Sean Dague
@dague.net
Software Architect IBM Quantum; Software, Climate, Science, Democracy. he/him. Born @ 330pm CO2.
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“We were totally going to solve climate change with the power of economics before those climate activists ruined it by being so anti-fossil-fuels that Trump came into office” is an absolutely bonkers statement
December 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“We were totally going to solve climate change with the power of economics before those climate activists ruined it by being so anti-fossil-fuels that Trump came into office” is an absolutely bonkers statement
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On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
The era of AI slop is making me react so much more negativity to CG effects in films.
December 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The era of AI slop is making me react so much more negativity to CG effects in films.
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John Oliver has said this explicitly FYI
That without local news he couldn't do his show (and to his credit, he's pretty good about crediting his news sources)
That without local news he couldn't do his show (and to his credit, he's pretty good about crediting his news sources)
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
John Oliver has said this explicitly FYI
That without local news he couldn't do his show (and to his credit, he's pretty good about crediting his news sources)
That without local news he couldn't do his show (and to his credit, he's pretty good about crediting his news sources)
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
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It took literally more than a year but a few months ago I was finally able to convince my editor that we should stop posting on X. He was worried there would be an outcry if we stoped.
There wasn’t. No one noticed because, thanks to the algorithm, no one was seeing our stuff there anymore anyway.
There wasn’t. No one noticed because, thanks to the algorithm, no one was seeing our stuff there anymore anyway.
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It took literally more than a year but a few months ago I was finally able to convince my editor that we should stop posting on X. He was worried there would be an outcry if we stoped.
There wasn’t. No one noticed because, thanks to the algorithm, no one was seeing our stuff there anymore anyway.
There wasn’t. No one noticed because, thanks to the algorithm, no one was seeing our stuff there anymore anyway.
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Blah okay you made me read it.
There are a constellation of things that it gets right, but setting it against the backdrop of MY's popularism and IMO insufficient urgency around climate, you end up with a rather uninspiring vision insufficient to the problem before us. The question...
1/3
There are a constellation of things that it gets right, but setting it against the backdrop of MY's popularism and IMO insufficient urgency around climate, you end up with a rather uninspiring vision insufficient to the problem before us. The question...
1/3
I finally read the op ed. Matt Yglesias is right. (98% right at least, which is an A+ for a NYT op ed). Don't @ me. It's the holidays and I don't have the appetite. But Matty's position is pragmatic, substantively sound, and the only way we have a chance of making progress on climate in this moment.
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Blah okay you made me read it.
There are a constellation of things that it gets right, but setting it against the backdrop of MY's popularism and IMO insufficient urgency around climate, you end up with a rather uninspiring vision insufficient to the problem before us. The question...
1/3
There are a constellation of things that it gets right, but setting it against the backdrop of MY's popularism and IMO insufficient urgency around climate, you end up with a rather uninspiring vision insufficient to the problem before us. The question...
1/3
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The question is, given that we have an electorate that selected Trump yet again, can we in fact do better? If the answer is no, the future looks pretty bleak.
I'd like to see more effort on "How can we lead the people where we need to go" vs "What approach is inadequate enough to sell?"
2/3
I'd like to see more effort on "How can we lead the people where we need to go" vs "What approach is inadequate enough to sell?"
2/3
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The question is, given that we have an electorate that selected Trump yet again, can we in fact do better? If the answer is no, the future looks pretty bleak.
I'd like to see more effort on "How can we lead the people where we need to go" vs "What approach is inadequate enough to sell?"
2/3
I'd like to see more effort on "How can we lead the people where we need to go" vs "What approach is inadequate enough to sell?"
2/3
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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Merry Christmas to all, and to Donald Trump, good night
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Merry Christmas to all, and to Donald Trump, good night
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
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I didn’t know this speech, to my shame.
Remarkable reading today.
Remarkable reading today.
December 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I didn’t know this speech, to my shame.
Remarkable reading today.
Remarkable reading today.
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merry christmas, my gf got us a print sub to @theonion.com and gave it to me like this
December 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
merry christmas, my gf got us a print sub to @theonion.com and gave it to me like this
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
I have finished both seasons of A Man on the Inside.
This show is such a solid comfy watch, so well acted, with so many really good characters.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2667...
This show is such a solid comfy watch, so well acted, with so many really good characters.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2667...
A Man on the Inside (TV Series 2024– ) ⭐ 7.6 | Comedy, Crime
30m | TV-14
www.imdb.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I have finished both seasons of A Man on the Inside.
This show is such a solid comfy watch, so well acted, with so many really good characters.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2667...
This show is such a solid comfy watch, so well acted, with so many really good characters.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2667...
The team at @nysfocus.bsky.social really does great work unpacking how power functions in NY State.
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Here's Every Bill That Kathy Hochul Vetoed in 2025
One hundred and forty laws that almost were.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The team at @nysfocus.bsky.social really does great work unpacking how power functions in NY State.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/h...
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/h...
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🔌💡 This is too cool! All the good things in one product: Direct DC to heat-pump (@kevinjkircher.com), 120v plug-in AC (@shreyassudhakar.com), works w/ permissionless DER/balcony solar (DERTF), DIY for suburban dads (@volts.wtf). @lissaharris.bsky.social @dague.net @johnsmillie42.bsky.social
Christmas came early for me, with delivery of my new @airspool.bsky.social heat pump. The driving force behind me getting this thing was that it promised to be easy to install, and boy was it ever! Read on to see how I got it on the night it was delivered without drilling a big hole through my wall.
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🔌💡 This is too cool! All the good things in one product: Direct DC to heat-pump (@kevinjkircher.com), 120v plug-in AC (@shreyassudhakar.com), works w/ permissionless DER/balcony solar (DERTF), DIY for suburban dads (@volts.wtf). @lissaharris.bsky.social @dague.net @johnsmillie42.bsky.social
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It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
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NEW: For the first time since she took office in 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul won’t be taking a stack of unsigned bills with her into the Christmas holiday.
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
Here's Every Bill That Kathy Hochul Vetoed in 2025
One hundred and forty laws that almost were.
nysfocus.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW: For the first time since she took office in 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul won’t be taking a stack of unsigned bills with her into the Christmas holiday.
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Wait I thought the deal was that if Hochul let the gas pipeline go through, Trump would let them build Empire Wind.
Breaking news: Trump is citing “national security” to halt all active work on offshore wind projects
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Trump Uses ‘National Security’ To Freeze Offshore Wind Work
The administration has already lost once in court wielding the same argument against Revolution Wind.
heatmap.news
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Wait I thought the deal was that if Hochul let the gas pipeline go through, Trump would let them build Empire Wind.
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‘It’s not a part time job.’
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
December 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
‘It’s not a part time job.’
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
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This is a nice donation, but I’m old enough to remember when universal school meals was our nationwide policy across the United States of America, way back in the early 2020s. We can and should do that again.
DARCARS donated $230,000 to cover more than 80,000 meals for Montgomery County Public Schools students. https://bit.ly/3YEzekm
MCPS Gets $230K Donation to Counter Student Meal Debt
DARCARS® donated $230,000 to pay off some student meal debt and cover more than 80,000 meals for Montgomery County Public Schools students.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a nice donation, but I’m old enough to remember when universal school meals was our nationwide policy across the United States of America, way back in the early 2020s. We can and should do that again.
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it’s probably really important for anyone reading about the offshore wind stuff today to know the military already spent many years addressing these issues and those reviews are well documented, can be filed in court
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
it’s probably really important for anyone reading about the offshore wind stuff today to know the military already spent many years addressing these issues and those reviews are well documented, can be filed in court
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Breaking news: Trump is citing “national security” to halt all active work on offshore wind projects
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Trump Uses ‘National Security’ To Freeze Offshore Wind Work
The administration has already lost once in court wielding the same argument against Revolution Wind.
heatmap.news
December 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Breaking news: Trump is citing “national security” to halt all active work on offshore wind projects
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January