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Ted Spencer, MPA

@tedspencer.bsky.social

Former Navy Nuke, Renewable Energy Engineer, Energy and Environmental Policy Wonk. Climate Policy Analyst for @commondefense.

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a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard

Yikes.

29.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Is @npr.org releasing the report to any industry groups or technical experts for analysis and interpretation?

28.01.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool. What's your background in engineering or energy policy or regulation?

28.01.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Any minute now we can expect a strong statement by the Democrats in Congress

Any minute now

03.01.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

We're not mad, just disappointed. Ruben on the campaign trail was much more principled.

19.12.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

during that episode I was mentally debunking most of his talking points in real time.

Finally, the dinosaur in the room he conveniently neglected to mention:

WHAT ABOUT WATER?!

19.12.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like this podcast was specifically aimed at making me as angry as possible. I've spent the better part of the last two years supporting renewable energy work in Arizona; I'm also a veteran who understands the national security implications he only waved his hand at, and

19.12.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This.

01.10.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2810    πŸ” 699    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 12

This man is a US Air Force Veteran, assaulted and illegally detained by Gestapo thugs.

28.09.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have you ever wondered how to join or start a union? On Thursday, 10/9, Triad Labor Council President Anthony Groll will be at South Main Book Company to host a free workshop on labor organizing.

#downtownsalisbury #indiebookstore #union #labor

25.09.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The chilling reason the military is silent now National Guard in cities and attacks on drug boats began with ousting military lawyers called JAGs.

β€œIn nearly four decades of reporting and writing, I have never seen commanders so concerned about issues that could tarnish the U.S. military’s independence and standing. They swear an oath to the Constitution, not a president, and they don’t want to break it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

19.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1945    πŸ” 700    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 40

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is β€œallowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

14.09.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 37655    πŸ” 11346    πŸ’¬ 1400    πŸ“Œ 670

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.

This is Kirk's legacy.

You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

12.09.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 18154    πŸ” 6398    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 140

And this is combined now with the announcement this morning that the EIA is considering no longer producing the monthly solar module import report.

09.09.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call me old-fashioned, but I ask you:

WHY do we let the tech industry do whatever the fuck it wants?

I, for one, don’t WANT the future Silicone Valley is shoving down our throats.

NO to strangers being able to dox me as I walk down the street.

NO to them being able to do it to my daughters.

06.09.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 701    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 75
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β€˜It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital…

SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.

When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.

This time, they spoke to me.πŸ‘‡

29.08.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 16
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This is one of my fondest parts of town. There's a pretty good sized minority population there, and you know that's why they're there now.

13.08.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're at the "hide the artwork and artifacts from the fascist leaders, otherwise they'll never be seen again" stage.

12.08.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just worry about which of the startups currently suing the NRC would potentially be tapped for actually attempting this.

05.08.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Distraction from the Epstein Files.

Seriously.

05.08.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So aside from the fact that this is another obvious attempt at distracting from the Epstein Files, which nuclear idiot proposed this: Oklo, NuScale, or Valar? Because this is not a serious proposal from serious people.

04.08.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello there. After all, they're almost as racist as they are sexist.

01.08.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So this has me extremely confused, because regardless of the generation resource they're attached to, we need new transmission.

So, are transmission lines now "woke"?

01.08.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool. Cool cool cool.

01.08.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As many others have said, what this means is that going forward, economic data will be unreliable.

Without reliable data, businesses can’t make decisions or properly plan. Neither can investors.

Combine that with ever changing tariffs and it’s an economic disaster.

01.08.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

"But we can't risk alienating those who might have golden ballrooms themselves!"
- DNC leadership, probably

01.08.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The answer is uplift the stories being told by those who are being hurt currently and most directly. Make media, people and politicians see the very real impacts these things are having RIGHT NOW to people without their input, without their participation, often without their consent or their votes.

29.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The answer is uplift the stories being told by those who are being hurt currently, and most directly. Make media, people and politicians see the very real impacts these things are having RIGHT NOW to people without their input, without their participation, often without their consent or their votes.

29.07.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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