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Engineer-Turned Construction Guy | Theme Park Enthusiast | Gay | Dad | EV Driver
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electrek.co
US wind + solar outproduced coal and nuclear in Q1 2025 – EIA
US wind + solar outproduced coal and nuclear in Q1 2025 – EIA
All renewable energy sources, including wind + solar, produced more than a quarter of US electrical generation in Q1 2025 and provided nearly a third of total US electrical generation in March alone, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. more…
electrek.co
May 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
djpe972.bsky.social
Let’s see how this goes. Pretty great bang for you buck on any left over 2024 Wagoneer S Launch Editions.
May 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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electrek.co
RJ Scaringe posted fresh images of Rivian’s R2 validation builds
RJ Scaringe posted fresh images of Rivian’s R2 validation builds
Another day, another exciting post from Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe sharing images of the upcoming R2 EV. This is the third R2 update from Rivian in as many days, as the American automaker’s second flagship model configuration inches closer to full-fledged production. more…
electrek.co
May 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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depechemodefan101.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
djpe972.bsky.social
Hanging out at Sun n Fun air show today. Cool to see some electric air craft here!
April 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
djpe972.bsky.social
A cool sighting on I4 today in Orlando! I thought Rivian was only using the EDV for mobile service.
April 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
LEVINE: “.. We are good at making financial assets, they [the Vietnamese] are good at making low-cost clothing, so we trade. To Trump this is necessarily unfair and we must stop it.

“.. to what end?”
@matt-levine.bsky.social
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April 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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markgongloff.bsky.social
"The administration's chaos is a disaster"
"'Drill, baby, drill' is a myth"
"I have never felt more uncertainty about our business in my 40-plus-year career"

Oil and gas companies are experiencing buyers' remorse about Trump (h/t @javierblas.bsky.social)

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Comments from Exploration and Production (E&P) Firms The key word to describe 2025 so far is “uncertainty” and as a public company, our investors hate uncertainty. This has led to a marked increase in the implied cost of capital of our business, with public energy stocks down significantly more than oil prices over the last two months. This uncertainty is being caused by the conflicting messages coming from the new administration. There cannot be "U.S. energy dominance" and $50 per barrel oil; those two statements are contradictory. At $50-per-barrel oil, we will see U.S. oil production start to decline immediately and likely significantly (1 million barrels per day plus within a couple quarters). This is not “energy dominance.” The administration's chaos is a disaster for the commodity markets. "Drill, baby, drill" is nothing short of a myth and populist rallying cry. Tariff policy is impossible for us to predict and doesn't have a clear goal. We want more stability. The administration’s tariffs immediately increased the cost of our casing and tubing by 25 percent even though inventory costs our pipe brokers less. U.S. tubular manufacturers immediately raised their prices to reflect the anticipated tariffs on steel. The threat of $50 oil prices by the administration has caused our firm to reduce its 2025 and 2026 capital expenditures. "Drill, baby, drill" does not work with $50 per barrel oil. Rigs will get dropped, employment in the oil industry will decrease, and U.S. oil production will decline as it did during COVID-19. I have never felt more uncertainty about our business in my entire 40-plus-year career. Uncertainty around everything has sharply risen during the past quarter. Planning for new development is extremely difficult right now due to the uncertainty around steel-based products. Combined, our ability to plan operations for any meaningful amount of time in the future has been severely diminished. The only certainty right now is uncertainty.
March 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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electrek.co
Forget carbon neutral, Northwestern develops carbon NEGATIVE concrete
Forget carbon neutral, Northwestern develops carbon NEGATIVE concrete
Depending on who you believe, concrete is responsible for between 5 and 10% of global carbon emissions. That’s a lot of carbon, and the quest for carbon neutral concrete has become a multibillion-dollar endeavor – but a team of scientists from Northwestern University thinks they’ve cracked it, and gone one better: carbon negative concrete. more…
electrek.co
March 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
djpe972.bsky.social
So exciting to see this progress! I cannot wait for the R2 release.
riviantrackr.com Jose | RivianTrackr @riviantrackr.com · Mar 25
Rivian’s R2 production is on track for 2026. Construction in Normal is moving fast with new buildings going vertical, a 1.1M sq. ft. expansion underway, and efficiency upgrades across the board. The push is real.

Read more: riviantrackr.com/news/rivian-...
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March 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
When they say they want to kick out immigrants to protect "good American jobs," this is what they meant
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Mar 25
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants.
Bill would allow 14-yr-olds to work overnight shifts, end guaranteed meal breaks for 16/17-yr-olds.
(Legislature *already* passed law allowing home-schooled 16/17-yr-olds to work any hour of the day)
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
New York (CNN) — Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/ne...
wsvn.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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riviantrackr.com
The R1S was the 5th best-selling EV in the U.S. last month, with sales up 34% YoY according to Cox Automotive. Meanwhile, Tesla saw a 10% dip, with the Cybertruck (-32.5%) and Model 3 (-17.5%) taking the biggest hits.

riviantrackr.com/news/rivian-...
Rivian R1S Cracks the Top 5 Best-Selling EVs in the U.S.
Rivian is gaining ground in the EV market, and the latest sales data proves it. According to Cox Automotive, the Rivian R1S was the fifth best-selling EV in the U.S. last month, marking a huge milesto...
riviantrackr.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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insideevs.com
Call it the "Road Runner test." And it shows the weaknesses of Tesla's camera-only approach to autonomous driving.

insideevs.com/news/753642/...
Tesla Autopilot 'Fooled' Wile E. Coyote-Style, Crashes Into Fake Wall
Call it the
insideevs.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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rsoogood.bsky.social
"whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles & organizing its powers in such form, [that] seem most likely to effect their Safety & Happiness“
a man in an american flag costume is wearing sunglasses and headphones and says " i hope you understand "
ALT: a man in an american flag costume is wearing sunglasses and headphones and says " i hope you understand "
media.tenor.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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peark.es
Stocks red since the election

*S&P 500 ERASES ELECTION GAIN, WIPING OUT $3.4 TRILLION IN VALUE
March 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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normeisen.bsky.social
BREAKING: judge just announced he is ruling in our favor! He’s reading his legal findings from the bench now, OPM did not have authority to direct firings. Says agencies LIED! Organizational plaintiffs have standing. Now awaiting rest of findings & relief

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Coalition of Unions, Small Businesses, Veterans, and Conservation Organizations Seeks Court Order to Prevent Unlawful Firings - State Democracy Defenders Action
Press ReleaseFebruary 24, 2025 Amended Complaint also Targets Illegal “Five Things” Email WASHINGTON – In their lawsuit attempting to block the unlawful mass terminations of probationary federal emplo...
statedemocracydefenders.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
Love this. It should not be limited to this term. But it’s a great step forward.

Now @khanna.house.gov and other house members need to make the media tour , including Fox News, to talk about it

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
unusualwhales.bsky.social Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · Feb 26
BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna has introduced the Drain the Swamp Act.

It will ban White House officials from accepting gifts from lobbyists or becoming lobbyists during the Trump term.
February 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM