Brendon Slotterback
@bslotterback.bsky.social
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California does not exist. It’s a fictional place.
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
California does not exist. It’s a fictional place.
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The word you’re looking for is “clientelism”
Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The word you’re looking for is “clientelism”
Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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trump’s executive order banning wind permits has been ruled illegal @bloomberg.com
Trump Ban on Wind Energy Projects Ruled Illegal by US Judge
Less than a year after President Donald Trump banned new wind projects, a federal judge ruled the president’s executive order was illegal.
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
trump’s executive order banning wind permits has been ruled illegal @bloomberg.com
If you pass a law that says the courts can't do anything if they find out an agency violated that same law, is it even a law?
Permitting reform is back, and there's a lot of motivation on both sides to get a deal done — Trump's war on wind and solar, interest in AI leadership, energy affordability.
The debate is impenetrable as ever, so I wrote this guide to help you (and myself tbh) follow it heatmap.news/politics/per...
The debate is impenetrable as ever, so I wrote this guide to help you (and myself tbh) follow it heatmap.news/politics/per...
Permitting Reform is Back. What Are We Even Talking About This Time?
Get up to speed on the SPEED Act.
heatmap.news
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If you pass a law that says the courts can't do anything if they find out an agency violated that same law, is it even a law?
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News orgs must stress this in their coverage. The president does not have the power to overturn a constitutional right and the Supreme Court is behaving STRANGELY by taking up the question as a real controversy
Presidents can’t rescind birthright citizenship.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... @brennancenter.org
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... @brennancenter.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
News orgs must stress this in their coverage. The president does not have the power to overturn a constitutional right and the Supreme Court is behaving STRANGELY by taking up the question as a real controversy
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It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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every single time I see this building I feel the same awe and appreciation I do when I’m inside a museum — you know, how you kind of focus and the rest of the world recedes for a little bit
The Weisman Art Museum on East River Road in Southeast Minneapolis, designed by Frank Gehry before his similar but much bigger and more ballyhooed museum in Bilbao, Spain. This was taken yesterday.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
every single time I see this building I feel the same awe and appreciation I do when I’m inside a museum — you know, how you kind of focus and the rest of the world recedes for a little bit
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Remember folks, during winter every ten degree temperature drop lowers your tire’s PSI by 1 so it’s very important to go to the gas station and notice that the air thing doesn’t work and then do that five more times at five different gas stations
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Remember folks, during winter every ten degree temperature drop lowers your tire’s PSI by 1 so it’s very important to go to the gas station and notice that the air thing doesn’t work and then do that five more times at five different gas stations
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this was my favorite Q&A i maybe ever have done at heatmap and is THE way you should understand permitting reform talks in Congress right now
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
this was my favorite Q&A i maybe ever have done at heatmap and is THE way you should understand permitting reform talks in Congress right now
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can confirm
the secret sauce is just going to a lot of boring meetings
the secret sauce is just going to a lot of boring meetings
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
can confirm
the secret sauce is just going to a lot of boring meetings
the secret sauce is just going to a lot of boring meetings
Liberal institutions deserve a fair critique. Many parts of the latest by @waleedshahid.bsky.social hit really hard. www.waleed-shahid.com/p/the-henhou...
The Henhouse Liberalism Built
A response to Matthew Yglesias. What he calls “postliberalism” is often liberalism’s own elite, anemic offspring.
www.waleed-shahid.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Liberal institutions deserve a fair critique. Many parts of the latest by @waleedshahid.bsky.social hit really hard. www.waleed-shahid.com/p/the-henhou...
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Better late than never
Utilities give up hope on using hydrogen in their gas grids – report
“The assessment that gas networks will no longer play a central role in the future is becoming increasingly widespread”
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/utiliti...
“The assessment that gas networks will no longer play a central role in the future is becoming increasingly widespread”
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/utiliti...
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Better late than never
Consider that it is controversial that the operator of the nation's largest grid should prioritize electric reliability above the desire of data centers for speedy connection. penncapital-star.com/2025/12/04/r...
Watchdog for electric grid in Pennsylvania, Ohio and other states wants a pause on data centers • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
An oversight group for Ohio’s electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, is asking federal officials to weigh in on the future of data centers. It contends reliability should be PJM’s north star.
penncapital-star.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Consider that it is controversial that the operator of the nation's largest grid should prioritize electric reliability above the desire of data centers for speedy connection. penncapital-star.com/2025/12/04/r...
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My biggest national security take away from this is that the US is now officially hostile to the existence of a European Union.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My biggest national security take away from this is that the US is now officially hostile to the existence of a European Union.
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Genuine question: What happens if Dems somehow have the coherence and spine to extract a "force Trump not to derail renewables" concession from Repubs on "permitting reform," then Trump's handlers just... ignore it? Who forces their hand? The courts, appeals courts, and eventually Supremes. . . . ?
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
Solar Industry Group Describes Trump’s ‘Complete Moratorium on Permitting’
A letter from the Solar Energy Industries Association asks for Congress’ help to reverse the administration’s effective permitting ban.
heatmap.news
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Genuine question: What happens if Dems somehow have the coherence and spine to extract a "force Trump not to derail renewables" concession from Repubs on "permitting reform," then Trump's handlers just... ignore it? Who forces their hand? The courts, appeals courts, and eventually Supremes. . . . ?
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Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
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Joe Biden really messed up the economy in 2020
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Joe Biden really messed up the economy in 2020
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Yesterday, Trump announced that he is repealing the federal fuel economy standards from the Biden-era.
According to a senior policy analyst at Consumer Reports, this “could result in consumers paying at least $8,000 more to fuel a vehicle in 2029..."
Read more about what to expect: bit.ly/3MjdiIL
According to a senior policy analyst at Consumer Reports, this “could result in consumers paying at least $8,000 more to fuel a vehicle in 2029..."
Read more about what to expect: bit.ly/3MjdiIL
Trump wants to roll back auto emission standards—but that means you'll pay more to fill your gas tank
President Trump want to roll emissions standards back to a 2020 level, but the current regulations also save consumers on fuel costs.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Yesterday, Trump announced that he is repealing the federal fuel economy standards from the Biden-era.
According to a senior policy analyst at Consumer Reports, this “could result in consumers paying at least $8,000 more to fuel a vehicle in 2029..."
Read more about what to expect: bit.ly/3MjdiIL
According to a senior policy analyst at Consumer Reports, this “could result in consumers paying at least $8,000 more to fuel a vehicle in 2029..."
Read more about what to expect: bit.ly/3MjdiIL
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ThunderSaidEnergy: "World deployed 1,500 GWh of lithium-ion batteries in 2024
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
ThunderSaidEnergy: "World deployed 1,500 GWh of lithium-ion batteries in 2024
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
1,000 GWh for EVs
175GWh for grid-scale storage.
140GWh for smaller electrical electronic devices
Thus, lithium-ion batteries were 80% of all global batteries
This year, we predict LFP to reach 70% of lithium batteries"
Great news for networked geothermal! The folks in Massachusetts have been steadily advancing this work for years. Gas utilities can become thermal utilities! insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion - Inside Climate News
A first-in-the-nation heating and cooling network in Massachusetts is set to double in size.
insideclimatenews.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Great news for networked geothermal! The folks in Massachusetts have been steadily advancing this work for years. Gas utilities can become thermal utilities! insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Less image slop and more of this www.axios.com/2025/12/04/n...
This geothermal energy company makes startling discovery in remote Nevada desert
Geothermal is the rare alternative energy source with wide bipartisan backing.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Less image slop and more of this www.axios.com/2025/12/04/n...