Bill Conlon

Bill Conlon

@wmconlon.com

Transforming thermal generation by hybridizing with thermal energy storage to provide flexible, low-carbon support for renewable energy.

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Very good report on CBC including an interview with a student who was herself assaulted and a retired administrator who said these event are commonplace everywhere. #BelievetheWomen www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

cbc.caCampus sexual assault not just a Cornell problem, says studentStudents at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., are protesting the school's handling of an alleged gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024. A third-year student at the protest told the CBC's Katie...
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Why is the U.S. Government paying for an of trump on my football game. Sure sounds like propaganda to me.

Bill Conlon
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How about French and Iroquois: Lac Kandario (lake of sparkling water) to honor the first Americans, who named it and the first europeans to see it.

Bill Conlon
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Many cycles ago, @robsandia.bsky.social cold called me for a contribution to run for office in Iowa with a long-term vision of helping the people of his state. I'm thrilled to read about him in today's @nytimes.com. Truly a nice guy-I still get xmas cards each year from him. tinyurl.com/49jj3tc4

tinyurl.comOpinion | This Is the Winning Formula for Democrats in Red States (Gift Article)Just shy of 44 with boyish good looks, Rob Sand is very much a moderate, but he has a withering critique of the political establishment in this country.
Bill Conlon
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Well we now know that AI is smarter than (some) people.

dell cameron@dell.bsky.social

NEW: OpenAI's rogue agents built their own message board inside an internal package manager and used it to trade exploits, divide up tasks, and coordinate a hacking spree. Hundreds of thousands of messages. Nobody at OpenAI noticed. New details from Black Hat, by @lhn.bsky.social:

wired.comOpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking SpreeAt the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.
Bill Conlon
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Fresh back from the TMCES workshop at EPRI, where hybridization was a recurring theme. I put together a short piece on where hybrid energy storage fits, why it matters for dispatch, and how it can reshape project economics. #energysky www.linkedin.com/pulse/hybrid...

linkedin.comHybrid energy storage is having a momentAt this week’s Thermal, Mechanical, and Chemical Energy Storage (TMCES) workshop at EPRI in Charlotte, one theme kept coming up again and again: hybridization. Hybrid energy storage is not a new idea,...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@mayor.nyc.gov

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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By what Article 2 authority? Certainly no Congress, which "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; ..."

Politico@politico.com

Pentagon walks back Latter-day Saints Church classification after pushback from Utah lawmakers

dlvr.itPentagon walks back Latter-day Saints Church classification after pushback from Utah lawmakersIn an update to faith codes, the Pentagon had classified the religion as separate from Christianity.
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Great quote from Joseph Story, Associate Justice on the Marshall Supreme Court: “He who lives a long life & never changes his opinions may value himself upon his consistency; but rarely can be complimented for his wisdom.”

Bill Conlon
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I was at the game today and thought of Casey Stengel on his 1962 NY Mets (40-120) "Can't Anyone Here Play This Game?" (also a book by Jimmy Breslin). Kurtenbach: The SF Giants are pioneers of baseball ineptitude, and rock bottom is still ahead www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/27/s...

mercurynews.comKurtenbach: The SF Giants are pioneers of baseball ineptitude, and rock bottom is still aheadFrom ‘Borged’ runners to an offensive flatline, the Giants’ season is spiraling fast

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FRANCE 24
@france24.com

Les évadés du convoi 53 : un roman pour "faire front commun face au mal"

f24.myLes évadés du convoi 53 : un roman pour "faire front commun face au mal"Dans un roman puissant et haletant, l'écrivain Benjamin Fogel rend hommage à son grand-père et à ses douze camarades. En mars 1943, ces déportés juifs du convoi 53 en direction du camp d'extermination de Sobibor, en Pologne, ont réussi, grâce à leur ténacité, à s'évader du train qui les menaient vers la mort.
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While truth is the 1st casualty of war, what’s striking about MAGA propaganda is the lack of the plausibility in the denial. MAGA relies on rapidly shifting the narrative, so that facts don’t matter. Good work by @nytimes.com. The 2nd casualty is U.S. credibility. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

nytimes.comVideo: Iranian Propaganda vs. U.S. Talking Points: How We Determined the Real Damage to U.S. Military BasesAmid the barrage of messages and misinformation swirling online and on Capitol Hill, about what damage U.S. military sites incurred during the conflict with Iran, a Times analysis of satellite imagery...
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More Private Equity rapaciousness: Chatting on the street with a tradesman (painter) who said PE is starting to roll up plumbing. You can see where this is going: branding, advertising, cut-throat competition, ultimately turning independent business owners into wage slaves so they can raise prices.

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But the blockade is an Act of War and is a continuing hostile act, so the War Powers Act timelines still pertain. Trump raises the Act's Consitutionality. Indeed, it should probably be struck down to restore the power to declare war to the People.

The Associated Press@apnews.com

The White House tells Congress that hostilities with Iran have “terminated” despite continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region.

bit.lyTrump says deadline for Congress to approve Iran war doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'The White House is telling Congress that hostilities with Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region.
Bill Conlon
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Trump is blockading Hormuz only because he is impotent to open the strait, having decommissioned our minesweepers and destroyed theirs.

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Article I says wut?

Bill Conlon
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@lofgren.house.gov Please oppose the PRO CODES ACT which would put Codes and Standards into the public domain, resulting in a loss of revenue to organizations such as the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).1/3

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The revenue from these standards is vital to organizations like ASME and IEEE to support the publication of independent peer reviewed journals, and conduct important conferences and meetings which advance science and technology. 4/3

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The proposed Pro Codes Act would strip ASME and IEEE of this vital revenue and undermine their ability to advance science, technology, and the public interest. I urge you to vote against the Pro Codes Act and urge your colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same. end

Bill Conlon
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@lofgren.house.gov Please oppose the PRO CODES ACT which would put Codes and Standards into the public domain, resulting in a loss of revenue to organizations such as the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).1/3

Bill Conlon
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The development of consensus standards by private interested parties (public, industry, insurance, engineers, etc.) has been a long standing practice in the U.S, beginning with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code more than a century ago, which has saved countless lives and property damage. 2/3

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These standards are a product of voluntary effort by people like me and are conducted in public and overseen by governing bodies like ANSI (American National Standards Organization) which assures that the Code or Standard has been developed in accordance with the public interest. 3/3

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Included in this gift link article is a picture of the Diablo Canyon control room simulator. I remember the paint chip battle with @westinghouse1.bsky.social to match the color and gloss of the real plant's panels. Turned out the paint just needed to age. www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/02/c...

mercurynews.comDiablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant, wins final approval to keep operatingBased in San Luis Obispo County, the PG&E facility is given a 20-year permit by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Wouldn't another pandemic get oil prices under control? Where's the Wuhan lab when you need it? </snark>

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

You really should: 1) read this article (gift link) 2) read the text of the 25th Amendment 3) bang your head against a hard surface for at least 20 minutes www.wsj.com/world/middle...

wsj.comTrump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening HormuzAdministration officials assess that forcing the waterway back open would mean extending the military mission
Bill Conlon
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Looks like we found a candidate for ICE.

The Associated Press@apnews.com

A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport, authorities said.

bit.lySecret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in leg at airportAuthorities say a U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport.