Tim Raymond
@traymond.bsky.social
Power transformer consultant. World's oldest PhD candidate. Father. Husband. Proud Beardo.
Thanks Cloudflare for completely doinking the interwebs. Wonder how the vibe coders are faring?
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Thanks Cloudflare for completely doinking the interwebs. Wonder how the vibe coders are faring?
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Saw the Zohran campaign sign generator on Instagram and had to get this out of my head. Ok goodbye again.
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Saw the Zohran campaign sign generator on Instagram and had to get this out of my head. Ok goodbye again.
Like hell. T&D utilities have been "trying to catch up" for a decade and a half (Enron screwed things and 2008 wasn't great). Covid, EVs, and a renewables boom pushed supply chains past the breaking point, then GW-scale data centers swooped in to throw it all into disarray.
"The price of transformers and wires, for example, has far outpaced inflation over the past five years. At the same time, U.S. utilities haven’t been on top of replacing power poles and lines in the past, and are now trying to catch up." (free article)
wapo.st/4o10x3u
wapo.st/4o10x3u
There’s a reason electricity prices are rising. And it’s not data centers.
It’s not data centers or AI, it’s something else.
wapo.st
October 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Like hell. T&D utilities have been "trying to catch up" for a decade and a half (Enron screwed things and 2008 wasn't great). Covid, EVs, and a renewables boom pushed supply chains past the breaking point, then GW-scale data centers swooped in to throw it all into disarray.
The fuck is wrong with these people?
Home goods company Kohler recently unveiled a new device called the Dekoda — a $599 camera that can be attached to your toilet bowl and take pictures of what’s inside.
Kohler unveils a camera for your toilet | TechCrunch
Home goods company Kohler recently unveiled a new device called the Dekoda — a $599 camera that can be attached to your toilet bowl and take pictures of what’s inside.
techcrunch.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The fuck is wrong with these people?
And how did the '90s end?
Bessent: "When I look at economic cycles, I think the most analogous period to what we're seeing now is the 1990s."
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And how did the '90s end?
Predator vision when?
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Predator vision when?
Can confirm... We're paying $29k per year. On the plus side, auto prices are going up, so the amount of auto you can get for your health care dollar is largely unchanged.
Wall Street Journal today: “U.S. businesses are facing the biggest health-insurance cost increases in at least 15 years, after already-steep boosts in recent years that have pushed the annual expense for family coverage high enough to equal the price of a small car.”
Exclusive | Health Insurance Costs for Businesses to Rise by Most in 15 Years
Insurers say that the rising premiums are driven by growing healthcare costs.
www.wsj.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Can confirm... We're paying $29k per year. On the plus side, auto prices are going up, so the amount of auto you can get for your health care dollar is largely unchanged.
And upstate picks up the slack
Andrew Cuomo’s successful quest to shut down the Indian Point nuclear plant spiked electricity costs and dirtied the energy grid of the city he’s now running to lead.
Ghost in the grid: Cuomo’s Indian Point shutdown haunts New York’s electric mix
The former governor's success in shutting down the downstate nuclear plant increased emissions and raised energy costs.
www.politico.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And upstate picks up the slack
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August 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
I see the early morning pitchforks are out for our colleagues over in the UK. I've glanced through the report and I have some thoughts. I have a long background in investigating bushing failures. I've torn apart dozens of failed or failing bushings over the years.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I see the early morning pitchforks are out for our colleagues over in the UK. I've glanced through the report and I have some thoughts. I have a long background in investigating bushing failures. I've torn apart dozens of failed or failing bushings over the years.
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Yo!!! Is this for real?!?
June 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yo!!! Is this for real?!?
I miss when papers had actual, robust commentary from reviewers. "The authors are to be commended on their novel contribution, however, they are full of shit" type stuff.
Back in the 1890s, the pages of Nature featured a feisty exchange on the relative merits of vector analysis (championed by J.W. Gibbs and O. Heaviside) vs. quaterions (P.G. Tait). They knew how to have a proper scientific dispute back then.
Here is the opening to one of Tait's salvos.
Here is the opening to one of Tait's salvos.
May 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I miss when papers had actual, robust commentary from reviewers. "The authors are to be commended on their novel contribution, however, they are full of shit" type stuff.
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I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."
April 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."
Reposted by Tim Raymond
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On behalf of many Americans, don’t thank us we THANK YOU Ukraine for your work.
February 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
On behalf of many Americans, don’t thank us we THANK YOU Ukraine for your work.
Fuck's sake...
February 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fuck's sake...