Kristin Toussaint

Trump assaulted renewable energy. Now America is more vulnerable to Iran’s fossil fuel shocks Oil and gas prices are affected by global factors. Countries that invested in clean tech are better positioned as the Middle East crisis escalates.

Oil is over $100/barrel. Gas prices up 17%. Thinking about this quote:

“The costs of Trump’s war to the average American will be higher than it could have been because of the assault of the GOP and the Trump administration on renewable energy projects"

www.fastcompany.com/91502090/tru...

A Technology for a Low-Trust Society Polymarket and Kalshi promise the wisdom of the crowds. They deliver something very different.

"Prediction markets produce the opposite of accurate, unbiased information. They encourage anyone with an informational edge to use their knowledge for personal financial gain. [They] are the perfect technology for a low-trust society"

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Your 401(k) could shrink due to climate risks. A lawsuit argues that your employer has a duty to protect it A novel legal challenge alleges that a real estate company breached its duties by failing to protect retirement savings from climate-related financial risks.

Class action lawsuit launched against real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield for failing to protect their workers' retirement funds from climate financial risk.

Great summary in @fastcompany.com

#greensky #retirement #pensions

www.fastcompany.com/91503468/you...

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Trump assaulted renewable energy. Now America is more vulnerable to Iran fossil fuel shocks Oil and gas prices are affected by global factors. Countries that invested in clean tech solutions are better positioned as the Middle East crisis escalates.

“The costs of Trump’s war to the average American will be higher than it could have been because of the assault of the GOP and Trump administration on renewable energy projects,” said Peter Gleick, a member of the US National Academy of Sciences
www.fastcompany.com/91502090/tru...

Trump assaulted renewable energy. Now America is more vulnerable to Iran fossil fuel shocks Oil and gas prices are affected by global factors. Countries that invested in clean tech solutions are better positioned as the Middle East crisis escalates.

“The costs of Trump’s war to the average American will be higher than it could have been because of the assault of the GOP and Trump administration on renewable energy projects,” Peter Gleick, a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, told me.

www.fastcompany.com/91502090/tru...

State lawmakers have introduced 100+ bills to rein in wealth hoarding After the Trump administration passed federal tax cuts for the wealthy, state legislators are looking to address wealth inequality with their own policies.

In the 2026 legislative session, state lawmakers have introduced 100 bills+ aimed at reining in wealth hoarding & the cost of living crisis. I spoke with @stateinnovation.org about this momentum & what states can do to counteract Trump tax breaks for the wealthy www.fastcompany.com/91499265/sta...

this is pathetic and embarrassing for them,—and it's also a ridiculous waste of city resources, time, and money

apparently there's another Verizon outage? I have no cell service in my office, so can't make any calls...

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

"Elite impunity is now an American national project." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

An art review of 8 snowfolk ⛄️+ $10 tickets to NYG Live! 🎤 Life, and snow, finds a way.

Please enjoy my amateur art critique of the 8 best snowfolk I saw yesterday, including "cig-blasted snowbroad," "double cheeked up on a snowday" and a truly sickly dog nygroove.nyc/reviewing-sn...

love to be looted by our criminal president

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.

AI leveraged by lobby shop to ratfuck a SoCal initiative to fight global warming, is what this says. Thousands of emails sent to agency, can't tell if humans really sent them or not. AI spam vs. the planet. www.latimes.com/environment/...

I'm not advocating for murderers, thieves, etc to run loose—but do you want this ability, for an entire neighborhood to activate cameras and be able to seek you out for the powerful's definition of crime, at any time?

When you hear someone say "You can now see a future where we are able to zero out crime in neighborhoods" it's worth asking what might be considered a crime in this future

thinking, for no reason at all..., of this paragraph from The Dream Hotel

Big Tech companies say AI will help solve climate change. Environmental groups call that 'greenwashing' AI giants including Google and Microsoft have sometimes touted climate benefits that aren't backed up by academic evidence, a new report says.

Traditional AI has a smaller environmental footprint than gen AI, which is behind much of the data center boom

But companies tend to lump these technologies together, the report says, presenting the climate benefits and environmental harms as a “package deal”
www.fastcompany.com/91493873/big...

Big Tech companies say AI will help solve climate change. Environmental groups call that 'greenwashing' AI giants including Google and Microsoft have sometimes touted climate benefits that aren't backed up by academic evidence, a new report says.

Claims about AI having climate benefits often lack scientific evidence, a new report finds. And when touting the climate benefits of AI, tech companies conflate “traditional AI” with generative AI, a form of “bait-and-switch” that amounts to greenwashing www.fastcompany.com/91493873/big...

ok how many skaters DIDN'T fall? this is wild

truly I am screaming!!

it's like..is there something wrong with the ice? or everyone is just off today?

Yuma no! I feel so bad

I yell "oh no!!!" anytime someone falls. I can't handle the pressure — I have no idea how they do!

Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency reversed its “endangerment finding," which found that greenhouse gases are a threat to human health.

"Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price" | My op-ed with Bob Ward in @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.

Epstein also repeated this lie -- “i liked the argument that more co2 is good for plants" he said in an email referencing a climate denier's youtube video

This is a classic move in the climate denialism playbook! www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...

'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it's not an accident.

big thanks to @michaelemann.bsky.social who gave me some crucial context/commentary on the way 'climate change' is talked about in Epstein's emails www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

I did!