🇺🇦 Joe LaRusso 🔌 🕳️ 🐇
@jglarusso.bsky.social
Senior Advocate and Manager, Clean Grid Program at Acadia Center. This is my personal account. (He/him)
📍The ISO New England Control Area.
“It is not granted to you to complete the task, yet neither may you give it up.” ~Rabbi Tarfon.
📍The ISO New England Control Area.
“It is not granted to you to complete the task, yet neither may you give it up.” ~Rabbi Tarfon.
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US solar generation met 61% of new electricity demand, growing fastest in regions where demand rose most ☀️🇺🇸
The three regions with the largest rises in solar generation – Texas, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic – also had the largest rises in electricity demand 📉
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
The three regions with the largest rises in solar generation – Texas, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic – also had the largest rises in electricity demand 📉
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
US solar generation met 61% of new electricity demand, growing fastest in regions where demand rose most ☀️🇺🇸
The three regions with the largest rises in solar generation – Texas, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic – also had the largest rises in electricity demand 📉
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
The three regions with the largest rises in solar generation – Texas, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic – also had the largest rises in electricity demand 📉
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
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Commentary: "It seems it’s only a matter of time before U.S. soldiers are deployed against the American people," writes Navy veteran Andrew Carleen. "When that moment comes, I wonder what kind of moral courage will we see from uniformed leadership?"
We need our military leaders to show their moral courage
"It seems it’s only a matter of time before U.S. soldiers are deployed against the American people," writes Navy veteran Andrew Carleen. "When that moment comes, I wonder what kind of moral courage wi...
www.wbur.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Commentary: "It seems it’s only a matter of time before U.S. soldiers are deployed against the American people," writes Navy veteran Andrew Carleen. "When that moment comes, I wonder what kind of moral courage will we see from uniformed leadership?"
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Sickening. And @eurasiagroup.net has the gap between Trump’s Petrostate America and China’s #electrostate leadership at number 2 on their top 10 list of geopolitical risks. (Trump’s attack on US constitution is number 1) revkin.substack.com/p/our-unteth...
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Sickening. And @eurasiagroup.net has the gap between Trump’s Petrostate America and China’s #electrostate leadership at number 2 on their top 10 list of geopolitical risks. (Trump’s attack on US constitution is number 1) revkin.substack.com/p/our-unteth...
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
Say it with me.
The President of the United States is unstable and unfit to fulfill the responsibilities of his office. The members of his own party must remove him from office immediately. They and only they are accountable for the consequences of his erratic behavior and reckless indifference.
The President of the United States is unstable and unfit to fulfill the responsibilities of his office. The members of his own party must remove him from office immediately. They and only they are accountable for the consequences of his erratic behavior and reckless indifference.
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Say it with me.
The President of the United States is unstable and unfit to fulfill the responsibilities of his office. The members of his own party must remove him from office immediately. They and only they are accountable for the consequences of his erratic behavior and reckless indifference.
The President of the United States is unstable and unfit to fulfill the responsibilities of his office. The members of his own party must remove him from office immediately. They and only they are accountable for the consequences of his erratic behavior and reckless indifference.
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Solar met all daytime US electricity demand growth in 2025 ☀️🇺🇸
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Solar met all daytime US electricity demand growth in 2025 ☀️🇺🇸
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
Drag passes the 3-part Miller test: (1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, wouldn’t find drag appeals to prurient interest; (2) drag doesn’t depict or describe sexual conduct in a patently offensive way per state law; and (3) drag doesn’t lack serious artistic value.
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #168 in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex., 2:23-cv-00048) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW (Ordered by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk on 1/17/2026) (vls)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Drag passes the 3-part Miller test: (1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, wouldn’t find drag appeals to prurient interest; (2) drag doesn’t depict or describe sexual conduct in a patently offensive way per state law; and (3) drag doesn’t lack serious artistic value.
One of these things is not like the others.
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
One of these things is not like the others.
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New report says that replacing fossil fuel-fired "peaker plants" can help Mass. meet climate goals. Advocates say that these power plants are the "worst offenders with the dirtiest per unit of energy produced." More from @bhaamatib.bsky.social
Replacing fossil fuel-fired 'peaker plants' can help Massachusetts meet climate goals, according to new report
New report says that replacing fossil fuel-fired “peaker plants” can help Massachusetts meet climate goals. Advocates say that these power plants are the “worst offenders with the dirtiest per unit…
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January 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New report says that replacing fossil fuel-fired "peaker plants" can help Mass. meet climate goals. Advocates say that these power plants are the "worst offenders with the dirtiest per unit of energy produced." More from @bhaamatib.bsky.social
January 20, 2026, 2 p.m.
I will be working from home, but at 2 pm I will stop what I’m doing to gather on the street w/ my neighbors for ten minutes of silence to mourn the anniversary of the vandal administration.
Consider doing the same. Leave your home or office. 10 minutes.
Pass it on.
I will be working from home, but at 2 pm I will stop what I’m doing to gather on the street w/ my neighbors for ten minutes of silence to mourn the anniversary of the vandal administration.
Consider doing the same. Leave your home or office. 10 minutes.
Pass it on.
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
January 20, 2026, 2 p.m.
I will be working from home, but at 2 pm I will stop what I’m doing to gather on the street w/ my neighbors for ten minutes of silence to mourn the anniversary of the vandal administration.
Consider doing the same. Leave your home or office. 10 minutes.
Pass it on.
I will be working from home, but at 2 pm I will stop what I’m doing to gather on the street w/ my neighbors for ten minutes of silence to mourn the anniversary of the vandal administration.
Consider doing the same. Leave your home or office. 10 minutes.
Pass it on.
October 1962. Secretary of State Dean Acheson meets with French President Charles de Gaulle, a NATO ally, to show him photographs of Soviet missiles in Cuba. De Gaulle declines the offer to see the photographs and tells Acheson “The word of the president of the United States is good enough for me."
More astonishing public comments from Danish PM on Greenland: “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland. But I will also make it clear that if the US chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including NATO..."
Denmark Says US Attack on Greenland Would Mean End of NATO
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that if Donald Trump were to attack the Danish island of Greenland that would mean the end of the NATO alliance.
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
October 1962. Secretary of State Dean Acheson meets with French President Charles de Gaulle, a NATO ally, to show him photographs of Soviet missiles in Cuba. De Gaulle declines the offer to see the photographs and tells Acheson “The word of the president of the United States is good enough for me."
Woke up this morning to discover that my government has but one branch of government.
The slow moving coup is now complete and the circumstances of all of our lives depend entirely on the whims of an homunculus.
The slow moving coup is now complete and the circumstances of all of our lives depend entirely on the whims of an homunculus.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Woke up this morning to discover that my government has but one branch of government.
The slow moving coup is now complete and the circumstances of all of our lives depend entirely on the whims of an homunculus.
The slow moving coup is now complete and the circumstances of all of our lives depend entirely on the whims of an homunculus.
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Solar is marginal.
December 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Solar is marginal.
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☀️ A big story from #India:
The Indian state Rajasthan just rejected a 3,200 MW #coal power plant because #renewables are cheaper.
www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/rerc-...
☀️ A big story from #India:
The Indian state Rajasthan just rejected a 3,200 MW #coal power plant because #renewables are cheaper.
www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/rerc-...
RERC says no to new 3,200 MW coal power citing consumer interest and cheaper alternatives
RERC rejected a proposal for 3,200 MW coal power, citing consumer interest and cheaper alternatives like renewable energy and battery storage. The decision aligns with Rajasthan's Clean Energy Policy ...
www.downtoearth.org.in
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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☀️ A big story from #India:
The Indian state Rajasthan just rejected a 3,200 MW #coal power plant because #renewables are cheaper.
www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/rerc-...
☀️ A big story from #India:
The Indian state Rajasthan just rejected a 3,200 MW #coal power plant because #renewables are cheaper.
www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/rerc-...
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"In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Corporations need to pay a living wage!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Corporations need to pay a living wage!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Corporations need to pay a living wage!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Corporations need to pay a living wage!!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Science
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Science
Natural gas supply, transmission, and distribution costs drive energy bills higher in related and distinct ways.
Here are five leading causes for cost increases.
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Here are five leading causes for cost increases.
acadiacenter.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Natural gas supply, transmission, and distribution costs drive energy bills higher in related and distinct ways.
Here are five leading causes for cost increases.
acadiacenter.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
Here are five leading causes for cost increases.
acadiacenter.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
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🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
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Solar is once again seeing RECORD growth, generating more in the first three quarters of 2025 than in all of 2024.
☀️ has become the biggest driver of change in the global power sector, with growth three times larger than any other source of electricity.
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
☀️ has become the biggest driver of change in the global power sector, with growth three times larger than any other source of electricity.
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Solar is once again seeing RECORD growth, generating more in the first three quarters of 2025 than in all of 2024.
☀️ has become the biggest driver of change in the global power sector, with growth three times larger than any other source of electricity.
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
☀️ has become the biggest driver of change in the global power sector, with growth three times larger than any other source of electricity.
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
We’ve driven coal out of New England’s electric generation resource portfolio. What will be the next category of fossil fuel generation that’ll be driven out of the region’s power mix? Oil peakers. I can’t predict when the last oil peaker will be shuttered, but they will be the next domino to fall.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We’ve driven coal out of New England’s electric generation resource portfolio. What will be the next category of fossil fuel generation that’ll be driven out of the region’s power mix? Oil peakers. I can’t predict when the last oil peaker will be shuttered, but they will be the next domino to fall.
“We had to destroy the village in order to save it.”
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“We had to destroy the village in order to save it.”
How about trial it with a NY to NJ tunnel?
DOOCY: What do you think about a Russia to Alaska tunnel?
SEN. JIM BANKS: Maybe it's something that's possible. I don't know. I'll defer to President Trump. I'm sure there's a reason he's raising that prospect. He's several steps ahead.
SEN. JIM BANKS: Maybe it's something that's possible. I don't know. I'll defer to President Trump. I'm sure there's a reason he's raising that prospect. He's several steps ahead.
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How about trial it with a NY to NJ tunnel?