Peter Fairley

When Putin's army charged towards Kyiv in 2022 I started covering the war for @IEEESpectrum, including the violent capture of Europe's largest nuclear power plant. What shocked me more was the battle raging within 🇺🇦 nuclear power firm @EnergoAtom: spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-nuclea…

@janrosenow @politico The UK grid operators are working towards the ability to operate without gas. Anybody know where that stands?

Gas only sets Spain's electricity price 15% of the time. When gas costs spike it barely registers on the electricity bill. In countries like Italy and the UK gas sets the price 90% of the time. The difference is enormous. I spoke to @politico about this. politico.eu/article/spain-…

Re-upping as the U.S. military prepares to target Iran's electricity Unlocked nytimes.com/2024/04/15/opi…

USA: ICE must release journalist Estefany Rodriguez rsf.org/s/95817

Laura Loomer flew to India. Before she left she deleted all of her anti-Indian tweets. Thousands of them. Gone. She thought nobody would notice. An Indian uncle noticed. He read them back to her on camera. Every one. Her own words. Her own bigotry. Directed at the people whose country she was visiting as a guest. This is the woman who has the personal cell phone number of the President of the United States. This is the woman who shaped immigration policy from Mar-a-Lago. She deleted the evidence before crossing the border. The internet is forever. The uncle is a hero.

Good piece by Nicolas Kristof in the NYT today

Here's a man-bites-dog story: Offshore wind farms might actually *enhance* national security by reducing reliance on imported energy and providing forward platforms for military surveillance. My latest for @IEEESpectrum spectrum.ieee.org/offshore-wind-…

Important reporting by @insideclimate. While many governments throw the book at nonviolent climate protestors, the US is sicking the FBI on them. insideclimatenews.org/news/08032026/…

Oleksiy Brecht is a 'Hero of Ukraine' for his pivotal role keeping the power on. What's saddest to me about Brecht's tragic death: While responding to Russia's grid attacks he had to simultaneously battle corrupt 🇺🇦 officials. My latest @IEEESpectrum: spectrum.ieee.org/repair-ukraine…

Nerve, creativity, and genius combine to sustain Ukraine's grid. This just out from @pfairley for @IEEESpectrum. spectrum.ieee.org/repair-ukraine…

I did not campaign for this. I did not donate money for this. I did not vote for this, in elections or Congress. This is heartbreaking and tragic. And how many more innocent will die? What about our own military? This is not what we thought MAGA was supposed to be. Shame!

The Department of Justice is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. Here's what you need to know:

"To those who continue to make these sickening decisions: Go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children." — Portland (OR) mayor Keith Wilson

Tippecanoe County Judge Steven Meyer and his wife were shot on Sunday. Several cases overseen by Judge Meyer, who has run for office as a Democrat and previously served on the Lafayette City Council, had been the subject of news reports in the state. abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-jud…

Finnish President Stubb: ◾️ Can Europe defend itself without the Americans? My answer is unequivocally yes. ◾️ If we look at the defense composure of Europe by and large in a country like Finland, how do we do it? We have conscription. One million have done it. We can mobilize 280,000 soldiers within weeks. We have 62 F-18s. We just bought 64 F-35s. We have the biggest artillery in Europe together with Poland. We have long-range missiles, land, sea, and air. ◾️ If you ask me the question, "Can the Finnish military defend itself against a Russian attack?" The whole defense composure of the way that we do it - yes, we can.

“You cannot credibly argue that drug trafficking charges demand invasion in one case, while issuing a pardon in another" -- Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia nytimes.com/2026/01/03/wor…

@TerraWatts2010 That's 3,5 Gigawatts!

"no one gives their lives for journalism — it is taken from them; journalists do not just die — they are killed” Thibaut Bruttin RSF Director General rsf.org/en/2025-deadly… @RSF_inter

if not nazi, why nazi shaped?