Jenn Hill
@jmhill926.bsky.social
Putting people first while working to answer the question - how will we live here? Sustainable infrastructure advocate & practitioner. Pancake enthusiast. Marquette City Commissioner 2018-22/Representative Michigan House District 109 2023-24. she/her
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We could use the good news: Minnesota's electricity is halfway decarbonized, and the Midwest's regional electric grid is making good progress, too.
Clean electricity is cheaper and healthier for our state. We should build more of it.
fresh-energy.org/minnesotas-e...
Clean electricity is cheaper and healthier for our state. We should build more of it.
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Minnesota’s electricity is now 50% carbon-free — here’s what that means - Fresh Energy
As Minnesota rapidly transitions to clean electricity, our fuel mix and emissions have declined. Learn about Minnesota, the Midwest’s, and MN electric utilities’ electricity!
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December 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We could use the good news: Minnesota's electricity is halfway decarbonized, and the Midwest's regional electric grid is making good progress, too.
Clean electricity is cheaper and healthier for our state. We should build more of it.
fresh-energy.org/minnesotas-e...
Clean electricity is cheaper and healthier for our state. We should build more of it.
fresh-energy.org/minnesotas-e...
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Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee Republicans rescinded hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from projects that are already started. These programs help build housing, provide resources for infants, and offer after school programming for students. This is cruel, plain and simple.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee Republicans rescinded hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from projects that are already started. These programs help build housing, provide resources for infants, and offer after school programming for students. This is cruel, plain and simple.
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This queen raised a million bucks for charity by hiking 100 miles in drag [via @theguardian.com]
This queen raised a million bucks for charity by hiking 100 miles in drag
Pattie Gonia's effort supports nonprofits working to make the outdoors more equitable.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This queen raised a million bucks for charity by hiking 100 miles in drag [via @theguardian.com]
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There are 56,000 of them, the wealthiest 0.001% of the planet with at least €254 million in assets. Together, they now own three times more than the poorest half of humanity or 2.8 billion adults …Back in 1995, the 0.001% held "only" twice as much as the poorest half.
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
The ultra-rich are claiming an increasing share of global wealth, report shows
The wealth of the ultra-rich is undergoing a historic surge. This is the key takeaway of the third major report of the World Inequality Lab co-directed by French economist Thomas Piketty, which emphas...
www.lemonde.fr
December 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The Polestar $18,000 EV discount is actually higher if you're also a Costco member. www.costcoauto.com/save/model.a...
Polestar Limited-Time Special
For a limited time, eligible Costco members can combine available manufacturer incentives with a member-only incentive on Polestar 3 vehicles.
www.costcoauto.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Polestar $18,000 EV discount is actually higher if you're also a Costco member. www.costcoauto.com/save/model.a...
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There is still time to extend the Obamacare credits before premiums spike next year.
To my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Put partisan politics aside and do the right thing.
To my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Put partisan politics aside and do the right thing.
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There is still time to extend the Obamacare credits before premiums spike next year.
To my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Put partisan politics aside and do the right thing.
To my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Put partisan politics aside and do the right thing.
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I think this is the fourth of the horsemen.
The Ellison family’s desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidation—
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I think this is the fourth of the horsemen.
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Clifton Poodry (Seneca), a co-founder of SACNAS, & designed & implemented the NSF program that was the template for the Minority Supplement for NIH grants.
& Jo Handlesman, who co-founded a women faculty mentoring program, the teaching program Tiny Earth, & started the natl microbiome initiative
& Jo Handlesman, who co-founded a women faculty mentoring program, the teaching program Tiny Earth, & started the natl microbiome initiative
4. Who is your hero?
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Clifton Poodry (Seneca), a co-founder of SACNAS, & designed & implemented the NSF program that was the template for the Minority Supplement for NIH grants.
& Jo Handlesman, who co-founded a women faculty mentoring program, the teaching program Tiny Earth, & started the natl microbiome initiative
& Jo Handlesman, who co-founded a women faculty mentoring program, the teaching program Tiny Earth, & started the natl microbiome initiative
How many more housing units could have been built this funding, if it had been used for its original purpose???
The $10.5 million total for three different Marquette projects would be enough to give each resident of the Upper Peninsula city over $450.
3 projects involving same U.P. developer netted help from state lawmakers
The $10.5 million total for three different Marquette projects would be enough to give each resident of the Upper Peninsula city over $450.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
How many more housing units could have been built this funding, if it had been used for its original purpose???
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
May his memory be a blessing.
Earned a silver star pulling drowning and wounded GIs out of the water at Omaha Beach… And a bronze star in Korea. Wasn’t allowed to vote in federal elections ‘til 54 and Maine elections ‘til 67.
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
May his memory be a blessing.
Winter wonders…in Gaelic the bird’s name is “croaker”
Someone already made a playlist.
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finnish people getting harrased by an evil bird - YouTube
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December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Winter wonders…in Gaelic the bird’s name is “croaker”
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“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
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Updated story on today's MPSC hearing. “This is your chance to provide some equality between big tech, government, and the people," Augusta Township resident Wendy Albers said, requesting the MPSC open a contested case on the Saline Township data center. @planetdetroit.org
Michigan regulators announce virtual hearing Dec. 18 on a planned Saline Township data center's wetland, stream, and floodplain impacts. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/dte-...
Michigan regulators blow past DTE's data center deadline
The Michigan Public Service Commission declines to take up DTE Energy's data center contracts Friday, passing the deadline given by the utility in its application.
planetdetroit.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Updated story on today's MPSC hearing. “This is your chance to provide some equality between big tech, government, and the people," Augusta Township resident Wendy Albers said, requesting the MPSC open a contested case on the Saline Township data center. @planetdetroit.org
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Check out the full piece (with tons of model-observation comparison figures) over at The Climate Brink:
Comparing climate models with observations
The latest generation of climate models shows too much long-term warming but better reproduces recent trends
www.theclimatebrink.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Check out the full piece (with tons of model-observation comparison figures) over at The Climate Brink:
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Today marks 160 years since the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished legal slavery in the United States. We honor those who fought for freedom and rededicate ourselves to advancing justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today marks 160 years since the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished legal slavery in the United States. We honor those who fought for freedom and rededicate ourselves to advancing justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
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I usually pride myself on crisp images, but on occasion I capture an image that is far from it. Taken tonight through plastic covered window giving it an impressionistic vibe. Northhern Cardinal against the full moon. #BirdoftheDay #songbird #EastCoastKin 🪶
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I usually pride myself on crisp images, but on occasion I capture an image that is far from it. Taken tonight through plastic covered window giving it an impressionistic vibe. Northhern Cardinal against the full moon. #BirdoftheDay #songbird #EastCoastKin 🪶
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December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.