@davidflanagan.bsky.social
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Nice to know that they’ve got my address for the Anthropic settlement. But they didn’t really need to send me 4 copies of the same legal notice (plus 3 more to a coauthor who does not live here)
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Nice to know that they’ve got my address for the Anthropic settlement. But they didn’t really need to send me 4 copies of the same legal notice (plus 3 more to a coauthor who does not live here)
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
How about it @pickfordfilmcenter.bsky.social ?
Do you want to screen Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile in your town or city, unlike a cowardly major movie chain?
Email us at jeffreyepstein@theonion.com.
We'll allow you to screen it for free.
Yes, again, this is real.
Email us at jeffreyepstein@theonion.com.
We'll allow you to screen it for free.
Yes, again, this is real.
A very big Onion announcement:
The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.
It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.
It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.
Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.
The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.
It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.
It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.
Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How about it @pickfordfilmcenter.bsky.social ?
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A must watch.
"Without question I witnessed war crimes by the Israel Defence Forces, without a doubt.
"Using artillery rounds, mortar rounds, firing tank rounds into unarmed civilians is a war crime.”
youtube.com/watch?v=72aZ...
"Using artillery rounds, mortar rounds, firing tank rounds into unarmed civilians is a war crime.”
youtube.com/watch?v=72aZ...
Former US Green Beret says Israel committed war crimes at Gaza food distribution site | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtube.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A must watch.
What the hell is wrong with you @repricklarsen.bsky.social?
Here are the 128 House Democrats who voted to table (kill) the Rep. Al Green D-TX impeachment resolution against President Trump over the Iran attacks.
June 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What the hell is wrong with you @repricklarsen.bsky.social?
@repricklarsen.bsky.social please follow AOC’s lead here
June 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
@repricklarsen.bsky.social please follow AOC’s lead here
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On the one hand, the evisceration of our security and intelligence gathering apparatus is probably creating a huge opening for adversaries to exploit.
On the other hand, what harms could adversaries inflict on us that our leaders aren’t already inflicting?
On the other hand, what harms could adversaries inflict on us that our leaders aren’t already inflicting?
April 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
On the one hand, the evisceration of our security and intelligence gathering apparatus is probably creating a huge opening for adversaries to exploit.
On the other hand, what harms could adversaries inflict on us that our leaders aren’t already inflicting?
On the other hand, what harms could adversaries inflict on us that our leaders aren’t already inflicting?
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🚨 NIH sent out another data call, this time for projects "related to any form of censorship at all or directing people to believe one idea over another related to health outcomes… e,g., any contracts to promote COVID vaccine uptake," I'm told.
These data calls have recently preceded terminations.
These data calls have recently preceded terminations.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚨 NIH sent out another data call, this time for projects "related to any form of censorship at all or directing people to believe one idea over another related to health outcomes… e,g., any contracts to promote COVID vaccine uptake," I'm told.
These data calls have recently preceded terminations.
These data calls have recently preceded terminations.
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Legal residents getting kidnapped by plain clothes agents of the state for expressing their political opinions isn't something that happens in democratic countries.
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Legal residents getting kidnapped by plain clothes agents of the state for expressing their political opinions isn't something that happens in democratic countries.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
@scalzi.com I just finished a fun read of The Android’s Dream and then saw this quote from Moldbug which seems based on the setup in your book!
I’ve never seen such a clear example of the Torment Nexus phenomenon
I’ve never seen such a clear example of the Torment Nexus phenomenon
March 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@scalzi.com I just finished a fun read of The Android’s Dream and then saw this quote from Moldbug which seems based on the setup in your book!
I’ve never seen such a clear example of the Torment Nexus phenomenon
I’ve never seen such a clear example of the Torment Nexus phenomenon
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Referring to other human beings as 'NPCs' is the worlds shortest sociopathy test.
March 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Referring to other human beings as 'NPCs' is the worlds shortest sociopathy test.
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They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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we're in legit first they came for territory and a lot of people have been failing at this test they cite all the time
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
we're in legit first they came for territory and a lot of people have been failing at this test they cite all the time
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Disappeared: Mahmood Khalil
Disappeared count: 1
Khalil was a Columbia University graduate student, US permanent resident, and husband of a US citizen detained by order of the White House on 3/9/2025. He spoke out against the Israeli government, which is believed to be the reason he was targeted.
Disappeared count: 1
Khalil was a Columbia University graduate student, US permanent resident, and husband of a US citizen detained by order of the White House on 3/9/2025. He spoke out against the Israeli government, which is believed to be the reason he was targeted.
March 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Disappeared: Mahmood Khalil
Disappeared count: 1
Khalil was a Columbia University graduate student, US permanent resident, and husband of a US citizen detained by order of the White House on 3/9/2025. He spoke out against the Israeli government, which is believed to be the reason he was targeted.
Disappeared count: 1
Khalil was a Columbia University graduate student, US permanent resident, and husband of a US citizen detained by order of the White House on 3/9/2025. He spoke out against the Israeli government, which is believed to be the reason he was targeted.
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This is both immoral and a method for creating terrorists.
The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
March 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is both immoral and a method for creating terrorists.
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ah yes, another day of my remaining time on this earth, spent thinking about elon musk and donald trump
February 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
ah yes, another day of my remaining time on this earth, spent thinking about elon musk and donald trump
@matthewdgreen.bsky.social have you seen this impersonator?
February 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
@matthewdgreen.bsky.social have you seen this impersonator?
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Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Since you are the sole source of cricket takes for much if Bluesky @nameshiv.bsky.social would you care to give us the play-by-play on this saga?
EXCLUSIVE: Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is joining Silicon Valley executives including Microsoft's Satya Nadella in bidding for a London-based cricket team
Google’s Pichai Joins Tech CEOs in Bids for London Cricket Team
Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai is joining Silicon Valley executives bidding for a London-based cricket team, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Since you are the sole source of cricket takes for much if Bluesky @nameshiv.bsky.social would you care to give us the play-by-play on this saga?