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Ashanti Washington ⚡️

@byashanti.bsky.social
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Communicator • Strategist • Consultant Energy, power, people & policy Tennessean. Grid geek. Fourth estate fan! Priors: FERC, CELI, UCS, ORNL

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Christian Roselund @roselund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We now look forward to full commissioning & to this project supplying the New England grid this winter. While fall/winter power prices for Rhode Island Energy are already set, this project will lower wholesale power prices regionally and set the stage for lower prices next fall & winter. /10
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Christian Roselund @roselund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Big congrats to Orsted for completing construction of #RevolutionWind. Big congrats to the people of #RhodeIsland who will get lower, more stable energy bills. & big congrats to my #YestoWind peeps at @climateactionri.org. We fought for this project & we won./1 www.rechargenews.com/offshore-win...
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US offshore wind project battered by Trump attacks installs final turbine
Last wind turbine installed at Danish renewables giant Orsted’s Revolution Wind project off New England
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SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Extreme heat can create more than just uncomfortable summer days, it can worsen air pollution. Heat and sunlight fuel harmful chemical reactions, while wildfires add dangerous smoke. The latest #SEJournalTipSheet offers story ideas and reporting resources: www.sej.org/publications...
Hazy city skyline above a highway, with the headline, “Extremely Hot Weather Cooks Up Unusually Awful Air Pollution,” and SEJournal TipSheet branding.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
FOIAed records show the DOJ accused prominent journals of being “partisans in various scientific debates” & demanded explanations of their editorial processes. www.aip.org/fyi/doj-offi... by @danvergano.bsky.social
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DOJ Official Queried a Dozen Journals on 'Partisan' Views in 2025
The Justice Department fulfilled the public records request for the letters just as their author departed the agency.
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What happens when expertise links with collective action? “History gives us plenty of reminders that the trajectory of science isn’t always predetermined. Policies can change. Funding can be restored.” Words to remember c/o @tosinfadeyi.bsky.social blog.ucs.org/tosin-fadeyi...
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Dear Early-Career Expert: You Are Still Valued
Early-career scientists and experts are launching their careers in an unprecedented time for US science.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Heat causes DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge over Chicago River to stick in up position, snarling traffic
A major traffic jam is building up on DuSable Lake Shore Drive as the bridge over the Chicago River is stuck in the up position.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“So long as we fail to find political will, we will be marching past every target we put out there,” said Michael Mann of UPenn. Even at current warming levels, “dangerous and catastrophic climate change is here,” referencing last week’s deadly glacial collapse and flood in Nepal.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target (Gift Article)
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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[Winnie The Tru Pooh] @momentoftru.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Julia Stiles can do the funniest thing possible and yall know what I’m talking about
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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 26/08/2026
"what a week, huh?" / "lemon it's Wednesday" meme
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/08/2026
i feel like the actual fun part of being a senator or any statewide elected official would be just showing off all the cool stuff in the state
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Coretta Anderson @coretta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Not my girl, Dolly. 💔 Loved that woman my whole life. May she rest well.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
You know y’all complain about the kids not knowing how to read, but Dolly was trying to teach them. She was mailing books to the children. She was working on it.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/08/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her singular performing career spanned seven decades and only grew in prominence over all of that time.
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Dolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80
The artist was a star performer in country music, and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
music.apple.com/us/album/i-w... #DollyParton
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I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton on Apple Music
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP DOLLY PARTON 🕊️ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Dolly Parton, country music icon, dies at 80
Her death came after in May 2026 she announced she was canceling a Las Vegas show and said she’d been undergoing treatment for kidney stones for several years.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Raydia Martin, assistant director of the Flourish Community Hub at Flourish Church in Gary, said the "silver lining" has been the response from volunteers and community groups.”
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“It's not OK for us to continually be in survival mode, doing the best that we can.” 💔
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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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'Survival mode': Indiana residents endure a ninth day without power
Tens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/08/2026
BREAKING: The editor of military newspaper Stars and Stripes says he has been fired for insubordination after calling any censorship a "red line."
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Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview
The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, as well as its publisher and a reporter.
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Maddening as the power grid can be, it has three advantages: It is the cheapest source of electricity; it is not perfect but still remarkably reliable; and it already exists.” A must read in today’s @opinion.bloomberg.com ⬇️
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WGN NEWS @wgntv.com · 20/08/2026
Thousands in Northwest Indiana remain without power, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region. Latest on restoration efforts: wgntv.com/news/indiana/ap-tens-of-t… 
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A week after Aug. 11 storms brought 99-mph winds to Gary, Indiana, many residents are *still* without power. More than 300,000 NIPSCO customers have suffered in the utility’s largest ever blackout. NIPSCO states all power will be restored by Friday. Via #Essence: www.instagram.com/p/DcLz7-QlVO...
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ESSENCE on Instagram: "Nearly a week after severe storms tore through Northwest Indiana, thousands of Gary residents are still waiting for the lights to come back on. The August 11 storm system broug...
essence on August 18, 2026: "Nearly a week after severe storms tore through Northwest Indiana, thousands of Gary residents are still waiting for the lights to come back on. The August 11 storm system...
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Prof. Tatiana Ilyina @tatianailyina.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Three positions in scientific programming at @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social focusing on ocean biogeochemistry, ocean physics, software engineering. 🌊 #sciencejobs
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
WaPo posting like Buzzfeed
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"the agency, in total, has lost more than one-fifth of its staff. And because these cuts were broad, even FEMA can’t say what the impact might be should one or more natural disasters hit the United States in the coming months." www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Cuts leave FEMA ‘in the dark’
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Well, I missed this before, and am very sorry to share, but the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement have been merged and renamed... "the Marine Minerals Administration" The 'grand vision' is so pathetically limited. www.doi.gov/mma-reunific...
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Transition to the Marine Minerals Administration | U.S. Department of the Interior
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Sign of the times? #HBCU Fisk University doubles down on efforts to build a data center in Nashville's historically Black community — despite local town halls and a 17,000-signature petition pushing back. abcnews.com/US/fisk-univ... #DataCenters
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Fisk University president defends plan to build data center: 'Higher ed is in a different place right now'
Amid protests against data center development across the country, one historically Black university has placed it at the center of its plan for financial viability.
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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is under threat. Proposed changes to NSF’s grantmaking process would politicize NSF-backed science and threaten its integrity. Join our Aug. 18 workshop with @ucs.org's Kei Koizumi to learn how to take action. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Public Comment Workshop for NSF's Proposal to Politicize Grantmaking – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has proposed policy changes that would politicize its grantmaking process and threaten the integrity of federally-backed research.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime and it has nothing to do with AI, crypto, metaverse, robots or any of the other massively hyped "tech" the media always talks about instead
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
You may as well stand in the smoke and wreckage of a burning building and debate whether the arsonists have truly succeeded.
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
the US federal government’s capacity and willingness to protect people’s health, safety, economic well-being and rights of self-determination are at a decades-long low and its capacity and willingness to carry out racist violence and reward politically-favored private interests are painfully high.
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If u missed: Washington and Lee University seeks an experienced business journalist for its Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism. It's an endowed professorship w/tenure to teach business journalism, oversee an internship program, more. DETAILS: loom.ly/opz2h7k
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars by improving medical practice. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...
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Trump administration has quietly throttled an agency devoted to the safety of American healthcare
Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants.
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Benign mediocrity leading to malignant outcomes <
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Leigh Ann Caldwell @lacaldwelldc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New for @puck.news The G.O.P.’s nicest guy, Sen. Tim Scott has developed a reputation for running the Senate’s most dysfunctional offices—consumed by high turnover, internal rivalries, and a string of political missteps. As his portfolio has expanded, so has the scrutiny puck.news/inside-sen-t...
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Tim Scott’s Hunger Games
Tim Scott has developed a reputation for running two of the Senate’s most dysfunctional offices—consumed by high turnover, internal rivalries, and a string of costly political missteps. Some Republica...
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The EPA said if power plants used only for data centers are not be subject to the federal Clean Air ​Act's Acid Rain Program, which has been key to the ​dramatic reduction of smog and soot pollution from industrial ⁠facilities. Per @reuters.com
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EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
Power sources providing electricity only to data centers and not the public grid may not be subject to ​federal pollution laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on ‌Monday.
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Stellar feature & reporting in The Atlantic on Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Worth a read www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... NEW by @jenishawo.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com
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The Newcomer
Wes Moore isn’t here to save the Democratic Party.
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026
🔥🔥🔥Newspaper frontpages🔥🔥🔥
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 22/07/2026
Heat wave smothering Southern California nears its peak
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Heat wave smothering Southern California nears its peak
A heat wave that’s expected to rank among the hottest of the year so far will peak in Southern California on Thursday with temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above normal, and muggy conditions limiting overnight cooling, forecasters said.
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Corbin Hiar @corbinhiar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The American Geophysical Union comes to the defense of the National Academies: "This is science that protects and preserves lives and livelihoods. Calls for suspension or debarment from federal funding for this crucial information is dangerous and misguided." www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Trump threatens National Academies with debarment. Here's what it is.
The president invoked an obscure process to review the institution's federal grants over what he says is "climate fraud."
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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hegseth confirms DOD has about $75B left from the $150B that Republicans provided in the "big, beautiful" law. Hegseth says that funding isn't for the Iran war but for "rebuilding our military."
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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
NEWS: Hegseth says the Iran war has cost about $37.5 billion so far.
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Nice charts. I continue to be frustrated that coverage of the relatively minor grid issues in Europe during the heatwave rather miss the point that solar and batteries were *helping*.
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Ashanti Washington ⚡️ @byashanti.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
this part
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Write for your best faith readers.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I just had this conversarion with an editor yesterday. If you start hedging for imagined bad faith readers, you have stopped writing and started journaling a fan fic to them.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 20/07/2026
In 2024, about 40% of Business Insider's content was scoops, exclusives, and other "original stories." Today, that content makes up more than 80% of its site. www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/busi...
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Business Insider’s big bet against aggregation
Facing repeated layoffs and traffic declines, Business Insider turns its back on the aggregation business it pioneered.
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