Maria Robinson
@mariarobinson.bsky.social
Currently: Hitachi, all opinions my own!
Before: running the Grid Deployment Office at Dept of Energy, #mapoli State Representative, recovering consultant
Always: energy nerd, theatre goer, coffee drinker, knitting enthusiast
Before: running the Grid Deployment Office at Dept of Energy, #mapoli State Representative, recovering consultant
Always: energy nerd, theatre goer, coffee drinker, knitting enthusiast
Just when you think you can't get more angry...
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just when you think you can't get more angry...
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I fucking love bookmatch season, there are always questions that make me genuinely crack up, but this is an all-timer forever.
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I fucking love bookmatch season, there are always questions that make me genuinely crack up, but this is an all-timer forever.
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This morning in WBUR Today: SNAP users account for 20% of grocery sales in Mass. Stores are bracing for a hit
Plus:
— Family of detained 13-year-old seeks "voluntary departure"
— Quincy mayor proposed scaled-down $66k raise
— Star Market over Pike closed
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org
Plus:
— Family of detained 13-year-old seeks "voluntary departure"
— Quincy mayor proposed scaled-down $66k raise
— Star Market over Pike closed
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org
SNAP users account for 20% of grocery sales in Mass. Stores are bracing for a hit
As more than 1 million SNAP recipients in Massachusetts brace for their food benefits to run out Saturday due to the government shutdown, businesses who count on these customers are also girding for a...
www.wbur.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This morning in WBUR Today: SNAP users account for 20% of grocery sales in Mass. Stores are bracing for a hit
Plus:
— Family of detained 13-year-old seeks "voluntary departure"
— Quincy mayor proposed scaled-down $66k raise
— Star Market over Pike closed
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org
Plus:
— Family of detained 13-year-old seeks "voluntary departure"
— Quincy mayor proposed scaled-down $66k raise
— Star Market over Pike closed
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org
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New AP/NORC poll finds:
- 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to
- 36% say electricity bills are a "major" source of stress; 50% say the same about grocery prices
apnews.com/article/poll...
- 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to
- 36% say electricity bills are a "major" source of stress; 50% say the same about grocery prices
apnews.com/article/poll...
How Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market, according to an AP-NORC poll
Americans are increasingly worried about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
New AP/NORC poll finds:
- 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to
- 36% say electricity bills are a "major" source of stress; 50% say the same about grocery prices
apnews.com/article/poll...
- 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to
- 36% say electricity bills are a "major" source of stress; 50% say the same about grocery prices
apnews.com/article/poll...
Go Tech!
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.
reut.rs
October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Go Tech!
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I was judging Jean Piaget for this and then I realized this is how the number of tabs I have open looks to my laptop
August 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I was judging Jean Piaget for this and then I realized this is how the number of tabs I have open looks to my laptop
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I’m trying to figure out the right way to say this, because: Look, the CPB closing is devastating, and I don’t in any way want to blow even a wisp of smoke that it isn’t. But twice today, I’ve seen people express how sad they are that all of public television and radio is over. Not true! (1/3)
August 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’m trying to figure out the right way to say this, because: Look, the CPB closing is devastating, and I don’t in any way want to blow even a wisp of smoke that it isn’t. But twice today, I’ve seen people express how sad they are that all of public television and radio is over. Not true! (1/3)
Theater producer/managing director of a theatre
What job are you extremely unlikely to ever get that you think you would kick ass at?
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
July 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Theater producer/managing director of a theatre
With both South Park and Wicked back in the general consciousness, a reminder that You and Me from the Book of Mormon is a perfect satirical take on Defying Gravity.
July 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
With both South Park and Wicked back in the general consciousness, a reminder that You and Me from the Book of Mormon is a perfect satirical take on Defying Gravity.
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PJM capacity prices cleared at $329.17/MW-day (UCAP) RTO-wide for delivery year 2026/27, hitting the price cap approved by FERC after prices rose nearly 10-fold in the July 2024 auction.
See Full Story: ow.ly/SbTC50WtEEt
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian and Rich Heidorn Jr.
See Full Story: ow.ly/SbTC50WtEEt
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian and Rich Heidorn Jr.
July 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
PJM capacity prices cleared at $329.17/MW-day (UCAP) RTO-wide for delivery year 2026/27, hitting the price cap approved by FERC after prices rose nearly 10-fold in the July 2024 auction.
See Full Story: ow.ly/SbTC50WtEEt
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian and Rich Heidorn Jr.
See Full Story: ow.ly/SbTC50WtEEt
Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian and Rich Heidorn Jr.
Look, I just want to be on this app without having to engage in discourse about the other app. Is that too much to ask?
July 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Look, I just want to be on this app without having to engage in discourse about the other app. Is that too much to ask?
I....what??
*TRUMP SAYS HE WILL IMPOSE 50% TARIFF ON COPPER
July 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I....what??
8:40 on a Saturday night, and everyone is watching C-SPAN.
June 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
8:40 on a Saturday night, and everyone is watching C-SPAN.
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it’s pretty wild that the nation’s first climate law is headed towards a chainsaw and the only people talking about it here are wonks
June 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
it’s pretty wild that the nation’s first climate law is headed towards a chainsaw and the only people talking about it here are wonks
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We’re about to release a new Forecast Analysis app, and we're looking for users to test it out!
If you have experience analyzing forecasts or enjoy beta testing new data tools, comment or shoot us a DM for the link 🔌💡
we've been using it to watch PJM's load forecasts for the heatwave next week
If you have experience analyzing forecasts or enjoy beta testing new data tools, comment or shoot us a DM for the link 🔌💡
we've been using it to watch PJM's load forecasts for the heatwave next week
June 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We’re about to release a new Forecast Analysis app, and we're looking for users to test it out!
If you have experience analyzing forecasts or enjoy beta testing new data tools, comment or shoot us a DM for the link 🔌💡
we've been using it to watch PJM's load forecasts for the heatwave next week
If you have experience analyzing forecasts or enjoy beta testing new data tools, comment or shoot us a DM for the link 🔌💡
we've been using it to watch PJM's load forecasts for the heatwave next week
If you're a trans person in Massachusetts, know that @massequality.bsky.social is out there fighting for you every day. Even with the inhumane treatment at the federal level, know you can find space in our little Commonwealth.
June 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If you're a trans person in Massachusetts, know that @massequality.bsky.social is out there fighting for you every day. Even with the inhumane treatment at the federal level, know you can find space in our little Commonwealth.
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Iberian blackout: not inertia, but lack of procurement of voltage regulation (reactive power absorption) by TSO to blame for spreading power outage, according to first government report. Plausible explanation for the scale of the incident, less for the root cause.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE led to massive blackout, report finds
Spain's power grid operator REE miscalculated its power capacity needs on the day that a surge in voltage caused a massive blackout across the Iberian peninsula in April, a government investigation has concluded.
www.reuters.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Iberian blackout: not inertia, but lack of procurement of voltage regulation (reactive power absorption) by TSO to blame for spreading power outage, according to first government report. Plausible explanation for the scale of the incident, less for the root cause.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Still strongly recommend her autobiography as one of my favorites. Hearing famous and deeply traumatic events from her perspective is eye-opening. Plus, she's a terrific writer.
#ResistanceRoots
Katharine Graham was born on this day in 1917 in New York, N.Y. She became publisher of the Washington Post in 1963, presiding over the paper during its reporting of the Watergate scandal. In 1974, she became the first woman elected to the board of the Associated Press. /1
Katharine Graham was born on this day in 1917 in New York, N.Y. She became publisher of the Washington Post in 1963, presiding over the paper during its reporting of the Watergate scandal. In 1974, she became the first woman elected to the board of the Associated Press. /1
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Still strongly recommend her autobiography as one of my favorites. Hearing famous and deeply traumatic events from her perspective is eye-opening. Plus, she's a terrific writer.
It takes a special kind of person who confuses Chris Hanson the NRC Chair with Chris Hansen the former Colorado State Senator who heads La Plata Electric, and that leads to a bunch of nonsensical texts about whether the President can fire the head of a co-op.
Anyway, I'm here all week, folks.
Anyway, I'm here all week, folks.
June 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It takes a special kind of person who confuses Chris Hanson the NRC Chair with Chris Hansen the former Colorado State Senator who heads La Plata Electric, and that leads to a bunch of nonsensical texts about whether the President can fire the head of a co-op.
Anyway, I'm here all week, folks.
Anyway, I'm here all week, folks.
Former state rep here.
Here's the thing: being a state legislator is not fancy. You're not doing it for the money or the glamor. You're not raising millions of dollars like folks in Congress. You don't have security details. You're just a person who cares about their community.
Here's the thing: being a state legislator is not fancy. You're not doing it for the money or the glamor. You're not raising millions of dollars like folks in Congress. You don't have security details. You're just a person who cares about their community.
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Former state rep here.
Here's the thing: being a state legislator is not fancy. You're not doing it for the money or the glamor. You're not raising millions of dollars like folks in Congress. You don't have security details. You're just a person who cares about their community.
Here's the thing: being a state legislator is not fancy. You're not doing it for the money or the glamor. You're not raising millions of dollars like folks in Congress. You don't have security details. You're just a person who cares about their community.
Before Les Miserables was a musical, it was a book. One of those classic books you're supposed to read, especially in elite university settings.
That's all I'm saying.
That's all I'm saying.
June 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Before Les Miserables was a musical, it was a book. One of those classic books you're supposed to read, especially in elite university settings.
That's all I'm saying.
That's all I'm saying.