John Farrell
@johnffarrell.bsky.social
Distributed energy nerd | Anti-monopoly policy guy @ ILSR | Making clean power local + fair | 📍Minnesota dad energy 🔌💡
How will your work stop ICE from terrorizing legal, brown-skinned voters? I’m worried.
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
How will your work stop ICE from terrorizing legal, brown-skinned voters? I’m worried.
I fear that the trauma enfolding against immigrants (legal or not) today is just the tip of the illegal ICEberg we’ll see when the polls open.
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I fear that the trauma enfolding against immigrants (legal or not) today is just the tip of the illegal ICEberg we’ll see when the polls open.
If Hispanic immigrant families had to hide their kids from school to avoid ICE, will they vote during an ICE surge in November?
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 AM
If Hispanic immigrant families had to hide their kids from school to avoid ICE, will they vote during an ICE surge in November?
See all the active public power campaigns on ILSR's map: https://padlet.com/ingrid379/map-of-us-public-power-campaigns-rwj4yd3b19kyaa0e
Group of Tucsonans make public power push, want city council to put measure on ballot
TUCSON - (KVOA) Some Tucson residents are expected to make their voices heard at Tucson City Council's first meeting of the new year, Tuesday night. They will push for a
www.kvoa.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
See all the active public power campaigns on ILSR's map: https://padlet.com/ingrid379/map-of-us-public-power-campaigns-rwj4yd3b19kyaa0e
It's because all the truth was sucked out of them: youtu.be/2NSlu6c7q8E
Moral Vacuum
YouTube video by John Farrell
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January 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
It's because all the truth was sucked out of them: youtu.be/2NSlu6c7q8E
Buying a utility is buying a valuable business. It will cost a lot, but it will also make a lot of money. And in public hands, it will do so for a solely public benefit.
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Buying a utility is buying a valuable business. It will cost a lot, but it will also make a lot of money. And in public hands, it will do so for a solely public benefit.
Missing from this recent story about San Francisco is the approximately $1.5 billion per year in revenue from power sales to local customers. That's a lot of money to repay bonds! https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/06/san-francisco-pge-public-utility-eminent-domain/
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Missing from this recent story about San Francisco is the approximately $1.5 billion per year in revenue from power sales to local customers. That's a lot of money to repay bonds! https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/06/san-francisco-pge-public-utility-eminent-domain/
Yes, it takes years and the utility fights tooth and nail. But they fight because a utility is so valuable -- it's the power to sell a necessity.
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Yes, it takes years and the utility fights tooth and nail. But they fight because a utility is so valuable -- it's the power to sell a necessity.