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Good morning with good news: Solar takes all the power growth in Texas, reducing prices & gas generation. Solar & batteries cut prices by ~33% and cut hours with prices over $100/MWh by 75%! Gas was forecasted to rise 15% in 2026 but now may decline! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... #energysky

US fossil fuel generation capacity will fall ~3 GW from June 2026 to June 2027. That compares to renewable energy and battery capacity growing ~83 GW in the same period! Coal falls 5.3 GW, while gas rises 2.2 GW. Solar adds 50 GW; wind 10 GW; battery 23 GW www.eia.gov/electricity/... #energysky

4 Color Frame Painting #9 by Robert Mangold, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137235

NEW | Battery storage additions could reach 459 GWh in 2026, enough to shift MORE THAN A THIRD of new solar generation to non-sunny hours 🔋 New analysis from @ember_energy 🧵1/5 ember-energy.org/lat...

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

World's Fourth Largest Economy Was 80.2% Clean Electricity in March 2026! California March Clean Electricity Share 3/2026: 80.2% 3/2025: 77.6% 3/2024: 73.5% 3/2021: 57.7% Solar rose from 28.6% in March 2021 to 44.4% in March 2026! Solar and wind were 53.2% in March 2026! #energysky

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"Wait… is that the actual curse here? That I… understand MAGA now? That I've been reduced to vociferously supporting a bad man because I see him as the only path forward to helping undo a greater evil? Did M. Night Shyamalan write my life?"

Maja Chwalinska has earned more prize money at this year’s Roland Garros than she’s earned in her entire career. Her total career earnings before Roland Garros: $864,030. What she’s earned at this tournament: $870,000. 🇵🇱❤️

Yup: www.discovermagazine.com/stepping-off...

Trans Shift by Kenneth Noland, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137741

"How long have I been in this place? I cannot say. In the darkness, time has lost meaning. The only days I remember are 'Days of Heaven' (Terrence Malick, 1978), the only nights, 'Nights of Cabiria' (Fellini, 1957)."

@jrfhanger.bsky.social Texas grid today at 93% Solar/Wind/Nuclear. Can see it getting to 100% on day in 2027.

Good morning with good news: Combined solar and battery plant's global average cost is 44% LOWER than the cost of combined-cycle gas turbine plant! Solar & battery: $57/MWh Gas plant: $102/MWh Solar: $39/MWh Land wind: $40/MWh Offshore wind: $100/MWh WOW! about.bnef.com/insights/cle... #energysky

Leon Polk Smith, Red Wing, Number 1 from the Form Space series, 1979 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134729

In September, a box of old film reels was donated to the Library's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. One of them was a nearly 130-year-old, long-lost film by iconic French filmmaker George Méliès. It had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century. 🧵 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/...

Good morning with good news: Battery costs plunged 27% in 2025, a bigger fall than 11% forecasted 2025 decline! Global battery deployment jumps 33% in 2026 to 122.5 GW in 2026! Battery costs fall 25%; solar costs 30%; onshore wind 23% & offshore wind 20% by 2035! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Franz Kline, Painting Number 2, 1954 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135122

Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.    Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.     Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice

If Lee Harvey Oswald went to a Malania screening, he might never have been found.

New Substack post: The wage compression that persisted. arindube.substack.com/p/the-wage-c...

Car Rolls Up To Stoplight Blasting Google Maps Directions https://theonion.com/car-rolls-up-to-stoplight-blasting-google-maps-directio-1819579513/

Hans Hofmann, Memoria in Aeternum, 1962 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135392

Thank you, Dallas!

@thepwhl.com special guest at tonight's Dallas Takeover Tour. #21

"Each of my parking spots is precisely three inches longer and two inches narrower than the average parking spot. The designers say it is to save money and be economically friendly, but I know the truth: my only goal is to fuck you up."

Richard Artschwager Cactus Scape No. 1 1981 Drypoint printed in black on Arches Cover paper.

Ellsworth Kelly, Curve II, 1973 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136591

"Our cheese comes from a large plastic bag labeled with a picture of another plastic cheese bag. The sauce is one-dimensional, infected with an impossible amount of years-old dried oregano. In the short journey from the oven to your plate, my pies will turn stale."

"Take this buzzer, stand across the street in that puddle, and wait for a little shock. The estimated wait time is six hours. And don’t be surprised if we’re not here when your table is called. We could be anywhere at any time. However, we’re usually near the morgue."

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

🎶Thicker than A deep dish pie Joints are sore Blood pressure high Pudding, flan And crème brûlée None are safe From the Green Beignets🎶

Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"

Today in Texas solar provided more than one-third of the power for 8 straight hours, peaking over 29,000 megawatts at 1:25 for the 3rd highest total ever. Last night, batteries set an all time record @ 7.3 gigawatts. Despite an 80 GW peak, prices have been <2.5c/kWh all day.

U.S. Military Strikes Boat Allegedly Carrying Cartel Members https://theonion.com/u-s-military-strikes-boat-allegedly-carrying-cartel-members/

Housefly Tracks Dog Shit All Over Cucumber Slice

Good morning with good news: July 2025 US solar rose ~33%, compared to July 2024, to new monthly record! July solar nearly tripled since 2020 & ~10X since 2015! July Solar Generation 2025: 43.7 TWh 2024: 32.9 TWh 2023: 26.6 TWh 2022: 22.2 TWh 2021: 17.4 TWh 2020: 15 TWh 2015: 4.11 TWh #energysky

this is getting better and better 😆

videos posted on bluesky are now higher resolution! ✨ before: after:

Global additions of capacity in 2025 698 GW of solar (BNEF) 138 GW of wind (GWEC) W&S will grow ~838 GW in 2025. What about gas? ~45-60 GW of gas may be added. With gas retirements, the net additions will be less! World moves to clean energy as US embraces coal & gas. #energysky

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🎉 10 GW of installed operational BESS power in ERCOT 🎉 15.4 GWh of installed operational BESS capacity in ERCOT 🎉 1.63 hour volume-weighted average system duration

At a certain point, the US oil and gas industry will still have a lot of assets but they will not be worth more than the liabilities. As the US oil industry now has peaked and is in decline, that point is likely in the near future. It's already happened in California.

Good morning with good news: 91% of global new RE projects in 2024 cost less than any fossil fuel! Solar globally averaged 0.043$/kWh, making it 41% cheaper than fossil fuels. China's solar was 0.033$/kWh! Solar's installed cost fell 87% since 2010! See: www.irena.org/-/media/File... #energysky

"I used to be pro-science. I only became an anti-science activist after I realized how much of my dream-interpretation-based worldview was incompatible with what I was reading in scientific journals."

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.