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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

So, that begs the question: how many times has she failed the bar exam?

Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

No question, but converting a house using oil to gas is much cheaper than retrofitting with heat pumps. This is especially true if the house only has hot water convective/radiative baseboard and no air systems. You would need a high temperature (160-180F) heat pump to make this work.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I was paying in the high $2’s to low $3’s last winter.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Oh, I have rooftop solar but it’s not nearly enough to heat the house electrically even with heat pumps because winter production is so low compared to summer (fewer daylight hours + less favourable sun angles).

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It wasn’t much cheaper in the summer because of the Iran war.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

December thru February I go through about 600 gallons which is not quite 3 tanks worth.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A typical home might need 3-4 fills during the entire winter.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It’s a problem unique to New England. The natural gas network is limited and there isn’t the capacity to accommodate an increase in demand.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The majority of homes heated with oil are in the Northeast … so most Americans probably don’t care. And these are all blue states so Trump doesn’t care either. But this would be a good time for New England states to band together to expand the natural gas network and add supply capacity.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump is under water by nearly 50 points.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Well over 1.5 million casualties; 46,000 last month alone. The KIA to WIA rate is currently about 3:1.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That’s one way of saying Russia has had over 1 million military casualties to its invading force in Ukraine.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They spent so much thinking about how they could they didn’t stop to wonder if they should …

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Possibly, but they will put Stephen Miller in Prison.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I would bet noted plagiarist Monica Crowley has a hand in this too

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So they want to re-run the Crusades? Because that went so well the first time 🤦🏻

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If she doesn’t fully recover, she probably can’t be executed.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ask it what Trump’s GPA was at UPenn.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We ought to bill companies like Amazon for the public benefits their employees use.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trump would have “encouraged” Churchill to go visit Hitler in Berlin.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Xi and his entourage will be laughing all the way back to Beijing.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So Trump is effectively Jesus Christ reincarnate but as the American Nationalists understand him to be.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I wouldn’t salute his ass nor shake his hand.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He’s the Mayor of New York; he should be there. The people who are opposing him being there are just racists.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Except COVID-19 was well over a million.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If the minimum wage had just kept up with inflation since 2009, it would be $11.47 today. The minimum wage has lost 37% of its purchasing power. If the $3.10 min from 1980 had kept up with inflation, it would be $13.31 today.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Wonder why his green card was cancelled. Those are usually permanent unless the holder is convicted of a serious crime or is found supporting an enemy of the United States.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For as often as Trump golfs and as longanizas he has been playing the game, he should be a much better player than he is and he definitely shouldn’t need to cheat to win.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Have you ever watched professional hockey?

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There already are tolls on the Welland Canal. They are based on tonnage for commercial ships and they range from $15000-$30000. But you could charge non-Canadian flagged ships something like 20% of the cargo value instead.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Stock buybacks need to be taxed at 100%

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Kids who grow up without pets turn into assholes. For proof just look at Donald Trump and his kids who never had pets growing up.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

And sadly he didn’t survive the war: “In June 1943, Miller was promoted to cook petty officer, third class.[5] In November 1943, Miller was killed in action when his ship, the escort carrier Liscome Bay, was torpedoed. 702 sailors were lost in the deadliest sinking of a carrier in US Navy history.”

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s time Trump met an Australian Pygmy Possum …

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

EV batteries are liquid cooled and have very sophisticated thermal management systems. They won’t allow a charging rate that will cause damage to the drive battery.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

These are never going to get built; the US Navy isn’t big enough to crew them if they were. Plus, these ships don’t really qualify as battleships because they aren’t protected with thick armour plate as is the case with true battleships like the New Jersey class. We can’t make such armour anyway.

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Dr Russ Taylor @russelltaylorphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Crewing these “battleships” will not be possible with the U.S. Navy’s headcount. Each ship will require two full crews, as with submarines, which will increase the operational costs even further. I would hope that these would be canceled by the next President particularly if they are a Democrat.

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