Nick Montoni, Ph.D. (they/them)
@drmontoni.bsky.social
Science, energy, and budget wonk.
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Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
all the hyperscalers and utilities meeting to discuss interconnection and permitting call that no loads refused
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
all the hyperscalers and utilities meeting to discuss interconnection and permitting call that no loads refused
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We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
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bari weiss has an audience of at most 500,000 that largely consists of rich elites with reactionary opinions
putting that kind of person in charge of a mass media company that serves millions would be considered a bad business decision in any context
putting that kind of person in charge of a mass media company that serves millions would be considered a bad business decision in any context
October 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
bari weiss has an audience of at most 500,000 that largely consists of rich elites with reactionary opinions
putting that kind of person in charge of a mass media company that serves millions would be considered a bad business decision in any context
putting that kind of person in charge of a mass media company that serves millions would be considered a bad business decision in any context
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EMBER-ENERGY's "Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025" report shows that in the H1 2025 renewables (wind and solar) have outpaced global demand, leading to a reduction in fossil fuel emissions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Source: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
October 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
EMBER-ENERGY's "Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025" report shows that in the H1 2025 renewables (wind and solar) have outpaced global demand, leading to a reduction in fossil fuel emissions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Source: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN
A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.
www.cnn.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
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We’re looking forward to connecting with all of the clean energy industry professionals, advocates, and supporters at
NCSEA's #MEW Conference.
NCCETC Policy team members @drmontoni.bsky.social and Cleo Carter will be speaking at MEW on Thursday, Oct 9 at 10:00am.
Learn more: bit.ly/3i1nT7K
NCSEA's #MEW Conference.
NCCETC Policy team members @drmontoni.bsky.social and Cleo Carter will be speaking at MEW on Thursday, Oct 9 at 10:00am.
Learn more: bit.ly/3i1nT7K
September 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We’re looking forward to connecting with all of the clean energy industry professionals, advocates, and supporters at
NCSEA's #MEW Conference.
NCCETC Policy team members @drmontoni.bsky.social and Cleo Carter will be speaking at MEW on Thursday, Oct 9 at 10:00am.
Learn more: bit.ly/3i1nT7K
NCSEA's #MEW Conference.
NCCETC Policy team members @drmontoni.bsky.social and Cleo Carter will be speaking at MEW on Thursday, Oct 9 at 10:00am.
Learn more: bit.ly/3i1nT7K
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the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
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I actually agree that Democrats should refrain from using most of these. And they already do! When was the last time a Senator said 'heteronormative'?
The bigger problem is that orgs like Third Way are reinforcing this false, right-wing narrative. Dems can't stop doing something they're not doing!
The bigger problem is that orgs like Third Way are reinforcing this false, right-wing narrative. Dems can't stop doing something they're not doing!
Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new blacklist of words Dems shouldn’t use.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
August 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I actually agree that Democrats should refrain from using most of these. And they already do! When was the last time a Senator said 'heteronormative'?
The bigger problem is that orgs like Third Way are reinforcing this false, right-wing narrative. Dems can't stop doing something they're not doing!
The bigger problem is that orgs like Third Way are reinforcing this false, right-wing narrative. Dems can't stop doing something they're not doing!
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Lindsey Cormack undertook a study to see if any actual data backs up that Third Way memo that got sharted onto the internet last week and you've never believe it but Third Way is operating on vibes more than facts
dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/was-it-som...
dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/was-it-som...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
dcinboxinsights.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Lindsey Cormack undertook a study to see if any actual data backs up that Third Way memo that got sharted onto the internet last week and you've never believe it but Third Way is operating on vibes more than facts
dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/was-it-som...
dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/was-it-som...
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they shouldn’t even be allowed to call themselves “third way.” don’t insult anal like that.
August 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
they shouldn’t even be allowed to call themselves “third way.” don’t insult anal like that.
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In a waiting room, and this lady chatting w/ the receiptionist is doing a great job explaining the actual impact of the DOGE cuts: *everyone* at her office laid off, what kinds of programs they do & who they help (kids), what's happening w the injunction. These personal stories need more attention!
July 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In a waiting room, and this lady chatting w/ the receiptionist is doing a great job explaining the actual impact of the DOGE cuts: *everyone* at her office laid off, what kinds of programs they do & who they help (kids), what's happening w the injunction. These personal stories need more attention!
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with all due respect to Tyler, and I do deeply respect him, I did actually foresee this *entire thing* for @heatmap.news in my first story for them almost one year ago today
heatmap.news/politics/rep...
heatmap.news/politics/rep...
June 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
with all due respect to Tyler, and I do deeply respect him, I did actually foresee this *entire thing* for @heatmap.news in my first story for them almost one year ago today
heatmap.news/politics/rep...
heatmap.news/politics/rep...
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So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
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And the person who turned up to support him with no notice is the Muslim dude who have cross endorsed each other and who the msm has been going into overtime to cast him as antisemitic
So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
June 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And the person who turned up to support him with no notice is the Muslim dude who have cross endorsed each other and who the msm has been going into overtime to cast him as antisemitic
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Trump and Musk agree on the fundamentals:
*Both see the US state as something to capture for megalomaniacal self-dealing
*Both agree the US state should abandon the global poor to face unimaginable suffering
*Both want the state to dramatically roll back help for working people and the poor
*Both see the US state as something to capture for megalomaniacal self-dealing
*Both agree the US state should abandon the global poor to face unimaginable suffering
*Both want the state to dramatically roll back help for working people and the poor
We keep hearing the Trump-Musk saga reveals the split between tech oligarchs and MAGA. But they're largely in sync on crucial matters involving egalitarianism and the state. Trump/Musk mainly differ over how badly to screw the poor.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
June 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump and Musk agree on the fundamentals:
*Both see the US state as something to capture for megalomaniacal self-dealing
*Both agree the US state should abandon the global poor to face unimaginable suffering
*Both want the state to dramatically roll back help for working people and the poor
*Both see the US state as something to capture for megalomaniacal self-dealing
*Both agree the US state should abandon the global poor to face unimaginable suffering
*Both want the state to dramatically roll back help for working people and the poor
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We keep hearing the Trump-Musk saga reveals the split between tech oligarchs and MAGA. But they're largely in sync on crucial matters involving egalitarianism and the state. Trump/Musk mainly differ over how badly to screw the poor.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
June 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We keep hearing the Trump-Musk saga reveals the split between tech oligarchs and MAGA. But they're largely in sync on crucial matters involving egalitarianism and the state. Trump/Musk mainly differ over how badly to screw the poor.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
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if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost
May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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“wine moms are the most effective force in left of center politics in the United States” has been true for many years now
March 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“wine moms are the most effective force in left of center politics in the United States” has been true for many years now
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March 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Heads up! The @ipcc.bsky.social is calling for nominations for Lead Authors and Review Editors for its 7th Assessment Report.
More about how to become an author or review editor here 👉 bit.ly/4krWMTu
More on the nomination process here 👉 bit.ly/AR7Nm
Submissions close Apr 17, 2025.
More about how to become an author or review editor here 👉 bit.ly/4krWMTu
More on the nomination process here 👉 bit.ly/AR7Nm
Submissions close Apr 17, 2025.