Michael McLean

In 2024, northern Illinois was the nuclear king. ⚡️ 93 TWh electricity consumed ⚛️ 89 TWh estimated nuclear electricity generation ⏰ Nuclear exceeded load 47% of the time 📅 Nuclear exceeded load on 338 days 💵 ¢17.2 per kilowatt hour for residential electricity

@energybants They are calling it the VC summer

Breaking: Brookfield and The Nuclear Company teaming up to deliver GW-scale nuclear Proud to announcing a joint venture between The Nuclear Company and Brookfield to deliver Westinghouse reactors, including to manage the completion of AP1000s in South Carolina. From the day I discovered nuclear energy my goal has been to build as much of it as possible for the world. Today, with my team at @thenuclearco, we're taking a huge step towards that. It's been an honor to work as Chief of Staff for proven builder-CEO @JonathanWebbKY alongside our legendary Chief Nuclear Officer @TheNuclearJoe as we build the team and technology that can finally fix the nuclear plant deployment problem in the West. I've been an advocate for nuclear energy long enough to see the revolution in public appreciation for this wondrous technology, but just being popular isn't enough. We have to be able to build on-time, on-budget, with proven designs that are repeated over and over with an experienced and disciplined project management team using the best emerging tech. That is precisely what we're doing at The Nuclear Company. I'll be sharing more going forward as we deliver on the awesome potential unlocked by today's announcement.

@PYZC773 Also

Return what you took from us, CTA 😭

@stanleytang @ycombinator Keep them out of the bike lane

At DoorDash Labs, we're building a ground up-vehicle for autonomous deliveries, developing a logistics system using the latest tools in AI and deep learning. These are some of the people making sure Dot is ready for the road.

@transfortrains Yup

@cornoisseur I feel like it should have been simply a one directional roundabout but keep the traffic lights for pedestrians + dedicated bike lanes

Barely an improvement. Should just be a normal roundabout. The two way roundabout is confusing for all road users here. Why are North American traffic engineers That Way????

@gnievchenko Sorry Paris, I wasn’t familiar with your game

Paris has a lot of interesting modernist buildings

@AnthonyJQuezada I’m not giving it enough credit – the new plaza is a welcome upgrade. Need so many more everywhere in the city! This slip lane is bad practice though. Those crossing distances require pedestrians to have courage.

@cornoisseur I respectfully disagree, my friend. This is a very safe design for everyone, ESPECIALLY for pedestrians. I’d be happy to grab coffee with you and walk through the area sometime :)

@questionableway This would be so popular

when are we doing this in chicago PLEASE

@the_lettuce_cat Doesn’t need to be 3 lanes though

@cornoisseur I think a normal roundabout woulda been more hectic and way less pedestrian and bike friendly given it'd be 3 lanes.

@LionelBarrow It’s for the horny farmers market blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/log…

@cornoisseur Help me understand this

@PaulSkallas @AJManaseer The Good Roads Movement was created because of cyclists. Motorists should be grateful for the paved roads that we fought for. Bicycles are Lindy.

@AJManaseer It's hard to hate bike lanes when the CTA is in such bad shape. It's much more rational for an individual to ride a bike somewhere than to take a bus or train.

One thing I was shocked to learn about prominent bike lane advocacy groups is that they are against helmet mandates. Chicago, unlike most cities, doesn’t even require children to wear helmets. This is despite overwhelming evidence that helmets dramatically save lives and prevent serious injury. Why are they against helmet mandates? Because this lowers ridership. Which lowers funding and political support. Think about that. They are willing to let more people suffer from preventable death or traumatic injuries in order to maintain political influence. This is how you know the bike lane debate is not about public safety.

@north0fnorth Needs a Clyborn and Elston bus, badly

the north branch of the river is such a wasted opportunity

@liverisnick @theregimer Your fallacy is: survivorship bias

@theregimer @cornoisseur Absolutely. In this video, at 1:20, you can see me riding past children who are perfectly safe riding in a painted bike lane in reasonably busy car traffic conditions. Notice there are no bump-outs, no daylighting, no road diets. Just old school, safe painted bike lanes.

Over 4,400 miles of streets in Chicago are dedicated to drivers, but you try to convert a fraction of percent to anything else and the motorheads lose their minds The entitlement is nauseating

@ChiGuyOhMeOhMy Never seen 1 bike? Are you blind?

@cornoisseur They gave Augusta a protected bike lane and made it impossible to drive around a left turner. Never seen 1 bike on it EVER and it's basically undrivable now. Just wrecked a street for performative nonsense

@liverisnick @theregimer Asshole, my friends daughter was killed by this maneuver.

@theregimer @cornoisseur Omg I had to briefly ride my bike around a taxi dropping off passengers in a busy urban neighborhood! 😱 😨

@basilialukos When’s the last time you saw a driver come to a complete stop at a stop sign?

@cornoisseur I’m waiting for the day when bikers actually abide by the laws.

@aarmlovi @bfurnas Fucking amazing. Goals!

The Torch's new rollercoaster tower is rising by-right in Times Sq. NYC's 1961 downzoning made housing illegal, yes. But it also made rollercoasters a by-right accessory hotel use! There are no hearings. Thus there's simply no forum for a few dozen haters to kill the project

@liverisnick Ok, give us 2% of city roads

@cornoisseur Cyclists are only 2% of road users. Bike riding is a niche form of transportation that is unsuitable for the majority of people. Painted bike lanes are just fine for experienced cyclists.

@George1Glass @jmisci This neighborhood has that too

@jmisci Better yet: move to a neighborhood where your grocery store has a tavern inside it.

Move to a neighborhood where you can walk to the grocery store and get sidetracked by a tavern on the way over

@Chiiiicago Better than a kid getting asthma

@cornoisseur Great. Add $5k more to every housing unit

We need to put energy recovery ventilation into our building codes The unfunded mandate would probably pay for itself in avoided illnesses