Concrete Cowboy
@damanfu.bsky.social
Min(Distributional impacts) + max(Just transition); vibing out in Brooklyn, born x raised in Los Angeles :) probably to the left of my employer, so YMMV
Sorry about the parasociality. Tricky phenomenon that one.
https://readymag.website/damanfu/2503426/
Sorry about the parasociality. Tricky phenomenon that one.
https://readymag.website/damanfu/2503426/
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Recommendations from @regassistproj.bsky.social's @soxenaar.bsky.social and Tom Butler on ways to incentivize electrification of industrial heat: www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce... 🔌💡
Making electricity cheaper: Modernising taxes and levies to incentivise electrification of industrial heat
RAP experts Sem Oxenaar and Tom Butler look at the state of electricity and gas prices for industry and the impact of reducing taxes and levies.
www.raponline.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Recommendations from @regassistproj.bsky.social's @soxenaar.bsky.social and Tom Butler on ways to incentivize electrification of industrial heat: www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce... 🔌💡
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It’s incumbent on Americans to understand that the US is now inarguably a force for evil in the world
“.. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
“The Special Operations commander .. ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions .. The two men were blown apart ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“The Special Operations commander .. ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions .. The two men were blown apart ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It’s incumbent on Americans to understand that the US is now inarguably a force for evil in the world
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We've not spent enough time talking about this administration as unamerican, rather than cruel or wrong or illegal. This stuff just is not who we are.
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We've not spent enough time talking about this administration as unamerican, rather than cruel or wrong or illegal. This stuff just is not who we are.
This multi-building fire in HK is looking grim and tragic :(
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
This multi-building fire in HK is looking grim and tragic :(
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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Congress should call it the Own the Libs by Banning Partisan Gerrymandering Act of 2025 and pass it
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Congress should call it the Own the Libs by Banning Partisan Gerrymandering Act of 2025 and pass it
fuck him and his JUST FOR MEN TOUCH OF GREY swoosh of hair I hope he gets his swank caught in his zipper
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
fuck him and his JUST FOR MEN TOUCH OF GREY swoosh of hair I hope he gets his swank caught in his zipper
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slapping this sticker on top of the nuzzi-lizza discourse
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
slapping this sticker on top of the nuzzi-lizza discourse
I’ll say it: Geese should’ve blown up for “3D Country”, not “Getting Killed” or even Cam’s solo album.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’ll say it: Geese should’ve blown up for “3D Country”, not “Getting Killed” or even Cam’s solo album.
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Is Price Fixing Free Speech
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Is Price Fixing Free Speech
Gotta congratulate the city of Detroit and the greater Detroit metro: just had the random thought "why yes, I DO want to watch the pistons play basketball. Matter of fact, hell yea".
It's been a long road and ya'll have more than earned this.
It's been a long road and ya'll have more than earned this.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Gotta congratulate the city of Detroit and the greater Detroit metro: just had the random thought "why yes, I DO want to watch the pistons play basketball. Matter of fact, hell yea".
It's been a long road and ya'll have more than earned this.
It's been a long road and ya'll have more than earned this.
Fine, I'll say it: despite no longer having a primary residence in NYC, Mindy Seu was snubbed from the transition councils on either/both art or technology
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Fine, I'll say it: despite no longer having a primary residence in NYC, Mindy Seu was snubbed from the transition councils on either/both art or technology
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Join us on 12/16 for a deep dive into one of the most immediate, practical opportunities to cut industrial climate pollution in the U.S. — electrifying low and medium temperature process heat!
Register here: bit.ly/industrial-e...
@leahstokes.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov
Register here: bit.ly/industrial-e...
@leahstokes.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Join us on 12/16 for a deep dive into one of the most immediate, practical opportunities to cut industrial climate pollution in the U.S. — electrifying low and medium temperature process heat!
Register here: bit.ly/industrial-e...
@leahstokes.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov
Register here: bit.ly/industrial-e...
@leahstokes.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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If you're in NYC and care about progressive policies, here's a big ol' starter pack of people and groups you can follow to help you find your organizing home! go.blacksky.community/RKuK1Hz
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If you're in NYC and care about progressive policies, here's a big ol' starter pack of people and groups you can follow to help you find your organizing home! go.blacksky.community/RKuK1Hz
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This got me thinking….how do we as a society normalize pumpkin pie as a breakfast option at restaurants year round? Who will be the change we want to see in the world?
It turns out Mina and I have identical pie takes (literally had home made pumpkin pie for breakfast this morning before kids woke up).
So my pie take is there are no bad pies, but some pies have to be eaten a certain way:
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This got me thinking….how do we as a society normalize pumpkin pie as a breakfast option at restaurants year round? Who will be the change we want to see in the world?
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Tatiana Schlossberg, a young environmental journalist and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, is dying of cancer. She wrote about her treatment, her children, the importance of government-funded medical research and her cousin RFK Jr. It's tough, but try to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Tatiana Schlossberg, a young environmental journalist and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, is dying of cancer. She wrote about her treatment, her children, the importance of government-funded medical research and her cousin RFK Jr. It's tough, but try to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Absolute moral depravity from my countries.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Absolute moral depravity from my countries.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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i think the number of lawmakers in congress who will resign between now and the end of 2026 is between 6 and 7
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
i think the number of lawmakers in congress who will resign between now and the end of 2026 is between 6 and 7
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It's true, sometimes short-term costs are necessary for long-term savings. But monopoly utility profits are also part of the story, and policymakers can tackle those -- thus lowering consumer costs -- *without* backtracking on climate policy:
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
Democrats’ New Affordability Message Is Complicating Climate Policy
The transition to clean energy will be expensive today, even if it’ll be cheaper in the long run.
heatmap.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's true, sometimes short-term costs are necessary for long-term savings. But monopoly utility profits are also part of the story, and policymakers can tackle those -- thus lowering consumer costs -- *without* backtracking on climate policy:
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
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