Gregory Lemieux
@lemieuxg.bsky.social
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This past Saturday was Dad's birthday. He would have been 77. #poetry #ancestors
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This past Saturday was Dad's birthday. He would have been 77. #poetry #ancestors
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Recap of Berkeley Middle Housing:
- Majority of the 102 public comments in favor
- City Council votes 9-0 to rezone most of the city's low density residential zones to 70 units per acre, ~8 homes per lot. Old zoning only allowed 1-2
Thank you to everyone who worked to make this happen! 🏘️
#berkmtg
- Majority of the 102 public comments in favor
- City Council votes 9-0 to rezone most of the city's low density residential zones to 70 units per acre, ~8 homes per lot. Old zoning only allowed 1-2
Thank you to everyone who worked to make this happen! 🏘️
#berkmtg
June 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Recap of Berkeley Middle Housing:
- Majority of the 102 public comments in favor
- City Council votes 9-0 to rezone most of the city's low density residential zones to 70 units per acre, ~8 homes per lot. Old zoning only allowed 1-2
Thank you to everyone who worked to make this happen! 🏘️
#berkmtg
- Majority of the 102 public comments in favor
- City Council votes 9-0 to rezone most of the city's low density residential zones to 70 units per acre, ~8 homes per lot. Old zoning only allowed 1-2
Thank you to everyone who worked to make this happen! 🏘️
#berkmtg
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It's done!! On a unanimous council vote, and after 6+ years, countless hours of public comment, and more than 40 community meetings...
...Berkeley has *officially* ended single-family only zoning and legalized multifamily housing citywide!!!
...Berkeley has *officially* ended single-family only zoning and legalized multifamily housing citywide!!!
Happy Thursday, folks!
I'm spending my evening (virtually) in Berkeley, where the City Council will *finally* vote on the Middle Housing Ordinance to legalize duplexes, fourplexes & small apartments in most neighborhoods throughout the city.
Grab some 🍿, 🧵 starts here!
I'm spending my evening (virtually) in Berkeley, where the City Council will *finally* vote on the Middle Housing Ordinance to legalize duplexes, fourplexes & small apartments in most neighborhoods throughout the city.
Grab some 🍿, 🧵 starts here!
June 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
It's done!! On a unanimous council vote, and after 6+ years, countless hours of public comment, and more than 40 community meetings...
...Berkeley has *officially* ended single-family only zoning and legalized multifamily housing citywide!!!
...Berkeley has *officially* ended single-family only zoning and legalized multifamily housing citywide!!!
Something that I haven’t seen mentioned from this study is that the groups that engaged with LLMs after developing their own material without the support of external might be beneficial.
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Something that I haven’t seen mentioned from this study is that the groups that engaged with LLMs after developing their own material without the support of external might be beneficial.
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This is the first time in 60 years that a president has deployed a state’s National Guard for a domestic operation without the governor’s request.
For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal
Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is the first time in 60 years that a president has deployed a state’s National Guard for a domestic operation without the governor’s request.
💯 this: “For every one of these stories, we could be telling ten about how lack of perceived
profitability/monetization led to important scientific innovations being shelved by the private sector,
and what that implies for a liberalism dependent on market-driven ‘innovation’ as its primary driver…”
profitability/monetization led to important scientific innovations being shelved by the private sector,
and what that implies for a liberalism dependent on market-driven ‘innovation’ as its primary driver…”
June 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
💯 this: “For every one of these stories, we could be telling ten about how lack of perceived
profitability/monetization led to important scientific innovations being shelved by the private sector,
and what that implies for a liberalism dependent on market-driven ‘innovation’ as its primary driver…”
profitability/monetization led to important scientific innovations being shelved by the private sector,
and what that implies for a liberalism dependent on market-driven ‘innovation’ as its primary driver…”
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Willie Brown Middle School is a San Francisco 6-8 in the Bayview District. For the entire ‘24-‘25 school year, I have been driving the 44 O’Shaughnessy bus that stops there right after school gets out. That trip has been the busiest and most challenging part of my working day.
June 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Willie Brown Middle School is a San Francisco 6-8 in the Bayview District. For the entire ‘24-‘25 school year, I have been driving the 44 O’Shaughnessy bus that stops there right after school gets out. That trip has been the busiest and most challenging part of my working day.
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"I WAS WAITING FOR A MAN TO ASK".
Santa @pftompkins.bsky.social forever and always. 🎅
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#gamechanger @dropout.tv
Santa @pftompkins.bsky.social forever and always. 🎅
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#gamechanger @dropout.tv
May 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"I WAS WAITING FOR A MAN TO ASK".
Santa @pftompkins.bsky.social forever and always. 🎅
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#gamechanger @dropout.tv
Santa @pftompkins.bsky.social forever and always. 🎅
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#gamechanger @dropout.tv
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Sign up for @berkeleyca.gov disaster preparedness classes from May to August and learn essential emergency skills from the Berkeley Fire Department to help your community respond after a disaster!
Sign Up / More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
Sign Up / More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
April 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sign up for @berkeleyca.gov disaster preparedness classes from May to August and learn essential emergency skills from the Berkeley Fire Department to help your community respond after a disaster!
Sign Up / More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
Sign Up / More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
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And that’s a wrap on @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social summit!
Feeling super inspired and pumped about this next year! From the people to the message, I’m reminded as to why we do this.
& now it’s time to get to work!
Remember — when the kids roll initiative, we assemble our party. 🎲❤️
Feeling super inspired and pumped about this next year! From the people to the message, I’m reminded as to why we do this.
& now it’s time to get to work!
Remember — when the kids roll initiative, we assemble our party. 🎲❤️
April 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And that’s a wrap on @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social summit!
Feeling super inspired and pumped about this next year! From the people to the message, I’m reminded as to why we do this.
& now it’s time to get to work!
Remember — when the kids roll initiative, we assemble our party. 🎲❤️
Feeling super inspired and pumped about this next year! From the people to the message, I’m reminded as to why we do this.
& now it’s time to get to work!
Remember — when the kids roll initiative, we assemble our party. 🎲❤️
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Markets are not distributed computers algorithmically pricing neutral pieces of information and efficiently distributing risk on the basis of price. They are social, governed by convention, ruled by assumptions that work reasonably well in good times and catastrophically poorly in bad times.
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Markets are not distributed computers algorithmically pricing neutral pieces of information and efficiently distributing risk on the basis of price. They are social, governed by convention, ruled by assumptions that work reasonably well in good times and catastrophically poorly in bad times.
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Important note about this breakthrough:
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Thanks to Steve Jobs and Gorilla Glass, factories in America are now ramping up to make affordable windows, made from panes thinner than a credit card, that can:
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
A Piece of Glass Thinner Than a Credit Card Could Solve America’s $25 Billion Energy Problem
New windows can insulate better than most walls, and some can even survive being hit with a two-by-four shot from a cannon.
www.wsj.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Important note about this breakthrough:
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
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3 items at Berkeley city council Tues 1/21:
#26 Expanding Homeownership Opportunities (easier to build townhouses, condos, & subdivide lots)
#27 Reaffirming Berkeley as Sanctuary City
#28 High Risk Intersections AB413 upgrades
Send support to: [email protected]
berkeleyca.gov/city-council...
#26 Expanding Homeownership Opportunities (easier to build townhouses, condos, & subdivide lots)
#27 Reaffirming Berkeley as Sanctuary City
#28 High Risk Intersections AB413 upgrades
Send support to: [email protected]
berkeleyca.gov/city-council...
City Council Regular Meeting eAgenda January 21, 2025
Printer-friendly PDF Agenda AGENDABERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGTuesday, January 21, 20256:00 PMSCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702Adena Ishii, MayorCouncilmembers:
berkeleyca.gov
January 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
3 items at Berkeley city council Tues 1/21:
#26 Expanding Homeownership Opportunities (easier to build townhouses, condos, & subdivide lots)
#27 Reaffirming Berkeley as Sanctuary City
#28 High Risk Intersections AB413 upgrades
Send support to: [email protected]
berkeleyca.gov/city-council...
#26 Expanding Homeownership Opportunities (easier to build townhouses, condos, & subdivide lots)
#27 Reaffirming Berkeley as Sanctuary City
#28 High Risk Intersections AB413 upgrades
Send support to: [email protected]
berkeleyca.gov/city-council...
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Mingge Lin has run sound for Dropout for years, helping cast members (including me) sound amazing no matter how many times we bang the lav accidentally. He is the best!
Sadly, he lost his home and beloved cat Mochi in the Eaton fire. Please help if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-mingg...
Sadly, he lost his home and beloved cat Mochi in the Eaton fire. Please help if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-mingg...
Donate to Help Mingge and Ann Rebuild After Fire, organized by Mingge Lin
Help Mingge and Ann Rebuild After the Eaton Fire
Dear friends, family, and k… Mingge Lin needs your support for Help Mingge and Ann Rebuild After Fire
www.gofundme.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Mingge Lin has run sound for Dropout for years, helping cast members (including me) sound amazing no matter how many times we bang the lav accidentally. He is the best!
Sadly, he lost his home and beloved cat Mochi in the Eaton fire. Please help if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-mingg...
Sadly, he lost his home and beloved cat Mochi in the Eaton fire. Please help if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-mingg...
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We're opening 2025 with a bang — we’re moving into the track-laying phase for the California high-speed rail.
And there's more: California is also building towards connecting @cahsra.bsky.social with other projects, building a regional high-speed rail network.
And there's more: California is also building towards connecting @cahsra.bsky.social with other projects, building a regional high-speed rail network.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We're opening 2025 with a bang — we’re moving into the track-laying phase for the California high-speed rail.
And there's more: California is also building towards connecting @cahsra.bsky.social with other projects, building a regional high-speed rail network.
And there's more: California is also building towards connecting @cahsra.bsky.social with other projects, building a regional high-speed rail network.
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Starting today, drivers should park their vehicles at least 20 feet from the approaching side of an intersection to help fellow motorists see and yield to pedestrians at crosswalks per a new statewide law.
Community Message: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Community Message: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Keep pedestrians safe. Park 20 feet from intersections starting January 1. | City of Berkeley
While statewide “daylighting” law goes into effect with the new year, a grace period in Berkeley means that local $64 fines will begin on April 1, 2025. Starting January 1, drivers should park their vehicles at least 20 feet from the approaching side of an intersection to help fellow motorists see and yield to pedestrians at crosswalks.By removing the visual barrier of those parked cars, fellow motorists better see the transition point where people walk onto pavement – both the crosswalk ahead of the driver as well as the crosswalk passed over on a right-turn.
berkeleyca.gov
January 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Starting today, drivers should park their vehicles at least 20 feet from the approaching side of an intersection to help fellow motorists see and yield to pedestrians at crosswalks per a new statewide law.
Community Message: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Community Message: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
