David Roberts
@volts.wtf
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Ladies, Dilbert guy has identified the problem.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Ladies, Dilbert guy has identified the problem.
I still think about this a lot.
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I still think about this a lot.
They're calling it Woke 2.
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
They're calling it Woke 2.
Hey, are you in or around DC? On Nov. 20, you should go my little brother play with his jazz quintet. They're covering the "songs of the 1990s"! Damn I wish I could go.
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hey, are you in or around DC? On Nov. 20, you should go my little brother play with his jazz quintet. They're covering the "songs of the 1990s"! Damn I wish I could go.
Why wouldn't this exact same logic have applied to Hitler? I mean, some of his supporters had puppies and were kind to their grandmas. If you can't call anything fascist unless/until *literally everyone supporting it is a comic book villain*, then you just can't ever identify fascism.
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Why wouldn't this exact same logic have applied to Hitler? I mean, some of his supporters had puppies and were kind to their grandmas. If you can't call anything fascist unless/until *literally everyone supporting it is a comic book villain*, then you just can't ever identify fascism.
So, how are things going over on the right?
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So, how are things going over on the right?
Vs. Republicans in Louisiana:
November 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Vs. Republicans in Louisiana:
As I've said many times, the most sensible way to determine what the party wants & prioritizes is by looking at what it does when it has power to act, namely, when it has a trifecta at the state level. Take Minnesota:
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
As I've said many times, the most sensible way to determine what the party wants & prioritizes is by looking at what it does when it has power to act, namely, when it has a trifecta at the state level. Take Minnesota:
I wonder if that Bill Gates letter is having the 100% predictable effect? [finger to ear] I'm getting confirmation ...
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I wonder if that Bill Gates letter is having the 100% predictable effect? [finger to ear] I'm getting confirmation ...
Here it is. I'll just let you read and absorb:
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here it is. I'll just let you read and absorb:
The electricity system in the US that most closely resembles an actual, open market ... is stampeding toward solar, wind, and batteries. Conservative TX lawmakers have tried & failed to stop it because ultimately money talks.
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
October 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The electricity system in the US that most closely resembles an actual, open market ... is stampeding toward solar, wind, and batteries. Conservative TX lawmakers have tried & failed to stop it because ultimately money talks.
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Lol, and he's out sweatily courting Marge! True desperation.
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Lol, and he's out sweatily courting Marge! True desperation.
My first attempt at pozole. Completely delicious, though if I did it again I'd up the heat.
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
My first attempt at pozole. Completely delicious, though if I did it again I'd up the heat.
Yup. And it's crucial to point out that *autonomous vehicles do not solve this problem*. They solve some problems, but not this one, and this one is fundamental.
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yup. And it's crucial to point out that *autonomous vehicles do not solve this problem*. They solve some problems, but not this one, and this one is fundamental.
Here's a solution to homelessness I just found proposed by somebody on NextDoor.
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Here's a solution to homelessness I just found proposed by somebody on NextDoor.
There is no grid problem that batteries don't solve. If we just put a 10MWh front-of-the-meter battery next to every substation in the country we would basically have ...
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
There is no grid problem that batteries don't solve. If we just put a 10MWh front-of-the-meter battery next to every substation in the country we would basically have ...
Can't exaggerate how ubiquitous this stuff is on X and how much it's affecting the VSPs who hang out there (believing themselves immune to being affected by it).
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Can't exaggerate how ubiquitous this stuff is on X and how much it's affecting the VSPs who hang out there (believing themselves immune to being affected by it).
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Possibly my favorite vacation pic.
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Possibly my favorite vacation pic.
Here's one little dude who is extremely happy I'm home.
October 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here's one little dude who is extremely happy I'm home.
Happy birthday to this guy.
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy birthday to this guy.