GN
Architect, urbanist, gardener, ecology enthusiast, building scientist — interested in sustainability at all scales of the built and natural environment. Pro-democracy and pro-rule-of-law. Views are my own. Blog: w1tsend.wordpress.com
- Reposted by GN"'By rewarding capital investment over outcomes, the model encourages utilities to ‘spend money to make money,’ while discouraging non-capital solutions like demand management & distributed energy resources,' he [Jay Griffin, a former PUC regulator] said." www.utilitydive.com/news/custome...
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by GNMany Americans dislike data centers because they use land, water, and electricity without creating many permanent jobs. There’s just one wrinkle: Modern factories increasingly fit the same description. I wrote about it for @heatmap.news: heatmap.news/energy/facto...
- Reposted by GNA new all-electric double-decker Climate Stripes bus has started taking passengers around Reading today. The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers. #ShowYourStripes
- This interview is so spot-on.
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- This is a big deal. Last summer, a colleague from India relayed others’ accounts of temperatures that were on the very verge of unsurvivable - with billions unable to afford AC. These temps are unprecedented in severity and duration.
- Reposted by GN“Effectively, U.S. LNG supply growth will come at a cost to U.S. consumers and benefit those in Europe,” Wood Mackenzie said. US LNG exports are going way up. This will drive US domestic natural gas prices way up. So, the US public and industry gets to subsidize LNG exports. They won't like that.
- Reposted by GN🚨BREAKING: The White House Thursday refused to rule out the presence of immigration enforcement at voting locations this November, a response that follows extremist rhetoric about placing federal forces at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by GNJUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS. Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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- Reposted by GNyou personally have the ability to secure elections for yourself and your neighbors.
- Reposted by GNLuttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
- Reposted by GNImagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning? No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
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- Reposted by GNSomeone created an open, fully searchable version of the Epstein email archive Warning : NSFW (unless you work in the White House, of course) www.jmail.world
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- I think every American should read these transcripts to begin to understand the degree to which this maladministration is deliberately violating the US Constitution. #ICEout #ImpeachKristiNoem www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
- Reposted by GNGestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs 1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--" The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
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- Reposted by GNReally I’m just tired of Congress adhering to the old way — which clearly doesn’t work — of ignoring all the weirdness on the right and not publicly calling out the absurdity & irrationality of their political propaganda. ‘Political decorum’ will be the downfall of democracy.
- Little reminder of what things are like in Ukraine.
- People doing good. With plants!
- Cool garden. Obvs a bit cluttered with plants-as-objects for my comfort, but of course it’s intended to display the bonsai, which are really, really well done.
- Alright he we go ...Will definitely check this out tonight #Bonsai 🇳🇿🌱 youtu.be/JycNqE1qaNM?...
- We need a plan, folks. One that probably involves hundreds of thousands of election observers.
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- Reposted by GNThis is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
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- Reposted by GNHeads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
- Reposted by GNWe gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
- Reposted by GNJames Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
- Reposted by GNNever forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
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- Reposted by GNI’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
- Reposted by GNI hope they didn’t think we forgot about impeaching Kristi Noem. 181 cosponsors and counting, 40k+ letters sent, and countless calls telling Representatives to get on board. Let them know we aren’t slowing down. Send your letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
- Reposted by GNSuch blatant corruption — which the media will, of course, totally ignore.
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- Reposted by GNNEW: EXCLUSIVE: Epstein files tipster tells me about her friend who was trafficked from Trump's modeling agency to Epstein. She sat for a formal interview with the FBI, but her 302 is MISSING from the release of the files. I'll show you what I have in 20 minutes: www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
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- Reposted by GNI don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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- Reposted by GNHCR: …the point was [made] more clear: “the president of the United States should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars, and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system.”
- Reposted by GNThis is the beginning not the end of how surveillance will change America. We could stop it. We should. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
- This. Never thought I’d ever come around to “eat the rich” … but these clowns seem determined to bring us to that point.
- Each of the 92 minutes of this video from @techconnectify.bsky.social was extremely edifying and worth listening to. Especially the end. :) Share with those in your life who are unconvinced about renewable energy, electric vehicles, or … the Constitution. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
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- Huh.
- Uhhh, what?
- A surprising choice, given Trump’s policy preferences. But the instinct to reward a small circle of oligarchs remains: “His personal proximity to the president, as the son-in-law of prominent Republican donor Ronald Lauder….” www.afr.com/markets/debt...
- Reposted by GNMINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)
- Reposted by GNDon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
- Reposted by GNMasking is not about doxing. That is the excuse. They are wearing masks so people cannot identify agents who engage in abuses, civil rights violations, and crimes. You can’t report someone or hold them accountable in any way if you can’t identify them.
- Reposted by GNthe reason DHS officers wear masks is because it allows them to commit crimes with impunity. there is literally no legitimate reason for it.
- Reposted by GNI think not enough white people are taking the voting rights issues seriously enough. They are killing people and then offering to stop killing if the state gives up the voter registration data. This should be setting off massive alarms for EVERYONE. (I’m looking at you, white people.)
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- Reposted by GNSomeone in Congress needs to sponsor the Pretti-Good Act of 2026. It would: 1) remove immunity from any federal agent who willfully and intentionally violates the constitutional rights of a civilian; 2) prohibit any federal agent from pretending to have a judicial warrant if they don’t, from
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