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submitted 164 days ago • 4 comments

RIP Jimmy Carter - he looked amazing on a bike

submitted 174 days ago • 7 comments

Regular, moderate exercise like walking and biking are the closest thing we have to a health panacea. US city and road design has made walking and biking impractical, unpleasant and dangerous in much of the country. Changing this would save $billions in healthcare and transportation costs.

submitted 179 days ago • 2 comments

Buttigieg is right, but what has USDOT accomplished re: road safety under his watch? 🔹 State DOTs still choose speed > safety 🔹 NHTSA still wasting $ on useless road safety PSAs 🔹 No major steps on car bloat 🔹 Tesla still misleading ppl on “Full-Self Driving”

submitted 187 days ago • 7 comments

A sharp drop in low cloud cover boosted global warming last year. Three possible explanations: 1. a global reduction in aerosol pollution, which helps clouds form and persist. 2. global warming changing how clouds behave (climate feedback) 3. natural variability in the climate.

submitted 194 days ago • 2 comments

The first morning of a new era in Damascus. Celebrating 🥳 YA HALA

submitted 196 days ago • 15 comments

In California, maintaining public access to the coast is a priority. Unfortunately, they define "access" as cars, not people.

submitted 233 days ago • 4 comments

I'm trying out my own starter pack, and naturally, it's an ode to #energytwitter expats. Bluesky limits additions to 150, so my apologies for missing like 10x of our friends. go.bsky.app/P6pgVxa

submitted 197 days ago • 23 comments

“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said

submitted 199 days ago • 311 comments

Another big year-on-year jump in atmospheric CO₂! Based on daily values, the November average at Mauna Loa was ~423.9 ppm, that's around 3.4 ppm higher than one year ago. We're on our way to the first 430 ppm in at least 15 million years. #ClimateSky

submitted 200 days ago • 5 comments

Propaganda of the deed

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

COMPREHENSIVE SLAM: The Queen Anne Community Council Upzone Meeting.

submitted 199 days ago • 13 comments

Got my son a pretty nice e-bike for his 16th bday from a local shop here and every time I take it for a ride I cannot believe how fun it is

submitted 201 days ago • 0 comments

shout out to kendrick lamar for making this the Worst Week Alive for every single hot dog stand employee

submitted 203 days ago • 137 comments

mind if i post a photo i just took

submitted 203 days ago • 38 comments

This Yacht Rock Doc is so good!

submitted 203 days ago • 3 comments

The solution is to build more homes.

submitted 203 days ago • 10 comments

If your state’s price to income ratio is over 4.5, your state has a housing shortage and you need to dramatically reform zoning to legalize more homes.

submitted 203 days ago • 9 comments

Fwiw: CFPB is also involved in rulemaking that’s currently underway and aimed at reining in companies that track and sell people’s personal information.

submitted 204 days ago • 20 comments

it’s fascinating that left-NIMBYs will just nonchalantly say “the private sector will never release enough homes to allow prices to fall” as if it’s some universally known truth… when in reality, that’s exactly what happened in Austin and Minneapolis

submitted 204 days ago • 25 comments

So a reminder: It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom. It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president. It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child. For the record.

submitted 204 days ago • 528 comments

What’s that you say? The world’s richest man bought the most influential social network in order to spread radical right wing ideology, joined a fascist administration to fire 75% of government employees and is building humanoid robots in an automated factory?? Pssshtt I’m sure it will be fine!

submitted 214 days ago • 0 comments

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.

submitted 205 days ago • 556 comments

seems like rich guys just want to spend their money on stupid shit . if i was rich i would get my dad and all my uncles added to fort nite

submitted 204 days ago • 165 comments

✨️Finland’s “Housing First” policy treats #housing as a basic right, offering permanent homes to the homeless before addressing other issues like employment or health. Cities worldwide can adopt this by prioritizing #affordablehousing, reducing bureaucracy, and funding wraparound support services. 👇🏼

submitted 207 days ago • 2 comments

BIG STARTER PACK NEWS! Announcing an important new team-up…celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com and I are co-curating this Starter Pack full of people & organizations that specifically overlap smart/better cities and climate action. Please share & suggest additions! go.bsky.app/7Wh2uvp

submitted 206 days ago • 91 comments

This story knocked the wind out of me and i hope esquire paid this man. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

submitted 205 days ago • 127 comments

Today I give thanks for child labor. GET TO WORK!!

submitted 205 days ago • 0 comments

BlueSky already has a vibrant energy poster ecosystem but commodities—the raw materials on which these energy systems depend—are comparatively underrepresented. Below is a Commodity Analysts Starter Pack that highlights some great people in this space—give them all a follow! go.bsky.app/8wXWNer

submitted 221 days ago • 20 comments

There’s nothing like a proper beach race training on a wet November day in Belgium 😁

submitted 205 days ago • 2 comments

Years ago we had the mayor bike to school with my 6 year old, within the first :30 seconds they were almost hit by a driver on live TV. Every leader should be required to ride a bike (if able) with a 6 year old before they provide any direction on bike infrastructure.

submitted 206 days ago • 24 comments

Why don't Americans have progressive attitudes toward transportation? Here are four stats: The average American drives a car 48 minutes a day and spends over $1000/month to pay for it. 98% of Americans have never taken an intercity train. 68% have not ridden a bicycle once in the past year.

submitted 207 days ago • 41 comments

submitted 207 days ago • 0 comments

Carbon-free sources carried 83% of power demand yesterday afternoon in ERCOT. Renewables provided over 70% of power needs in the afternoon. With higher demand today, the energy mix is comprised of 65-75% carbon-free sources. Would have been hard to predict this 10 years ago...