Seems ABC picked this good news up first, about 3 hours ago, by @chrisboardman.bsky.social "DC District Court grants Revolution Wind injunction, construction expected to restart" www.abc6.com/dc-district-... See also ground.news/article/fede... @savethesound.bsky.social @eversource.bsky.social

As a very active VPP homeowner living off heat pumps year-round, this will be interesting! Susan is great, see: "New Report Confirms Trump’s Attack on Offshore Wind Will Raise Electric Prices Across New England" Statement by Susan Muller, Union of Concerned Scientists www.ucs.org/about/news/n...

@christinaprignano.com @shankman.bsky.social, and Jon Chesto, great work on today's "Offshore wind 101: What’s the status of major wind projects in the Northeast?" - @bostonglobe.com Appreciate that clear map and table: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/s... @eversource.com @savethesound.bsky.social

Thanks for timely topics on latest This Week in Tech! leolaporte.me @ this spot: youtu.be/uS2LHm3X5vA?... lschmeiser.bsky.social : youtu.be/uS2LHm3X5vA?... jp2e.bsky.social : youtu.be/uS2LHm3X5vA?... sam.abuelsamid.com : youtu.be/uS2LHm3X5vA?... twit.tv/shows/all-tw... @lisalaporte.bsky.social

Another great Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder! [Episode #253] – Bioenergy Illusions At 34 min into full episode xenetwork.org/ets/episodes... Chris Nelder (quoting a report): "Planting solar on your land, if you will, gives you 100 times more energy than using it to grow corn for fuel."

Very helpful article, by Chris Colotti: chriscolotti.us/vmware/mitig... (I’ve used Okta at several jobs, and Duo in my home)

Boston, you sure looked good tnite!

Excellent video about the power that generative AI uses. An effective, relatable demonstration, by @joannastern.bsky.social youtu.be/mRNVc3-XGFg?...

Way to go, Lon Seidman, Tech Expert @lon.tv and @nbcconnecticut.com for helping Connecticut residents avoid scam texts! At 1 min. mark here: nbcconnecticut.app.link/RbeGw7FqUTb

Join BuildGreenCT & I tomorrow at 9:30am ET! "Green Homes Community Roundtable" Led by Andrew Baumer - Home Committee Chairman, Connecticut Green Building Council - Sustainability Consultant, Energy Efficient Building & Alternative Transportation Free registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

For anybody in US who has been shopping for a Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Fiber UCG-Fiber (No Storage), it's finally in stock again at: store.ui.com/us/en/catego... Thank me later! It's out of stock at all other reputable online retailers in the US, and marked up ~$100 elsewhere. @ubiquiti.bsky.social

>320K view article updated! How to update any VMware ESXi Hypervisor to the latest using ESXCLI for easy download and install ESXi 8.0 Update 3d | 04 MAR 2025 | Build 24585383 ESXi 8.0 Update 2d | 04 MAR 2025 | Build 24585300 tinkertry.com/easy-update-... @vmware.bsky.social @vexpert.bsky.social

Not the greatest timing for me personally, but I can't claim that I wasn't warned. #homelab

Recent video by @frame.work "Why did Framework build a desktop? youtu.be/zI6ZQls54Ms?... Framework Desktop is a big computer made mini. Massive gaming capability, heavy-duty AI compute, and standard PC parts, all in 4.5L." AMD Ryzen AI Max Processors. Thoughts?

It’s Tax Season – Do You Know Where Your EV Tax Credit Is? evclubct.com/its-tax-seas... How The Federal EV Tax Credit Works at Tax Time “A complication has surfaced that will affect some portion of those who purchased an EV and did not use the transfer.”

This seems promising: Forget green bubbles — iPhones will soon get encrypted RCS messaging to Androids www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphon... “In December, the FBI warned Apple and Android users to avoid RCS messaging because of the missing encryption. But that lack is finally going away…”

IoT SuperServer SYS-E403-14B-FRN2T (New, Intel Xeon 6) www.supermicro.com/en/products/...

Lip-Bu Tan Takes Over as Intel CEO www.servethehome.com/lip-bu-tan-t... “Lip-Bu Tan is one of those folks that is incredibly well connected in the fabric of the technology industry. He is one of the few folks that could credibly attempt to take on the task.” @servethehome.com.web.brid.gy

That time of year - sun getting stronger faster as we near the vernal (spring) equinox here in New England. Coincides with my heat-pump based whole-home heating/ventilation/humidification demands lessening quickly. This “SUN-DAY!” span.io app alert never gets old! @mattferrell.bsky.social

Intel Xeon 6 SoC is Here Granite Rapids-D is HUGE www.servethehome.com/intel-xeon-6... “Unfortunately, the starting price is now $934…100Gbps of networking. In the Broadwell-DE days, the line was awesome because it could be used for low-end virtualization” @servethehome.com.web.brid.gy

Glad you're looking into this Tom, thank you! It’ll be interesting to discuss this with my experienced electrician who installed my SPAN panel, dual 48A EV charging, heat pumps & heat pump water heater. He also services DC fast charging gear. TinkerTry.com/span-smart-p... @mattferrell.bsky.social

@tommolog.bsky.social @itskyleconner.bsky.social Thoughts? www.motortrend.com/news/nationa...

If you have an Ego 24" two-stage snow blower, you may want to have wear items on hand to keep going during storms, even if something wears out/breaks. Yesterday, finding sheer pins at a Lowe's turned into a bit of a challenge, so I had to drive before I plowed (just 3"). @mattferrell.bsky.social

Interesting. Evokes fond memories from my SuperServer bundle project 9 years ago, see also thin, 10GbE-capable cabling. TinkerTry.com/my-tinkertry...

Another excellent article, by a friend I grew up with www.automotive-fleet.com/10234759/fle...

Things happening that are related to the high cost of electricity. It’s a series of 9 posts that others might find interesting. @mattferrell.bsky.social

Unfortunately, there are some issues already surfacing at this location after just a few months of operation. youtu.be/Q2yHFgfMhXA?... @itskyleconner.bsky.social @domenick-ev.bsky.social

@chucknicecomic.bsky.social, thank you for a fantastic presentation at @lcv.org “2025 Environmental Summit” here in Hartford Connecticut. Audience engagement through humor & insight - effective ways to make memorable points stick. @neildegrassetyson.com www.conservationeducation.org/summit2025.h...

Things were pretty clean here on Bluesky, then today, all in one hour, 4 new “followers” whose “names” all start with “Ale”. @safety.bsky.app

A quality retrospective post, by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social A summary of all things EV in 2024: insideevs.com/features/745...

ESXi 8.0 Update 3c released Dec 12 2024, testing going well. ESXCLI article updated: tinkertry.com/easy-update-... 8.0.3c (Build 24414501) Preferred way is to update to vCenter Server 8.0 Update 3c 09 OCT 2024 1st then Lifecycle Manager to update hosts. @vmware.bsky.social @vexpert.bsky.social

First day of winter! Early today, somebody apparently slid into the utility pole that 8 houses use including mine. Time to charge the battery backup & EVs, just in case utility cuts grid power for repairs. Cold snap coming tonight, but my all-electric home is prepared. @itskyleconner.bsky.social

Interesting new video, by Everything Smart Home Home Assistant Voice youtu.be/w9BbjUowmnE (locally processed voice, choice of LLMs, eg. pass queries to ChatGPT in “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”) @home-assistant.io

Been working on pulling together some stats of my first full year of solar, then this video popped up in the app giving me a welcome head start! Top 1%! My "2024 Recharged, Your electrifying year with Powerwall" year-end report youtu.be/VYAlmAnpjQU

@buley.bsky.social, welcome to Bluesky, so nice to see you here!

Timely, closely-related episode of "Batteries Included" podcast w/ United Charger CEO Gleb Nikiforov extolling open standard! Timely, given Enel X Way's recent orphaning of > 100K Juicebox owners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOty... @batteriesincluded.bsky.social @domenick-ev.bsky.social @volts.wtf

Thought-provoking to say the least, a great listen.

Anybody I know also coming to NYC today for #TheAISummit? Let me know! #AI newyork.theaisummit.com/exhibitor-list

To my amazement, running Ubuntu GUI on Windows 11 actually works quite well, even on my 9 year old Xeon D. It uses Remote Desktop Protocol, and it's quite responsive. Step-by-step article: Run Ubuntu 24.04 on Windows 11 with GUI using WSL kskroyal.com/run-ubuntu-2... Video: youtu.be/iXAWNVgOUrw?...

Details of Chevy Silverado EV’s impressive range. www.perplexity.ai/search/range...

Great episode, including: - consumer protection from smart home companies that suddenly stop all support - smart home Matter protocol, local control, open source, Insteon - growth of Bluesky and why, including X throttling links (you don’t own your tweets) @devindra.bsky.social @jp2e.bsky.social

It was a busy year, as one of several volunteer leaders of the club worked to make EV adoption and ownership a little easier for Connecticut residents.

Zoom Meeting – Consumer Reports Reviews the Latest EVs evclubct.com/zoom-meeting... Dec 3rd 7pm ET, pre-reg. required Gabe Shenhar from Auto Test Program for Consumer Reports: Mercedes EQE SUV Genesis GV60 Cadillac Lyriq Acura ZDX Lexus RZ Chevy Equinox EV Tesla Cybertruck Volvo XC60 (PHEV)

Well, here we go Bluesky! With the mass exodus from X, I will start posting here and see how it goes. Interested in tech? Check out twit.tv - we have something for everyone 💙.

Have a listen to this #AI-generated "podcast" (generated by NotebookLM) then let me know what you think by reply here, or by commenting below my article: tinkertry.com/going-to-eve... that features an embedded player to hear an excerpt. Full length audio: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/ac3...

When I started with Bluesky, I created an about me post that I pinned, then this extension: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f... to find some of the 2,589 folks I followed on Twitter/X. It did an okay job finding 446 of them, at the cost of a few mismatches for common names. 1/3

Even though it's been a week since this significant news in the IT industry broke, I think a lot of folks are still unaware of this. VMware Player isn't a thing anymore, and this takes place of that. @vmware.bsky.social

Interested in my home electrification project w/ solar+battery+heat pump heating/cooling/water? Consider a Bluesky follow, see also my tech blog tinkertry.com PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency and more - emailed articles tinkertry.com/weekly - RSS tinkertry.com/rss - video youtube.com/TinkerTry/?s...