission Awards for AI Tools
Carnegie Mellon researchers will develop AI tools for particle physics and fusion energy in Phase II of the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.
#tech #innovation
12h ago
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General Fusion Achieves World-First 1 keV Electron share.google/EfqlnzDOUYN8...
13h ago
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· excited, hopeful, impressed
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+ 36 more posts
Power grid infrastructure
power
37 posts
except I'm pretty sure they don't need the massive data center infrastructure that's why they are going to win
Also
China is way more setup to build a ton of data centers
The US electrical grid needs 10 years of intense investment first
7h ago
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· concerned, urgent, pragmatic
· -2.0
I'm perfectly happy to see that capital destroyed, honestly, since a bunch of these effing "data centers" can easily be re-used as switching/managment stations for the new electrical grid, but I'm training right now for the day when the Trumpsters try to get bailout money for these techbro lampreys!
7h ago
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Reminds me of when Putin sent us a bunch of Soviet CPAP machines at the beginning of COVID-19 and they were all just bulky fire starters because their electrical grid isn’t compatible with ours and they were known to cause hospital fires in Russia 🥴
9h ago
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🟥 Russian drone strikes disrupt Ukraine's power grid and damage infrastructure
📍 Ukraine · Source: Kyiv Post
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/86605
Live: warheatmap.app
11h ago
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· outraged, alarmed, devastated
· -8.0
Zelenskyy reports extensive damage to Ukraine's electricity grid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported extensive damage to the electricity grid and transmission facilities
https://linksgraph.com/en/zelenskyy-reports-extensive-damage-to-ukraine-s-electricity-grid
12h ago
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+ 32 more posts
Wildfire damage
wildfire
33 posts
Wildfires diminish vegetation control on surface runoff
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
11h ago
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It's the wildfire, wildfire West, baby!
This year, the region suffered quite a horrific fire season — the total acres burned was double last year's. The Southwest seems to have emerged the least worse for wear.
For @azcentral.com, I dig into the numbers to gauge how the Western U.S. fared:
14h ago
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Olivia Sanderfoot of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is trying to understand how the smoke billowing off of wildfires is bothering birds — and what can be done to prevent that harm.
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5991854/wildfire-smoke-ecology-birds-wildlife-health
15h ago
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Wildfires diminish vegetation control on surface runoff #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #climatechange #wildfires #vegetationcontrol #surfacestorms #runoffimpact
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aei3713?af=R
15h ago
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· -2.0
Wildfire smoke affects animals in unique ways. Scientists are trying to understand it #Science #Biology #Ecology #climatechange #smokeecology #wildfires #animalimpact #ecosystemhealth
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5991854/wildfire-smoke-ecology-birds-wildlife-health
15h ago
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+ 28 more posts
Wildfire response
wildfire
33 posts
Wildfires they might not be trained or healthy for with no restitution huh? gotta love that free labor. Califonians like you lend legitimacy to the idea of nuking the state. Scum of the bloody earth you are. Thank fuck your outnumbered 5 to 1
6h ago
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· -9.5
Colorado tests new wildfire technology to give firefighters another way to attack difficult fires
10h ago
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Colorado tests new wildfire technology to give firefighters another way to attack difficult fires
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-tests-new-wildfire-technology-firefighters-attack-difficult-fires/
#Climate, #ClimateChange, #Wildifre, #Wildfires
10h ago
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· hopeful, encouraged, vigilant
· +4.0
We need taxpayer dollars to go to real homeland security. Reformed prisoners who have firefighting experience should earn certifications and employment. Train drone operators to replace wildfire spotters. Hire 5x food safety inspectors.
12h ago
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Arizona recorded 1,589 wildfires that burned nearly 65,000 acres in 2026, far less land than last year, despite record heat and a severe fire season across much of the West. Experts point to monsoon rain, prevention efforts and luck, while warning that climate change and strained fire-response resou
13h ago
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+ 28 more posts
Uncategorized
wildfire
26 posts
Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area.
Model run: 20261010T07:00 UTC
Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/)
Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness.
#Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality
3h ago
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Became a activist in late '89. By '91 we were opposing David Duke campaign rallies, '92 HF Operation Rescue abortion protests, Cancer Alley, Oil and Nuke industry, etc. NOT kumbaya.
I'm starting to get my second wind.
4h ago
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Oh, so that big jar of water is for the hurricane? That's actually really smart and responsible of you, The Notorious R.A.D.iant! It's always better to be prepared for those kinds of things, just in case. Do you have a lot of other supplies ready to go too?
9h ago
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· supportive, reassuring, friendly
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Whoa, you must’ve seen some real shit then! My major experience was cleanup in Tuscaloosa, AL after Hurricane Ida, mostly just distributing meals, breaking down fallen trees, and hauling timber out of roads
11h ago
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· exhausted, compassionate, resolute
· +2.0
Destin, a city of 14,000 sitting inside the landfall cone, ordered its coastal zones out, and its mayor had this for anyone who stayed: "You are on your own." Once winds top hurricane force, crews pull back until the storm passes, so the hours before landfall are the last real
11h ago
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· abandoned, urgent, fearful
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+ 21 more posts
Weather winter
weather
21 posts
#BlueskyArtShow
#weather
After the ice storm. Salem, Oregon. 2021
#photography #ice #storm #ECK
6h ago
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There was a clip I used to use when I talked about crisis comms where he is losing his mind out in a blizzard over Thunder Snow.
Imagine being the poor government comms person trying to keep people inside and he’s hootin and hollerin on your front lawn with the Thunder Snow.
12h ago
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We didn’t either until she got caught outdoors during a blizzard and freezing temps. She only had to walk 2 blocks from the bus, but she said her piercings were so painful.
13h ago
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To my knowledge, one little stretch of townhouses in Germantown was the only place that experienced extensive outages during the ice storm. Ours flickered once. Urban infill is a climate imperative
13h ago
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when i worked at a grocery store in massachusetts the most popular thing before a big blizzard was whole chickens??? buddy that's not gonna do shit for you if we lose power.
15h ago
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Power policy
power
17 posts
This!! ➡️ "Australia needs houses, aged care beds, affordable health care, schools for our children, potholes fixed and trains for our sprawling outer suburbs. We are only halfway through a historic transition from an expensive and polluting coal-fired electricity grid."
8h ago
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Even as Massachusetts works to meet its commitment to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, natural gas remains the backbone of New England’s electric grid. Gov. Healey is pushing to bring even more gas to the Bay State. buff.ly/tMWBpGb
10h ago
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· conflicted, concerned, pragmatic
· -2.5
Sure. But we've already built a ton of electrical grid *for* kettles and lightbulbs. And a nontrivial part of the problem here is that we have a government that is doing its utmost to *prevent* any renewables, even shutting down the ones we have.
15h ago
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· outraged, frustrated, resigned
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(3/5) In New York State, @governor.ny.gov instituted the nation's first data center moratorium to temporarily halt the development of large data centers and to give us time to study their impacts on water, emissions, and our electrical grid.
16h ago
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· cautious, proactive, responsible
· +3.0
Socialism is the notion that profit isn’t JUST created by the people who provide initial investment. Profit is created because of all of the systems around the company: the roads and postal service, the electrical grid, the banking and contract regulations, the workers.
20h ago
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· reflective, explanatory, earnest
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+ 12 more posts
Nuclear decommissioning
nuclear
16 posts
Makes me sad that they will demolish the two buildings that were designed by Basil Spence and were very early examples of what a nuclear power station could look like. The landscaping by Sylvia Crowe also very important and will be lost
nation.cymru/news/trawsfy...
1h ago
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going through a list of English decommissioned nuclear power stations ...
1h ago
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Dead nuclear power stations prioritised for Datacentre Clusters, kind of figures #Hunterston #Annan
2h ago
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Author: Joey Ball “Are you good?” I heard Max ask as I stepped up the last few stairs to the massive abandoned nuclear power plant. “Yeah man, I’m ready,” I said, although nothing could be further from the truth. The place gave me a horrible feeling,... https://365tomorrows.com/?p=220545
7h ago
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Dismantling the Nuclear Reactors because they were superfluous is a flex
12h ago
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+ 11 more posts
Wildfire recovery
wildfire
16 posts
Colorado is seeking SBA disaster assistance to help families and businesses recover from the Aspen Acres and Gold Mountain Fires and burn-scar flooding. We’re also appealing denied federal funding to help communities reduce future wildfire and flood risks.
8h ago
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· -4.0
Retired science teacher Jim Crouch has grown and entrusted 10,000 oak seedlings to communities across California, including areas ravaged by wildfires, where he is helping bring back the trees that were lost.
11h ago
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· hopeful, restorative, generous
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Senior housing is coming to Covina, thanks to $36.8M from HCD’s Community Development Block Grant—Disaster Recovery and $14.8M through a $101M Multifamily Finance Super NOFA—LA Disaster fund designed to help the region rebuild quickly in the wake of devastating 2025 wildfires.
15h ago
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· +6.5
Medford will pursue buyers for a former hotel that was previously converted to housing for wildfire survivors. The property has been deemed unsafe.
15h ago
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· neglected, unsafe, unsettled
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What happens after a #wildfire is contained?
This #FieldWorkFriday, the NSL field team partnered with BLM and the Forest Service to install a new remote wildfire monitoring camera at Santa Rosa Peak.
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#wildfiresafety #sciencetechnology #nevada #nevadascience
17h ago
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· collaborative, hopeful, proactive
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+ 11 more posts
Wildfire evacuation
wildfire
12 posts
#CyrusFire > Cyrus Canyon Rd and Sierra Way, Wofford Heights in Kern County, CA
Evacuation warning has been issued for Zone: KRN-761
Watch Duty App > app.watchduty.org/i/124059
Alert Wildfire > ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/...
14h ago
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Fire evacuation Prepping: What must you know about fire evacuating…
21h ago
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BWCA Entry Point Closure: Wildfire Impact on Minnesota
A reserved BWCA trip suddenly cancelled. David Ohnstad describes the moment the closure email arrived, shutting down the eastern corridor and forcing difficult decisions…
https://davidohnstadminnesota.com/bwca-entry-point-closure-wildfire/
1d ago
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Boundary Waters Closure: When Forest Service Shuts Down 47 Trips
On July 13, 2026, the Superior National Forest closed all recreational access to the Boundary Waters due to extreme heat and wildfires. David…
https://davidohnstadminnesota.com/boundary-waters-closure-forest-service-shutdown/
1d ago
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𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞: Turbulent
A growing brush fire has shut Interstate 5 in both directions in north Los Angeles County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.
1d ago
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+ 7 more posts
Power generation
power
9 posts
Energy analysts warned that prolonged refinery outages caused by Isaias could push gasoline and diesel prices higher
3h ago
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Isaias Puts 500,000 Barrels a Day of Refining Capacity at Risk
gcaptain.com/isaias-puts-...
14h ago
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US Gulf producers shut in more oil and gas as Isaias nears landfall reut.rs/4dvtOAc
16h ago
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Venezuela: 300 Megawatts Added to Electricity Grid in Less Than 24 Hours
1d ago
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Venezuela: 300 Megawatts Added to Electricity Grid in Less Than 24 Hours
1d ago
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+ 4 more posts
Power international
power
5 posts
Oil/geopolitics: Trump-Putin diesel deal = de-escalation leg; Iran striking tankers beyond Hormuz + Isaias disrupts Gulf. Brent ~$102.6-104: $100 gate 14th leg, $108 hedge-band gate ~4% away. EU weighs energy windfall tax. Posture NEUTRAL/DEFENSIVE, hedges full; CPI mid-Oct THE binary.
5h ago
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“You get 70 and we get 30.” Indonesia's energy minister says the ASEAN Power Grid deal is not yet win-win. With up to 3.4 GW of renewables eyed for export to Singapore, the unresolved question is how the benefits are split.
18h ago
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Russia is planning to disconnect three Ukrainian nuclear power plants – Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and South Ukraine – from the power grid, and is also attempting to create conditions to reduce electricity supply to Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa by up to 90%.
1d ago
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...South-East Asia’s energy ministers gathered in Manila, the Philippine capital, to discuss measures to soften future shocks, including shared fuel stockpiling and a regional electricity grid.
None of these ideas are new. A South-East Asia grid was first endorsed in 1997, but progress has... 2/4
1d ago
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#Athens #billion #Cyprus #eastern #EU #Greece #grid operator #Israel #power #power grid #Turkey
🌐 www.newsmart.ch
1d ago
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· connected, uncertain, watchful
· -1.5
Fusion startups
fusion
5 posts
Investors backed consumer technology, fusion energy, enterprise AI, and other emerging technologies this week.
1d ago
· anticipation
· optimistic, excited, hopeful
· +5.5
More on today's announcement in the Tri-City Herald: "Fusion energy developer plans to manufacture in Tri-Cities, create 100s of jobs"
1d ago
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One of the big stories out of Tri-Cities today was the signing of a contract to build a fusion power assembly plant. ONE MAJOR PROBLEM - Generating power using fusion technology does not exist & will not exist by 2028 or 2030 or 2032 or 2034. There has been no breakthroughs.
1d ago
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Type One Energy just raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034. Knoxville, TN startup, founded 2019. Fusion has a long history of missed deadlines. This one comes with real money and a specific year attached. #FusionEnergy
1d ago
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· hopeful, skeptical, excited
· +4.0
“Trump Media & Tech Group, the parent company of Truth Social, has announced a merger w a nuclear fusion company that plans to develop power plants as electricity demand surges, in large part bc of the rapid expansion of AI data centers.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
1d ago
· anticipation
· informative, curious, optimistic
· +2.0
Fusion facilities
fusion
5 posts
Fusion for Energy, in collaboration with Ansaldo Nucleare, Westinghouse and Walter Tosto, has completed manufacturing Europe's final vacuum vessel sector for the ITER.
#Nuclear #News
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/europe-delivers-final-iter-vacuum-vessel-sector
19h ago
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· +4.5
Research operations are planned for 2034, with deuterium-tritium fusion from 2039. #ITER #NuclearEnergy
21h ago
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· +4.0
About nine-tenths of what the members contribute arrives as hardware rather than money, so parts made in different countries are assembled on one site. The plasma chamber alone is nine steel sectors, each taller than 14 metres and weighing 440 tonnes. #ITER #Engineering
21h ago
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🇷🇺 #Russia, 🇺🇸 #USA, 🇨🇳 #China, 🇪🇺 #EU, 🇮🇳 #India, 🇯🇵 #Japan and 🇰🇷 #Korea are still building #ITER together. That is what stayed with me most after visiting the world’s largest #fusion experiment in the south of France this week.
21h ago
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· inspired, hopeful, impressed
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Damage to the nuclear fusion reactor is reaching a dangerous level! If this continues, it will be difficult to continue navigating!
1d ago
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Power demand
power
3 posts
AI is destroying our neighbors' quality of living, as a 7-year new yorker now from new jersey watching my relatives' electricity bills go up from the data centers hogging the power grid! stop using it!
15h ago
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· angry, resentful, alarmed
· -7.0
Oracle is reportedly trucking in natural gas to keep one of its AI data centers running because the power grid can't supply enough electricity.
That's the AI boom in practice: fuel trucks idling outside a server farm.
22h ago
· disgust
· wasteful, strained, concerning
· -5.0
How will data centers affect the electric grid?
Join WEI for Data Centers and the Grid, a Forward in Energy Forum on energy demand, reliability, affordability, and future grid planning.
Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m. CT
WEI and online
Register: energy.wisc.edu/events/data-...
1d ago
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· inquisitive, engaged, hopeful
· +3.0
Fusion policy
fusion
3 posts
An ecology of participation for fusion energy development
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10914
19h ago
· anticipation
· hopeful, curious, collaborative
· +2.0
BREAKING: White House announces “New Golden Age of Science,” investing $6B to accelerate breakthroughs in AI, quantum computing, nuclear fusion, & space exploration.
1d ago
· anticipation
· hopeful, energized, optimistic
· +7.0
We’re getting another useful tool in our fusion toolkit with a Genesis Mission award from the @departmentofenergy.bsky.social. Through the program, CFS will lead a group of U.S. labs, universities, and companies to use AI and digital twins to help catalyze commercial fusion energy work. 1/3
1d ago
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· +5.0
Fusion technology
fusion
2 posts
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... recent simplified stellarator designs, for the fusion power point lmao
1d ago
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· amused, curious, playful
· +2.0
maybe building a small fusion reactor to power ur PC is a little overkill
1d ago
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· playful, amused, whimsical
· +3.0