Rachel Patterson

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

did a badger carve the turkey

California can’t get out of its own way on geothermal In a head-scratching move, Newsom vetoed popular legislation that would have spurred geothermal projects in the heat-rich state, but developers aren’t…

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All-electric homes becoming popular with wildfire victims Some survivors are planning to rebuild

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California quietly guts ambitious virtual power plant bill Bills boosting solar, batteries, EVs, and smart thermostats to rein in California’s utility costs moved ahead — but the most innovative approaches were…

what a shame
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Project 2025’s overhaul of the Department of Energy is well underway The Trump administration seems to be actively following the Heritage Foundation’s radical deregulatory blueprint for DOE.

Project 2025’s overhaul of the Department of Energy is well underway www.latitudemedia.com/news/project...

With Love, Meghan season two review – so painfully contrived that it’s genuinely fascinating The Duchess of Sussex returns with more effortfully whimsical celebrity get-togethers … and she’s still sprinkling flowers over everything

this review was so funny www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

@open-circuit.bsky.social so when's the merch dropping?? 👀👀👀

“Walking corpses”: Israel's blockade starves Gazans, aid groups say "People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses."

“Walking corpses”: Israel's blockade starves Gazans, aid groups say

“People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.”

Here's a rundown on what to know @motherjones.com. Be warned that the latest images we have from Gaza are disturbing.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Electricity Affordability Crisis Is Coming It sure looks that way, at least. Democrats should start coming up with a plan.

"The REPEAT Project at Princeton University ... has a new report out projecting that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase Americans’ electricity bills by $165 a year by the end of the decade."
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"This means calling out those across the political spectrum who try to prop up a system that is failing to meet the building imperative and challenging a long-standing attitude across the construction industry that building things in this country is destined to be slow and expensive."

Why America Struggles to Build How economic policy can remove the real barriers to progress.

"Taxpayer resources should be used only to pay for performance." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’? CBS no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt.

If CBS thought Trump wouldn’t approve the Skydance-Paramount merger unless they got rid of Colbert, that would be a financial decision.

A friend just texted me from LA that this was happening at the park she was at

i hate living in a place where protesting feels so scary because of fascism and extremely accessible gun ownership, is criminalized to an insane extent, AND is miserable because of heat

i also miss the carefree nature of going to protest and not being the sole provider for my family of three

After LA fires, could it be cheaper and faster to rebuild without gas? The city waived its all-electric building requirement in an effort to fast-track recovery after the January fires. A new report argues that’s the wrong…

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Keystone oil pipeline shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil.

apnews.com/article/keys... oil pipeline shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices

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I Used to Work for Chuck Schumer. He's Pushing Young People Away From the Democratic Party. I blame my former boss for the party's failures.

Young voters have historically trusted Democrats to work against outdated policies and toward systemic change. But the shift in party dynamics has left many young voters increasingly disaffected by politics and disconnected from a party that once felt aligned with our values.

FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs In an internal FEMA memorandum obtained by Grist, the Trump administration announced it plans to dismantle the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.

A damn shame - FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs | grist.org/politics/fem...

6 months postpartum here and while we're in better shape than the first month, things are still hard and even with guaranteed childcare unexpected things keep happening

Apropos of nothing, and certainly not in context of the current admin... Maternity leave should be at least a year long.

California now has more EV charging ports than gas nozzles The huge growth in charging ports indicates the increasing number of zero-emission vehicles on California roads. But the milestone also comes as the Trump administration has moved to deprioritize shif...

Quite the crossover. California now has more EV charging ports than gas nozzles.

(Also doesn’t include the roughly 700,000 Level 2 chargers in residential homes)

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Abundance now needs a rebrand. What do we want? The outcomes we need: hot showers, cold drinks, scrambled eggs, affordable housing, convenient & accessible mobility, clean energy, democracy in action, zero carbon.

They want to dismantle the government

- Hakeem "don't need any more steel in our spines" Jeffries, probably

"we will wear pink and hold little white boards of protest. That'll really instill the public's trust in our ability to fight back. Maybe a reprisal of 'Imagine' for good measure."

jfc do I have to unsubscribe from @latimes.com now too? Just did WaPo yesterday