RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116340759204660827

Yep.

And if you're worried that rich people will get richer because they benefit from these free services, there is also a solution to that categorically easier than means testing.

Ready? Wait for it ....

WEALTH TAX

It's really that easy. Like, so easy. So much easier than any kind of means testing. And instantly more constructive and effective.

And it is literally a return to the historical ways of sustaining a functioning society. Some receipts for those curious: https://itep.org/america-used-to-have-a-wealth-tax-the-forgotten-history-of-the-general-property-tax/ https://stantcheva.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum7746/files/2025-11/draft_v40.pdf

California is "bending the duck curve" with batteries:

Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world’s fourth biggest economy

https://reneweconomy.com.au/grid-batteries-reach-stunning-new-peak-of-44-pct-of-evening-demand-in-worlds-fourth-biggest-economy/

#renewableenergy

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right & bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/

#Earth #Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #aurora