Katherine D
@katherine-d.bsky.social
Small business owner focused on making the transition to solar, batteries, EVs more accessible & affordable. Lover of long hikes with my dogs.
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“The White House does not belong Trump, or to any president who resides in the White House during their presidency. And while modifications and modernization are necessary and appropriate from time to time, they are controlled by Congress and the NCPC (among other federal agencies).” Robert Hubbell
October 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“The White House does not belong Trump, or to any president who resides in the White House during their presidency. And while modifications and modernization are necessary and appropriate from time to time, they are controlled by Congress and the NCPC (among other federal agencies).” Robert Hubbell
We have a cargo van and I just dropped the van off at the auto service center - it was the quietest I've ever seen it. The manager said all the maintenance for fleet vehicles and gov contractors is on hold.
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We have a cargo van and I just dropped the van off at the auto service center - it was the quietest I've ever seen it. The manager said all the maintenance for fleet vehicles and gov contractors is on hold.
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BlackRock is leading a consortium buying Minnesota Power in a private equity foray into utilities. The decision will be made tomorrow. Meanwhile, Gov. Walz's Department of Commerce flipped to supporting the deal, & emails show numerous contacts with the acquisition’s supporters. From James Baratta:
Private Equity Power Play in Minnesota
BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and a Canadian pension giant want to buy a Minnesota-based utility. Gov. Tim Walz’s agencies have been in on pushing the deal.
prospect.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
BlackRock is leading a consortium buying Minnesota Power in a private equity foray into utilities. The decision will be made tomorrow. Meanwhile, Gov. Walz's Department of Commerce flipped to supporting the deal, & emails show numerous contacts with the acquisition’s supporters. From James Baratta:
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AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
September 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
Many utilities are regulated and have to request approval from the state public utility commission to increase rates to their customers - your state PUC is failing you. Utilities are jacking up your rates and giving your money to shareholders (especially in CA).
August 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Many utilities are regulated and have to request approval from the state public utility commission to increase rates to their customers - your state PUC is failing you. Utilities are jacking up your rates and giving your money to shareholders (especially in CA).
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For those interested.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For those interested.
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NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
August 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
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It's so infuriating how tech companies are completely abandoning the LGBTQ community.
Check out this new GLAAD explainer for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more about LinkedIn’s recent removal of its policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people from one of the most prevalent and extreme types of online anti-trans hate.
www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...
www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...
LinkedIn Joins Meta and YouTube in Abandoning Policies Designed to Counter Anti-Trans Hate | TechPolicy.Press
GLAAD Social Media Safety Program's Jenni Olson says it is deeply concerning to see LinkedIn remove a policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people.
www.techpolicy.press
August 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's so infuriating how tech companies are completely abandoning the LGBTQ community.
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(BARRON’S) - About 10 million Americans will lose their health insurance as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/big...
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www.barrons.com/articles/big...
August 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
(BARRON’S) - About 10 million Americans will lose their health insurance as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/big...
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/big...
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one of the most infuriating parts of the Epstein story is over the same years that young women went to police and reported assault, and were ignored, law enforcement is pushing this idea that they need massive grants and manpower to rescue thousands of girls they say don’t even know they’re victims
August 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
one of the most infuriating parts of the Epstein story is over the same years that young women went to police and reported assault, and were ignored, law enforcement is pushing this idea that they need massive grants and manpower to rescue thousands of girls they say don’t even know they’re victims
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Increasingly understanding "energy dominance" to mean energy authoritarianism. Rooftop and community solar helps democratize energy production, putting money in consumer pockets instead of centralized utilities. Illegally cutting these grants disempowers lower-income communities, in every sense.
Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...
E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Increasingly understanding "energy dominance" to mean energy authoritarianism. Rooftop and community solar helps democratize energy production, putting money in consumer pockets instead of centralized utilities. Illegally cutting these grants disempowers lower-income communities, in every sense.
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This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
July 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Currently reading
This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
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7.24.25 Happy Pythagorean Triple Day to all, believers and non-believers alike.
July 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
7.24.25 Happy Pythagorean Triple Day to all, believers and non-believers alike.
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It’s hard to find a trend in the electricity system right now that *doesn’t* point to near-term rate hikes if not a broad affordability crisis. That’s a serious problem for climate policy, but also the American economy writ large. I wrote about it: heatmap.news/politics/ele...
July 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It’s hard to find a trend in the electricity system right now that *doesn’t* point to near-term rate hikes if not a broad affordability crisis. That’s a serious problem for climate policy, but also the American economy writ large. I wrote about it: heatmap.news/politics/ele...
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"The OBBBA isn’t just a repeal. It’s a wrecking ball...but its impact won’t be felt evenly across the country"
California, Texas, North Carolina are America's biggest losers - they'll lose millions of jobs + pay billions more in consumer energy bills
thepowerline.substack.com/p/the-one-bi...
California, Texas, North Carolina are America's biggest losers - they'll lose millions of jobs + pay billions more in consumer energy bills
thepowerline.substack.com/p/the-one-bi...
The "One Big Beautiful Bill" is an Economic Disaster for America
These three states will suffer the most damage
thepowerline.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"The OBBBA isn’t just a repeal. It’s a wrecking ball...but its impact won’t be felt evenly across the country"
California, Texas, North Carolina are America's biggest losers - they'll lose millions of jobs + pay billions more in consumer energy bills
thepowerline.substack.com/p/the-one-bi...
California, Texas, North Carolina are America's biggest losers - they'll lose millions of jobs + pay billions more in consumer energy bills
thepowerline.substack.com/p/the-one-bi...
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I'm excited for you to read the first story by our newest writing fellow Naomi Bethune. It's about the spate of ICE impersonations, and how an agency allegedly committed to public safety is demonstrably making people less safe through secrecy tactics that invite crime.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
prospect.org/justice/2025...
ICE Impersonations Proliferate Amid the Agency’s Undercover Tactics
Pretending to be an ICE agent to commit crimes is disturbingly easy.
prospect.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I'm excited for you to read the first story by our newest writing fellow Naomi Bethune. It's about the spate of ICE impersonations, and how an agency allegedly committed to public safety is demonstrably making people less safe through secrecy tactics that invite crime.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
prospect.org/justice/2025...
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The climate and biodiversity costs to opening up roadless areas are astronomical. The roadless rule protects over half of Tongass National Forest, which is home to over 400 species of wildlife and stores more than 10% of the carbon accumulated by all national forests across the US.
The Trump administration said that it would open up 58 million acres of back country in national forests to road construction and development, removing protections that had been in place for a quarter century.
Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”
trib.al
June 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The climate and biodiversity costs to opening up roadless areas are astronomical. The roadless rule protects over half of Tongass National Forest, which is home to over 400 species of wildlife and stores more than 10% of the carbon accumulated by all national forests across the US.
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EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
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NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
June 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
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Manhandling a sitting US Senator is just the latest in a series of authoritarian moves by this Administration…Silencing your opposition from even asking a question.
They do this shit because they think they can get away with it.
Be mad. Be outraged. Demand accountability.
They do this shit because they think they can get away with it.
Be mad. Be outraged. Demand accountability.
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Manhandling a sitting US Senator is just the latest in a series of authoritarian moves by this Administration…Silencing your opposition from even asking a question.
They do this shit because they think they can get away with it.
Be mad. Be outraged. Demand accountability.
They do this shit because they think they can get away with it.
Be mad. Be outraged. Demand accountability.
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This isn't hypothetical.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This isn't hypothetical.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism