John Farrell

@johnffarrell.bsky.social

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Distributed energy nerd | Anti-monopoly policy guy @ ILSR | Making clean power local + fair | 📍Minnesota dad energy 🔌💡

A satirical cartoon image of a person on a private jet labeled 'CEO Express', with humorous text overlay. The mood is humorous and critical.
Informative graphic depicting the burden of utility profits on ratepayers. Features a bold upward arrow with text.
Time Magazine article about the ballooning costs for Trump's White House ballroom
Chart showing the use case and prioritization for batteries within Capacity*Connect and behind the meter programs
A screen shot from a NY Times story about the swearing in ceremony for the new DHS secretary quoting Trump describing Democrats as thugs.
Screenshot of ILSR's interactive feature allowing you to input your state and monthly electric bill to find out how much of a premium you pay to your investor-owned utility
An ABC News image of the Strait of Hormuz
Infographic titled “THE EXCHANGE: PARDONS & MICROCHIPS” showing a quid pro quo diagram between a blurred man labeled “THE FELON. Changpeng Zhao (Binance) provides tech infrastructure & cash.” on the left and “THE PAYOFF.” on the right, which lists “1. Presidential Pardon for Zhao. 2. UAE Access to Restricted ‘Stargate’ AI Chips.” A large arrow labeled “QUID PRO QUO.” connects input to output, with cash icons near the felon, an illustrated NASA rocket and a pardon document on the output side, and a note along the bottom reading “Policy Reversal: UAE also granted ownership slice of TikTok.”
Donald Trump on a balcony next to Melania Trump, with Donald squinting up at the sun
Post about Liam Ramos, Minnesota 5-year-old detailed by ICE along with his legal resident father, with a photo of Liam in his bunny hat and backpack.
Atlantic article saying Greg Bovino is out at Border Patrol
Weak sauce letter from 60 Minnesota based companies about ICE murders annotated with “fuck ICE”
Header from the Congressional Record of the Senate, 1/15/26
Line of cars waiting to park at MSP airport
Cartoon-style illustration of a suited man in a white hard hat kneeling beside a cute, anthropomorphic black rock wearing a yellow miner’s helmet and boots labeled “OSM” at a mining site with trucks and an American flag in the background; the man’s face is blurred, and a speech bubble above the rock contains offensive text referring to “dirty energy for pedophiles.”
A collage of newspaper headlines decrying the Capitol assault on Jan 6, 2021
Screenshot of NYT headline about Trump class battleship
Screenshot of a news article titled “How to Fight Rising Utility Bills? Take Over the Company, Activists Say,” with a subheading about a grass-roots coalition urging New York State to use eminent domain to buy out Central Hudson Gas & Electric and replace it with a public authority
Screenshot of Inside Climate News headline - Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities?
Dad and daughter holding a solar panel in front of a house (credit: Austin Energy)
Screenshot of PV Magazine story about Ohio bill for community solar
A hand holds five playing cards - four aces and a king. The caption says "Senate Dems: 'fold'"
meme of Andrew Harnik photo of several people helping someone in the Oval Office while Trump deliberately ignores them
A screenshot of the NYT headline about Trump releasing lying George Santos from prison
A graphic from ILSR showing how utilities pour their profits into political activity defending their interests, use their platform monopoly to hinder their competitors, and then overcharge captive customers to pad shareholder returns.
Screenshot of NYT article about Justice Department proposal to investigate George Soros and his foundation
Screenshot of New York Times ad paid for by the Edison Electric Institute to cast doubt on the science of climate change
A screenshot of a NYT headline about a White House crackdown on liberal groups justified by Charlie Kirk's killing that they had nothing to do with.
A screenshot of the NYT highlighting two stories (the firing of the CDC director and of the Fed Governor). An annotation says "these things are profoundly abnormal"