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The thing with batteries vs no batteries is that if your system is big enough, then you're generating excess power during the day, which you're selling to the utility (typically at prime retail rate) and using grid power at night and buying energy for a time slot that's less than what you sold for.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The thing with batteries vs no batteries is that if your system is big enough, then you're generating excess power during the day, which you're selling to the utility (typically at prime retail rate) and using grid power at night and buying energy for a time slot that's less than what you sold for.
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Is it worth going into debt to get solar? I most cases, I think yes. A friend of mine recently asked me for advice because I have solar and he is debt free after 15+ yrs of paying everything off except his home. He didn't want to take on debt. I convinced him to do it, and I'll explain why - 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Is it worth going into debt to get solar? I most cases, I think yes. A friend of mine recently asked me for advice because I have solar and he is debt free after 15+ yrs of paying everything off except his home. He didn't want to take on debt. I convinced him to do it, and I'll explain why - 🧵
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Why is no one talking about the GOP effort to sneak a nationwide abortion ban into the CR?
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Why is no one talking about the GOP effort to sneak a nationwide abortion ban into the CR?
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BERNIE ON THE *DEAL* with Centrist Dems: “That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
BERNIE ON THE *DEAL* with Centrist Dems: “That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.”
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Can't find the post right now, but one of the biggest factors in genocides across the world is score-settling among neighbors.
Rest assured that, if we ever see someone from ICE leaking video to the media, it will be only to harm perceived rivals from within the ranks.
Rest assured that, if we ever see someone from ICE leaking video to the media, it will be only to harm perceived rivals from within the ranks.
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Can't find the post right now, but one of the biggest factors in genocides across the world is score-settling among neighbors.
Rest assured that, if we ever see someone from ICE leaking video to the media, it will be only to harm perceived rivals from within the ranks.
Rest assured that, if we ever see someone from ICE leaking video to the media, it will be only to harm perceived rivals from within the ranks.
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They already had this, when they passed axing ACA credits. There's no ambiguity that Republicans did that and you can attack them for it. The marginal advantage of having another vote for messaging purposes is, at best, extremely thin, and even negative if it lets some Rs cast a meaningless yes vote
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
They already had this, when they passed axing ACA credits. There's no ambiguity that Republicans did that and you can attack them for it. The marginal advantage of having another vote for messaging purposes is, at best, extremely thin, and even negative if it lets some Rs cast a meaningless yes vote
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I am sorry, I just will never be able to forgive Merrick Garland, or Joe Biden for tolerating him.
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am sorry, I just will never be able to forgive Merrick Garland, or Joe Biden for tolerating him.
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All of the hard work from so many to create progress and big wins on Election Day has been erased by these cowards and traitors.
How stupid and disappointing and infuriating.
Traitors. All of them.
How stupid and disappointing and infuriating.
Traitors. All of them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
All of the hard work from so many to create progress and big wins on Election Day has been erased by these cowards and traitors.
How stupid and disappointing and infuriating.
Traitors. All of them.
How stupid and disappointing and infuriating.
Traitors. All of them.
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A lot of people will keep telling you to "have faith in the system" simply because they need the rest of us to validate their delusions.
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A lot of people will keep telling you to "have faith in the system" simply because they need the rest of us to validate their delusions.
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I don't block people for much but I got a hair trigger for the Dem defenders. I expect the Republicans to try and dismantle the country; that's their plan and they say it out loud. But I voted for the people who are supposed to oppose that plan and they're not doing that so why would I support them
I’m watching Hakeem Jeffries fight for his life to defend the Senate Democrats. Naturally their inability to fight is due to the Republicans 🙄
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't block people for much but I got a hair trigger for the Dem defenders. I expect the Republicans to try and dismantle the country; that's their plan and they say it out loud. But I voted for the people who are supposed to oppose that plan and they're not doing that so why would I support them
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Let the record show: Republicans fought for, and won, a guarantee that our healthcare costs will spiral out of control. #michigan #congress #wewill2026
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Let the record show: Republicans fought for, and won, a guarantee that our healthcare costs will spiral out of control. #michigan #congress #wewill2026
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Really happy to publish this work at my current job that's in direct conversation with all my work I did on my old beat.
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
As militaries develop and deploy AI systems, they create the possibility of machines asserting power over life and death, without regard for the laws of war and the vital doubt and restraint they require. But what if that "doubt protocol" could be coded in internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Can Complimentary Learning Methods Teach AI the Laws of War? - CIP
Training AI models on edge cases of war offers the possibility of hard-coding compliance with laws or war, or at least necessary doubts.
internationalpolicy.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Really happy to publish this work at my current job that's in direct conversation with all my work I did on my old beat.
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
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Does he realize he's making an argument for universal healthcare?
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Does he realize he's making an argument for universal healthcare?
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Comer: "This is a fake economy. You can't have 1/3 of America receiving some type of free government healthcare and then have another 1/3 that's getting a subsidized rate. That falls on the final 1/3 that's having to pay increased premiums."
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Comer: "This is a fake economy. You can't have 1/3 of America receiving some type of free government healthcare and then have another 1/3 that's getting a subsidized rate. That falls on the final 1/3 that's having to pay increased premiums."
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We should start by taking healthcare away from Republican members of Congress, since they feel it’s a “fake economy” anyway
Comer: "This is a fake economy. You can't have 1/3 of America receiving some type of free government healthcare and then have another 1/3 that's getting a subsidized rate. That falls on the final 1/3 that's having to pay increased premiums."
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We should start by taking healthcare away from Republican members of Congress, since they feel it’s a “fake economy” anyway
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Yesterday a lady messaged me to say, “Jack, I wish I had your seeming ability to press on, no matter what.”
My reply?
If you had mine, would you still continue to ignore your own ability to do the same?
She thought we were born “different.” Wrong. I had simply recognized something she hadn’t…yet.
My reply?
If you had mine, would you still continue to ignore your own ability to do the same?
She thought we were born “different.” Wrong. I had simply recognized something she hadn’t…yet.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yesterday a lady messaged me to say, “Jack, I wish I had your seeming ability to press on, no matter what.”
My reply?
If you had mine, would you still continue to ignore your own ability to do the same?
She thought we were born “different.” Wrong. I had simply recognized something she hadn’t…yet.
My reply?
If you had mine, would you still continue to ignore your own ability to do the same?
She thought we were born “different.” Wrong. I had simply recognized something she hadn’t…yet.
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I am extremely happy for the people who need this food assistance.
But, I am not certain TACO will comply
He is one lawless motherfukcer.
But, I am not certain TACO will comply
He is one lawless motherfukcer.
A federal appeals court refused for now to pause an order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans by Friday.
Trump Officials Lose Bid to Pause Full Funding of Food Aid
A federal appeals court refused for now to pause a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans.
bloom.bg
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I am extremely happy for the people who need this food assistance.
But, I am not certain TACO will comply
He is one lawless motherfukcer.
But, I am not certain TACO will comply
He is one lawless motherfukcer.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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and congrats to the big companies too. i mean, i’m not a lawyer, but i’m pretty sure there’s going to be a lot of litigation from parents for a very long time
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
and congrats to the big companies too. i mean, i’m not a lawyer, but i’m pretty sure there’s going to be a lot of litigation from parents for a very long time
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run