Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
California passed a huge climate package last month, w/ a big effort to weave in affordability. It's wonky but important stuff, and I broke it all down for you: - Cap & invest extension / rebrand - transmission accelerator - permission to join a Western RTO! more here heatmap.news/energy/calif...
i appreciate a good aggressive tv interview as much as the next guy, but is there any evidence the "british style" has led to a more informed public, more responsive politicians, more honest politicians, better policy results, etc etc
russ vought fucntions as as the boogeyman that trump and congressional republicans will just have to release should a prolonged shutdown occur heatmap.news/politics/rus...
today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.
@katienotopoulos.bsky.social hacked my phone and has threatening to publicize a private video. I am posting it here to show I’m not afraid of blackmail
listen to hear me "go off" on paul wellstone's academic work on transmission politics, the oil and gas industry feeling sorry for offshore wind developers, and what the hell is "gold-plating" anyway
democrats lose a heartbreaking race to a former presidential loser. there's a large working class shift on them — and it's largely on cultural issues. some counsel moving right on culture, others say they should embrace young voters. a synthesis arrives: populism
the renewables industry has a lot to gain from lower interest rates, but it has a lot more to worry about now than the cost of debt heatmap.news/economy/fed-...
Outstanding episode of Shift Key. Jesse Jenkins & Rob Meyer explain transmission & distribution remain regulated monopolies and challenges regulating them. Only quibble with idea incentive regulation substantially improves outcomes. It creates its own distortions. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Great Bloomberg piece with @arnabdatta.bsky.social @petereharrell.bsky.social‘s thoughts on the US rare earths deal with MP Materials. Explains pros/cons of the model for US minerals strategy and how an institutional reserve program could unify such efforts.🧵
A 70s crime movie set in New York and shot and location actually can not be bad, no matter how big of a mess the script is letterboxd.com/matthewzeitl...
