Capitalism (the free market mechanism in abstract) vs Capitalism (the economic system that revolves around capital) vs Capitalism (the cargo cult ideology worshipping capital) makes things really confusing
David Haralson
@laughlax.bsky.social
Transmission analysis at a grid-scale battery company. Trans rights are human rights! Born at 358ppm. He/him. Dad. Organist. Democrat. Boomer Sooner! Salt Lake Valley, UT. I represent only myself here. To get your post in the EnergySky feed, add 🔌💡
I should rename this cat Mr. President, considering how often I have to tell him to get down* *from the table or counter
Not to me, but to my wife. He suggested testing re: our 4yo daughter's visible, mostly aesthetic (carries a chance of congenital deafness) genetic condition in case one day she wants to not have kids about it. She got it from my wife. I.e.: ever consider maybe your genetic line should end? 🫠
Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 4d agoA question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"
Someone's trying to do reputation repair after abruptly shutting down county childcare centers... #utpol So what if the "new solution" got a unanimous vote? By that point they'd already been shut down, so the alternative to renting out the space was to keep the childcare centers shut down!
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3d ago“In today’s political climate, compromise is too often portrayed as weakness,” Salt Lake County Council member Dea Theodore writes in an op-ed. “But this decision demonstrates the opposite.”
1 like, 1 fact, and I promise I'll keep them as dull and mundane as possible
Queer and Pleasant Danger@monsterologist.bsky.social · 4d agoI yam trapped underneath two wild and wacky dog beast animals. So. 1 like = 1 completely dull mundane fact about me
El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
I was reflecting on some recent discourse and thought I'd toss this back out there
David Haralson@laughlax.bsky.social · 12mo agoAgreed—a "liberal Joe Rogan" won't actually seem like Joe Rogan at a glance, nor will their audience look like JR's. Hear me out here: I think maybe we have an LJR and it's Hank Green
Preparing to welcome home the prodigal son* *kitten who accompanied Mrs. H and Kid 1 to a counseling appointment and disappeared when it was time to leave I hope he had fun
This is a great data visualization of how regional grids are getting cleaner over time (or not...)
John Bistline@bistline.bsky.social · last wk.Not every grid is fading. Texas went the other way: clean won 8% of days in 2019, 56% so far in 2026. Clean Energy Stripes are now live, an interactive site covering different U.S. grids, plus open-source code so anyone can make their own: johnbistline.com/clean-energy...
YES PROBABILITY DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY, BUT LOOK: IN THIS CASE, IT JUST DID qwantz.com/index.php?co...
I cannot believe I missed this post for three years. I can't stop laughing.
Hagai Palevsky (he/him)@dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 3y agothrowback to the time I went to the Tate Modern and the words “Piet Mondrian’s ‘loss’” washed over me like a vision of God in all Their glory
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/24/s... Seems like a good innovation for hot, dusty, and especially remote solar installations.
Well this is cool 😎 I wonder what level of energy losses this system incurs... 5%? 30%? Hard to fairly condense into one number since it would depend on storage time and probably temperature, but I'm curious still
Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · 2w agoPornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
There I am, just having some floor time, when this happens
Pop quiz for anyone WITHOUT ties to Utah: Why have I been subjected to late-night fireworks for 3 nights straight now?
"This episode of Bluey makes me hungry because they're making breakfast for their David." -my 4yo kid
When I found myself at a bookstore in Boulder last week, I figured I'd take a look at @keezyyoung.bsky.social's graphic novel. I couldn't help but buy it—it's gorgeous and powerfully emotive!
This was a fun rabbit hole following the Daylight Saving Time debate in DC this week --> Utah's newspaper archives tell the story of how many Utahns sort of helped overturn year-round DST when the US briefly implemented it in 1974 #utpol www.ksl.com/article/5159...
Utah last went on year-round daylight saving time in 1974. Here's how it went
As the U.S. inches closer to potentially making daylight saving time permanent, some have pointed to the chaos that unfolded the last time it happened in Utah as a concern.
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Happy calendar-emoji day, the one day a year where the calendar emoji shows the right date 📅
The worst part of allergy testing: when they leave you alone after applying all the itchy stuff and tell you DO NOT SCRATCH
If there's anything to be saved out of the GOP, it's going to be done by the women who just will not.
Bryant Heath@slsees.bsky.social · 3w agoLmao — we got the Utah Governor cozying up at the White House more and more (re: shrinking National Monuments like Bears Ears)… Meanwhile the Lt Governor exuding dgaf attitude with all this nonsense.
A life lesson from this kitty: Stressed? Just suck your paw about it!
A life lesson from this kitty: Stressed? Just suck your paw about it!
Border czar Homan is on Fox TV promising more of this if we dare to speak up about it. Of course, the only way to stop the further descent into fascism is to speak up about it, and take it to the streets, so everyone can hear.
Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 3w agoThe ACLU has just detailed hundreds of cases of misconduct by immig agents: -kneeling on necks 52x -Agents choking people 10x -smashing car windows 47x -ramming cars 14x -Hit people w/ car 6x Report repeatedly cites ProPublica's reporting B/c transparency takes a village--when the govt blocks it
