Energy data nerd. YIMBY. Austin City Council (at-large 2003-9). Husband, dad, Mets fan, believer. Hopeful optimist.
Austin, Texas
Joined January 2009
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I set up our new Hume Pod last night. It required me to set up an account. Standard stuff.
By 2:01 pm CDT today, @myhumehealth had already slammed me with 3 marketing emails.
Pottery Barn, I regret to inform you that @myhumehealth seems determined to steal your crown as the most abusive email marketer.
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It isn’t enough to be against the bad stuff. We also have to focus like a laser beam on empowering abundance, so people can share in having a good life. Thank you, @ezraklein
This video from @ezraklein and the New York Times perfectly encapsulates my view on politics
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Let’s have a strong Austin showing!
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@WEMOcares In the past day, 4 of my 5 Wemo Smart Plugs w/ Thread stopped working. They show “No Response” in the Home app. I bought all in the past 1-4 months. They worked flawlessly until yesterday. Was on hold with @BelkinCares for 35 min then disconnected.
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We have a reservation on Nov 17th for our youngest two to get their first shots. Especially with the holidays upon us, it will be a huge relief to know our kids are safe and that they won’t endanger their grandparents, aunts and great grandmother.
Instead of a new round of stories about hesitancy, I’d love to read about the millions of parents who, like me, are going to feel a huge sense of relief when their kids get safe, effective #COVID19 vaccines in the coming weeks.
@austinenergy @ALTERforATX @MayorAdler @kvue Much of 78731 has been without power since 2:56pm yesterday. We received 5 texts from AE since 10:30pm that our power was restored. All false. Crews left our n’hood; outage map falsely has removed our n’hood twice.
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When @KamalaHarris spoke of the girls watching her right mow and believing anything is possible, my 9-yr-old and 5-yr-old girls went crazy. My 9-yr-old said, “I’m famous. She’s talking about me! I’m a girl.”
“Parents are furious that schools can’t reopen”. Thank you so much, @thehighsign. As we prepare in disbelief for another semester (or year?) of Zoom schooling in Texas for our 3 kids, we want our kids and their teachers to be safe. And we are mad. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
A preview of things to come in Texas? Iowa district suspends summer school after 2 days when illnesses erupt desmoinesregister.com/story/…
From a lifelong #Mets fan, get well soon, @FreddieFreeman5. Only player who has broken my heart more is another all-time great, @RealCJ10. I’m rooting for you to be back soon, so I can get back to feeling dread and fear when you come to the plate.
Great analysis (as usual). Other notable loyal Southerners included Georgian Montgomery Meigs (Quartermaster of Army, genius of Union supply superiority) and Tennessean/Virginian Admiral David Farragut (“damn the torpedoes” hero of Mobile Bay, etc).
4/ his oath and served the Union with great distinction in the West. His family disowned him and never spoke to him again. A more complicated but historically interesting example is James Longstreet, one of the most high-profile, successful of Confederate Generals.
You are funny, wise and unfair to yourself. You were a couple of lucky breaks away from an even more noteworthy career, and you are still a fan favorite. Few can say that.
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[2/2] ... in TX, at least, a solar system’s peak generation months by far are during 2-3 months of cloudless days with highs over 100 teapaw.org/counternotions/status/…
I hope people understand that solar panels have to be cooled, because when the sun is the brightest, panels' conversion efficiency drops.
[1/2] Sort of. We have lots of real-world data on this. Solar PV does better on sunny temperate days. But ... teapaw.org/counternotions/status/…
I hope people understand that solar panels have to be cooled, because when the sun is the brightest, panels' conversion efficiency drops.
18 yrs later, still makes me so happy to see this. teapaw.org/Mets/status/9189777239…
My Nest Protect was great until it went nuts • Happened to us at 5:30 am, then twice more tonight. #nestprotect google.com/amp/s/www.theregi…