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Andrew Gelston
@agelston.bsky.social
Energy Professional, Storage. Entropy arbitrageur.

Personal Account. Weaponized Curiosity, with vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hDPK865N9I&t=57s
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https://youtu.be/tHPHy2cvDOA?si=dJZWrv42yOlxjSKq&t=34s
Pinned
Oh, the sign posts on this road, they point one way.

Don't act like you're above me; just look at your shoes.

I'll turn the light off now, 'cause there is nothing left to say.

And it's all been lost before, so there's nothing more to lose.

PS - the hat, really?
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gelston
From JD Vance on Houthi PC small group, the day after Signalgate broke:
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gelston
Sources: Polymarket has recruited staff for a market making team that could face off against its customers; Kalshi's similar unit exposed Kalshi to criticism (Bloomberg)

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December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gelston
must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gelston
America’s largest electrical grid has until the end of the year to figure out how to keep data centers from spiking electricity prices.

So what’s the plan? @zeitlin.bsky.social has collected the best guesses:

heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
Everyone Wants to Know PJM’s Data Center Plan
How will America’s largest grid deal with the influx of electricity demand? It has until the end of the year to figure things out.
heatmap.news
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Would you like to bet on that?

also not great
Guys… it looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets. @evystadium.bsky.social gets into it.

Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:

www.404media.co/unauthorized...
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gelston
NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled.

"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"the guy might be a facist"
-alexander karp quote!
They’re calling him the world’s most sober man:
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
That’s no moon
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
lmfao
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The funny thing is i can send an email about how she sucks

but do i

yah

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
is it bad i've seen half of these
like if you told me this list was “all-time best selling discs at walmart locations” i’d be like hmm yeah makes sense
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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like if you told me this list was “all-time best selling discs at walmart locations” i’d be like hmm yeah makes sense
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm interested in unlimited power, it's related duh
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Andrew Gelston
Arkansas attorney general says pardoned nursing home operator should serve state sentence
Arkansas attorney general says pardoned nursing home operator should serve state sentence
Arkansas attorney general says pardoned nursing home operator should serve state sentence
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i would rather die then see [REDACTED]

that's for me to know and you to find out
It should be fucking obvious but the fact i am cursing means it is not
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is the paradox facing America tbh
But morally, is very wrong

Wrong but not wrong
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
He's not wrong
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hear me out

Nuclear reactors in space

You fire them into the sun then charge people for solar
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
The FBI is pressuring domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to th...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I literally would fly WPB to Miami twice a week on the ratepayers dime for like 4 years

but that helped the economy tbh

www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Billionaire Stephen Ross Has a $200 Fix for Miami’s Commuting Hell: Flying Taxis
The developer will work with Archer Aviation to help build a network of launchpads for a fleet of flying vehicles in South Florida.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Reposted by Andrew Gelston
I suspect FDA no longer has qualified people willing to do this job.

"FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency’s drug unit,...."
endpoints.news/fda-to-name-... @endpts.com
Breaking: FDA to name Tracy Beth Hoeg, who helped lead Covid shot investigation, as acting CDER chief
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency's drug unit
endpoints.news
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Hegseth declares himself exonerated, “Case closed.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM