Dr Grace Peng
@gspeng.bsky.social
Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
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This has always been core to Trump and MAGA. Anyone expressing surprise now wasn’t paying attention.
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This has always been core to Trump and MAGA. Anyone expressing surprise now wasn’t paying attention.
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Sheeprise over Turnagain Arm this morning.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Sheeprise over Turnagain Arm this morning.
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From time to time, an accident reminds of this graph (from an article by the amazing @berkeleyscanner.com) and I think: the only way we’re getting Bay Area super-seniors out of cars is really cheap Waymo.
80+ year old drivers are as dangerous as 16-17 year old ones.
We really need to do something radically different in Berkeley.
We really need to do something radically different in Berkeley.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
From time to time, an accident reminds of this graph (from an article by the amazing @berkeleyscanner.com) and I think: the only way we’re getting Bay Area super-seniors out of cars is really cheap Waymo.
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As violent as American drivers already were, we are simply not prepared for the raw carnage of aging suburban boomers behind the wheels of instant-torque, 0-60 in 2.5 seconds EVs.
They're going to slaughter tens of thousands of people and we're doing nothing to prevent it.
They're going to slaughter tens of thousands of people and we're doing nothing to prevent it.
It looks to me like this 90-year old driver drove 177 feet down University Ave in Los Gatos in one second, which comes out to about 120 miles per hour
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
As violent as American drivers already were, we are simply not prepared for the raw carnage of aging suburban boomers behind the wheels of instant-torque, 0-60 in 2.5 seconds EVs.
They're going to slaughter tens of thousands of people and we're doing nothing to prevent it.
They're going to slaughter tens of thousands of people and we're doing nothing to prevent it.
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Never ceases to amaze, that California, a state otherwise famous for safetyism allows by policy the streets to be an absolute bloodbath.
It's easy to kill and keep killing with a car in California.
"Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th."
"Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th."
15 DUIs, still driving: California's failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road
As alcohol-related roadway deaths spike across the state, a CalMatters investigation finds California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country.
calmatters.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never ceases to amaze, that California, a state otherwise famous for safetyism allows by policy the streets to be an absolute bloodbath.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Your annual Black Friday reminder that parking mandates for businesses are way too big! Ditch them all.
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
Yes, Even Walmart Wants to Build Smaller Parking Lots | Sightline Institute
Retailers are responding to the boom in e-commerce. Shouldn’t cities’ parking codes change, too?
www.sightline.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Your annual Black Friday reminder that parking mandates for businesses are way too big! Ditch them all.
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
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at this point, it takes real commitment to pretend that using genAI images is the same as clip art or a "random google search"
(not quoting this person, because no desire to dunk, but, christ)
(not quoting this person, because no desire to dunk, but, christ)
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
at this point, it takes real commitment to pretend that using genAI images is the same as clip art or a "random google search"
(not quoting this person, because no desire to dunk, but, christ)
(not quoting this person, because no desire to dunk, but, christ)
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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When a 22-year-old white man was accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, did the Trump regime investigate all the 22-year-old white men in the country? Or is collective punishment only a thing we do to people of non-European descent?
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When a 22-year-old white man was accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, did the Trump regime investigate all the 22-year-old white men in the country? Or is collective punishment only a thing we do to people of non-European descent?
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Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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I'm a firm believer in rule of law, but I also believe the social permission to enforce laws derives from our norms/values.
And so I don't believe for a
minute that Trump's excursion outside the law is an aberration, or was unpredictable.
Because Americans are fully inured to lawlessness.
And so I don't believe for a
minute that Trump's excursion outside the law is an aberration, or was unpredictable.
Because Americans are fully inured to lawlessness.
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm a firm believer in rule of law, but I also believe the social permission to enforce laws derives from our norms/values.
And so I don't believe for a
minute that Trump's excursion outside the law is an aberration, or was unpredictable.
Because Americans are fully inured to lawlessness.
And so I don't believe for a
minute that Trump's excursion outside the law is an aberration, or was unpredictable.
Because Americans are fully inured to lawlessness.
Remember the deadly 200 car pileups on I-5? Driving in Dense Tule Fog was so scary and dangerous.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Remember the deadly 200 car pileups on I-5? Driving in Dense Tule Fog was so scary and dangerous.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
Remember the deadly 200 car pileups on I-5? Driving in Dense Tule Fog was so scary and dangerous
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Remember the deadly 200 car pileups on I-5? Driving in Dense Tule Fog was so scary and dangerous
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
"Old Bridge Mayor Debbie Walker released a letter that said Chevalier had been forced to resign from her three volunteer roles on the Township boards"
She was so unrepresentative of Old Bridge that she was appointed to 3 boards? She got in trouble for saying the quiet part out loud
She was so unrepresentative of Old Bridge that she was appointed to 3 boards? She got in trouble for saying the quiet part out loud
A member of the Old Bridge NJ Zoning Board has been forced to resign. A member of the community had written a Facebook post saying she couldn't afford housing in Old Bridge, and the Zoning Board member replied that "she should budget better and maybe have fewer children" patch.com/new-jersey/m...
Old Bridge Zoning Board Member Forced To Resign Over Social Media Comment
An Old Bridge Zoning Board member was forced to resign for a Facebook comment she made criticizing a woman for having too many children:
patch.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Old Bridge Mayor Debbie Walker released a letter that said Chevalier had been forced to resign from her three volunteer roles on the Township boards"
She was so unrepresentative of Old Bridge that she was appointed to 3 boards? She got in trouble for saying the quiet part out loud
She was so unrepresentative of Old Bridge that she was appointed to 3 boards? She got in trouble for saying the quiet part out loud
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Tule fog fills California’s Central Valley.
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tule fog fills California’s Central Valley.
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”Meanwhile, the e-bike market is skyrocketing — and, according to some studies, outpacing electric cars — providing an even more environmentally friendly travel option.”
#eBikes
grist.org/transportati...
#eBikes
grist.org/transportati...
E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously
E-bike sales are booming, providing a clean form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.
grist.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
”Meanwhile, the e-bike market is skyrocketing — and, according to some studies, outpacing electric cars — providing an even more environmentally friendly travel option.”
#eBikes
grist.org/transportati...
#eBikes
grist.org/transportati...
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Voting rights are imperiled even in Blue states
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
League of Women Voters Intervenes in Lawsuit to Defend California Voter Privacy | League of Women Voters
Last Friday, the League of Women Voters of California, League of Women Voters Orange Coast, and League of Women Voters of North Orange County (together, “the League”) filed a motion to intervene on be...
www.lwv.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Voting rights are imperiled even in Blue states
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
I know we got rid of microbeads in facial scrubs bc of microplastics in water. But what happens to the PVA in hair spray and hair gel? Did they reformulate without plastic? @kellydobos.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I know we got rid of microbeads in facial scrubs bc of microplastics in water. But what happens to the PVA in hair spray and hair gel? Did they reformulate without plastic? @kellydobos.bsky.social
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I think this is a record. We have twenty-two pies for eighteen people.
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I think this is a record. We have twenty-two pies for eighteen people.
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Wang Fuk Court's contractor allegedly covered all the windows in foamboard x.com/heunggong101...
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM