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Posting about electricity and how we can care for one other. @publicgrids.org. SF. they.

Latest: “To fight oligarchy, build local democracy"
https://www.isaacsevier.com/notes/to-fight-oligarchy-build-local-democracy/
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considering moving to NYC for many reasons today but not least of which would be to come to this event next week with @triofrancos.bsky.social and @dwallacewells.bsky.social

www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/thea-r...
Image split down the middle and the left side split again horizontally. The left side are profile photos of Thea and David. The right side is Thea's new book cover for Extraction. The cover is an aerial photo of lithium mining site, where the scale is shown because of a huge pile of salt that has been harvested from in-sight brine pools. The pile is so large that tractors and cars have a driving path built onto the pile and parked cars look miniscule. The brine pits are just as large.
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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We made this screen for our movement last month.

Public power is the future and our timeline just sped up!!!
A screen of a giant transmission tower being reached for by a large set of hands. "It's in our hands" is written in the lower right corner and a Public Grids logo in the lower left.
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Reporting in from the ZOHRAN watch party here in Oakland 🥳
Inside a brewery with people watching a screen on the wall showing Zohran Mamdani's photo and announcing the call that he won the election for mayor of New York
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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This paragraph is the one that stood out to me as quickly running through a richly detailed forest that needs to be more thoroughly examined. Notice that the giant leading talking point completely falls apart for, again, PEOPLE.
This finding aligns with the understanding that a primary driver of increased electricity-sector costs in recent years has been distribution and transmission expenditures-often devoted to refurbishment or replacement of existing infrastructure rather than to serve new loads (ETE, 2025, Pierpont, 2024, EIA, 2024a, Forrester et al., 2024). Spreading these fixed costs over more demand naturally exerts downward pressure on retail prices. It is also notable, however, that this negative load-price relationship was pronounced when considering overall average retail prices but was smaller and lost statistical significance when analyzing residential prices alone (see SI-8). Load growth over this historical period was led by commercial customers, and cost allocation practices have tended to benefit those large, non-residential customers.
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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But who else would toil overnight in the screaming mines without them
A white cat with his head, arms, legs, and tail all sprawled into the same direction lying on a grey chair. He's kind of like the letter E but with too many arms.
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Folks, we DID THAT!!! 💛 36 hours ago we started giving together to my local food bank because SNAP is being cut Nov 1 and we raised $1,200!

I'm going to match this over the next 6 months. The food bank also has a matching donor for all giving right now.

All counted we'll have paid for 9,600 meals!
A pop up on the food bank website Monthly Giving Match! Hunger is rising in our community, and your reliable support is more critical than ever. You can help us meet the need week after week by making a monthly gift that will be MATCHED for an entire year. DOUBLE YOUR MONTHLY IMPACT
October 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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We are almost there! Thank you to the two people who donated last night after I logged off. When we meet our goal, we'll have provided 4,800 meals– enough to feed a family of 4 for 400 days.

Can anyone help give the last $65 to get us to the goal this morning?
Screencap of the donation page in the QT. SF MARIN FOOD BANK Bluesky fights the "heat or eat" dilemma $1,135.80 SNAP cuts go into effect on November 1st
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A beautiful night to be a San Franciscan
A crowd of people in Embarcadero plaza as the sunset turns the clouds pink in a pale blue sky. The ferry building clock tower sits in the background behind many protest signs
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Adding alt text. Trump has said there will be no federal troops in San Francisco. Nothing about the rest of the Bay Area.
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump The Federal Government was preparing to "surge" San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge in that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making substantial progress. I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around. I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove. I told him, "It's an easier process if we do it, faster, stronger, and safer but, let's see how you do?" The people of San Francisco have come together on fighting Crime, especially since we began to take charge of that very nasty subject. Great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others have called saying that the future of San Francisco is great. They want to give it a "shot." Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned! 328 ReTruths 1.13k Likes 10/23/25, 1:03 PM
October 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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On Friday, all around the bay, there will be folks gathering for a vigil at your nearest public library because of the ICE deployment. I especially love the importance and symbolism of this choice of place.
DAY 2 FRIDAY OCTOBER 24TH VIGIL AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY GATHER AT 5PM AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Libraries were chosen because they are a communal space, safe for families, and a way to be more centralized. Bay RESISTANCE
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Here's a handy graphic you can save and share if you're in the Bay Area
OHLONE LAND BAY AREA ICE RAPID RESPONSE COMMUNITY NETWORKS SAN FRANCISCO 415-200-1548 SAN MATEO 203-666-4472 SANTA CLARA 408-290-1144 SANTA CRUZ 831-239-4289 CONTRA COSTA 925-900-5151 ALAMEDA 510-241-4011 NINGÚN SER HUMANO ES ILEGAL * @WINSORKINKADE_
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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WHAT'S AN ACTION POD? from Bay Resistance THE PODS ARE A WAY FOR FOLKS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO STAY PLUGGED INTO THE FIGHT FOR OUR MOVEMENTS 1 JOIN A POD BY YOUR ZIPCODE 2 GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING 3 MOBILIZE WITH YOUR POD
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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This rapid response guide for reporting ICE is specific to San Francisco. For the other counties in the bay area, the second post on this thread links to a list of hotlines and resources.

To read more: sfilen.org/resources/sf...
TO REPORT ICE ACTIVITY CALL (415) 200-1548 WHEN REPORTING ICE ACTIVITY - remember to: BE THE PRIMARY WITNESS we want to avoid confusion or unfounded rumors PROVIDE SPECIFIC LOCATION please provide a specific address or cross streets TAKE A PICTURE OF ICE AND TEXT (415) 200-1548 IDENTIFY BEHAVIOR OF ICE What are they doing? arresting, interrogating. patrolling DESCRIBE WHAT ICE OFFICERS ARE WEARING plain clothes, uniforms, vests with police in fronf SF IMMIGRANT LEGAL & EDUCATION NETWORK RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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FINALLY. One of the most trusted energy assistance organizations in the country issued a call for a total ban on utility shutoffs TODAY. It's about time.

neada.org/wp-content/u...
States Call for Utilities to Suspend Shut-Offs During Government Shutdown Until LIHEAP Funds Are Released Electric Rates Surge, Putting Millions of Families at Greater Risk of Falling Behind on Utility Bills Washington, D.C. October 21, 2025: As the federal government shutdown continues, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), representing state directors of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), is urging electric and gas utilities across the nation to immediately suspend service disconnections for nonpayment.
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Perfect brand alignment opportunity with a new Red Line stop
McDonald’s themed train car underneath a sign that says “M ENTER M” with people walking up to the restaurant lobby
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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If I were in the Democratic Party I’d be talking about how the White House now looks like millions of homes across the country that have fallen into disrepair or neglected after a disaster and pound the pavement about the National Whole Homes Repair Act to invest $100,000 in every home in the US.
The White House with a backhoe tearing down the walls, debris everywhere, and no grass just dirt
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Just to demonstrate how not obvious this was, here's a real ad running on Van Ness last month with pure fash aesthetics
Black billboard with gray bubbles like in a text thread: "Build an app that takes my job" And in a second message "to the next level" And on the opposite side the company bubble says "Generating..."
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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"No justice, no peace, no ICE or police"
October 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Special shoutout to this queen
A young person dressed in black with white sneakers waving a rainbow fan while holding a cardboard sign that says EAT THE RICH
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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San Francisco's #NoKings filled with music and chants led by @nationalnurses.bsky.social workers
Protest in San Francisco full of people wearing red from within the crowd. The crowd is visible as far down the street as the vanishing point. Prominent signs saying "End genocide in Gaza" "We have friends everywhere" "No kings since 1776" "This is what democracy looks like"
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Market Street without cars is good
A large street at a crosswalk, photo taken from the sidewalk, looking down the street where a dozen or two young people on bikes are riding in a big group with a MUNI bus behind them. The street has a bus lane painted on it and is otherwise closed to cars.
October 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Been trying to tell this guy "no kings! no kings!" but he refuses to give up his claim to power around here
A white cat lying on my laptop on my lap
October 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The rank and file of UAW is launching a worker publication!

"Daily Struggle will provide a platform for workers to speak for themselves, featuring interviews, analysis, and coverage of militant labor struggles written by and for UAW members."

uniteallworkers4democracy.org/daily-strugg...
banner image for "Daily Struggle" with an icon of a sun, a wrench and pencils inside, held up by a racially diverse group of hands
October 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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With an average household size of around 3 people, the LIHEAP program helped more than 21 million Americans last winter avoid a utility shutoff.

The federal shutdown means the program will not open in every state and will run out of funding almost immediately.
Table showing the FY 24 statistics about LIHEAP The program helped 7.2 million households pay emergency energy bills The program's funding restored energy to over 423,000 households and prevented a utility shutoff for 2.12 million households.
October 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Glad to be home
San Francisco Dolores Park looking towards Sutro Tower and the J stop at the north end
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM