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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 1d

their business section is really terrible compared to WSJ too.

Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 1d

nah - cars are essential. like, I want to get to the office, or go shopping. I came back from the supermarket today with 2 29lb boxes of cat litter, and it was raining. Think that's fun on a bike? Think again.

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 1d

god. and it's a swedish company

Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 1d

"You could talk about the planetary emergency and mitigation and adaptation, and you could throw in some environmental justice rhetoric, and by the time you’re done talking, people think you don’t care about them.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

What Trump’s Victory Taught Democrats About Climate Change

Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.

www.politico.com

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 1d

the owners aren't necessarily trumpers, unless it's a strike by the workers of Fox News. A strike is a blunt-edge tool. And it seems you missed the memo that the working class/ blue collar workers have largely become trump supporters

Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 1d

on.ft.com/4hktRzz

The costs of Trump’s campaign to censor climate science

Datasets have been removed, federal websites scrubbed and thousands of Noaa staff purged. Experts warn disaster defences are at risk

on.ft.com

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 2d

a strike - would kill the workers, and their businesses. it isn't targeted against the problem. so, it's a bad idea

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 2d

on.ft.com/47hr4Cs

How our brightest minds get trapped in the City

Money is just one reason why graduates are drawn to finance, management consulting and corporate law

on.ft.com

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 2d

but
1- the batteries can only do diurnal arbitrage. Shoulder season solar is... worthless
2 - california is not applicable to other markets b/c they have VERY consistent solar irradiance (cloudless days).

Solar is fabulous if you're behind the meter with net-metering, a form of regulatory arbitrage

Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 2d

worthless to the power markets - see spot prices in shoulder season. worthless to power markets = worthless

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 2d

? New england is pretty north. My panels only produce 1/4 as much in winter vs summer. During the spring shoulder season with peak solar output, the value of production is nearly worthless

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 2d

"Columbia" = the University
"Colombia" = the country

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 3d

their position is defensible even if you don't agree with it.

Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 4d

you could say George Santos is a loser too... what gives?

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 4d

Using prices to allocate scarce resources and allow people to bid on them freely is so basic, and the subject of early chapters in every economics textbook.

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 4d

The landlord-tenant relationship is private and you'd think the rent should be determined by market conditions, same as price of housing if you buy it, groceries, etc. If rents are below market levels, nobody ever leaves and there are no vacancies and nobody wants to build rental housing either

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 4d

that's good, if and only if it isn't because ppl are trapped into the "return to the Office," a huge time wasting exercise where bosses insist on having their staff sit in their cubes in front of their computers because they're not trusted to work from home

Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 4d

OK but PDVSA is a notoriously corrupt organization and should be privatized

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 4d

They’re pretty terrible. Public grocery stores- using public funds so you can have a supermarket run like the DMV?
Rent control- so a select group of lucky insiders get low rents, jacking up the market rents everyone else has to pay?
Again, economically diseased ideas

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 5d

"public grocery stores." "Free" busses. Free lots of other things.
Rent control.
All economically diseased ideas

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 5d

all owners are equally caring about profitability, ROI. there's not a secret sauce there...

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 5d

why? shuffling an asset from 1 balance sheet to another doesn't affect its value

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 5d

Mamdani is a terrible look for democrats but Leavitt is way off base here about 'criminals etc.'

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Dinos Gonatas @smokeygeo.bsky.social · 6d

It's possible. However I've seen contrary views by experts saying the VRA doesnt matter as much as it used to, because housing is less segregated and there is less bloc voting by minorities. Don't know if true but hope it is.

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