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A periodic reminder that high electricity prices in our area isn’t because of data centers (which we don’t really build much of in California) - rather it’s working through decades of deferred maintenance on the transmission grid. Some of that stuff is nearly 100 years old!
If you want to know why all this "electricity prices are the new egg prices" stuff makes me nervous, consider that nowhere in this entire NYT story about it does anyone even so much as mention in passing *what Dems plan to do about it*.
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A periodic reminder that high electricity prices in our area isn’t because of data centers (which we don’t really build much of in California) - rather it’s working through decades of deferred maintenance on the transmission grid. Some of that stuff is nearly 100 years old!
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All the Trump death hoax stuff reminded me of my favorite Julia Vinograd poem, "Ginsberg."
A cautionary tale on the hazards of hyperstition.
Vinograd (1943-2018) was a Berkeley street poet who won a Pushcart Prize. Not long ago that you could see her holding forth at Caffe Med (RIP) on Telegraph.
A cautionary tale on the hazards of hyperstition.
Vinograd (1943-2018) was a Berkeley street poet who won a Pushcart Prize. Not long ago that you could see her holding forth at Caffe Med (RIP) on Telegraph.
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
All the Trump death hoax stuff reminded me of my favorite Julia Vinograd poem, "Ginsberg."
A cautionary tale on the hazards of hyperstition.
Vinograd (1943-2018) was a Berkeley street poet who won a Pushcart Prize. Not long ago that you could see her holding forth at Caffe Med (RIP) on Telegraph.
A cautionary tale on the hazards of hyperstition.
Vinograd (1943-2018) was a Berkeley street poet who won a Pushcart Prize. Not long ago that you could see her holding forth at Caffe Med (RIP) on Telegraph.
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One thing I didn’t understand until recently about Berkeley - until the 1950s the University avoided competing with private landlords.
Then we had a brief burst of University construction in the early 60s before stalling out again…
Then we had a brief burst of University construction in the early 60s before stalling out again…
November 26, 2024 at 9:54 PM
One thing I didn’t understand until recently about Berkeley - until the 1950s the University avoided competing with private landlords.
Then we had a brief burst of University construction in the early 60s before stalling out again…
Then we had a brief burst of University construction in the early 60s before stalling out again…
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Berkeley, California, the birthplace of single-family zoning, has gone full YIMBY. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
California’s progressive epicenter just went YIMBY
Adena Ishii’s rise to become Berkeley’s new mayor marks a decisive shift for the city and its progressive politics.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Berkeley, California, the birthplace of single-family zoning, has gone full YIMBY. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...