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Jan Bultmann

@janjbultmann.bsky.social
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Seattle. PNW native, thalassophile, sailor, rewilding volunteer, solar- and wind-energy advocate, friend to living things. Third Act WA volunteer.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 21h
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in STEM. In our latest blogpost, our librarian Claudia celebrates the history of women dairy scientists and explores their representation in our collections. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
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Women in dairying: from dairymaids to leading scientists
A journey along our library's shelves reveals the changing role of women in dairying and cheesemaking, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of America can sort of say, ‘Ah, look at these cities.’ But we are holding a lot of your people who you fail to love and take care of.” 🥹
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Microscopic: Microscopic cross-section photo of a Pine Needle (Xmas Tree)
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Invest In Washington Now @investwanow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In Washington, the people with the lowest incomes pay 3.5x more in state and local taxes than the richest 1%. That’s why we’re the second worst in the U.S. when it comes to tax fairness. I-645 will make this even worse.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 25/09/2026
We live in an incredible place. I am proud that our city was recently named one of the top five in the world by Oxford Economics using the five criteria of Economics, Human Capital, Quality of Life, Environment, and Governance.
Photo of the Seattle waterfront skyline on a sunny day, showing downtown buildings, the waterfront piers, and a large Ferris wheel. Text over the bottom portion reads, ‘Seattle Ranked 4th Best City in the World by Oxford Economics,’ alongside the Mayor’s Office logo.Graphic titled ‘2026 Global Cities Index’ with a subtitle reading ‘Ranking the world’s 1,000 largest cities.’ Below, a bar chart lists the top 10 cities by overall score: New York, London, Paris, Seattle, San Francisco, Dublin, Boston, San Jose, Tokyo, and Zurich. Each bar is color-coded by region: US & Canada, Europe, and APAC.
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Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧 @seattlebikedad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can we do a survey about gigantic SUVs and trucks in Seattle?
Screenshot from the micro mobility survey asking if “as a result of the micro mobility program in Seattle … walking in more challenging or less safe”
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Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nobody — not teachers, not retirees, nobody — will be taxed under the Millionaires Tax unless they make more than a million dollars per year, and voters will always have the final say on any changes to that threshold. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We'll be there! Hope to see you too!
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No Kings Seattle - Vote Early Oct 17 2026 - Seattle Indivisible
No Kings Seattle Coalition Oct 17th 2026 Vote Early March and Voting Fair at Seattle Center. Ballots Oct 16th. Use a Ballot Dropbox
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Repost: Things you should know but didn't know you needed to know before knowing: A nasothek is a collection of the broken noses of statues and busts. Now you know.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ahead of Salmon Days Issaquah Mayor Mark Mullet is signing a proclamation changing the name of the city to Fishaquah for the weekend. @ecocityaction.org @socklessinseattle.bsky.social
WHEREAS, salmon have long held a special place in the heart of our community; and
WHEREAS, salmon are such a part of our heritage that they adorn the logo of our city; and
WHEREAS, each fall the salmon return to our creeks and lakes; the first salmon have arrived
this year at the downtown hatchery; and
WHEREAS, salmon have supported countless generations of Indigenous peoples and
residents; and
WHEREAS, their lure has driven schools of visitors to our town to learn more about our
beloved salmon; and
WHEREAS, the popularity of salmon has created an identity for Issaquah which in turn has
tilted the scales of commerce in our favor; and
WHEREAS, this year’s theme, “Stars, Stripes & Salmon” centers on celebrating our
community and our traditions that bring us together, while also recognizing our
nation’s 250th anniversary; and
WHEREAS, Salmon Days has its own infamous mascot, Sammy the Salmon, who is rising to
the Oh!Fishal Oh!casion by welcoming visitors to join us for the festival’s 57th
year on Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mark Mullet, Mayor of the City of Issaquah, do hereby declare in honor of
the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival, during the first full weekend of October our salmon friendly city
shall be known as
FISHAQUAH
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One of our members talked about what it's like to go on a canvassing trip with our partner organization Common Power. "It's exhausting and exhilarating," she said, "The collective impact feels great." thirdact.org/washington/2...
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Day in the life of a canvasser
Our midterm partner Common Power mobilizes, organizes, and supports volunteer canvassing efforts in critical elections around the country. We asked TAWA member and regular Common Power canvasser Carri...
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Today I learned that Jesuit historian Francois du Creux (a.k.a. Creuxius) created one of the first maps to refer to "Lake Ontario," which was featured in his 1664 history of Canada. A copy of his map is in @amphilsociety.bsky.social's collections: diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/ob... #MapSky 🗃️📜🌎

Title: Tabula novae Franciae

People:  Contributor (ctb): Du Creux, François

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Includes inset map; "Chorographia regionis Huronum. Hodie desertae." Copied from François Du Creux, "Historiae Canadensis seu novae Franciae libri decem ad annum usque Christi 1656" (Paris: 1664). This was printed in the Champlain Society Publications, volumes 30-31, translated by Percy J. Robinson (Toronto: 1951). A note by P. J. Robinson states that this map deserves study and is of special value on account of the inset map of the Huron country, the improved outline of the lakes, especially Lake Ontario, and Georgian Bay, the marking of the trails to the Hudson Bay and of the new route discovered by the Groseilliers and Radisson from Lake Nipigon.
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If you're worried about the integrity of the November elections, join @thirdactorg.bsky.social for this September training session on how you can help protect the vote. thirdact.org/events/hands...
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Hands Off Our Vote! – Third Act
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
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A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Donate to local funds and organizations helping Spokane residents as homes and structures burn.
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How to help Spokane as wildfires rage uncontained
As the three horrendous Spokane Complex fires burn out of control, many of us are wondering how we can help the tens of thousands of people being impacted. According to...
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great game, Mr. President. 🏀 Iowa, you heard President Obama. The ball is in your court. Join our campaign and help us Push For Change: Turek4Iowa.com
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/07/2026
To kickstart the market for plug-in solar, a nonprofit is selling kits at no markup -- around $300. Get yours while you can!
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A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You might need this little soapstone carving of a whale today… (1200-1600 CE, Chumash culture, California, held at Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal)
A little smily soapstone carving of a whale by Chumash culture, circa 1200-1600 CE, California
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
As always, listen to my friend @billmckibben.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/o...
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Opinion | The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate
Advancements in renewable energy are paving the way for a new climate politics. The environmentalist Bill McKibben articulates some of the possibilities in this new era of energy abundance.
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Join the Power Democracy Webinar, Wednesday, July 22 at 6:00 Eastern. Who really powers democracy? The rules for your power bill, the grid, and clean energy are set by people you've probably never voted for. On July 22, we're talking about how to change that. thirdact.org/events/power...
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Jan Bultmann @janjbultmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Tech companies checking in with huge emissions increases over the past year thanks to data centers. Just... Unbelievable. What is wrong with our species?
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Mesopotamian Elephant, 3400-3000 BCE
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Ezra Klein interviews Bill McKibben www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/o...
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Opinion | The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Join us! Third Act WA volunteers are putting on a road show this summer! We’ll visit communities to demonstrate setting up a simple balcony/plug-in system and to share resources on electrical safety and cost savings. Picture is from June in the Methow Valley. thirdact.org/washington/2...
Group of about 20 people sitting on a green lawn in folding chairs, discussing balcony solar tech on a beautiful day in June.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 13/06/2026
Every year during the spring recess, CCLers make an extra effort to stop by Congressional offices in-district to drop off information, constituent letters & gifts. This year, our chapters came through! Check out these creative drop-offs in our latest blog (one chapter wrote the coolest poem!)
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CCLers Make Spring Drop-Off Season a Success
From letter drop-offs to poems and podcasts, these chapters proved proved that our advocacy work goes far beyond D.C. lobby meetings — it comes to life in meaningful interactions.
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...
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Motonormativity and Speed Limits | Published in Findings
By Jeremy de Sousa, Alessia Vinet & 3 more. Cars pose a far greater threat to other road users than e-micromobility, raising a basic question for traffic safety: which modes should actually be limited...
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New Jersey's getting it!
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Brooding about midterm elections? Come write postcards with us at breweries -- or let us send you stuff that you can do from home! thirdact.org/washington/2...
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Find July postcarding events and from-your-home options
Writing postcards is a great way to get people who are registered voters but who usually skip midterm elections to actually vote. (A messy, handwritten message says, hey, a fellow...
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Come see our demo of setting up Ecoflow’s STREAM Ultra, a top-of-the-line plug-and-play solar panel/battery system that you can buy off the shelf in Utah and at least eight other states – but not in Washington! And learn about legislation we need for balcony/plug-in solar in Washington state.
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New dates in July! Summer road show: Setting up balcony/plug-in solar
Third Act WA volunteers are putting on a road show this summer! We’ll visit communities around the state to demonstrate setting up a simple balcony/plug-in system and to share resources...
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Jan Bultmann @janjbultmann.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We're finally getting somewhere.
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WSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov · 15/06/2026
WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, SOCCER FANS. Get acquainted with our state via this highly accurate and mostly-to-scale map.
A hot mess of colorful scribbles all over a map of Washington, featuring doodles of iconic Washington features like mountains, orcas, ferries, cherries, onions, and other produce. The map emphasizes the busyness of the Seattle area, I-5, I-90, US 2, and the U.S./Canada border during the World Cup games.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
To be very precise, on top of being a useless conman, he is one of the biggest mass-murders in history, a genocideer on par with any of history's other monsters.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/06/2026
Every suburb survives on subsidies. It is a lifestyle that would be impossible if not for the tax revenue generated by the urban areas suburbanites hate & want to "escape."
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Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Seattle #1 🚲 Thanks to all the people who continue to make Seattle a great biking city! @seattlebikeblog.com @streetsalliance.bsky.social @seattledot.bsky.social and a shoutout to @rvgreenways.bsky.social for delivering the LWB weekends mentioned www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/t...
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5 Great North American Biking Cities
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Ursula and her husband have been doing this with their golden retrievers for a few years now TT: @hugoandursula
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thomas Piketty and his team at the World Inequality Lab in Paris, who last week released the Global Justice Report, subtitled “A Plan for Equality & Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries.” Our founder Bill McKibben discusses: billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-biggis...
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The Biggish Picture
Trying to imagine a working world
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"I had the distinct feeling of being at a party where no one had looked out the window in a while." Danny Kennedy on how Asia, Africa, and Australia are roaring ahead with solar while the US stays focused on a geopolitics of fossil fuels. proelectrica.substack.com/p/elite-cogn...
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
Lol, Trump can't even fuck things up right.
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Why Solar Power Is Booming Under Trump | OilPrice.com
Solar accounted for 72.6% of new U.S. power additions in 2025, with renewables hitting 88% overall -- even as the Trump administration rolls back clean energy incentives.
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Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org · 03/06/2026
Author Lu Hill in Spokane lays out just how transformative the funding from the Millionaires Tax will be for a working family, showing how all of these investments help put food on the table and build a better life. Read Hill's latest column here: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Parents will also see additional benefits from the millionaires tax. For example, a working mother who has a toddler and a school-age child and who earns $65,000 a year will no longer be charged sales tax on diapers, baby wipes and other supplies, saving her more than $200 each year. The millionaires tax will make all school meals free, which saves this mom another $1,300 in annual food costs for the school-age child. At the same time, the millionaires tax will preserve funding for the Working Connections Child Care program, which allows this parent to access programs and benefits that will save the family over $30,000 a year in childcare costs.
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Jan Bultmann @janjbultmann.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Joyful big band music from.... let's see, 1941! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRRB...
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When That Man Is Dead And Gone
YouTube video by Glenn Miller Orchestra - Topic
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We can't transition to clean energy without battery energy storage systems: they store renewable power for use during peak demand. Now's a good time to tell King County.... thirdact.org/washington/2...
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Help protect King County battery energy storage systems (BESS)
Crucial infrastructure for King County’s clean energy future is under attack and needs our help. In 2024, King County passed a strong, science-based Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) ordinance in....
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Third Act Washington @thirdactwashington.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Let's get fossil fuels out of Washington State's pension plans: thirdact.org/washington/2...
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Get fossil fuels out of our state’s pensions!
Washington’s pension fund, which currently totals about $187.6 billion, is one of the largest pension funds in the country. Last month WSIB published a new report, “Investing through the Energy...
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
You have not smoked enough crack to dunk on Hunter Biden
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 03/06/2026
New program offers Bellevue, Issaquah and Redmond residents $500-$2,000 e-bike rebates #SEAbikes #Seattle
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New program offers Bellevue, Issaquah and Redmond residents $500-$2,000 e-bike rebates
From the event listing. Didn't win the Washington State e-bike rebate lottery yet? If you live in Bellevue, Issaquah or Redmond, you have another more generous opportunity to score some financial help when buying a new e-bike. People 16 or older can apply from June 15 to 29 (fill out this interest form if you want to be notified). Recipients will be randomly selected. The Pedal Forward Eastside program will offer a $500 instant rebate for residents of any income level or a $2,000 rebate for people in households below 80% of area median income.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/06/2026
The idea that only nuclear or gas can provide "firm power" -- the last line of defense against the relentless advance of clean energy -- is going the way of the dodo. There are no arguments left. The only reason to fight progress now is corruption & raw political power.
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24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you think
Grouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds.
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Invest In Washington Now @investwanow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🛑 Decline to sign! Paid signature gatherers are collecting signatures now on IP-645 to repeal Washington’s new tax on the top 0.5%, the Millionaires Tax. Repealing this policy would hurt millions of Washington families. That's why we're asking you to decline to sign!
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Jan Bultmann @janjbultmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We can't do clean energy without battery energy storage systems. share.google/vYO10QS0ml4w...
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Help protect King County battery energy storage systems (BESS)
Crucial infrastructure for King County’s clean energy future is under attack and needs our help. In 2024, King County passed a strong, science-based Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) ordinance in....
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/06/2026
Trump's dipshit DOE won't allow home energy money to be used on gas-to-electricity switching, which is the single fastest & easiest way to homeowners to boost efficiency, cut consumption, & save money over the long term.
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Trump’s Illegal Home Rebate Guidance Keeps Families Hooked on Gas While Fueling Utility Profits - Evergreen Action
Trump is, once again, manufacturing an energy cost crisis for working families so his fossil fuel donors can keep cashing in.
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