They insist that America is about blood & soil, about where you were born & what color you are, because on any level playing field, they would lose. They have no decency, no particular skills, no ideas, nothing to offer ... the accidents of their color & geography are all they have going for them.
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 12mo agoTrump just announced E.J. Antoni, a Project 2025 contributor from the Heritage Foundation, as the new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Steve Bannon has been pushing for Trump to pick Antoni ever since Trump fired the former BLS commissioner in response to a report showing a slowing economy.
INCREDIBLE! This is yet another US citizen charged with "assault" for supposedly impeding what ICE describes as yet another racial profiling incident! ICE was chasing "individuals" (eg Hispanics) who they had no idea whether they were here illegally when they ran over Andrea.
David J. Bier@davidjbier.bsky.social · last yr.new video shows the ICE agent who claimed he was randomly "assaulted" by this 4'11" US citizen on her way to work is shown literally picking her up and carrying her away.
I think this is a key takeaways of East Asian urbanism: as long as the public realm is fine, individual buildings can be ugly as sin and the cityscape will still cohere
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈@maxdubler.com · last yr.My YIMBY take on design is that micromanaging architecture through strict regulation and/or subjective design review processes empowers busybodies and NIMBYs for little public benefit and that public policies to create attractive neighborhoods should instead focus on designing the public realm.
As the American Government assaults the incentives designed to help people electrify everything, Saul Griffith reminds us that 80% of the red tape holding back low cost measures are at the State and Local level. Volunteer and make 5 good purchases to get a house to zero emissions as old stuff dies.
Plug In!
Buy Plug In!, The Electrification Handbook by Saul Griffith from Booktopia. Get a discounted Paperback from Australia's leading online bookstore.
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Electricity is the largest provider of useful energy since surpassing oil in 2007 📈 Useful energy is a measure of what we get out of the system to actually deliver services like powering homes and running factories–not just what we put in. https://loom.ly/bP2_lno
The same people who deny that releasing 40+ billion tonnes of chemicals annually into the atmosphere changes our climate think that an airplane spraying a few tonnes of chemicals into the atmosphere definitely does. I want the world to be less stupid, as well as less evil.
Looking back, it will be easy for historians to point out when the US was no longer the dominant country in the world.
MIT Technology Review@technologyreview.com · last yr.China is installing solar, building EVs, and investing across energy at a rapid clip.
In very rough terms, 1 unit of clean electricity displaces dirty units as follow: Heat pump: 3 EV: 3 Cement: 2 to 3 Heat pumps and EVs get efficiency multipliers, and switching to calcium silicate cement means you can absorb CO2 rather than emit it with limestone cement.
This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode deficits 3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat.
No predictive model could foresee this degree of national self-sabotage – an act of willful decline that transcends political theory.
Whether your thing is: Climate Change Industrial Competitiveness Civil Liberties Immigration Sound Fiscal Policy Healthcare Nutrition Assistance This reconciliation bill is so terrible it boggles the mind
It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend
After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”
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Air conditioning is an absolutely vital life-saving technology on a swiftly-warming planet, and people who claim it's somehow more shameful to cool a home than it is to heat one are idiots. I wrote this a few years ago and still stand by it: foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/c...
Climate Change Demands More Air Conditioning
An often-disparaged technology is a lifesaver, not a luxury.
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“I’d like to say there’s a silver lining here,” Mr. Jenkins said. “There isn’t much of one. We’re dismantling substantial portions of the most important climate policy the U.S. has ever passed.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c... 🔌💡 🔌🚗
Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn
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Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
This week's blog post is here, and it's about LLMs as a cultural phenomenon:
Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
The only reason that LLMs took root in the first place was because our societies in the anglosphere have already developed cultures solely devoted to gaining status and keeping up the appearance of do...
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The winter peak is coming. There are numerous potential solutions out there, from right-sized heat pumps to geo-exchange (ground source heat pumps) and thermal storage to thermostatic control. Time to work on the right mix to meet the moment.
ISO New England@iso-ne.com · last yr.By 2034, ISO New England predicts winter peak demand will nearly match summer peak demand as the electrification of heating accelerates. Read more: bit.ly/4iXpIAD
"80% of the time, 1/3 of the grid isn't being used. That means we have plenty of room in most hours to accommodate new load. The Nicholas Institute did a pretty cool study on this recently, and it has been in the news ever since." 🔌💡 -Constellation CEO, Q1-2025 Earnings Call
Honestly why are scientists even complaining about government funding cuts? They can all just go work in biotech, which is surely on a massive hiring binge with stocks near all time highs thanks to the prudent and sensible pro-innovation FDA reform I was assured would happen
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
I do not like when the nerds who post graphs on here are all going "oof" and "jesus christ" at the same time
I was going to get the train today. But I am increasingly concerned at the deficit I’m running with Great Northern Rail. I buy a lot from them and they purchase nothing from me. Tempted to apply a 20% tariff. Sure my tickets will cost 20% more but it might mean I buy fewer and reduce the deficit.
