Advocate for city building. Hyping up nuclear energy ⚛️, transit 🚇, bicycles 🚲, and housing 🏘️. Mostly on bluesky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/wu0Lset8OY
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In 2024, northern Illinois was the nuclear king.
⚡️ 93 TWh electricity consumed
⚛️ 89 TWh estimated nuclear electricity generation
⏰ Nuclear exceeded load 47% of the time
📅 Nuclear exceeded load on 338 days
💵 ¢17.2 per kilowatt hour for residential electricity
ALT A line chart with months from January to December 2024 on the horizontal axis (time) and megawatts (MW) from 0 to 22,000 on the vertical axis. The teal line represents the ComEd Zone Load, which fluctuates from around 6,000 MW to peaks above 20,000 MW (notably in midsummer). The pink line shows estimated nuclear generation, generally ranging between about 9,000 MW and 14,000 MW, occasionally intersecting or exceeding the teal load line. A text box in the lower-left highlights key annual stats: 93.3 Terawatt-hours of total electricity consumed, 89.4 Terawatt-hours of nuclear generation, nuclear generation exceeding load 47% of the time (over 338 days), and an average residential electricity rate of about 17.2 cents per kilowatt-hour. A small purple map of Illinois appears in the top-right, indicating the ComEd service area. Chart credits and data sources (PJM Interconnection, GridStatus.io, EIA Form 860, NRC Power Reactor Status, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) are listed at the bo
Michael McLean retweeted
Very excited we can announce this: NBC will be live for **13 hours** on Election Night/overnight, starting at 5pm.
And....concurrent with this...I am going to be doing the livestream!! That will go up at 5:30 and I'll stay on all night with results, results, results.
This is only happening because so many of you tuned in and helped us spread the word this primary season. Can't thank you all enough for that. I really hope you'll join us for what is going to be an epic, all-night experience - and again help us spread the word far and wide! Can't wait for 11/3!
.@NBCNews Presents “Decision ’26”: The Network’s Most Extensive Midterms Coverage Ever, with Record 13 Hours of Live Broadcast Programming and 24/7 Updates and Analysis Across Digital
Coverage begins Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. ET and continues until Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 6 a.m. ET.
At 6:30 p.m. ET, @SavannahGuthrie, @LlamasNBC, @kwelkernbc, @HallieJackson and @SteveKornacki will lead primetime network coverage.
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com/nb…
Michael McLean retweeted
When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs.
After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.
Open enrollment coincides with the midterms, and this year has the highest premium increases in recent memory.
This is probably nudging many voters towards democrats. Would love to see the polling on this.
The personalized LLM agents that monitor your email, calendar, etc are going to become wildly popular. The friction they help remove from day to day administrative stuff is so nice.
The big selling point is the curated consolidation of information. I simply hate email, I dont like being bombarded by 500 different formats of information. The agents do all that for you and distill it all down.
Tbh, I do see this becoming the primary modality that people will use for a lot of personal and work stuff.
Michael McLean retweeted
A cautionary tale for voters in postmark states who mail their absentee ballots on Election Day: kgw.com/article/news/politic…
Michael McLean retweeted
USPS has instituted new policies of delaying postmarking of mail ballot and delivery.
ProPublica shows this has led more people's votes to be tossed, *&* that this is affecting disproportionately rural (red) counties with worse service to begin with.
propublica.org/article/mail-…
Our kid getting into the stroller each day to walk to daycare: happy as can be
Same kid getting into a car seat: roll of the dice, meltdown probably incoming
My n=1 observation is that the youth are urbanists by nature
Michael McLean retweeted
A Lexington-based nuclear startup is proposing to build in Lewis County the first nuclear power plants in Kentucky — what would be the largest nuclear power plant site in the entire country. kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/… @KYLantern
This PHP vulnerability seems like it could be a major issue for the integrity of preliminary election results that are reported on government websites.
I did a quick scan and I'm finding multiple counties in my state using php.
Michael McLean retweeted
🚨NEW VIRGINIA POLL🚨
Virginia Congressional Generic Ballot
🔵Democrats +20
🔵59% Democrats
🔴39% Republicans
⚪️3% Undecided
⬅️ 16-point shift to Democrats from 2024
articles.statenavigate.com/v…
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Michael McLean retweeted
Crypto industry alone is now up to an insane $55 million spent trying to defeat Sherrod Brown. politico.com/live-updates/20…
Michael McLean retweeted
Some stats on #php2shell. In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it. That jumped to tens of thousands in the 45 minutes post announcement, hundreds of thousands within 2 hours, and millions now.
Michael McLean retweeted
strong good governance take of mine is that congressmen should make literally 10x their current salary and in exchange be completely barred from earning any income (even on investments or rental properties) from any other sources
Michael McLean retweeted
There’s a new backlash forming: parents mad at Republicans for exposing their kids to the concept of transitioning through constant advertising
Aaron is load-bearing infrastructure for America’s future.
Toss some coin!
It's my birthday so I'm taking the evening off and skipping the Trump rally in South Carolina. I really appreciate all the kind birthday wishes -- they really mean a lot 🥹 And if you'd like to buy me a birthday drink you can do so here. Thank you! buymeacoffee.com/atrupar
