“Recessions are actually good for the working class, actually!”

Paging Michael Bateman gell-mann amnesia in full effect

big beautiful bill delenda est

If you want to learn more about the bill, Noah Smith 🐇 has a great write up in his newsletter this morning. noahpinion.blog/p/would-you-ra…

Chris conveniently elides the fact that the reason that these plants were closing in the first place is because they were economically uncompetitive and that by forcing them to stay open he will directly cause increases to the price of wholesale electricity.

New post: MAGA energy policy means raising electricity prices to own the libs Sacrificing material prosperity for post-material politics used to be what I thought the far right called "woke." But this is exactly what the Big Beautiful Bill does on energy policy. It singles out

"Solar is too expensive and unreliable" is a solid take from the past. Today, grid operators say solar + storage is "extremely helpful during the summer seasons," "very well suited to help support" peak demand and "very well positioned" for reliability via NYT and Noah Smith 🐇

Garry Tan

Here’s my plan for energy dominance: - punch solar, batteries, and electric motors while China dominates us - larp as pro nuclear but do little to nothing - classify coal as a critical mineral - claim we’ll help O&G even though production was already at absolute record levels

When an unstoppable force (environmental review) meets an immovable object (also environmental review):

Need to bring the term “stupid fool” into the rotation more

The Haimish line lives on. At an Atlanta Waffle House last month I saw more comingling of class and racial diversity than I’ve seen in five years of living in Boulder, Colorado

pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo

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I aspire to match my father’s dedication to the bit some day