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Data analytics in renewable energy. Climate science reader. Runner, sailor, New Englander and crummy R programmer.

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Feels fitting for the Invisible Man to be a Mainer

23.02.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when sheβ€”li…

When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing.

lithub.com/the-way-of-w...

22.01.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 334 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 15

Every person has two geese inside them...

12.12.2025 02:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday Volts, thanks for all the great work you do. You (and all your smarty guests) have been a huge resource for me in my career thus far.

Also, Volts was born the exact same day as my dog! πŸŽ‚

08.12.2025 21:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Prichard/Simons/Hauser/Minott/Garza
...I did not expect to be this elite

28.10.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

New England quits coal!

07.10.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

In so many ways Jrue is a Celtic.
Tenacious, selfless. A champion. A community leader. I only wish he could have been here longer.

24.06.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great data viz. Terrible content.

12.06.2025 21:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was explaining this to my partner just the other evening and her response was gold. "Why does this feel like classic batman villains, just hitting the juice on Bane when they've got nothing else working"

12.06.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3 minutes of Celtics garbage time in a round 1 close out game after being down at the half, as a treat.

30.04.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a great read. Partly yes BQ goals, but also likely people just like round numbers.

Good luck tomorrow!

21.04.2025 02:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's some seriously impressive marathon consistency. Do you usually race them with BQ and the jumpy cutoff times in mind?

19.04.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
VULFPECK /// Clarity of Cal (Live from the Palladium)
VULFPECK /// Clarity of Cal (Live from the Palladium) YouTube video by Vulf

Keeping it light and fun.

youtu.be/8bLinctYcno?...

05.03.2025 02:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
VULFPECK /// Clarity of Cal (Live from the Palladium)
VULFPECK /// Clarity of Cal (Live from the Palladium) YouTube video by Vulf

The only thing of importance to watch here and now. Vulf for the soul.

05.03.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a long list of guys that like to torch the Celtics out of nowhere. The guys that do it with regularity (Maxey, SGA, Mitchell) are terrifying. Really don't want Cade to make it on to that second list

03.02.2025 01:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a Celtics fan, there's no one player in the east that scares me more than Tyrese Maxey.

03.02.2025 00:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

In this vein, thanks to @cedricchin.bsky.social for the great writing about the Weekly Business Review. Has been really helpful to me when thinking about all the process pieces needed in addition to explainable metrics in order to make analytics stick.

02.12.2024 00:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I def don't fully understand this, at least in part thanks to my limited experience with those types of managers, and with org politics in general.

If the broader org is bought in to being analytics driven but there are managers blocking adoption, what's the path thru? Prove value where you can?

02.12.2024 00:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome. Thanks for the replies. As a growing analytics person with an eye for org strategy, I've done a decent amount of reading by Cedric and others on the technical practitioner side, but I still struggle to put all the pieces together as it applies in my own work.

02.12.2024 00:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah ok. So effective data driven orgs in this context is more about decision makers (managers) gaining more natural visibility and fluency with the org details via metrics and supporting analytics.

02.12.2024 00:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Super interested in this point. Is this because a data or analytics team manager is the right organizational node to understand both the details underlying metrics and the levers that could affect them?

02.12.2024 00:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

After years and years of lurking Twitter, I've come to realize the best part has been learning new things from all you data and energy nerds. Hopeful to be more intentional and open over here and make better use of all the good people have to offer. Cheers!

10.11.2024 00:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After years and years of lurking Twitter, I've come to realize the best part has been learning new things from all you data and energy nerds. Hopeful to be more intentional and open over here and make better use of all the good people have to offer. Cheers!

10.11.2024 00:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0