Nick Christenson
@npcinnv.bsky.social
Energy and climate activist living in Las Vegas, cat dad.
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Go volunteer for a progressive launching a “hopeless” campaign against an extremely entrenched incumbent currently squatting in a safe Blue seat. The worst thing that happens, is that you drag the incumbent to the Left. Best case? Zohran Mamdani, who was polling at 6% in January.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Go volunteer for a progressive launching a “hopeless” campaign against an extremely entrenched incumbent currently squatting in a safe Blue seat. The worst thing that happens, is that you drag the incumbent to the Left. Best case? Zohran Mamdani, who was polling at 6% in January.
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Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
The facepalm emoji just won't cut it. It has to be a banging head on desk emoji, but They won't give me one.
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The facepalm emoji just won't cut it. It has to be a banging head on desk emoji, but They won't give me one.
Narrator voice: It wasn't, in fact, a win for the American people.
King: So I believe that we are closer tonight to a vote on the ACA tax credits than we were this morning. This agreement tonight is a win for the American people.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Narrator voice: It wasn't, in fact, a win for the American people.
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ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
CHICAGO—His heart racing with terror as he found himself completely surrounded, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent conducting a raid on a Chicago elementary school reportedly fell into panic...
theonion.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
I got my flu vaccine. If you get one some years and not others, folks who know seem to be signalling that this might be a better than average year to get one. Just sayin'.
The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
Why doctors fear this winter's flu crisis will be the worst in years
An aggressive strain of flu causing record-breaking cases in Australia has been an early warning sign for the UK
inews.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I got my flu vaccine. If you get one some years and not others, folks who know seem to be signalling that this might be a better than average year to get one. Just sayin'.
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I recall reading ages ago that some researchers studying the effect of automotive reviews on car purchases had made a surprising discovery: People most often pore over car magazines and reviews AFTER buying a car, rather than before.
I am so tired of hearing pundits - left, right, and center - ponderously announce that "what voters really care about is inflation and prices."
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LINKAGE YOU SEE BETWEEN THESE THINGS AND ELECTION RESULTS
PLEASE, DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND SHOW A RELATIONSHIP
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LINKAGE YOU SEE BETWEEN THESE THINGS AND ELECTION RESULTS
PLEASE, DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND SHOW A RELATIONSHIP
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I recall reading ages ago that some researchers studying the effect of automotive reviews on car purchases had made a surprising discovery: People most often pore over car magazines and reviews AFTER buying a car, rather than before.
Australia is giving away 3 free hours of electricity because they have abundant solar. Nevada is instituting a residential demand charge as a penalty for those folks who installed solar panels. One of these jurisdictions is doing it right, the other not so much. 🤔
If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Australia is giving away 3 free hours of electricity because they have abundant solar. Nevada is instituting a residential demand charge as a penalty for those folks who installed solar panels. One of these jurisdictions is doing it right, the other not so much. 🤔
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Day 3 of the “no more than 2” day trial of Sandwich Guy. The prosecution intends to rest; the defense hasn’t decided yet. Dispute over jury instructions continues, a few morsels (sorry) to follow.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Day 3 of the “no more than 2” day trial of Sandwich Guy. The prosecution intends to rest; the defense hasn’t decided yet. Dispute over jury instructions continues, a few morsels (sorry) to follow.
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ACTUAL GOOD NEWS WARNING
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS WARNING
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction
China is an outlier - but maybe not for long
@e3g.bsky.social
www.e3g.org/publications...
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Our biggest challenge right now is that almost no institutional investor or politician understands how rapidly things are changing (how soon oil and gas investments will be stranded) and this lack of awareness means the transition will be way more economically painful & chaotic than it needs to be.
This was a great conversation that provides a well founded and hopeful case for the inevitability of the energy transition. It might not seem like it right now, but we are well into implementation of the new system.
It reminds me of how early in a loan it seems like all you are paying is interest.
It reminds me of how early in a loan it seems like all you are paying is interest.
Michael Liebreich on a
Podcast Episode · Volts · 10/31/2025 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Our biggest challenge right now is that almost no institutional investor or politician understands how rapidly things are changing (how soon oil and gas investments will be stranded) and this lack of awareness means the transition will be way more economically painful & chaotic than it needs to be.
The fact that the DNC hasn't plastered the airwaves with ads playing this on a loop already is gross negligence.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The fact that the DNC hasn't plastered the airwaves with ads playing this on a loop already is gross negligence.
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Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
Bill Gates has a new memo out calling for a “strategic pivot” on climate change, downplaying “doomsday” talk to focus on filling enormous post-USAID budget gaps in global health and vaccine funding. I got an early glimpse of his thinking last week:
7 New Takes From Bill Gates on Climate ‘Doomsday’ Talk and Global Health
“I mean, God bless the Europeans for caring about climate.”
heatmap.news
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
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Renewing the enhanced ACA subsidies would cost $350 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
All these people could have affordable healthcare for 10 years for the price of Trump's ballroom.
A real reporter would point that out to him.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
All these people could have affordable healthcare for 10 years for the price of Trump's ballroom.
A real reporter would point that out to him.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
Obamacare enrollees get first look at 2026 prices as premiums soar | CNN Politics
Premiums for Affordable Care Act coverage will skyrocket 26%, on average, next year, according to a KFF analysis released Tuesday evening, just days before open enrollment starts on November 1. The pr...
www.cnn.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Renewing the enhanced ACA subsidies would cost $350 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
All these people could have affordable healthcare for 10 years for the price of Trump's ballroom.
A real reporter would point that out to him.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
All these people could have affordable healthcare for 10 years for the price of Trump's ballroom.
A real reporter would point that out to him.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
A full house at the PUCN consumer session in Las Vegas. The community is concerned about high energy rates and the unprecedented new demand energy charge. Will regulation get better for customers or worse?
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A full house at the PUCN consumer session in Las Vegas. The community is concerned about high energy rates and the unprecedented new demand energy charge. Will regulation get better for customers or worse?
Why do I spend time on social media? It's for stuff like this, Jenny Chase's annual "opinions about solar". 61 posts in this thread, and they're all gold. Phenomenal stuff (and I highly recommend her book with the staggeringly boring-sounding title that's not at all boring.)
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Why do I spend time on social media? It's for stuff like this, Jenny Chase's annual "opinions about solar". 61 posts in this thread, and they're all gold. Phenomenal stuff (and I highly recommend her book with the staggeringly boring-sounding title that's not at all boring.)
Las Vegas No Kings. #nokings #nokingslv @titus.house.gov , @susielee.house.gov , @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social all in the house. Why are they here? Because Speaker Johnson won't open the House to seat Rep. Grijalva. Release the Epstein Files!
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Las Vegas No Kings. #nokings #nokingslv @titus.house.gov , @susielee.house.gov , @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social all in the house. Why are they here? Because Speaker Johnson won't open the House to seat Rep. Grijalva. Release the Epstein Files!
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Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
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Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
Sir, there are now *three* frogs in Portland.
(Credit to publicnotice.co for the picture.)
(Credit to publicnotice.co for the picture.)
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sir, there are now *three* frogs in Portland.
(Credit to publicnotice.co for the picture.)
(Credit to publicnotice.co for the picture.)
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
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We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
What?! Hey, anybody who might still think this regime is part of a normal political order, how to you take what Posobiec is saying here?
Incredible.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
October 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What?! Hey, anybody who might still think this regime is part of a normal political order, how to you take what Posobiec is saying here?
Leadership!
Trump: "I said one year before to Pete Hegseth, I said, one year before -- where's Pete? In the book I wrote -- whatever the hell the title, I can't tell you -- but I can tell you there's a page in there devoted to the fact that I saw somebody named Osama bin Laden and I didn't like it."
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Leadership!
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.