Nitish Pahwa
staff writer @ Slate.com, business and tech. he/him. DM for Signal. if it's major, hit me on my pager.
- Reposted by Nitish PahwaNuggets vs Thunder is like a Yakuza final boss fight where both teams are battling each other bare fisted, bloodied and battered until only one is left standing Cavs vs Pacers was like watching someone getting atomized after a point blank shot from a Super Shotgun without any kind of repercussions
- Reposted by Nitish PahwaOne key thing we need to do is override county-level planning authority over wind and solar projects. The conservative Spokane County commissioners have been trying to slow-walk a large wind project south of Spokane for the past couple years.
- 16 years to approve a wind farm. A developer to build solar is 5 years waiting too, and was forced into additional studies while tripling costs. Oregon and Washington rate dead last in adding green energy We are going to give Ezra Klein a nervous breakdown. www.propublica.org/article/oreg...
- Reposted by Nitish PahwaOn this date: May 13, 1979. Hüsker Dü played their first Longhorn gig and thus their first Minneapolis gig. I have not seen a flyer or ad for this gig.
- and, needless to say, it's not gonna make up for all the port traffic that's already stalled and slowed …
- -The Trump administration slaps a 145 percent tariff on China -China responds in kind by slapping a 125 percent tariff on the United States -The Trump administration agrees to lower tariffs to 30 percent and China reduced its tariffs to 10 percent for 90 days. -Declare victory. wapo.st/43gfBkM
- did some reporting on the impact of DOGE's cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the court cases that are preserving the agency (for now), Trump's threats to slash federal arts spending, and the importance of IMLS to libraries and schools everywhere: slate.com/life/2025/05...
