David Pomerantz

Am I angry?
Yes.
I ride my ebike for climate and sustainability reasons, fully aware that I could be mown down from behind by one of my neighbors at any time.
And then everyone will treat it like an “oopsie” and let my killer keep driving

"We remain a BUY on utilities across the board despite a deepening of the affordability political crisis. Street is focused on regulatory deterioration, but we think increased manufacture of pitchforks and torches should continue driving demand growth as a hedge."

It’s quite possibly the best food.

Lawmakers propose ending Public Service Commission elections, appointing state utility regulators Legislation introduced Thursday would eliminate voters’ ability to elect the Alabama Public Service Commission (APSC), the three-person board that sets utility rates across the state. Instead, those s...

Alabama Power is so scared of voters that they want to take away your right to vote for utility regulators. www.wbrc.com/2026/02/05/l...

Mitsubishi, hire my friend!

"It's not as balanced a comfort system in the harshest cold (e.g. we have some zoning to figure out, floors are cold but that also has to do with an insulation fix needed in our garage ceiling), so it's not *perfect*, but that leads me also to one I forgot: - We got rid of ugly radiators, which now are not eating into the room and are replaced with lovely floor trim"

And a follow-up text:

Screenshot of a message with the following text: "I'm swamped with work, but my heat/cold pump promoter score has bounced around a lot and is right now from a purely rational standpoint pretty high that really just distills down to: - We replaced both heating and cooling with a single unit - That unit has been effective at abnormally low temperatures in New England (still have to demonstrate value on the cooling front to be fair) - That unit was similarly priced for a replacement of *just our heating* - Installing this unit meant removing a massive furnace and an oil tank, meaning that we got actual, real life cubic footage back into our home for other things - Yes, I know the risk is so tiny, and we have monitors, but we have virtually entirely removed the lingering fear and risk of carbon monoxide poisoning"

I wrote to him: "How's it holding up?🥶"

Here's his response from the next day:

A weather forecast showing very cold (some sub-zero) temperatures for a few days.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine in New England switched from oil to a heat pump. He sent me this earlier in the week. See next post for how it went:

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.

It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

Editorial: FirstEnergy must be reliable FirstEnergy wants the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to relax reliability standards to give them more time to fix the problem when there’s a power ...

OPINION: "Ohio can begin atonement through enforced reliability standards with equipment upgrades necessary to meet those standards funded by FirstEnergy shareholders."

Deputy Policy Director Chicago, Illinois, United States

Big, big news! This is probably the coolest of the many jobs I have shared here!

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This. Will. Go. Fast.

Donate to Save Casey Harrell and His Extraordinary Brain, organized by Isaiah Saxon My name is Levana. My husband Casey Harrell has had ALS (Lou Gherig’s Dise… Isaiah Saxon needs your support for Save Casey Harrell and His Extraordinary Brain

My friends Casey and Levana are grateful for any support you can offer: www.gofundme.com/f/save-casey...

For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible

Helping Casey can help so many others. Casey has become the world's pioneering user of brain-computer interface (BCI), which uses implants in Casey's brain to translate his thoughts into computer-synthesized speech.

BCI can give voice to millions of others.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

During that time, Casey also continued working as a highly effective climate activist.

Support from so many of you helped that to happen.

But ALS is unbelievably expensive, and Casey and his wife Levana, who also have a 7-year-old kid, are stretched past the edge.

Donate to Save Casey Harrell and His Extraordinary Brain, organized by Isaiah Saxon My name is Levana. My husband Casey Harrell has had ALS (Lou Gherig’s Dise… Isaiah Saxon needs your support for Save Casey Harrell and His Extraordinary Brain

My friend Casey has had ALS for 7 years. During that time, he became the first person to communicate daily through a device that translates his intention to speak into speech.

He and his family need help. Please support them here if you can:

www.gofundme.com/f/save-casey...

Dave, does this mean what I think it means? Are we finally ready to go public with our new 45SKEET tax credit consultancy, SKEET-STACK?

I too am aggrieved at the criminal shortage of these.

This guy gets it.

Hanukah brisket quesabirria.

A screenshot of this note from Bill McKibben’s substack: [As I begin, an aside. This is becoming a difficult moment economically for some—new data today suggests that unemployment has reached its highest level since the pandemic. I worry there may be a few people who graciously volunteered to pay the voluntary and modest subscription fee to help underwrite this project and who now find themselves strapped. Here’s instructions for how to cancel those payments. And conversely if you’re in a place where you can afford to help support this community, it would be graciously welcomed].

Can’t say I recall seeing a note like this. You can like @billmckibben.bsky.social’s ideas and his politics or you could dislike them, but you can’t deny that he is a mensch.

No one ever says to rile the kids up. The word is only used in the negative case.

Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin What’s really behind your soaring utility bills

Why are Americans’ electric and gas bills skyrocketing? A new Harper’s investigation shows how regulators across the US are failing customers while protecting utility profits. harpers.org/archive/2026...

Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin What’s really behind your soaring utility bills

This story from @nickbowlin.bsky.social does as good a job as any journalism I've read of explaining how utilities have largely captured their regulators, and why that dynamic is driving skyrocketing utility bills. harpers.org/archive/2026...

All those food science people who talk about how the Maillard rxn is what makes food delicious have never met a four year old.

Kramer Seinfeld GIF Alt: A GIF of Kramer from Seinfeld making a 🤯 type of facial expression.

This is what my brain immediately conjured as I read “think of the TAM Jerry”

Reputable reputable-accreditor-accreditor definitely is not just 2 reputable-accreditors in a 501c6-shaped trench coat.

I love this bit so much until it makes me sad.

Annnnnd just got sad.

I'm possibly willing to write this all off bc the like count on your post has given me an epiphany: Dave, we're missing out on a ton of revenue by not adopting Variable Impact-Based Pricing.

We should spin up an algorithm to estimate Mitigated Virality™️ of the offskete, and charge accordingly.