This is a wild chart for production of a physical good.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

🔋Grid-scale batteries are replacing gas plants in CA’s evening energy peak!

On 3/29, CAISO batteries delivered 12.3 GW (43% of demand) during peak hours, sustaining over 20% of the grid for hours during the evening ramp

CA’s battery capacity has surged from 1.3 GW in 2020 to ~17 GW todsy

This is what the Teamsters leadership sold their souls in order to get lol

Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...

what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...

NEW: Chicago Progressive Partnership super PAC, which launched ads attacking Kat Abughazaleh and then eventually in favor of Bushra Amiwala as an apparent attempt to split the vote, has filed its FEC report, which reveals it was another shell group for AIPAC and its allies

KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time

RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.

Maddow: All the people who came out to protest at Stonewall when the Trump administration pulled down the pride flag, "today you won."

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a restaurant and looking at the camera . ALT: an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a restaurant and looking at the camera .

I’ll have what Hungary’s having.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has signed a decree establishing Universal Healthcare for all Mexican citizens.

The United States could’ve had this, but people chose economic collapse, cruelty and death instead. I’ll never regret voting for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.

🚨 United States of America v. Galvin Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to obtain Massachusetts' unredacted voter file. A victory for our clients the New England NAACP and the MA Alliance for Retired Americans and the Commonwealth.

My firm is now 4-0 in these cases against DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/cases/massac...

A band playing inside a restaurant. Headline reads “The Best Restaurants in L.A., According to Punks”

From shows in a Bellflower Denny’s to sold-out marquees, I started asking around, where are the punks eating now? Here's a guide to where today's grittiest punks eat.

The full guide: lataco.com/punk-restaur...

By Lauren Bethke

Alright let's see. In 2019 Trump was angrily posting about the 1.8 billion in cash the Obama administration gave Iran in 2016.

1.8 billion divided by 2 million is 900. Prior to the start of this war, about 135 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz every day.

This doesn’t seem hyperbolic now

@beachluverbev.bsky.social thank you for sharing this . I do agree with your statement .” It was so comforting to have a president that wasn’t a malignant narcissist.”

A firefighter in Istanbul performed CPR on a cat affected by a fire, bringing it back to life.😍👍💙

A "mob lawyer" provides legal services, protection & operational assistance to members of organized crime, acting as an integral part of the criminal enterprise. Beyond defense, they often facilitate communication, essentially functioning as a "consigliere” or high-level advisor.

Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.

Just want to tell a story about the day I was proudest of Kat's campaign, and why I'm so excited she's quadrupling down on it.

One day when she was running, a potential constituent reached out to her. She needed baby formula with a specific protein in it ASAP, but she could no longer afford it.

Alex Pretti’s Death Came After Insane Stephen Miller Order Stephen Miller urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis.

Stephen Miller demanded that ICE-holes “force confrontations” with protesters because “anti-ICE could not be viewed as successful.” He repeatedly said that protesters “need to be vanquished by any force necessary.”
Later, ICE-holes murdered Alex Pretti.
#ProudBlue #StephenMiller #FuckICE #AlexPretti

Shelves in a library filled with old bestsellers. Above the shelves is a sign: "Large print Audio books"

Turn up the volume, ffs

Maybe you should all stop committing crimes, Todd.

Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind. (Published 2025)

my personal favorite column of last year is when i argued that trump’s revenge tour was against the american people www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...

People do not appreciate what a vast, fundamental sea change batteries are bringing to the electrical system.

There's one trait where economists clearly outperform the other social sciences:

Hubris.

Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment on behalf of US defence secretary

"Hegseth’s broker at Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the asset manager’s Defense Industrials Active ETF, the people said, shortly before the US launched military action against Tehran."

Zelenskyy offers Ukraine’s help to unblock Hormuz Kyiv defeated Russia in the Black Sea from 2023-2024 — and is offering to do the same with Iran in the Persian Gulf.

Zelenskyy offers Ukraine’s help to unblock Hormuz

But will JD Vance even say thanks?