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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 12h

Ok, tart cherry juice. My 90 year old dad drinks it for gout. So women in their 20s….why? And that wine is very reasonably priced - it’s not expensive at all. Again, what year is this from!! 🤣

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 12h

The cigs? Is this 1993?? Also, one, just one, leek 🤣

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 12h

My granddog Wilma when she plays crazy & sounds like a possum 🤣

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 15h

I would definitely notice a 19% increase on my electric bill

Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 15h

A 19% hike on #electricity bills would be felt by everyone & would be a flat-out hardship for many who are already struggling to buy groceries or pay rent #ratepayers #utilityrates #energysky

Public News Service @publicnewsservice.bsky.social · 1d

Xcel Energy is proposing a 19% rate hike for nearly 100K electricity customers in North Dakota.

Public hearings are today at noon and 6 p.m. via the Public Service Commission. AARP urges residents to speak up.

#UtilityRates #NorthDakotaEnergy #EnergyEquity #ConsumerCosts
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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 15h

My question is has South Dakota been paid for this National Guard deployment to DC? Because we're on the hook to pay until the feds reimburse us #taxpayers #sodak #nationalguard southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/10/12/w...

With Guard call-up, governor enhances Trump’s vanity project • South Dakota Searchlight

By calling up the 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, maybe Gov. Rhoden is showing his belief that the pen is mightier than the sword.

southdakotasearchlight.com

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 18h

Good news! Thanks to all the Casper & Bar Nunn folks who spoke out & to the legislators who held the line. #nonukesWY #nuclearenergy #wyleg #energysky

A Breaking News headline from Oil City News: Regulatory hurdle blocks nuclear factory as Radiant Industries rejects Wyoming for Tennessee

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

Big, dumb & expensive; it’s like their love language 😂

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

A word of advice to the projects up for consideration: they’ll pick the dumbest & most expensive project to fund. So make yours more ludicrous just to be safe

WyoFile @wyofile.com · 1d

The Wyoming Energy Authority is advancing $110 million in taxpayer-funded grants for nuclear fuel manufacturing, carbon capture and to study whether to build a new coal-fueled power unit. wyofile.com/wyoming-cons...

Wyoming considers $100M bet on nuclear fuel manufacturing - WyoFile

The grant would support BWXT's proposed TRISO plant, while another $10 million would support carbon capture and a potential new coal-fueled power unit, all in Campbell County.

wyofile.com

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

So now you’re writing nonfiction??? 😄

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 1d

Of course they’re considering it. Throwing tons of cash at stupid projects is their SOP

a man wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses is sitting at a table filled with money

Alt: a man wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses is sitting at a table filled with money & shooting money out of maybe a T-shirt gun

media.tenor.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Today I learned there is such a thing as National Boss's Day, and that allegedly it is this Thursday and I SWEAR TO GOD that if I find out any of you have participated in such a craven act of subservience to the ownership caste I will find you and give you SUCH a noogie

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 4d

Really makes you question whose side ol’ Gordo is on

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 5d

The funniest thing I’ve seen in days. Well played! 😂

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 5d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Marion Ravenwood played by Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark. She is holding up a knife.

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 5d

Yay for being home!

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 5d

😱 that was pretty rough

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 5d

Well, living I would say Brandi Carlisle. Greatest ever is realllllyy hard but Cohen has got to be top 3.

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 5d

Seriously this money we can find in our couch cushions. Go look, I’ll wait…I can buy 4,000 tons with the change I keep in my truck for the car wash vacuum. If #coal was actually going to save the #grid & power our future #energysky

Western Organization of Resource Councils @worcaction.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, the irony. Same day that Senate cancels two land-use plans to allow coal leasing to continue in eastern Montana and North Dakota, this happens. And it happened because coal is now worth essentially nothing-- 1/10 of a penny per ton, as one company priced it at on Monday. #mtpol #northdakota

Trump's major coal sales flop in Wyoming and Montana - WyoFile

Feds postpone Wyoming coal sale despite promise to "revitalize" the industry. Critics say even the coal industry isn't betting big on its future.

wyofile.com

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 5d

🤣

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Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 6d

An 18% increase in #healthinsurance prices regardless of the provider, is going to hit South Dakotans hard. Not good news, especially for families already struggling to make ends meet

Public News Service @publicnewsservice.bsky.social · 7d

Health care costs are crushing #Illinois families. Policy experts estimate up to 15 million people nationally are at risk of losing Medicaid or health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, and the crisis is deepening.

#HealthCare #PublicHealth

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Policy experts: IL, U.S. face worsening health care affordability crisis

Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

app.publicnewsservice.org

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see our US House candidates unified on generative #AI. Gronli & Jackley have the most closely aligned opinions, very refreshing. Kudos to all the candidates for not using it in their campaigns. #SouthDakota is not really a fan of #AI no matter the party www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/10/07/c...

Candidates discuss the use of generative AI in the upcoming election

Here in South Dakota, questions are starting to be asked about how AI can and should be used in the upcoming elections.

www.dakotanewsnow.com

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 6d

Love the boots!

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 7d

I loved that book too, what a great time

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 7d

Love a good forgery story! I wonder what the investigation will reveal - are they fakes or not? Gotta say, it seems suspicious www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

Police Seize Possible Forgeries From Dalí Show in Italy

www.nytimes.com

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Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 7d

Something to consider before asking ChatGPT anything. OpenAI's new data centers will consume 17 Gigawatts of power. More than NYC & San Diego combined. This is waste on an incomprehensible scale. fortune.com/2025/09/24/s... #AI #datacenters #ratepayers

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

Robin Englehart-Bagley @rubyinsd.bsky.social · 7d

Great oped on #coal from IEEFA. It's dirty, expensive, declining in use, and the administration is backing its play. Coal fired power generation is a relic of the past & #taxpayers need to say enough already www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Coal Is Unreliable, Expensive and Dirty. Trump Is Going All In.

www.nytimes.com

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