Katherine Derbyshire

@kewms
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Renewable energy. Climate science. Semiconductor manufacturing. Also @kewms at the bird site.
Carbon Zerohttps://tocarbonzero.tumblr.com/
Semiconductor Engineeringhttps://semiengineering.com/author/katherine/
Show threadKatherine DerbyshireAug 22, 2025
@ScienceDesk @AssociatedPress
Pundit hat on: germanium, gallium, and titanium are important strategic metals, but they are not rare earths. Rare earths are the 17 lanthanides, starting with #57 on the periodic table. AP, you need to get this right.
Show threadKatherine DerbyshireAug 21, 2025
@julesbl That would necessarily mean that reviewers would be less familiar with the subject matter. Not sure that's a good thing.
Katherine DerbyshireJan 11, 2025
emptywheelJan 10, 2025
I'm wondering if there's a way to point out that the GOP has gotten everyone terrified about 3,000 Trans kids as a way to distract everyone from the damage done by 800 billionaires in the US. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

'A very, very small number' of...
Show threadKatherine DerbyshireDec 15, 2024
@emptywheel.bsky.social Democratic Senators, too.
Show threadKatherine DerbyshireDec 11, 2024
@RonSupportsYou Anyone who was paying attention already knew this.
Show threadKatherine DerbyshireDec 10, 2024
@ScienceDesk @BBCNews Kimchi tofu soup and/or pho. (No, I'm not Korean or Vietnamese, but people who are run restaurants that will deliver to me.)
Katherine DerbyshireDec 6, 2024
https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024/black-earth-north-carolina-farmer
#ClimateJustice #SustainableAgriculture
Black Earth — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved— and is reclaiming his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.

THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Katherine DerbyshireNov 24, 2024
I wrote a (short) thing. #GridResilience #Climate https://tocarbonzero.tumblr.com/post/767868168370896896/freezing-in-the-dark
Freezing in the dark

There's nothing like a power outage to make you appreciate fossil fuels. The Pacific Northwest encountered a bomb cyclone this week, smashing a lot of trees and leaving hundreds of thousands of people...

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Katherine DerbyshireNov 19, 2024
Marc AbrahamsNov 19, 2024
Nature magazine interviewed Ig Nobel Prize winners about how winning the prize has affected them. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03756-w
How a silly science prize changed my career

A levitating frog, a necrophiliac duck, taxi drivers’ brains — the Ig Nobel prizes have shined a spotlight on offbeat work. Here’s an inside look at how winners feel about this sometimes unwanted ‘honour’.

Katherine DerbyshireNov 19, 2024
Climate News NowNov 18, 2024

A $60 Billion-a-Year Climate Solution Is Sitting in Our Junk Drawers.

In rich nations, just a fraction of trashed electronics is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game. #ClimateChange

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/11/demand-critical-metals-e-waste-recycling-clean-energy-climate-vince-beiser-book-power-metal/

A $60 billion-a-year climate solution is sitting in our junk drawers

In rich nations, just a fraction of e-waste is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game.

Mother Jones