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jael holzman
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hi, i write about climate change and renewable energy. i also play music sometimes. some secret third thing.

“the fight” newsletter @heatmap.news. also in the band @ekkoastral.bsky.social.

email : jael @ heatmap dot news 🖤
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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
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.
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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
hi! it’s Bandcamp Friday which means the artist gets 100% of whatever you spend on Bandcamp.

we still have some limited edition shirts available from our tour with PUP and Jeff Rosenstock

they’d make great gifts for your friends, highkey would love if you helped support our lil’ punk band ❤️
Merch from Ekko Astral
Merch from Ekko Astral
ekkoastral.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I’m all for a good rag on Elon Musk but also we used to have phonebooks that did this
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.

Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.

futurism.com/future-socie...
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
this isn’t what I meant when I posted the thing earlier I was just happy to not pay as much money for Content ™️ Period
Sorry but current subscribers to either service who think they're going to get everything on the other as a free upgrade are in for bitter tears.

This didn't happen when Disney bought Fox/Hulu, or when Paramount acquired Showtime. It ain't gonna happen here either.
i don’t understand why people are upset the Netflix acquisition of WB will mean the end of HBO Max. how many of you are happy you have to pay double for two apps to watch things you like.

there’s things to dislike about this, but that ain’t it.
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
yeah the longer I think about the Netflix acquisition, it’s gonna suck
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
i think netflix owning a film studio is bad
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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rotates your character model above an infinite grid in 3d space
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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nuclear block is too powerful, its not toxic enough here
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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obviously trans monoculture is a myth but i still can't help but feel isolated in most trans spaces
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
netflix, the everything app
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
i made a prediction today that i’m feeling really good about
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.

More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Wrote this in 2021 and it remains as true as ever. www.jstor.org/stable/10.13...
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
sleeper december aoty list candidate
Blizzard by Dove Ellis on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 10 Songs
music.apple.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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like, a satanic temptation of christ story about the power that these blues musicians don't know they'll have over the future and who will want in and why
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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as the music critic i see sinners entirely as metaphor for what is going to happen in the next 50 years of black musical ingenuity
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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stop rewatching your comfort show for the 12th time and find something that challenges your preconceived notions of the world
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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fandom culture encourages inherently unhealthy media consumption habits
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Netflix has no interest in old movies??????????????????
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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“netflix places winning bid to buy warner bros/discovery”
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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my ascent to classy femme is being hamstrung by Big Salary
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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I subscribe to heatmap bc a couple of the reporters pity like my posts and also it's indispensable
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
this seems bad irrespective of whether you’re on twitter or not
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.

Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.

futurism.com/future-socie...
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
now that i’m spending more time on Xitter i am starting to see the centrist wonk borg everyone’s been on about more clearly
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
i don’t understand why people are upset the Netflix acquisition of WB will mean the end of HBO Max. how many of you are happy you have to pay double for two apps to watch things you like.

there’s things to dislike about this, but that ain’t it.
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
big deal! netflix won.
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM