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This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours.

Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
a man who gets an email like this from his own mother should be legally required to reveal it to every woman he ever meets ever ever
The following is the text of the email that Penelope Hegseth sent to her son, Pete Hegseth, on April 30, 2018, as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha. One sentence was redacted by The New York Times for privacy reasons. Son, I have tried to keep quiet about your character and behavior, but after listening to the way you made Samantha feel today, I cannot stay silent. And as a woman and your mother I feel I must speak out.. You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth. I am not a saint, far from it.. so don't throw that in my face, but your abuse over the years to women (dishonesty, sleeping around, betrayal, debasing, belittling) needs to be called out. Sam is a good mother and a good person (under the circumstances that you created) and I know deep down you know that. For you to try to label her as "unstable" for your own advantage is despicable and abusive. Is there any sense of decency left in you? She did not ask for or deserve any of what has come to her by your hand. Neither did Meredith. I know you think this is one big competition and that we have taken her side... bunk... we are on the side of good and that is not you. (Go ahead and call me self-righteous, I dont' care) Don't you dare run to her and cry foul that we shared with us... that's what babies do. It's time for someone (I wish it was a strong man) to stand up to your abusive behavior and call it out, especially against women We still love you, but we are broken by your behavior and lack of character. I don't want to write emails like this and never thought I would. If it damages our relationship further, then so be it, but at least I have said my piece. [Redacted] And yes, we are praying for you (and you don't deserve to know how we are praying, so skip the snarky reply) I don't want an answer to this... I don't want to debate with you. You twist and abuse everything I say anyway. But... On behalf of all the women (and I know it's many) you have abused in some way, I say... get some help and take an honest look at yourself... Mom
November 30, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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ourworldindata.org
Only two Northern White rhinos remain, and both are female
A line graph titled "There are just two Northern White rhinos left in the world; both are female" outlines the decline in the estimated population of Northern White rhinos from 1960 to 2021. The vertical axis represents the estimated number of rhinos, ranging from zero to 2,500, while the horizontal axis spans the years from 1960 to 2021. In 1960, the estimated population was approximately 2,230 rhinos. The line sharply declines, indicating a significant drop, with the population reaching about 350 rhinos by 1981. The downward trend continues, with a note indicating that by 2018, only two females named Najin and Fatu remain, following the death of the last male, Sudan. Data sources are listed at the bottom as African and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups (AfRSG), with a Creative Commons attribution notation (CC BY).
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
Disruptive innovation is a term popularised by the American academic Clayton Christensen.

This is a prime example: learning effects lead to reduced cost of solar leading to more adoption resulting in more learning effects because of modularisation.

Killer graph from @ember-energy.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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ourworldindata.org
In most places in the world, power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels.

Why did renewables become so cheap so fast?

The answer: learning curves.
December 4, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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solarchase.bsky.social
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December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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colinmckerracher.bsky.social
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Each year, I hear about all the reasons that EVs will fail, and each year sales keep going up.

On track for just under 17 million in 2024, in line with BNEF forecast's from the start of the year
about.bnef.com/blog/are-glo...
November 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM