This week, Nate offers a reflection on the U.S. midterm elections, separating the relief of a clear outcome from the deeper questions that remain unsolved. He considers what has changed politically and what hasn’t through a transpartisan lens, highlighting a growing disconnect between political institutions and the biophysical reality shaping our future. While the election has changed the occupants of some government positions, the Carbon Pulse continues, planetary boundaries remain in overshoot, and the global economic Superorganism carries on at its established pace.
How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.
2026 Midterm Election Results: Latest Updates
Democrats decisively take the Senate and House. The question now: How far will the blue wave go?
Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on election night | TechCrunch
Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.
Election results | Tech Influence Watch
Results from the latest federal elections, and how candidates backed or opposed by crypto- and AI-focused super PACs and donors fared
US voters rebuke Trump as Democrats win control of Congress in ‘blue wave’
President’s party stripped of control after he spent weeks pleading with Americans to pretend he was on ballot
The Death of the Carbon Coalition
Existing models of U.S. politics are wrong. Here’s how the system really works.
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds
Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’
America’s compact between science and politics is broken
How did we get here?
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine
The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.
Trump's midterm drubbing demonstrates the power of data center opponents
Data center opponents were among the biggest winners of the Democrats' landslide victories in the US midterm elections, pointing to a shifting public mood on AI and, investors said, a possible slowdown of the boom that has propelled US economic growth and stock markets.
Raman leads Bass in L.A. mayor’s race; Becerra wins governor; Democrats seize control of Congress
The race for Los Angeles mayor remained too close to call. Nationally, Democrats celebrated historic victories allowing them to seize control of Congress. Follow our live coverage.
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens explores money, energy, economy, and the environment with world experts and leaders to understand how everything fits together, and where we go from here
Allié de Trump, le nouveau président colombien promet une ruée vers les énergies fossiles
Le candidat d'extrême droite Abelardo de la Espriella a remporté l'élection présidentielle colombienne. Relance des hydrocarbures, démantèlement des acquis environnementaux : une régression significative est redoutée.
Jokes aside, Bluesky effectively replaced the blogosphere of 2002-2009 which drove the blue wave of 2006 and election of Barack Obama in 2008. Politically homogeneous social media is GOOD for organizing and generating enthusiasm. We need to protect it this time.
Matt Browner Hamlin
In the end, the "Joe Rogan of the Left" was the friends we made on BlueSky along the way...
