Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Toshi Clark

@shikataganai.bsky.social

830 followers 330 following 3.6K posts

@toshi.clark on threads, was @maximumcharacte over on the old site before deactivating. Diagnostic radiologist, occasional polymath. Cyclist, skier, and musician among many other things.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · Nov 16

if you get an EV then you'll still be traffic. only you'll be electric traffic now.

what you _really_ want but just probably haven't come to terms with yet is less time in your life of being traffic, less being in a car.

this requires good, safe biking infrastructure as well as an e-bike for many.

280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles

E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.

arstechnica.com

3 3 43

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 17m

I have done my civic duty: yes, I have purchased Mega Millions and Powerball tickets for the upcoming drawing

oh, I guess I also dropped off our completed ballots at our neighborhood ballot dropbox as well. that may count, too

Reposted by Toshi Clark

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 4h

If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).

3 people who appear to be two parents and a child wait for a light on their bikes. They’re riding on Bryant - a sidewalk level protected bikeway

1 15 98

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 3h

misleading headline: I don’t see any 1,200-4,800 mm zooms listed and can certainly imagine that telescope

www.thephoblographer.com/2025/10/14/c...

Canon’s Zoom Lens Patents Cover Every Focal Range Imaginable

Canon has some exciting new zoom patents and they appear to be changing the way the company thinks. Have a look.

www.thephoblographer.com

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 3h

From Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s “New Economics of Retirement: New Solutions Provide a Ray of Hope”

People across the financial spectrum live way too close to their means. Interestingly those making $100-300k seem to be more responsible as a group than those earning above that.

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 8h

(with a factory lease program with a 60% RV that math could have worked out nicely! but not a 21% RV.)

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 8h

so basically they assume that the $81k MSRP vehicle will depreciate to nothing in 2 years. since they make the rules that's totally fair play! but also not anything I'll be jumping at surely.

:-D

2 1

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 8h

and I just got what terms they are working with. on that $56k example for a 24/10 lease they set a RV of $17.4k (!!). MF reasonable in this day and age at 0.00216. that works out to a $2k/mo lease.

1 1

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 8h

and 2024s and 2023s don't have factory lease programs available any more, not since the summer.

given these discounts, though, I put in an inquiry to a 3rd party leasing company...

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 8h

latest lease-folly rabbit hole chased to its end: the ill-fated-on-these-shores Genesis G80 Electrified. it has a 1.25" hitch available so could work for me!

but there are only 8 examples nationwide. the 2025s may have lease programs still but the one instance isn't discounted.

1 1

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 9h

Sudamerica first

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 10h

Denver metro area peeps: Aeron chairs up for auction. Golden pickup by Thursday. Roller Auction is a legit site.

bid.rollerauction.com/auctions/248...

October 14, 2025 - Former Boston Market Headquarters

Auction Includes: Rotisseries, Ovens, Ranges, Reach-In Refrigerators, Sandwich Preps, Ice Machines, Walk-In Refrigerators, IT Equipment, Office Furniture and Much More!

bid.rollerauction.com

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 10h

fourth step: lease term query on the Edmunds forums. now for math:

$131,215 MSRP
$110,965 selling price

24/10: 59% RV, 0.00049 MF. $1,626/mo, 0 down, tax included. $1,126/mo after CO credit claimed after the fact.

36/10: 52% RV, 0.00223 MF. $1,732/mo as above, $1,399/mo effective

yeah, nah.

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 10h

third step: check for other easy discounts: $1,250 Costco, check. but GM doesn't want educators to buy such things (that discount being only $500 anyway!)

1 1

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 10h

second step: verify it's over 10k GVWR for that specific CO credit good through this year, and it appears to be so.

1 1

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 10h

Tuesday lease scratchpad post:

how much would a nicely discounted Escalade IQ lease for here in Colorado?

first step, find a discounted one on cars.com. there were a few a tiny bit cheaper but this'll do and has a nicer non-livery color scheme. discount due to being a courtesy transport vehicle.

1 1

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 11h

Ramcharger powertrain: 92 kWh, Pentastar driving a 130 kW generator, 647 hp/620 lb-ft torque at least until the buffer of the battery draws low...

media.stellantisnorthamerica.com/newsrelease....

Stellantis Media - Press Kit: 2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer:2026 Jeep® Grand Wagoneer Delivers Full-size Sophistication, Capability, Starting Under $65,000

media.stellantisnorthamerica.com

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 11h

I hadn't heard of this one coming, only the Ramcharger. But my ear isn't against that particular drum, so maybe this was known.

2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer will get a REEV (== EREV) variant.

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 13h

New low budget Peloton walk activity: it’s only this blurred stock photo of Olivia D’Amato and her voice.

Reposted by Toshi Clark

The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 16h

"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alters their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit the views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." DOCTOR WHO "The Face of Evil" by Chris Boucher, 1977

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 16h

Reshma Ramachandran “said the sequence of events is the antithesis of how the FDA is supposed to function.

“What we’re seeing here is, ‘We believe this and we’re going to find the evidence to support that’ …That’s just inherently wrong in terms of how a scientific agency like the FDA operates.”

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

8 26

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 1d

nice bonus given that they're different brands than my other, AT boots (K2 vs Salomon): BSL is precisely the same as my other set. so my not-very-adjustable Pivots won't have to have a screw turned at all.

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 1d

shall get them molded and punched out mightily on Friday, after my Lucid demo drive (which is right next to the Christy Sports where my favorite bootfitter works)

1 2

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 1d

I ended up getting the tariffed boots, as the net price still beat local distributors at US MSRP. and they arrived today

behold their dual-BOA-ness

1 4

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 1d

price outside of AppleCare would have been $379 + tax for this same work, so worth it to continue @ $120/yr.

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 1d

update as of yesterday: got it fixed in an hour at the Cherry Creek Apple Store. $58 + tax deductible fee (as out of warranty but covered by ongoing AppleCare+) got me a new screen and new back assembly including cameras.

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 6d

I didn’t latch my phone all the way into the Peak Design mount on my commuter bike and it took a digger at speed, onto pavement. Whoops. Case has seen better days, cracked one of the three camera lenses, and scratched the other two.

Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been running the AC a bit after we close up windows to get to my desired sleep-coolness