Daniel Breslau

Gift from a Ph.D. abvisee who just finished. It's inscribed, "Reality is what resists. - Bruno Latour" ❤️

I lo e that crypto bros are worried that Trump's going to give them a bad name.

ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.

ICE is a threat to public safety. Now threatening to prosecute the ICE watchers.

Papa John I

China has been trying for years to break the log jam of its high savings rate. Now, with Trump's help, they may actually do it. The Great Nation Builder strikes again.

My union.

Turkish Lira vs. USD:

Ending the Fed's independence would rebalance trade in the most disastrous way imaginable, via a collapse of the US dollar.

The ECB's situation is totally different from the Fed's. The US exposure to tariff shocks is much greater than the EU's, who still have lower barriers with their big non-US partners: UK, China, Russia. And who is going to lower interest rates when our bondholders are getting yippy?

If Pol Pot could do it, why can't we?

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The power industry must oppose Trump’s coal bailout ... again The executive order threatens to conflict with existing methods for accrediting generators, assessing resource adequacy, securing sufficient generation and setting wholesale prices. It’s also illegal.

Trump's plan to bail out failing coal-fired power plants will cost ratepayers more and will worsen pollution and climate change. And it's illegal.

She had to get in to measure the drapes.

If only Columbia had capitulated to all of the Trump DOJ demands, this all could have been avoided.

I think you'll find that, although Trump's EO evokes Section 202, the DOE (which is run by an industry insider) will be looking for ways to pay coal plants, not compel them, to stay open, forcing or bypassing state regulators.

Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry (Gift Article) The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

The cornerstone of Trump energy policy is to make us pay more so that we can have energy that kills more people and helps make the planet unlivable.

The plan is not to require that plants operate at a loss, but to authorize them to cover the costs of continuing to operate by billing their customers.

Yes, we always applaud when he openly admits that he requires all of us to always lie about coal.

Affordable and Reliable Electricity Act AN ACT directing the [electric utility regulatory agency] to develop rules and procedures promoting an affordable and reliable electric grid that meets estimated peak demand, including during extreme ...

Beware this model legislation from Heritage, now being fed to pro-fossil state legislators and introduced as a bill in many states. It is nothing but a disguised subsidy for fossil fuel generators that kneecaps renewables, at customers' expense.
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U.S. media have completely dropped the ball on explaining where trade deficits come from and all their non-tariff sources.

U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?

Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.

U.S. Applicant Week:

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RIP. Unfortunately, the obit does not mention Clem's greatest performances. Try X Offender.

Roanoke VA

The countries hardest hit with tariffs are also the most intensive users of thermal coal for electricity. Their manufacturing sectors will surely double down on coal fired power now that they are being squeezed by tariffs. Forget about climate progress for at least the near future.

Foolish Elon, little does he know that the whole thing, from the Constitution in 1787, the Bill of Rights, 14th-16th amendments, universal suffrage, etc. (with a few exceptions like Dred Scott and Plessy v. Ferguson) has all been one very big very long con to thwart his will.

Just a hint: It. Was. Never. About. Fraud.

Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave Harvard University has been under pressure by the Trump administration to follow directives related to diversity and combating antisemitism.

“These firings cede the university’s decision-making authority to bullies and bad-faith actors committed to silencing speech with which they disagree.” - Harvard @aaup.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

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‘It Is Remarkable How Quickly the Chill Has Descended’ Legal scholars on what Columbia University should have done — and what other colleges could do next.

We asked legal experts how Columbia University would fare if they sued the Trump administration. "On the merits, there’s no doubt that Columbia would have won." chroni.cl/3FI9hdJ