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David Haralson

@laughlax.bsky.social

Transmission analysis at a grid-scale battery company. Trans rights are human rights! Born at 358ppm. He/him. Dad. Organist. Democrat. Boomer Sooner! Salt Lake Valley, UT. I represent only myself here. To get your post in the EnergySky feed, add πŸ”ŒπŸ’‘

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Aww, I was hoping you meant like, chairs and couches with cat-shaped ornamentation

Still cool and deserves strong business, tho!

08.03.2026 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're all going to die (eventually)

08.03.2026 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Funny they say the county is to big to govern & that people in different sections have different needs, yet I am guessing many of those same folks want to split SLC when it comes to districting with the argument of wanting "rural/urban" fed districts.

#WorkingToFix2026

07.03.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If millennials actually had the power to destroy things I feel like Daylight Savings wouldn’t be a thing anymore

08.03.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

Natural gas still sets the price of electricity more often than anything else, yesβ€”but the renewables we've built so far have reduced the strength of that connection (i.e., there are increasing amounts of time where gas does not set the wholesale price of electricity).

08.03.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What I remember is people being angry about the twerking and that it didn't teach OBEY YOUR PARENTS πŸ’€

08.03.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Supreme Court stopped it because it was done unilaterally by the executive branch. Congress doing it by law would be an entirely different matter.

08.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ISO-NE does, especially in winter, but idk if the weather's been cold enough for that lately.

I really should educate myself better on the relationship b/t oil and NG. I understand there's some amount of coupling there but it depends on some particular dynamics (& I don't know if those play here).

07.03.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't that name a bit on the nose? Kinda like the tech companies that give themselves names that are straight outta Mordor

07.03.2026 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know, I know, never look directly at the sun, but have you SEEN the sun in Pokopia? Lmao

07.03.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can all the kitties in the club say Meow?

07.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ben Winslow is one of the hardest working local political journalists and reads every bill that gets filed β€” which is a feat that not even most legislators can claim.

07.03.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I let out a laugh when I read that their orbital speed around the sun was changed by 10 *micro*meters per second though πŸ˜…

At that point the measurement precision becomes the cool part

(Setting aside modifying the twin system's self-orbit, which is also cool and was changed more substantially)

07.03.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mr Jekyll giving me his best pose.

Mr Jekyll giving me his best pose.

Colleague, this week: β€œI went to a really good cat modeling conference …”

Me, for about 2 seconds: Cat modeling? I have a cat! He could totally model. 😸

Me, at 3 seconds: but what does that have to do with our work πŸ€”

Me, at 4 seconds: ….insurance CATastrophe risk modeling… πŸ˜‚

#caturday

07.03.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 393    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 0

this is an incredible app lmao

07.03.2026 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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Geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East once again shows that reliance on volatile oil and gas exposes economies to price shocks.

Renewables, electrification and storage offer more stable long term energy costs and stronger energy security.

07.03.2026 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 527    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 12

People are getting worse about adding alt text, right? Or is it just that there are more new folks who haven't been gently encouraged enough?

07.03.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And also,

That ship did get unstuck.

07.03.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 415    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Since I have no clue what you mean by slides, I am simultaneously imagining this as PowerPoint slides, old school overhead projector sheets, and older school carousel projector slides

06.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I bit my cheek, oof ouch owie

06.03.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There was one today, I think I heard?

(yes, one is not "routinely")

06.03.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Idk numbers, but that big 'un looks bigger than the one that made my doc say "Oh, wow. You're VERY allergic to dogs."

06.03.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, you're allergic!

05.03.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's still miles better than neither

05.03.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Ducking autocorrect?

05.03.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Am I reading that right, they won't be allowed to run for reelection?

05.03.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now what lol

I'm guessing revise to "do not confirm Mullin"?

05.03.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are we sure it's not Amouranth, the streamer?

05.03.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every weekday I clock in to an echo chamber of "people who want to develop, build, and operate utility-scale battery storage in exchange for money and a health care plan"

05.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You're welcome to join so long as you commit to the code of conduct. The great news is it's a really simple code (be nice to tess, support efforts to be nice to tess, do not support efforts to be not-nice to tess)

05.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0