This is why a War on Cars is so profitable for all of us.
12.03.2026 00:19
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This is why a War on Cars is so profitable for all of us.
"Trump gets donations, you get massive Ticketmaster surcharges — service fees, platinum fees, per-order fees, payment processing fees, facility fees, magical money-sh*tting unicorn fees — on top of already sky-high ticket prices." — @lizdye.bsky.social
When a heat dome like this hit the Upper Midwest in 2012, it was *50 degrees above normal* for about a week straight.
A solar panel doesn't rely on fuel supply coming from the Strait of Hormuz.
A toddler can also hit hard, but that's hardly a measure of whether the hitting is accomplishing anything.
Under the stewardship of an alcoholic TV host, this is how the Department of Defense is spending our tax dollars:
Your price at the pump could be $5.00 per gallon or $2.00 per gallon. Just remember that one is 800% lower than the other...
The only ICE that could harm Minnesota winter tourism is the anti-immigrant kind.
Utility monopolies are insanely valuable. That's why it's worth buying them. As isaac points out, it would take 500 years for the utility's proposed payoff of city government to equal the annual revenue they make from customers.
An excellent overview of how plug-in solar can expand the bill-reducing benefits of solar to just about anyone by removing red tape so we can find a solar install kit at IKEA, Home Depot, or Ace Hardware: vist.ly/4uemh
Worth noting that a Colorado Xcel customer with a $100 monthly bill pays about $142 extra per year just to cover Xcel Energy's excessive regulator-set profit margin: ilsr.org/energy/utili...
My only hesitation in this moment is that the gerrymandering has turned 90 percent of house members into extremists whereas a significant fraction of senators have to face a much more competitive election.
Alternate headline: Childish Parents Leave Helpless Kids Exposed to Deadly Virus
HUGE WIN for San Diego in its utility negotiations -- $10 million fund for low-income solar, paid by the utility. A great lesson for how cities can leverage their power in their relationships with utility companies: vist.ly/4tuvn
How much of your monthly electric bill is going to monopoly utility profits? Hint: too much. Learn the details on March 23: vist.ly/4tudy
Got my driver's license renewed in Minnesota this week. Did an online application that took less than 10 minutes, walked into the government center at 10:15 AM, left at 10:30 AM. The public DMV certainly kicks ass compared to dealing with my private health insurer.
An ABC News image of the Strait of Hormuz
An AI generated image of 12 Greenlands in space shanding the Earth from the Sun
Solar is freedom. You can interfere with 20% of global oil supply with just a few drones in the Strait of Hormuz. Conversely, it would take 12 Greenlands in space to block 20% of of the world's solar energy.
Ironic that one day of bombing Iran would pay for one YEAR of the federal funding for public media. Don't take them for granted!
Bombs or lower bills? 20 million American households are behind on their electric bills. If we spent $1 bil per day buying each of them a plug-in solar array, in 40 days we'd be saving each family roughly $216 per year (and collectively, lowering energy bills by $4.3 billion per year)
What miracle drug won't exist in five years because we could have funded every new National Institute of Health research grant for a year with ten days of bombing Iran
Eight days of the Iran war would pay for every childhood vaccine dose the federal government buys in a year
One day of the Iran war equals an entire year of public media
It seems pretty obvious that the Proud Boys of this administration have started a war with Iran with no pretext other than "we wanted to," a tragic waste of American lives and money, and a violation of international law.
For Democratic senators who have failed to even try to stop the worst excesses of the Trump administration, watch the last 30 seconds of this video for a tutorial from GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.
Tap networks of distributed resources, save money, repeat. vist.ly/4tjss h/t @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
What if betting market accuracy is largely because it's insider trading by government officials?
The AI-slop is one thing, but mass producing public comments is an time-tested industry technique. Virtually no consequence if you do it, especially if you have no shame.
It's a rare leader that's both good at campaigning and in delivering results.
…face eating leopards…
YOLO