Social•Feb 25, 2026
Rising Network Tariffs Threaten Home Battery Rebate Savings
Higher fixed network tariffs could erase the benefits of the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/rwveLFK8wI
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Vermont's Statewide Pre‑approval Needed; Local Opt‑in Hampers Scaling
This effort in Vermont to establish statewide pre-approved plans is a step in the right direction—key to the scalability needed for affordable infill housing, especially modular/manufactured housing. But making it a local "opt in" kind of undermines that. https://t.co/RxlmZXG3iY
By Nolan Gray
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Trump Pushes Ultra‑restrictive Voting Bill, Inflates Its Impact
President Donald Trump demanded that Congress pass the most restrictive anti-voting bill in US history, the SAVE America Act. But he also exaggerated the bill’s provisions, saying it would impose even more severe restrictions on voting than it actually would....
By Marc Elias
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Flash Joule Heating Unlocks Gallium, Scandium From Louisiana Red Mud
Metallium and ElementUSA target US gallium and scandium recovery from Louisiana red mud using flash joule heating. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/02/metallium-flash-joule-heating.html
By The Metalnomist
Social•Feb 25, 2026
High Lithium Prices Won’t Rescue Poor Assets
Higher #lithium prices don’t have the power to make low quality lithium assets good investments. Be careful out there. https://t.co/BDwn05D4Fc
By Joe Lowry ("Mr. Lithium")
Social•Feb 25, 2026
TrumpRx Cuts Cash Prices, but Offers Little New Savings
President Trump negotiated lower prices for some drugs on TrumpRx, but discounts only apply to cash paying patients not using their insurance. Many drugs already had big discounts through manufacturers or coupons, and some have generic equivalents that are already...
By Larry Levitt
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Trump Pushes Secret Drug Deals Into Law Despite Opacity
President Trump has called for his deals with drug companies to be enacted into legislation. It's hard to know what that means since the deals are not public.
By Larry Levitt
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Trump’s Investor Ban Reveals Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Housing
Trump's call to ban large investors from buying houses is rare case of bipartisan unity -- and hypocrisy. For GOP, it's anti free market. For Democrats, it's anti diversity-- blocking families from nicer neighborhoods unless they're wealthy enough to qualify for a...
By Jay Parsons
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Import Terminal Repurposed by Fracking Boom
Fun fact: this was originally built as an IMPORT terminal. Then the fracking revolution happened and they had to reverse course. 🇺🇸
By John Konrad
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Fear Outpaces Greed: New Data Confirms
Flexport's tariff refunds webinar today had 2,305 attendees compared with 2,339 attendees for the Liberation Day webinar after the tariffs were first announced. Fear is a bigger driver than greed, now statistically confirmed.
By Ryan Petersen
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Home Prices Stay Resilient Across 2.75%-18% Rates
The history of home prices when rates ranged from 2.75% to 18% during this period. https://t.co/I0aE7X40Jt
By Logan Mohtashami
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Top Countries Supplying US Solar Panels in 2025
From which countries did the US import solar panels in 2025? #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/50iShtuhwp
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 25, 2026
NK's Nuclear Strike Capability Grows From Russian Aid
I wrote up a short set of observations on how the lethality of North Korea's tactical nuclear delivery platforms has benefited from its material support for Russia in its war on Ukraine: https://t.co/7XpbUa0g8w
By Ankit Panda
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Filter Teams Risk Bias When Opposing Press Freedom
“The concern that a filter team may err by neglect, by malice, or by honest difference of opinion is heightened where its institutional interests are so directly at odds with the press freedom values at stake.” https://t.co/unH2hznN3D
By Jason Kint
Social•Feb 25, 2026
NPR Urges Bipartisan Dialogue, Even with Rush Limbaugh
Not clear on what you're on about here, Richard. FWIW NPR has broadcast plenty of calls to push past partisanship. We once did a series calling "Crossing the Divide." My contribution was an extended interview with Rush Limbaugh. He loved...
By David Folkenflik
Social•Feb 25, 2026
CBS News Owner Eyes Acquisition of CNN Parent Company
Among other things, this is the controlling owner of CBS News, looking to buy parent company of CNN
By David Folkenflik
Social•Feb 25, 2026
When Weather Forecasts Become Infrastructure, Time Meets Energy
Minutes vs megawatt-hours: What changes when weather forecasting becomes a form of infrastructure? #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/2OUQuXZwA6 https://t.co/GPFZ1V7lJi
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 25, 2026
NXST Media and TEGNA TV Deal Worth $6.2 B
🚨 The total value of the @NXSTMediaGroup / @TEGNA TV station transaction is $6.2 billion
By Ted Hearn
Social•Feb 25, 2026
First‑Party Studio Drives Early Hardware Collaboration with Microsoft
the most interesting part of this: "Our studio system is fully built around being first-party. We're not built to just be a publisher," Matt Booty explained. "It is core to our partnership with the Microsoft platform, being involved in early hardware...
By Tom Warren
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Bari Weiss Offers Big Contracts, Still Can't Lure Talent
Scoop: As Bari Weiss works to recruit high-wattage stars to CBS News, she's dangling lucrative contracts in front of potential hires. They're still turning her down. Details in @get_status: https://www.status.news/p/bari-weiss-cbs-news-recruiting-hiring-struggles
By Oliver Darcy
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Google Installs World's Largest Iron‑air Battery in Minnesota
Google to deploy world’s largest iron-air battery for Minnesota data center #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/xjrvPDsejJ
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Responsive Strategy Beats Forecasting, Improves Monthly Position
Bad strategy pretends to predict the future. Good strategy improves your position every month. Responsiveness is the advantage. : #Strategy #Leadership #Business https://t.co/EAzG89BayF
By Kaihan Krippendorff
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Chicago's Migration Reverses: In
Migration patterns for the Chicago MSA in the past few years really illustrate what I've called "The Great Stay." Q2 2025 was the first period in many years where inbound migration exceeded outbound migration. Over the last 8 years, total moves...
By Mike Simonsen
Social•Feb 25, 2026
New Xbox CEO Defers Commentary, Cites Need to Understand Decisions
New Xbox CEO's second interview after the shakeup (Variety had the 1st). Nothing about layoffs, exclusivity, hardware plans, or why Bond left and nobody thanked her. Sharma says she still needs to learn why decisions were made before commenting on them? https://t.co/SjQr6dGwYO
By Ethan Gach
Social•Feb 24, 2026
OpenAI's Frontier Alliances Deploy AI Coworkers Enterprise‑Wide
New tech, same enterprise playbook: @OpenAI launches Frontier Alliances partner program https://t.co/yEKHI4YUFy OpenAI announced Frontier Alliances, which is a set of system integrators and consultants aimed at deploying "AI coworkers" across enterprises. https://t.co/fOh7eg2rwh
By Holger Müller
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Bull Slams Wedbush's ABVX Report as Terrible
Lot's of requests to discuss the Wedbush report on $ABVX today. It's a doozy. Obviously I'm a biased bull so sure, take my thoughts with a grain of salt, but this is truly, awful work from my perspective....
By Adam May
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Paramount Waives MAE Clause, Adds Cash for Lender Solvency
Paramount is waiving Material Adverse Effect clause for cable network biz. In other words, any declines before close won't effect deal price. Also Paramount agrees to put in more $$ to satisfy lenders if necessary to support the solvency certificate....
By Joe Flint
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Disney Pitches Mandalorian as IMAX-Friendly, All-Ages Pulp Adventure
Disney is (correctly) selling Lucasfilm’s #TheMandalorianAndGrogu as an IMAX-friendly, mythology-lite all-ages pulp adventure, even while this summer’s streaming-to-cinema follow-up still must help re-establish #StarWars as a must-see-in-theaters franchise.
By Scott Mendelson
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Bankability Key as No >100MW Projects Fully Merchant
‘No project above 100MW is fully merchant’: Bankability in focus as Energy Storage Summit 2026 kicks off #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/S3ZprKnfZW
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Meta Secures AI Future with In‑House Chip Strategy
$META is and has been in the chip business. It will build and buy and make sure it has ample compute to achieve its AI era ambitions. 👀🚀 https://t.co/1qcNqVVws8
By Daniel Newman
Social•Feb 24, 2026
9 Underappreciated Real Estate Asset Classes to Explore
Interested in real estate but don't know where to start? Here's a list of 9 under appreciated RE asset classes that I love: https://t.co/kyH2JAGQuH
By Nick Huber (Sweaty Startup)
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Netflix Shares Fall on WB Deal, Rise on Hope
You know that momentum is shifting away from #Netflix in the battle for WB when you look at their stock performance. $NFLX exploded in the end of the day and keeps rising after-hours since the new #Paramount offer was unveiled by...
By Luiz Fernando
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Consumer Reports Names 12 Worst Internet Providers
Consumer Reports Lists 12 Worst Internet Providers, via @InsideTowers https://t.co/Myos1X02DA HughesNet Viasat Liberty Cablevision GCI Optimum (Altice/Suddenlink) Brightspeed Breezeline (Atlantic Broadband) Xtream by Mediacom Lumen (CenturyLink) Xfinity (Comcast) Kinetic Cox
By Mike Dano
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Medical Office Rent Growth Returns to 1.9
🏥 Medical Office Update: Rent growth is settling back to historical norms (1.9% YoY) as the inflation wave passes. Individual metros still vary widely. Despite the normalization, occupancy remains at a healthy 92.5%. High construction costs are keeping supply in check....
By Coy Davidson
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery Anticipates Stronger Offer After $31 Bid
Paramount Skydance raised its bid to $31 per share — Warner Bros. Discovery said the updated bid "could reasonably be expected" to lead to a superior proposal https://t.co/z6F8zlBcky
By Sara Fischer
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Upcoming Analytics May Quantify Russian Military Rebuilding Percentages
Yes I joked on the podcast that this kind of progress bar isn’t exactly the smartest way to represent it, but we’re probably not far from seeing analytical products with this kind of percentage assessment on Russian military reconstitution.
By Michael Kofman
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Olympic Gold Won’t Lift NHL Ratings or Attendance
The U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team’s exhilarating gold medal victory may be dampened by an inconvenient truth for the NHL: Olympic success hasn’t usually translated into ratings and attendance gains. https://t.co/23TyqQfz6Q
By John Ourand
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Edge Computing Cuts Bandwidth, Sends Only Essential Video
Scaling to dozens (or hundreds) of smart cameras? Bandwidth chokes fast if everything streams 24/7 Edge compute flips the script: process locally, send just metadata, pull video only when it matters. Cleaner networks, smarter ops across retail, warehouses, even healthcare. Solid demo...
By Glen Gilmore
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Debunking War Myths: Offensives, Attrition, CENTCOM Spending
The latest RC is out with @MassDara. We go through some of the current myths, arguments, and assumptions about the war. From assessing offensives to attrition ratios, and my rant on how CENTCOM is about to spend everyone’s munitions. @WarOnTheRocks...
By Michael Kofman
Social•Feb 24, 2026
FDA Says Data, Not Numbers, Prove IBRX Benefit
Th FDA is absolutely correct, and confirms what I’ve said all along. This $IBRX @DrPatrick “lymphopenia” push means nothing until or unless they come up with real data showing patient benefit. The “number” doesn’t matter.
By Adam Feuerstein
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Israeli Media's Attack Warnings Remain Unreliable Predictions
Israel media thinks the attack has been coming on many nights for weeks. The chances continue to rise, but don't take this as a hard indicator in any way. Totally unreliable.
By Tyler Rogoway
Social•Feb 24, 2026
US Fighters Must Base in Israel Amid Limited Options
As we have mentioned, very limited basing options for this due to threats and (supposed) airspace restrictions. US fighters basing in Israel was a given.
By Tyler Rogoway
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Call Your Rep: Say No to Digital Censorship Bills
CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY and tell them: — NO to KOSA — NO to Section 230 reform — NO to the SCREEN Act — NO to the App Store Accountability Act —NO age verification laws —NO to digital ID systems
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Ukrainian Artillery Thwarts Hostomel Airborne Landing, Shifts War
If you’d like, I can tell you what future history textbooks will write about the moment when the first and most decisive turning point occurred -- the one that, much later, ultimately led to the defeat of Russia’s full-scale invasion...
By Illia Ponomarenko
Social•Feb 24, 2026
FTC Solar Secures 840MW Tracker Deal in South Africa
FTC Solar signs 840MW PV tracker supply agreement in South Africa #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/ddeEfgCzt8
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Ex‑Trenchant Exec Gets 7‑year Sentence
Peter Williams, the former Trenchant exec who stole zero-day exploits from his employer and sold them to a Russian exploit buyer, was sentenced today to 7 years and 3 months in a hearing that was partially closed to the public...
By Kim Zetter
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Unify AI for Employees and Customers to Boost Service Velocity
Why are you running separate AI stacks for your employees and your customers? The "service" logic is the same. Convergence between the Contact Center and ITSM is the only way to achieve true operational velocity. Stop managing silos; start managing...
By Tim Crawford
Social•Feb 24, 2026
AI Levels Playing Field for SMB Automation
.@Workday falling 10% after giving below estimates 2027 guidance is no sigh of relief for SaaS sector. Once again folks, no amount of vibe coding can produce complex systems like HCM, CRM, or SCM. Besides migration costs in such scenarios...
By Sarbjeet Johal
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Scream 7 Poised to Rival Franchise’s Biggest Opening
And since we are talking of #Paramount, the #Scream franchise kicks off a new global rollout tomorrow, and industry is euphoric, with projections seeing #Scream7 with a 40M-45M 3-day weekend at US #BoxOffice & a 20M-25M 5-day opening overseas, for...
By Luiz Fernando
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Paramount's $31 per Share Bid Not Final, WBD Says
Clearly, WBD has been told or is inferring Paramount's $31/shr offer is still not the company's "best and final" offer -- and ongoing saga that still hasn't ended.
By Alex Sherman