MASmith
@masmith.bsky.social
Mostly here for renewable energy and public health news/insights, and appreciative of those on this site who share their expertise. Also enjoy the nature photography. Views are my own.
"Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats."
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Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
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January 12, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats."
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Great explainer from Justin Wolfers on the weakness of the US economy. Fun fact (if it weren't so sad): since "Liberation Day" Canada has produced more jobs than the United States.
Catch up on everything economics, as my pal, mollyjongfast.bsky.social pushes me to drill down deep on all of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDhQ...
How Trump Broke the US Economy w/ Justin Wolfers
Economist Justin Wolfers joins Molly Jong-Fast to break down the latest labor statistics from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, offering a sobering look at the U.S. job market. Wolfers clarifies…
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January 12, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Great explainer from Justin Wolfers on the weakness of the US economy. Fun fact (if it weren't so sad): since "Liberation Day" Canada has produced more jobs than the United States.
Informative/entertaining "Redefining Energy" predictions for 2026. Will we see see China’s battery systems dropping to $40 per kWh, 20 gigawatts of solar installed in Africa in 2026, and the LNG glut creating distressed assets?
The Coming Energy Shakeout: Data Centers, LNG, ESG, and What Breaks in 2026
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The Coming Energy Shakeout: Data Centers, LNG, ESG, and What Breaks in 2026 - CleanTechnica
Battery prices plunge, LNG faces distress, data centers hit a credit wall. Six grounded predictions for how the global energy system shifts in 2026.
cleantechnica.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Informative/entertaining "Redefining Energy" predictions for 2026. Will we see see China’s battery systems dropping to $40 per kWh, 20 gigawatts of solar installed in Africa in 2026, and the LNG glut creating distressed assets?
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My sister can tell you about meningococcal septicemia and the two kids she treated for it during her pediatrics residency, before the vaccine came out. Both kids developed gangrene and had their legs amputated.
January 11, 2026 at 4:33 AM
My sister can tell you about meningococcal septicemia and the two kids she treated for it during her pediatrics residency, before the vaccine came out. Both kids developed gangrene and had their legs amputated.
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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The troubadour we need. youtu.be/El0CLduLgew?...
Good vs. Ice
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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January 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The troubadour we need. youtu.be/El0CLduLgew?...
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This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
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Meningococcal disease is horrifying. My sister treated kids before the vaccines were available, and two of her patients lost their legs above the knee when they developed gangrene.
New CDC Guidance Could Revive a Rare but Deadly Disease www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
New CDC Guidance Could Revive a Rare but Deadly Disease www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
New CDC Guidance Could Revive a Rare but Deadly Disease
How risk-based recommendation could reshape childhood meningococcal disease
www.medpagetoday.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Meningococcal disease is horrifying. My sister treated kids before the vaccines were available, and two of her patients lost their legs above the knee when they developed gangrene.
New CDC Guidance Could Revive a Rare but Deadly Disease www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
New CDC Guidance Could Revive a Rare but Deadly Disease www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
From Wash Post:
Before the shooting, “She looks up again as she turns the steering wheel to the right, away from Ross.”
After the shooting, “A male voice — it is not clear whose — can be heard uttering two expletives: “Fucking bitch.””
What type of person can defend this?
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Before the shooting, “She looks up again as she turns the steering wheel to the right, away from Ross.”
After the shooting, “A male voice — it is not clear whose — can be heard uttering two expletives: “Fucking bitch.””
What type of person can defend this?
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The ICE agent’s cellphone video: Five key moments
Cellphone footage shows what happened in the moments before and after an ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:06 PM
From Wash Post:
Before the shooting, “She looks up again as she turns the steering wheel to the right, away from Ross.”
After the shooting, “A male voice — it is not clear whose — can be heard uttering two expletives: “Fucking bitch.””
What type of person can defend this?
wapo.st/49Mf8uS
Before the shooting, “She looks up again as she turns the steering wheel to the right, away from Ross.”
After the shooting, “A male voice — it is not clear whose — can be heard uttering two expletives: “Fucking bitch.””
What type of person can defend this?
wapo.st/49Mf8uS
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It was cold-blooded murder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
It was cold-blooded murder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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She is aggressively trying to turn the wheel AWAY from the ICE agent. It is her very last action. They provoke her, surround her, then kill her in cold blood. I have barely slept since this happened and I don't think I'll ever stop being angry about this.
i have watched the shooter's video. it's going to make you way the fuck madder.
I have watched the video. I think you probably do not need to watch the video. it shows what you think it's gonna show in terms of lack of justification.
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
She is aggressively trying to turn the wheel AWAY from the ICE agent. It is her very last action. They provoke her, surround her, then kill her in cold blood. I have barely slept since this happened and I don't think I'll ever stop being angry about this.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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I tested my electric car battery at 100,000 km. OMG, were my neighbors, family, and the press right after all? Did I ask for trouble? 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I tested my electric car battery at 100,000 km. OMG, were my neighbors, family, and the press right after all? Did I ask for trouble? 1/7
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The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
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The CDC's announcement that it no longer recommends flu shots for all children comes as nine kids have already died from influenza this season.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The CDC's announcement that it no longer recommends flu shots for all children comes as nine kids have already died from influenza this season.
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We wouldn't send soldiers into combat without training, yet the new US immunization policy wants children to face deadly pathogens as raw recruits. The new policy puts young children in harm’s way.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
We wouldn't send soldiers into combat without training, yet the new US immunization policy wants children to face deadly pathogens as raw recruits. The new policy puts young children in harm’s way.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
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Parent and pediatrician here.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Parent and pediatrician here.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
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It will take some time (a few years), but this change will lead to hundreds of thousands of preventable diseases in the most vulnerable parts of the population, including deaths.
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
It will take some time (a few years), but this change will lead to hundreds of thousands of preventable diseases in the most vulnerable parts of the population, including deaths.
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
Very useful Information Sheet from the Evidence Collective for understanding the changes to the Routine Childhood Vaccination Schedule and the impact on children. Explains why vaccination rates will continue to decrease and how children will be hurt.
www.evicollective.org/childhood-va...
www.evicollective.org/childhood-va...
Routine Childhood Vaccination Schedule Update — The Evidence Collective
www.evicollective.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Very useful Information Sheet from the Evidence Collective for understanding the changes to the Routine Childhood Vaccination Schedule and the impact on children. Explains why vaccination rates will continue to decrease and how children will be hurt.
www.evicollective.org/childhood-va...
www.evicollective.org/childhood-va...