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Jim Brunner
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Meant so much to this city!
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The idea is that some fires are so costly, some kind of catastrophic reinsurance is needed to stop utilities from going bankrupt, and to ensure $ for ppl whose homes are torched. Utilities have to harden their grid to access $. This is the California model. Some utilities would prefer damage caps
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
yeah, I saw it then too, and also last year in the presidential primary...
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Jim Brunner
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted through his Ring doorbell on Long Island.

“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor. So I just gave him my opinion.”
British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
www.semafor.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM