Ashanti ⚡️
@byashanti.bsky.social
Tennessean • All in for a 21st century grid. Supporter of the 4th Estate.
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If you're traveling for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, please be safe.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you're traveling for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, please be safe.
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Exciting news — @wyofile.com is growing again! We're adding a production editor to our team. This person will serve as lead copy editor while managing our story layouts and newsletters. Pay is $65K-75K. Unlimited PTO. Plus, we have a good time and do meaningful work. wyofile.com/wp-content/u...
wyofile.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Exciting news — @wyofile.com is growing again! We're adding a production editor to our team. This person will serve as lead copy editor while managing our story layouts and newsletters. Pay is $65K-75K. Unlimited PTO. Plus, we have a good time and do meaningful work. wyofile.com/wp-content/u...
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The Trump administration is again seeking to end humanitarian protection for Haitians in the U.S., saying their legal status will end on February 3, a government notice published on Wednesday said, a move that comes despite spiraling violence in Haiti that has displaced more than 1 million people.
Trump administration again seeks to end Haitian protected status
The Trump administration is again seeking to end humanitarian protection for Haitians in the U.S., saying their legal status will end on February 3, a government notice published on Wednesday said, a move that comes despite spiraling violence in Haiti that has displaced more than 1 million people.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Trump administration is again seeking to end humanitarian protection for Haitians in the U.S., saying their legal status will end on February 3, a government notice published on Wednesday said, a move that comes despite spiraling violence in Haiti that has displaced more than 1 million people.
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“The fine print shows it’s a deferral strategy, not a reduction,” Tait said. “It’s just a broken attempt to help the utility weather a storm of criticism for its high bills and abnormally high profits.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/2511202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2511202...
Alabama Power Seeks to Delay Rate Hike for New Gas Plant Amid Outcry - Inside Climate News
Alabama’s largest electric utility has proposed delaying an approved rate increase for an extra year amid a public outcry surrounding high utility bills. Alabama Power customers will still see an inc...
insideclimatenews.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“The fine print shows it’s a deferral strategy, not a reduction,” Tait said. “It’s just a broken attempt to help the utility weather a storm of criticism for its high bills and abnormally high profits.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/2511202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2511202...
The Voting Rights Act protects voters from racist redistricting. SCOTUS may undo it all.
Black Tennesseans say that political maps that dilute their community’s voting power hurt voter engagement. “It discourages people from voting because they don’t feel like their voice is heard.”
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Voting Rights Act protects voters from racist redistricting. SCOTUS may undo it all.
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Past due balances to utility companies jumped 9.7% annually to $789 between the April-June periods of 2024 and 2025, said The Century Foundation, a liberal think tank, and the advocacy group Protect Borrowers. That overlapped with a 12% jump in monthly energy bills during the same period.
New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility bills
A new analysis of consumer data shows that more people in the United States are falling behind on their utility bills.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Past due balances to utility companies jumped 9.7% annually to $789 between the April-June periods of 2024 and 2025, said The Century Foundation, a liberal think tank, and the advocacy group Protect Borrowers. That overlapped with a 12% jump in monthly energy bills during the same period.
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A short blog with some more details on our new project to create an analysis-friendly version of the huge @ferc.gov EQR electricity transaction dataset, with support from GridLab @ricoconnell.bsky.social #EnergySky #OpenData
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
Capturing the elusive FERC EQR - Catalyst Cooperative
With support from GridLab, Catalyst is creating a open, cloud-native version of the electricity market data recorded in the FERC EQR.
catalyst.coop
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A short blog with some more details on our new project to create an analysis-friendly version of the huge @ferc.gov EQR electricity transaction dataset, with support from GridLab @ricoconnell.bsky.social #EnergySky #OpenData
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
catalyst.coop/2025/11/17/c...
TIL 🔌💡
An interesting thing about IL and coal is that only WY has more recoverable at operating mines, but IL's production is less than PA, which has ~half the coal, and only 30% more than KY, which has ~22% of IL's reserves
in terms of demonstrated reserve base, IL has nearly double WY (only MT has more)
in terms of demonstrated reserve base, IL has nearly double WY (only MT has more)
Well ok but you still mine coal.
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
TIL 🔌💡
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IL just has an absolutely massive amount of coal (varying quality and depth), but also some of the most productive farmland on the planet, which is also helpful in not having as many mines as might otherwise exist
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
IL just has an absolutely massive amount of coal (varying quality and depth), but also some of the most productive farmland on the planet, which is also helpful in not having as many mines as might otherwise exist
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I’m at COP30 in Belém, covering adaptation, just transition and the mitigation work programme.
Lots still happening - particularly with adaptation finance, GGA indicators and a potential just transition action mechanism
Drop me a message if you want to chat about any of these topics
Lots still happening - particularly with adaptation finance, GGA indicators and a potential just transition action mechanism
Drop me a message if you want to chat about any of these topics
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I’m at COP30 in Belém, covering adaptation, just transition and the mitigation work programme.
Lots still happening - particularly with adaptation finance, GGA indicators and a potential just transition action mechanism
Drop me a message if you want to chat about any of these topics
Lots still happening - particularly with adaptation finance, GGA indicators and a potential just transition action mechanism
Drop me a message if you want to chat about any of these topics
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🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @newrepublic.com is hiring a Reporter-Researcher to work primarily as a fact checker, and is also encouraged to pitch ideas and write. www.journalismjobs.com/1691910-repo...
JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Reporter-Researcher
JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.
www.journalismjobs.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @newrepublic.com is hiring a Reporter-Researcher to work primarily as a fact checker, and is also encouraged to pitch ideas and write. www.journalismjobs.com/1691910-repo...
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ISO New England, the region’s electric grid operator, anticipates having sufficient resources to meet consumer demand for electricity this winter.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XyFREp
#ISONewEngland #WinterOutlook #WinterEnergy #GridReliability
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XyFREp
#ISONewEngland #WinterOutlook #WinterEnergy #GridReliability
New England expected to have sufficient electricity supplies this winter - ISO Newswire
ISO New England uses numerous forecasts and analyses to project weather, expected demand for electricity, and the supply available to meet that demand.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ISO New England, the region’s electric grid operator, anticipates having sufficient resources to meet consumer demand for electricity this winter.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XyFREp
#ISONewEngland #WinterOutlook #WinterEnergy #GridReliability
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XyFREp
#ISONewEngland #WinterOutlook #WinterEnergy #GridReliability
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The Organization of MISO States is warning NERC that its possible new resource adequacy standard would tread on states’ planning authority.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/8vZc50XqisN
Writer: Amanda Durish Cook
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/8vZc50XqisN
Writer: Amanda Durish Cook
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners passed a resolution urging FERC to resist the Department of Energy’s push to give itself jurisdiction over large loads interconnecting with the grid.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/2ppT50XqitU
Writer: Robert Mullin
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/2ppT50XqitU
Writer: Robert Mullin
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Tomorrow's space weather experience could be ~exciting~ if it causes high geomagnetic induced currents in the power grid.
"When fast-moving particles and plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field, they can temporarily disrupt the power grid."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
"When fast-moving particles and plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field, they can temporarily disrupt the power grid."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
Severe solar storms could hit Earth, space forecasters say. Here's how to see auroras
The vibrant displays could be visible across much of the northern U.S., and as far south as Alabama and Northern California.
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Tomorrow's space weather experience could be ~exciting~ if it causes high geomagnetic induced currents in the power grid.
"When fast-moving particles and plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field, they can temporarily disrupt the power grid."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
"When fast-moving particles and plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field, they can temporarily disrupt the power grid."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
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Autumn has arrived. 🍂 Listen to Robert Frost’s "Gathering Leaves" — a quiet meditation on raking, repetition, and the season’s small joys.
🍁 For more, hear Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, read by LibriVox volunteers.
🎧 archive.org/details/newh...
#poetry
🍁 For more, hear Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, read by LibriVox volunteers.
🎧 archive.org/details/newh...
#poetry
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Autumn has arrived. 🍂 Listen to Robert Frost’s "Gathering Leaves" — a quiet meditation on raking, repetition, and the season’s small joys.
🍁 For more, hear Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, read by LibriVox volunteers.
🎧 archive.org/details/newh...
#poetry
🍁 For more, hear Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, read by LibriVox volunteers.
🎧 archive.org/details/newh...
#poetry
Wishing a happy Veterans Day to all who served.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wishing a happy Veterans Day to all who served.
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Great portraits here of centenarian WWII vets by Maxine Wallace. wapo.st/4p277a7
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Great portraits here of centenarian WWII vets by Maxine Wallace. wapo.st/4p277a7
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as U.S. climate tech founders and funders face dwindling capital and policy whiplash, many are looking to europe, with its ambitious yet stable climate policies, as an attractive beachhead market
Climate Tech Pivots to Europe
With policy chaos and disappearing subsidies in the U.S., suddenly the continent is looking like a great place to build.
heatmap.news
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
as U.S. climate tech founders and funders face dwindling capital and policy whiplash, many are looking to europe, with its ambitious yet stable climate policies, as an attractive beachhead market
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23 of 50 states currently are seeing higher #gasprices than a year ago: AK, WA, CA, OR, AZ, NV, OH, ID, IN, IL, NJ, DE, MD, MI, WV, MN, UT, RI, CT, OK, WI, KY, MO
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
23 of 50 states currently are seeing higher #gasprices than a year ago: AK, WA, CA, OR, AZ, NV, OH, ID, IN, IL, NJ, DE, MD, MI, WV, MN, UT, RI, CT, OK, WI, KY, MO
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Turns out she’s a highly motivated political activist in pursuit of a particular agenda, which should’ve been foreseeable since she was, y’know, taking a case to the Supreme Court.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Turns out she’s a highly motivated political activist in pursuit of a particular agenda, which should’ve been foreseeable since she was, y’know, taking a case to the Supreme Court.
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Its instructive that Kim Davis was introduced through the press initially as someone who simply wanted to be allowed to honor her religious convictions reasonably.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Its instructive that Kim Davis was introduced through the press initially as someone who simply wanted to be allowed to honor her religious convictions reasonably.
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Make sure you read this important and powerful essay from @joannarakoff.bsky.social in @cogwbur.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Someone you know relies on SNAP. They just don't talk about it
Two years before she went on public assistance, Joanna Rakoff had a best-selling novel that won literary awards. She presented like a middle class working mom. But in reality, she was struggling — wor...
www.wbur.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Make sure you read this important and powerful essay from @joannarakoff.bsky.social in @cogwbur.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...