David Haralson
@laughlax.bsky.social
Transmission analysis at a grid-scale battery company. Trans rights are human rights! Born at 358ppm. He/him. Dad. Organist. Democrat. Boomer Sooner! Salt Lake Valley, UT. I represent only myself here.
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David Haralson
@laughlax.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Hi everyone, I'm here now! Hopefully looking forward to what the future brings in this brave new world.
If you know of good people to follow here in any of these categories, please point me their way!:
* Energy industry
* Clean energy transition
* Mormonism
* Pipe organs
If you know of good people to follow here in any of these categories, please point me their way!:
* Energy industry
* Clean energy transition
* Mormonism
* Pipe organs
3yo: Mom, why do people call my hiccups* "bless you"s
*sneezes
*sneezes
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
3yo: Mom, why do people call my hiccups* "bless you"s
*sneezes
*sneezes
Critical context for the electric grid workers in Bad Bunny's halftime show
(Additional context also in the thread)
(Additional context also in the thread)
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Critical context for the electric grid workers in Bad Bunny's halftime show
(Additional context also in the thread)
(Additional context also in the thread)
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Had to screencap this @shastingssimon.bsky.social @raviam.bsky.social @laughlax.bsky.social @costasamaras.com @shannonosaka.bsky.social Super Bowl moment
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Had to screencap this @shastingssimon.bsky.social @raviam.bsky.social @laughlax.bsky.social @costasamaras.com @shannonosaka.bsky.social Super Bowl moment
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energysky we have super bowl halftime show line workers i repeat we have super bowl halftime show line workers.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
energysky we have super bowl halftime show line workers i repeat we have super bowl halftime show line workers.
Ayyy, lineworkers represented in the half time show 🔌💡
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Ayyy, lineworkers represented in the half time show 🔌💡
Wtf is this Backstreet Boys karaoke screen that I turned the TV on to
An ad for crypto (coin not specified), apparently? Just plain bizarre
An ad for crypto (coin not specified), apparently? Just plain bizarre
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Wtf is this Backstreet Boys karaoke screen that I turned the TV on to
An ad for crypto (coin not specified), apparently? Just plain bizarre
An ad for crypto (coin not specified), apparently? Just plain bizarre
Happy Superb Owl Sunday!
February 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Happy Superb Owl Sunday!
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“We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men... If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.”
And there is a version of traditional conservatism that encourages this: volunteerism, sports, church, family, ways of being something in the world. One of the poisonous things about MAGA is how it chokes off this stuff in favor of an inchoate sense of rage and worship of the mighty.
February 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
“We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men... If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.”
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This rocks
🔌💡 The majority of waves are created and driven by wind. Wind is created by differential solar heating of the Earth. Solar energy is created by nuclear fusion in the Sun.
I made a diagram tracing the provenance of every primary energy source on Earth:
I made a diagram tracing the provenance of every primary energy source on Earth:
February 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This rocks
Fun fact: that's why they're called Kinder eggs ("Kinder" means "children" in German, referring to what comes out of them)
its crazy how kinder eggs are how germans are born
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Fun fact: that's why they're called Kinder eggs ("Kinder" means "children" in German, referring to what comes out of them)
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abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
You can just buy that oven-ready loaf of garlic bread, heat it, and eat it
Nobody's going to stop you
Nobody's going to stop you
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
You can just buy that oven-ready loaf of garlic bread, heat it, and eat it
Nobody's going to stop you
Nobody's going to stop you
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I'm at the Asian market, anyone need me to pick them up some grape-peach Oreos?
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I'm at the Asian market, anyone need me to pick them up some grape-peach Oreos?
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Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.
Something tells me Hollow Knight speedrunners will be avoiding the newest patch
"Game now pauses while in inventory menus."
"Game now pauses while in inventory menus."
February 7, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Something tells me Hollow Knight speedrunners will be avoiding the newest patch
"Game now pauses while in inventory menus."
"Game now pauses while in inventory menus."
Informative article, but @utahnewsdispatch.com what's up with this editorializing in the subhead?
That's a whole entire presumption, and nobody even said that (or at the least, it's not documented in the article).
That's a whole entire presumption, and nobody even said that (or at the least, it's not documented in the article).
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Informative article, but @utahnewsdispatch.com what's up with this editorializing in the subhead?
That's a whole entire presumption, and nobody even said that (or at the least, it's not documented in the article).
That's a whole entire presumption, and nobody even said that (or at the least, it's not documented in the article).
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Mamdani relentlessly engages in the culture of life
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Mamdani relentlessly engages in the culture of life
"What infrastructure should be stranded NOW?"
What a question!! One that can really illuminate things, if taken seriously. 🔌💡
What a question!! One that can really illuminate things, if taken seriously. 🔌💡
In energy justice, what is the matching demand for justice on a much shorter timescale in policy, and then in material energy system transition and shutdown? What massive investments must we make to eliminate energy cost inequality starting this year? What infrastructure should be stranded NOW?
February 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"What infrastructure should be stranded NOW?"
What a question!! One that can really illuminate things, if taken seriously. 🔌💡
What a question!! One that can really illuminate things, if taken seriously. 🔌💡
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Just learned that the Salt Lake Community College's chapter of SWE (Society of Women Engineers) has been forced to close thanks to the Republican party's "anti-DEI" campaign against women, minorities, and people with disabilities 🤬🤬🤬
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Just learned that the Salt Lake Community College's chapter of SWE (Society of Women Engineers) has been forced to close thanks to the Republican party's "anti-DEI" campaign against women, minorities, and people with disabilities 🤬🤬🤬
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Immigration is America's superpower. I understand concerns about border towns or other regions that can't shoulder the cost of influx on their own, and there are some other security concerns worth addressing, but we need more immigrants, not fewer.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Immigration is America's superpower. I understand concerns about border towns or other regions that can't shoulder the cost of influx on their own, and there are some other security concerns worth addressing, but we need more immigrants, not fewer.
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Good to see these generation plant owners sue DOE/Secretary Wright for unconstitutionally taking their property.
DOE last year prevented 6 plants with ~4,300 MW from retiring.
Do conservatives still oppose such government abuses of power?
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-eme... #energysky
DOE last year prevented 6 plants with ~4,300 MW from retiring.
Do conservatives still oppose such government abuses of power?
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-eme... #energysky
Coal plant owners say DOE ‘emergency’ order to run it violates Constitution
By mandating the generator’s availability to operate, the order “constitutes both a physical taking and a regulatory taking” of property by the government without just compensation or due process, the...
www.utilitydive.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Good to see these generation plant owners sue DOE/Secretary Wright for unconstitutionally taking their property.
DOE last year prevented 6 plants with ~4,300 MW from retiring.
Do conservatives still oppose such government abuses of power?
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-eme... #energysky
DOE last year prevented 6 plants with ~4,300 MW from retiring.
Do conservatives still oppose such government abuses of power?
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-eme... #energysky
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Those who dig pits for their neighbors fall into them themselves. It's an old promise that repeats all over Scripture.
I believe in that kind of justice. It's why the most dangerous weapon I can imagine isn't a gun. It's a shovel.
And it's bizarre, watching my people dig their own graves.
I believe in that kind of justice. It's why the most dangerous weapon I can imagine isn't a gun. It's a shovel.
And it's bizarre, watching my people dig their own graves.
February 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Those who dig pits for their neighbors fall into them themselves. It's an old promise that repeats all over Scripture.
I believe in that kind of justice. It's why the most dangerous weapon I can imagine isn't a gun. It's a shovel.
And it's bizarre, watching my people dig their own graves.
I believe in that kind of justice. It's why the most dangerous weapon I can imagine isn't a gun. It's a shovel.
And it's bizarre, watching my people dig their own graves.
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This is quite a big deal, though I actually think it will have short-term negative effects for the state. These voters are not (by and large) registering as Democrats--they're either registering with the Forward or United Utah parties or, more likely, going independent. That's actually a problem.
For the first time in who knows how many decades, Republicans are below 50% of registered voters in what was once the most reliably Republican state in the union.
Utah voters keep telling the Republican Party they don't like their far-right tactics, but then the party keeps ignoring voters.
I'm hopeful this coming election finally breaks the Republican super-majority.
I'm hopeful this coming election finally breaks the Republican super-majority.
February 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is quite a big deal, though I actually think it will have short-term negative effects for the state. These voters are not (by and large) registering as Democrats--they're either registering with the Forward or United Utah parties or, more likely, going independent. That's actually a problem.