Some good news today: Washington Gas (finally) came back out and capped our gas service at the main #electrifysky ⚡️

Excellent, clarifying piece on the (real) legal pathway that Minnesota has to prosecute the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman today. No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.

From Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, sworn in just a few days ago. Thinking of friends and family and protestors in MSP tonight.

Minneapolis.

NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning. “SAY HER NAME!” “RENEE GOOD!”

No surprise MN in crosshairs as it represents fascists' nightmare: largely white state that embraced newcomers who have not merely survived but risen to leadership. MN has long battled the far right divide in order to conquer politics - throwback to how: wordstowinby-pod.com/greater-than...

Jim Geraghty: “No two countries with a Trump-branded property have ever fought a war against each other — at least, not while they’ve had that Trump property.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This is very bad news for Greenland

This. In all the political back and forth and media coverage it's appalling - and deeply colonizing - how little concern or voice has been given to Greenland's actual inhabitants, who are overwhelmingly Indigenous.

On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power. Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.

Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Walz is out www.fox9.com/news/gov-wal...

A refreshingly systems-level #housing take: not just ‘upzone.’ Legalize more homes near transit + smaller lots + faster reviews. But also: replace mortgage interest deduction w/ targeted first-time buyer credit, curb investor tax breaks, expand vouchers, and create steadier multifamily finance.

Quite simply, any mail-in voter must now place their ballot in the mail at least ONE WEEK sooner than they might have in previous years...or be encouraged to return them in person, if possible. We need to message around this consistently from this point forward. www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...

It can seem pollyannaish to imagine wildly positive futures at times like this, but that's when they're most powerful - a light to guide our way out of the dark. Fascism wins when we can't remember what a better world looks like. When it doesn't feel possible. Nurturing our dreams is resistance.

In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.” zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...

Since a lot of folks have asked: "Field" is ground game, most especially door knocking. Basically the story of the last 20 years of progressive electoral organizing is good organizers saying "field wins" and then hot shot types running campaigns into the ground ignoring that reality

Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:

In the old days, we would seek comment on stories about climate change from experts in the field who have spent decades studying evidence of the effects of greenhouse gases and findingsolutions. That ends today. Now we'll get your uncle Rooster who you had that big argument with at Thanksgiving.

ngl the casio is going hard as ever

New from @pamherd.bsky.social & I: Key takeaways from Mamdani's inauguration speech. "Mamdani will force a conversation among the left about how it should govern." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/understand...

NEW: This is very interesting — Seattle City Council has allowed 8-unit buildings up to 3 storeys, or 10 apartments up to 4 storeys (they call them “stacked flats”) if they add green features (like bioswales or green roofs) or preserve trees, in all residential zones across the entire city!

Happy New Year! Kicking off 2026 on a high — wrapped up day one with a chilly, joyful trail run. ✌️ Here’s to giving this gorgeous planet everything we’ve got, and finding real joy while we do it.

Mandy Patinkin singing with the PS 22 chorus before @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s inauguration

Mamdani took over the @NYCMayor account on Twitter but old Eric Adams tweets are still active. That means Mamdani's name and face shows up for old tweets he didn't send. You're probably going to see a lot of screenshots like this where Mamdani appears to praise Netanyahu, but they aren't by Mamdani

We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January 1st at 1:15pm. This is my place, I make the rules.

Picked up my old boots from Fortuna’s in Bethesda this morning. Walking into the New Year on new soles, but the same old boots. Happy New Year, friends.

In the story of our house electrification and DIY solar install, we’ll include a chapter about Washington Gas dragging its feet to cap the gas line. Today is the fifth time this guys has assessed the line, but still hasn’t completed the task. We filed a gas service abandonment nine months ago. ⚡️⚡️

Gravel biking adventure in Patagonia AZ in March!

Listening to Saul on Volts comparing AUS vs US rooftop solar was painfully familiar. In AUS he got 5 quotes in 2 days + permit/interconnect in ~24h; here we’re DIY’ing our roof (with help from Bluesky friends like @commercialsolarguy.com) and permit review loop is the biggest bottleneck

Took a pic of a friend’s shirt and wanted to check back in to say 👋 🎄. More climate action via transit oriented development and housing in ‘26!!

Minnow and the long shadows of December. #trailrun #leonstevereggie #rooted #loveisforever

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

This is bunk. These sites are chosen to not interfere with radar systems, according to the process listed on...the Department of Energy's website: windexchange.energy.gov/projects/rad...

really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense

Happy Solstice, friends. The year’s tide is turning. May the Solar year ahead bring growing light.

I couldn’t figure out the exact spelling and usage of the phrase “sanctimonious & pontificating blowhard“ the other day —so I looked it up in my Funk & Wagnalls dictionary the other day ( it never lets me down) All it said was: “See David Brooks” .

The bill from the eye doctor is trolling me

If we make it through December…

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

Friends! I have one more story about heat pumps to share with you in 2025. It's a biggie! About some real biggies! Behold: the biggest heat pumps in the world www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

GM, it’s time to build

It’s been a tough year for the climate movement. But while we may be down, we’re never out. Especially with the news coming out of China that coal consumption in the power sector is on track for its first decline since the Paris agreement That’s what I’d technically call a BFD 🤯

Revolutionarily good news that puts sunlight on track to be the leading energy source for people below 35º latitude, and either #2 or a slim plurality for people above that.

Girl’s best friend #trailrunningsky

This is very exciting news, not only because it's cool and interesting and could represent a major leap forward for modern construction technology, but also because it opens the door to a brutalism revival www.scientificamerican.com/article/pomp...

What @whitneybauck.bsky.social said!

🔌💡 Our @robbieorvis.bsky.social is joining Ed, @davidkeith.bsky.social, and @shastingssimon.bsky.social to discuss #energy past & future 👇