Liam Denning

Which federal law has been broken?

Could California prevent more blackouts by joining a Western power market? The state built a clean grid. Now lawmakers are eyeing opening its market to states that rely on coal. Critics say it’s a risky bet.

Despite the tilted opening, this is actually a pretty balanced and informative piece on the state of California's legislation towards western electricity market regional cooperation.
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The Real Nuclear Moonshot Is Here on Earth The push for a lunar-ready reactor magnifies the hype in the industry and the challenge of getting projects built here at home.

So we’re building a nuclear reactor for the Moon are we? Great optics when power bills are soaring back here on humdrum planet Earth
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The Real Nuclear Moonshot Is Here on Earth The push for a lunar-ready reactor magnifies the hype in the industry and the challenge of getting projects built here at home.

The Trump administration wants to have a lunar-ready nuclear reactor by 2030. How about one that’s Earth-ready by then?
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The Real Nuclear Moonshot Is Here on Earth The push for a lunar-ready reactor magnifies the hype in the industry and the challenge of getting projects built here at home.

The real nuclear moonshot is here on Earth.
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The Real Nuclear Moonshot Is Here on Earth The push for a lunar-ready reactor magnifies the hype in the industry and the challenge of getting projects built here at home.

The real nuclear moonshot is here on Earth.
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The Real Nuclear Moonshot Is Here on Earth The push for a lunar-ready reactor magnifies the hype in the industry and the challenge of getting projects built here at home.

Moon nukes? Try building them here first
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Murkowski’s standing with Alaskans slips after her vote on reconciliation bill | Alaska Beacon Support plunged among progressives and moderates who had previously given her positive ratings, new polling shows.

Murkowski’s caving to Trump on tax bill draws huge backlash in Alaska
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Opinion | Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common

new piece from on the 60th anniversary of the voting rights act, and what the law has meant for american democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency. Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards,…

NEW: Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.

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A chart from https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy25osti/95135.pdf , sourced to the IEA as of April 2025, showing solar power as % of generation in different countries. This varies between over 25% for the Netherlands, through about 24% for Spain, about 14% EU average, about 8% for the US to almost nothing in Norway. Text says that the IEA reckons global is about 10%.

I do bloody love this chart. Who'd have thought, 20 years ago, that solar would be ~10% of world electricity generation by 2024 - and over 20% in some countries, rising rapidly in others?

Definitely not me. When I started this job I hoped to be part of a solution for maybe 1% of global electricity.

"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."

cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy

Is the Performative Male Employed? A “he-cession” could be on the horizon for young men if their unemployment woes continue.

Performing may feel like a full-time job, but it's not. (via Bloomberg Opinion)

Fawnflation?

Trump says undocumented immigrants do farm work "naturally" because "they don't get a bad back."

Mississippi's Declaration of Secession similarly said slavery must be protected because "by an impervious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun."

Perhaps more importantly: Does he think he can?

Can Trump disband the Institute for Supply Management?

Man with life characterized by a series of breaks requests yet another

Pump Prices Aren’t the Problem for Americans. Plug Prices Are. Power costs rose twice as fast as overall inflation in June and are consuming an increasing share of disposable personal income.

While Trump officials dream of nukes on the Moon, electricity inflation is taking off back home on Earth.
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Fossil-Fuel Supporters Have an Odd New Narrative Secretary of Energy and self-proclaimed “science geek” Chris Wright doesn’t understand the power of clean energy.

The studied shoddiness of Energy Sec Chris Wright’s Economist essay
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The Republican governor of Texas has directed state police to arrest his Democratic opponents

Right on cue - another billionaire knows what it means to estimate data. He believes this - 159,309,000 to 159,669,000 - is not an accurate enough estimate of the number of jobs in the US.

The CBO’s final dynamic score:

“.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.”

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Tesla’s $243 Million Autopilot Verdict Reveals a Glaring Flaw The decision over a fatal 2019 crash is a rebuke of how the company markets its driver assistance technology.

Partial automation of cars can lead drivers to quite literally bore themselves (or others) to death.
My take on Tesla's Autopilot verdict
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Tesla’s $243 Million Autopilot Verdict Reveals a Glaring Flaw The decision over a fatal 2019 crash is a rebuke of how the company markets its driver assistance technology.

Partial automation of cars can lead drivers to quite literally bore themselves (or others) to death.
My take on Tesla's Autopilot verdict
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Tesla’s $243 Million Autopilot Verdict Reveals a Glaring Flaw The decision over a fatal 2019 crash is a rebuke of how the company markets its driver assistance technology.

A Miami jury delivered a verdict against Tesla - and for the humans
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Tesla’s $243 Million Autopilot Verdict Reveals a Glaring Flaw The decision over a fatal 2019 crash is a rebuke of how the company markets its driver assistance technology.

Tesla's Autopilot trial defeat should force a rethink on how these systems are designed and sold (especially by Tesla)
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Tesla’s $243 Million Autopilot Verdict Reveals a Glaring Flaw The decision over a fatal 2019 crash is a rebuke of how the company markets its driver assistance technology.

Tesla's Autopilot verdict is a big deal
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CNN senior reporter Matt Egan on Trump firing the BLS chief over the jobs numbers: "This would be like an NFL owner who responds to his team losing big by immediately firing the scoreboard operator."

Tesla’s $243 Million Autopilot Verdict Reveals a Glaring Flaw The decision over a fatal 2019 crash is a rebuke of how the company markets its driver assistance technology.

Tesla's Autopilot verdict in Miami is a reminder that Elon Musk has vastly overhyped his company's hardware and software - leaving the liability to the 'wetware' (that's us)
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