Elyse Yates
@elyseyates.bsky.social
Pragmatist living in Texas. Music, women's basketball, media and politics.
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NEW: Bari Weiss’s University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary’s speech-suppressing regime.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán’s Strongman Rule
Bari Weiss's University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary's speech-suppressing regime
www.thenation.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
NEW: Bari Weiss’s University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary’s speech-suppressing regime.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Texas senators are proposing laws that would hobble electricity generation to boost natural gas usage. Unfortunately, the natural gas power industry can’t meet the grid’s growing demand, setting the stage for blackouts. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com
Tomlinson: Natural has can’t help grid, lawmakers hamstring renewables
Texas senators propose laws that would hobble electricity generation even though natural gas can’t meet the grid’s electricity demand.
www.houstonchronicle.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Texas senators are proposing laws that would hobble electricity generation to boost natural gas usage. Unfortunately, the natural gas power industry can’t meet the grid’s growing demand, setting the stage for blackouts. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com
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Utility-scale solar power in Texas uses .1% of Texas lands & .14% of working lands. And, dual & multi-use land activities are increasing at solar farms every day — agrivoltaics. Landowners tell us what we can & cannot do when they offer their private property to make solar income. #txenergy
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Utility-scale solar power in Texas uses .1% of Texas lands & .14% of working lands. And, dual & multi-use land activities are increasing at solar farms every day — agrivoltaics. Landowners tell us what we can & cannot do when they offer their private property to make solar income. #txenergy
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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings
The Trump administration is shutting down EV chargers at all federal government buildings and is also expected to sell off the General Services Administration‘s (GSA) newly bought EVs.
more…
electrek.co
February 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.
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Over at EPA, new administrator Lee Zeldin is trying to "claw back" $20 billion that the agency has already dispersed. In other words, the government gave the money to private parties, and now it's going to steal the money back. It is straightforwardly illegal.
Zeldin will try to take back $20B in IRA grants
The EPA administrator accused the Biden administration of trying to hide the money by depositing it in a bank.
www.eenews.net
February 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Over at EPA, new administrator Lee Zeldin is trying to "claw back" $20 billion that the agency has already dispersed. In other words, the government gave the money to private parties, and now it's going to steal the money back. It is straightforwardly illegal.
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On this special episode of "Uncanny Valley," WIRED's politics editor and global editorial director catch us up on Elon Musk's involvement in the Trump Administration.
How We’re Keeping Tabs on DOGE
On this special episode of "Uncanny Valley," WIRED's politics editor and global editorial director catch us up on Elon Musk's involvement in the Trump Administration.
wrd.cm
February 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
On this special episode of "Uncanny Valley," WIRED's politics editor and global editorial director catch us up on Elon Musk's involvement in the Trump Administration.
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She's right.
www.rawstory.com/stop-playing...
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!
'Stop playing nice!' AOC mad at Dem colleagues refusing to 'block everything' in Congress
Hours after Democratic lawmakers warned that billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of federal agencies is "what the beginning of dictatorship looks like," expressed outrage at being barred from entering th...
www.rawstory.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
She's right.
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A guy with his mind fried by ketamine and a 24/7/365 diet of Nazi shitposts is inside the federal government’s general payments system canceling whatever he personally decides looks like fraud while taking legal advice from his own busted AI chatbot, that’s the status report?
February 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A guy with his mind fried by ketamine and a 24/7/365 diet of Nazi shitposts is inside the federal government’s general payments system canceling whatever he personally decides looks like fraud while taking legal advice from his own busted AI chatbot, that’s the status report?
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
February 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
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@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
January 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
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On his orders, his henchmen murdered my former colleague and chopped up his body with a bone saw.
Trump says he's going to ask Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who he describes as "a fantastic guy," to invest $1 trillion in the US economy
January 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
On his orders, his henchmen murdered my former colleague and chopped up his body with a bone saw.
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Let me see if I understand what’s happened at CNN over the past eight years. I’m happy to be wrong. I just want get a better understanding. (0/13)
January 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Let me see if I understand what’s happened at CNN over the past eight years. I’m happy to be wrong. I just want get a better understanding. (0/13)
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So a supercharged US Digital Service to get antiquated government up to civilian standards when it comes to basic tech? Fine by me except for the part about no transparency & a hopelessly conflicted tech mogul with massive federal contracts given total power. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘DOGE’ revamp empowers Musk as frictions spur Ramaswamy’s exit
Musk’s and Ramaswamy’s differing visions for DOGE led to Ramaswamy’s departure and Musk’s takeover.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So a supercharged US Digital Service to get antiquated government up to civilian standards when it comes to basic tech? Fine by me except for the part about no transparency & a hopelessly conflicted tech mogul with massive federal contracts given total power. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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In this Ohio town , it was a tradition: early morning mass, softball game on the village green, then everyone logs onto Silk Road to buy some smack. But then the woke mob took all of that away.
January 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
In this Ohio town , it was a tradition: early morning mass, softball game on the village green, then everyone logs onto Silk Road to buy some smack. But then the woke mob took all of that away.
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Public policy / social media mind hive: I'm interested in finding social media newsie-types/influencers who would be interested in what's happening in the Texas foster care space.
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
January 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Public policy / social media mind hive: I'm interested in finding social media newsie-types/influencers who would be interested in what's happening in the Texas foster care space.
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
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FYI, folks from Bluesky. Reporters at The NYT, among other news organizations, are now generating a giant wave of accountability stories about the new Trump era. Reading these stories, sharing them, is a form of accountability as well. It is a form of participatory democracy too. Substance matters.
January 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
FYI, folks from Bluesky. Reporters at The NYT, among other news organizations, are now generating a giant wave of accountability stories about the new Trump era. Reading these stories, sharing them, is a form of accountability as well. It is a form of participatory democracy too. Substance matters.
Can’t Biden declassify it with his mind? Didn’t Trump establish that precedent?
Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his report on President-elect Donald Trump, amid legal wrangling over how much of the document can be made public.
Jack Smith has resigned from the justice department, after submitting his Trump report
Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his report on President-elect Donald Trump, amid legal wrangling over how much of the document can be made public.
www.npr.org
January 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Can’t Biden declassify it with his mind? Didn’t Trump establish that precedent?
My heart breaks for LA. A city I love almost as much as my own. And as the US watches in horror, I understand that we knew this was coming. This magazine cover is from 2006, almost 20 years ago.
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My heart breaks for LA. A city I love almost as much as my own. And as the US watches in horror, I understand that we knew this was coming. This magazine cover is from 2006, almost 20 years ago.
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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
January 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com:
“If Bluesky turns out to be a long-term home for political conversation, it will be because, as also happened on early Twitter, the new arrivals create appealing new habits and norms, not just new content,” Clay Shirky writes in a guest essay.
“If Bluesky turns out to be a long-term home for political conversation, it will be because, as also happened on early Twitter, the new arrivals create appealing new habits and norms, not just new content,” Clay Shirky writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | Bluesky Is Different From X. For Now.
Users are looking for a more curated experience on a platform that is not constantly trying to get them to interact with brands.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:26 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com:
“If Bluesky turns out to be a long-term home for political conversation, it will be because, as also happened on early Twitter, the new arrivals create appealing new habits and norms, not just new content,” Clay Shirky writes in a guest essay.
“If Bluesky turns out to be a long-term home for political conversation, it will be because, as also happened on early Twitter, the new arrivals create appealing new habits and norms, not just new content,” Clay Shirky writes in a guest essay.