J Flom
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Kettl: “It’s a slippery business,” he said. “They’re prepared to wink at almost anything, it seems, that applicants will put forward. The question is [whether you] can put targets in there that are so vague as to be virtually unenforceable.”
Congress set aside funds for carbon capture, and the Trump administration is using them to prop up old coal plants. It is hard to imagine how this is legal. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump admin redirects carbon capture funds to prop up old coal plants
The Energy Department says it’s legally sound to shift more than half a billion dollars to help revive old and closed coal plants. Department officials
www.eenews.net
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Kettl: “It’s a slippery business,” he said. “They’re prepared to wink at almost anything, it seems, that applicants will put forward. The question is [whether you] can put targets in there that are so vague as to be virtually unenforceable.”
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The Trump administration is planning 1 million acres of oil and gas leasing across southern and central California: www.courthousenews.com/feds-plan-to...
Feds plan to lease 1 million acres in California to oil, gas developers
The federal government proposes allowing oil and gas drilling in the Golden State’s Pinnacles National Park, Mount Diablo State Park, Henry W. Coe State Park and Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve.
www.courthousenews.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
The Trump administration is planning 1 million acres of oil and gas leasing across southern and central California: www.courthousenews.com/feds-plan-to...
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All these Draft Kings and Fan Duel ads should be required to disclose that if you consistently win your bets you’ll get kicked off their platforms.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 AM
All these Draft Kings and Fan Duel ads should be required to disclose that if you consistently win your bets you’ll get kicked off their platforms.
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With @stanveuger.bsky.social and @taraelizwatson.bsky.social, we have an update on our near-term immigration analysis under Trump. Here's our range of likely outcomes for breakeven employment. Could be negative **this year**.
Full piece: www.brookings.edu/articles/mac...
Full piece: www.brookings.edu/articles/mac...
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
With @stanveuger.bsky.social and @taraelizwatson.bsky.social, we have an update on our near-term immigration analysis under Trump. Here's our range of likely outcomes for breakeven employment. Could be negative **this year**.
Full piece: www.brookings.edu/articles/mac...
Full piece: www.brookings.edu/articles/mac...
I work in real estate. REIT's and developers of this asset type often overestimate the impact of crime and "oversupply" safe suburbs, even though the market forces don't work. This site's trade area has a per capita ratio of ~4,000 residents/grocer. Oakland's ~16,000. Rich ppl don't eat 4x as much.
If this was Oakland, the claim would be that crime and political incompetence drove the stores out of business and ruined the mall.
But it's Danville, a very wealthy suburb with very little crime. So the narrative is vaguely about "deterioration" and "decline."
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...
But it's Danville, a very wealthy suburb with very little crime. So the narrative is vaguely about "deterioration" and "decline."
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...
Draeger’s will close Danville store at mostly empty Blackhawk Plaza
Draeger’s Market will shut its store in Danville, a closure that Draeger’s says arises from the mostly empty Blackhawk Plaza.
www.eastbaytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I work in real estate. REIT's and developers of this asset type often overestimate the impact of crime and "oversupply" safe suburbs, even though the market forces don't work. This site's trade area has a per capita ratio of ~4,000 residents/grocer. Oakland's ~16,000. Rich ppl don't eat 4x as much.
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If this was Oakland, the claim would be that crime and political incompetence drove the stores out of business and ruined the mall.
But it's Danville, a very wealthy suburb with very little crime. So the narrative is vaguely about "deterioration" and "decline."
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...
But it's Danville, a very wealthy suburb with very little crime. So the narrative is vaguely about "deterioration" and "decline."
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...
Draeger’s will close Danville store at mostly empty Blackhawk Plaza
Draeger’s Market will shut its store in Danville, a closure that Draeger’s says arises from the mostly empty Blackhawk Plaza.
www.eastbaytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
If this was Oakland, the claim would be that crime and political incompetence drove the stores out of business and ruined the mall.
But it's Danville, a very wealthy suburb with very little crime. So the narrative is vaguely about "deterioration" and "decline."
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...
But it's Danville, a very wealthy suburb with very little crime. So the narrative is vaguely about "deterioration" and "decline."
www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...
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I went to a sauna for the first time and now I understand why Finns are Like That
December 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I went to a sauna for the first time and now I understand why Finns are Like That
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
If people move off the railway because a speeding train is incoming, the train conductor wins.
If diners leave the restaurant because of the cockroach swarm, the chef wins.
If gamblers don't place a bet because it's obviously three card monty, the swindler wins.
If diners leave the restaurant because of the cockroach swarm, the chef wins.
If gamblers don't place a bet because it's obviously three card monty, the swindler wins.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
If people move off the railway because a speeding train is incoming, the train conductor wins.
If diners leave the restaurant because of the cockroach swarm, the chef wins.
If gamblers don't place a bet because it's obviously three card monty, the swindler wins.
If diners leave the restaurant because of the cockroach swarm, the chef wins.
If gamblers don't place a bet because it's obviously three card monty, the swindler wins.
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We literally declared independence when England did this.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
We literally declared independence when England did this.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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Oh hey.
@sfgate.com won its first two Society of Professional Journalists awards ever this year, which is great, but what's better is our Senior Photo Editor Charles Russo sitting down to talk about the story behind one of the winners: our photo spread from the A's final game in Oakland.
@sfgate.com won its first two Society of Professional Journalists awards ever this year, which is great, but what's better is our Senior Photo Editor Charles Russo sitting down to talk about the story behind one of the winners: our photo spread from the A's final game in Oakland.
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Oh hey.
@sfgate.com won its first two Society of Professional Journalists awards ever this year, which is great, but what's better is our Senior Photo Editor Charles Russo sitting down to talk about the story behind one of the winners: our photo spread from the A's final game in Oakland.
@sfgate.com won its first two Society of Professional Journalists awards ever this year, which is great, but what's better is our Senior Photo Editor Charles Russo sitting down to talk about the story behind one of the winners: our photo spread from the A's final game in Oakland.
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In Feb 2023, I attended a climate skeptics conference in Orlando. I was the only reporter.
David Stevenson told me there that the offshore wind industry would “crumble” before it reached South Carolina. And that he was leading the opposition.
I followed him for 3 years and wrote this story.
David Stevenson told me there that the offshore wind industry would “crumble” before it reached South Carolina. And that he was leading the opposition.
I followed him for 3 years and wrote this story.
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In Feb 2023, I attended a climate skeptics conference in Orlando. I was the only reporter.
David Stevenson told me there that the offshore wind industry would “crumble” before it reached South Carolina. And that he was leading the opposition.
I followed him for 3 years and wrote this story.
David Stevenson told me there that the offshore wind industry would “crumble” before it reached South Carolina. And that he was leading the opposition.
I followed him for 3 years and wrote this story.
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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Zillow, the United States’ largest real estate marketplace, has removed climate risk information from home listings on its website.
Zillow is dropping climate risk scores. Here’s why it matters
Zillow, the United States’ largest real estate marketplace, has removed climate risk information from home listings on its website.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Zillow, the United States’ largest real estate marketplace, has removed climate risk information from home listings on its website.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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They warn you about sleep deprivation and losing your identity when you have a newborn but not about the suffocating weight of human history and the early morning meditations on our fleeting mortality
Oops! All existential crises!
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
They warn you about sleep deprivation and losing your identity when you have a newborn but not about the suffocating weight of human history and the early morning meditations on our fleeting mortality
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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
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The president gets to harm as many Americans as he wants defying whatever laws he pleases and our job is to be nice to him and make sure everyone agrees he's cool. Not sure what you people don't understand about that.
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The president gets to harm as many Americans as he wants defying whatever laws he pleases and our job is to be nice to him and make sure everyone agrees he's cool. Not sure what you people don't understand about that.
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Prop 13 ground zero, Howard Jarvis' old house in L.A., available again after selling just last June but priced so high the sellers took it off the market in May, now for rent at $14,900: www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
515 N Crescent Heights Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 | Zillow
This 3020 square feet Single Family home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. It is located at 515 N Crescent Heights Blvd, Los Angeles, CA.
www.zillow.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Prop 13 ground zero, Howard Jarvis' old house in L.A., available again after selling just last June but priced so high the sellers took it off the market in May, now for rent at $14,900: www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Bari’s key insight as an entrepreneur is that there is a bottomless demand for rich people to have their existing opinions sold back to them as forbidden knowledge
FT Exclusive: Weiss has met with David Ellison, the incoming owner of CBS News, over a potential deal to sell her three-year-old media company, according to several people familiar with the matter. https://on.ft.com/4eZ6WbM
July 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Bari’s key insight as an entrepreneur is that there is a bottomless demand for rich people to have their existing opinions sold back to them as forbidden knowledge
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If your economic development strategy isn't engaged with people under 30, your city will fail to compete
July 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If your economic development strategy isn't engaged with people under 30, your city will fail to compete
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Lowest common denominator of sociopaths who don't feel bad about *tragedy* and idiots who don't want to learn about *statistics*
July 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Lowest common denominator of sociopaths who don't feel bad about *tragedy* and idiots who don't want to learn about *statistics*