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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him

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542 points xbmcuser | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Havoc ◴[27 Aug 25 11:10 UTC] No.45038005[source]▶
The sudden US pivot towards actively suppressing wind energy is absolutely wild.

There are farms that are nearing completion and now are just in limbo.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/26/business/wind-project-can...

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piltdownman ◴[27 Aug 25 12:51 UTC] No.45038957[source]▶
It's a tenet of MAGA membership, culturally reinforced by the likes of Taylor Sheridan productions like 'Landman' - conservative machismo power-fantasies where the environmental strawmen are setup to be 'destroyed' by Billy Bob Thornton in a snappy youtube-shorts length monologue.

Unfortunately, similar to 'Yellowstone', much of the rabid viewing audience take this conservative land-right pornography at face-value as a source of truth for the state of the nation.

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archon810 ◴[28 Aug 25 04:40 UTC] No.45048436[source]▶
Landman is objectively a bad show. I gave it about 5-6 episodes before giving up. It's so far from Yellowstone, it might as well be in Australia.
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defrost ◴[28 Aug 25 05:50 UTC] No.45048873[source]▶
Maybe watch an Australian TV series such as Mr Inbetween before claiming a Sheridan production would land easy here.
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1. archon810 ◴[28 Aug 25 07:00 UTC] No.45049279[source]▶
Australia was simply a long distance reference, not a dig at their likes and dislikes.
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2. defrost ◴[28 Aug 25 07:10 UTC] No.45049331[source]▶
Sure, even so Landman carries the stink of Abbott's Texas and the attitudes comfortable with forcing redistricting to cook the electoral books . . . there's a space between it and Yellowstone but they're both clearly still in some part of modern USofA.

That aside, Mr Inbetween is far, far away from both, has some appeal for those that like guns, and is worth the watch for the uniqueness and storytelling.