Nick Montoni, Ph.D. (they/them)

all the hyperscalers and utilities meeting to discuss interconnection and permitting call that no loads refused

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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bari weiss has an audience of at most 500,000 that largely consists of rich elites with reactionary opinions

putting that kind of person in charge of a mass media company that serves millions would be considered a bad business decision in any context

Global Wind and Solar power generation exceeded global demand for electricity in H1 2025, leading to a reduction in fossil fuel generation and thus emissions.

EMBER-ENERGY's "Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025" report shows that in the H1 2025 renewables (wind and solar) have outpaced global demand, leading to a reduction in fossil fuel emissions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Source: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.

Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”

Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?

www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

We’re looking forward to connecting with all of the clean energy industry professionals, advocates, and supporters at
NCSEA's #MEW Conference.

NCCETC Policy team members @drmontoni.bsky.social and Cleo Carter will be speaking at MEW on Thursday, Oct 9 at 10:00am.

Learn more: bit.ly/3i1nT7K

the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.

I actually agree that Democrats should refrain from using most of these. And they already do! When was the last time a Senator said 'heteronormative'?

The bigger problem is that orgs like Third Way are reinforcing this false, right-wing narrative. Dems can't stop doing something they're not doing!

Was It Something The Democrats Said? A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo

Lindsey Cormack undertook a study to see if any actual data backs up that Third Way memo that got sharted onto the internet last week and you've never believe it but Third Way is operating on vibes more than facts

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they shouldn’t even be allowed to call themselves “third way.” don’t insult anal like that.

In a waiting room, and this lady chatting w/ the receiptionist is doing a great job explaining the actual impact of the DOGE cuts: *everyone* at her office laid off, what kinds of programs they do & who they help (kids), what's happening w the injunction. These personal stories need more attention!

with all due respect to Tyler, and I do deeply respect him, I did actually foresee this *entire thing* for @heatmap.news in my first story for them almost one year ago today

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So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building

for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem

And the person who turned up to support him with no notice is the Muslim dude who have cross endorsed each other and who the msm has been going into overtime to cast him as antisemitic

Trump and Musk agree on the fundamentals:

*Both see the US state as something to capture for megalomaniacal self-dealing

*Both agree the US state should abandon the global poor to face unimaginable suffering

*Both want the state to dramatically roll back help for working people and the poor

We keep hearing the Trump-Musk saga reveals the split between tech oligarchs and MAGA. But they're largely in sync on crucial matters involving egalitarianism and the state. Trump/Musk mainly differ over how badly to screw the poor.

Some thoughts on this here:

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The pundits have only interpreted public opinion, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

“wine moms are the most effective force in left of center politics in the United States” has been true for many years now

A photo of IPCC working group leads and a statement that "Following the panel's agreement on the outlines of the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report, the IPCC is calling for nominations of experts to assess the body of scientific literature relating to climate change."

Heads up! The @ipcc.bsky.social is calling for nominations for Lead Authors and Review Editors for its 7th Assessment Report.

More about how to become an author or review editor here 👉 bit.ly/4krWMTu

More on the nomination process here 👉 bit.ly/AR7Nm

Submissions close Apr 17, 2025.

‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina One year into Javier Milei’s presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.

This is an article that prefigures very accurately what we will be reading about American (and American based) scientists in about ten months. The collapse of the top scientific research network in the world.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I will continue to yell at green line passengers about train etiquette until morale (behavior) improves

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

Guys I’m beginning to think all of this isn’t about fairness in women’s high school sports

2024 EERE Investment Snapshot EERE’s investments in renewable energy, sustainable transportation, and energy efficiency are reshaping how America powers its homes, businesses, and vehicles.

A propos of nothing, 1) the federal government is not banning incandescent lightbulbs and 2) energy efficient lighting (realized by federally funded r&d) saved the average American consumer $14B in 2023. www.energy.gov/eere/2024-ee...