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Author and researcher posting opinions on electrification, including #STS, #electrification, and #smartcity topics. I also write about the history of tech, mediated human connection, and kinship. Verified through @interswarm.com. #PrideFlag
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Absolutely tragic. BTW, anecdotally speaking, I happen to know plenty of 2A queers in Texas who voted for Trump.

Given the precipitous decline of the industry of academia and the recent layoffs at WPI and the absolute decimation of ClarkU, Worcester, MA is about to go through some things. Baseball isn't going to save it. Absolute mess about to overcome that fabulous community.

I love the Boulder area Jewish community. My heart aches.

Updated list of Black-owned bookstores. Getting closer to 400. booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-... #booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #bookstores #bookstoread #supportsmallbusinesses #supportblackownedbusinesses #indiebookstores #blackentrepreneurs #diversereads #BIPOCreads

The Tunnels. NYC. #streetphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #blacksky #travel #nyc #subway

Absent-mindedly put the washer on the wrong side of the config and over-torqued. Bad. I have chronic back pain and it really creates a lot of problems. I just didn't want to pay the price required to lean over and look. My spouse is gentle about the frustration, but for me, so hard. #chronicpain

No joke trying to figure out how to cancel Hulu.

bread (white and spelt flour, za’atar, sesame seeds on the outside)

On this #EarthDay, one of the oldest trees on earth. A Bristlecone Pine at the Methuselah Grove, in the arid White Mountains of #California. #trees #photography #naturephotography

Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸 Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮

I have modeled quite a few advanced tech markets, but not the EV one. If I were to embark on that, I'd be super intent on looking for the point where available incentives drop below new (as in new drivers) EV purchases. I'm sure that's done, just thinking out loud.

In #Okinawa, coastal fishermen now farm #coral, restoring #reefs like planting trees in a forest. With #ocean temperatures rising, half the world’s coral reefs have already vanished. These farmers are fighting back, one fragment at a time. [Heppoko Taylor]

Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas) Title: Clown with Red Wig Artist: Walt Kuhn Year: 1931 It is an oil on canvas. I took the picture, but obviously I did not paint it.

Everything is bad but birds are good so time to reinstitute BIRD PROTOCOL where a bird is deployed to offset endless evil vibes, please enjoy, birds are good, okay bye (photo by me)

The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

"“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

The Light of Coincidence" is a 1933 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte. Currently at the Dallas Museum of Art. #surrealism

The final poster. THE LIFE OF CHUCK drops in June. I love this movie!

This is like being stunned that your dead tree stump is not producing any apples. Honey it just doesn’t do that anymore

It's startling. We may be as wealthy a country--and as individuals--as of yesterday as we will ever be again in our lifetimes.

The lack of consistent standards bothers me very much. I once had a friend who got fired for sending out a perfectly good press release of some very silly announcement (her job). If Hegseth can't get fired for this, then we have to admit we are in a state of utter lawlessness.

🤘After a few weeks of swimming in studies, reports, analyses, and forecasts for data center growth, energy demand, and efficiency opportunities, I have two immediate observations: 1/x

Probably reflexively by now, I completely agree with @willbunch.bsky.social in this moment. I don't feel as if the Democrats are a coherent party in any way. I've lost complete faith in @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, as I have my own Senator @fetterman.senate.gov.

"It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and embracing a post-bias future where everything is fine and no one needs to think too hard about it."

This looks like a very special job, working with great people. www.higheredjobs.com/admin/detail...

As an American who has worked all over the world, I find this very embarrassing.

Rachel...run while you still can.

The only reason I'm not making plans to flee the country is that I don't think anyone else should have to put up with us.

In case anybody wants proof that that radio actually works and I use it (Also I replaced the capacitors back in high school)

I live in an area of the country that treats its animals abysmally. Absolutely soul crushing when I think about their depth and intelligence.

The @bylinetimes.bsky.social may not be familiar to many of us stateside, but this publication has broken a few big stories that are later picked up by the majors. We will see what happens here.