Alan Ohnsman

Alan Ohnsman

@aohnsman.bsky.social

Former baby, future ghost. Writing about transportation & cleantech for Forbes | ❤️ LA

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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Don Lemon
@donlemonofficial.bsky.social

According to Winter Park, Florida, police, an official from the i9 Sports league called cops looking for help settling a "disturbance between league officials and the parents of a player."

Alan Ohnsman
@aohnsman.bsky.social

In the latest Current Climate newsletter: ⚡️Virtual power plants to the rescue 🚌 A bipartisan push to restore federal funds for electric buses ☀️Corning CEO Wendell Weeks on solar business and carbon capture technology www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

forbes.comVirtual Power Plants To The RescueThis week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a new push to restore federal funds for electric buses and Corning’s CEO on solar business and carbon capture tech.
Alan Ohnsman
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In the latest Current Climate: 🔋EV Sales climb worldwide as they stall in the U.S. 🏢 Using infrastructure investment to tackle climate change 🔌 ChargePoint CEO Rick Wilmer on the changing U.S. EV market #electricvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

forbes.comEV Sales Climb Worldwide As They Stall In The U.S.This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at using infrastructure investment to tackle climate change and Chargepoint CEO Rick Wilmer on U.S. market changes.
Alan Ohnsman
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This would be a massive scandal in normal times: Trump’s stock portfolio benefited from investing in pharmaceutical companies that got Medicare exemptions from Republicans to avoid negotiating lower drug prices apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.comTrump increased investments in drugmakers that benefited from Medicare exemptions, Democrats sayPresident Donald Trump's investments in pharmaceutical companies have significantly increased after his return to the White House.

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Amy Feldman
@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Eli Lilly became the 1st trillion-dollar pharma company off GLP-1s. But with >60% of revenue coming from one molecule, it needs a next act. I went to Indianapolis to talk to CEO Dave Ricks & team about acquisitions, R&D and preventive health @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

forbes.comGLP-1s Took Eli Lilly To $1 Trillion. CEO Dave Ricks Is Betting Billions He Can Do It AgainCEO Dave Ricks built Eli Lilly into the first $1 trillion pharma company with its blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs. But with more than 60% of revenue coming from them, the drug giant faces t...

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Thomas Brewster
@thomasbrewster.bsky.social

🚨 NEW 🚨 This is scary. A spyware company launched attacks on journalists via malicious ads, no clicks, no interaction whatsoever required. Highly-targeted, though can be used for mass surveillance. The ad industry is deeply compromised. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

forbes.comIsraeli Companies Used Malware Ads To Spy On Al Jazeera Journalists, Report SaysA new report from Citizen Lab researchers shows how spyware companies can hack anyone viewing an online advertisement.
Alan Ohnsman
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In this week's Current Climate newsletter: ⚡South Korea's Green New Deal could be a global game changer 🚘Trump’s war with Iran is helping used EV sales 💰Andrew Steer and Daniel Weiss on the compelling economic case for clean energy #Korea #electricvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

forbes.comThis Green New Deal Could Be A Global GamechangerThis week’s Current Climate also looks at how Trump’s war with Iran is helping used EV sales and the compelling economic case for the clean energy transition.

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Anna Tong
@annatonger.bsky.social

Brett Adcock is one of humanoid robotics’ biggest hype men. Figure is valued at $39B; Forbes says he's worth $23.4B. Nearly two years ago, he said he saw a path to 100,000 robots across two customers in four years. How far has Figure gotten? Our profile: www.forbes.com/sites/annato...

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Amy Feldman
@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

In this week’s @forbes.com health newsletter, I report on how Cleveland Clinic + startup Piramidal are developing AI to help detect brain seizures. Plus a former OpenAI exec’s plan to treat complex chronic disease + Ramaswamy’s est $12M tax cut from moving to Ohio www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

forbes.comHow Cleveland Clinic Is Developing AI To Monitor The BrainIn this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Cleveland Clinic’s AI for brain seizures, Fidji Simo’s plan to solve complex, chronic disease, and Vivek Ramaswamy’s estimated $12 million tax cut.

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Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

9-reporter story at Reuters saying Tesla successfully pressured automotive safety regulators and evaluators in the Netherlands to approve their FSD (Supervised) systems - partially automated driving systems - for use in customers' cars in EU. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

reuters.comTesla is browbeating the EU to approve its ‘Full Self-Driving’ tech. The pressure is working.Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle.

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Iain Martin
@iainmartin.bsky.social

TikTok quietly gutted the rules it used to police advertisers last year. That's meant scammers who would once have been permanently banned from the app were allowed to continue targeting TikTok users. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

forbes.comHow TikTok’s Weakened Ad Rules Allowed Fake E-Commerce Sites To Scam Tens Of ThousandsLast year, TikTok’s executives quietly defanged its advertising rules, opening the floodgates to fraudsters that target American users with fake sales of products that never arrive. Sources told Forbe...

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Kyle Khan-Mullins
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social

NEW from me for @forbes.com: Ever wondered who the biggest data center investors in Congress are? We combed through every disclosure so you don't have to. Part 1 of 2, the Senate—and there's a big name in the top 5: www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...

forbes.comThe 5 Senators—Including Maine's Susan Collins—With The Biggest Investments In Data CentersForbes examined financial disclosures for every sitting Senator. We found 26 Senators with at least $7 million in investments tied directly to the data center buildout, including Sheldon Whitehouse an...
Alan Ohnsman
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In the latest Current Climate: ⚡️ The electric power grid logjam may soon break 🚛 Chargers are a big limiting factor for Tesla’s Semi 🌊 Boyan Slat on The Ocean Cleanup’s funding push to deploy hundreds of plastic trash interceptors #electricpower www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

forbes.comThe Power Grid Logjam Could Soon BreakThis week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a limiting factor for Tesla’s Semi and The Ocean Cleanup’s push to deploy hundreds of plastic trash interceptors.

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Giacomo Tognini
@giacomotognini.bsky.social

New for @forbes.com: America's AI billionaires showed a unified front at Trump's White House lunch on Tuesday, but their political spending tells a more complicated story. Here's how Musk, Dario, Brockman, and co. have spent $145 million on the midterms: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

forbes.comHow The Billionaires At Trump’s AI Lunch Are Spending On The MidtermsAt the president's event, AI moguls presented a united front on the raging battle over AI regulation. Their $145 million of political spending tells a different story.

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Mike Hixenbaugh
@mikehixenbaugh.com

Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.

nbcnews.comHow Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rightsAfter issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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Giacomo Tognini
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New for @forbes.com: The U.S. is racing toward an AI data center boom that could cost upwards of $10 trillion and surpass the railroad mania of the late 1800s by as early as 2028. Here’s where all that money is being spent on land, power, water and cement: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

forbes.comWhere Trillions Are Being Spent On The AI Data Center BuildoutU.S. spending on AI infrastructure could top $10 trillion and eclipse the 1800s railroad boom. Here's where the money is being spent on land, power, water and cement.
Alan Ohnsman
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this AI slop Trump looks like 30 Rock Alec Baldwin 🤔

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

The most exclusive dinner in the world hosted by Trump, apparently, though you wouldn’t know it by the AI image which has lost about six stone and 30 years. For the 185 top purchasers of his meme coin - or “suckers”. Buying $1m-worth gets you in.

Alan Ohnsman
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NEW: Is Corning shatterproof? Business is booming at the 175-year-old company, driven by insatiable data center demand for its optical fiber. I talked with CEO Wendell Weeks about how it will keep growing when the AI bubble pops www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

forbes.comHow 175-Year Old Corning Makes Itself ShatterproofCorning is flying high thanks to the data center craze and insatiable demand for optical fiber. CEO Wendell Weeks is trying to ensure growth won’t stop when the AI bubble pops.

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Amy Feldman
@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

Former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo started ChronicleBio to find treatments for complex chronic conditions (including her own POTS) using AI and lots of biological data. So far it has ID’d 13 diff subtypes of illnesses, + plans a 1st clinical trial this year. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

forbes.comFormer OpenAI Exec Fidji Simo’s $20 Million Plan To Solve Her Chronic Disease And OthersSufferers of complex, chronic diseases like POTS and long COVID often spend years searching for relief. The longtime tech exec started ChronicleBio to find treatments using AI and lots of biological d...

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Senator Amy Klobuchar
@klobuchar.senate.gov

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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John Paczkowski
@pczki.bsky.social

with the average price of diesel spiking, Tesla would seem perfectly positioned to sell as many units of its long-delayed electric Semi as it can crank out. There’s just one problem: The company still hasn’t built enough of the high-powered chargers the truck depends on.

forbes.comTesla’s Big Rig Bet Has A Big ProblemThe company has booked thousands of orders for its electric Semi. But without enough high-powered megawatt chargers, it may deliver only about 250 this year.
Alan Ohnsman
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NEW: Tesla’s big rig rollout has a charger problem The company has booked thousands of orders for its electric Semi. But without enough megawatt chargers, it may deliver only about 250 this year, despite surging diesel prices #Tesla #electricvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

forbes.comTesla’s Big Rig Rollout Has A Charger ProblemThe company has booked thousands of orders for its electric Semi. But without enough megawatt chargers, it may deliver only about 250 this year.
Alan Ohnsman
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In this week’s Current Climate: ☀️ Al Gore is a climate optimist: ‘We have urgency. But we also have agency’ ✨ Using star power to raise funds for nature at THE NAT 💡 Can Amazon curb its rising carbon footprint www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

forbes.comAl Gore, Climate Optimist: ‘We Have Urgency. But We Also Have Agency’Climate Week Edition: This week’s newsletter also looks at using star power to raise funds for nature and whether Amazon can curb its rising carbon footprint.