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Brian Hubbell

@hubbell.bsky.social

Ex-legislature, current Maine state policy advisor: appropriations, energy, climate, science, R&D, and the built environment. Born at 314 ppm.

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This is a good endorsement list which I'm proud to join as a former legislator.

I have confidence in Hannah's values and her proven record of policy accomplishments for the state. Maine will greatly benefit from her experience and leadership. Good things ahead on this course.

12.11.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scoop: Giant Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Is Getting Killed Leading Light can’t move forward, a legal counsel wrote to state regulators.

scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed

say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind

(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)

11.11.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 480    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 25

Biff Brewster revival

26.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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About 200 filling both sides of the Narraguagus bridge in tiny Cherryfield, Maine #NoKings #MEpolitics

18.10.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Cartoonish image from original playbill from riotous 1896 opening of Alfred Jarry's 'Ubu Roi'

Cartoonish image from original playbill from riotous 1896 opening of Alfred Jarry's 'Ubu Roi'

"...what more is possible? After us the Savage God.”

www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09...

16.10.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Image of country music icon,  Dolly Parton, aging but still flamboyant in wide white bell-bottoms and brandishing a white electric guitar against a black stage background, all superimposed over the upper section of a multicolored spiraling geometric graphic representation of a mathematical Riemann surface

Image of country music icon, Dolly Parton, aging but still flamboyant in wide white bell-bottoms and brandishing a white electric guitar against a black stage background, all superimposed over the upper section of a multicolored spiraling geometric graphic representation of a mathematical Riemann surface

Dolly Parton, live on a Riemann surface

#NarrowVennIntersections

15.10.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Regarding the Compact | MIT Office of the President | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT retains integrity.

Regarding the Compact | MIT Office of the President | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology share.google/rfDct2VtkYyI...

11.10.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Large orange Greek letter omega, the physics symbol for resistance, on a dark green diamond on the outside wall of a front porch

Large orange Greek letter omega, the physics symbol for resistance, on a dark green diamond on the outside wall of a front porch

06.10.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stationary view of the cable stays on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge taken just obliquely enough to show the arch of the bridge deck.

Stationary view of the cable stays on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge taken just obliquely enough to show the arch of the bridge deck.

Exactly

28.09.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a view of a cable stayed bridge in pinkish disk just oblique enough to show the arch of the bridge deck.

a view of a cable stayed bridge in pinkish disk just oblique enough to show the arch of the bridge deck.

A drive across the cable-stayed bridge across the mouth of the Penobscot River. View is slightly upward roughly in plane with the car windshield. Here's a daylight still.

28.09.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Penobscot Narrows, Maine

28.09.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A large contented silver cat with paws crossed.

A large contented silver cat with paws crossed.

27.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Switching off the headlights now because the highway curves are biased.

26.09.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.

Switching off the headlights now because the highway curves are biased.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

26.09.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Totally attest to this. As a habitual introvert, I dreaded doing my first campaign doors. But it turns out to work just as you describe. It's about them, not your persona. And that's surprisingly empowering, as remembering those dogs and kids gives you confidence and courage in office.

23.09.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I've seen this referred to in conjugation as a verb's "inflectional suffix"

22.09.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This administration has had some real success responding to Maine's urgent need for much more affordable housing - and there's important continuing work to be done in this area. Glad to see Hannah highlighting this in her gubernatorial campaign. #MEpolitics

10.09.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maysles Brothers' Little Women

07.09.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Offshore wind projects, now blocked by the current federal government, could have reduced New England's wholesale electric costs by 11%, saving consumers $400M per year.

Who benefits from the status quo?

renew-ne.org/wp-content/u...

04.09.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...and this too.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

28.08.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
April 17, 2024 news article: 'Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives' with image of offshore wind turbines

April 17, 2024 news article: 'Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives' with image of offshore wind turbines

August 23, 2025 news article 'Trump administration halts work on almost-finished wind farm' with image of wind turbine construction

August 23, 2025 news article 'Trump administration halts work on almost-finished wind farm' with image of wind turbine construction

It's not complicated. There's a straight line between these two events with a common purpose of converting increased American consumers' energy costs into profits for politically-connected fossil fuel companies.

26.08.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Nice to see this. I played a very minor supporting part in Maine's unsuccessful application. Besides being an incredibly cool project, it still seems it would have been a good economic complement to blueberry operations.

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Cannonball Quadratically

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Quicksilver Voicemail

13.08.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"...If we were to rewind to a particular point in time, would it be the reproducibility, or the irreproducibility that was more important?"

That's a surprisingly profound question.

11.08.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been in the clean energy field since the 1973 oil embargo and committed to fighting climate change since Hanson testified in 1988. All I can offer today is that I'll keep at it until I die. We don't get to pick our times but we each will be judged for how we respond to them.

02.08.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This action will directly raise the cost of electricity, & increase pollution. As I said on Open Circuit, US public lands belong to all of us. They’re ours. This Administration is not even just picking winners for what goes on public landsβ€”they’re picking losers www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...

02.08.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 222    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

Deleting the apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way (lured onto an island by their singing and having my shipmates transformed into swine)

14.07.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doubt is good. But could be wrong. So here we are - looks like. And, on the face of it, that seems pretty cool, no?

04.07.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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