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Another "Big Tech" hearing today (noon ET) with G, TW & FB CEOs
Dems will complain that tech companies don't moderate enough content and Republicans will say they're being "censored"
Both sides will attack 230, but the real issue is the First Amendment
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Dems will complain that tech companies don't moderate enough content and Republicans will say they're being "censored"
Both sides will attack 230, but the real issue is the First Amendment
energycommerce.house.gov/committee-acti…
Websites have the same First Amendment rights as parade organizers, newspapers or other media to exclude speech they find objectionable, however "unfair" their decisions may be
It's just not the government's job to second-guess those content moderation decisions
It's just not the government's job to second-guess those content moderation decisions
Republicans used to understand this. They spent 80 years attacking Fairness Doctrine mandates for broadcasting, yet are now demanding a Fairness Doctrine of their own
Here's Rep @CathyMcMorris Rodgers firmly rejecting such nonsense in late 2019
Here's Rep @CathyMcMorris Rodgers firmly rejecting such nonsense in late 2019
So, 30 hours of battery storage for $660 / kW comes down to $22 / kWh.
That's less than one tenth of the cost of today's leading $300 / kWh Tesla "Megapack" utility battery storage product. 🤔
#modelling #assumptions #magicalthinking #antinuclearism
That's less than one tenth of the cost of today's leading $300 / kWh Tesla "Megapack" utility battery storage product. 🤔
#modelling #assumptions #magicalthinking #antinuclearism
Why am I challenging Dr. Clack?
Because he is selling antinuclear have-your-cake-and-eat-it renewable energy studies that he asserts "find" least-cost energy systems with little or no nuclear energy, while in fact he simply assumes it, hidden in the fine print of his papers.
Because he is selling antinuclear have-your-cake-and-eat-it renewable energy studies that he asserts "find" least-cost energy systems with little or no nuclear energy, while in fact he simply assumes it, hidden in the fine print of his papers.
Note how I try to evaluate Clacks storage cost assumption by comparing to the *best* current storage cost quote I could find.
In his effort to support his nuclear cost assumptions, he refers to the *worst* project he could find.
This is not fine.
In his effort to support his nuclear cost assumptions, he refers to the *worst* project he could find.
This is not fine.
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So Far, 2020 Has Been Our Year of Magical Thinking | The Nation
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#MagicalThinking #coronavirus
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#MagicalThinking #coronavirus
Complex systems science allows us to see new paths forward | Aeon Essays
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#coronavirus #SFI #complexity
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#coronavirus #SFI #complexity
Gentle reminder that the @GOP impeached Bill Clinton for telling a lie about the circumstances surrounding his infidelity.
Stormy Daniels’ attorney on Trump's denial: ‘Christmas has arrived’ shareblue.com/stormy-daniels…
Aside from the fact that Trump is lying through his shifty teeth, why the fuck else would Cohen just pay Stormy $130K, if not at the behest of his client? Both of them thinking we’re stupid enough to believe this shit is a crime in and of itself.
