Daniel Breslau
@danielbreslau.bsky.social
Economic sociologist at Virginia Tech STS interested in the politics and science of markets and how these baroque contraptions mediate energy transition.
Gift from a Ph.D. abvisee who just finished. It's inscribed, "Reality is what resists. - Bruno Latour" ❤️
June 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Gift from a Ph.D. abvisee who just finished. It's inscribed, "Reality is what resists. - Bruno Latour" ❤️
I lo e that crypto bros are worried that Trump's going to give them a bad name.
May 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I lo e that crypto bros are worried that Trump's going to give them a bad name.
ICE is a threat to public safety. Now threatening to prosecute the ICE watchers.
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted
After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
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April 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is a threat to public safety. Now threatening to prosecute the ICE watchers.
China has been trying for years to break the log jam of its high savings rate. Now, with Trump's help, they may actually do it. The Great Nation Builder strikes again.
There is a simple reason why China is in the stronger position compared to the US in this trade war: It is much easier to create demand domestically in the short run than it is to rebuild the workshop of the world.
April 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
China has been trying for years to break the log jam of its high savings rate. Now, with Trump's help, they may actually do it. The Great Nation Builder strikes again.
My union.
@harryszabo.bsky.social is right: The truth is the Trump administration is not conservative, they are anti-democratic & the only thing capable of beating them is a powerful movement for democratization. Campus workers have been on the front lines of these attacks. Pass Collective Bargaining NOW!
April 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My union.
Ending the Fed's independence would rebalance trade in the most disastrous way imaginable, via a collapse of the US dollar.
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Ending the Fed's independence would rebalance trade in the most disastrous way imaginable, via a collapse of the US dollar.
The ECB's situation is totally different from the Fed's. The US exposure to tariff shocks is much greater than the EU's, who still have lower barriers with their big non-US partners: UK, China, Russia. And who is going to lower interest rates when our bondholders are getting yippy?
Trump: ‘The ECB is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, “Too Late” Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always TOO LATE AND WRONG, yesterday issued a report which was another, and typical, complete “mess!” Oil prices are down, groceries (even eggs!) are down, and
April 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The ECB's situation is totally different from the Fed's. The US exposure to tariff shocks is much greater than the EU's, who still have lower barriers with their big non-US partners: UK, China, Russia. And who is going to lower interest rates when our bondholders are getting yippy?
Trump's plan to bail out failing coal-fired power plants will cost ratepayers more and will worsen pollution and climate change. And it's illegal.
The power industry must oppose Trump’s coal bailout ... again
The executive order threatens to conflict with existing methods for accrediting generators, assessing resource adequacy, securing sufficient generation and setting wholesale prices. It’s also illegal.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Trump's plan to bail out failing coal-fired power plants will cost ratepayers more and will worsen pollution and climate change. And it's illegal.
The cornerstone of Trump energy policy is to make us pay more so that we can have energy that kills more people and helps make the planet unlivable.
Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry (Gift Article)
The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The cornerstone of Trump energy policy is to make us pay more so that we can have energy that kills more people and helps make the planet unlivable.
Beware this model legislation from Heritage, now being fed to pro-fossil state legislators and introduced as a bill in many states. It is nothing but a disguised subsidy for fossil fuel generators that kneecaps renewables, at customers' expense.
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Affordable and Reliable Electricity Act
AN ACT directing the [electric utility regulatory agency] to develop rules and procedures promoting an affordable and reliable electric grid that meets estimated peak demand, including during extreme ...
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April 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Beware this model legislation from Heritage, now being fed to pro-fossil state legislators and introduced as a bill in many states. It is nothing but a disguised subsidy for fossil fuel generators that kneecaps renewables, at customers' expense.
herit.ag/4i4nWx5
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U.S. media have completely dropped the ball on explaining where trade deficits come from and all their non-tariff sources.
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
U.S. media have completely dropped the ball on explaining where trade deficits come from and all their non-tariff sources.
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U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
RIP. Unfortunately, the obit does not mention Clem's greatest performances. Try X Offender.
Clem Burke, whose energetic, versatile drumming provided the beat for the band Blondie as it churned out post-punk, disco and rock hits in the late 1970s and early ’80s — and then again after the band re-formed in 1997 — died on Sunday. He was 70.
Clem Burke, Versatile, Hard-Driving Drummer for Blondie, Dies at 70
He provided both the explosive percussion on hits like “Call Me” and the laid-back rhythm on the reggae-influenced “The Tide Is High.”
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
RIP. Unfortunately, the obit does not mention Clem's greatest performances. Try X Offender.
“They think Roanoke will stay silent — they’re wrong. On April 5th, we’re mobilizing for Hands Off! to stop the billionaire attack on our democracy and demand justice for all. Jefferson St. and Elm Ave. — 1 PM”
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April 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The countries hardest hit with tariffs are also the most intensive users of thermal coal for electricity. Their manufacturing sectors will surely double down on coal fired power now that they are being squeezed by tariffs. Forget about climate progress for at least the near future.
April 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The countries hardest hit with tariffs are also the most intensive users of thermal coal for electricity. Their manufacturing sectors will surely double down on coal fired power now that they are being squeezed by tariffs. Forget about climate progress for at least the near future.
“These firings cede the university’s decision-making authority to bullies and bad-faith actors committed to silencing speech with which they disagree.” - Harvard @aaup.bsky.social
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Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave
Harvard University has been under pressure by the Trump administration to follow directives related to diversity and combating antisemitism.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“These firings cede the university’s decision-making authority to bullies and bad-faith actors committed to silencing speech with which they disagree.” - Harvard @aaup.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
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We asked legal experts how Columbia University would fare if they sued the Trump administration. "On the merits, there’s no doubt that Columbia would have won." chroni.cl/3FI9hdJ
‘It Is Remarkable How Quickly the Chill Has Descended’
Legal scholars on what Columbia University should have done — and what other colleges could do next.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We asked legal experts how Columbia University would fare if they sued the Trump administration. "On the merits, there’s no doubt that Columbia would have won." chroni.cl/3FI9hdJ
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When the Trump regime's desire for control gets in the way of real efforts to make government more efficient.
Trump executive order threatens transmission, interconnection initiatives: former FERC commissioners
President Trump’s executive order compromises FERC’s independence, is “unhealthy, unwarranted, and unprecedented,” threatens power system reliability and is “plainly illegal,” the former commissioners...
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March 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When the Trump regime's desire for control gets in the way of real efforts to make government more efficient.
In the past 20 years, annual coal mining fatalities have been reduced from about 30 per 100,000 miners to 10-12. Yet the @dol.gov Inspector General has pointed out the failure to reach mine inspection goals. Now that IG has been fired and mine safety offices are being closed.
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Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country
Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In the past 20 years, annual coal mining fatalities have been reduced from about 30 per 100,000 miners to 10-12. Yet the @dol.gov Inspector General has pointed out the failure to reach mine inspection goals. Now that IG has been fired and mine safety offices are being closed.
bit.ly/4kZ0XGJ
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Let's be clear here. This is not about complying with the law. It is about 1. threats, fear, and money; 2. Board members who only begrudgingly supported diversity to begin with and are more than happy to have federal gov. backup for eliminating this office.
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Virginia Tech board votes to dissolve inclusion office
"This is a tumultuous time for higher education, and Virginia Tech is not immune from any of the scrutiny," said President Tim Sands.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Let's be clear here. This is not about complying with the law. It is about 1. threats, fear, and money; 2. Board members who only begrudgingly supported diversity to begin with and are more than happy to have federal gov. backup for eliminating this office.
bit.ly/4j5fwql
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Pete Hegseth in 2016: "How damaging is it to your ability to recruit or build allies with others when they are worried that our leaders may be exposing them because of their gross negligence or their recklessness in handling information?"
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Pete Hegseth in 2016: "How damaging is it to your ability to recruit or build allies with others when they are worried that our leaders may be exposing them because of their gross negligence or their recklessness in handling information?"
The Virginia Tech community is in the street. Stop the attacks on higher ed, on DEI. To our Board of Visitors: get a spine and stand up for us@
March 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Virginia Tech community is in the street. Stop the attacks on higher ed, on DEI. To our Board of Visitors: get a spine and stand up for us@