Ben Norris
@bennorris.bsky.social
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Solar Energy Industries Association. Personal account, views my own, etc.
im not a journalist but bari weiss seems extremely bad at her job
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
im not a journalist but bari weiss seems extremely bad at her job
Has anyone asked the airlines if they want safety rules written by slop machines?
If I were advising on the use of LLMs in federal rulemaking, this is about the last area I’d recommend.
Up next: oil spill prevention, food safety, nuclear power plants?
If I were advising on the use of LLMs in federal rulemaking, this is about the last area I’d recommend.
Up next: oil spill prevention, food safety, nuclear power plants?
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Has anyone asked the airlines if they want safety rules written by slop machines?
If I were advising on the use of LLMs in federal rulemaking, this is about the last area I’d recommend.
Up next: oil spill prevention, food safety, nuclear power plants?
If I were advising on the use of LLMs in federal rulemaking, this is about the last area I’d recommend.
Up next: oil spill prevention, food safety, nuclear power plants?
absolute loser shit
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
absolute loser shit
There’s actually a really easy way out of this and it’s for the feds to stop lying, terrorizing and murdering innocent people. Thats it!
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
There’s actually a really easy way out of this and it’s for the feds to stop lying, terrorizing and murdering innocent people. Thats it!
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It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
Cool!
This Sunday, Jan. 25, 60 Minutes presents “A Night at the Movies,” a special edition featuring profiles from our archives on:
• Timothée Chalamet
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Kate Winslet
• Timothée Chalamet
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Kate Winslet
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Cool!
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
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January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
no. next question
The golfer Max Greyserman is ranked No. 33 on the PGA Tour. Can he climb to the top by using lessons from his father's time as a quant? nyti.ms/4jYshES
January 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
no. next question
“Environmental Insurrectionists” is actually a great name for climate deniers and extreme fossil fuel supporters.
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
“Environmental Insurrectionists” is actually a great name for climate deniers and extreme fossil fuel supporters.
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Exclusive from @bengeman.bsky.social: The Solar Energy Industries Association is ramping up its advocacy for policies that help deploy storage.
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/s...
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/s...
Exclusive: Solar industry launches new push on storage
Utility-scale battery storage enables higher levels of renewables on grids and helps meet demand peaks.
www.axios.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Exclusive from @bengeman.bsky.social: The Solar Energy Industries Association is ramping up its advocacy for policies that help deploy storage.
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/s...
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/s...
"Please Tread On Me"
Trump: "I don't know, to me, a town looks better when you have military people. These are big, strong guys. Bad guys look at them and say, 'We're not gonna mess with them.'"
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Please Tread On Me"
Numerous *law firms* sending out marketing materials about exciting new business opportunities in Venezuela gets my vote for Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic
January 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Numerous *law firms* sending out marketing materials about exciting new business opportunities in Venezuela gets my vote for Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic
Did you know? The average age of sitting U.S. Senators named Chuck is 84 years old.
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Did you know? The average age of sitting U.S. Senators named Chuck is 84 years old.
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Great story by @mariagallucci.bsky.social on how Trump forcing all Department of Interior reviews of clean energy projects to get personal approval from DOI Secretary Doug Burgum has stifled 22GW of development in the midst of an energy crisis:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
22GW of renewables thwarted or in limbo under Trump ‘blockade’
An Interior Department memo is hampering wind and solar on public lands. It’s one of many federal actions slowing the build-out of cheap, clean energy.
www.canarymedia.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Great story by @mariagallucci.bsky.social on how Trump forcing all Department of Interior reviews of clean energy projects to get personal approval from DOI Secretary Doug Burgum has stifled 22GW of development in the midst of an energy crisis:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
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Worth remembering: The world has been spending more on solar than oil for the last two years.
January 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Worth remembering: The world has been spending more on solar than oil for the last two years.
Where are the highly obscure ABSOLUTE DC characters? I want ABSOLUTE GUNFIRE. Give me ABSOLUTE AZTEK: THE ULTIMATE MAN. Where are the ABSOLUTE PSYBA RATS
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Where are the highly obscure ABSOLUTE DC characters? I want ABSOLUTE GUNFIRE. Give me ABSOLUTE AZTEK: THE ULTIMATE MAN. Where are the ABSOLUTE PSYBA RATS
Unironically this. Nationalize US hydrocarbon companies and begin an orderly wind down. This will save us a step in 2029.
BRENNAN: Do you want to own portions of oil companies?
CHRIS WRIGHT: That's certainly a very real possibility
CHRIS WRIGHT: That's certainly a very real possibility
January 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Unironically this. Nationalize US hydrocarbon companies and begin an orderly wind down. This will save us a step in 2029.
I am not sure there is a better explanation for "why did we extraordinary rendition the head of a petrostate" than it is the logical conclusion of right wingers mainlining fossil fuel propaganda for decades
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I am not sure there is a better explanation for "why did we extraordinary rendition the head of a petrostate" than it is the logical conclusion of right wingers mainlining fossil fuel propaganda for decades
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Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.