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Joe Verruni

@verruni.bsky.social
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We're finally seeing data centers leading to rates coming down, as predicted. We're also getting a better sense of what the tax offsets might look like in places like Kentucky, which don't yet have hyperscale data centers. www.bluegrassinstitute.org/jv-data-cent...
bluegrassinstitute.org
Data Center Dividend: Lower Power Bills and a Fatter Tax Base
The data center battle is about more than money, but one thing is clear: There are potentially massive financial benefits to individuals both as ratepayers and homeowners.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"[A] typical 400-megawatt data center in Kentucky would generate $290 million to $435 million in city and county tax revenue over 12 years, including up to $222 million for local school districts." netchoice.org/potential-ke...
netchoice.org
Potential Kentucky Data Center Sites by Region: State & Local Economic & Fiscal Impact Analysis - NetChoice
In collaboration with Commonwealth Economics Partners, NetChoice released a new report, “Potential Kentucky Data Center Sites by Region: State & Local Economic & Fiscal Impact Analysis,” that found a ...
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“And few places in Jersey draw you back more than Manasquan.” www.surfline.com/surf-news/th...
surfline.com
The Mystique of Manasquan Inlet
How New Jersey's most storied surf break helped shape East Coast surf culture
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Listening to Tyler Cowen’s podcast and realizing he’s just Nardwaur for economics
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm in @kentucky.com with a piece arguing we should let large electricity consumers build their own grids. Don't want data centers to drive up your electricity prices? They can't if they're not on the grid! www.kentucky.com/opinion/arti...
kentucky.com
Don’t want data centers spiking your power bill? Let them build their own grid | Opinion
“There is a simple answer, and Kentucky law currently forbids it: let large consumers build their own grid.”
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
DA REAL INTERNET MUST COME BACK - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELTEN WITH 2 CEO REMOVER'S "BRING BACK RSS READER'S AND BLOGS" - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I know he’s Canadian but can’t we get @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social into the candidate vetting game?
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Me, in the @kentuckylantern.com:
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Saying “We consider every punishment and censure brought to bear against this step will have no validity” as I speed past the traffic camera so it doesn't count.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Having gone yesterday, it’s difficult to overstate exactly how bad and embarrassing the Great American State Fair is. It is bad enough I recommend going just to see how bad it is. The Room, but for patriotism.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A lot of things can be said about this, but I’ll stick to what I know: everyone should do a ported walking tour in the Cotswolds.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The important thing to remember about having a toddler is anything can be a toy—it’s just some things can only be played with once.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Grimacing at the outcome
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One important thing FERC got right today was word choice: “large energy users, like data centers and manufacturing.” Load-neutral framing ages better than rules built around one industry. Watch whether the compliance filings honor it.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I think it’s nice that Phish let the Knicks play at their arena
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It does not strike me as though tech companies are worried enough about this. heatmap.news/energy/data-...
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I’m at the military occupation. I’m at the White House MMA ring. I’m at the combination military occupation White House MMA ring.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Technically correct Tidal, but it only has two songs.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“There are hailstorms, landslides, droughts, malaria and . . . the State. These are inescapable evils; such there always have been and there always will be.”
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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Rededicate 250 was plagued by the same division that has afflicted American Christians since our country's beginning, and which now undermines the already fragile MAGA coalition between Catholics and Protestants," Emma Cieslik writes.
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Rededicate 250's anti-Catholicism revealed MAGA religious divides
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
“For the world and time are the dance of the Lord in emptiness.”
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Washington DC
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The what?
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/04/2026
this brent guy SUCKS
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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
On the Comey indictment:
But that’s not the point, is it? The point of the indictment is to demonstrate that the United States Department of Justice is wholly an instrument of Donald Trump’s senescent pique, no more independent of him than a boil on his ass. The point is to show that the administration can, and will, use the Department’s mechanisms to punish enemies. The point is to show that the Department can, and will, punish protected speech. The point is to show that the Department is staffed by committed fanatics willing to do anything, however unethical and unconstitutional, to promote Trump.
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Matt Zwolinski @mattzwolinski.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
New essay: the tribe comes first, the philosophy comes second. Even for libertarians. Maybe especially for libertarians.
open.substack.com
The Myth of Libertarianism
Tribe first, theory later
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Washington, DC
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you thought Americans subsidizing stadiums for billionaires was insane, in Italy they're talking about the government intervening because they're kicking the soccer ball too slow: apnews.com/article/ital...
apnews.com
Italian soccer crisis worsens with Bologna and Fiorentina losses in Europe
First it was the Champions League. Then came the national team. Now it’s the Europa League and Conference League.
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Guy Bundestrivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Finally, a job I am more than qualified for
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I no longer have depression.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
They absolutely nailed it when they named them “paper towels”
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Living in DC is wild right now. Was craving a halal slop bowl but couldn’t get it due to military occupation.
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Bluegrass Institute @bluegrassinstitute.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A great nod to our research at @wsj.com this morning. Big thanks to John Garen, Paul Coomes, and Jim Waters for working on the research that informed the WSJ's opinion piece. RTWT: www.wsj.com/opinion/andy...
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
“For the world and time are the dance of the Lord in emptiness.”
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Be the change you wish to be in the world and end your podcast. www.wsj.com/business/med...
wsj.com
The Veteran Podcasters Hanging Up Their Headphones
Podcasts can run forever, but some hosts are bowing out as celebrities and YouTube dominate the industry.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"Kentucky’s SANE shortage means many survivors do not get the care they need after the worst experience of their lives." @akivamalamet.bsky.social in the @kentuckylantern.com @bluegrassinstitute.bsky.social www.bluegrassinstitute.org/sanes-malame...
bluegrassinstitute.org
Kentucky’s licensing rules block sexual assault survivors from accessing care
Kentucky’s SANE shortage means many survivors do not get the care they need after the worst experience of their lives.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 23/03/2026
Commentary by Akiva Malamet and Alicia Plemmons Kentucky’s licensing rules block sexual assault survivors from accessing care. kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/23/k...
kentuckylantern.com
Kentucky’s licensing rules block sexual assault survivors from accessing care • Kentucky Lantern
State licensing rules block Kentuckians' access to care from sexual assault nurse examiners and make it easier for rapists to stay on the streets.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
”That also taught me something important about jazz. It happens in the moment. And if you hear it one night, don’t expect to find it on an a record. You can even go back and hear the same band the next night, and have a completely different experience.” www.honest-broker.com/p/the-live-m...
honest-broker.com
The Live Music Event That Changed My Life
I met my destiny, and nothing would be the same afterwards
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
“It’s innocent, it’s generous, it doesn’t lie, it has no agenda, it has no body, it can’t make things happen.”
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 09/02/2026
I feel like there is a view among some self-proclaimed libertarians that racism is a personal belief and that personal beliefs should never be criticized. Their only concern is what the government is doing. Needless to say, I'm not a fan of this approach to promoting limited government.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Made Stromboli
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This headline could’ve used some work.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is very very good
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“There are hailstorms, landslides, droughts, malaria and . . . the State. These are inescapable evils; such there always have been and there always will be.”
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“Like perhaps no other act, the Dead have evolved into an idea and a songbook.”
nytimes.com
Bob Weir Is Gone, but the Dead’s Music Plays On
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
called my dad today to thank him for introducing me to the Grateful Dead
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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Bishop Robert Barron had a nightmare. He dreamed that a cultural meme came and went before he could post something on X about it. bit.ly/4bpw23L
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Bishop Barron's tendentious attack on Mayor Mamdani distorts doctrine
Bishop Robert Barron's criticism of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inaugural address evidences a mendacity unworthy of a minister of the Gospel. Also, will someone remind the bishop that his diocese is in...
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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Everyone is 12.
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Tom Marshall @tommarshall111.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Snowflakes in the sand! Asbury Park, NJ
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