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There was another incident tonight where a Homeland Security agent shot at someone in D.C., the second such shooting in a month. For context, MPD has had five officer-involved shootings in the *entire year* thus far.

Wow. We gave the ROK nuclear submarines and reprocessing all in one go?!?! www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Democrats Win 2 Key Energy Races in Georgia A “seismic change” comes for the state’s Public Service Commission.

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who keeps calling it twitter instead of crashoutApp

GA PSC 2 Dem Alicia Johnson projected to win by Decision Desk

GA PSC 3 Dem Peter Hubbard projected to win by Decision Desk

WHOA. Via @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social, it looks like Democrats just flipped BOTH *statewide* Public Service Commissioner seats in Georgia.

That seems...significant.

Live Special: Who Rules the World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future Podcast Episode · Past Present Future · 10/29/2025 · 57m

Very insightful podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Google Has Deal With NextEra to Restart Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant NextEra Energy said technology giant Google has signed a 25-year deal to buy power from the utility's Duane Arnold nuclear power plant, which the Florida-based energy provider wants to restart.

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NextEra Energy and Google Announce New Collaboration to Accelerate Nuclear Energy Deployment in the U.S. Duane Arnold Energy Center restart to strengthen American energy grid resilience; Iowa's only nuclear facility is targeted to be fully operational by the first...

NEE & GOOGL announce nuclear partnership built around restart of Iowa's Duane Arnold reactor, where GOOGL is making a 25y offtake commitment. DA was shut down in 2020 and is planned for reopen by Q1 2029.

You are basically Willy Wonka in this scene. 😂

Only 7 out of 71 employees at the Los Alamos NNSA field site are working, the rest furloughed.

At the Albuquerque site (overseeing Sandia NM), only 7/81.

"The furloughs are the [NNSA's] first since its creation in 2000, as none occurred during previous shutdowns"
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Zohran Mamdani just said he'd support new nuclear plants in New York at tonight's debate.

Mamdani: “I think it’s something worth exploring.”

Cuomo: “Is that a yes?”

Mamdani: “Yeah.”

Please consider giving to and volunteering at Capital Area Food Bank this holiday season. They are already seeing unprecedented demand from federal families in the region.

Agrivoltaics are dope, agreed.

Watching the Lilith Fair documentary and feeling (1) very lucky to have gone to something so special and (2) very old.

FINALLY. One of the most trusted energy assistance organizations in the country issued a call for a total ban on utility shutoffs TODAY. It's about time.

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Implementation of Executive Order 14299 Turns Advanced Nuclear Deployment into a U.S. Army Priority Under Executive Order (EO) 14299, “ Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security ,” the U.S. Department of War directed the Army to initiate operation of an Army-regulated rea...

Interested to see these forthcoming RFPs for the Janus program. Wrote a piece on it here: www.pillsburylaw.com/en/news-and-...

Might as well be called Smaug Enterprises

It is just an extremely wild time to be a nuclear energy lawyer.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Across the western U.S., more than 15,000 Cold War–era abandoned uranium mine waste sites remain—many of which are located on or near tribal lands—posing long-standing environmental and health risks. ...

🚨New nuclear tech alert! So proud of the DISA and Pillsbury teams for getting this license. This game changing process will revolutionize the ability to treat over 15,000 abandoned uranium mining sites in the west including many on the lands of the Navajo Nation. www.pillsburylaw.com/en/news-and-...

This! If you have the means, pay for your journalism. Buy subscriptions for everyone for the holidays!

I have been listening to Bitin’ List by Childers on repeat.

Yes, add additional coverage to section 1983. A simple and effective reform, great suggestion!

US solar module prices up following safe harbour deadline rush US solar module prices jumped in Q3 2025 as developers scrambled to meet the 2 September 2025 safe harbour deadline for ITC qualification.

US solar module prices up following safe harbour deadline rush #energysky -- via pv-tech:

I would add that the curious goal of this admin in more natural gas production seems to be primarily for exporting, rather than putting it on the U.S. grid, an untenable position when prices are likely to rise significantly.
#energysky

Opinion | Why You Should Blame Trump When Your Energy Bills Go Up

I agree with just about everything from this piece from the NYT Editorial Board, though they skip over how the costs of transmission is a significant contributor to price rises, however the gist of the piece—that we need all forms of power to keep prices down and this Admin is doing the opposite. 💯

SCOTUS might take up a Price Anderson Act nuclear liability case and this is fair warning that I will be insufferable about it my niche issue being before the Court.

The Deferred Resignation Program runs out today, we are going to start seeing real financial strain in the DMV region. Our federal workers who were once among the largest donors to those in need, may soon be in need themselves. www.capitalareafoodbank.org

Well, now I am not seeing it reported anywhere….

Twelve or more grand jurors did not concur in finding an indictment against James Comey as to Count I.

Lawyers of Blue Sky: What does the attached filing mean?

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