Jon Bradshaw
@jonbradshaw.bsky.social
Energy & water system modeling and analytics. DERs, data centers, technology & load forecasting, utility strategy at PG&E
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Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.
August 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Deeply understand if you're not in a place to receive it but I do often return to Justin McElroy of all people with "I'm gonna wake up and keep trying to do good and so are you and nobody gets to vote on that."
Agree with others when they say engage and nurture your community relationships.
Agree with others when they say engage and nurture your community relationships.
July 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Deeply understand if you're not in a place to receive it but I do often return to Justin McElroy of all people with "I'm gonna wake up and keep trying to do good and so are you and nobody gets to vote on that."
Agree with others when they say engage and nurture your community relationships.
Agree with others when they say engage and nurture your community relationships.
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The House just passed the One Big "Beautiful" Bill. Here's six key takeaways from REPEAT Project's rapid analysis of the bill on what passage means for U.S. energy costs, investment in new electricity supplies, and greenhouse gas emissions. #OBBB 🔌💡
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The House just passed the One Big "Beautiful" Bill. Here's six key takeaways from REPEAT Project's rapid analysis of the bill on what passage means for U.S. energy costs, investment in new electricity supplies, and greenhouse gas emissions. #OBBB 🔌💡
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Debate and amendments continue today on the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill. There's still time to make it less bad, especially on energy provisions.
If you want energy abundance, cheaper electricity, less pollution, NOW is the time to CALL Senate offices and tell them to...
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If you want energy abundance, cheaper electricity, less pollution, NOW is the time to CALL Senate offices and tell them to...
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The energy provisions in the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill are truly so bad! Who wants this? The country's automakers don't want it. Electric utilities don't want it. Data center developers don't want it. Manufacturers in energy intensive industries don't want it. 🔌💡
June 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Debate and amendments continue today on the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill. There's still time to make it less bad, especially on energy provisions.
If you want energy abundance, cheaper electricity, less pollution, NOW is the time to CALL Senate offices and tell them to...
🔌💡
If you want energy abundance, cheaper electricity, less pollution, NOW is the time to CALL Senate offices and tell them to...
🔌💡
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Good transit is key to great cities.
“Compared with New York and San Francisco, tech events were harder to find, the quality of events was lower and opportunities for new roles were sparser. Public transit also left something to be desired.”
A reminder that people like have public transport. Austin’s tech boom might be over.
A reminder that people like have public transport. Austin’s tech boom might be over.
Exclusive | Austin’s Reign as a Tech Hub Might Be Coming to an End
Regional tech hubs across the U.S. are losing talent as workers return to the coasts, with Austin being one of the hardest hit.
www.wsj.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Good transit is key to great cities.
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"Witnessing large-scale systems slowly unravel in real time can be profoundly surreal and frightening. The hypernormalization framework offers a way to understand what we’re feeling and why."
May 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"Witnessing large-scale systems slowly unravel in real time can be profoundly surreal and frightening. The hypernormalization framework offers a way to understand what we’re feeling and why."
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New REPEAT Project report: repealing federal tax credits and regs supporting deployment of electric vehicles would slow sales and threaten the economic viability of dozens of manufacturing projects taking shape across the country. zenodo.org/records/1500... 🔌💡
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New REPEAT Project report: repealing federal tax credits and regs supporting deployment of electric vehicles would slow sales and threaten the economic viability of dozens of manufacturing projects taking shape across the country. zenodo.org/records/1500... 🔌💡
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If you do not like mining and the damage it does, something very useful to do is stop driving a combustion engine fossil-fuelled vehicle.
Replace it with a small EV, a bicycle, public transport, walking - it all cuts out
www.transportenvironment.org/state-of-eur... @transenv.bsky.social
Replace it with a small EV, a bicycle, public transport, walking - it all cuts out
www.transportenvironment.org/state-of-eur... @transenv.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you do not like mining and the damage it does, something very useful to do is stop driving a combustion engine fossil-fuelled vehicle.
Replace it with a small EV, a bicycle, public transport, walking - it all cuts out
www.transportenvironment.org/state-of-eur... @transenv.bsky.social
Replace it with a small EV, a bicycle, public transport, walking - it all cuts out
www.transportenvironment.org/state-of-eur... @transenv.bsky.social
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In cutthroat cultures, people kiss up and kick down. They protect themselves by currying favor with people in power and exploiting those without it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
March 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In cutthroat cultures, people kiss up and kick down. They protect themselves by currying favor with people in power and exploiting those without it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
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I told students this week, live your lives with integrity so that your entire existence isn’t distilled into a one line bio that says: when it mattered, they chose to be terrible, the end.
March 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I told students this week, live your lives with integrity so that your entire existence isn’t distilled into a one line bio that says: when it mattered, they chose to be terrible, the end.
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February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
February 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
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once an intern and now our Sustainability Specialist, you might remember him from our favorite content such as sewer shanty
January 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
once an intern and now our Sustainability Specialist, you might remember him from our favorite content such as sewer shanty
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Was recently thinking about a sort of hierarchy of needs that speaks to this moment.
1) Survive. Nothing happens without this.
2) Hope. Believe in a better future.
3) Plan. What can I do to help make that future a reality (even a small thing)?
4) Act. Put your plan in motion.
1) Survive. Nothing happens without this.
2) Hope. Believe in a better future.
3) Plan. What can I do to help make that future a reality (even a small thing)?
4) Act. Put your plan in motion.
February 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Was recently thinking about a sort of hierarchy of needs that speaks to this moment.
1) Survive. Nothing happens without this.
2) Hope. Believe in a better future.
3) Plan. What can I do to help make that future a reality (even a small thing)?
4) Act. Put your plan in motion.
1) Survive. Nothing happens without this.
2) Hope. Believe in a better future.
3) Plan. What can I do to help make that future a reality (even a small thing)?
4) Act. Put your plan in motion.
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
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“…this extreme car dependence is affecting Americans’ quality of life, with a new study finding there is a tipping point at which more driving leads to deeper unhappiness…having to drive for more than 50% of the time for out-of-home activities is linked to a decrease in life satisfaction.”
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“…this extreme car dependence is affecting Americans’ quality of life, with a new study finding there is a tipping point at which more driving leads to deeper unhappiness…having to drive for more than 50% of the time for out-of-home activities is linked to a decrease in life satisfaction.”
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What's happening in America is that, in the most literal sense, internet trolls have taken over the government.
February 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What's happening in America is that, in the most literal sense, internet trolls have taken over the government.
I separately heard NREL tools and data are shutting down today, and EIA may be next 🔌 💡
If you use tools and data from NREL, I recommend you download them now.
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I separately heard NREL tools and data are shutting down today, and EIA may be next 🔌 💡
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If you use tools and data from NREL, I recommend you download them now.
February 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you use tools and data from NREL, I recommend you download them now.
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Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social