Salil
@salilb.bsky.social
used a monkey's paw to wish that the Knicks would be good again
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Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
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Excellent write-up from my friends at @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social—my second home—on my article in @poqjournal.bsky.social that questions the validity of the canonical liberal–conservative measure for studying Black Americans’ political attitudes and behavior.
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/black-c...
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/black-c...
‘Black Conservatism’ and Familiarity with Ideological Concepts
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4.5-minute read]
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Excellent write-up from my friends at @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social—my second home—on my article in @poqjournal.bsky.social that questions the validity of the canonical liberal–conservative measure for studying Black Americans’ political attitudes and behavior.
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/black-c...
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/black-c...
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Cowards gonna coward.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Cowards gonna coward.
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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The current U.S. government made solar power more expensive and added more red tape to get solar power built. Your electricity will now be more unreliable and more expensive for at least several years.
any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The current U.S. government made solar power more expensive and added more red tape to get solar power built. Your electricity will now be more unreliable and more expensive for at least several years.
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Watched 5 seconds of this game and I'm now blind.
WHO CAME UP WITH THIS COURT DESIGN?
WHO CAME UP WITH THIS COURT DESIGN?
Anthony Edwards cutting dunk, assisted by Jaylen Clark
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Watched 5 seconds of this game and I'm now blind.
WHO CAME UP WITH THIS COURT DESIGN?
WHO CAME UP WITH THIS COURT DESIGN?
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This is how Pres. Obama responded when Karmel Allison fainted on stage.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is how Pres. Obama responded when Karmel Allison fainted on stage.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
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Democrats have spent the last nine months wringing their hands about how now one cares about climate or energy policy, blah blah blah.
Meanwhile, HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES were key to Democrats winning in Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia. Maybe, uh, people do care?
www.axios.com/2025/11/05/n...
Meanwhile, HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES were key to Democrats winning in Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia. Maybe, uh, people do care?
www.axios.com/2025/11/05/n...
How Spanberger, Sherrill will address high electricity costs after winning elections
Electricity prices played a big role in both New Jersey and Virginia.
www.axios.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Democrats have spent the last nine months wringing their hands about how now one cares about climate or energy policy, blah blah blah.
Meanwhile, HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES were key to Democrats winning in Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia. Maybe, uh, people do care?
www.axios.com/2025/11/05/n...
Meanwhile, HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES were key to Democrats winning in Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia. Maybe, uh, people do care?
www.axios.com/2025/11/05/n...
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This is turning into that episode of the Sopranos where the police track down AJ because of his pizza order
"My pizza never hurt nobody!"
"My pizza never hurt nobody!"
Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is turning into that episode of the Sopranos where the police track down AJ because of his pizza order
"My pizza never hurt nobody!"
"My pizza never hurt nobody!"
the dumbest timeline
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
the dumbest timeline
Knicks have been on a run this quarter. Maybe it was the halftime Hamilton performance!
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Knicks have been on a run this quarter. Maybe it was the halftime Hamilton performance!
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Kat is doing his best Charles Smith impression.
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Kat is doing his best Charles Smith impression.
Got a partial Knicks season package for the first time. The view for my first game of the season. LGK! 🧡💙
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Got a partial Knicks season package for the first time. The view for my first game of the season. LGK! 🧡💙
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Cool new working paper on why and how cable news threw gasoline on the culture war fire. The culture war isn't optimal for electoral candidates, but it's optimal for cable news companies.
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Cool new working paper on why and how cable news threw gasoline on the culture war fire. The culture war isn't optimal for electoral candidates, but it's optimal for cable news companies.
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
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NYT couldn't find someone to defend the Gates memo who wasn't a former *Gates scholar*??
Opinion | Bill Gates Has a Point
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NYT couldn't find someone to defend the Gates memo who wasn't a former *Gates scholar*??
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has anyone asked a George Springer what it feels like to have a championship snatched away
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
has anyone asked a George Springer what it feels like to have a championship snatched away
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one of my all time favorite sarcastic Homer lines, and I get to use it all day today because the World Series is going to Game 7
The Simpsons - They Won't Learn Anything About Apples Today
YouTube video by Rock Bottom
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
one of my all time favorite sarcastic Homer lines, and I get to use it all day today because the World Series is going to Game 7
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I’ve written an entire book showing how centrist economists & techno-optimists provide a permission structure for climate propaganda, creating an overlapping false consensus that we can keep using fossil-fuels and still deal w climate change anyway.
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I’ve written an entire book showing how centrist economists & techno-optimists provide a permission structure for climate propaganda, creating an overlapping false consensus that we can keep using fossil-fuels and still deal w climate change anyway.
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
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my letter to the CEO, President, and COO of Services Corporation International, the owner of Dignity Memorial, which manages the cemetery in which my mom is buried that was being used as an ICE staging ground this afternoon.
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
my letter to the CEO, President, and COO of Services Corporation International, the owner of Dignity Memorial, which manages the cemetery in which my mom is buried that was being used as an ICE staging ground this afternoon.