derick farfan

Husband, father, and occassional engineering poet. I'm all about STEM! Leadership Pasco Class of 2016. Clean Energy, Net-Zero Future, that’s my jam.

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

Proud of all you!

[Duke Energy @DukeEnergy]

Journeyman lineworker Tyler Manick says it best. #Helene

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Don't wait – check your state's voter registration deadline today and make sure you're registered and ready to vote. And then share this with your friends and family so everyone's ready to vote early or by Election Day. https://t.co/jKW0RyeBXC

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Jesus Christ watch this and share it everywhere, finally a journalist just *saying* it

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

Get this video on The Shade Room and out to all the Barber Shops immediately

[sunny @thePiggsBoson]

These are just great.

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

@ForecasterEnten Always had 880 waking up in Queens, remember the Charles Osgood report with fond memories :)

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

@TheVitaminK Remember going there when we visited, so sad…agreed, 💔

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

@TheVitaminK Oh, that’s nice! Great artistry!

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

@desusnice Not at all, if you here, you here, no in between, we not built like the lakers.

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

Really great event and I’m glad we can support the community and help our customers learn about Clean Energy Connection at the same time! @stpeterunfest thanks for the awesome partnership! #WeAreDE https://t.co/xQFX9W4oW8

[Audrey Stasko @AStasko430]

.@DukeEnergy showed up & out for @stpeterunfest. We sponsored the Clean Energy Connection 5K this morning to share the benefits of our community #solar program. Anytime you give @deefarfman the mic, it is bound to be a great day. Congrats to all who participated! #WeAreDE

[ProPublica @propublica]

For more than a decade, the all-white judges of a Louisiana appellate court ignored thousands of petitions filed by prisoners, most of them Black, who claimed they had been wrongly convicted.

Efforts to expose the injustice went unheard. (THREAD)

https://t.co/W8bQJj5eLQ

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

I love this so much.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

We’ve invested over $7 billion in HBCUs, more than any time in American history.

A promise made and a promise kept.

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

Done.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

For more great food tips, pre-order a signed copy of Black AF History: The Un-whitewashed Story of America,

Available Sept. 19

https://t.co/RZm8VbymaH

(No, seriously, there are actually food tips)

[Duke Energy @DukeEnergy]

Duke Energy urges Florida customers to prepare for potential impacts from Tropical Depression Ten. Learn more: https://t.co/ieejnsL22q.

[Duke Energy Florida @DukeEnergy_FL]

Please watch & listen for updates on this storm system. Take time to prepare your families, home & businesses. @DukeEnergy is prepared & will work closely with @FLSERT during this event.

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

How you raise your hand to support a convicted criminal then say you care about law and order? Make it make sense. #GOPDebate

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Ronald (left) and Carl McNair (right) were born 10 months apart in the Segregated South. The two were inseparable as toddlers and well into adulthood.

In 1959, 9-year-old Ronald McNair went to a public library in Lake City, South Carolina because he was looking for more advanced books on science. Carl accompanied his younger brother and described what happened next:

"So, as he was walking in there, all these folks were staring at him - because they were white folk only, and they were looking at him and saying, you know, 'Who is this Negro?' So, he politely positioned himself in line to check out his books. Well, this old librarian, she says, 'This library is not for coloreds.' He said, 'Well, I would like to check out these books.' She says, 'Young man, if you don't leave this library right now, I'm gonna call the police.' So he just propped himself up on the counter, and sat there, and said, 'I'll wait.'"

The police and their mother were called to the library. Despite the librarian's protest, the police officer allowed Ronald to borrow the books.

Ronald went on to get a PhD in Physics from MIT in 1976 and then soon after applied to join NASA. Carl supported his brother all the way, often in disbelief: "So how was a colored boy from South Carolina-wearing glasses, never flew a plane-how was he gonna become an astronaut?" Carl went on to say that "Ron was one who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm... That was for other people... he got to be aboard his own Starship Enterprise.”

Ronald became the second Black astronaut when he flew as a mission specialist from February 3rd to 11th, 1984. Ronald was then chosen to be one of the 7 astronauts onboard the space shuttle Challenger. He died along with six other crew members on January 28, 1986, at the age of 35.

Today, the library that refused to lend him books is now named after him.

[Audrey Stasko @AStasko430]

#YEA2023 student Nicholas checking out a virtual distribution system. One of many interactive workshops underway at the Youth Energy Academy thx to @DukeEnergy @GRUStormCentral AABE Florida Chapter & 100 Black Men of Greater FL GNV

[derick farfan @deefarfman]

@chrisnelder Understood. Eventually all these social options will settle in the wake of twitters “evolution”.