Ramez Naam

Now that RFK Jr has found the cure for autism, he can retire with our thanks.

This weekend's episodes of the America show are giving final season vibes.

And darker, alas.

Donald Trump ordering his Attorney General to prosecute his enemies, on Truth Social. Seems he meant to text or DM her.

It's all out in the open. The corruption. The assault on freedom of speech. The weaponizing of the DOJ to prosecute his enemies, even when no crime can be found. All right there.

The number of times an aspiring authoritarian was stopped through capitulation remains 0

Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that government officials can't use legal coercion as a way to punish or suppress speech. The decision was unanimous. What Trump and Carr did broke the law and violated the First Amendment rights of multiple parties.

Look, folks, I don't make the rules.

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Full charging document: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

I didn't want Charlie Kirk's killer to be a liberal, but that's where we are*. Two excerpts from the charging document.

Full document linked below.

* - Unless you believe law enforcement is just outright lying here, which seems unlikely, as this will become evidence in the case.

Here’s a brief story, with receipts about Trump administration corruption and crypto industry collusion that WILL be investigated once the majority of the House is filled with people who take ethics and the Constitution seriously:

Agree. And hi, long time no see.

It's completely appropriate to criticize extreme things said by leaders and prominent people on the other side.

It's incredibly corrosive to amplify and dunk on extremist nobodies on the other side.

4. High school friend saying he was liberal.

We don't know yet. Don't jump to conclusions.

There's disinfo on the left out there. Don't fall for it. Don't give in to confirmation bias.

And yes, the right jumped to conclusions right away. Doesn't mean we should.

Liberal friends posting that the killer is MAGA or a Groyper: Wait for real info. And understand that it's unlikely.

1. Registered 'unaffiliated'.

2. Casings had anti-Nazi, anti-fascist slogans.

3. Family member says the kid saw Kirk as full of hate and spreading hate.

Everyone with a platform right now should be condemning political violence of all stripes, and particularly from their own side. Fanning the flames here - on either side - is an act of encouraging further political violence. We have to stop this cycle, not feed it.

RIP, Charlie Kirk.

Thanks.

Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub: UAW The automaker remains committed to restarting its idled Belvidere factory in 2027.

Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub
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@ramez.bsky.social:
"Allowing Chinese EVs into the country - and ending the tariffs on China - would do more for EV growth in the US than the now-dead EV tax credit.

Won't happen under this admin, clearly."

#alwaysbecharging

On my list to update this year. Though interest rates and other effects will cause some confounds.

If, while campaigning this fall, Kamala Harris said “If you let Donald Trump back into the White House he will destroy our alliance with Canada in less than sixty days” everyone would have thought she was nuts.

I'd love that. Nothing is very actively in the works right now. Someone is always trying but it hasn't gotten very far.

You can fool some of the people some of the time..

Good morning with good news: Chile is using wind and solar to rapidly decarbonize its grid. Wind and solar skyrocketed from 5.50% of Chile's electricity in January 2016 to 42.93% in January 2025!

Jan 2025 43%
Jan 2022 31%
Jan 2019 14%
Jan 2016 5.50%

Rapid decarbonization!
#energysky #greensky

Good luck driving up white births!

Annual births in the US peaked in 2007 and have been dropping since. After 2025, most forecasts are that we'll see high school graduating classes start shrinking. America needs immigrants. One day, perhaps, we'll wake up to that fact.

Let us hope.

these aren’t the actions of people who are strong

these are the actions of weak losers

Trump is losing in court so far. Still early days, though.

Tesla sales plummet across Europe.

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.