@aldeoliveira.bsky.social
Energy transition, travel, photography, science, and doing my best to be a decent human being.
Is it a busy night for pizza delivery in San Bruno?
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Is it a busy night for pizza delivery in San Bruno?
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Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights
Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
n.pr
August 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
We’re not talking about Musk or taco. Oh, was that the point?
June 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
We’re not talking about Musk or taco. Oh, was that the point?
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“There are no domestic options for our motors, our controllers, and our batteries. We can make batteries by hand in the US, but all of those cells are going to be imported. So it doesn’t matter if we make the batteries here, they’re still going to get that tariff,” electrek.co/2025/05/07/h...
How Trump's tariffs are killing 'Made in America' mopeds
It’s taken a while, but most Americans have finally come to realize that the new tariffs imposed on imported goods...
electrek.co
May 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“There are no domestic options for our motors, our controllers, and our batteries. We can make batteries by hand in the US, but all of those cells are going to be imported. So it doesn’t matter if we make the batteries here, they’re still going to get that tariff,” electrek.co/2025/05/07/h...
Contrast Chuck? We do indeed see the contrast. Do something or step aside.
thehill.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Contrast Chuck? We do indeed see the contrast. Do something or step aside.
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💸 In 2023, 19 states sent more money to the federal government than they received in federal programs and services.
States that gave the most (overall):
🔹 New York: Paid $89B more than it got back
🔹 California: Paid $78B more
🔹New Jersey: Paid $70B more
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
States that gave the most (overall):
🔹 New York: Paid $89B more than it got back
🔹 California: Paid $78B more
🔹New Jersey: Paid $70B more
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
Which states contribute the most and least to federal revenue? | USAFacts
In 2023, New Yorkers paid about $89 billion more to the federal government than they received.
usafacts.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
💸 In 2023, 19 states sent more money to the federal government than they received in federal programs and services.
States that gave the most (overall):
🔹 New York: Paid $89B more than it got back
🔹 California: Paid $78B more
🔹New Jersey: Paid $70B more
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
States that gave the most (overall):
🔹 New York: Paid $89B more than it got back
🔹 California: Paid $78B more
🔹New Jersey: Paid $70B more
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
Mistakes are part of the plan.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the CDC's lead poisoning program will be reinstated.
www.cbsnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mistakes are part of the plan.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The issue is that senior leaders were discussing mission details 2 hours before a strike using unsecured devices. The fact that a journalist was in the group chat is secondary. These phones wouldn't be permitted in a SCIF so why is it okay to discuss the mission before it was launched.
March 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The issue is that senior leaders were discussing mission details 2 hours before a strike using unsecured devices. The fact that a journalist was in the group chat is secondary. These phones wouldn't be permitted in a SCIF so why is it okay to discuss the mission before it was launched.
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
5 trillion in three weeks. That’s how much the S&P 500 lost.
March 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
5 trillion in three weeks. That’s how much the S&P 500 lost.
Seems like a good time to remember this... www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya...
The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire at Least a Dozen Times, but No One Cared Until 1969
Despite being much smaller than previous fires, the river blaze in Cleveland 50 years ago became a symbol for the nascent environmental movement
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Seems like a good time to remember this... www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya...
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This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.
Are you a conformist or anti-conformist?
Mathematical model shows how conformity influences cultural trends and polarization
Cultural traits—the information, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and practices that shape the character of a population—are influenced by conformity, the tendency to align with others, or anti-conformity...
phys.org
February 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Are you a conformist or anti-conformist?
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While some fentanyl is seized along the northern border and at interior ports of entry, 88% of fentanyl is seized at official ports of entry along the US-Mexico border.
February 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
While some fentanyl is seized along the northern border and at interior ports of entry, 88% of fentanyl is seized at official ports of entry along the US-Mexico border.
With all the concern about fentanyl precursors making their way into the country which is sparking a trade war with one of our closest allies, what should be done about the de minimis import threshold? #tarrif #deminimisclause
February 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
With all the concern about fentanyl precursors making their way into the country which is sparking a trade war with one of our closest allies, what should be done about the de minimis import threshold? #tarrif #deminimisclause
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The U.S. has one of the best scientific research ecosystems in the world. Freezing NSF panels is how you dismantle that. Slowly, painfully, and catastrophically. Science is not a luxury—it’s our backbone
January 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The U.S. has one of the best scientific research ecosystems in the world. Freezing NSF panels is how you dismantle that. Slowly, painfully, and catastrophically. Science is not a luxury—it’s our backbone