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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 1d

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.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 1d

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.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 1d

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?

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe we could appoint Woman to many many positions and congratulate her.

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 7d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 7d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 7d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 7d

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.

news.sky.com

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 8d

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?

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 10d

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.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 13d

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?)

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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."

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Sep 6

Jeff Buckley. A tear that hangs inside my soul forever.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.

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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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Sep 4

Seems like a trap no matter how one answers.

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Jeff Seidman (he/him) @jeffsseidman.bsky.social · Sep 4

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).

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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

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 27

Mafiosos specialize in extracting blood and money. These two profit from war, a war that one of them started. Remember, TFG just nationalized a piece Intel, I guarantee you he will do the same to Exxon, and claim that anything good for Exxon is good for the country.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Aug 26

Breaking: Exxon has held secret talks with Russia’s biggest state energy company about resuming business in the country.

Exclusive | Exxon Held Secret Talks With Rosneft About Going Back to Russia

Resuming business in Russia would mark a dramatic rapprochement after Exxon’s messy breakup with Moscow when Putin attacked Ukraine in 2022

on.wsj.com

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is why my children get sex education - the award winning "Our Whole Lives" program, a collaboration between the UUA and the UCC - at my Unitarian Universalist congregation in Atlanta, UUCA. No one else does any where near as good of a job, in my experience, & others actively erase trans ppl.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Aug 26

Breaking: Exxon has held secret talks with Russia’s biggest state energy company about resuming business in the country.

Exclusive | Exxon Held Secret Talks With Rosneft About Going Back to Russia

Resuming business in Russia would mark a dramatic rapprochement after Exxon’s messy breakup with Moscow when Putin attacked Ukraine in 2022

on.wsj.com

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 16

Which country first is MAGA again? I had always thought the America-first-ers were a serious problem, but these Putin-first-ers are really mafia scum, bought and paid for.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 15

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 15

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · Aug 14

“While crypto’s huge computational costs undermine any legitimate use case, the benefits of anonymity and the lack of a centralized authority are well worth the inefficiencies in one particular context: if you want to transfer money to commit crimes.”

econjared.substack.com/p/crytpo-the...

Crytpo: There's just no legit use case for it. But, man, are these bros lobbied up.

Our looonnnggg take on why private digital currencies and the blockchain are an accident going out to happen.

econjared.substack.com

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Reconstruction failed, so I don't know that it is a good example. I don't mind partisan action, but focusing on structural partisanship would probably last longer. For instance, add DC as a state, add PR if they pass a referendum, add 4 Supreme Court justices. Let them do the work over time.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 11

Does Trump think the Epstein files are committing crimes in DC?

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 11

Single-handed Presidential declarations of emergency are a fundamental flaw in US governance. Proposed: declaring emergencies get priority Congressional consideration and require 66% to pass. If it isn't broadly held a situation is an emergency, dictatorial powers should remain untappable.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Aug 10

Officer David Rose died protecting us.

A true hero. Thank you.

🔗 Link to Officer Rose’s speech: m.facebook.com/watch/?v=109...

A still of Officer David Rose speaking as class leader of Dekalb’s 138th police academy during their graduation ceremony. Quote: “It’s about protecting the vulnerable, standing for justice and being the person who runs toward danger when others run away.”

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 8

Who knew that we needed to provide tax-protected investment access to booming businesses of human trafficking, money laundering, government corruption, and tax evasion? Now that we have a bright new techno-gleam on investing in crime, we should all claim our share of the vampiric profit!

David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Again, anyone claiming how great crypto is really has to explain to the rest of us why it attracts the absolute worst human beings.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Again, anyone claiming how great crypto is really has to explain to the rest of us why it attracts the absolute worst human beings.

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · Aug 7

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxZD...

One minute, well worth your time.

Amazing Grace

YouTube video by Save America Movement

www.youtube.com

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Aug 6

Next time, Confederate monuments installed after the Civil War in ahistoric efforts to justify Jim Crow and white supremacy need to be dropped into the Mariana trench.

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