Logan Bowers

Hard to say what is in shortage or surplus nationally! Seattle is massively short families with kids relative to WA State. There’s definitely a shortage of 3+ bd homes!

Experts are good for some things. Like standardized naming across a whole region. It’s not plausible that Federal Way and Redmond residents will be able to coordinate on naming conventions.

NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.

The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.

"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"

Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."

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Was it actually successful though?

Coat Bath

Learning by doing lowers costs, but also it would be nice to have a concerted political effort to chip away at the 10x price difference between Seattle and Spain.

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

…and respond accordingly.

I can link the articles if that makes it less vague. I just assumed we’d all see them.

I think you’re understating organized coalition partners’ influence. If you ask a normie Dem voter if they think the Sierra Club is protecting the environment, they’ll say “yes” and electeds know this…

…has a different message of “actually it’s just better in every way and we should build a lot,” but you’re conspicuously in the minority with that view. (You shouldn’t be, so I like the evangelism)

…with renewable tax credits, they can’t say it this way. And stuff like RPS is all about paying extra for renewable energy. Here City Light is like, “do you want to opt into paying more for wind energy?” The message of personal sacrifice for climate comes through a thousand ways.

I like Volts…

Yeah, I guess it’s fair to say it’s more nuanced than just “conservation” — 280 chars, sorry!

But the flip side is when have Dems—more importantly their coalition members—ever said, “yes, use more energy! It’s gold and you should have more and cheaper!”

Even when the policy tilts this way, like…

I also think, eg, Sierra Club opposing solar projects in the desert and calling building homes in Hawaii genocide doesn’t do much for the Dem’s brand because they’re an authoritative group in good standing in the coalition and get no public pushback.

Off the top of my head I’d say killing of the keystone pipeline, Indian point nuclear closure, CA’s tight vehicle emissions standards.

Googling, I’d say the 1987 Applicance Energy Conservation Act.

To your point, this was more bipartisan historically, but who owns the political valence now?

“Most people also want to feel normal, and will feel attacked if their preferences are no longer seen as normal” <- incredible insight

There is no way dumping his gf is positive alpha.

Tbf, you are also a nerd. (Complimentary)

Has the extreme renewables penetration motivated any…unique changes in rate plans to encourage loads to follow supply?

A common complaint is that residential solar simply cost shifts onto non-solar households because net metering over-compensates them. How has this worked out in AU?

Tbf, a governing faction of Dems have been pushing energy scarcity (“conservation”) for, what, 50 years? GOP has at least had “drill baby drill.”

Despite GOP’s policy being incoherent and destructive, it’s at least been pro-energy as presented to voters, so they won the pro-energy mantle.

Volts has been really good about this pivot, but Dems writ large need to embrace more energy and say it.

The days of pretending we can conserve our way into the future are over. EVs, heat pumps, and, yes, AI make our lives better and need energy.

Idk, lots of folks want to be rich and aspire as such. Ruben Gallego’s “troca” pitch is this. It’s weird to be fixated on tearing folks down rather than on lifting folks up.

“No ceiling” is a positive message that doesn’t preclude the top paying their fair share.

My electric unicycle memorabilia. God I miss that thing (wife and mom both prohibit it)

The lack of any Russian disarmament kinda gives away the game in this one

I had to look this up, but “color revolutions” were non-violent protests in Eastern Europe to bring about western-style democracies. So Schmitt things western democracy is bad?

I have a lot of trouble refuting my friend who has turned against scooters. I think the problem seems to be that they bring a lot of mobility to young people and young folks do a lot of stupid stuff.

What is going on here?

Lmao, well, $400, I can’t math. Probably shouldn’t have used the Time Machine to give past me an LLM.

Your net worth is $100??

A 10 strikes law would go a long way in reducing crime.

a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a table in front of a microphone holding a pencil . ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a table in front of a microphone holding a pencil .

Thank you for stating what should be the obvious.