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This is Melissa Hortman, a Democrat Minnesota state legislator. She was murdered earlier this year by a kook in an early morning political assassination. This is Charlie Kirk, a Republican political commentator. He was murdered in front of a crowd of 3,000 people by a…

AliRak8710's tweet image. This is Melissa Hortman, a Democrat Minnesota state legislator. She was murdered earlier this year by a kook in an early morning political assassination.

This is Charlie Kirk, a Republican political commentator. He was murdered in front of a crowd of 3,000 people by a…
AliRak8710's tweet image. This is Melissa Hortman, a Democrat Minnesota state legislator. She was murdered earlier this year by a kook in an early morning political assassination.

This is Charlie Kirk, a Republican political commentator. He was murdered in front of a crowd of 3,000 people by a…
AliRak8710's tweet image. This is Melissa Hortman, a Democrat Minnesota state legislator. She was murdered earlier this year by a kook in an early morning political assassination.

This is Charlie Kirk, a Republican political commentator. He was murdered in front of a crowd of 3,000 people by a…

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It’s called the Patriot Act, FISA, and CISA. Please vote no next time.

We need to know why @ATT and @Verizon did not challenge the subpoena for the phone records of 8 United States Senators when the Biden FBI spied on us during an anti-Trump probe. There needs to be a reckoning for this.



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new from me for @worksinprogmag: how France achieved the world’s fastest nuclear buildout I tell the story of how France defied the global backlash against nuclear power by aligning local incentives, embracing standardisation and abandoning a failed domestic design. 🧵

chalmermagne's tweet image. new from me for @worksinprogmag: how France achieved the world’s fastest nuclear buildout

I tell the story of how France defied the global backlash against nuclear power by aligning local incentives, embracing standardisation and abandoning a failed domestic design. 🧵

Hey @Massport! Can we do something about the price gouging at the airport? A bottle of water is $7 in Terminal A.


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The new draft of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' released in the middle of the night last night now contains FOUR tax increases on wind & solar projects — and two facing nuclear, geothermal, and batteries. 1.⁠ ⁠It ends tax cuts for wind & solar projects (PTC/ITC that have been in…


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🇺🇸 BATTERIES ARE QUIETLY CARRYING THE GRID WHILE EVERYONE SLEEPS ON THEM Grid batteries in the U.S. are exploding in power: from under 2 GW in 2020 to nearly 30 GW by 2025. In June, California’s battery packs supplied 26% of evening demand, more than gas plants. They charge up…

MarioNawfal's tweet image. 🇺🇸 BATTERIES ARE QUIETLY CARRYING THE GRID WHILE EVERYONE SLEEPS ON THEM

Grid batteries in the U.S. are exploding in power: from under 2 GW in 2020 to nearly 30 GW by 2025.

In June, California’s battery packs supplied 26% of evening demand, more than gas plants.

They charge up…

Grid-scale battery packs allow greater use of existing power plants by storing energy during low demand times and releasing when demand is high



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Iranian Philanthropist Hasti Mohammadi is one of the 71 people who were killed when Israel launched airstrikes on #Tehran's Evin Prison on June 23. She was negotiating the release of some inmates through bail. Several bodies still remain trapped under the rubble. 💔🖤

KZiabari's tweet image. Iranian Philanthropist Hasti Mohammadi is one of the 71 people who were killed when Israel launched airstrikes on #Tehran's Evin Prison on June 23. She was negotiating the release of some inmates through bail. Several bodies still remain trapped under the rubble.
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I can't imagine any world where coal is actually clean. Even if you capture the carbon, there's a tremendous amount of leftover waste. Mercury, lead and other heavy metals leach out from the waste. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Cape…

Coal is one of the greatest sources of global electricity and will continue to be for generations to come! Reinvigorating our beautiful, clean coal industry will EXPAND our energy supply, LOWER electricity costs, and SECURE our grid.



This was a really good book, and beautifully printed too!

With more time on my hands I decided to listen to some audio books. Not sure why I stopped. A few hours in and this is fascinating, a would recommend to anyone in the current landscape of things. "Information Doesn't Want to Be Free" Laws for the Internet Age By @doctorow 2014

StoicArtisan's tweet image. With more time on my hands I decided to listen to some audio books.
Not sure why I stopped.
A few hours in and this is fascinating,  a would recommend to anyone in the current landscape of things.
"Information Doesn't Want to Be Free"
Laws for the Internet Age
By @doctorow 2014


Continue the electrification push, build an expand regional nuclear power, continue to build out solar on every structure and parking lot as well as accompanying grid scale storage to smooth out supply / demand fluctuations.

Maura Healey is pitching a 119-page “energy savings” bill to the legislature this week. One problem — it doesn’t address the need for more natural gas or pipeline capacity. How do you lower costs without tackling the primary issue? You can’t.



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Almost anywhere in the United States, police can buy geolocation data from data brokers they would otherwise need a warrant to get. Montana is now the exception! eff.org/deeplinks/2025…


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How it started / How it's going

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Vice President J.D. Vance just clapped about getting rid of the CHIPS and Science Act that's giving $7.8 billion in direct funding for the Intel microchip plant in central Ohio.


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I prefer John Adams from his Oration at Braintree in the Spring of 1772: “The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. A government of laws, and not of men.” That was American—not this.

He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.



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Today, I’m calling on our brave public servants: I’m launching a new portal for anyone who wants to expose corruption, abuses of power, and threats to public safety with the legal protections of being a whistleblower. democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers



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Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101! They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs. Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships. 1/ graphic h/t @scottlincicome .

ben_golub's tweet image. Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101!

They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.

Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.

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graphic h/t @scottlincicome .

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i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?



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