David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
RE investor active in: Cobb county, GA; election integrity; socially responsible investment; non-profit mgmt; environmental justice. Husband, father, feminist, UU, he/him/his, jackal.
Political science
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Sociology
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“.. Law enforcement can’t cope with the overwhelming amount of illicit activity in the space,” said Julia Hardy. “It can’t go on like this.”
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That was kind of you to educate and be gentle with them. I wonder if they heard you.
By failing to adopt the new, we failed to meet the moment of climate change. But, AI one says! Except that tech is typically thought to be a productivity enhancing tool. You don't need to enhance the efficiency of industry if it all leaves. Meh, we can all try to be farm laborers again, I suppose.
Propaganda, including "range anxiety", overwhelming the grid, supposed pollution via electric grid for fueling cars, supposed relative pollution via mining for battery materials, and regulatory capture cost us the battery electric automobile that was invented in America.
We gave up battery tech. We gave up solar tech. We gave up wind tech. For what, you might ask? All so the last drop of oil profit could be wrung out of the USA. We gave up our economic future, and we have given up our prosperity, for the last few billion dollars that could be extracted from us.
If each portfolio head doesn't innovate and improve, the American electorate can boot them out, and there would be no place for them to hide. In any event, let there be internal contractions and within-executive branch fighting. Congress does it so well, maybe we should try it on the Executive.
Elect what have been turned into cabinet members: elect an attorney general, a financial head, a health head, transportation, housing, parks and lands, etc. Might be an election nightmare in a low-info voter environment, but at least we break this overpowered executive down to size.
One of the main contentions of the reactionaries is the "unitary executive". When we get a chance to revisit the Constitution outside of the current reactionary spasm, we should consider breaking the presidency into components to put this "unitary" trash to rest.
Maybe therapy for onion exposure is in order? They could find out if his tear ducts actually function.
Did they ask him if he will be giving up his mask for future kidnappings since it apparently held in the onion fumes and made him cry?
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Needless to say, we have adversaries in the world that are learning by watching, and instead of pivoting to solar, batteries, portability, self-sufficiency, and scaling up, we have decided to double down on old tech. We will be riding the equivalent of horses into the next tank battle.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 21
The whole point of inexpensive drones is that millions of small contributions easily offsets a few large pieces of infrastructure, well-protected or not. That principle needs to be broadly understood in the government sector.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Threat assessments by the United States don't seem to be looking at the steady demolition of Russian refineries and incredible vulnerability of petroleum infrastructure. Our choice to continue dependencies on these very vulnerable pieces of infrastrucure is flatly baffling.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
A thread about how farmers can kick their government subsidies, if they want to make good, independent money. Grow crops below & still produce more energy for electric vehicle fuel than corn/ethanol. A 16,000% improvement in vehicle fuel generation, make $$$ with solar and make even more from crops.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Fair enough. When the OP said, "you boys", I thought she meant the authors, who seem to not be lampooning the misogynistic attitude, but actually embodying it. Maybe OP meant all the people playing it or singing along, as you say.
Kevin J. Kircher
@kevinjkircher.com
· Oct 9
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Wasn't that the point of the song, to point out how creepy that behavior is? Sting was shocked by how Americans adopted it as a love song. Or is it just the song on its own qualifies as creepy but the author isn't? Maybe I missed something?
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Maybe we could appoint Woman to many many positions and congratulate her.
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Katie Martin
@katie0martin.ft.com
· Oct 3
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Oct 2
When the current American federal government cancels programs in the various states, I am wondering why the states don't have the right to "cancel" sending their taxes to the feds. What am I missing? Is this unilateral disarmament or ethical suicide or something else?
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Sep 30
EVs have a huge battery heating load at that temperature to maintain the property temp range. It isn't just the cabin. Don't let it dissuade you, but at those temps maintaining the battery is a real concern. It shouldn't wear out the equipment the same way ICE idling does.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Sep 28
They would pay the political consequences of blocking emergency aid. What if the executive didn't aid states that voted against the current occupant? (Sound familiar?)
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Sep 9
"The solar-over-canals design not only produces clean energy but also reduces water evaporation from the canals, offering a sustainable solution for water and energy management in the region."
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Sep 6
Jeff Buckley. A tear that hangs inside my soul forever.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Mamdani names a new campaign manager as part of staff expansion | CNN Politics
Zohran Mamdani is naming a new campaign manager and expanding the staff of his New York City mayoral campaign, CNN has learned, as the Democratic nominee aims both to consolidate support heading into ...
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I don't know if it is Mamdani or his team (www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/p...) that are doing this amazing work, but as far as I am concerned, many of the rest of the Dems around the country need to crib from this playbook and hire these staffers. They are running an incredible campaign.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Sep 4
Seems like a trap no matter how one answers.
1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Gone with the Wind isn't exactly a book I would normally point to for any kind of wisdom, but damn if Margaret Mitchell didn't get it exactly right on this one. The US is being dismembered, and the profit the mafiosos are making off of vampiring our culture and businesses are immense, and fast.
David Stewart
@davestew.bsky.social
· Aug 27
"I told you once before that there were two times for making big money, one in the up-building of a country and the other in its destruction. Slow money on the up-building, fast money in the crack-up." --Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind