John McTigue

⚡️️️️️️️Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system. "Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said.

People on the right don’t want to pay taxes for the ‘general welfare’ clause of the Constitution (schools, healthcare, etc.) Well, I don’t want to pay taxes for the ‘common defense’ clause of the Constitution (military spending). See? It’s the same on both sides. 😊

So, we have X on the Right, and Blue Sky on the Left. A symmetrical mirror image with extremists on both sides, right? “Same on both sides”, right? Then why is only one side hurt when the Russian bot farms are destroyed? 🤔

A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

A meme that stands the test of Trump Time:

I remember when Republicans felt compelled to a lest PRETEND to believe in democracy 🙄.

I want to congratulate the Left on achieving moral superiority over the enemy. That, and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee ☕️ 😄. We absolutely MUST show up and vote. Political disengagement gets us people like Trump.

France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼

R.I.P. Alan Greenspan: You were charming, thoughtful, powerful, and wrong. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/rip-alan-greenspan

Albania is bringing that real energy ✊

Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social

“It has come to our attention that the public airwaves have been used to transmit indecent images of female characters who have both children and jobs—and in some cases are even a family’s breadwinner,” said FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr

While much of the world still associates Africa with energy poverty, Kenya quietly built one of the cleanest electricity systems on the planet. ~90% renewable electricity. ~40% geothermal. ~10% fossil generation. A reminder that energy leadership isn't always coming from where people expect.

Valerie Thomas helped change the future through innovation. Her invention of the illusion transmitter advanced 3D imaging and showcased the power of curiosity, creativity, and perseverance. A true trailblazer whose legacy continues to inspire. Also laying groundwork for 3D imaging in MRI/CT #SheShed

In honor of the true heroes on this Memorial Day, I fixed it. #DonaldTrump #MemorialDay

“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

Dr. Jasmine Clark PhD microbiology from Emory University, teaching anatomy & microbiology to future nurses, & tracking threats. 2017, watching the new administration removed science funding, public health infrastructure, and the institutions she had devoted her career to, she picked up a campaign.

Solar plus storage in India is cheaper than building fossil fuel power plants. So they build the solar.

I miss having a President of the United States.

The national debt just crossed a once-unthinkable threshold: It now exceeds 100% of America’s GDP. But there's an important piece missing from the conversation about the debt that you should know about. Let me explain... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-no-one-will-tell-you-about-the

Hillary Clinton was right about EVERYTHING!!

It is not IF. It is MUST. We cannot have single individuals controlling massive companies, filled only with robots, deciding just how vast their profits for doing nothing should be. They need to go, like slavery did.

Let's all share this widely to help educate the DOJ.

Good morning with good news: Sodium-Ion-battery Age truly begins with CATL providing a massive 60 GWh for grid storage! Sodium is ~1000 times more abundant than lithium. CATL battery has NO cobalt & nickel. Its cost advantages could be 30%-40%! electrek.co/2026/04/27/c... #energysky

There ya go with Biden again. For the record The US under Biden

You’re probably going to hear a lot about what the rich really pay in taxes today. This chart tells the real story.

“We recall what Douglass said about an earlier July 4: ‘To side with the right, against the wrong, with the weak against the strong, and with the oppressed against the oppressor! Here lies the merit, the one which, of all others, seems unfashionable in our day.’” open.substack.com/pub/defendin...

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

Yes. 🫶 🌍

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Positive News:👏👏👏 California could be their own country)😂 CALIFORNIA ECONOMY IS GROWING FASTER THAN THE ENTIRE NATION. Since 2019, California GDP has surged 40% to 4 trillion- outpacing China and Germany Tech sector has grown 59% California startups pulled in 62% of all U.S

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it. ~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years. Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability. Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it. This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secre...

Today seems like a good day to debunk the 12 biggest myths about taxing the rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnoLAMHwf2I

This is particularly enjoyable because #Apple CEO, #TimCook, has so completely kissed the ass of the orange felon since day one. www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-d...

NASA released two images Friday taken by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman as he and the other astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft continued their journey in space. 📸: NASA

Anyone else notice this? Mainstream journalists have forgotten their duty to speak truth to power. It is why it is one of the rights written into the Constitution. Political cartoonists are the real and true heroes of the moment.

The difference between a POS posing as a president, and an ACTUAL president.