David Savage
@dtsavage.bsky.social
Transmission/Resource planning and RTO issues, IN PUC. PhD ecologist. Consistently mid sports (🚴/⛹️) takes. 🖤🤍💜. Posts represent personal views.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Risso's Dolphin 🐬
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock 🦜
Steller Sea Lion 🦭
American Bison 🦬
Tule Elk 🦌
Risso's Dolphin 🐬
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock 🦜
Steller Sea Lion 🦭
American Bison 🦬
Tule Elk 🦌
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Risso's Dolphin 🐬
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock 🦜
Steller Sea Lion 🦭
American Bison 🦬
Tule Elk 🦌
Risso's Dolphin 🐬
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock 🦜
Steller Sea Lion 🦭
American Bison 🦬
Tule Elk 🦌
When I am czar of college sports it will be no more than 12 schools per conference and no more than 1500 miles between the two farthest-apart stadiums in the conference
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
When I am czar of college sports it will be no more than 12 schools per conference and no more than 1500 miles between the two farthest-apart stadiums in the conference
Nah, PJM stakeholder meeting.
Idea: Swap out the WH Press Corps with the audience at an Econ seminar
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Nah, PJM stakeholder meeting.
The stuff that's going to come up between now and the 2026 midterms as people who aren't deranged nerds try to wrestle with the politics of energy prices, grid planning, and how data centers fit in will legitimately break my brain like some sort of lovecraftian horror.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The stuff that's going to come up between now and the 2026 midterms as people who aren't deranged nerds try to wrestle with the politics of energy prices, grid planning, and how data centers fit in will legitimately break my brain like some sort of lovecraftian horror.
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Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
Listening to @volts.wtf talk balcony solar while hitting deadlifts. What happened to @brosfordecarb.bsky.social tho
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Listening to @volts.wtf talk balcony solar while hitting deadlifts. What happened to @brosfordecarb.bsky.social tho
There are people walking around every day with no idea who Curtis Yarvin is and I envy them so much.
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There are people walking around every day with no idea who Curtis Yarvin is and I envy them so much.
No amount of posts or think pieces or white papers or op eds are going to actually bring down the costs of new nuclear power. Sorry to all those people who support new nuclear but don't actually work in the industry.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
No amount of posts or think pieces or white papers or op eds are going to actually bring down the costs of new nuclear power. Sorry to all those people who support new nuclear but don't actually work in the industry.
I got 5 on it is still an all time banger
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I got 5 on it is still an all time banger
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Exclusive: I have learned that any energy permitting deal struck this Congress will have to address Trump’s solar and wind energy bottleneck or else it will never become law.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
Trump Is the Biggest Wild Card in Permitting Reform
Congress is motivated to pass a bipartisan deal, but Democrats are demanding limits on executive power.
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Exclusive: I have learned that any energy permitting deal struck this Congress will have to address Trump’s solar and wind energy bottleneck or else it will never become law.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
The Hobbit but the one that Guillermo del Toro wanted to make.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Hobbit but the one that Guillermo del Toro wanted to make.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm absolutely fine
I'm absolutely fine
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm absolutely fine
I'm absolutely fine
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We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
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huge news: a key house committee just advanced a major bipartisan permitting deal that would block future presidents from rescinding permits for political reasons
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
House Permitting Bill Would Block Trump From Pulling Permits
It was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by a vote of 25 to 18.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
huge news: a key house committee just advanced a major bipartisan permitting deal that would block future presidents from rescinding permits for political reasons
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
If you're not trying to do at least one dish inspired by local indigenous cuisine in your area you're doing Thanksgiving wrong.
Would like your most idiosyncratic Thanksgiving opinion (positive). Is there a side that is essential for you that's off most people's radar?
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If you're not trying to do at least one dish inspired by local indigenous cuisine in your area you're doing Thanksgiving wrong.
I don't think a lot of the Abundance folks actually think we should gut the ESA in the name of faster infrastructure buildout. But they're certainly not doing a good job of explaining that!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I don't think a lot of the Abundance folks actually think we should gut the ESA in the name of faster infrastructure buildout. But they're certainly not doing a good job of explaining that!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
You're waiting on Nvidia earnings. I'm waiting on PJM large load voting results. We are not the same.
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You're waiting on Nvidia earnings. I'm waiting on PJM large load voting results. We are not the same.
It's truly nuts that people feel judged by statements like "you should pay for the news media you consume; then at least they're actually working for you and not their advertisers"
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's truly nuts that people feel judged by statements like "you should pay for the news media you consume; then at least they're actually working for you and not their advertisers"
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Notes on the NBA injury crisis. Players are logging more miles and moving at a faster speed than ever before.
A few ideas:
Shorten the season (never happening)
Use deeper rotations
Shorter stints with multiple rests
More zone defense
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/notes-on-the...
A few ideas:
Shorten the season (never happening)
Use deeper rotations
Shorter stints with multiple rests
More zone defense
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/notes-on-the...
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Notes on the NBA injury crisis. Players are logging more miles and moving at a faster speed than ever before.
A few ideas:
Shorten the season (never happening)
Use deeper rotations
Shorter stints with multiple rests
More zone defense
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/notes-on-the...
A few ideas:
Shorten the season (never happening)
Use deeper rotations
Shorter stints with multiple rests
More zone defense
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/notes-on-the...
Just be from Oakland ez
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just be from Oakland ez
Trying to figure out a way to explain to interested non massive dorks why solar gets 8% capacity credit in PJM and what the implications are. It's not an easy one but it's critical to understanding why things are the way they are.
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trying to figure out a way to explain to interested non massive dorks why solar gets 8% capacity credit in PJM and what the implications are. It's not an easy one but it's critical to understanding why things are the way they are.
Kinda crazy to say it but: Strava is easily the best social network site.
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Kinda crazy to say it but: Strava is easily the best social network site.
People who complain about the death of local journalism and then don't put their money where their mouth is disappoint me.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
People who complain about the death of local journalism and then don't put their money where their mouth is disappoint me.
Feels like we've really lost the ability to do episodic television where each episode is BOTH a self-contained story with a beginning, middle and end and also advances a larger plot for that season. It's not just a movie in bits.
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Feels like we've really lost the ability to do episodic television where each episode is BOTH a self-contained story with a beginning, middle and end and also advances a larger plot for that season. It's not just a movie in bits.
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