John Smillie
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John Smillie
@johnsmillie42.bsky.social
Husband, father, dog owner, hiker, climate action advocate, amateur energy nerd, heat pump evangelist, audiobook enthusiast.
This was my bonus reason to hate Columbus Day for a few years
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Dude has 12 kids and 4 jobs and spends all day tweeting and lying about spending all day playing video games
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is the opposite of my experience with "A Prayer for Owen Meaney"

"I've read too many books where the world is at stake to give a shit about you growing up in New Hampshire!"
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Interesting choice for Musk
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Though I will say there are definitely nonfiction books out there that should've been 18 minute articles
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'd say green steel is around the same level as cement, both in terms of scale and TRL (maybe half a step further).
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reminds me of the mountains of North Dakota (as portrayed by the Sange de Cristo mountains of NM) at the end of "Logan".
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Uh, yup
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I think it has to be a heat pump water heater, but worth checking
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
(orig post deleted for typo)
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Seems like you could still keep your 7 favorites for every day of the week and still have a cushy retirement
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's the complaints by all 4 of the other commissioners I found relevant, not Newt Gingrich
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM