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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 10h

I was at Dodger Stadium for Limatime 😢

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 19h

If you want to really feel the housing crisis, browse the Census microdata for LA households with lots of people in them. About 16,000 houses in LA County have three bedrooms and 8+ people.

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 14h

The frequencies on the Big Blue Bus 7 are so good it’s like having a $1.25 uber from my house to downtown Santa Monica.

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Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 17h

I gotta be honest I have been historically skeptical of the idea of digital twins but recently I learned that Japan's MLIT built an entire 3D model of every building and road in the country with semantic and underlying use information, so uh... maybe less skeptical

www.mlit.go.jp/plateau/en/

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 17h

I personally like it when the falling water of Hetch Hetchy pushes my packed bus straight up a big f’ing SF hill.

Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 21h

Trolleybuses pull power directly into efficient, hill-climbing engines without need for massive, pavement-crushing batteries. Next gen trolleys with in-motion charging offer significant off-wire travel, allowing incremental wire extension. SF and Seattle partnering:
www.sfmta.com/media/43118/...

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 21h

Thank you @governor.ca.gov for vetoing SB 34, which would have created more barriers to cleaning up our freight system, at the exact moment that the federal government is undermining our ability to regulate pollution. www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 1d

Gov signed SB 71, making permanent @scottwiener.bsky.social's CEQA exemptions. For much of our transit priority, protected bikeway, Slow Street, etc work, CEQA process would have taken longer and cost more than project itself, and done nothing for environment.🙏
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/01/24/w...

Wiener Introduces Legislation to Continue CEQA Exemption for Sustainable Transportation - Streetsblog California

“We’re excited to see Senator Wiener continue his leadership on active transportation with SB 71, which makes permanent a bill he authored to exempt biking, walking, and public transit plans and proje...

cal.streetsblog.org

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 2d

I remember buying Return to Cookie Mountain from Amoeba in the Haight when it came out. I felt very grown up.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4d

Searching for Jackie Merlos: What happened when the Trump administration disappeared an immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen kids

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

www.rollingstone.com

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 2d

The D Line / Purple extension is going to totally transform Los Angeles.

Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 2d

In three years this wI’ll be 15 minutes from Westwood Village.

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 2d

In three years this wI’ll be 15 minutes from Westwood Village.

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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 2d

The alternative to old bungalows being torn down and replaced by a number of condos or townhomes that costs roughly the same is the old bungalow being torn down and replaced by a large house that costs 3x as much.
This is literally what happened before rezoning

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Farkas gave an example from the Glamorgan neighbourhood, where he said $600,000 bungalows
are being torn down and replaced with $750,000 luxury condos.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 6d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 3d

I think about Jeromy Burnitz at least twice a year.

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California Landscapes @calandscapebot.bsky.social · 3d

Blue Mountain Modoc 1, Modoc County, CA
🗺41.8301, -120.8636 🧭207° ⛰5741 ft
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/11019

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 4d

Thank you for your leadership, Senator!

Christopher Cabaldon @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social · 4d

Stoked that @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social signed SB79. It barely passed--not a single vote to spare in 3 committees or on Senate floor twice. I voted yes all 5 times, after working w/Sen. @scottwiener.bsky.social to focus it on urban places w/strong or emergent transit networks. Giant step forward.

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 4d

Just got my $50 gift card in my inbox.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 4d

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 4d

Newsom signs historic housing bill to bring density to transit hubs

Newsom signed Senate Bill 79 into law on Friday. The historic bill, which looks to add density to transit hubs across California, is one of the most ambitious state-imposed housing efforts in recent memory.

www.latimes.com

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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 4d

BREAKING NEWS: SB 79 HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.

Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 5d

Caltrain’s new electric trains are designed to recuperate energy when breaking. The agency made a deal to sell that energy back to the local power supplier, which will net the agency millions of dollars in annual revenues.

Caltrain electrified trains return power to grid, offsetting energy costs

For decades, Caltrain has been known for what it takes off the roads. Now, it's being rewarded for what it puts back into the power grid.

www.cbsnews.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 5d

The trains go fast and the rails stand still. 🤔

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