Ben Feshbach

The National Labs are part of the foundation of U.S. science and innovation. They should be strengthened, not gutted.

love all my fellow nerds but I'm using IRA here is a generic stand-in for a big policy swing, not a specific future approach necessarily focused on revenue and credits because of reconciliation. It was great btw, the next five will be much better.

Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.

The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.

Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...

Bezos fucked the paper and instead of fixing it he’s destroying it despite the fact that he could spend the money to make things right without even noticing its absence.

“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.”

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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

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Delightful.

2025 be 2025-ing!

Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK

This has such uncomfortable Holocaust vibes, and they should be ashamed of it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

So much of what I read these days is slop devoid of soul. This @michael-thomas.bsky.social piece is a crisp, refreshing reprieve. Thanks @volts.wtf for amplifying it. I’m glad it hit my feed.

ICYMI: Governor Shapiro Announces $352.9 Million Eos Energy Investment ICYMI: Governor Shapiro Announces $352.9 Million Eos Energy Investment

Good news out of Pennsylvania with Eos Energy announcing an expansion of their battery manufacturing and creation of 735 new jobs. #energysky www.pa.gov/governor/new...

This is wild.

Louvre Closed After Thieves Steal ‘Priceless’ Jewels in Brazen Daylight Robbery

I guess Neal Caffrey really is in Paris! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...

Possibly the day’s best sign

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I’m so glad nothing happened in the Yankees-Red Sox game until after Yom Kippur ended. It was relieving to just turn on my phone and tune into 0-0.

(Photo credit for our cover image goes to to Julian Spector at @canarymedia.com).

What’s Next for Advanced Energy Manufacturing in the United States? - RMI While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) resolves some tax uncertainty, it also raises new questions for industries looking to build in the United States. Here, we break down the key OBBBA provisi...

But OBBBA also creates new opportunities. There are many (many) angles to this story—and this story is still unfolding. Please give our piece a read!
rmi.org/whats-next-f...

New @rockymtninst.bsky.social article with my colleagues Ellie Garland and Meredith Cowart: What's next for advanced energy manufacturing in the United States in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)?

It's undeniable that the law creates new challenges for many manufacturers.

One thought on this entire year: It's sad if not totally shocking to see that for many folks in public life, their principles are—at best—merely preferences.

@volts.wtf you were way ahead of the curve here

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

nice

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

Motherfucking wind farms…

Analysis by @jayturner.bsky.social and his team at The Big Green Machine shows roughly the same thing as what I found around a month ago with Clean Economy Tracker data, but his team's sum is even larger: $31.3 billion.

Montgomery Co. executive slams council over zoning change to allow multi-unit housing along transit corridors - WTOP News Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is blasting the county council and planning board over a zoning text amendment that was approved Tuesday.

Montgomery County will always feel like home to me, and more people should be able to afford to live in this wonderful community. I wish Marc Elrich felt the same way. wtop.com/montgomery-c...

This was vital reporting last week; thank you for it