Nathan Lewis
@nlewis1111.bsky.social
Helped start a nonprofit-Share the Light Solar Nonprofit Development- got to get local clean energy to everyone as quickly as possible.
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“Depends what you call an atrocity.”
“A double tap on a hospital?”
Ana Kasparian challenged bill maher on his unwavering support for Israel’s war on Gaza on his podcast
(H/T @jordanuhl_ )
“A double tap on a hospital?”
Ana Kasparian challenged bill maher on his unwavering support for Israel’s war on Gaza on his podcast
(H/T @jordanuhl_ )
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Depends what you call an atrocity.”
“A double tap on a hospital?”
Ana Kasparian challenged bill maher on his unwavering support for Israel’s war on Gaza on his podcast
(H/T @jordanuhl_ )
“A double tap on a hospital?”
Ana Kasparian challenged bill maher on his unwavering support for Israel’s war on Gaza on his podcast
(H/T @jordanuhl_ )
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If climate change isn’t a salient issue, why does Trump talk about it so much?
Trump: "Remember -- global warming! And then the temperature started going down like a rock. Remember? Remember?"
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
If climate change isn’t a salient issue, why does Trump talk about it so much?
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
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Alice Marie Johnson, Trump’s “pardon czar,” spent 21 years in prison for trafficking cocaine. In light of the pardon for Honduras’ ex-president, one has to wonder if their goal is to control the drug trade rather than destroy it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Alice Marie Johnson, Trump’s “pardon czar,” spent 21 years in prison for trafficking cocaine. In light of the pardon for Honduras’ ex-president, one has to wonder if their goal is to control the drug trade rather than destroy it.
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This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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As you can guess: this is not a failure for hydrogen in any sense of the word. The goal was not to use hydrogen in gas grids, it was to offer a cynically fabricated promise of a solution to allow for more time to kill regulations and fight electrification.
And it absolutely worked:
And it absolutely worked:
Utilities give up hope on using hydrogen in their gas grids – report
www.cleanenergywire.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
As you can guess: this is not a failure for hydrogen in any sense of the word. The goal was not to use hydrogen in gas grids, it was to offer a cynically fabricated promise of a solution to allow for more time to kill regulations and fight electrification.
And it absolutely worked:
And it absolutely worked:
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Welp, that'll get him access to TWO pardons.
Well done, Trump!
Well done, Trump!
SCOOP: The Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect told the FBI he believed in 2020 election conspiracy theories.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Welp, that'll get him access to TWO pardons.
Well done, Trump!
Well done, Trump!
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PS5/ But wait! It gets better. It appears Cole was scoping out DC as a bomb scare location *before Trump even announced January 6 was going to see any kind of political gathering at all* (December 14, 2020). So this now screams "mere crime of opportunity." www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Who is Brian Cole Jr.? FBI report details evidence against DNC, RNC pipe bomb attempt suspect
Submitted the day before Cole's arrest, an FBI affidavit gives a summary of the evidence while also revealing some information about the 30-year-old suspect.
www.wusa9.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
PS5/ But wait! It gets better. It appears Cole was scoping out DC as a bomb scare location *before Trump even announced January 6 was going to see any kind of political gathering at all* (December 14, 2020). So this now screams "mere crime of opportunity." www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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PS2/ Of course it was *always* farcical, but the idea that the Deep State began prepping Cole in 2019 for an event *Trump precipitated* and *no one could've foreseen until late 2020* is now beyond comedy. It shouldn't have any purchase whatsoever anymore, even among crazy people.
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
PS2/ Of course it was *always* farcical, but the idea that the Deep State began prepping Cole in 2019 for an event *Trump precipitated* and *no one could've foreseen until late 2020* is now beyond comedy. It shouldn't have any purchase whatsoever anymore, even among crazy people.
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They’re eating the checks. They’re eating the balances.
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
They’re eating the checks. They’re eating the balances.
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Every person in this room, in their inaction, implicitly endorsed ethnic cleansing in the US.
Thank goodness we got rid of woke, though.
Thank goodness we got rid of woke, though.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Every person in this room, in their inaction, implicitly endorsed ethnic cleansing in the US.
Thank goodness we got rid of woke, though.
Thank goodness we got rid of woke, though.
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So these two mega-billionaires—who supported Trump as he opposed meaningful loan forgiveness for tens of millions of young people because Trump has increased their net worth immeasurably—are donating an infinitesimal portion of their wealth to help a few kids turn $250 into $700 over 18 years?
WOW.
WOW.
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So these two mega-billionaires—who supported Trump as he opposed meaningful loan forgiveness for tens of millions of young people because Trump has increased their net worth immeasurably—are donating an infinitesimal portion of their wealth to help a few kids turn $250 into $700 over 18 years?
WOW.
WOW.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Wow, an extraordinary generous offer from a Bolts reader:
Russ is offering to match any contribution you make to Bolts (just let him know)!
And he'll also throw in an additional $$ for each repost of his post, or each new follow @boltsmag.org gets. So at least smash those share or follow buttons!
Russ is offering to match any contribution you make to Bolts (just let him know)!
And he'll also throw in an additional $$ for each repost of his post, or each new follow @boltsmag.org gets. So at least smash those share or follow buttons!
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One of these things is not like the other. Time from House special election to swearing in (2025):
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One of these things is not like the other. Time from House special election to swearing in (2025):
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days
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You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
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*Andrew Johnson* had more integrity.
And *he* was just a hair above Secesh scum.
And *he* was just a hair above Secesh scum.
Breaking news: President Trump ended a Cabinet meeting with a rant against Somali migrants, blasting Minnesota’s Somali community as “garbage” and using dehumanizing language to attack a group he has increasingly targeted in recent weeks.
Trump rails against Somali migrants: ‘I don’t want them in our country’
The president blasted Minnesota’s Somali community as “garbage” in a rant also attacking Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
*Andrew Johnson* had more integrity.
And *he* was just a hair above Secesh scum.
And *he* was just a hair above Secesh scum.
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There's a move to delay EU phaseout date of petrol & diesel cars because of domestic auto industries are struggling to change
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The Chinese will not pause’: Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
There's a move to delay EU phaseout date of petrol & diesel cars because of domestic auto industries are struggling to change
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
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Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
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I did not serve in Afghanistan but everybody I know that did will say a local translator saved their life.
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I did not serve in Afghanistan but everybody I know that did will say a local translator saved their life.
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this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
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And *major media* should be saying this. Because it’s a journalistic fact. Instead we’re seeing report after report that parrots Trump’s lie—that the only reason this man is in America is because Biden had a no-vetting immigration policy, a Through-the-Looking-Glass perversion of what happened here.
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
And *major media* should be saying this. Because it’s a journalistic fact. Instead we’re seeing report after report that parrots Trump’s lie—that the only reason this man is in America is because Biden had a no-vetting immigration policy, a Through-the-Looking-Glass perversion of what happened here.