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Lane Sharman

@lanesharman.bsky.social
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Francophile, reader, surfer, optimist(mostly), existentialist and social entrepreneur.

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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.lemonde.fr/internationa... An unprecedented initiative, resembling an open-air civic corruption pact. Donald Trump had already considered paying a sum to the Americans thanks to the savings made by the Office of Government Efficiency, led by businessman Elon Musk. THE VIEW OF US FROM ABROAD.
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Donald Trump promet 5 000 dollars à chaque Américain en cas de victoire aux élections de mi-mandat
Le président américain s’est placé au centre du scrutin prévu le 3 novembre en délivrant un long discours d’autocélébration mercredi soir à Dallas, lors d’une convention républicaine sans enthousiasme...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
DEBATES "At the end of a summer marked by repeated heat waves and devastating fires, awareness is still weak and total unpreparedness" Le Monde 30-Aug-2026
The unpreparedness for today and tomorrow.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Le Monde is delivering excellent journalism on both the immediate emergency and the long term outlook for all forms of life in the EU under current climate scenarios. Heat pumps are a growth market in the EU! Ditto for electrocoagulation and water generators to maximize water resources.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A mes amis francophiles: nous le jurons Randi et moi. Dinard, c’est extra apres 8 jours a Bordeaux. Nous recemmandons le Hotel Egonat parce que c’est 3 minutes de la plage. A Bientot!
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This lawyer confronted his monarch with “If the spring of popular government in time of peace is virtue, the springs of popular government in revolution are at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is powerless. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximil...
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Maximilien Robespierre - Wikipedia
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection for Haitians and Syrians www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u... Just one more nail in our collective coffin as one of the most cruel people on the planet.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection for Haitians and Syrians
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
As Coal Rebounds, More Toxic Mercury Is in the Air www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c... And if Americans were dumb, they will become dumber yet thanks to more mercury and exposures.
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As Coal Rebounds, More Toxic Mercury Is in the Air
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
How Prediction Markets and Crypto Firms Steamrolled a Watchdog Agency www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/u... And the banana republic keeps on rolling … My wife, friends and I were talking about how swiftly the administration amputated the last legs this country used to stand on … and stand for.
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How Prediction Markets and Crypto Firms Steamrolled a Watchdog Agency
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
theomission26.substack.com/p/assessment... Summarize this for your Republican Friends: your president is torching the American Economy while pocketing billions.
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Assessment 018 | The Steal
Same wrapping paper. Different gift inside.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... A mes amis francophiles: be there!
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Entrepreneur Series: 2nd Edition
Entrepreneur Series: 2nd EditionJoin the SoCal French-American Chamber of Commerce for an exclusive informational session with Julie Herrmann, Founder of Française Shop. Julie will share her entrepren...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/w... One more example of subjugation of an entire people. The administration is turning the people of the world into enemies of you and me. Recall that our president has been convicted of rape.
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A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In thinking back to the 60s, it is clear that this time is different. The opposition is flagrant. Unbowed. And, lives in fear or reverence of its leader. Nixon did not incite fear. Today, we have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c... Fly blind into the future …
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
STATE TERROR I saw it at 18 years old. The remedy? Impeach and Convict the Man.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
SE REVEILLER Ask your fellow republicans who can tolerate fear to do this: abandon their party and WAKE THE FUCK UP. A Mes Amis en France: AU SECOURS!
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Dedicated to Good and Pretti: “ And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. “ Final Paragraph. Declaration Of Independence
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/jeffe... Reread our founding document PLEASE
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Jefferson on the right to change one's government (1776) | Online Library of Liberty
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separat...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
TRAGEDY. We are witnessing evil. We are witnessing the success of internal and external forces to take down our beloved country. The cancers are many. Shrewd and surgical rebellion not hysteria required. Don’t trust a single word from the federal branch of govt. Let’s Roll.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/jeffe... If Congress does not impeach … the people must. This is clear from our founding mandate as a country. It is now or never in the name of Pretti and Good.
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Jefferson on the right to change one's government (1776) | Online Library of Liberty
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separat...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Relating to 2025 because a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Here’s the deal. I am asking you to choose more solar energy for a Nonprofit like a food bank, a low income pantry. The less they pay in electricity, the more money they have to feed. So, please, give to the Center for Community Energy: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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MOVE Now: Build Stronger Communities
🎯 MOVE unites nonprofits, philanthropies, and local organizations to build small-scale solar and energy resilience projects of 1.5 MW or less across the United States. These projects deliver clean, re...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
centerforcommunityenergy.org/movenow/ thank you for giving at any level!
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Move Now | Center for Community Energy
MOVE unites nonprofits, philanthropies, and local organizations to build small-scale solar and energy resilience projects of 1.5 MW or less across the United States. Our mission is to democratize clea...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
centerforcommunityenergy.org/movenow Thank you for considering giving on any day!
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o... The totality of Donald Trump and his administration is a signal disloyalty to our collective tribe. Americans are boisterous, imperfect. Cruelty at scale is disloyal to us. Exile Trump.
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Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c... In the not too distant future, this administration will be found criminal in The Hague … From summary executions in international waters to this, the crime is clear.
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Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Politics and Climate. Every country has to get both right for a livable future. US TODAY? 0 for 2. In the EU, most countries have more than two parties forcing more choice and less us versus them. Having lived in France, I can tell you it creates debates about ideas.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#Resistance and the #FrenchResistance have a lot to teach us because #wethepeople are now the targets of the administration. #2025 will be the year in which #wethepeople defined a new kind of resistance: #generalboycotts, #sitins, #marches and #ProtectImmigrants ... If you love this country, RESIST!
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#InflationReductionAct is alive and well for small projects 1.5 Megawatts or less. But you must act: expend 10% of the project cost to be safe by July-5-2026. If you need help, see centerforcommunityenergy.org ... to fully understand this, see my article at LinkedIn (comment).
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Center for Community Energy
Center for Community Energy
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
www.volts.wtf/p/super-deep... As I stated over @linkedin.com #capitalism and #technology got us into the planetary hole we find ourselves in. They will have to get us out. Listen to the Quaise Energy CEO Carlos Araque over at volts.wtf to see one way to get clean steam out of a deep hole!
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Super-deep geothermal drilling ... with microwaves
I talk with Quaise CEO Carlos Araque about a technology that could persuade the oil and gas industry to drill for heat instead of fuel.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m... “In March, the U.N. considered a resolution to establish an International Day of Hope and an International Day of Peaceful Coexistence. On both propositions, the United States voted “no.” WTF?
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It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/... well worth the read!
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-... … a really clear analysis of the danger of Putin appeasement and apology. From NZ not the US.
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The wilful blindness of Putin’s apologists
Some see Ukraine’s fight as a defining battle for freedom. Others dismiss it as a reckless provocation. This divide is not just academic. It has profound consequences – and not just for Ukraine. My re...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
CODE RED. Our Military Leaders, the Dems in Congress and throughout the country must take action because the orders coming from the administration are UNLAWFUL. Appeasement is not an option. Article: www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
#Trump is a civil rights emergency. #NeverForget your right to burn the flag. #object #protest #march #organize
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Tax The Rich because they are gutting the social contract.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Totally insane what’s coming from the Republicans, the “fiscal conservatives”!
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
FLASH: China drafting rules that all restaurants using American meat, dairy or grains will pay an excise tax per recipe!
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
www.linkedin.com/posts/bob-ke... Killing the solar and wind industry so the US can pay the highest electricity in the world while impoverishing more the most of us.
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This is how you kill an industry. | Bob Keefe
This is how you kill an industry. The new Senate bill released in the dead of night after a Trump-Thune meeting goes well beyond the House bill. It not only practically repeals tax cuts in full for t...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
SEMPRA ENERGY - A San Diego Climate Horror Show Each year 100% of SDGE’s profits fuel the LNG investments of parent SEMPRA. Plus outrageous executive pay. Shareholder dividends. CO2 Bombs. Consider: 2023 Raised five-year capex plan to $48 billion with significant LNG platform investments…
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
SAN DIEGO GREED AND ELECTRIC Purple bars (2018–2022) are recorded rates, rising from about $0.29/kWh in 2018–2020 to $0.48/kWh in 2022. • Red bars (2023–2026) represent projected increases, climbing further to $0.56/kWh by 2026
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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PPSD Fundraiser With Loretta Lynch
Be part of a special afternoon with former CPUC President Loretta Lynch and help power the movement to replace SDGE with a publicly-owned utility. Your donation secures access to our fundraiser and di...
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The structural trajectory of overheating the planet at the current rate is completely unsustainable. Every solar panel deployed is one more source reversing this trend. See #Pakistan and #China for action. Plug into solar. #SolarSaturday. #BendTheCurve
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
electrek.co/2025/06/20/b... Another reason for making #SolarSaturday a reality in your town ... whether utility scale or home scale, solar is our pathway to emission-free electricity.
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Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep
Batteries are now cheap enough to make 24/7 solar power affordable, unlocking round-the-clock clean energy in the world’s sunniest cities.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
solarsaturday.eventbrite.com July-19-2025: #SolarSaturday ... Use this event as a template for making the day a #SolarSaturday in your home town! Take the E out of Emotion and take local action by sharing your knowledge of the power of solar energy to replace dirty electrons on the grid.
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Solar Saturday Workshop
A Solar Workshop for businesses, landlords, tenants and homeowners ready to save on their electric bills. No Vendors.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I just signed the petition to fire SDG&E and fight for Public Power in San Diego! Join us: www.publicpowersd.org/sign-our-pet... SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POWER INITIATIVE!
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Sign Our Petition
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Make July-19 #SolarSaturday in your community!
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
SolarSaturday.eventbrite.com July-19 is Solar Saturday in #America … make it so in your community by finding a community center and getting locals to solar up before the fuck head republicans repeal clean energy incentives. Happy to make a copy of this digital event for you & your community.
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Lane Sharman @lanesharman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
All of the Trump Administration’s Major Moves in the First 100 Days www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is why we all protest today and everyday. This president is the worst of us.
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All of the Trump Administration’s Major Moves in the First 100 Days
The New York Times tracked the actions and significant statements of President Trump and his administration during the first 100 days of Mr. Trump’s second term.
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