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"I'm never, ever gonna quit, cause quitting just ain't my schtick" -Barry White
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
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The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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I recently bought a 1927 Ford delivery truck which I’m converting into a mobile used record store. Her name is Gloria. Follow @therecordtruck.bsky.social for more.
July 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I recently bought a 1927 Ford delivery truck which I’m converting into a mobile used record store. Her name is Gloria. Follow @therecordtruck.bsky.social for more.
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“Many people don’t realize how high the American quality of life is because of the competent & stable enforcement of regulations, &if that goes away a lot of lives are at risk,” said Steve Cicala… “This affects airplane safety, baby formula safety, the safety of meat, vegetables and packaged foods…”
Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Many people don’t realize how high the American quality of life is because of the competent & stable enforcement of regulations, &if that goes away a lot of lives are at risk,” said Steve Cicala… “This affects airplane safety, baby formula safety, the safety of meat, vegetables and packaged foods…”
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And this: "Trading universal health insurance for a shot at one day renovating your own big, beautiful American kitchen with all the bells and whistles isn’t a deal that everyone born into the US economic system is glad their forebears made, but you can plausibly call it a trade." DING DING DING
April 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
And this: "Trading universal health insurance for a shot at one day renovating your own big, beautiful American kitchen with all the bells and whistles isn’t a deal that everyone born into the US economic system is glad their forebears made, but you can plausibly call it a trade." DING DING DING
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Every word of this, especially the concluding paragraph 🎯
New Buying Power: I wrote about how America built the postwar world order and its own society on “consumer choice” and cheap goods, and what happens if Trump strips that out while also gutting the social safety net. Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cheap Consumer Goods Are the American Dream, Actually
Trump’s tariffs upend a nearly century-old bargain between politicians and US consumers.
www.bloomberg.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Every word of this, especially the concluding paragraph 🎯
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With everything bad in the world, I’m taking my traditional pun-filled Oscars menu and turning it into something good for LGBTQ+ youth. For a donation of $5 or more, get a cookbook inspired by this years movies and filled with terrible photoshops. Ya gotta give. gofund.me/f20ca6f6
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February 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
With everything bad in the world, I’m taking my traditional pun-filled Oscars menu and turning it into something good for LGBTQ+ youth. For a donation of $5 or more, get a cookbook inspired by this years movies and filled with terrible photoshops. Ya gotta give. gofund.me/f20ca6f6
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Feels like a good time to lift this up:
Camp Indigo Point is entering its 5th summer, and I can’t wait to find myself back here at the end of a marathon legislative session 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Camp Indigo Point is entering its 5th summer, and I can’t wait to find myself back here at the end of a marathon legislative session 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
A summer safe haven for LGBTQ+ kids
Photos from Camp Indigo Point, where the yurts are decorated with pride flags and campers have a liberated freedom of expression.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Feels like a good time to lift this up:
Camp Indigo Point is entering its 5th summer, and I can’t wait to find myself back here at the end of a marathon legislative session 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Camp Indigo Point is entering its 5th summer, and I can’t wait to find myself back here at the end of a marathon legislative session 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Americans have been told for years that the bigger their car, the safer they'd be in a crash. Now, new research shows that's no longer necessarily true — and it's time to end the SUV arms race and start investing in more meaningful safety strategies.
Study: You're Not That Much Safer In a 4,000+ Pound Car — Streetsblog USA
For decades, American car buyers believed that bigger = safer. A new study finds that rule appears to have hit a ceiling.
usa.streetsblog.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Americans have been told for years that the bigger their car, the safer they'd be in a crash. Now, new research shows that's no longer necessarily true — and it's time to end the SUV arms race and start investing in more meaningful safety strategies.
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Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan
Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan
No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are
What does the Democratic party believe in? It’s difficult to tell. In 2024, Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris ran a campaign of…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan
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The media needs to stop taking Trump's bait when he's talking about "energy emergency" and "facilitating energy supply".
It makes no sense when he's categorically excluded from his orders two of the U.S.' fastest-growing and most affordable energy sources: wind and solar.
It makes no sense when he's categorically excluded from his orders two of the U.S.' fastest-growing and most affordable energy sources: wind and solar.
January 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The media needs to stop taking Trump's bait when he's talking about "energy emergency" and "facilitating energy supply".
It makes no sense when he's categorically excluded from his orders two of the U.S.' fastest-growing and most affordable energy sources: wind and solar.
It makes no sense when he's categorically excluded from his orders two of the U.S.' fastest-growing and most affordable energy sources: wind and solar.
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So, China installed more solar last year (277 gigawatts) than the entire world installed in 2022.
Just out: Solar power additions in China in 2024 exceeded expectations, again, with a whopping 277 GW installed in just one year! This was up 28% on the already towering 217 GW added in 2023.
Wind power made a new record as well, with 79 GW added to the grid, up 5% on year.
Wind power made a new record as well, with 79 GW added to the grid, up 5% on year.
January 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
So, China installed more solar last year (277 gigawatts) than the entire world installed in 2022.
Every MLK Day I think about and listen to a few songs off of Nina Simone's 'Nuff Said.
Mostly taken from a live show three days after the murder of Dr. King, they resonate with a power and emotion that is gripping beyond words.
youtu.be/PLpCou8_2WE?...
Mostly taken from a live show three days after the murder of Dr. King, they resonate with a power and emotion that is gripping beyond words.
youtu.be/PLpCou8_2WE?...
Sunday in Savannah (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
YouTube video by Nina Simone - Topic
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January 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Every MLK Day I think about and listen to a few songs off of Nina Simone's 'Nuff Said.
Mostly taken from a live show three days after the murder of Dr. King, they resonate with a power and emotion that is gripping beyond words.
youtu.be/PLpCou8_2WE?...
Mostly taken from a live show three days after the murder of Dr. King, they resonate with a power and emotion that is gripping beyond words.
youtu.be/PLpCou8_2WE?...
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The operative principle is not that political violence is not allowed. It is that it is allowed only by some actors, for some ends, and forbidden to others.
December 9, 2024 at 4:50 PM
The operative principle is not that political violence is not allowed. It is that it is allowed only by some actors, for some ends, and forbidden to others.
How I feel when I'm stuck trying to debug some code while on a deadline: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQhT...
The Motels - Total Control - Live 1980 - 4K Remaster
YouTube video by Austech
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November 20, 2024 at 3:21 PM
How I feel when I'm stuck trying to debug some code while on a deadline: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQhT...
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PSA: AIPAC ≠ Jews.
It’s an organization that in *fact* mobilized enormous Republican financial resources against progressives in Democratic primaries.
It’s an organization that in *fact* mobilized enormous Republican financial resources against progressives in Democratic primaries.
November 19, 2024 at 3:50 AM
PSA: AIPAC ≠ Jews.
It’s an organization that in *fact* mobilized enormous Republican financial resources against progressives in Democratic primaries.
It’s an organization that in *fact* mobilized enormous Republican financial resources against progressives in Democratic primaries.
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My grandfather, Al Zacher, passed away this weekend at the age of 96. He was a Korean War veteran, college roommates with Rod Serling, an author noted by presidents, and most importantly, one of my greatest heroes. journalgazette.net/local/al-zache…
https://journalgazette.net/local/al-zache…
October 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
My grandfather, Al Zacher, passed away this weekend at the age of 96. He was a Korean War veteran, college roommates with Rod Serling, an author noted by presidents, and most importantly, one of my greatest heroes. journalgazette.net/local/al-zache…
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The Economist has published a deeply-researched story about car bloat -- and it's very, very damning.
"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."
Well worth your time: www.economist.com/interactive/...
"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."
Well worth your time: www.economist.com/interactive/...
September 1, 2024 at 3:23 PM
The Economist has published a deeply-researched story about car bloat -- and it's very, very damning.
"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."
Well worth your time: www.economist.com/interactive/...
"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."
Well worth your time: www.economist.com/interactive/...
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"It doesn’t get a tenth of the attention of the AI bubble, but this is what real innovation looks like." prospect.org/environment/...
The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like
Pushing the ball forward in energy and manufacturing is a lot more difficult than selling software.
prospect.org
May 30, 2024 at 12:41 PM
"It doesn’t get a tenth of the attention of the AI bubble, but this is what real innovation looks like." prospect.org/environment/...
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The blue LED, one of the most difficult and important inventions ever – which allowed the white LED – is some of the craziest Chad shit I have ever heard about anything. This guy is pinnacle determination holy crap.
youtu.be/AF8d72mA41M
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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February 9, 2024 at 5:17 AM
The blue LED, one of the most difficult and important inventions ever – which allowed the white LED – is some of the craziest Chad shit I have ever heard about anything. This guy is pinnacle determination holy crap.
youtu.be/AF8d72mA41M
youtu.be/AF8d72mA41M
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February 7, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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“All of the designers of the original Super Mario Bros. on the original Nintendo Entertainment System are credited designers on Super Mario Bros. Wonder [38 years later]… That kind of tenure is almost unheard of… and I think this is crucial — you need to feel safe to innovate.”
wrote a post about gunpei yokoi and employment newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/lateral-thin...
January 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM
“All of the designers of the original Super Mario Bros. on the original Nintendo Entertainment System are credited designers on Super Mario Bros. Wonder [38 years later]… That kind of tenure is almost unheard of… and I think this is crucial — you need to feel safe to innovate.”
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Given the Israel that has existed In their lifetime, none of this is terribly surprising. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/u...
December 19, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Given the Israel that has existed In their lifetime, none of this is terribly surprising. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/u...
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We need some E-bike purchasing incentives. The 7,500 tax credit that goes to a single person for a single car could fully cover the cost of 2-3 E-bikes.
Important new study suggests that EV purchasing incentives drive adoption among high-income households who tend not to keep them long enough (or drive them enough) to actually see the desired environmental benefit. Huge policy implications here.
Re-thinking procurement incentives for electric vehicles to achieve net-zero emissions - Nature Sust...
The environmental effectiveness of procurement incentives for electric vehicle (EV) sales depends on the behaviour of EV adopters. This study explores such a relationship and how procurement policies ...
www.nature.com
September 6, 2023 at 4:26 PM
We need some E-bike purchasing incentives. The 7,500 tax credit that goes to a single person for a single car could fully cover the cost of 2-3 E-bikes.
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My incredible grandfather was interviewed recently about his time living with his college roommate, ‘Twilight Zone’ creator Rod Serling
The Twilight Zone goes to college: Fort Wayne's Al Zacher recalls his friendship with famed creator
Consider Mr. Al Zacher.
www.journalgazette.net
July 8, 2023 at 1:56 PM
My incredible grandfather was interviewed recently about his time living with his college roommate, ‘Twilight Zone’ creator Rod Serling