Phil Kovacs
@drpk.bsky.social
Former teacher, professor, CGO, CEO, founder, and current venture studio owner. I help others do big things. Dissertation on "public" schools. Very interested in the skills & capacities needed for "democracy."
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Pete HogsBreath Order To Kill Any
Survivors On So Called Drug Boats,
Would Be Illegal Under U.S. And
International Laws.......
Survivors On So Called Drug Boats,
Would Be Illegal Under U.S. And
International Laws.......
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Pete HogsBreath Order To Kill Any
Survivors On So Called Drug Boats,
Would Be Illegal Under U.S. And
International Laws.......
Survivors On So Called Drug Boats,
Would Be Illegal Under U.S. And
International Laws.......
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Reposted by Phil Kovacs
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
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Me, on how Pam Bondi's shenanigans from last week will likely backfire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
Back to Bondi
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Me, on how Pam Bondi's shenanigans from last week will likely backfire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
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So what is professional you ask? How about being a girl in a martini 🍸 glass at Mar-A-Lago!
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
So what is professional you ask? How about being a girl in a martini 🍸 glass at Mar-A-Lago!
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Last night, Donald Trump, the adjudicated rapist sexual abuser who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy, called a female reporter “piggy” for asking a question about the Epstein files.
Party of family values, amirite.
Party of family values, amirite.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last night, Donald Trump, the adjudicated rapist sexual abuser who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy, called a female reporter “piggy” for asking a question about the Epstein files.
Party of family values, amirite.
Party of family values, amirite.
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
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Tonight showed that playing to the middle isn’t the way to win
Voters want progressives who will push for change
Mamdani stood with immigrants. He stood with trans people. He stood with the homeless and the marginalized
He stood with everyone society has left behind.
He won.
Voters want progressives who will push for change
Mamdani stood with immigrants. He stood with trans people. He stood with the homeless and the marginalized
He stood with everyone society has left behind.
He won.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Tonight showed that playing to the middle isn’t the way to win
Voters want progressives who will push for change
Mamdani stood with immigrants. He stood with trans people. He stood with the homeless and the marginalized
He stood with everyone society has left behind.
He won.
Voters want progressives who will push for change
Mamdani stood with immigrants. He stood with trans people. He stood with the homeless and the marginalized
He stood with everyone society has left behind.
He won.
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You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
Defend Kat Against Unjust Charges
Show your support with a contribution.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
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The President has immunity.
Now Stephen Miller is telling ICE they have federal immunity while “fulfilling their duties”.
We have a dictator with a secret police force and both have immunity from prosecution.
This is fascism.
They can and will do whatever they want.
Now Stephen Miller is telling ICE they have federal immunity while “fulfilling their duties”.
We have a dictator with a secret police force and both have immunity from prosecution.
This is fascism.
They can and will do whatever they want.
October 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The President has immunity.
Now Stephen Miller is telling ICE they have federal immunity while “fulfilling their duties”.
We have a dictator with a secret police force and both have immunity from prosecution.
This is fascism.
They can and will do whatever they want.
Now Stephen Miller is telling ICE they have federal immunity while “fulfilling their duties”.
We have a dictator with a secret police force and both have immunity from prosecution.
This is fascism.
They can and will do whatever they want.
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This sign spoke to me.
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This sign spoke to me.
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
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Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
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Patiently beating this drum. If we don't educate for a democracy we will never have a democracy.
Inoculating Democracy: How Public Schools Prevent the Rise of Fascism
Check my user account for authenticity of text and voice. There’s a story behind the name DeweyCounts. The Democratic Purpose of Education “If you want to prevent the rise of fascism in a population, ...
www.dailykos.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Patiently beating this drum. If we don't educate for a democracy we will never have a democracy.
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Wednesday in your Nations Capital
Shutdown Day 15
Things continue to unravel.
The House is presumably enjoying their PAID VACATION thanks to the Speaker.
Meanwhile thousands of federal employees aren’t getting paychecks. And can’t talk to the media about it
Shutdown Day 15
Things continue to unravel.
The House is presumably enjoying their PAID VACATION thanks to the Speaker.
Meanwhile thousands of federal employees aren’t getting paychecks. And can’t talk to the media about it
October 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Wednesday in your Nations Capital
Shutdown Day 15
Things continue to unravel.
The House is presumably enjoying their PAID VACATION thanks to the Speaker.
Meanwhile thousands of federal employees aren’t getting paychecks. And can’t talk to the media about it
Shutdown Day 15
Things continue to unravel.
The House is presumably enjoying their PAID VACATION thanks to the Speaker.
Meanwhile thousands of federal employees aren’t getting paychecks. And can’t talk to the media about it