Quote: “One of the most refreshing parts of prison friendships was how men would form bonds with guys they never would have even encountered in normal life. I remember walking by a former drug dealer, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent, a former mobster and a former preacher all sitting around a table together in the prison yard. Surely this was not happening anywhere else in America.”
Dana sez, My eyebrows got a bit of a workout here. (New York Times gift link)

Quote: “It can’t be stopped, no matter what they try. 54 GW of new electricity capacity was added to the grid in the United States last year, and 96% of it was clean. Despite the Trump administration’s best efforts, for every new unit of fossil gas, more than a unit of coal was switched off, and a whopping 24 units of clean energy was built. Solar was again the star of the show, and check out battery storage! Five years ago it was a rounding error, now it’s a quarter of the total. EIA via John Bistline” (Fix the News)

Have to say, this looks pretty good and even kinda Heinlein-esque. “TANSTAAFL!” “Just throw rocks at ’em!”

Quote for the day

Trump also ended the war between Gondor and Narnia. Alert the Nobel committee! —Garry Kasparov

Outro…

Chatter Lagniappe Sunday Fix the News For All Mankind Garry Kasparov p.g. sittenfeld solar power The Moon is a Harsh Mistress