The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

One of the most important papers I've read in a long time: Fossil energy minimum viable scale: what happens to this giant "network of networks" of fossil-fuel infrastructure as demand begins to decline? Amazing work by @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social emilygrubert.org/wp-content/u...

New details emerge about Deep Green's #datacenter in Lansing. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/l...

Even #MAGA voters like #solar (if made in the US--gee whiz who was trying to incentivize that....who was it again...) www.axios.com/2026/02/04/t...

Nothing like grading an assignment that I've done for a few years, one that year after year about half the class does correctly (and then we go over it in class and they can resubmit it) and yet this year, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE STUDENT GOT IT PERFECT. Hm, I wonder how that could be... #AI

Could somebody point me toward the Elon Musk Museum of Modern Art? I can’t find it or literally anything remotely like it on my map.

Huh. Singapore now owns roughly 5% of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...

This is some of the most vile shit I can imagine, picking up parents while they drop off their kids (who are US citizens) at school. #ICEOUT of Ypsilanti, Michigan and the rest of the US. 😡 PASS SB508, 509 and 510. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

1,000,000% in support of posting median grades in course transcripts or university imposing limits on grade distribution. Yes yes yes. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

Omg. If you’re over 45 and havent read @shamblanderson.bsky.social’s Colonscopies LOR, do yourself a favor. It’s amazing. “I achieved a literal flow state.” 😂😂😂 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...

2026 does it again. This is truly sad. Catherine Ohara was a legend, and a legit hero amongst my friends and family, and a dead ringer for my mom. She will be missed. people.com/catherine-oh...

Critical legislation up for debate in Michigan regarding #ICE: No masks; NO enforcement in sensitive locations, and NO (illegal) sharing of information. PASS SB 508, SB509, AND SB510!!!!! Please @sarahanthony.bsky.social!! www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/p...

Indirect cost rate (IDC)) cap no longer in play for DOE! www.energy.gov/management/p...

What exactly is a shitshow and how much are tickets?

Congrats to @michigantech.bsky.social for gaining R1 status and joining the URC, which, wait for it, “supports defense-related, health sciences and other vital research to drive American competitiveness.” Yesss that’s what we work on, those three things. 🙄 urcmich.org/2025/03/mich...

A nice, positive, hopeful story about the significant return on investing in community #solar!

Just your daily reminder that data centers, specifically the work of training large-learning models, constitute the largest single source of increasing power demand. Could #AI firms move their demand to off-peak hours? Sure. But they won't.

Opinion: Look to rooftops, brownfields, policy reforms to capture #solar savings in Michigan www.bridgemi.com/guest-commen... via @bridgemi.com

#Electricity demand to increase 4% (the consumption of Japan) annually til 2027. US demand to increase by a California each year. Why? Industrial expansion, air conditioning, EV's, and explosion of data centers, much in the developing world. electrek.co/2025/02/13/i...

Great reporting on community support for & opposition to the Grange #solar project in Ohio. Note the Good Neighbor Agreements. Would love to check Open Road's analysis! @canarymedia.com dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.as...

How do #solar neighbors’ perceptions of community engagement compare to their expectations in the US? Check out our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

It was a privilege to work on this paper with @aitormarcos.bsky.social, @dlbessette.bsky.social, and Patrick. Do me a favor: Follow Aitor and Doug on this platform. They are super smart and thoughtful colleagues.

I've long believed that the #Palisades will never restart, regardless of all of the federal and state funding, talk about retrofitting, improved design, safety upgrades, jobs and poverty reduction. We'll see, but I'm pretty confident we won't. #nuclear investigatemidwest.org/2024/12/10/r...