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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 3h

For me (total heat pump nerd), one exciting possibility of cities starting their own sustainable energy utilities is that "city worker comes over and installs a battery" is a tiny hop away from "city worker installs your heat pump," which could make heat pumps so much more affordable.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jul 23

Today on Volts: last year, the residents of Ann Arbor, MI, voted to create a "sustainable energy utility" that operates alongside the investor-owned utility & supplements it with clean energy. This is, AFAIK, the first arrangement of this kind in the world. I talk with its architect & champion.

Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility

Missy Stults explains Ann Arbor's novel plan to build a second, clean-energy utility alongside its incumbent.

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🌮 Chef Bruce 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @chef-bruce.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s current government, through Pam Bondi, just convinced a federal judge to force a gun rights group to hand over its membership list.

That’s a gun owner registry.

Is MAGA winning yet?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 1d

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d

Even without the national guard, law enforcement agencies of the federal government have been using military hardware and tactics on civilian targets.

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 23h

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Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county

Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county

Terri Lesley, a former library director, said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to bow to county officials’ demands for censorship.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you, @mit.edu, for taking the lead.

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling — Reuters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 2h

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize for her fight, despite controversial past and not always advocating a peaceful strategy

María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons

Venezuelan opposition leader is the latest in a long list of controversial laureates.

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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 15h

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2h

Gift link!

Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.

By @lenasun.bsky.social

"The federal health official, [speak anonymously] said layoff notices for the EIS officers, Ebola response and global health center’s office of the director would be reversed."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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BernardoVerda 🤔 @bernardoverda.bsky.social · 2h

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Remember that the active duty soldiers can’t tell you if they hate the president

YouTube video by Knitting Cult Lady

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Knitting Cult Lady @knittingcultlady.bsky.social · 11d

He’s like “inconceivable!”

(in a world of all American fascists…Be this guy.)

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 9h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 1d

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
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Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 8h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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BernardoVerda 🤔 @bernardoverda.bsky.social · 4h

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MAGA Morons Believe Him #duet #maga #trump #morons #idiot #fools #dumb #gullible #mean #stupid

YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.