A Virginia guy hunted a Latino man, cornered him, questioned him, and then shot him and his friend, because he assumed the guy was an undocumented immigrant. He was radicalized by Fox News etc. and, of course, Trump. www.wric.com/news/local-n...

I don't know why this paper is open in my tabs, or who sent it to me, but it's important! It's about the Democrats' faith that good policy will yield political support, which appears, with some examination, to be wrong.

#Energysky 🧪 Everyone is talking about the demands AI is placing on the grid. But can AI help us meet the very challenges it poses for the grid? Check out my convo with @kyrib.bsky.social on her research using AI to accelerwte power grid simulations! ml4sci.substack.com/p/building-a...

A tremendous rave for nuclear energy in Washington DC last night! #Energysky

A tremendous rave for nuclear energy in Washington DC last night! #Energysky

Launching Learning Ledger — an 8-week cohort for young people to start a substack and learn about a topic of their choice by writing about it weekly. No grades, no prestige, just public accountability. Share w/ any curious, motivated students! open.substack.com/pub/learning...

Launching Learning Ledger — an 8-week cohort for young people to start a substack and learn about a topic of their choice by writing about it weekly. No grades, no prestige, just public accountability. Share w/ any curious, motivated students! open.substack.com/pub/learning...

#energysky The biggest (nuclear) party of the year is coming to DC No panels, no keynotes, just energy policy you can dance to DC friends - come join us for a night of energy fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/rave-for-n...

#energysky The biggest (nuclear) party of the year is coming to DC No panels, no keynotes, just energy policy you can dance to DC friends - come join us for a night of energy fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/rave-for-n...

🧪Ep2 of the in-silico podcast now out! In this ep, we have Shelby Newsad at Compound VC on to talk about their recent autonomous science workshop and the venture thesis for #SelfDrivingLabs ml4sci.substack.com/p/shelby-new...

🧪Ep2 of the in-silico podcast now out! In this ep, we have Shelby Newsad at Compound VC on to talk about their recent autonomous science workshop and the venture thesis for #SelfDrivingLabs ml4sci.substack.com/p/shelby-new...

Trump pardons January 6th insurrectionist (eight years for beating a cop) who proceeds to come to *Henrico County* and get arrested for breaking into a home. Can’t make this up.

I created a #StarterPack for #SelfDrivingLabs. Please comment if you would like to be added: go.bsky.app/Jq7EKC2 Looking forward to the discussions!

Big things on the agenda for introduction in Baltimore on Monday: •Plex Reform •Single-Stair Reform •Parking Reform

#energysky very funny that a shell subsidiary is working with a Texas Energy called "Abundance Energy" on VPPs

🧪Excited to share I'm launching a new AI for Science podcast, interviewing scientists, founders, and investors on how AI is changing the way we do science. First up, @sergei-imaging.bsky.social on AI and autonomous microscopes! ml4sci.substack.com/p/sergei-kal...

🧪Excited to share I'm launching a new AI for Science podcast, interviewing scientists, founders, and investors on how AI is changing the way we do science. First up, @sergei-imaging.bsky.social on AI and autonomous microscopes! ml4sci.substack.com/p/sergei-kal...

Published a report arguing for Western states to collaborate on the deployment of enhanced geothermal technologies. This "Mountain West" consortium ought to pursue regulatory harmonization and cooperation on various development issues. publicenterprise.org/report/enhan...

@scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social is basically the Scott wiener of VA If you care about bipartisan approaches to housing supply side reform, pay attention to what’s happening in VA state legislature!

#Energysky new substack post with some reflections on how to think about everything happening in energy (and data centers) open.substack.com/pub/charlesy...

Hey! We're the Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library. This FREE lending library is a community-run partnership between @bikemn.bsky.social, @cyclehoop.bsky.social & the Lyndale Neighborhood Association. Our goal is to expand access to cargo bikes across Minneapolis. Learn more: 1/3

new op-ed from me in Utility Dive: why the Trump admin should not ignore federally owned hydropower for meeting load growth, securing supply chains, and streamlining energy licensing/permitting #Energysky www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-n...

Tech billionaires demanded Donald Trump use the power of the US government to pressure other countries not to crack down on them. Now Trump is pulling out of a global tax agreement and threatening tariffs against countries that pass digital services taxes targeting multinational tech companies.

Stunning democratic backsliding here: apnews.com/us-news/miss...

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

The geothermal liftoff report is currently down. You can get the fact sheet and overview, but not the report. liftoff.energy.gov/next-generat...

2 years ago, I left the AI startup world to jump into federal policymaking bc of the new interest in industrial policy Last week was my final week at the Department of Energy working on supply chains/critical minerals + AI policy. A few thoughts/reflections: open.substack.com/pub/charlesy...

seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism

Fire all the Dem consultants.

Cray things are happening over on r/fednews www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

This is a huge, huge YIMBY win.

The Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have today fully decoupled their energy grid from Russia. At the moment they are running in an island mode, but starting tomorrow the energy grid will be reconnected with the European Union.

What are the odds the Kore Power facility becomes a data center?

9:09 AM this morning all three Baltic states disconnected from the Russian IPS/UPS system. Tests are being performed today (50% done at the moment) and tomorrow we join the Continental European grid. Oil in 2006, gas in 2014, electricity 2025. Looks like we're free. #energysky #baltics #russia

New Secretary of Energy Chris Wright wants to restore American “energy dominance”. Political allies suggest overhauling DOE — a costly and wasteful idea. 🧵 #EnergySky #CleanEnergy

In which Miami's public transport agency manages to capture our core tenet with four simple words.

My office at Dept of Energy once spent 15 months writing a memorandum of understanding with Treasury to give us financing ability statutorily given to us by Congress but funding given directly to Treasury. So yeah, a bunch of people without security clearance just rooting around IS NOT NORMAL.

Excited to share a new GIS permitting tool for critical minerals DOE developed with our national labs! A quick thread:

Happy 70th anniversary to the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, which launched into the Thames River in Groton Connecticut and sent that iconic first message: "Underway on nuclear power"

DOE announcing $30M for rapid approval of large load projects teams must include state PUC/energy office, utility, and large load customer #energysky www.connectwerx.org/portfolio-it...

Another Berkeley Lab report out, this time on electricity rate design + tariffs for large loads (read: data centers)! eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul... #energysky The comprehensive breakdowns of all the different rate structures utilities are creating for large load data centers thus far:

Another example of procedure fetishism blocking us from deploying more capacity on the grid: 325MW battery project in connecticut hung up because of a cancelled nat gas plant #energysky energynews.us/2025/01/07/l...

Not very active on here, but crossposting for the friends and colleagues who have left Twitter/X. Very excited to announce I've joined @ifp.bsky.social as an Infrastructure Fellow covering energy, tax, and regulatory policy. New email to hit me up: (pavan at ifp dot org).

Practically the definition of procedure fetish to remove a 900MW solar plant that spent 5 years in the interconnection queue for missing a security deposit by one day #Energysky www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-ne...?

I launched my new indie writing/research project today! a 21st century "anthropology of disruption" I plan to explore the places where the past and future collide—what happens when frontier tech meets established communities and institutions? some questions on my mind + find me at jasmi.news

#Energysky THE bluesky thread to read on the new 45V rules

Thrilled to announce that my book NIMBY NATION: The War on Growth That Created Our Housing Crisis and Remade American Politics, is under contract with Bloomsbury and slated for publication in fall 2027. Please spread the news to anyone and everyone!

August 4, 1977: President Jimmy Carter signs the Department of Energy Organization Act, creating the US Department of Energy. 🔌💡

Interesting to note that super xmas light houses suppress xmas light decorations on other houses in the neighborhood wonder if anyone has analyzed how this nets out energy consumption wise? #energysky

Maybe the real meaning of Christmas is subverting zoning regulations (this family is making a killing selling hot chocolate out of their garage rn)