Nathaniel Hoffman

Drivers wonder if they should go electric as the war spikes gas prices Oil and gasoline prices are rising as the war in Iran intensifies and other global conflicts affect supply. That means pain at the pump for drivers filling up with gas.

AP: Does driving electric really save money?
Also AP: Pretty much.

"People who buy EVs have a 'really substantial' gas savings over the life of their vehicles even without government tax credits, said Peter Zalzal, an attorney with Environmental Defense Fund."

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Make it so.

even Idaho's got a bill!

This escalated fast, in a good way.

Offshore wind farms race toward completion despite Trump’s attacks Trump is trying to kill offshore wind. But two big East Coast projects are poised to start producing power, and others are hitting key construction…

Trump tried to take these five offshore wind farms down. They’re all hitting huge operations and construction milestones this month.

The feds pulled $1.5B from tribal clean energy. Tribes are finding another way. With federal funding gone, tribes are turning to philanthropy, alternative lenders, and their own institutions.

The feds pulled $1.5B from tribal clean energy. Tribes are finding another way.

This is how I access Bluesky

17/ "Never start a bombing campaign that will completely halt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz" is right up there with "never get involved in a land war in Asia” in terms of the classic blunders. -- Nate Silver
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“working in the garden”? or an unsophisticated anarchist plot to meet one’s neighbors

Fire department turns down $250,000 Google donation amid data center fight An Oklahoma fire department turned down a significant donation from Google.

I follow the news around local data center resistance fairly closely. This one stands out.

On My Mind & In My Heart We currently live in a world that is rapidly changing. And depending on where you stand, many would say it is for the worse.

Really strong, spacious essay from john a. powell, director @obi-belonging.bsky.social on what we need to save from the "old world order" and some encouragement for getting us to the new one.

belonging.berkeley.edu/my-mind-my-h...

Sheinbaum tells Trump: stop illegal arms trade from the US to Mexico US president claimed he wanted to eradicate cartels and made comments about Mexico’s president that were deemed sexist in summit speech

• 75% of guns used by cartels come from the United States

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Now think about an EV instead. The sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen atoms into helium. It travels 93 million miles in about eight minutes and 20 seconds (seven seconds more when our orbit takes us furthest away). Those photons then strike the silicon atoms in a photovoltaic panel, knocking loose electrons that produce a stream of direct current electricity; an inverter, now usually contained in the panel, converts that to AC power, which can be pumped directly into the battery of an EV where the motor uses electromagnetism to create a rotating magnetic field in a stator, which spins the inner rotor to propel the car. There are about 20 moving parts in the engine, and it is 80 to 90 percent efficient. There is no exhaust and almost no noise. That’s it. And if you poured those electrons into an e-bike instead of an EV, it’s even better: a penny’s worth of power is good for three miles or so. The same principles apply to electric buses, electric ferries, and so on.

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth
None of them through the Strait of Hormuz"

Top @billmckibben.bsky.social post here

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Page of forever stamps with a picture of Alex Trebek and a jeopardy style Answer reading “this naturalized US citizen hosted the quiz show Jeopardy! For 37 seasons”

Spouse who is an immigration lawyer just got the world’s greatest USPS forever stamps for his mail

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

give me extremely attractive people with tons of graphics and fx delivering factual information. stick it right in my veins.

Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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the first butt xerox

beige chart: longer growing season = longer allergy season trend line up and to the right showing 55 additional allergy days from 1970 to 2025 in Boise, from Climate Central

Itchy eyes can confirm, via @climatecentral.org

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Judge to Trump on Congestion Pricing: Get Outta Here “It is difficult to imagine more arbitrary and capricious decisionmaking than that at issue here.”

BREAKING:

A federal judge dismissed Trump’s challenge to New York’s congestion pricing program, writing, “It is difficult to imagine more arbitrary and capricious decisionmaking than that at issue here.”

Here’s @emilypont.bsky.social with the backstory:

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America, Iran and the Lessons of Nuremberg The 1946 tribunal called aggression “the supreme international crime.” My government has just committed it.

@peterbeinart.bsky.social, as usual, with clarity and precision, on US/Israel war on Iran:

peterbeinart.substack.com/p/america-ir...

North Dakota judge finalizes $345m judgment against Greenpeace in pipeline case Judge slashed a $667m damages award to Energy Transfer over Greenpeace’s role in Dakota Access Pipeline protests

Greenpeace seeks new trial, appeal in free speech case.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Explainer: What to watch for in China’s 2026-2030 five-year plan China is set to unveil its new five-year plan when parliament opens on March 5, outlining the policy agenda for 2026–2030.

Do any USians have even a 2-year plan rn?

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Adverts are surveillance

Small kale shoots in tray of dirt.

Baby kales hatched.

Photo from @nycmayor on Instagram story. The mayor, Zohran Mamdani is sitting in a mosque, holding a plate of hamantaschen and eating from it. It says next to his right hand: "Iftar, Day 13"

This is NYC:
Iftar + Purim = @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social breaking the fast on hamantaschen 🎭🥰

Ah Freilichen Purim to us all!

S. Dakota has war data centers
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Imagine this coming to your friendly, neighborhood war data center, like, in Kuna, Idaho.

This is a poll they should do: How many Americans would rather see regime change in the United States versus Iran.

CNN poll: 59% of Americans disapprove of Iran strikes and most think a long-term conflict is likely | CNN Politics Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conduct...

CNN poll: 59% of Americans disapprove of Iran strikes and most think a long-term conflict is likely. (Strong disapproval at 31% roughly doubles strong approval 16%). This number will rise as more Americans die and the longer this goes on. www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...