David Roberts

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David Roberts @drvolts · Sep 23, 2022

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Important thread about a crappy railroad merger that will help get more Canadian tar sands through the US to export.

Tweet Sep 22, 2022

Now that workers are reviewing and voting on a railway contract there's a railway consolidation story that is very related to the power imbalance in negotiations and coming up around here in Iowa where people are pissed at monopolies.

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David Roberts @drvolts · Jul 20, 2022

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Good thread on how difficult it is to get a heat pump in the face of outdated myths & habitual resistance from HVAC contractors.

Tweet Jul 20, 2022

A 🧵 on my parents recent experience with replacing their AC unit and the challenges of removing fossil fuels from homes. Recently, my mom texted me to say that their AC unit went out and she wanted to know what she should replace it with. 1/x

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David Roberts @drvolts · Dec 31, 2021

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Good thread, but this is the main & most irritating thing: the pretense among cancel-culture warriors that they are simply applying content-neutral principles ... yet somehow this leads them to devote 98% of their energy to small liberal arts colleges.

Tweet Dec 31, 2021

Conor and the other cancel culture warriors want us to believe that their moral principles are so specific and steadfast that they *always* e...

by Michael Hobbes

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