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Renewable energy is now the cleanest, cheapest and most evenly distributed energy in human history and is changing everything. Retired globetrotting cleantech CEO. Anti-racist, anti-fascist. Resistor. Husband, father, friend. Enough is better than More.

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The people of Serbia celebrating the defeat of the dictator who held full authoritarian control of their country for nearly 14 years. This is what democracy looks like.

I know they say inflation is only 3.7% but when I go to the grocery store and check the price of beef I'm not so sure that's right. When I stop at the gas station on the way home, and gas went up by 25 cents since my last visit, I know that's wrong.

Nick Varga@karaoke-god.bsky.social

With the leverage seen in the last few elections, Dems can get outspent by over 10:1 and still win. Elon should do the math, $50M beats him. That's a shitty investment.

M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social

Robert's Right ✅️.......

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“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

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‘We, the people’—not we, the white people—not we, the citizens or the legal voters—not we, the privileged class, and excluding all other classes but we, the people; not we, the horses and cattle, but we the people.” —Frederick Douglass, 1857 www.americaamerica.news/p/showing-tr...

americaamerica.newsShowing Trump Who “We the People” AreWhile Donald Trump serves himself, his family and his cronies, Americans can soon make clear that “we” are more powerful than “he”

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Meta's $10 Billion data center in Indiana produced 300 permanent jobs That's $33 million per job In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities

qz.comAI data centers employ very few people: What the numbers howA $10 billion data center may employ 300 people. The same money in manufacturing would support thousands. What that gap means for communities