Ken Girardin

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Individual freedom, empiricism, infants, innovation and Instant Pot.

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Ken Girardin @PolicyEngineer Jun 11

I reviewed NY's data-center "moratorium" so you don't have to. The bottom line: it's not just a one-year delay for the biggest facilities. It's an open-ended mess that would create permanent obstacles for building even relatively small data processors.

city-journal.org/article/new-yo…

www.city-journal.org New York Has a Data-Center Panic, Not a Policy A proposed bill justifies a moratorium on construction by scapegoating the facilities for rising electricity prices.

Ken Girardin @PolicyEngineer 2d

X needs a death penalty for the biggest accounts promoting the most demonstrably bogus claims. Say up to five per election cycle, enough to put some risk on the board so it's not pure engagement upside.

Eric Nelson Verified account @literaryeric 2d

This is the dumbest conspiracy theory I’ve ever seen. They literally can’t think of why candidates from the same party are getting similar numbers of votes for statewide offices.
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Ken Girardin @PolicyEngineer 2d

Asking how much a program that's larger than the existing budget would cost is "disingenuous"?

Melanie D'Arrigo Verified account @DarrigoMelanie 2d

Hi Ken.

As you’re well aware, the tax structures will be set once the bill is passed — and a number of illustrative tax structures which meet the requirements laid out in the bill have been presented in various New York Health Act studies showing savings.

As you’re also well aware, NYHA would save New York billions each year.

And, as you’re aware, over 92% of New Yorkers would save money.

I’m also well aware that you work at a corporate-funded think tank, paid to oppose policies that help working class New Yorkers, and your questions will be disingenuous.
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Ken Girardin @PolicyEngineer 2d

Recall that NHJ wrote a shocking 8,000-word piece about her daughter's low-performing NYC school without once mentioning the UFT. It was like doing a book on the Jurassic Period without mentioning the dinosaurs.

New York Focus Verified account @nysfocus 2d

You're invited to join us for Focus On: New York Schools with Nikole Hannah-Jones on Friday, November 20th at DCTV from 6 -7:30 pm. Grab your tickets at the link! luma.com/Focus-on-schoo…
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Ken Girardin @PolicyEngineer 2d

I'm not first to observe this but the Quebec-NYC power line that was touted as a source of baseload power has been running more like a peaker plant. Relatedly, it looks to be getting paid like a peaker, meaning needlessly higher costs for NYC ratepayers.