Nick Christenson

Screenshot from US NREL's Spring 2025 Solar Industry Update report, https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy25osti/95135.pdf It reads "The median system price of large-scale, utility-owned PV systems in 2024 was $1.51/Wac—increasing about $0.1/W since 2018. • EnergySage reported that the median gross cost of stand-alone PV was $2.65/Wdc in the second half of 2024. "

But also these US-specific numbers are crazy! Utility-scale solar still costing over $1 per W(DC) in the US? Our global benchmark, relevant to most European markets with China and India maybe a bit cheaper, was $0.51/W(DC) for 2024. And modules are only about 20 cents per W more expensive in the US.

I'm a crypto bro who throws sex toys at WNBA games. Why am I so lonely? | Opinion I'm a dude who loves cryptocurrency and throwing sex toys onto the court at WNBA games, and for the life of me I can't figure out why I'm so lonely.

My Magnus Bropus: "I'm a crypto bro who throws sex toys at WNBA games. Why am I so lonely?"

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"Sigal Chattah" and "political neutrality". Good one.

I guess Lewis Black's stand-up routines are coming true, as if our reality wasn't disturbing enough.

Why not? It's as believable as anything else you say.

I suspect this has been the case for a long time, just since 2016 more Rs have felt free to say things like this in public.

Now, Tesla would be better off if Musk left. This isn't an investment, it's a racket.

“Scumbag” is a protected class now

Ran is the most beautifully photographed film I've ever seen. Every shot is a movie poster. The only flaw is that many of these shots are so beautiful that it sometimes takes me out of the film.

We should test this. Too risky you say? I'm willing to take that chance, for science! We should also do a control experiment with an externally provided black hole.

It's because the National Association of Nunchuck Awareness in North America (NANANA) doesn't have an effective lobbying strategy. Plus when Charton Heston did his "from my cold dead hands" thing with nunchucks he hit himself in the nuts with them.

This chart.

Damn.

And I've heard not a peep from the GOP lawmakers who went to all those ribbon cutting ceremonies at the factories.

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(chart by @danmccarthy.bsky.social)

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

... or you can go to his web site if you want to find an at-risk PBS station to help out: adoptastation.org

Here Are the Public Media Stations Most at Risk Plus a breakdown by state, region, demographics, and more.

With the cuts to CPB, folks may be worried about their local PBS station, and if so, become a member, but not all stations are equally at risk. @alexcurley.bsky.social has put together a report that assesses the risks faced by various PBS stations here: semipublicco.substack.com/p/here-are-t...

If I drank a shot every time Trump changed his Epstein story I’d be Secretary of Defense.

I have purchased several books I heard about on Bluesky, fwiw.

I still use, "You take a chance getting up in the morning, crossing the street, or sticking your face in a fan," in regular conversation.

What I'm hearing is that I should give a presentation from Linux in .odp format. If that's not okay, then I'd just talk and not have a presentation. It would be fun as I describe each graph.

Dunno what it's like on the bird site, but I see a lot of discussion of Gaza on Bluesky, so, that's not my experience.

Apropos of nothing, could they maybe put breathalizers next to the microphones in the Senate so that they don't switch on if you blow more than a .08? Just a thought.

Sad to hear, but good reporting on an important message. Thank you for this.

Trump: ‘I’m Not In These Nonexistent Files Concocted To Destroy Me’

Trump: ‘I’m Not In These Nonexistent Files Concocted To Destroy Me’

The estimated total deaths from USAID cuts within less than 5 yrs came out this month.
UCLA has estimated that over 14 million people will die by 2030 due to USAID cuts.
Boston University mathematicians estimated in March that an adult dies every 3 minutes. A child every 31. /

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If you refuse to see what is happening, the cancellation of the Colbert show should open your eyes.

I want to explain to you what a censorship state looks like - where a corrupt government gives favors to media that suppresses criticism of the regime.

JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News execs A source familiar with the trip told The Independent that the vice president spoke to both Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as a group of executives from the right-wing network

Trying to imagine how Fox News would have covered it if in May 2024 Kamala Harris took a secret day trip to visit the head of CNN. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

Uh, Paramount owns Comedy Central also, and don't be surprised if Jon Stewart's contract isn't the next one on the Ellisons' chopping block. Stephen should go somewhere else. If I owned a network, he could come to me and write his own ticket.

Congrats to Stephen Colbert for never bending the knee.

Dems should loudly let it be known right now that anyone who is carrying out corrupt orders—or illegal ones—will not be able to hide behind bureaucratic obscurity later. They will be held accountable—politically, or if needed, legally as well.

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